 seafood cannery history seafood cannery history ray fri 4112014 2037  dubaz brothers on point cadet   barataria canning company   child labor force in biloxi seafood canneries   oysters and shrimp  the sea coast echo november 25 1911 p 1  canneries   pascagoula mexican gulf canning company 1880  pascagoula mississippi deed found in jackson county mississippi chancery court section index book 26a  location the mexican gulf canning company was located on the east bank of the pascagoula river in the 41825acre valentine delmas claim section 5 t8sr6w  valentine delmas valentine delmas claim on pascagoula bay was issued to anthony blanc by spanish governor the baron de carondelet who administered the area from 1792 until 1797 six arpents on the front and 40 arpents deep inhabited and cultivated from 18021828 american state papers 18271829 vol 5 p 784   valentine delmas original settlement on pascagoula bay began in june 1811 present settlement june 1819 american state papers 18151824 vol 3 p 444  the beginning in late october 1880 joseph t maybury 18411894 president of the mexican gulf canning company which was chartered at mobile alabama acquired a parcel of land from jules c dennis and clara c dennis of new orleans for 1750 employment the mexican gulf canning company created employment for about one hundredthirty people  the mexican gulf canning company want 75 women boys and girls above 12 years old at their works at pascagoula to shuck steamed oysters fill cans paste labels pick and clean crabs and shrimp and do other light work which will afford steady and remunerative employment the year around also fifty men to man our oyster skiffs unload oysters etc etc for particulars apply to jt maybury president scranton miss or es barnes secretary mobile ala  the pascagoula democratstar november 19 1880 p 2    wanted 10 to 15 families of laboring people either white or colored to work in our canning factory who we will furnish with comfortable homes and constant work the year round  the women and children can make men s wages opening oysters and shelling shrimp etc and the men will be paid at the highest daily rate for unloading our boats rolling shells and other outdoor labor apply to mexican gulf canning company scranton mississippi  the pascagoula democratstar march 10 1882 p 3    fruit canning in late june 1881 the mexican gulf canning company commenced fresh fruit canning operations the plant was to receive between one and twohundred bushels of figs each day during the season two shipments per diem of pineapples were also anticipated  the pascagoula democratstar july 1 1881 p 3    insolvency by late march 1882 the mexican gulf canning company was insolvent the cannery had accumulated a debt of nearly 60000 but was valued at only 30000 the company stockholders met at mobile alabama and elected to assign their pascagoula investment with h pillans and jc rich these men were anticipated to operate the company and return its balance sheet into the black thus insuring that it not be sold at a sheriff s sale  the pascagoula democratstar april 7 1882 p 3  1883 sale   for sale mexican gulf canning co works machinery and land h pillans or jc rich assignees mobile alabama  the pascagoula democratstar february 23 1883 p 2   h pillans to jt bourges jxco ms land deed bk 6 p 446447  1883 fire in the dawn hours of may 24 1883 the second fire in the history of the young canning company struck uninsured loss estimated at 15000 mr bobe was the watchman  the pascagoula democratstar   fire fiends may 25 1883 p 3  maybury foster maybury foster successors to the mexican gulf canning company  packers of the celebrated mexican gulf brand oysters shrimp  pineapples tomatoes figs okra  shippers of all grades of fresh oysters fish and shrimp on ice  the pascagoula democratstar april 25 1884 p 2    ice ice ice  we beg to announce that we have perfected arrangements which enable us to offer ice by the carload ton hundred pounds or nickel s worth  at prices to meet all competition  as our ice comes in cakes weighing from 100 to 300 pounds each it will especially meet the wants of  fishermen icedealers and saloonkeepers  we guarantee a constant supply and full weights wanted tomatoes and figs  in quantities for canning maybury foster  proprietors pascagoula fish and canning company  the pascagoula democratstar june 13 1884 p 3      wholesale dealers in and shippers of gulf oysters fish and shrimp proprietors of the mexican gulf canning factory canners of oysters tomatoes figs etc scranton mississippi  southern manufacturer april 1899  the foster family   captain john foster john foste r 18261903 was the son of english immigrant parents his birth occurred in march 1826 at mobile alabama john foster married susan francis grant 18261866 the daughter of captain john l grant 17931887 a native of chester county pennsylvania and elizabeth disney 17941868 he served in the us army during the mexican war and in the confederate navy and confederate army during the civil war at least three children lillie ophelia f joullian 18651924 born at mobile john grant foster 1928 and mrs el silva 1928 for many years captain foster was engaged in the shipping business with the mobile and new orleans mail line a steam packet and freight line he settled at pascagoula shortly after the civil war here in 1869 foster married olivia e delmas 18421928 the daughter of jeanbaptiste delmas 18173111906 and mary elizabeth grant 18221896 they reared nine children on the banks of the pascagoula river mary e f ford 18701936 susan f hughes 18721919 francis e foster 18741918 william henry foster 18751928 charles b foster 18771931 alfred foster 1878 josephine f hosey 18801950 eva esperanza foster ford 18841959 and isabella belle foster griffin hurst 18871958  the a 1 steam tug  rolla valentine delmas master is now ready for  towing  and  lightering at usual rates  vessels drawing 14 feet and under will be towed and piloted under a united states license for 25 in or out of horn island pass  when drawing over 14 feet an additional charge will be made fresh water in tanks always on hand oak wood is furnished when required for particulars apply to h krebs son scranton arthur r krebs east pascagoula   foster children   mary e foster mary e foster  18701936 was called mamie she married james ira ford 18621915  susan foster susan foster  18721919 was born on july 12 1872 she married william dabney hughes 18501937 she died 4291919 he expired 341937  francis e foster francis e foster 18741918 was called frank he was born at pascagoula and commenced employment in the seafood industry as a teenager in 1893 frank foster became employed by his father s packing company by 1899 he was the manager of the mexican gulf canning factory at pasacagoula southern manufacturer 1899 p 37   this is corroborated as in 1900 frank foster was an oyster and fish dealer at scranton pascagoula while his brothers henry and alfred foster were a boilermaker and marine fireman respectively federal census 1900 jackson county mississippi in july 1902 frank foster was a resident of biloxi when he married edith mary howe of pensacola at st catherine s chapel in pensacola  the biloxi daily herald july 13 1902 p 8    william henry foster w henry foster 18751950 was called henry   charles b foster charles b foster 18771931 was born at pascagoula his career was established early as he commenced working in his father s pascagoula canning operation foster came to biloxi before 1900 to join ec joullian his brotherinlaw who was also a pioneer seafood canner here in november 1903 cb foster married miss mary e caillavet 18771951 the daughter of john latour caillavet and georgiana dees  the daily herald june 27 1931 p 2 and the biloxi daily herald november 16 1903 p 6    children the charles b fosters had three children charles foster 1904 marie foster 1906 and henry w foster 1907 on november 13 1927 cb foster jr married lucille clark  the daily herald november 15 1927 p 6  in 1935 henry william foster relocated to washington dc where he was employed by the us government foster was educated at loyola and studied law in lebanon tennessee before settling in the district of columbia on april 7 1937 he married rose marie holzner of petersburg virginia at fairfax virginia  the daily herald july 10 1937 p 6    1925 biloxi regatta when he asked if his packing house would participate in the july 1925 regatta at the biloxi yacht club cb foster replied   we are always ready   his  julia delacruz  sailed to victory in the 1924 regatta mr foster was prepared to match her or any other vessel in his fleet with the best that the other packers could muster  the daily herald june 25 1925 p 3   see  the pascagoula chronicle april 20 1928 p 1  fosterfountain v st of louisiana  josephine f foster josephine f foster  18801950 called josie was born on may 31 1880 she married dr wh hosey at the foster family home in pascagoula on september 24 1902 dr hosey resided at wiggins mississippi where he was had a growing medical practice the young couple honeymooned at new orleans before returning to their new home at wiggins  the biloxi daily herald september 25 1902 p 6   josie f hosey later married henry a rourke 18721956 he was the son of henry s rourke 18431918 a native of tuscaloosa alabama mr rourke was a veteran of the civil war having sustained a wound near atlanta when he was a soldier under general hood the old veteran expired at pascagoula on march 12 1918 in addition to henry a rourke he was survived by his widow and several children alice r hull marie rourke and eb rourke of plaquemine louisiana  the pascagoula democratstar march 15 1918   after an extended illness josie f rourke died at pascagoula on may 29 1950 she left two children grace mcnair thomas and wh hosey of hattiesburg henry a rourke expired on january 1 1956 the corporal remains of both were interred in the krebs cemetery at pascagoula mississippi  the chroniclestar june 2 1950 p 1    eva esperanza foster  18841959 eva e foster was born october 18 1884 she married ebb james ford 18861947 they reared three sons ej ford ii of gulfport charles w ford and robert s ford she died on august 9 1959 while mr ej ford expired on june 25 1947 both rest eternally in the greenwood cemetery at pascagoula mississipi  the chroniclestar august 11 1959 p 1    alfred foster  no information  isabella belle foster isabella foster 18871957 or 1958 was born in 1887 she married mr griffin and mr hurst  references  books american state papers  volume 3 18151824 reprint southern historical press inc greenville south carolina1994  american state papers  volume 5 18271829 reprint southern historical press inc greenville south carolina1994 cyril e cain  four centuries on the pascagoula history story and legend of the pascagoula river country  the reprint company spartanburg south carolina1983 the southern manufacturer   capt john foster    vol i no 10 april 1899  court cases jackson county mississippi chancery court cause no 3091   joseph f bourges v ip delmas et als   may 1912 journals the biloxi herald   death of a prominent citizen june 1 1894 the biloxi herald   funeral notice june 6 1894 the biloxi daily herald   fosterhowe july 13 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city items september 25 1902 the biloxi daily herald   capt john foster september 26 1903 the biloxi daily herald   city items november 16 1903 the daily herald   foster ready june 25 1925 the daily herald   fosterclark november 15 1927 the daily herald   fosterholzner july 10 1937 the chroniclestar   mrs olivia elizabeth foster april 20 1928 the chroniclestar   charles b foster july 3 1931 the chroniclestar   mrs rourke dies after long illness june 2 1950 the chroniclestar   mrs eva f ford taken by death august 11 1959 the daily herald   chas b foster passes away june 27 1931 the daily herald   charles b foster funeral sunday june 29 1931 the pascagoula chroniclestar   mexican gulf