Melvin Joseph Bishop (1896 - 1969)

Born 30 Aug 1896 in Saint Ignace, Mackinac, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Eileen (Hassett) Bishop-Maloney — married 20 Aug 1924 in Sault Ste Marie, MI

Descendants

Died 17 Nov 1969 at age 73 in Saint Ignace, Mackinac, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Capt Melvin Joseph “Mike” Bishop BIRTH 30 Aug 1896 Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, USA DEATH 1969 (aged 72–73) BURIAL Saint Ignatius Catholic Cemetery Saint Ignace, Mackinac County, Michigan, USA

Capt Bishop former Captain of the "Chief Wawatam" - SS Chief Wawatam was a coal-fired train ferry and icebreaker that operated in the Straits of Mackinac between 1911–1984. Her home port was St. Ignace, Michigan, and she shuttled back and forth during her entire working life between that port and Mackinaw City, Michigan. The vessel could carry up to 25 railroad cars on rails bolted to the ferry ship's deck. The Chief Wawatam was designed to break ice floes with her bow propeller, ... The Chief is believed to have been the last hand-fired, coal-burning boat in commercial service on the Great Lakes. ^[1]

Melvin was born in 1896. He was the son of Joseph Bishop and Rose Sullivan. He passed away in 1969.

Spouse Mary Eileen Hassett Bishop-Maloney 1901–2003

Children

1. James J. Bishop 1926–2013
2. Michael Joseph Bishop 1928–2000
3. Robert John Bishop 1929–2018

1940 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Melvin Bishop Head Male 44 Michigan

Eileen Bishop Wife Female 38 Michigan

James Bishop Son Male 14 Michigan

Joseph Bishop Son Male 12 Michigan

Robert Bishop Son Male 10 Michigan

Sources

1. ↑ SS Chief Wawatam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Chief_Wawatam

Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/111845108/melvin-joseph-bishop : accessed 10 August 2021), memorial page for Capt Melvin Joseph “Mike” Bishop (30 Aug 1896–1969), Find A Grave: Memorial #111845108, citing Saint Ignatius Catholic Cemetery, Saint Ignace, Mackinac County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Stella L. Obeshaw (contributor 46939614) .

"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMXV-F3V : 9 January 2021), Melvin Bishop, Nov 1969; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWYH-6MV : 8 January 2021), Melvin Bishop, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-520, sheet 1B, line 76, family 23, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 937.

Source will be added by Mary Broder by 25 Apr 2021.