Freeport Oyster Bar

Yesterday, we had an incredible visit from Inger Ruffels from Stamford, whose great-grandfather owned oyster sloop Nellie.

Ruffels was accompanied by her grandson Don Martin and his family from Kansas. The family was given a tour of Nellie which is currently under renovation in the Henry B. du Pont Preservation Shipyard.

Inger explained that her great grandfather had worked on Nellie when it was both as an oyster and a lobster boat. When Inger’s late husband, Art Ruffels, was a boy in the 1940s he worked on the Nellie, out of Stamford. Inger told us that Art often said it was “the hardest work I ever did.”

The whole family was deeply touched by the care the Museum was taking of Nellie.

You can learn more about Inger and Art here: https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/realestate/article/Stamford-home-holds-lasting-family-memories-12720705.php

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