The Sailing Adventures of Captain Carl “Charles” Tessler (1866 – 1939)
His First Home in Bay View (1907)
309His First Home in Bay View (1919 -1922)
2722 South Shore Drive
His Ships and Sailing Adventures While Living Here
Likely the fishing boat Tessler, though that is not known for certain
His Second (First??) Home in Bay View (1922-1939)
2722A South Shore Drive (yellow arrow, back of lot)
His Ships and Sailing Adventures While Living Here
Above Left and Center: The family fishing boat Tessler, 1922-37; Milwaukee Journal, Sunday 19 July 1925, Pg.1 of Section Two, Feature article on the Tessler fishing business, Journal photo by Bill Taylor; Milwaukee Sentinel, 13 June 1937, pg. 17; Sailing adventures while captain: On 14 January 1924, participated in rendering assistance to the steamer Georgia when it broke a propeller shaft 11 miles off Milwaukee (Milwaukee Journal, 15 January 1924, pg. 1); of interest, the Georgia was captained by former Bay View Captain Frank Richardson now living in the Third Ward); On 17 April 1927, collided with the car ferry Madison in Lake Michigan.
His Ships and Sailing Adventures Before Bay View
On 23 October 1883, rescued and saved the lives of two men when their sailboat overturned in Milwaukee harbor (Milwaukee Daily Journal, Wednesday, 24 October 1883 and Milwaukee Sentinel, Wednesday 24 October 1883, pg. 5); On 12 June 1890, at age 25, Charles Tessler barely survived the sinking of the fishing sailboat Sea Bird, on which he was serving as a crewman, and its captain and fellow Jones Island fisherman Charles Rennpferd drowned (Milwaukee Sentinel, Friday 13 June 1890); On 12 March 1913, as captain of the family fishing boat Tessler, with brother Albert and son Richard aboard, nearly died when the ship’s engine failed in a 70 mph gale 20 miles out on Lake Michigan (Milwaukee Sentinel, Monday 03 March 1913, pg. 1).
