Lydia Edes and Raymond W. Jewell, Aboard Brigantine YANKEE out of Gloucester. Announcing wedding plans ashore 11 Dec. 1955 Original photo from the archives of S.P.H.S. |
On the YANKEE's sixth 18-month, round-the-world trip, Lydia Edes, of Plymouth, signed on as one of 21 crew members where she met Raymond W. Jewell, of Kirkland, WA, the cruise photographer. They were married in Plymouth, MA, in 1955.
Brigantine YANKEE, dated 1955. The Johnsons left the newly weds behind the next year, to sail their 7th and final circumnavigation. Original photo from the archives of S.P.H.S.© |
According to The Seattle Times obituary for Mr. Jewell, they raised their family in Los Angeles, but kept strong ties to the Pacific Northwest.
There is a short post about the Johnsons on this Log.
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