Lloyd Vernon FERRIS

1896 - 1974  (77 years)

• Name	Lloyd Vernon FERRIS
  Birth	27 Jul 1896	Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	49752F62FA2D418897B236F9F2318442A04C
  Death	5 Mar 1974	Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I12336	Ryeland Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Gladys Edna SMITH,   b. 1 May 1895, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA d. 2 Oct 1961, Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin, USA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	28 Mar 1917	Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Charles Edward FERRIS,   b. 21 Sep 1917, West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA d. 25 Jan 1998, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 80 years)   2. George William FERRIS,   b. 28 Feb 1920, Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin, USA d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mildred Elizabeth FERRIS,   b. 9 Sep 1921, Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin, USA d. 27 Apr 2005, Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin, USA (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F3706	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Jul 1896 - Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin, USA Marriage - 28 Mar 1917 - Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA Death - 5 Mar 1974 - Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S321] Marianne Rose, Marianne Rose.