WILLIAM WILLIAMSON
Williamson, 83, Veteran Lakes Skipper, Dead
Capt. William Williamson, 83, of 710 N. Fifth St., who at 18 was captain of his
own sailing vessel on Lake Michigan, died Monday night at Memorial Hospital,
where he had been a patient eight days.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Frist(sic) Lutheran
Church, with the Rev. Roland Schwandt officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen
Cemtery(sic).
Captain Williamson sailed Lake Michigan for 45 years first as skipper of sailing
craft and in later years as master of the White Swan, a motor ship carrying
flour for the Oriental Mills.
He was born in Chicago Nov. 7, 1872, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Williamson. In 1878 the family moved to Manitowoc. As a boy he shipped out of
here on the sidewheeler City of Milwaukee but the press of canvas called him and
at 18 was at the wheel of his own schooner, the Oscar Shaw.
Among other vessels which he skippered were the Emma Nielson, Augustus, Iris,
Little Norma, Jesse Martin and Oscar Newhouse.
In 1922 he supervised construction of the White Swan at the Burger yards and
became master of the motor ship which carried flour from the Orinetal(sic) Mills
to Lake Michigan ports. He was president of the Oriental Mills Transit Co.
Swan. He retired from active sailing in 1943.
He joined the Chickerming lodge of Odd Fellows in 1899 and was a past grand of
the lodge, after serving in other chair offices of the lodge. In 1954 he was
honored by the lodge at a ceremony at which his son, Vernon, and grandson,
William, Jr., also lodge members, joined. He was also a member of the First
Lutheran Church.
He married Miss Fredericka Kuene at Marinette Aug. 22, 1895 and they located in
Manitowoc. His wife died in 1945.
Surviving are two sons, Vernon W. and Alfred R. of Manitowoc; three daughters,
Mrs. Florence Rudie of Manitowoc and Mrs. Howard Krauss and Mrs. Alfred Wanke
of Sturgeon Bay; ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Frazier Mortuary after 2 p.m. Wednesday. The casket will
be moved to the church at 10 a.m. Thursday to lie in state until the hour of
services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, August 9, 1955 p.2
Williamson, 83, Veteran Lakes Skipper, Dead
Capt. William Williamson, 83, of 710 N. Fifth St., who at 18 was captain of his
own sailing vessel on Lake Michigan, died Monday night at Memorial Hospital,
where he had been a patient eight days.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Frist(sic) Lutheran
Church, with the Rev. Roland Schwandt officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen
Cemtery(sic).
Captain Williamson sailed Lake Michigan for 45 years first as skipper of sailing
craft and in later years as master of the White Swan, a motor ship carrying
flour for the Oriental Mills.
He was born in Chicago Nov. 7, 1872, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Williamson. In 1878 the family moved to Manitowoc. As a boy he shipped out of
here on the sidewheeler City of Milwaukee but the press of canvas called him and
at 18 was at the wheel of his own schooner, the Oscar Shaw.
Among other vessels which he skippered were the Emma Nielson, Augustus, Iris,
Little Norma, Jesse Martin and Oscar Newhouse.
In 1922 he supervised construction of the White Swan at the Burger yards and
became master of the motor ship which carried flour from the Orinetal(sic) Mills
to Lake Michigan ports. He was president of the Oriental Mills Transit Co.
Swan. He retired from active sailing in 1943.
He joined the Chickerming lodge of Odd Fellows in 1899 and was a past grand of
the lodge, after serving in other chair offices of the lodge. In 1954 he was
honored by the lodge at a ceremony at which his son, Vernon, and grandson,
William, Jr., also lodge members, joined. He was also a member of the First
Lutheran Church.
He married Miss Fredericka Kuene at Marinette Aug. 22, 1895 and they located in
Manitowoc. His wife died in 1945.
Surviving are two sons, Vernon W. and Alfred R. of Manitowoc; three daughters,
Mrs. Florence Rudie of Manitowoc and Mrs. Howard Krauss and Mrs. Alfred Wanke
of Sturgeon Bay; ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Frazier Mortuary after 2 p.m. Wednesday. The casket will
be moved to the church at 10 a.m. Thursday to lie in state until the hour of
services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, August 9, 1955 p.2
WILLIAM WILLIAMSON
Williamson, 83, Veteran Lakes Skipper, Dead
Capt. William Williamson, 83, of 710 N. Fifth St., who at 18 was captain of his
own sailing vessel on Lake Michigan, died Monday night at Memorial Hospital,
where he had been a patient eight days.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Frist(sic) Lutheran
Church, with the Rev. Roland Schwandt officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen
Cemtery(sic).
