Martin Leander Welch (1864–1935) was a fishing schooner captain out of

Gloucester, Massachusetts Gloucester () is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It sits on Cape Ann and is a part of Massachusetts's North Shore. The population was 29,729 at the 2020 U.S. Census. An important center of the fishing industry and a ...

. He was captain of the

Esperanto Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...

in 1920 when it defeated the Canadian schooner Delawana in the first International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Born in

Digby, Nova Scotia Digby is an incorporated town in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is in the historical Digby County, Nova Scotia, county of Digby and a separate municipality from the Municipality of the District of Digby. The town is situated on the western s ...

, he moved to Gloucester in 1880, where he commanded the schooners Lucille, Titania, Lucania, Navahoe, Killarney, Benjamin A. Smith, Esperanto, Elsie, and the motor sailer Thelma. He died in Gloucester in 1935.

References

*"Esperanto Defeats Canadian Schooner in First of 3 Races", New York Times, October 31, 1920 *"Esperanto Wins Fisherman's Cup", New York Times, November 2, 1920 *"Captain Marty's Great Race", The Literary Digest, November 20, 1920 * The Gloucester Book, Frank L. Cox, Gloucester, 1921 * The Book of the Gloucester Fishermen, James B. Connolly, 1927

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Capt. Marty Welch
{{DEFAULTSORT:Welch, Martin American sailors Canadian sailors Canadian people of Irish descent People from Gloucester, Massachusetts People from Digby County, Nova Scotia 1864 births 1935 deaths