Born in 1908 to August Tremmel and Mamie Ott, Louis Tremmel grew up destined to participate in the family’s business, August Tremmel...

Born in Milna Brac, Croatia in 1898 and arriving on the Gulf Coast at the age of twenty-two, Mary Consetta Bonocich Thian was a resident...

Biloxi lugger, DOLORIS S, was built in 1938 by master boat-builder, Francis Brander, in Biloxi. This vessel, built for John Skrnich, Sr.,...

John Cosmich was born in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi in 1909. When he moved to the Point Cadet area of Biloxi, John began his work in the...

The eldest daughter, Clara Skrnich Cosmich was born to John and Antonia Skrnich, in 1912 in Biloxi. Her parents had immigrated from...

Annie Cosmich was born in Bay St. Louis to Francesco “Frank” Cosmich and Maria Nicolich, both from Istria, Yugoslavia in 1912. Moving to...

Marshall J. Marble was born in 1912, the youngest of five children of Mary Virginia and Marshall Marble, Sr. Unfortunately, his father...

Norman McSwain, Sr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1891. While he lived with his grandparents in Biloxi during his teenage years,...

Born into a schooner-building and seafood industry family, Augustus, better known as “Gussie” was the son of Augustus Fountain, Sr.,...

The TULIP was one of the three Biloxi schooners built to serve on the fleet of E.C. Joullian Packing Company on Back Bay Biloxi. It was...

The CAIRO was one of the three Biloxi schooners built to serve on the fleet of E.C. Joullian Packing Company on Back Bay Biloxi. It was...

The OXALIS was one of the three Biloxi schooners built to serve on the fleet of E.C. Joullian Packing Company on Back Bay Biloxi. It was...

E.C. Joullian Fish & Ice Company/E.C. Joullian Packing Company Born and raised in Selma, Alabama in 1861, Edward Carey Joullian would...

Elizabeth “Libby” Roberts, born in 1958 in Moss Point, MS, was a trailblazer for women in the merchant marine industry. When she first...

Richard Lusk, Sr. and son, Fred Lusk, Sr. began operating the Lusk Shipyard in 1919. This year, Fred Lusk left school his eighth-grade...

Ronnie Bosarge learned the craft of boat building at an early age from his uncle, Laz Bosarge. Born in 1937, he built his first skiff...

Born in Abbeville, Louisiana in 1909, Anna Faulk resided much of her life in Biloxi and was a dedicated worker in the seafood industry....

Born in Biloxi in 1901, Leon Suarez was one of the six children of Anthony Joseph Suarez and Dona Agnes Penton. In Leon’s own words, he...

Biloxi native, Edward Joseph Brou, had a true love of the water from his birth in 1921. His grandfather, Philip Bellman, who owned and...

Born into the prominent seafood and boatbuilding Fountain family of Biloxi, Ethel Fountain was destined to be an active part of the...