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Thanks Ray I will check that idea out.

Complete WAG - might want to check the 1900 census records for towns in MI where carferries ran. (E.g., Ludington, Frankfort, etc.) Seems like at least a possibility that he had a career on railroad carferries before going to the Marquette & Bessemer #2 if he spent the last years of his career there. Carferries were a different sort of work from lakers.

[quote="MattJ"]First thing I did. No census taken between 1905 and 1909. Unless they were married like Steward Smith, Capt McLeod etc they lived on board and so don't show up in the city directory. I am looking at where they came from, how many brothers, sisters they had, that kind of thing. If your looking at writing a book you want to give a background to the crew not just a name.

I am not trying to be smart but the article says he made Conneaut his home for the 4 yrs he was on the ferry. I am taking it you checked Conneaut, Ohio.[/quote][/quote]

First thing I did. No census taken between 1905 and 1909. Unless they were married like Steward Smith, Capt McLeod etc they lived on board and so don't show up in the city directory. I am looking at where they came from, how many brothers, sisters they had, that kind of thing. If your looking at writing a book you want to give a background to the crew not just a name.

I am not trying to be smart but the article says he made Conneaut his home for the 4 yrs he was on the ferry. I am taking it you checked Conneaut, Ohio.[/quote]

I am not trying to be smart but the article says he made Conneaut his home for the 4 yrs he was on the ferry. I am taking it you checked Conneaut, Ohio.

I am doing research on the crew members that were on the Marquette & Bessemer No2. I have hit a road block on Patrick Hughes who was a seaman onboard the No2 for all of her 4 years. I have included what little was written in the Erie Pa newspaper from the time. I am hoping someone in the Boatnerd community may have knowledge where in Michigan Pat called home or ideas where to look that I may not have thought of.Been on Newspapers.com, genealogybank.com and only came up with what I have attached. Thanks in advance for any help! Matt Jones