Projects » Lighthouse Keepers » Profiles

Profiles belonging to this project

Photo
Actions

Ramon (Raymond) Cuevas (1812 - 1869)

Ramon "Raymond" Cuevas was the light house keeper in 1850 on Cat Island and there is an interesting article in the June 4, 1871 New Orleans Times about him.

Added On:
3/28/2009
9/18/2019
Added On:
3/28/2009

Ramon (Raymond) Cuevas (1812 - 1869)

Ramon "Raymond" Cuevas was the light house keeper in 1850 on Cat Island and there is an interesting article in the June 4, 1871 New Orleans Times about him.

9/18/2019

Samuel Burgess MP (1801 - 1875)

Added by E. Nickerson- Historical Information: •Lighthouse is best known for the heroics of Abbie Burgess who, as a teenager, saved her mother and younger sisters during a storm by moving them into the...

Added On:
4/4/2010
8/30/2018
Added On:
4/4/2010

Samuel Burgess MP (1801 - 1875)

Added by E. Nickerson- Historical Information: •Lighthouse is best known for the heroics of Abbie Burgess who, as a teenager, saved her mother and younger sisters during a storm by moving them into the...

8/30/2018

William Young MP (1827 - 1864)

Added by Elwin C. Nickerson- William was the Martinnicus Rock Lighthouse Keeper- Years 1840-1853.

Added On:
12/5/2011
8/30/2018
Added On:
12/5/2011

William Young MP (1827 - 1864)

Added by Elwin C. Nickerson- William was the Martinnicus Rock Lighthouse Keeper- Years 1840-1853.

8/30/2018

One of the earlier keepers, Benjamin Eldridge Burgess, who started in 1867, married his second wife at the light and reared seven children there. They even took in three grandchildren following their m...

Added On:
8/29/2018
8/29/2018
Added On:
8/29/2018

One of the earlier keepers, Benjamin Eldridge Burgess, who started in 1867, married his second wife at the light and reared seven children there. They even took in three grandchildren following their m...

8/29/2018

Thomas Delano, Jr. MP (1668 - 1724)

Descendant of Mayflower passengers John Alden and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden Plymouth Massachusetts to Maine migration.Spellings: De La Noie, De Laniou, De Lannoi, De Lannoy, Delano from the original Fr...

Added On:
12/26/2007
4/20/2017
Added On:
12/26/2007

Thomas Delano, Jr. MP (1668 - 1724)

Descendant of Mayflower passengers John Alden and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden Plymouth Massachusetts to Maine migration.Spellings: De La Noie, De Laniou, De Lannoi, De Lannoy, Delano from the original Fr...

4/20/2017

Charles first experience at sea was on a fishing vessel. Later he joined the fleet of merchantmen that carried on an extensive trade with the West Indies. At twenty-nine he left the merchant service an...

Added On:
7/27/2014
2/26/2017
Added On:
7/27/2014

Charles first experience at sea was on a fishing vessel. Later he joined the fleet of merchantmen that carried on an extensive trade with the West Indies. At twenty-nine he left the merchant service an...

2/26/2017

Ida Zoradia Lewis (1815 - 1887)

"Walley"

keeper of Lime Rock Light after the death of her husband.* Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy : Feb 25 2017, 14:15:46 UTC

Added On:
2/25/2016
2/25/2017
Added On:
2/25/2016

Ida Zoradia Lewis (1815 - 1887)

"Walley"

keeper of Lime Rock Light after the death of her husband.* Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy : Feb 25 2017, 14:15:46 UTC

2/25/2017

Captain Hosea Lewis (1804 - 1872)

Hosea Lewis of the Revenue Cutter Service was transferred to the Lighthouse Service and appointed keeper of Lime Rock Light on Lime Rock in Newport in 1854, taking his family to live on the rock in 185...

Added On:
2/25/2016
2/25/2017
Added On:
2/25/2016

Captain Hosea Lewis (1804 - 1872)

Hosea Lewis of the Revenue Cutter Service was transferred to the Lighthouse Service and appointed keeper of Lime Rock Light on Lime Rock in Newport in 1854, taking his family to live on the rock in 185...

