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Note: LOUIS PAHLOW, of the Milwaukee Ship-yard Company, draughtsman and master-mechanic, was born in Germany, February 6, 1838; came to Milwaukee in 1842; commenced his apprenticeship with J.M. Jones, ship-builder, in 1854, and completed his service in 1857; went to Milan, Ohio, and worked in the Government yards on the Revenue Cutter. From there he went to Cincinnati and to New Orleans; from New Orleans to St. Louis, returning to Milwaukee in 1860. In the Summer of 1861, he helped to organize the ship-building company of Allan, McClellan & Co., being draughtsman and master mechanic of the company; continued this business connection till the company was dissolved in 1874; then helped to organize the Milwaukee Ship-yard Co., of which he is still a member. Residence, No. 405 Fifth Avenue.
[Source: Flower, Frank A., "History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 470]
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THE MILWAUKEE SHIP-YARD COMPANY
The Milwaukee Ship-yard Company was organized and chartered in 1874, with a working capital of $51,000, to continue the business of the private firm of Allan, McClellan & Co. The company's ship-yard and dry-docks ware situated on Vogel's Island and the Menomonee River. One hundred men are employed, and work to the amount of $100,000 is annually turned out. The three-and-after MYOSOTIS which was begun by the old firm, was completed by the present company. During the year 1879, the steam barge R.J. PETERS, capacity 400 M was built; and at this writing (January 1, 1881), another vessel of like proportions is in process of construction. A large amount of re-building and repairing is constantly being done. The company's dry-docks have a capacity of lifting a vessel of 1,500 tons. There are two sets of sectional docks. The officers are: President, John Fitzgerald; Secretary and Treasurer, A.M. Joys; master-mechanics, Louis Pahlow and Robert Allan. Mr. Pahlow is draughtsman and designer of vessel plans. These latter gentlemen are the only members of the original firm now interested in the company.
[Source: Flower, Frank A., "History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 467, The Shipping Interests]
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SHIPS BUILT IN MILWAUKEE
The following ship is listed in various sources, newspapers and publications as having a Milwaukee connection. This list includes information collected by David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI.
LOUIS PAHLOW
Specs: 155 x 30 x 10, 366 gt, 291 nt
Type: propeller, wood
Year Built: 1882
Builder: The Milwaukee Ship-Yard Company
Place Built: Milwaukee
Enrollment:
Date of Loss:
Place of Loss:
Lake Lost:
Type/Cause:
Lives Lost:
Cargo:
Details: Abandoned April 1938
Official Number: 140559
There is an account of the "Shipwreck of the Steamer, Louis Pahlow" at the web site www.ocmuseum.org - on November 15th and 16th, 1909 the ship ran into a blizzard near Sturgeon Bay, WI. One crewman was lost but the ship and the remaining crew were saved.
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PIONEER SETTLER PASSES AWAY
Capt. Lewis F. Pahlow, Resident of the South Side for Many Years, Dies at the Age of Eighty-four Years.
Capt. Lewis F. Pahlow, a resident of the South Side for many years, died Monday, March 21, aged 84 years. He had been living for some time at 123 East Milwaukee avenue, Wauwatosa when he died.
The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30, from the undertaking rooms of George, Jr. Thomas company, 467Milwaukee street. Under the auspices of Excelsior Lodge No. 175, F. and A. M. With interment at Forest Home cemetery.
Capt. Pahlow came to Milwaukee with his parents in 1843, when but 6 years of age. He began an active business career when a young man and for many years served as manager for the Milwaukee Ship Building company, under William Fitzgerald, then president of the company. He was superintendent of bridges for the city of Milwaukee from 1899 to 1905. The schooner "Louis Pahlow" was named in his honor, but with an error in the spelling of the name Lewis.
Mr. Pahlow was married in 1864 to Miss Anna Becher, who died March 2, 1910. Five sons and one daughter survive. The sons are Frank, Lewis, Robert, William and Edwin; the daughter, Miss Jennie Pahlow.
The deseased pioneer resided for more than forty years at the family home, 405 Fifth Avenue. He was a member of Walker council, National Union and was a charter member of Excelsior lodge, No. 175, F. and A. M. He enjoyed good health throughout his long and active life and his death came unexpected and proved a shock to relatives and his many friends.
[Unknown Milwaukee newspaper, 21 Mar 1921]
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CAPT. PAHLOW, PIONEER LAKE NAVIGATOR, DIES
Capt. Louis F. Pahlow, 84, the third oldest pioneer of Milwaukee, died at his home, 123 East Milwaukee Avenue, Wauwatosa, Monday night, after a short illness.
Capt. Pahlow, who sailed many ships on the Great Lakes, came to Milwaukee in 1843. The only men living in Milwaukee who preceded him are George W. Lee and John Eiff, North Avenue. Capt. Pahlow retired many years ago and since has made his home in Wauwatosa. Many of the earlier lake boats were constructed by him and fifty years ago his name was known in every port.
One son, Dr. Edwin W. Pahlow, and his wife, instructors at the exclusive boys' school at Lawrenceville, NJ figured in the news of Monday when they were discharged because of charges made concerning the interest taken by Mrs. Pahlow in the boys. Four other sons, Robert, Louis, Frank and William, and one daughter, Jennie, also survive. The funeral will be held Thursday.
[Source: "Milwaukee Journal", 22 Mar 1921]
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FATHER OF DISMISSED INSTRUCTOR IS DEAD
Within a few hours after word had been received here of the dismissal of his son, Dr. Edwin W. Pahlow, and the latter's wife, as instructors at the exclusive boys' school at Lawrenceville, NJ, Capt. Lewis F. Pahlow, pioneer resident of Wisconsin, died at his home Monday night.
Capt. Pahlow was 84 years of age. He had been living at 123 East Milwaukee Avenue, Wauwatosa. Besides Dr. Pahlow, he is survived by four sons, Frank, Louis, Robert and William, and one daughter, Jennie.
The dismissal of Dr. Pahlow and his wife as members of the Lawrenceville faculty was of a considerable shock to their friends in the city. Mrs. Pahlow was formerly Gertrude Curtis Brown, a novelist. According to Mrs. Pahlow, the cause is evil construction put upon the "motherly" advice she had given to the boys in her charge. She indignantly refutes the charge that she was responsible for leading boys astray. "Why, I have been a mother to the boys there and to hundreds now at Harvard, Yale, Princeton and other universities," she said. Meetings of protest have been called by her former charges at many universities to protest the dismissal of the Pahlows. Mrs. Pahlow, who married her husband in 1905, has written "The Gilded Chrysalis," "The Cross of Heart's Desire" and "The Glory of Going On." She is now working on "The Bell."
[Source: "Milwaukee Journal", 22 Mar 1921]
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