Martin Leander Welch (1864–1935) was a fishing schooner captain out of
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Gloucester ( ) is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It sits on Cape Ann and is a part of North Shore (Massachusetts), Massachusetts's North Shore. The population was 29,729 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. Census. ...
. He was captain of the
Esperanto
Esperanto (, ) is the world's most widely spoken Constructed language, constructed international auxiliary language. Created by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 to be 'the International Language' (), it is intended to be a universal second language for ...
in 1920 when it defeated the Canadian schooner
Delawana in the first International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Born in
Digby, Nova Scotia
Digby is a Canadian town in southwestern Nova Scotia. It is in the historical Digby County, Nova Scotia, county of Digby and a separate municipality from the Municipality of the District of Digby. The town is situated on the western shore of the ...
, he moved to Gloucester in 1880, where he commanded the schooners Lucille, Titania, Lucania, Navahoe, Killarney, Benjamin A. Smith, Esperanto, Elsie, and the motor sailer Thelma.
He died in Gloucester in 1935.
References
*"Esperanto Defeats Canadian Schooner in First of 3 Races", New York Times, October 31, 1920
*"Esperanto Wins Fisherman's Cup", New York Times, November 2, 1920
*"Captain Marty's Great Race", The Literary Digest, November 20, 1920
* The Gloucester Book, Frank L. Cox, Gloucester, 1921
* The Book of the Gloucester Fishermen, James B. Connolly, 1927
External links
Capt. Marty Welch
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American sailors
Canadian sailors
Canadian people of Irish descent
People from Gloucester, Massachusetts
People from Digby County, Nova Scotia
1864 births
1935 deaths
Canadian emigrants to the United States