plans to pack 30000 barrels january 8 1937 the pascagoula democratstar   pascagoula enterprise september 4 1880 the pascagoula democratstar   local paragraphs october 29 1880 the pascagoula democratstar   local paragraphs november 5 1880 the pascagoula democratstar   local paragraphs november 19 1880 the pascagoula democratstar   mexican gulf canning november 19 1880 the pascagoula democratstar   local paragraphs december 10 1880 the pascagoula democratstar   local paragraphs july 1 1881 the pascagoula democratstar   wanted march 10 1882 the pascagoula democratstar   local paragraphs april 7 1882 the pascagoula democratstar   for sale february 23 1883 the pascagoula democratstar   fire fiends may 25 1883 the pascagoula democratstar   maybury foster april 25 1884 the pascagoula democratstar   ice ice ice july 4 1884 the pascagoula democratstar   henry stoddard rourke csa march 15 1918 the pascagoula democratstar   francis e foster june 7 1918 the star of pascagoula   excursion parties attention may 16 1874  from cannery to casino a history of  the biloxi canning company tract   18811997   from along the gulf circa 1895    by ray l bellande   lopez elmer and company the biloxi canning company was located in section 27 t7sr9w in the city of biloxi mississippi on the back bay of biloxi at the head of reynoir street it was originally called the lopez elmer and company this company was organized in 1881 with a capital stock of 8000 by lazaro lopez 18501903 f william elmer 18471926 wkm dukate 18531916 william gorenflo 18441932 and james maycock 18261892      the pascagoula democratstar reported on december 30 1881 that the company was placing its canning machines in the factory the proprietors had over one hundred local white men and boys on the payroll they were employed as follows fortyfour openers fortyfive men manning fifteen boats twenty or more canners and wharf men the pascagoula democratstar december 30 1881 p 3    earlier seafood operations  although the deer island oyster fish company of emile laudner ladner 18401890 had been active at biloxi as early as january 1877 purchasing land from burissa holley on the front beach at biloxi it appears that laudner only shipped raw oysters by rail harco ms land deed bk 15 pp 401402 thus lopez elmer and company had the distinction of being the first seafood cannery in biloxi    the first seafood canning operation on the mississippi gulf coast appears to be the mexican gulf canning company which was founded at pascagoula mississippi in the fall of 1880 by jt maybury 18411894 and es barnes in november 1880 the company was advertising for laborers in the pascagoula democratstar as follows    the mexican gulf canning company want 75 women boys and girls  above 12 years old at their works at pascagoula to shuck steamed oysters fill cans paste labels pick and clean crabs and shrimp and do other light work which will afford steady remunerative employment the year around   also   fifty men to man our oyster skiffs unload oysters etc etc for particulars apply to   jt maybury president scranton miss or eb barnes secretary mobile alabama nov 19 1880  november 19 1880 p 2     jt maybury came to pascagoula from baltimore he expired at his biloxi residence on january 6 1894 in addition to his canning interests maybury was in the mercantile business his corporal remains were sent to mobile for internment the biloxi herald january 6 1894 p 1 and p 8    baltimore connection since none of these biloxi seafood pioneers had any experience in canning operations wkm dukate was selected to go to baltimore where the packing industry was well established here he observed procedures gathered technical information and purchased machinery for the coving of oysters and canning shrimp it is very probable that dukate brought charles patten 18351922 a baltimore native to biloxi in 1881 to manage the new cannery patton remained associated with the cannery until his wife ellen spencer died here in february 1915 he returned to baltimore where he resided at 1527 north caroline street mr patten expired at baltimore on january 11 1922 his remains were interred in the loudon park cemetery the baltimore sun january 13 1922    the biloxi canning company the initial efforts of the lopez elmer and company were crude but ready markets were available and the organization was profitable the lopez elmer and company was dissolved in 1884 and the biloxi canning company a corporation organized under the laws of the state of mississippi was chartered on march 23 1883      in rapid succession after the dissolution of the lopez elmer and company the barataria canning company william gorenflo company ec joullian company and jt maybury were competing in the seafood packing business at biloxi by 1902 the factories of biloxi ranked second to those of baltimore maryland in canning american oysters twentieth century coast edition of the biloxi daily herald 1902 p 20      the land on which the lopez elmer and company plant was built in 1881 was purchased from joseph diaz jr 18451923 and adele santa cruz diaz 18461915 on june 29 1881 for 100 harco ms land deed bk18 p 20 the lot had a front of 82 feet on back bay and ran south 196 feet reynoir street was the western boundary diaz had purchased a tract here in 1873 from john bradford it was 82 feet x 950 feet and cost 200 harco ms land deed bk 13 pp 553554 henry diaz 18721944 a son of joseph diaz jr operated a store on the northwest corner of reynoir and chartres street now bay view avenue in 1914 mr diaz was operating a canning company east of the biloxi canning company     in december 1886 cf theobald fw elmer and charles patten 18391922 of the biloxi canning company bought a lot east of reynoir with 45 feet fronting on the back bay of biloxi from nicholas taltavull for 60 harco ms land deed bk 21 p 549 it was 200 feet deep and ran to the back bay road       charles f theobald the ownership of the company at this time was held primarily by two men charles f theobald 18301903 and fw elmer 18471926 mr theobald was a native of sieberbach germany he came to america in 1859 and resided at new york a few years before settling in texas during the civil war cf theobald fought for the south with a unit from the lone star state he was married to mary l rexses 18471931 their children were george e theobald 18731921 mittye t wiltz 18741958 mrs william armstrong atlanta c edward theobald memphis and carl f theobald 18801948 the family resided at 107 east water street     in 1871 cf theobald established a general mercantile store at biloxi selling dry goods clothing hats shoes millinery fancy goods and notions in 1893 he turned the management of the store over to his sons george e theobald and ce theobald they operated the twostory frame building at the corner of lameuse and main as the theobald brothers cf theobald was the first president of the biloxi canning company and the bank of biloxi est 1893 he also established the peoples bank and was its first president      fw elmer frederick w elmer 18471926 was born at biloxi on january 23 1847 he was the son of two european immigrants jacob elmer 18121894 and barbara gettendorf 18231858 jacob elmer was born at canton glarus in switzerland the same area of the hosli and abbley family origination mr elmer came to biloxi in 1836 and circa 1837 he married barbara gettendorf a native of winweiler rhein kreis bavaria in 1850 jacob elmer was a merchant at biloxi worth 15000 harco census p 27 his children with barbara gettendorf were helena elmer northrop 18381869 anna elmer b 1839 jacob elmer 18431885 john p elmer b 1843 henry m elmer 18441868 frederick william elmer 18471926 augustus elmer b 1848 otho elmer 18511926 and charles elmer 18521926    after the demise of his wife in 1858 jacob elmer married louisa b wetzel 18441894 in january 1863 guice 1968 p 12 she was the daughter of german immigrant jacob wetzel 18021860 and her mother was dead before 1860 their children were coresta e bachino 18661900 effee elmer dulion b 1866 clarence elmer 18681901 percy l elmer 18731949 edward ross elmer 18781934 and the twins albert 18811900 and arthur elmer b 1881 jacob wetzel s siblings raised by jacob elmer were julia wetzel b 1853 and catherine wetzel b 1855    fw elmer married elizabeth carson maycock 18501905 in may 1871 guice 1968 p 19    she was the daughter of captain james maycock 18251892 and mary emily carson 18271900 born at cape may new jersey captain maycock was a native of hull yorkshire england and arrived at biloxi on an english vessel in 1839 the biloxi herald march 19 1892 p 4      captain maycock was a seafood pioneer at biloxi in 1881 he and lazaro lopez 18501903 f w elmer 18471926 wkm dukate 18531916 and william gorenflo 18441932 with a capital stock of 8000 organized the lopez elmer and company which became the biloxi canning company      fw elmer and his spouse were the parents of ten children eight survived into the 20th century the known elmer children are marie ann sichirich 18721946 ida l elmer 18731891 nina v scott 18771937 cora v enochs 18781962 fw elmer ii 18811948 james c elmer 18831920 inez f ebersole 18851937 margueryte e cole 18871965 and edward e elmer 18921900    street lease in august 1887 mayor emile laudner ladner 18401890 and the board of aldermen of the city of biloxi leased the biloxi canning company reynoir street north of chartres harco ms land deed bk 22 p 326327 the directors of the company at this time were william a gordon fw elmer cf theobald and charles patten terms of lease ten years with an annual rental of 50 per year payable of may 1st the company was also required to open a street as wide as reynoir on company property and intersect reynoir at such an angle as not to interfere with the traffic on reynoir    1890 biloxi canneries   in february 1890 the biloxi herald announced that there were six large factories and many raw oyster dealers operating at biloxi the journal listed the following canning factoriesoyster shippers on february 22 1890 p 3    biloxi canning companypackers of canned goods and shippers of raw oysters wa gordon president cf theobald secretary   barataria canning companyi heidenheim secretary packers of hermetically sealed oysters shrimp figs and vegetables   william gorenflo companypackers of canned goods and shippers of raw oysters prompt shipments and low prices guaranteed   lopez dunbar s sons companypackers of oysters shrimp figs vegetables etcand shippers of raw oysters send for price list   phil desporteshipper of raw oysters in bulk opened or in sealed cans front street foot lameuse price list on application   fw elmershipper raw oysters orders promptly attended to front street near main   ec joullain packing companycanned goods and raw oysters back bay   phil mccabeshipper of raw oyster manufacturer of oyster cans dealer in groceries hardware pass christian and lameuse streets   jt mayburyshipper of raw oysters and canned shrimp and dealer in groceries maybury 18411894 also from baltimore buried at mobile also mercantile interest   on june 11 1892 the biloxi canning company was soliciting for figs in an advertisement in the biloxi herald the notice indicated that the company will pay the highest prices for figs delivered at the stores of jw balthrope and charles redding    in 1893 th glenn reported that the chief industry at biloxi was oyster canning five oyster canning plants were in operation with 1200 people employed the three largest factories produced 200000 cases of oysters 15000 cases of shrimp and 5000 cases of figsvalued at 350000 labor and raw materials cost about 2000 per week the mexican gulf coast illustrated 1893 p 57    in july 1893 the pascagoula democratstar reported that the francis codina shipyard at pascagoula was building two large barges for the biloxi canning factory   the october 1893 hurricane did about 4500 damage to the biloxi canning company the tempest swept away buildings damaged machinery canned goods