Captain Orestes Foote Taylor died of yellow fever in Paramaribo, Surinam, sometime between 1902 and 1907. We do not know the year. We do know that he wrote my grandfather Foote a letter while he was Master of the Charlevoix (out of PEI) with the date and location given only as: "March 23, At Sea, Lat. 26.00 N, Long. 68.00 W." No year was given. In it he states that: "...I commenced this letter at sea and now am in port of Surinam Dutch port and the weather is very warm here and some yellow fever." In that letter he also refers to another ship that he had built, the M.J. Taylor, as "being on its first voyage." The M.J. Taylor was registered in Dec. 1901. Records show that the registry for the Charlevoix was closed May 16, 1907. It was alleged that the crew returning it to Prince Edward Island after his death lost it in a storm. The problem is that Capt. Taylor sailed between ports like PEI, Barbados and Pramaribo many times, so we do not know on which visit to that port he died. Thus, he could have been in port and died some time in the Spring of 1902, or as late as Spring, 1907. Is there any record of Captain Taylor's death date? His home port was PEI. Cheers, John