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Jerome “Jerry” Yettaw

Also Jerry Yettaw · Jerry Yettan · Jerome Jerry Yettaw

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TypePerson
Died1914-06
ErasModern era
On this page
Person
Died
1914-06
Work
Half-owner, fishing boat Vega
Parents
Dennis Alford Yettaw
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
maritimeheritagecommunity

Summary

Jerome “Jerry” Yettaw was a half-owner of the Vega and one of the three men lost in its June 1914 burning off Beaver Island. The held scrapbook reprint identifies him as the son of Dennis Yettan; the June 27 Herald uses the spelling Yettan, while the later recovery report uses Yettaw. A family genealogy’s entry for Dennis Alford Yettaw and Celia Fontaine identifies their son as Jerome Jerry Yettaw, resolving the fuller given name.

Evidence and limits

The source supports the vessel ownership, parentage, and casualty association but provides no birth date, marriage record, occupation beyond the vessel ownership, or exact burial location.

See also

Kin

DennisAlford Yettaw1859 – 1943This articleJerome“Jerry” Yettawd. 1914
Only relations stated in the sources are drawn; absence means unrecorded, not childless or unmarried.

Sources

  1. Charlevoix Courier, June 17, 1914, “Boat burns off Beaver Island,” reprinted in the 2003 scrapbook section.
    Names Jerry Yettaw as a victim aboard Vega, half-owner with Guy Lamphear, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Yettan of Central Lake. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · charlevoixcourie2003unse
  2. The archive report says Jerry Yettaw and Henry Papineau's bodies were found on the island shore and brought to Charlevoix for funeral services.
    charlevoix · issues · Charlevoix_County_Herald_1914-07-04 · Charlevoix_County_Herald_1914-07-04_djvu
  3. Lists Jerome Jerry Yettaw as a child of Dennis Alford Yettaw and Celia Fontaine. The local 1914 account independently identifies Vega victim Jerry Yettaw as the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Yettaw of Central Lake; the shared unusual surname, given-name variant, and parentage support the fuller name, but the genealogy gives no birth date for Jerome Jerry Yettaw and is not used for a vital-date assertion.

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 2 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Jerome “Jerry” Yettaw”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/jerome-jerry-yettaw/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix Courier, June 17, 1914, “Boat burns off Beaver Island,” reprinted in the 2003 scrapbook section. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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