boats and seines terrific gale oct 5 1893 the pascagoula democratstar reported that hugh miller and his son with wh patton of the biloxi canning company were drowned   in 1895 charles dyer who wrote  along the gulf  1895 visited back bay and met with charles patten 18351922 the manager of the biloxi canning company at that time mr patten related the following    the biloxi canning company was started in 1881 and from a small beginning the plant has been gradually built up until at the present time it occupies a space of 100 feet by 500 feet running from the street to the end of the wharf where vessels land they employ during the busy season about 350 hands and their goods are shipped to all parts of this country and europe england is one of their best customers and indeed it would seem so for on the day that our party visited the cannery a shipment of 525 cases of canned shrimp was sent to a london firm this company as a matter of course cans oysters and shrimp and they also ship raw oysters away in bulk    in addition to this they have made quite a specialty of canning figs although it cannot be said that canned figs have been thoroughly introduced through the north east and west yet they are constantly in receipt of orders for this delicate table luxury for several years past the pullman palace car company have been ordering thousands of cases of figs from this company these are specially put up in small cans each containing seven figs or one portion and have met with a great sale upon the cars of the above named corporations this has also proved to be good advertisement for the biloxi canning company as they have received hundreds of individual orders for one or two cases of these goods from people who had seen them for the first time on the pullman cars   the ordinary method of putting them up however is in cans which contain twentysix ounces of fruit and syrup which will sell for 25 cents per can at retail they are also put up in half cans regarding the shrimp which are put up in cans two dozen of which go to the case the biloxi canning company has made a departure in the line of packing it is a wellknown fact that if the shrimp touches the tin of the can it immediately loses its bright red color and becomes black and unsightly to obviate this the other companies use a muslin bag in which the shrimp are placed before being packed now instead of this muslin bag in which according to mr patten the shrimp are liable to get broken up slightly in filling the bag the biloxi canning company have substituted a wooden veneer lining which while it completely prevents the shrimp from touching the tin at the same time absorbs what little moisture there is in them when they are packed and renders them perfectly dry and palatable as they are intended to be when placed upon the table   all of the canned goods of this company are put up under a distinctive mark of their own called the cotton bale brand which is favorably known wherever the goods have been seen   the present officers of the company are wa gordon president charles e theobald vicepresident cf theobald secretary and treasurer charles patten manager   ice plant  there is a high degree of certitude that the biloxi canning company was the first biloxi cannery to initiate its own ice manufactirung plant    in august 1896 mary gt shaw conveyed to the biloxi canning company for 200 a parcel of land with 73 feet on back bay and 300 feet deep its boundaries were the biloxi canning company to the east fayard street to the west and chartres street on the south harco ms land deed bk 34 p 394    by 1900 the ownership of the biloxi canning company had changed dramatically cf theobald fw elmer and charles patten were no longer stockholders in the fall of 1898 charles patten resigned and charles redding took over the reins of packing facility ph clark became company foreman the biloxi herald november 5 1898 p 4    sometimes before 1897 charles redding 18571926 a native of bay st louis had acquired three shares of stock in the biloxi canning company redding lived at biloxi and made his livelihood as a grocery merchant he parlayed his entrepreneurial skills in many areas of commerce and was particularly successful in banking and the seafood canning industry in 1915 redding served as vice president of the devitt clark a canning company located at point cadet in east biloxi   by 1901 edwin carey joullian 18631931 had acquired eleven shares of stock in the company joullian an alabaman had come to biloxi in 1888 from mobile here he organized the ec joullian packing company a competitor of the biloxi canning company joullian was married to lillian o foster 18651924 the sister of charles b foster 18771931 who was also in the seafood business operating as the cb foster packing company mr joullian acquired his biloxi canning company shares to satisfy debts owed to him by others he took over the management of the company in 1902 under jouillian s leadership their seafood products were sold under the cotton bale label     the other stockholders at the turn of the century were william a gordon 18581913 of new orleans with 8 12 shares and mrs mary a white of rochester new york with 2 12 shares wa gordon was a partner with fn miller in the firm of manufacturers agents which had been organized in 1865 at new orleans they were headquartered at 535 537 tchoupitoulas street mr gordon also headed the louisiana distilling company he was an enthusiastic yachtsman and served as the vice president of the southern yacht club gordon was married to henrietta hart d 1933 the daughter of ej hart a prominent citizen of new orleans gordon had three spinster sisters kate jean and fannie gordon mrs mary a white may have also been a sister   1906 hurricane the september 1906 hurricane saw over two hundred vessels seeking shelter in back bay unfortunately for the fishing fleetthe winds of the tempest roared out of the northeast and drove the schooners into the wharves of the canning factories the sky light of the biloxi canning company buildings was driven in by the wind the shipyards of bernard taltavull martin fountain and john brander were damaged as drifting schooners knocked out the ways and the wind blew down sheds the biloxi daily herald september 28 1906 p 2    liquidation on march 23 1908 the original biloxi canning company twentyfive year charter expired prior to this time ec joullian was managing the company a stockholders meeting was called at biloxi on may 28 1908 by joullian to appoint the necessary commissioners to liquidate the company although wa gordon did not attend the meeting he was appointed to the group to liquidate at this time joullian owned nine shares and redding five shares of the twentyfive shares outstanding in the company   in a letter to wa gordon dated july 17 1908 ec joullian expressed his feelings about the cannery      i have repeatedly requested mr redding to take charge of the plant but was unable to induce him to do so the charter of the biloxi canning company has expired and there does not seem to do anything else but place the company s business in liquidation and sell all the assets for the best price to be obtained on behalf of those concerned as their interest may appear i have no desire to give my time to the operation of the plant and i have no desire to continue my interest in the same therefore i see no reason for renewing the charter my experience with oyster canning factories is none can be operated profitably as a corporation and without owning necessary fleet to supply the raw material another fact is canneries on the back bay cannot now be operated in competition successfully with other canneries located to better advantage   joullian and redding wanted gordon to bid on the assets of the entire operation in august 1908 edward glennan 18541933 made an offer to purchase a portion of the company property for 11000 glennan was a new orleans native of irish descent he was a grocery merchant at biloxi and served as president of the biloxi electric light company and vice president of the peoples bank glennan was also active in public affairs serving as mayor of biloxi for twenty years city treasurer eight years aldermanatlarge and alderman several times other than his business glennan took a great interest in the volunteer fire company     wa gordon thought the value of the biloxi canning company was 20000 a sum far greater than the offer of ed glennan he filed a lawsuit cause no 2803 in the harrison county mississippi chancery court on august 28 1908 against joullian and redding    in the subsequent court action wa gordon declared his disbelief in the estimated value of the company by joullian and accused the defendants of collusion with glennan to defraud him and mrs white chancellor ta wood adjudicated that fs hewes the clerk of court sell the land canning plant machinery cans labels buckets trays scales and all goods wares and merchandise belonging to the biloxi canning company except the stock of canned shrimp and oysters in the building the sale took place on january 4 1909 at the northwest front door of the courthouse wa gordon was the high bidder purchasing the assets of the company for 12000 harco ms land deed bk 90 p 402      new biloxi canning company the new biloxi canning company was incorporated at new orleans on february 5 1909 mob 912 p 721 the owners and their equity in the company were wa gordon215 shares charles patten10 shares and mrs mary b white a widow25 shares after mr gordon died at new orleans on january 9 1913 his new orleans business partner fn miller took over the reigns of the company on july 20 1914 miller authorized by a resolution of the board of directors of the corporation conveyed the biloxi canning operation to john b humphreys 18611921 of biloxi for 1130631 harco ms land deed bk108 pp 413414      the tract was described in the warranty deed as  that certain tract of land in the city of biloxi having a front of two hundred and thirtynine feet on the back bay of biloxi and extending south to chartres street and which is bounded by a line running as follows on the north by the back bay of biloxi on the east by reynoir street of said city on the south by chartres street of said city and on the west by fayard street of said city together with all and singular the entire canning or packing establishment situated thereon and known as the biloxi canning company plant including all machinery and appliances of every character and description therein or forming a part thereof and belonging to said biloxi canning company also all cans labels buckets trays scales and other property and appliances used in or forming a part of the stock of the said biloxi canning company and any and all the goods wares merchandise and property of every character and description belonging to said biloxi canning company except the accounts notes choses in action evidences of debt belonging to said company also the schooner william tell now lying and being in the back bay of biloxi    on july 14 1914 henrietta hart gordon the widow of the late william a gordon 18581913 and fannie r gordon her daughter gave the biloxi canning company a quitclaim deed on the above property they were residents of new orleans harco ms land deed bk 108 p 413    john b humphreys like wa gordon john brown humphreys 18611921 was also from new orleans he was not a native of the crescent city but was born possibly in ascension or st john the baptist parish west of new orleans in 1900 john b humphreys married william willie c rose 18771921 also a native of louisiana at this time he was farming in the 5th ward of ascension parish louisiana their three children florence humphreys pritchard 19011921 john murray humphreys 19021972 and leslie humphreys 19061921 were all born in the pelican state the humphrey family came to biloxi in 1909 to reside john b humphreys planned to maintain status quo at the biloxi canning company as superintendent