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I was delighted to find my great-uncle, Charles E. Foye, listed on your "Captains" page! What a very pleasant surprise.

However, I did want to let you know of a couple of corrections to the hard work that Stephen McLeod of VA did.

Uncle Charles is listed on your page as "Charles E. Foy, 31 Fulton St." In actuality, his name was spelled Charles E. Foye, and the address in the SF Directory for 1889 (and other years, in fact) was 831 Fulton St. I'm not certain where the "e" and the "8" disappeared to, but they do belong with him.

FYI, here are the listings for him in several years of SF and Oakland directories:

San Francisco Directories
1889	Foye, Chas. E.		831 Fulton
1890	Foye, Chas. E.		831 Fulton
1891	Foye	missing on film
1892	Foye, Chas. E.	mastership
1893	Foye, Chas. E.	master-mariner	829 Fulton
1894	Foye, Chas. E.	master-mariner	829 Fulton
1895	Foye, Chas. E.	master-mariner	829 Fulton
1896	Foye, Chas. E.	master-mariner	829 Fulton
Oakland Directories
1897	Foye, Chas. E.	master-bktn	Echo office: 48 Market, Room 1, R., Oakland
1898	Foye, Chas. E.	master-bktn	Echo office: 48 Market, Room 1, R., Oakland
1899	Foye, Chas. E.	master-bktn	Echo office: 48 Market, Room 1, R., Oakland
1900-01	Foye, Chas. E.	master-bktn	Echo office: 48 Market, Room 1, R., Oakland
1901-02	Foye, Chas. E.	master-bktn	Echo office: 48 Market, Room 1, R., Oakland
1902-03	Foye, Chas. E.	master-bktn	Echo office: 48 Market, Room 1, R., Oakland

I don't know if you want to revise the page or not, but I did feel I ought to contact you. I think your web site is just great, and very helpful to historians, genealogists, and maritime fans.

K. Hall

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Date Entered: Between 1998 and 2008
Source: Daily Alta California, Family Papers, Historical Records, Submissions from Researchers

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