Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Margaret Helm (Schooner, 1836)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Margaret Helm
Year of Build:
1836
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Richland, New York
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Ownership Notes:
Dunlap, Alvah, (1837-1840); Clark, James, (1837-1839); McKinzie, John H., (1837-1842); McKinzie, Robert A., (837-1842); Smith, B. F., (1839-1840); Shorts, Hugh, (1840-1841); McHarry, John, (1841-1845);
Master(s):
Wilder, Lorin, (1837); Smith, B. F., (1839); Shorts, Hugh, (1840); Rogers, Charles, (1842); McHarry, John, (1841-1845);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1836)
Hull Dimensions
1836
Length: 71' Width/Beam: 19' 2" Depth: 6' 7"
Tonnage
1836
Gross: 79 + 10/95***
Enrollments/Registration
June 18, 1836
   Port: Oswego Number: 20 of 1836
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 9-13-1837
September 13, 1837
   Port: Detroit Number: 44 of 1837
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-7-1839
May 7, 1839
   Port: Detroit** Number: 12 of 1839
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 7-7-1840
July 7, 1840
   Port: Cleveland Number: 22 of 1840
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 7-16-1841
July 16, 1841
   Port: Cleveland Number: 32 of 1841
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-10-1842
June 10, 1842
   Port: Buffalo Number: 32 of 1842
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-29-1845
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April 29, 1845
   Port: Detroit Number: 27 of 1845
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Margaret Helm* (1836-1845)
Nationality:
American (1836-1845)
Chronology:

1. 11/00/1845, Lake Michigan, sank, total loss, $1, 500 loss;

Notes
General notes:
* The newspapers and some of the official enrollments referred to her as Margarett Helme, Margart Helme, or Margaret Helen, which were errors;
** This enrollment has two errors: one says she was built in 1837 and the other states that she had a figure head; These errors continued in the enrollments that followed;
***The master abstracts gives the first tonnage as 79 + 2/95 which then becomes 79 + 10/95 in the enrollments;
Sources:
1. Enrollments: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Oswego, New York;
2. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. House Report No. 741; page 132;
5. Commercial Advertiser (Buffalo): 5/22/1840, 5/26/1840, 11/17/1840, 11/3/1841, 12/1/1841, 4/5/1844;
6. Daily National Pilot (Buffalo): 5/12/1845, 8/7/1845;
7. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/12/1848;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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