Captain Williamson sailed Lake Michigan for 45 years first as skipper of sailing
craft and in later years as master of the White Swan, a motor ship carrying
flour for the Oriental Mills.
He was born in Chicago Nov. 7, 1872, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Williamson. In 1878 the family moved to Manitowoc. As a boy he shipped out of
here on the sidewheeler City of Milwaukee but the press of canvas called him and
at 18 was at the wheel of his own schooner, the Oscar Shaw.
Among other vessels which he skippered were the Emma Nielson, Augustus, Iris,
Little Norma, Jesse Martin and Oscar Newhouse.
In 1922 he supervised construction of the White Swan at the Burger yards and
became master of the motor ship which carried flour from the Orinetal(sic) Mills
to Lake Michigan ports. He was president of the Oriental Mills Transit Co.
Swan. He retired from active sailing in 1943.
He joined the Chickerming lodge of Odd Fellows in 1899 and was a past grand of
the lodge, after serving in other chair offices of the lodge. In 1954 he was
honored by the lodge at a ceremony at which his son, Vernon, and grandson,
William, Jr., also lodge members, joined. He was also a member of the First
Lutheran Church.
He married Miss Fredericka Kuene at Marinette Aug. 22, 1895 and they located in
Manitowoc. His wife died in 1945.
Surviving are two sons, Vernon W. and Alfred R. of Manitowoc; three daughters,
Mrs. Florence Rudie of Manitowoc and Mrs. Howard Krauss and Mrs. Alfred Wanke
of Sturgeon Bay; ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Frazier Mortuary after 2 p.m. Wednesday. The casket will
be moved to the church at 10 a.m. Thursday to lie in state until the hour of
services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, August 9, 1955 p.2
Williamson, 83, Veteran Lakes Skipper, Dead
Capt. William Williamson, 83, of 710 N. Fifth St., who at 18 was captain of his
own sailing vessel on Lake Michigan, died Monday night at Memorial Hospital,
where he had been a patient eight days.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Frist(sic) Lutheran
Church, with the Rev. Roland Schwandt officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen
Cemtery(sic).
Captain Williamson sailed Lake Michigan for 45 years first as skipper of sailing
craft and in later years as master of the White Swan, a motor ship carrying
flour for the Oriental Mills.
He was born in Chicago Nov. 7, 1872, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Williamson. In 1878 the family moved to Manitowoc. As a boy he shipped out of
here on the sidewheeler City of Milwaukee but the press of canvas called him and
at 18 was at the wheel of his own schooner, the Oscar Shaw.
Among other vessels which he skippered were the Emma Nielson, Augustus, Iris,
Little Norma, Jesse Martin and Oscar Newhouse.
In 1922 he supervised construction of the White Swan at the Burger yards and
became master of the motor ship which carried flour from the Orinetal(sic) Mills
to Lake Michigan ports. He was president of the Oriental Mills Transit Co.
Swan. He retired from active sailing in 1943.
He joined the Chickerming lodge of Odd Fellows in 1899 and was a past grand of
the lodge, after serving in other chair offices of the lodge. In 1954 he was
honored by the lodge at a ceremony at which his son, Vernon, and grandson,
William, Jr., also lodge members, joined. He was also a member of the First
Lutheran Church.
He married Miss Fredericka Kuene at Marinette Aug. 22, 1895 and they located in
Manitowoc. His wife died in 1945.
Surviving are two sons, Vernon W. and Alfred R. of Manitowoc; three daughters,
Mrs. Florence Rudie of Manitowoc and Mrs. Howard Krauss and Mrs. Alfred Wanke
of Sturgeon Bay; ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Frazier Mortuary after 2 p.m. Wednesday. The casket will
be moved to the church at 10 a.m. Thursday to lie in state until the hour of
services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, August 9, 1955 p.2
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