patton and john herrington processing manager were retained both men had been with the organization for several decades 1900 ascencion parish louisiana federal census t623 557 p 6a ed 7 and the daily herald may 22 1913 p 8    in august 1915 although a commercial success under his management mr humphreys closed the biloxi canning company as a result of the strike perpetrated by the international longshoreman s association he also asked that all employees occupying the company owned camp vacate the premises immediately as they would be closed in addition humphreys placed the cannery for sale the daily herald august 25 1915 p 1    strawberries in late october 1915 jb humphries placed an order for 100000 strawberry plants at a meeting of the biloxi vegetable and fruit growers association with the gw haynes order of 60000 plants it was hoped that enough association growers would come forward to have 60acres of strawberries under cultivation before the planting season ended in late november the daily herald october 29 1915 p 1    gulfport packing and trading company march 1917 john b humphreys conveyed the biloxi canning company to the gulfport packing and trading company for 333333 and a mortgage of 3000 held by eva and edward boldt harco ms land deed bk118 p 344345 the conveyed tract had 239 feet on back bay and was bounded by fayard reynoir and chartres streets the gulfport packing and trading company was incorporated in november 1916 at gulfport by john b humphreys louis goldman and th gleason the company was capitalized at 30000 harco ms chancery court charter book 17 p 176    in september 1919 the gulfport packing and trading company was producing about 10000 cans each day of sweet potatoes at gulfport the yams were cultivated along the gulf ship island railroad the daily herald september 25 1919 p 3      in october 1919 sheriff jb clark sold the biloxi canning company to mrs john b humphreys for 1200 it was seized to satisfy a 1000 judgement against john b humphrey awarded to vincent lenaz harco ms land deed bk125 p 72      the humphries moved back to new orleans he was in the canning business there when he died on december 7 1921 they resided at 1936 peters the daily herald december 8 1921 p 2      dr charles albert babendreer on october 15 1919 dr charles albert babendreer 18671938 a retired physician and entrepreneur who lived at ocean springs purchased the biloxi canning company for 4000 from mrs jb humphrey prior to this in september 1914 he ch woodward and es davis formed the nutritive food company a mississippi corporation at ocean springs in 1919 albert babendreer was president of the maritime food products company an illinois corporation dr babendreer came to the coast from kentucky with his wife dr estelle turner babendreer 18711958 circa 1909 they resided in east ocean springs where dr estelle t babendreer had a medical clinic she specialized in treating allergies and skin disorders their children eleanor b moore 19011984 and eric t babendreer 19031975 grew up to be attorneys harco ms land deed bk125 p 73 and the ocean springs news september 26 1914 p 1      albert babendreer grew up on the shores of chesapeake bay at baltimore this background may have lured him into the seafood industry at biloxi it was from baltimore that biloxi businessmen operating as the lopez elmer company brought the technology and equipment to open the first cannery which evolved into the biloxi canning company baltimore also provided biloxi with a transient labor force these seafood workers were called bohemians although they were primarily of polish origin     in 1920 at biloxi albert babendreer entered into the machine and foundry business which was complimentary to his cannery the enterprise called the biloxi machine works foundry company was located on the northeast corner of railroad street and magnolia the organization manufactured the gulf standard gasoline engine gray iron and made brass and aluminum fittings    william b taltavull   in may 1924 william bernard taltavull 18821948 known as bernard taltavull purchased the biloxi canning company from dr babendreer s maritime food products company for 10000 bernard taltavull was the son of pioneer biloxi boat builder francis a taltavull 18511930 and margaret bertheaud 18601904 harco ms land deed bk142 p 129    bernard taltavull was educated in the biloxi school system and became active in the seafood packing industry at biloxi in 1917 he married elsie lyle maxwell 18861962 on august 6 1910 she was the daughter of john lyle maxwell 18451889 and mary scott 18641938 from this union two daughters were born jane t smith b 1911 and mary edna t gillis 19191996      bernard taltavull had operated the bay view packing company until may 1924 when he bought the biloxi canning company just west from his bay view packing operation the bay view packing company was formerly the site of the henry diaz canning company which was located northeast of the diaz grocery store henry diaz 18721944 was the son of joseph diaz jr and adele santa cruz they sold the land to a syndicate where the lopez elmer company built the first cannery in biloxi henry diaz had operated a store here since 1892 taltavull would merge the two canning operations     in february 1925 the biloxi canning packing company was chartered in mississippi harco ms chancery court charters of corporations bk 36 p 133 the incorporators were elsie maxwell taltavull bernard taltavull and wj wadlington the factory had forty boats of which twothirds were utilized for oystering and the remainder to catch shrimp at the height of the packing season the biloxi canning packing company employed 200 boatmen and 300 factory workers    some employees were furnished free housing and water this custom was phased out in the late 1930s some of his boat captains were edward c kopszywa cotton kopszywa frank kopszywa valley lepre lebatard sansen desilvey john hungerford factory paid for fuel and groceries net profits split as boat share net share crew share judy s soares july 1996      on july 11 1928 rd moore land commissioner sold bernard taltavull 606 acres of tidewater land north of the biloxi canning packing company property it extended 1200 feet north into the back bay harco ms land deed bk186 p 457      in 1931 fred torsch a baltimore canner sold his company the auginbaugh canning company to taltavull for 3000 mr taltavull packed oysters for the baltimore organization with their label nigger head later changed to negro head after pressure from naacp judy s soares july 1996      in early january 1932 the hyacinth captained by mr penton sank in shallow water in front of the edgewater gulf hotel at the time of the sinking of his vessel captain penton and crew were in route to the biloxi canning company from a successful oyster harvest bernard taltavull who owned the hyacinth envisioned raising the sunken watercraft as it was not seriously harmed the daily herald january 6 1932 p 2      in december 1933 nine factories were operating at biloxi there was a paucity of oysters over 100 boats with about 500 fishermen were working night and day to catch sufficient quantities of the mollusks to supply the 2000 shuckers at the plants factories contemplated a shut down in january 1934 no market for shrimp as catches had to be given away the daily herald december 18 1933 p 1      in 1934 the taltavull family resided at 525 east howard avenue mr taltavull s hobby was racing the champion schooner of the gulf coast the mary margaret he had the boat built in 1928 by jackie jack kovacevich on january 1 1937 biloxi canning packing company leased to jane taltavull for one year for 100 harco ms land deed bk 214 p 159      in august 1937 the biloxi canning company launched a new shrimp trawler at the covacevich brothers boat yard the vessel was christened bernard t for bernard taltavull it had a length of 54 feet and a beam of 16 feet the bernard t was powered by a 36 horsepower lathrop engine the daily herald august 21 1937 p 6    bernard taltavull inc in april 1943 the charter of the biloxi canning packing company was amended and the name changed to bernard taltavull inc harco ms chancery court charter book 84 p 163 bernard taltavull was president and elsie m taltavull secretary     in october 1942 jane taltavull smith conveyed to bernard taltavull a tract west of the original cannery which ran from chartres north along the east line of anglada alley to back bay harco ms land deed bk 251 p 495 she had acquired it from glen easterling for 1000 in august 1934 harco ms land deed bk 214 p 537        in may 1943 with his health slowly failing bernard taltavull sold the former biloxi canning packing company to roy rosalis 19091984 and virgilio dos santos ca 19021954 for 60000 taltavull conveyed the factory buildings warehouses machine shops grinding mills wharfs and houses located on the property it also included all the machinery fixtures and personal property used by the biloxi canning and packing company and the bay view crushing company in addition the act of sale included the following power boats and schooners bride he gumbel geraldine f zenia winnie davis gallekelley golden hope kanuga anais ida t lucky lindy coca cola girl hulda velma gertrude b ferda dauntless i heidenheim anna eve oxalis silver pearl knox and teddy f the boats were valued at 26000 harco ms land deed bk 255 p 112 and the daily herald april 22 1943 p 9      at the same time rosalis and dos santos conveyed a 13 interest into their new company to armindo o soares 19081994 it included all trademarks of the biloxi canning packing company and the aughinsbaugh canning company trademarks 57575 11131906 54564 7311906 303967 6131933 303 966 6131933 and 345793 541937 harco ms land deed bk 255 pp 165167    the new owners incorporated as the biloxi canning packing company inc on may 4 1943 for fifty years 750 shares of common stock were issued with a par value of 10000 the incorporators were virgilio dos santos president armindo soares vicepresident and roy rosalis secretary and treasurer harco ms chancery court charter book 84 p 156    in september 1944 mr taltavull the former owner commenced a modern packing operation on back bay known as the b taltavull shrimp and oyster company it was located on the waterfront just east of lameuse street on property that he purchased from mrs lillie cruso for 3500 taltavull brought eighteen boats with him to the new cannery harco ms land deed bk 259 p 270    the portuguese two of the three new incorporators of the biloxi canning packing company were natives of portugal virgilio dos santos was already a successful packer with canning and fishing operations at morgan city and cameron louisiana he wanted a partner to run the biloxi factory dos santos had developed a friendship with mr suzano also a portuguese immigrant who resided and toiled in the philadelphia area suzano recommended his soninlaw armindo soares to dos santos judy s soares july 1996      armindo soares was a native of murtoza portugal he left his native land as child when the family immigrated to brazil the soares family resided at sao paulo for about five years before arriving at long island new york circa 1919 armindo soares and his brother antonio relocated to newark new jersey were they became employed by rca manufacturing radios at the philadelphia portuguese club armindo met a beautiful young portuguese girl judith suzano she was born at lisbon in 1917 and had come to america as a baby with her family they married in august 1936 soares was running his own grocery business at devon pennsylvania when he was contacted by virgilio dos santos to move to biloxi and become a coowner in the canning operation there judy s soares july 1996      roy rosalis 19091984 was born at north biloxi now d iberville in 1909 married rena leblanc rena rosalis wife of roy resided on church streethaises blvd     wisely when the new owners took control from bernard taltavull