Michael Shellens family collection Bulk, 1880-1927 1865-1984

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Michael Shellens family collection Bulk, 1880-1927 1865-1984

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The Michael Shellens family collection contains personal and business correspondence, business and financial records, books, photographs, and ephemera related to Michael Shellens (1854-1944) and his family. The materials date from 1865 to 1984 and are principally about Shellens's life and career as a mariner who advanced in rank to captain, afterward becoming a successful real estate businessman in Brooklyn.

5.42 Linear feet; in five manuscript boxes and two oversize boxes.

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6329025

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Shellens, Michael, 1854-1944

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Michael Shellens was born in Belgium in 1854 and moved to the United States at a young age, becoming a ship's cabin boy in his teen years. He developed a close relationship with Captain George Wilson while working for him as a cabin boy on the Castine, and from that beginning Shellens became a steward for two voyages, one from April 1, 1872 to July 3, 1873 that journeyed to Calcutta via Boston and New Orleans, and one from July 14, 1873 to February 3, 1875 that journeyed to England ...

Shellens family

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Agenor (Ship).

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Marine Society of the City of New York, in the State of New York

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Shellens, M. Henry

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Wilson, George.

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Epithet: of Add MS 43003 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x000304 Epithet: of Add MS 37520 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x000301 Epithet: of Add MS 15945 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x0002fe Epithet: Captain ...

Shellens, Ella Mabel, d. 1944

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Shellens, Hazel, b. 1909

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Shellens, Marshall, b. 1903

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Shellens, Ruth M., 1905-1987

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Michael Shellens was born in Belgium in 1854 and moved to the United States at a young age, becoming a ship's cabin boy in his teen years. He developed a close relationship with Captain George Wilson while working for him as a cabin boy on the Castine, and from that beginning Shellens became a steward for two voyages, one from April 1, 1872 to July 3, 1873 that journeyed to Calcutta via Boston and New Orleans, and one from July 14, 1873 to February 3, 1875 that journeyed to England ...

Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Scotland

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Royal Arch Masons

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