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Lloyd Vernon Ferris sailed on the last of the sailing ships on the Great Lakes. He was injured by a piece of equipment on board ship, resulting in a ruptured appendix. He did not receive treatment as they were too far from port. He survived, but in his later years developed cancer at the site of his injury. He was away from home for months at a time, while all three of his children were born. After leaving sailing on the Lakes, he took a job with Peterson Builders Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. In the 1950's, he bought a 40 foot schooner with a hole in the hull. This was the Grampus. The Grampus was placed on scaffolding on the lot adjoining the home on 5th Street. There he worked on her off and on for his remaining years. He always spoke of finishing her and sailing up the St. Lawrence Seaway, down to the Panama Canal, and to the Pacific. The neighbors did not like having an "eyesore" in the neighborhood. There was much documentation in the Door County Advocate regarding the numerous petitions to get Lloyd to remove the boat. The neighbors were afraid their children would be hurt by falling off the boat where they played. Lloyd's reply was their children should not be tresspassing on his property in the first place. When the neighbors took the case to court it was thrown out as Lloyd had had the foresight to register the boat with the Coast Guard. As it was a Coast Guard vessel, it could not be touched by the town. Lloyd and his wife moved from the big house to a bungalow on 9th Street, but retained the lot with the boat on it. When Lloyd became ill with intestinal cancer,he moved to Canal Road and was taken care of by a cousin, Hazel Delair. When he died, the boat on 5th Street was vandalized and destroyed during the night and the keel and equipment were stolen and never recovered. Lloyd's funeral was conducted by Davis Mortuary with burial in Bayside Cemetery in Sturgeon Bay on Bayshore Drive.

Lloyd married Gladys Edna SMITH on 28 Mar 1917 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA. Gladys (daughter of George Thomas SMITH and Mary Margaret BRAITHWAITE) was born on 1 May 1895 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; died on 2 Oct 1961 in Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gladys Smith was raised by George Smith's brother Lawrence Smith in Chicago.

Mrs. Lloyd (Gladys) Ferris, 66, 932 N. Sixth Place, died at Memorial Hospital Monday morning following a cerebral hemorrhage suffered earlier the same day. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, she was born May 1, 1895 in Milwaukee and has been a resident of Door county since 1918. She was a member of the Rebekah lodge. She was married to Lloyd Ferris in 1917 at Waukegan, Illinois. Survivors include the widower; a daughter, Mrs. Fred (Mildred) Rose; two sons, Charles of Green Bay and George of Milwaukee: and a brother Lawrence H. Smith, Lehigh Acres, Fla. The body will lie in state after 2 p.m. Thursday at the Davis funeral home where services will be conducted by the Rev. Vernon I. Graf at 2 pm Friday. Burial will be in Bayside Cemetery.
Door County Advocate Section 1 Page 4 October 3, 1961

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George married Mary Margaret BRAITHWAITE in 1891. Mary was born on 24 Oct 1872 in Port Perry, , Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Dec 1895 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary Margaret Braithwaite Smith had two brothers Lawrence and Eddie Braithwaite. Eddie died 10 years before Gladys Edna Smith was born. He was from Ireland. Gladys was raised by Aunt Minnie when her mother died. Aunt Minnie was married to a Davis. Mary Margaret died in childbirth with Gladys.

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Birth:
Fletton, Huntingdonshire, England in 1871 census
Helton, Hieseliesclough

Thomas married Mary Jane DALLISON on 18 Oct 1869 in Derby, , Derbyshire, England. Mary (daughter of George DALLISON and Louisa LEAVIOUS) was born on 7 Sep 1845 in Derby, , Derbyshire, England; was christened on 13 Sep 1845 in Derby, , Derbyshire, England; died on 6 Dec 1886 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; was buried on 9 Dec 1886 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: 29 Jun 1874, New York, New York, New York, USA; England to America on the Cuba or City of Paris

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Possible match as servant in 1871 census

Buried:
Forest Home Cemetery