 1859 - 1941 (81 years)
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| Name |
Franklin Whetstone Bibbins [1, 2, 3] |
| Birth |
18 Nov 1859 |
Beloit, Wisconsin  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
6 Mar 1941 |
Seattle, King, Washington |
| Burial |
Vashon Island Cemetery |
| Person ID |
I57733 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
21 Jun 2006 |
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| Notes |
Franklin Whetstone Bibbins
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raised in WI orphanage for fatherless boys of Civil War vets. At age 12 he took a wagon train to SD, tried homesteading, then went to CA and finally to WA.
Frank Bibbins (came to Vashon 1884) began the first regular daily service to Quartermaster Harbor with the steamer "Sophia" - 42 ft long - two daily trips - stops at Yacht Club Boat House (Manzanita), Dry Dock (Dockton), Burrow's Landing? Bleeker's Brickyard (Burton Governor’s Row), Hatch's Saw Mill (Assembly Point Burton Peninsula) "The brickyards and mill made considerable business for the little steamer..." Bibbins served the Harbor for 18 years - with the "Sophia" 1890-1899 and then the "Norwood" (Vashon-Maury Timeline by Dr. Bruce Haulman Web: } (http://www.vashonhistory.com/vashontimeline.htm)
In 1905 he was a co-founder, with Arthur Hunt, of Burton Navigation Co. He sold his interest in 1912 to Arda Hunt and LLoyd Hunt.
| Vashon (steamer) |
Capt. Chance Wiman, who had purchased a half interest in the steamer Sophia from W. H. Biobins in 1894, bought out all his partner's interest in the firm of Wiman & Bibbins In 1904. It was understood that Biobins would retire from the steamboat business.
Biobins joined forces with A. M. Hunt to form the Tacoma & Burton Navigation Co., taking delivery of the new 93-foot steamer Burton from Crawford & Reid and placing her on an identical schedule with the Vashon. One of the most spirited and bitter rivalries in the history of Sound steamboating ensued. Rate wars, races and collisions were the order of the day. Pitched battles between the rival crews were not uncommon and every device was used to lure passengers. |
A considerable description of Frank Bibbin's life is in "Van Olinda's History of Vashon-Maury Island" on p21.
| 1910 US Census, WA, King Co., Quartermaster Precinct | | Frank W Bibbins 49 WI-USA-WI wed 21 yrs, marine engineer | | wife Lucy M 43 MN-NY-NY 2ch-2lv, | | son Adney L 20 Vashon-WI-MN marine fireman, | | son Claude W 18 WA-WI-MN at school |
They had two children, Adney L Bibbins (b 3-1890) and Claude W. Bibbins (b 5-5-1892) Adney Lawrence Bibbins died on 9 Dec 1944 in Vashon Island, King, Washington. He married Pearl Hanover. He was a World War 1 veteran.
Chester R. Bibbins died on 18 May 1976. He was buried in Vashon Island, King, Washington.
| VASHON ISLAND CEMETERY | | Name | Birthdate | Deathdate | Burial | | BIBBINS CONSUELO RAMQUIST | 27 Feb 1905 | 23 May 1991 | 28 May 1991 | | BIBBINS CLAUDE W. | | | 06 May 1978 | | BIBBINS CHESTER R. | 06 Sep 1914 | 18 May 1976 | 11 Jun 1998 | | BIBBINS FRANK W. | | | | | BIBBINS LUCY MAY | | | | | BIBBINS RUTH M. | | 11 Mar 1954 | |
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| For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site |
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| Sources |
- [S958] Joe & Carole Pehoushek, Selected Families and Individuals - Christman and Bibbins, (http://www.pehoushek.com/GENEALOGY/pafg307.htm#17148).
- [S1077] Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Society & Museum, Steamboats of the Peninsula, (http://www.gigharbormuseum.org/onlinexhibit.html).
- [S1162] US GenWeb, VASHON ISLAND CEMETERY, King County, WA part I (A-E), (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wa/king/cemeteries/vashonae.txt).
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