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asked to repost this on the Michigan board, too, for the researach links:
Barbara,
Some links & history, in case these help in your search for John Palmer Usher, Capt. of christmas tree ship that went down in Lake Michigan:
Excellent article from NARA on the loss of the Christmas Tree Ship in Dec. 1912, which mentions another one lost in Nov. 1898--the S. Thal. Crew rescued. 1912--crew & captain lost.
http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/winter/christmas-tree.html
More detail:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4442/is_200605/ai_n16139138/pg_2
some precise local history on the incident (see Dec. 11 article, partway down this page):
http://www.leelanaupost.com/leelanau_history/
I am looking for list of crewmembers for such ships, watching for John Usher and Mr. St. Clair/Sinclair--
here is a list of all ships used to transport Christmas trees on Lake Michigan and their captain--No Usher or St. Clair/Sinclair on the list:
http://christmastreeship.homestead.com/ListofVoyages.html
doesn't mean John Palmer Usher wasn't on it; just that he wasn't the captain.
Useful: Great Lakes shipwrecks: http://www.ship-wreck.com/shipwreck/index.jsp
If the family story is that he went down as captain of a Christmas tree ship, then you just need to check the crew lists for all ships used as Christmas Tree Ships and which went down. Research tools for this are at the preceding link, above.
kc
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