The Sailing Adventures of Captain Edward G. Tews, Jr. (1878 - 1939)
His First and Only Home in Bay View (1927-30)
2987 South Delaware Avenue
His Ships and Sailing Adventures While Living at 2987 S. Delaware Ave.
Unknown. He is confirmed as lake captain while here, most certainly of a fishing boat, however the name(s) are unknown. While he is confirmed to have been a lake captain for 35 years – beginning in 1904 at age 26 – for all those years only two boats are confirmed: the fishing boat Liberty from 1911-13 (whereafter he sold it to Bay View lake captain William Braeger) and the fishing boat Key West in 1919. Both are before he came to Bay View in 1929-30.
His Ships and Sailing Adventures Before Bay View (all on Jones Island)
Unknown: probable fishing boat(s), name(s) unknown, pre-1904, likely crew member; Sailing adventures while aboard as crew: unknown since name of boat unknown
Unknown: probable fishing boat (s), name(s) unknown, from 1904-10; Sailing adventures while captain: unknown since name of boat unknown
Above: the fishing boat Liberty from 1911-12 (whereafter he sold it to Bay View lake captain William Braeger in 1913); Sailing adventures while captain: none discovered. Photo courtesy of the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University.
Not shown/no photo discovered: the fishing boat Key West in 1919; Sailing adventures while captain: participated in unsuccessful search for crew of the fishing boat Anton on which was ultimately lost including all of its crew 15
