Julia Willard (Schooner, 1865)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Ashtabula, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: J. A. Hayes
Ownership Notes:: Willard, George, (1865-1874); Wilson, G., (1867); Spooner, H., (1874); Cotter, (1886); Stone, A. H., (1886); Strong, D. E., (1890-1891); Clarke, S., (1894);
Master(s):: Thayer, G. A., (1865); Wilson, George, (1866-1867); Willard, G., (1868-1874); Carter, O., (1886); Jennings, F., (1890);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 30, 1865: Port: Cleveland Number: 187 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 8-21-1866
August 21, 1866: Port: Cleveland Number: 130 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-26-1867
August 26, 1867: Port: Chicago Number: 50 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-8-1868
April 8, 1868: Port: Cleveland Number: 18 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Cleveland 3-13-1874
March 13, 1874: Port: Cleveland Number: 49 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 3-17-1874
March 17, 1874: Port: Erie Number: 5 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-19-1881
March 19, 1881: Port: Cleveland Number: 18 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-4-1890
April 4, 1890: Port: Cleveland Number: 67 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-2-1894
May 2, 1894: Port: Cleveland Number: 88 of 1894
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-13-1896; Next document: (Vessel Lost0

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Julia Willard (1865-1896)
Nationality:: American (1865-1896)
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1869, Lake Michigan, lost her centreboard and replaced;
2. 11/30/1870, Toronto Point, ashore and released, $3, 000 loss;
3. 11/9/1880, Port Maitland, ashore and released;
4. 10/14/1887, Gull Island Reef, Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
5. 9/3/1891, Avon Point, struck a rock, sprang a leak, scuttled, (no cargo), raised;
6. 12/11/1895, 6 miles east of Pelee Island, near Middle Sister Island, Lake Erie, cut by ice, sank (stone);

Notes

General notes:: Home Port: Erie, Pennsylvania, 1874-1885;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1896):

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