Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: David A. Van Valkenberg OTHER NAME(s): (also seen as D. A. Van Valkenberg) OFFICIAL NO: 6318 REASON: Storm DATE OF LOSS: 15 September 1881 LOCATION: Lake Michigan, north point of Whitefish Bay, WI RIG TYPE: Bark HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: Albert Little, Tonawanda, N.Y. - 1866 OWNER(S): Hood & McMillan, Chicago MASTER: Capt. Andrew Keith TONNAGE: 539 LENGTH: 167 feet BEAM: 34 feet DEPTH: 12 feet CASUALTIES: 7 SURVIVORS: 1 1871 Owned Winslow, Buffalo, NY. 1872 Ashore Pigeon Bay, damaged; repaired Detroit Dry Dock. 1876 Owned Wells & Co., Milwaukee. 1874 May Collided with schooner ACTIVE, Lake Michigan. 13 September 1881 - Left Chicago bound for Buffalo with 38,000 bushels of corn. Encountered a vicious southeast storm on the 15th and ran on the rocks near Whitefish Bay. Crew took to the boat, which capsized in the storm leaving only one survivor. CREW LIST: Captain Andrew Keith, age 51 George Curtis, first mate Richard Keith, second mate, age 26 (son of Captain Andrew Keith) George Harlow, steward ____ Hennessey Thomas Breen (lone survivor) 2 unknown Captain Andrew Keith left a widow and children residing at 14 Centre Ave., Chicago. ======================================================================== Sources: Annual Report of The Secretary of War, 1874, p. 809 New York Times, 19 September 1881 The Daily Graphic, New York, 19 September 1881 The New York World, 20 September 1881 Thunder Bay National Marine Santuary 1870 Census, 12th Ward, Chicago, ILL 1880 Census, 12th Ward, Chicago, ILL =========================================================================== If you arrived here from a "SEARCH" you will find other interesting information about Great Lakes maritime history at the following link: http://www.us-data.org/mi/glm/ ===========================================================================