they retained the former office staff office manager was hernando money floyd baliusmachine shop and ship and engine repair isom and henry brashernew boat construction frank brown hired as field manager the plant was furnished entirely with continental can company machinery salting of cans was accomplished by the tablet system utilizing scientific tablets and machines the previous years plant production although poor compared to other years consisted of 48000 cases of canned oysters and 20000 cases of shrimp company trucks would also continue to deliver headless shrimp in frozen 5lb cartons to eastern markets     on august 18 1943 roy rosalis sold his 13 interest in the cannery to dos santos and soares for 12500 harco ms land deed bk 257 pp 182185 during ww ii rosalis worked for the us government as a seafood broker he returned to the local seafood industry before the september 1947 hurricane as the daily herald related that roy rosalis of union fisheries reported a loss of 50000 as a result of the tempest his losses were 4000 board feet of boat lumber two engines and two wharves damaged were six boats and the shipyard of rosalis he said he would be ready for raw shrimp in two weeks but a few months before canning operations on line the daily herald september 25 1947 p 8       in november 1949 when rosalis joined with clifton h sims and jules galle jr to organize the rosalis sims packing company at pass christian harco ms chancery court charter book 117 p 124 rosalis and sims apparently withdrew from the company as its charter was amended in april 1950 and the name changed to gm g packing company cf gollott and jules galle jr were the president and secretary respectively harco ms chancery court charter book 132 p 419    opening of the bonnet carre spillway in march 1945 decimated oyster population of western mississippi sound dr ae hopkins of the us fish and wild life service laboratory at pensacola said   the mississippi sound will not produce a single oyster except perhaps in the immediate vicinity of biloxi     in september 1946 soares and dos santos bought the henry f diaz 1944 property east of the cannery site from his sons henry f diaz jr and george j diaz described as 120 feet along chartres to back bay less 50 x 100 in sw csite of diaz store simon on the east harco ms land deed bk 290 p 390      1947 hurricane the 1947 september hurricane appears to have done some water damage to the biloxi canning company ironically three fishing boats the bobby c jeanne and mary ann gillis owned by former proprietor bernard taltavull washed up on the roadway of the biloxi canning company also a small gray dredge made its way onto the biloxi canning company yard the daily herald september 20 1947 pp 12    aughinbaugh canning company  in october 1947 dos santos and soares were operating the property as the aughinbaugh canning company as they borrowed 60000 from the first bank of biloxi loan secured with factory and land which had 494 feet on chartres from anglada alley to simon property on the east boats owned at this time victor son of soares geraldine f lucky lindy danny son of soares rosalina wife of dos santos virgil son of dos santos judy wife of soares walter son of dos santos and the knox harco ms trust deed bk 150 p 542    the evangelical and reform church  in june 1949 the evangelical and reform church of st louis missouri began acquiring land near the biloxi canning packing company operations og swetman conveyed a lot 40 feet by 120 feet on the northwest corner of fayard and chartres to the church for 5000 harco ms land deed bk 323 p 489 armindo o soares and virgilio dos santos conveyed a lot 50 feet by 120 feet contiguous to the swetman tract to the church in july 1949 for 2500 harco ms land deed bk 323 p 490 this gave them a front of 90 feet on chartres     the back bay mission as the church was called bought the old bay feed hardware property from gerald j quave sr in august 1986 harco ms land deed bk174 pp 290291      on july 1 1954 virgilio dos santos sold his undivided 12 interest to roy rosalis harco ms land deed bk 383 p 317 included four tracts     dos santos retired and returned to portugal were he died his wife rosalina dos santos still resides there rosalis and soares sold interest of aughinbaugh to biloxi canning packing company harco ms land deed bk 428 pp 105107       in march 1958 soares and rosalis leased the cannery to the lawrence warehouse company of chicago illinois bk 154 pp 157158 rosalis leased also as biloxi canning packing company harco ms land deed bk154 pp 159161      in july 1959 armindo o soares conveyed his undivided 12 interest in the company to roy j rosalis for 113 854 11 harco ms land deed bk 456 pp 6365 the deal included four tracts the aughinbaugh packing company and these brand labels negro head sea beach biloxi and danny boy     mr soares opened a small cannery gulf shrimp oyster company on point cadet also had a canning operation at palacios texas it was destroyed by hurricane carla in 1961 soares later invested in amazon catfish project in brazil and strawberry farming in mexico   rosalis inc on september 9 1968 charter of biloxi canning packing company amended and name changed to rosalis inc roy rosalis president and rena rosalis secretary 300 shares issued harco ms charter bo 2 pp 175178      venus and quave on september 4 1968 the biloxi canning packing company was chartered by dj venus iii gordon d venus and laz quave 150000 shares par 100 harco ms chancery court charter bk 2 pp 179182      on october 10 1968 rosalis inc conveyed to biloxi canning packing company for 610000 all improvements buildings wharehouses docks wharves with riparian and littoral rights go 4134 south along east side of anglada x landers x 253 x chartres 3329 x 136 stanovich x bay to point of beginning on anglada sale included the following brands negro head biloxi sea beach canned shrimp mobile bay danny boy and pueblo harco ms trust deed bk 535 p 47 and bk 535 p 50 mr rosalis then retired and resided at 872 central beach boulevard   biloxi canning company ca 1970   biloxi streets lr northsouth are caillavet fayard and reynoir eastwest is bayview avenue  hurricane camille hurricane camille of august 1969 according to company president dj venus caused losses estimated at 1 million there was doubt as whether the us pure food and drug inspectors would approve canned shrimp damaged by the tempest production was possible in two months the daily herald august 28 1969 p 18    loans  april 12 1971 company under venus borrowed 12000 from peoples bank and bought more land to the west harco ms trust deed bk 3 pp 6465      january 3 1973 venusquave borrowed 319000 harco ms trust deed bk 49 p 425      in october 2 1974 henry slay guiterrez president and pete elder secretary got a sba loan for 500000 harco ms trust deed bk 72 pp 287293    lease on january 15 1975 henry s guiterrez leased a portion of the building to the douglasguardian warehouse corporation of new orleans harco ms land deed bk 55 pp 377378    default in may 1976 venus and quave defaulted on payments to rosalis and the biloxi canning company was bought from substitute trustee david cottrell jr for 200000 harco ms land deed bk 65 pp 486488      historic marker in early may 1979 descendants of biloxi seafood pioneers lopez maycock and gorenflo unveiled a marker on bayview avenue at the head of reynoir street commemorating the 1881 founding of the lopez elmer company the ceremony was a part of the biloxi heritage week celebrations of may 612 1979 the daily herald may 15 1979 p b1    durward b dunn on december 20 1984 after the demise of roy j rosalis who died at gautier on april 28 1984 his widow rena mary leblanc rosalis took possession of the canning company property harco ms land deed bk154 p 132 mrs rosalis sold it to durward b dunn and georgene dunn of new orleans in december 1985 harco ms land deed bk 166 pp 261262    gaming era in august 1992 when the isle of capri opened for business on point cadet dockside gaming proved an immediate success other casino operators became interested in commencing operations on the biloxi peninsula the old biloxi canning company site was zoned for gaming by the biloxi city council on february 22 1993 when the entire back bay area composing waterfront district ii was zoned      imperial palaceralph englestad  in march 1993 peoples bank of biloxi conveyed to the mississippi gaming corporation a delaware corporation a 1839 tract northwest of the old canning company tract harco ms land deed bk 53 p 378379 this was the beginning of land acquisition by a group to be called imperial palace of mississippi   mississippi gaming corporation to ralph engelstad harco ms land deed bk 270 p 6921839 acres m l    morris j smith to ralph englestad harco ms land deed bk 272 p 51 described as 985 feet x 197 feet see also harco ms land deed bk 272 p 106    durward dunn sold the old biloxi canning company site to imperial palace of mississippi inc on october 27 1994 harco ms land deed bk 277 pp 213214    demolition and site construction in 1994 after the removal of the remaining structures of the biloxi canning company construction began slowly on the site the general contractor was     the casino barge the imperial palace casino barge a threestory structure arrived at biloxi on august 19 1995 from morgan city louisiana construction was completed at a site near the head of oak street and moved to casino site in 1996 the imperial palace casino opened for business on december 30 1997 the biloxid iberville press february 25 1998 p 7    the hotel  the imperial palace hotel construction commenced in early 1996 completion was planned for july 1997 but didn t open for business until february 6 1998 the biloxid iberville press february 25 1998 p 7   see englestad v mayor holloway controversies over upper stories of hotel    references    mary louise adkinson and others  the bouzagebosarge family  2nd edition mississippi coast history and genealogical society biloxi mississippi1991 pp 203204   charles dyer  along the gulf  biloxi reprinted by the pass christian historical society pass christian mississippi1991    th glenn  the mexican gulf coast illustrated  graham delchamps mobile alabama1893    david a sheffield and darnell l nicovich  when biloxi was the seafood capital of the world  the city of biloxi biloxi mississippi1979 pp 5051 and pp 6061   golden jubilee number the daily herald 18841934 fiftieth anniversary souvenir  the biloxi canning company the daily herald gulfport mississippi1934 p 82   twentieth century coast edition of the biloxi daily herald  the canning industries of biloxi george w wilkes sons biloxi mississippi1902    bradfordo keefe burial book 32c  bernard taltavull p 492   chancery court cases harrison county ms chancery court cause no 2803 william a gordon et al v ec joulian et al august 1908   harrison county ms chancery court cause no 21003 estate of henry f diaz january 1945   jackson county ms chancery court cause no p649 estate of roy j rosalis may 1984   journals   the baltimore sun charles patten january 13 1922   the biloxid iberville press imperial palace set opening july 1st december 11 1996 p 1   the biloxid iberville press imperial palace biloxi hotel opened february 25 1998   the biloxi herald local happenings july 30 1892   the biloxi herald captain james maycock march 19 1892 p 4   the biloxi herald jt maybury january 6 1894   the biloxi herald to the public november 21 1896   the biloxi herald latest city news november 5 1898   the biloxi daily herald an old citizen dead may 16 1903 p 8   the biloxi daily herald worse storm than that of october 1893 september 27 1906 p 2    the biloxi daily herald aftermath of great storm september 28 1906 p 1 cc 45 and p 2   the biloxinorth biloxi press retired biloxi seafood packer roy rosalis dies may 2  1984 p1   the daily herald ulysse desporte buys back factory november 14 1910   the daily herald