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G.W. Wolff was an iron ship built at Belfast, Ireland in 1878 by the firm of Harland and Wolff, employed by S. Lawther. The vessel was considered to be one of the finest ships under British registry in its time. A series of masters commanded the ship: 1885 Captain Jago, 1892 J. Ellis, 1895-1905 Watson Butler, 1909/10 J. W. Thomas. Until the year 1910 the vessel was listed in Lloyd's Register of ships, however, by 1919, it was no longer recorded. The final fate of the vessel is unknown. Captain Watson Butler was born in Wellington, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia on 19 Jan. 1854, the son of Stephen Butler and Anna Baker (Watson). He first married Emma Porter, the daughter of Jacob B. Porter and Caroline Crosby, and secondly Beatrice Pitman the daughter of Captain Samuel Pitman of Brooklyn. Butler died 18 June 1936 and is buried in Hebron Cemetery. He was master of the G.W. Wolff for at least ten years.