Posted on: Fairfield Co. Ct Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ct/Fairfield/13395 Surname: ------------------------- Shell Island, a.k.a. Tower Island or Little Calf Island, lies about 1/4 mile off Byram Shore. The island's stone tower was built in 1925 in memory of August Otto Eimer II by his father. Gus Eimer died of pneumonia on April 25, 1925 at the age of forty while on a trip for the family firm.