barataria company desires no law suit november 15 1910   the daily herald william a gordon sole owner of biloxi canning co is dead january 10  1913 p 1   the daily herald jb humphries acquires ownership of leading biloxi concern may 22 1913 p 8   the daily herald mrs patton sic is taken by death february 22 1915 p 1   the daily herald biloxi canning company s plant to be closed permanently and sold august 25 1915 p 1   the daily herald 160000 plants for strawberries october 29 1915   the daily herald canning sweet potatoes in mississippi plants september 25 1919 p 3   the daily herald ge theobald dies suddenly in chicago march 15 1921 p 4   the daily herald humphries funeral today december 8 1921 p 2   the daily herald charles patton sic dead january 11 1922 p 3   the daily herald to raise schooner january 6 1932   the daily herald glennan dies at biloxi home december 18 1933 pp 12   the daily herald biloxi fishermen will discuss shut down of factories december 18 1933  p 1   the daily herald will dunbardukate company improve oyster plant july 16 1934 p 1   the daily herald thousand visitors inspect new sanitary packing room of biloxi sea coast packing company canning plant july 27 1934   the daily herald shrimp boats are in shape july 27 1934   the daily herald launches new boat august 21 1937   the daily herald taltavull sells biloxi canning co part fleet april 22 1943   the daily herald henry diaz sr dies suddenly at home early sunday april 24 1944 p 8   the daily herald taltavull plant starts operations september 15 1944 p 7   the daily herald only oysters in mississippi found in biloxi vicinity september 1945   the daily herald one life lost heavy damage done at biloxi september 20 1947 pp 12    the daily herald biloxi seafood industry loss set at 604000 september 25 1947 p 8   the daily herald three seafood plants to be back soon august 28 1969 p 18   the daily herald historical marker dedicated may 15 1979 p b1   the ocean springs news the charter of incorporation of nutritive food company september 26 1914 p 1   the ocean springs record sous les chenes february 29 1996 p 16   the ocean springs record sous les chenes march 7 1996 p 16   the pascagoula democratstar local paragraphs december 30 1881   the pascagoula democratstar ocean springs local news july 28 1893   the pascagoula democratstar october 13 1893 p 2   the sun daily herald roy rosalis april 29 1984 p a4   the sun herald biloxi leader laz quave dies december 22 1985 p a1 and p a12   the sun herald casinos on the way to back bay february 23 1993 p 1   the sun herald imperial palace chief all business december 14 1997   the sun herald rosalis built seafood firm april 8 2004 p a6   the sun herald rena rosalis april 8 2004 p a6     personal communication    jane taltavull smithnovember december 1996 judy s soaresjuly 1996     the seafood company of biloxi isidore heidenheim  18571918 resigned as manager of the barataria canning company in september 1912 he  planned to remain in biloxi and as a manufacturer s agent commercial adjuster and realty and insurance agent with henry e gumbel 18691950 of new orleans as president edward glennan 18541933 vice president and louis goldman 18821925 attorney both of biloxi isidore heidenheim chartered the sea food company of biloxi in april 1913 mr heidenheim served as manger and secretary of the new cannery which was located on the point of biloxi harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 14 p 177  the daily herald september 19 1912 p 1 and may 26 1913 p 1    isidore heidenheim isidore heidenheim  18571918 was born at new orleans louisiana on december 2 1857 to moses heidenheim 18251907 and babette fertel 18301900 his parents were immigrants from hessedenmark in 1847 and 1849 respectively moses heidenheim made his livelihood in the 10 th ward at new orleans as a retain dry goods merchant by 1900 moses and babette had relocated to jackson avenue and he continued in the sale of notions here he and babette reared a large family carolina carrie heidenheim 18511913 m cerf sampson 18391900 josephine heidenheim 18531929 m heymann celestine heidenheim 18551932 isidore heidenheim 18571918 august heidenheim 18601914 m sarah marks simon heidenheim 18641934 daniel heidenheim 1865pre 1870 emmanuel heidenheim 18661927 and sarah selma heidenheim 18711916 m emmanuel levy 18611900  home and family isidore heidenheim married anna eve riego 18741931 in harrison county mississippi in august 1907 she was a school teacher and the daughter of pedro riego 18461895 a spanish immigrant and anna c ortiz 18481922 of new orleans miss riego was reared on spain street in the crescent city where her family made cigars and graded tobacco harrison co mississippi mrb 19 p 174 and  the biloxi daily herald august 15 1907 p 1    biloxi politics isidore heidenheim was first elected to the biloxi city government as councilman from ward i in 1892  henry champlin almost immediately after the resignation of mr heidenheim henry c champlin was hired as the accounting manager of the packing company mr champlin had  the daily herald    izard at handsboro  the daily herald october 16 1912 p 8    schooners built in 1917 the  seafood company  built four biloxi schooners for their fishing fleet these four nearly identical watercraft were constructed on biloxi s back bay at the biloxi shipyard and box factory the first three boats were  i heidenheim   he gumbel  and  louis goldman  the fourth schooner was called  anna may  their measurements were as follows length545 feet breadth188 feet depth44 feet gross tonnage28 tons and net tonnage19 tons  the daily herald september 13 1917 p 3   russell barnes a biloxi author model builder and schooner historian relates that these four boats   w ere designed by  jackie jack covacevich and were built right along side each other at the biloxi shipyard and box factory owned by the branders these were a bit different from the traditional biloxi schooner in that they were all spoon bowed instead of clipper bowed otherwise they were fairly typical centerboard schooners    on the admeasurement papers i found in the national archives jackie jack    is listed as the builder on two of the schooners  i heidenheim  and  l goldman  while francis brander is listed as the builder on the other two  anna eve  and  he gumbel  it is fairly obvious that jackie jack   cut the half model and lofted the boat himself he then created the templates for each piece of the hull frame and then cut four copies of everything so that four schooner could be simultaneously and to the exact same measurements     email february 29 2010    heidenheim passes   references  the daily herald    heidenheim resigns as manager of barataria canning company   september 19 1912 the daily herald   henry champlin at the barataria   october 16 1912 the daily herald   biloxi will have new cannery report is reliably confirmed  december13 1912  the daily herald     19 the daily herald     19 the daily herald     19 the daily herald     19  the daily herald   three new boats put overboard   september 13 1917 the daily herald   isadore heidenheim dies   october 27 1918 p 1  personal communication   burdoncastanera packing company founded in 1912   frank b castanera captain frank b castanera 18701934 was born at scranton pascagoula on january 16 1870 his father captain eugene castanera was postmaster at moss point from 18821885 he also had a pecan variety the castanera named for him which was later grafted by colonel stuart and john keller about 1892 and sold as the stuart his mother was estella llado the sister of louis llado who was also a bar pilot frank castanera attended spring hill college at mobile he settled at biloxi in 1893 and organized the biloxi and ship island tow boat company in february 1897 with jb roberts as stated in the charter the object and purpose of this corporation were  to run and operate one or more tow boats or other water craft to tow vessels timber or other merchandise and to transport passengers and merchandise between such points and places on the mississippi sound and its tributaries as the board of directors may determine and to do a general towing and transportation business for a profit  the steam tug  biloxi  built by the taltavull shipyard for castanera was used in the towing operations along the mississippi coast in about 1900 he was in the retail lumber and general supply business in biloxi in 1905 he was appointed a member of the ship island bar pilots association and served as a pilot between ship island and gulfport until the commencement of world war i during the great war he offered his services to the government as a member of the us shipping board while at sea duty in the postwar years castanera met with a many adventures on the seas two notable events at this time of his life reported in the biloxi news of april 25 1926 were the saving of the life of an ill seaman by radio diagnosis with a land based physician and the rescue of the abandoned norwegian steamer johanne dybwad in the stormy north atlantic captain castanera married amelia desporte 18801953 daughter of captain ernest desporte they reared five children in biloxi eugene ernest castanera 18981932 ursula c provensal 19001991 amelia c o keefe delauney castanera 19031935 and theodore castanera 19051978 frank castanera led a full and adventurous life in addition to his seafaring he found time to participate in civic affairs serving on the biloxi city council under mayors tj rosell and ed glennan he died in 1934 and is buried in the biloxi cemetery  devitt clark cannery founded in 1914  location   point cadetlots 4 9 and 14 of square 5 summerville subdivision biloxi mississippi  history  the riparian location upon which the devitt clark cannery was erected was situated in the original 1784 spanish land grant of jacques mathurin ladner at point cadet is part of east biloxi was patented to charles e mccaleb in june 1844 summerville subdivision created in lot 4 once belonged to aime gautier 18261885 of new orleans he was the brother of fernando gautier by march 1900 the land in the possession of cora e white 18551910 the wife of attorney walter a white 18451914 founded the white house hotel in may 1912 cora e white conveyed lots 4 14 and 9 of block 5 to the bourdoncastenera packing company the conveyance exempted the presbyterian church lot which was situated in the northwest corner of lot 9 and measured 35 feet from east to west and 100 feet from north to south harco ms land deed bk 101 pp 232233 the bourdoncastanera packing company a new orleans corporation was probably the first to build a factory here on the riparian rights granted as title holder of the land president fb castanera 18701934 married to amelia desporte we white secretary ao bourdon also a principal in the company in june 1913 bourdoncastanera leased to patrick h clark and louis h harvey 18741913 harco ms land deed bk 104 p 247 louis h harvey 18741913 married to christina wachenfeld he died in september 1913 in june 1913 bourdoncastenera sold to to walter a white for 3500 harco ms land deed bk 104 p 248 white an attorney founded white house at west beach white sold the factory to devitt clark in october 1914 for 4000 harco ms land deed bk 109 p 307 devitt clark incorporated on june 10 1914 at new orleans harrison county mississippi charter book pp the officers of devitt clark were thomas kirkland devitt 18821946 president charles c redding 18571926 vice president and patrick henry clark 18701927 secretarytreasurer charles w mackie jr was a stockholder and on the board of directors of the firm  thomas k devitt tk devitt 18821946 was born at harbor springs michigan in august 1907 he married lily rose bourdon 18841951 the daughter of french immigrants ao bourdon sr 18451901 and marie virgets 18471901 the devitts resided on lower lameuse street here they reared their three children thomas k devitt jr matthew devitt and lily rose edmonds stuart lillirose