Posted by Terry Morse on September 23, 1999 at 11:00:51:
I would like to know how to search for information on a shipwreck that occurred during the summer
of 1850. My family history has it that my great-great grandfather was a musician on a boat in the
Great Lakes, and he was killed when the boat went down. I have the date of his death listed in the
Old St. Mary's records in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as August 26, 1850, but that may be the date it was
recorded. I don't know the name of the ship, or the type of ship. His name was George Zirkle, and
he was a German immigrant. He lived in Milwaukee with his wife and son. Any help on how to
search for this information would be appreciated.
Terry Morse