Wesley Isaiah Chetwynd was lost from his dory in a storm on the Cape Shore Fishing Grounds, SW Nova Scotia, from the schooner ASPINET, November 27, 1912. He was the son of Samuel and Rebecca ( Malone ) of Woods Harbor, NS. Wesley had just survived an earlier brush with death when his single man dory was lost overnight his previous trip in the Aspinet, only weeks prior. He was rescued by another shipmate who was also lost overnight, but who had been able to not loose his oars and sail. Their story was later published on the front page of the Glocester Daily Times, describing Wesley and his rescuer as ' lucky dogs '. Two weeks later, Wesley was again a front page story, this time relating his loss at sea. He was 36 years old. His brother, Amasa Chetwynd ,soon after losing Wesley, headed out to the Pacif Northwest, to fishing's newest boom town, Prince Rupert, BC, Canada. He might have fished there but a few years, when he and his dory mate, a Swede, J. Iverson, were lost in a sudden storm while fishing from the steam schooner CHIEF SKUGAID.. They were the first two casualties of this newly established haddock fishery. These two men, Wesley and Amasa were my great uncles. The stories of their deaths were never told to me or my siblings by my father, who most likely never heard their stories from his own father and mother. Both brothers died well before my father was born. Such was the custom of those times, never to talk about the unpleasant past, or present, for that matter. My cousin, Jim's middle name is Wesley, however. He never knew up until now, for whom he was named. I only learned about their deaths from first learning about Isaiah's name on the Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial from Mrs Gail Sheehy, who was so instrumental in getting that project realized. Sadly, she passed away only recently from cancer. From there, I happened upon a listing for a court document in Boston Probate Court under the name of Amasa Chetwynd. After getting a copy, I learned it was a distribution of his estate, $250.00 in a bank account in Boston, divided evenly among his parents and siblings, as he died intestate. It led me to Prince Rupert, BC. as his place of death. Since then I have obtained a copy the newspaper accounts from Prince Rupert dated March 15, 1915, reporting the deaths of ' M.C ' ( Amasa, pron. Emsee ) Chatwind (sic) and I ( or J.) Iverson. Remarkably, the vessel, CHIEF SKUGAID, is still active in the fishing industry at Prince Rupert, at least ninety one years old. There are several other Chetwynds, along with some Malones, a few Nickersons and a few Perry's, all from the Wood's Harbour area of Shelburne County, NS also listed in the various rolls of those lost at sea, I have since learned. Are there any others of you who have family members among these rolls, too ? Joe the Calker