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[[File:Claude Wickman 1903.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Boatman Claude Wickman, Santa Catalina Island, 1903<br>Fisherman E. M. Backus <br>Photo by Charles Ironmonger </center>]] | |||
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[[File:Wickman.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles </center>]] | |||
<span style="color:#006400">'''WICKMAN, Claude '''</span> ( | <span style="color:#006400">'''WICKMAN, Claude James '''</span> (1884-1968), Avalon boatman as a young man at the turn of the century. He moved to the mainland and spent most of his life in the San Pedro and Lomita area. He died at age 84. | ||
1910 Charles Frederick Holder wrote: “The Tuna Club Gaffers' Badge, instituted in 1907, was awarded to boatmen having gaffed a one-hundred- pound tuna under Blue Button specifications; or a fifty-pound tuna under Light Tackle specifications. It was won by: Captains Chappelle, A. S. Clover, O. I. Danielson, Harry Doss, C. A. Fisher, Geo. Farnsworth, Jim Gardner, Tad Gray, Geo. Johnson, Felice "Jose" Presiado (Mexican Joe), Geo. Michaelis, Percy Neal, Chris Ringsen, Claude Whitman[Wickman?], Geo. Zimolier . All the above boatmen have gaffed one-hundred-pound tunas...”[Holder, Charles F. The Channel Islands of California, 1910:250]. | 1910 Charles Frederick Holder wrote: “The Tuna Club Gaffers' Badge, instituted in 1907, was awarded to boatmen having gaffed a one-hundred- pound tuna under Blue Button specifications; or a fifty-pound tuna under Light Tackle specifications. It was won by: Captains Chappelle, A. S. Clover, O. I. Danielson, Harry Doss, C. A. Fisher, Geo. Farnsworth, Jim Gardner, Tad Gray, Geo. Johnson, Felice "Jose" Presiado (Mexican Joe), Geo. Michaelis, Percy Neal, Chris Ringsen, Claude Whitman [Wickman?], Geo. Zimolier . All the above boatmen have gaffed one-hundred-pound tunas...”[Holder, Charles F. The Channel Islands of California, 1910:250]. | ||
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'''November 1, 1968 [San Pedro News Pilot]:''' “Wickman, Claude James of 2051 262nd St., Lomita. Passed away Oct. 31 at the age of 84. A lifetime resident of the Harbor Area. He was a member of the San Pedro Masonic Lodge #332. Survived by wife, Martha. Services Monday 11 am. at the Halvorson Leavell Mortuary Chapel. Private interment at the Evergreen Cemetery.” | |||
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WICKMAN, Claude James (1884-1968), Avalon boatman as a young man at the turn of the century. He moved to the mainland and spent most of his life in the San Pedro and Lomita area. He died at age 84.
1910 Charles Frederick Holder wrote: “The Tuna Club Gaffers' Badge, instituted in 1907, was awarded to boatmen having gaffed a one-hundred- pound tuna under Blue Button specifications; or a fifty-pound tuna under Light Tackle specifications. It was won by: Captains Chappelle, A. S. Clover, O. I. Danielson, Harry Doss, C. A. Fisher, Geo. Farnsworth, Jim Gardner, Tad Gray, Geo. Johnson, Felice "Jose" Presiado (Mexican Joe), Geo. Michaelis, Percy Neal, Chris Ringsen, Claude Whitman [Wickman?], Geo. Zimolier . All the above boatmen have gaffed one-hundred-pound tunas...”[Holder, Charles F. The Channel Islands of California, 1910:250].
In the News~
November 1, 1968 [San Pedro News Pilot]: “Wickman, Claude James of 2051 262nd St., Lomita. Passed away Oct. 31 at the age of 84. A lifetime resident of the Harbor Area. He was a member of the San Pedro Masonic Lodge #332. Survived by wife, Martha. Services Monday 11 am. at the Halvorson Leavell Mortuary Chapel. Private interment at the Evergreen Cemetery.”