devitt married ryland chase edmonds at new orleans on august 19 1932 ryland was the son of captain samuel preston edmonds 18671943 and shorey of biloxi edmonds was educated in biloxi public schools were he was a good athlete attended the university of mississippi and employed with the atlantic refining company of baltimore miss devitt also attended biloxi schools and matriculated to mscw she taught physical education at the lausanne school in memphis the newly weds were at home in baltimore  the daily herald july 25 1933 p 2   before commencing devitt clark tk devitt was in the grocery business initially he worked with john mosely by 1913 he was the local agent for the great atlantic pacific tea company operating a grocery business on howard avenue charles c redding 18571926 was born at bay st louis he was also a grocer at biloxi redding parlayed his entrepreneurial skills in many areas of commerce and was particularly successful in banking and the cannery industry he was once president of the biloxi canning company  patrick h clark patrick henry clark 18701927 was born at new orleans of irish parentage his father was michael clark and his mother anne sheehan b 1840 he was married to leonie b clark 18761940 clark was managing a cannery as early as 1900 he was also involved with the l n bakery and confectionery on howard avenue with his brotherinlaw joseph lamm 18741911 lamm was married to katherine clark 18761944 children hilda lamm 19011906 joseph lamm 19061941 and margaret j lamm 19071991 the clark family resided on cuevas street with their three children lillian 1909 patrick h clark jr 1911 and joseph b clark 1915 mrs clark later resided on bohn street ph clark died in october 1927 his remains were interred at the biloxi cemetery  ocean springs in late august 1915 devitt clark also had a small cannery at ocean springs at the time they commenced operations at ocean springs the fishermen who belonged to the international longshoremen union were on strike the fishermen of ocean springs appear to have been independent of the union as the two canning plants there were receiving shrimp the ocean springs cannery of devitt clark appears to have been a shortlived venture and may have been a victim of the 1915 october hurricane which devastated its competitor the ocean springs packing company louis a lundy 18761941 rebuilt that enterprise devitt clark probably did not in midseptember 1915 devitt clark got seventy barrels of shrimp to process from non union fisherman for their biloxi operation devitt clark became indebted to charles redding for the sum of 25000 the debt was repayable to redding in five notes all dated january 5 1917 and payable every six months louis goldman was appointed trustee of the property on april 15 1918 redding requested that goldman sell the property because devitt clark defaulted on their payments harco ms land deed bk 122 p 496497 and  the daily herald april 23 1918 p 5   on may 13 1918 louis goldman trustee of the property sold it in front of the courthouse door at gulfport to the highest bidder for cash charles redding bought the property for 13000 in the warranty deed redding purchased the following  all the property of the devitt clark packing company lying south of front street or beach street being the lot on which the factory of said company is situated comprising the front and riparian rights of lots four block five of the plan of summerville together with the factory situated thereon and all appurtenances and appliances used together with the right to use water from the artesian well situated on lot four for factory purposes  also lot one in block 6a of the summerville addition also the following personal property to wit the schooners   joe lawrence       ocean queen       henry clark    and    lily rose    together with their rigging of every kind and character situated on or belong thereto also one barge known as the   black box   certain motorboats known as    sunny boy     zudora    cuba   hunter   cracker jack  and trawlers  numbers one   two   three   four  and  five  also nine large seines and fifteen skiffs now in the possession of the devitt clark packing company also all labels cans and all supplies now in the possession of the devitt clark packing company or belonging to it or in which it may have some equity as well as all can goods on hand bills receivable and all fixtures furniture and machinery now in possession of the devitt clark packing company belonging to it or due it by others and in any wise appertaining to or belonging to the plant known as the devitt clark packing company harco ms land deed bk 122 p 496497 in december 1918 charles redding conveyed the devitt clark property to the american packing company harco ms land deed bk 122 pp517518 in june 1919 american packing company with tk devitt as its president sold the property described in the deed from walter a white to devitt clark 1914 to grego anticich 1876 ph clark peter skrmetta 18851963 luka kuljis and marko skrmetta 1889 the warranty deed included the schooners  marvel   henry clark   lily rose  and ocean queen  harco ms land deed bk 125 p 404 in july 1921 luka kuljis marko skrmetta grego anticich and mrs mary s anticich conveyed their 60 interest in the canning company to joseph lawrence trustee for the biloxi fisherman s packing company for 18800 peter skrmetta conveyed his interest to og swetman for 5250 harco ms land deed bk 125 p 404 and bk 131 p 439 p 504 and pp 537 also in july 1912 lawrence conveyed the interest acquired from the above to the the biloxi fishermen s packing company 10 ph clark sold his 20 interest to the bfpco at the same time harco ms land deed bk 131 p 578 the biloxi fisherman s packing company was incorporated see chattel book 21 p 328 or copy book 3 p 694 grego anticich marko skrmetta peter skrmetta luka kuljis and ph clark incorporators charter of bfpco amended december 8 1920 to increase capital stock from 25000 to 5000012 ph clark president and nils herlitz secretary harco ms chattel deed bk biloxi fisherman s packing company dissolved on october 9 1940 copy bk 7 p 651 the owners at this time and their percentage interest in the company were mrs cb foster 42 chester a delacruz 38 mrs ca delacruz 6 og swetman 12 fb royster 1 and henry w foster 1 bfpco sold to mississippi coast packing co in november 1929 for 18000 mcpco was incorporated in october 1929 harco ms land deed bk 183 p 553  references   12 book 131 p 586 13 chattel book 21 p 475 the daily herald    trustee s sale   april 23 1918  dubaz brothers 19181973   14 32 east beach  ernest mladinich at biloxi mississippi in may 1937 ernest mladinich 18751953 and spouse catherine bonacich mladinich 18741962 entered into a lease agreement for a parcel of land situated on point cadet with the dubaz brothers a seafood packing company domiciled at biloxi it was owned by john dubaz ii 18901944 luke dubaz 18931985 and george dubaz 18881976 the dubaz brothers lease agreement with the mladinichs was for ten years commencingonmay 13 1937 the rent was 20 per month harrco ms land deed bk 215 pp 9193 ernest mladinich a native of the village of milna on the island of brac in the adriatic sea just off the damaltian coast of croatia and his spouse catherine bonacich mladinich 18741962 also a croat had acquired their land on point cadet in december 1931 for 8500 the 1 st national bank of biloxi conveyed to them a tract of land described as 80 feet on the north by moulet 290 feet on the east by wetzell 80 feet on the gulf and 290 feet on the west by cedar street it was subject to existing leases held by panhandle oil and paul petrich and george marusich harrco ms land deed bk 192 pp 423424 in 1932 ernest mladinich would acquire the terry packing company on east beach at biloxi and operate it as the star fish and oyster company his bold capitalistic leadership during the early depression era years was immediately followed by other austrians as biloxi s croatian community was labeled at this time who made significant investments in the local seafood industry vincent gospodonovich purchased the stanovich tract which had two domiciles and a cannery operated by steve pavich and in july 1932 the martin fountain packing company became the property of the sea coast packing company sea coast was led by peter pavlov president and treasurer alexander pitalo vicepresident and steve m sekul manager  the daily herald july 30 1932 p 1    the dubaz brothers prior to erecting a seafood factory on front beach the dubaz brothers had operated a small cannery on biloxi bay near the 1928 war memorial bridge like many seafood operators on biloxi s point cadet the dubaz brothers had their roots in croatia formerly a part yugoslavia the progenitor of the family john giovanni dubaz 18551931  musicians  four of the dubaz brothers were talented musicians as early as 1911 they were members of professor carl hemmersbach s knights of columbus orchestra in biloxi professor hemmersbach 18721930 was an 1888 german immigrant he taught music at st stanislaus and appears to have been a very devout roman catholic in early february 1912 bishop gunn bishop of the diocese of natchez was feted at dukate s theatre among those playing in professor hemmersbach s band that evening were george dubaz 1 st violin adolph dubaz 2 nd violin john dubaz coronet and luke dubaz drums  the daily herald october 13 1911 p 1 and february 2 1912 p 1   later the dubaz brothers founded the dubaz orchestra which played at many dance venues in biloxi including the montross hotel hotel biloxi biloxi yacht club and pizatti pavilion they were also was regulars at the dance pavilion on deer island playing in the evenings and sunday afternoon  the daily herald august 6 1915 p 8    renewal in may 1947 the dubaz brothers renewed their lease with ernest and catherine mladinich for fifteen years the rent was 1 per day harco ms land deed bk 372 pp 256272 ernest mladinich expired on january 20 1953 he had come to biloxi from croatia then a part of the austrianhungarian empire in 1901 mladinich was a veteran of the austrian navy he and wife katherine bonacich were the parents of two children ernest mladinich ii and dina m kuljis  the daily herald january 20 1953 p 4   after mrs mladinich expired in october 1962 her estate was probated by walter nixon jr a biloxi attorney harrison county ms land deed copy bk 132 p 204  hurricane camille  this tropical cyclone struck the biloxi peninsula on the night of august 19 1969  final act in november 1972 the dubaz brothers after fiftyfour years in the seafood business at biloxi sold their crab processing plant on the corner of maple street and howard avenue to edward r hanson  the daily herald january 19 1973 p 2      hanson seafood  edward r hanson 19211996 was born at biloxi mississippi on january 21 1921 to edward h hanson and delhia strong he married edith chatham ed hanson expired at biloxi on april 3 1996  the sun herald april 6 1996 p b2    references  the daily herald   dance and reception for columbus day   october 13 1911 the daily herald   deer island   advertisement august 6 1915 the daily herald   brilliant reception last night in honor of bishop gunn   february 2 1912 the daily herald   john dubaz sr dies   february 16 1931 the daily herald   austrians buy canning plant   july 30 1932 the daily herald   mrs dubaz dies   july 30 1932 the daily herald   john dubaz dies   july 7 1944 the daily herald   ernest mladinich dies   january 20 1953 the daily herald   mrs catherine mladinich   october 22 1962 the daily herald   dubaz seafood company sold to biloxian   january 8 1973 the sun herald   edward r hanson sr   april 6 1996 the sun herald   luke j dubaz jr   april 23 2001  1930s cf gollott son seafood  founded 1932 carroll f cf gollott 19111987 a native of biloxi mississippi and the son of armond george gollott 18871973 and belle gollott 18901930 founded cf gollott son seafood at north biloxi now d iberville