William Starbuck Ingels
Born: 17 Jul 1854
Birthplace: Nodaway County, Missouri
Death: 13 Dec 1941
Buried: San Francisco, California
Spouse: Lucy Snyder (Ingels)
Married: 17 Jul 1881 in Nodaway, Missouri
Father: James Ingels
Mother: Casander Shelton (Ingels)
Children: Ada Ingels (Bowen)*, Addie Ingels (Morgan)*, Ella Ingels (Brooks), Myrtle Ingels, Percy Ingels
*Ada Ingels (Bowen) and Addie Ingels (Morgan) are twins.
Birthplace: Nodaway County, Missouri
Death: 13 Dec 1941
Buried: San Francisco, California
Spouse: Lucy Snyder (Ingels)
Married: 17 Jul 1881 in Nodaway, Missouri
Father: James Ingels
Mother: Casander Shelton (Ingels)
Children: Ada Ingels (Bowen)*, Addie Ingels (Morgan)*, Ella Ingels (Brooks), Myrtle Ingels, Percy Ingels
*Ada Ingels (Bowen) and Addie Ingels (Morgan) are twins.
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Our theory on the name Starbuck
While discussing the origin of the name Starbuck with my father, Jerry Ingels we decided to do some research. The name first commonly appears in the Herman Melville novel Moby Dick that was published in 1851. In Moby Dick, Captain Ahab's chief mate is 30-year-old Starbuck, a Nantucket Quaker. Our William Starbuck Ingels was born in 1854, just 3 years after the publishing of the novel.
More info from Wikipedia: Starbuck, the young chief mate of the Pequod, is a thoughtful and intellectual Quaker from Nantucket. He is married with a son. Such is his desire to return to them, that when nearly reaching the last leg of their quest for Moby Dick, he considers arresting or even killing Ahab with a loaded musket, and turning the ship back, straight for home. Starbuck is alone among the crew in objecting to Ahab's quest, declaring it madness to want revenge on an animal, which lacks reason; such a desire is blasphemous to his Quaker religion. Starbuck advocates continuing the more mundane pursuit of whales for their oil. But he lacks the support of the crew in his opposition to Ahab, and is unable to persuade them to turn back. Despite his misgivings, he feels himself bound by his obligations to obey the captain. Starbuck was an important Quaker family name on Nantucket, and there were several actual whalemen of this period named Starbuck, as evidenced by the name of Starbuck Island in the South Pacific whaling grounds. The multinational coffee chain Starbucks was named after Starbuck, not due to any affinity for coffee, but because the name "Pequod" was first rejected by one of the co-founders.
While discussing the origin of the name Starbuck with my father, Jerry Ingels we decided to do some research. The name first commonly appears in the Herman Melville novel Moby Dick that was published in 1851. In Moby Dick, Captain Ahab's chief mate is 30-year-old Starbuck, a Nantucket Quaker. Our William Starbuck Ingels was born in 1854, just 3 years after the publishing of the novel.
More info from Wikipedia: Starbuck, the young chief mate of the Pequod, is a thoughtful and intellectual Quaker from Nantucket. He is married with a son. Such is his desire to return to them, that when nearly reaching the last leg of their quest for Moby Dick, he considers arresting or even killing Ahab with a loaded musket, and turning the ship back, straight for home. Starbuck is alone among the crew in objecting to Ahab's quest, declaring it madness to want revenge on an animal, which lacks reason; such a desire is blasphemous to his Quaker religion. Starbuck advocates continuing the more mundane pursuit of whales for their oil. But he lacks the support of the crew in his opposition to Ahab, and is unable to persuade them to turn back. Despite his misgivings, he feels himself bound by his obligations to obey the captain. Starbuck was an important Quaker family name on Nantucket, and there were several actual whalemen of this period named Starbuck, as evidenced by the name of Starbuck Island in the South Pacific whaling grounds. The multinational coffee chain Starbucks was named after Starbuck, not due to any affinity for coffee, but because the name "Pequod" was first rejected by one of the co-founders.