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Elmer E MCFARLAND

Male Abt 1869 - 1936  (67 years)


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  • Name Elmer E MCFARLAND 
    Birth Abt 1869  Maine Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • in Addison, Maine, according to the record of his marriage to Jennie Lundberg
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Ship captain, merchant mariner 
    Death 21 Jul 1936  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • as Edward E. MacFarland, death notice in 22 Jul 1936 edition of the Boston Globe, p. 13. The name was correctly shown as Elmer in the more formal obit the next day.
    Notes 
    • The name is also spelled MacFarland in many references.

      His death notice said that he was “in his 70th year” which suggests he was born in 1866.

      In the 1910 census, he was a 42 year-old master mariner living with Jennie in Boston.

      An article in the September 13, 1916, edition of the Boston Globe recounts the “second builders trial” of the excursion steamer Mary Chilton. Captain Elmer E McFarland was in command during the trial. The apparent owner-to-be was the Nantucket Beach Steamboat Company.

      An article in the August 10, 1932, edition of the Greenfield (Massachusetts) Daily Recorder-Gazette recounts the collision of the excursion steamer Allerton, bound from Nantucket to Boston, and the fishing boat Santa Padre. The Allerton was captained by Elmer McFarland. The two ships collided in the narrows off Lovell’s island shortly before midnight. No one died, all were rescued. There was some question about whether or not the fishing boat, a 40 foot flounder boat, had its running lights too dim. McFarland said that he ordered the engines reversed and swung his wheel as soon as he saw the fisherman.

      In his obit, in which his age is 70, he is described as master of the steamer Allerton, commodore of the Nantucket-Boston Steamship Line.
    Person ID I16732  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2018 

    Father Oliver MCFARLAND 
    Mother Clara HINCKLEY 
    Family ID F12250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Laurentia (Jennie) LUNDBERG,   b. 13 Mar 1879, Torup, Hallands län, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 13 Apr 1909  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • This was the first marriage for each according to their marriage registration. The wedding was performed by a Justice of the Peace. FS has the groom indexed as Elmar.
    Children 
     1. Olga Lillian MCFARLAND,   b. Abt 1912, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1937, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
    Family ID F5686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2015