mississippi in 1932 armond g gollott was born on august 3 1887 at theodore mobile county alabama and circa 1904 married belle probably in mobile county alabama they had six children infant gollott joseph e gollott 19061974 m dolah carroll f gollott 19111987 m alice diaz 19111992 james i gollot 19151981 ruby l gollott 19152000 m chester kinsey and luther daniel gollott 19282004 m mary lawrence and helen pickich  gollott seafood buildings at d iberville  images made october 1996 by ray l bellande circa 1909 armond g gollott and spouse relocated from mobile county alabama to biloxi mississippi in 1910 they were domiciled on pine street in the point cadet section of east biloxi here armond made his livelihood as a fisherman he later toiled as a ship carpenter in biloxi before becoming a baker circa 1919 by 1920 the gollott family had moved to 3 rd street also on point cadet 1910 and 1920 harrison co mississippi federal census t624740 p 19b ed 33 and t625876 p 32b ed 39 in 1927 carroll f gollott began a long career in the biloxi commercial seafood business by acquiring fresh oysters from biloxi fishermen processing them by hand and selling the succulent mollusks in sealed jars to clients in hattiesburg and wiggins perkinston jr college was one of his first reliable accounts as he sold the school s cafeteria three gallons of raw oysters for 125 per gallon mr gollott delivered his seafood in a model t ford and he subsequently endured the perils of traveling on gravel and red clay roads into the interior of south mississippi  the ocean springs record december 2 1982 p 2    north biloxi  in 1932 cf gollott commenced cf gollott seafood at north biloxi now d iberville his facility was known for its high quality and sanitary excellence the gollot factory primarily processed oysters and crabmeat gollott s crabmeat was shipped to baltimore maryland and he received 18 per pound for the product cf gollott later opened up the memphis market for mexican gulf oysters mr and mrs cf gollott also ran gollott s grocery and market where he served as butcher  the ocean springs record december 2 1982 p 2    family commerce additional enterprises that mr and mrs cf gollott operated were gollott s grocery and market where he served as butcher and a bakery cf gollott was also a fine carpenter and mason he sponsored baseball and softball teams through the years  the sun herald january 21 1987 p a4    family on october 23 1929 carroll f gollott married alice diaz 19111992 the daughter of delmas diaz 18771953 and maggie g quave 18831967 two children armond carroll arny gollott b 1932 married phyllis june ladner and alice mae gollott married alvin vogt cf gollott and alice d gollott were blessed with eleven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren  the sun herald january 21 1987 p a4    many talents in addition to his business acumen and trade skills carroll f gollott was a talented dixieland musician he played with george brunies 19021974 of new orleans ace cannon b 1934 of grenada mississippi dan glasser and chuck foster cf gollott expired on january 19 1987 at biloxi mississippi at his request a dixieland jazz funeral was held on january 21 1987  the sun herald january 21 1987 p a4    references  the biloxi d iberville press   gollott s marks its 75th year april 24 2008 p a1 the ocean springs record  cf gollott celebrates 50 years december 2 1982 p 2 the sun herald   cf gollott january 21 1987 p a4 the sun herald   alice d gollott november 1992 the sun herald   after and now  gollott seafood in d iberville   june 4 2006 p a10 the sun herald   gollott s seafood celebrates 75th may 25 2008 p g1  1940s weems brothers seafood company   founded 1941 the weems brothers seafood company was founded on the back bay of biloxi in 1941 by joseph eugene gene weems 19122005 and charles edward weems 19152006 prior to their commencing a seafood factory the weems brothers learned to harvest the gulf waters with eugene weems their father on the  nettie  his fishing boat the weems brothers built the  thomas d kirnan  their first shrimp and oyster vessel in 1937 it was christened for mr kirnan the mortgagee it was followed in 1939 by the  bobbie charles  the weems brothers would build twelve commercial fishing vessels during their tenure in the seafood industry at biloxi  the sun herald april 12 2006 p a6    weems family j eugene gene weems and charles e weems were the sons of eugene weems b 1891 a native of bayou la batre mobile county mississippi and kathryn weems b 1894 also an alabaman eugene weems came to biloxi and was an oystershrimp fisherman he and kathryn also had three daughters hilda rae weems jalanivich 19191999 married john m jalanivich ii 19161998 nettie babuchna and erna weems b 1925 gene weems married doris terry they were the parents of anita weems hill barbara weems league ruth weems tank and douglas weems  the sun herald may 3 2005 p a6    1947 hurricane the september storm of 1947 destroyed the weems brothers factory on biloxi s back bay they worked diligently and restored the business and prospered  the sun herald april 12 2006 p a6    camille 1969 gene weems sold his interest in the weems borthers to charles e weems in 1957 twelve years later in august 1969 the powerful tropical cyclone called camille struck the mississippi gulf coast and did catastrophic damage charles e weems and sons rebuilt on back bay  the sun herald april 12 2006 p a6  retirement in 1984 charles e weems retired from the seafood industry he and wife glenna sherrell 19151996 were the parents of four sons charles e weems jr jerry weems laddie weems and ronnie weems they continued the business after their father s retirement charles and glenna also had a daughter sonja weems hoffman  katrina 2005   references    19441968 william b taltavull william bernard taltavull  18821948 called bernard was born february 6 1882 at lorraine harrison county mississippi he married elsie lyle maxwell 18861962 on august 6 1910 she was the daughter of john lyle maxwell 18451889 and mary scott 18641938 mr maxwell was born at canton illinois he married mary scott the daughter of alexander c scott 18481878 and jane sheppard 18421905 on january 31 1884 in biloxi the scotts were english mrs scott was born jane sheppard in 1842 at south shields england south shields is located in the county of tyne and wear on the north sea at the mouth of thetyne river ten miles east of newcastle upon tyne she married alexander c scott in the anglican church at south shields in 1862 they immigrated to the united states in 1871 arriving at new orleans the scotts came to biloxi circa 1872 mr scott died as a result of yellow fever during the epidemic of 1878 mrs scott expired on january 4 1905 at biloxi her surviving children were mrs fred dorhauer mrs mary scott maxwell alexander c scott jr and edna f scott in addition jane sheppard scott left two sisters at south shields england mrs burns and mrs forest from the union of william bernard taltavull and elsie l maxwell two daughters were born jane t smith 19112003 and mary edna t gillis 19191996  ship carpenter william bernard taltavull was known as bernard he was educated in the biloxi school system bernard learned the shipbuilding business from his father frank taltavull in august 1901 young taltavull while using the circular saw at his father s shipyard severely cut his thumb and forefinger dr bolton 18591923 was called to the back bay boatyard to attend to bernard s hand bolton opined that his lacerated hand would recover from the accident the biloxi daily herald august 7 1901 p 8 during the september 1906 hurricane bernard taltavull s shipyard on back bay suffered 400 damage the daily herald september 28 1906 p 2  bernard taltavull shrimp and oyster company in september 1944 mr taltavull commenced a modern packing operation on back bay known as the b taltavull shrimp and oyster company it was located on the waterfront just east of lameuse street on property that he bought from mrs lillie cruso for 3500 clell dildy was the manager mr taltavull had seventeen boats and employed a maximum of 150 people which included pickers weighers inspectors and handlers production capacity was thirty barrels per hour a conveyor belt carried the shrimp directly from the vessels to the plant additional land was added to the taltavull operation in december 1945 when a tract east of the factory was acquired from at cvitanovich for 1400 harrison county ms land deed book 259 p 270 and book 281 p 101 after ww ii the health of bernard taltavull began to fail at this time the management of the factory was assumed by his daughter jane t smith and soninlaw ww buddy gillis the september 1947 hurricane brought five feet of water into the taltavull factory ironically three of taltavull boats  bobby c    jeanne  and mary ann gillis were blown westward onto the roadway of the biloxi canning company formerly owned by bernard taltavull mr taltavull expired on january 22 1948 his wife passed on march 20 1962 both are buried at the biloxi cemetery the bernard taltavull factory was sold to precision drawn steel of camden county new jersey on august 21 1968 by jane t smith and edna may t gillis for 116000 harrison county ms deed of trust book 530 p 331  jane margaret taltavull  19112003 was born at biloxi on august 16 1911 and was named for her great grandmother jane sheppard scott she received her education in biloxi and matriculated to newcomb college at new orleans where she graduated in 1932 in 1934 miss taltavull was employed as the secretary for the biloxi canning company jane married robert a smith a native of oakland tennessee on april 12 1942 at biloxi they divorced with no children upon the death of her father in january 1948 she assumed the management of the b taltavull shrimp and oyster company on back bay at biloxi mississippi jane retired in 1968 she traveled extensively and took an exclusive around the world flight stopping at twenty countries in the 1980s mrs smith resided in the seashore personal care a methodist retirement community at 1450 west beach boulevard in biloxi until she relocated to a similar situation at gulfport in 2000 she expired in gulfport on 20 august 2003  mary edna taltavull  19191996 was born at biloxi on march 31 1919 circa 1940 she married william warren buddy gillis 19202008 he was born at biloxi on september 19 1919 a young buddy gillis matriculated to the university of mississippi where he studied chemical engineering with this education he was employed by monsanto and worked at the nuclear research facility at oak ridge tennessee during ww ii it was here that fat boy the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare was constructed when bernard taltavull became ill circa 1946 buddy gillis left monsanto and joined jane t smith at the b taltavull shrimp and oyster company he remained here until the sale in of the factory in 1968 the gillis children were mary ann mcdougall c 1942 pam gillis snyder b may 21 1947 and jane p gillis 19471947 jane named for her aunt jane t smith expired a week after her birth on may 21 1947 mary edna t gillis died february 7 1996 buried at the biloxi cemetery  references  bradfordo keefe burial book 32c bernard taltavull p 492 webster s new geographical dictionary south shields merriamwebster inc springfield massachusetts1988 p 1143 golden jubilee number the daily herald 18841934 fiftieth anniversary souvenir biloxi canning company the daily herald gulfport mississippi1934 p 82 the biloxi daily herald city news august 7 1901 the biloxi daily herald mrs jane sheppard scott january 4 1905 p 5 the daily herald aftermath of great storm september 28 1906 p 2 the daily herald bernard taltavul sic to engage in oyster business october 15 1912 the daily herald taltavull plant starts operations september 15 1944 p 7 the daily herald one life lost heavy damage done at biloxi september 20 1947 p 1 and p 2 personal communication jane t smithnovember 1996 3418 views  