LINDSKOW, Ed

LINDSKOW, Edward Sylvester (1885-1915), was a lobster fisherman living in San Pedro in 1911. He is the son of Emil M. Lindscow, originally from Denmark, who immigrated in 1860. Home in 1900 = San Pedro, CA.

Emil M. [a.k.a. Martin E.] Lindskow (1846-1902) = [1873] Mary Ellen Lindskow (1852-1932) Harbor View Cemetery, San Pedro, CA

• 1. George William Lindskow (1875- ) = [1915] Della Stube
• 2. Carrie Jane Lindskow (1877- )
• 3. Christine Lindskow (1880- )
• 4. Axel R. Lindskow (1882- )
• 5. Edward S. Lindskow (1885-1915) died of typhoid fever at age 29
• 6. Rosa D. Lindskow [Templeton] (1890-1936) Harbor View Cemetery, San Pedro, CA

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Father and son "Linscow" lived on Santa Cruz Island in a shack on a hill at Johnson Canyon in 1909. The Baltic picked up crawfish from them, and for Christmas dinner of 1909, they joined the Eatons at Willows Canyon. These Lindskows lived in Lompoc in 1908-1909.

Winter 1908-1909: “…When Ira came in [to Willows, Santa Cruz Island] from fishing that noon, I had just finished baking bread. I suggested we go up to see the Linscows [sic], a father and son from Lompoc who were fishing at Johnson Canyon, to the west of us, and that we could start out early the following morning, pull the traps, call on the Linscows, and come home before the wind started to blow. So it was arranged… Ira had told me that old man Linscow was a very good cook… We saw a large rock out in the ocean, which was Gull Rock, where our string of traps ended and Linscow’s began… The two men came up the trail, and the old man was making excuses for the condition of the shack… ‘If my old woman were here she would keep things clean, but she is too old to come out camping’… I told Mr. Linscow I had a wonderful time and everyone had been so kind to me… I asked Mr. Linscow if he was going to spend Christmas in Lompoc, and he said no, he didn’t expect to go into town until the season was over about the middle of March. If they went in now, they would spend too much of their money, and he wanted to give his earnings to his old lady all at once. I thought this old man had some nerve to call his wife ‘old lady’ since he was pretty old himself… I invited him and his son to have Christmas dinner with us down at Willow Canyon…” [Eaton, Margaret. Diary of a Sea Captain’s Wife, 1980, p. 91-94].

November 11, 1911 [LAT]: “San Pedro, Nov. 10—Conclusive proof that contraband Chinese are being smuggled into Los Angeles county, along the sheer and rocky coast between San Pedro and Redondo Beach was unearthed today by George H. Sweet, United States Immigration Inspector. Several days ago, Ed Lindskow, a lobster fisherman, found a discarded Chinese suit of clothing on the beach near Point Vicente, about twelve miles up the coast from Point Firmin, and turned it over to the inspector. Inspector Sweet drove to Point Vicente, but made an unsuccessful attempt to reach the beach, the bluff being too precipitous. Today he chartered a launch and made the trip up the coast to the rendezvous of the Chinese smugglers. In a cave near Point Vicente, which he was able to reach only by a skiff or row boat, under a towering cliff, the inspector located a cave in a wild tangle of underbrush and wild holly, which had been apparently used for a considerable time as a cache for concealing the wily orientals. The cave was not visible either from the land side or by passing steamers. In the cave, four complete Chinese suits were found, which had apparently been changed for American clothing. Scattered around were wrappings from packages bearing Chinese writing, covers from packages of Mexican cigarettes, a blanket and various articles which had been used for cooking. The retreat had been used for a considerable time as a regular camp, as numerous fires had been built, the charred embers still being in evidence. Inspector Sweet's theory is that the contraband Chinese are brought up from Mexico and taken to some cave on one of the Channel Islands until a favorable opportunity arrives to transport them to the mainland in small launches. The cave at Point Vicente afforded the smugglers a safe retreat until such time as the Chinese could be conducted inland. Early last July a strange launch, having high speed appeared on a foggy night off Point Vicente and gave mysterious signals to another launch bound from Redondo Beach to San Pedro. Evidently the wrong launch was signaled, for the occurrence was reported to the immigration authorities. An investigation was made at the time but the Coast rendezvous of the smugglers remained a mystery until unearthed by Inspector Sweet this morning.”