Elmer E MCFARLAND

Abt 1869 - 1936  (67 years)

• Name	Elmer E MCFARLAND
  Birth	Abt 1869	Maine
  	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
  	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
  Marriage	13 Apr 1909	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  	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 d. 3 Nov 1937, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 25 years)
  Family ID	F5686	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2015