2/25/2017

Idawalley 'Ida' Zorada Lewis MP (1842 - 1911)

"Ida", "Congressional Medal for Lifesaving"

Idawalley Zorada Lewis (later Lewis-Wilson) (February 25, 1842 – October 24, 1911) was an American lighthouse keeper noted for her heroism in rescuing people from the sea. Ida Lewis was born in New...

Added On:
2/25/2016
2/25/2017
Added On:
2/25/2016

Idawalley 'Ida' Zorada Lewis MP (1842 - 1911)

"Ida", "Congressional Medal for Lifesaving"

Idawalley Zorada Lewis (later Lewis-Wilson) (February 25, 1842 – October 24, 1911) was an American lighthouse keeper noted for her heroism in rescuing people from the sea. Ida Lewis was born in New...

2/25/2017

Carl Emil Wahlberg (1847 - 1908)

Sjökapten, fyrmästare på Yttergrund och fyrskeppet Helsingkallan. Sea captain, lighthouse keeper of Yttergrund Lighthouse and Helsingkallan Lighthouse ship. Född / Döpt 3.8.1847 10.8.1847 By / ...

Added On:
7/9/2010
2/13/2017
Added On:
7/9/2010

Carl Emil Wahlberg (1847 - 1908)

Sjökapten, fyrmästare på Yttergrund och fyrskeppet Helsingkallan. Sea captain, lighthouse keeper of Yttergrund Lighthouse and Helsingkallan Lighthouse ship. Född / Döpt 3.8.1847 10.8.1847 By / ...

2/13/2017

Thomas Laighton (1805 - 1866)

Thomas Laighton moved his family to the Isles of Shoals, ten miles out in the Atlantic, in 1839 when he assumed the post of lighthouse keeper on White Island. He later worked as an innkeeper on nearby ...

Added On:
11/20/2013
1/17/2017
Added On:
11/20/2013

Thomas Laighton (1805 - 1866)

Thomas Laighton moved his family to the Isles of Shoals, ten miles out in the Atlantic, in 1839 when he assumed the post of lighthouse keeper on White Island. He later worked as an innkeeper on nearby ...

1/17/2017

James Leonard, younger (1866 - 1962)

JAMES LEONARD younger======fisherman at Goderich on Lake Huron, in Ontario, Canada, and later a crew member, and then captain of the ship which delivered oil and lighthouse keepers to the lighthouses t...

Added On:
9/20/2014
2/12/2016
Added On:
9/20/2014

James Leonard, younger (1866 - 1962)

JAMES LEONARD younger======fisherman at Goderich on Lake Huron, in Ontario, Canada, and later a crew member, and then captain of the ship which delivered oil and lighthouse keepers to the lighthouses t...

2/12/2016

Elizabeth Grace Darling=From Grace Darling Website Elizabeth was the fifth child and third daughter of William and Thomasin. The family referred to her as ‘Betsy’. At Longstone she shared her room with...

Added On:
10/26/2015
10/26/2015
Added On:
10/26/2015

Elizabeth Grace Darling=From Grace Darling Website Elizabeth was the fifth child and third daughter of William and Thomasin. The family referred to her as ‘Betsy’. At Longstone she shared her room with...

10/26/2015

Mary Ann Carr, Twin MP (1808 - 1843)

Mary Ann Darling (Twin)= MARY ANN , Thomasin’s twin sister, decided to live in Bamburgh when the family moved to Longstone and on 18 November 1832 she married George Dixon Carr. They were both 24 but o...

Added On:
10/26/2015
10/26/2015
Added On:
10/26/2015

Mary Ann Carr, Twin MP (1808 - 1843)

Mary Ann Darling (Twin)= MARY ANN , Thomasin’s twin sister, decided to live in Bamburgh when the family moved to Longstone and on 18 November 1832 she married George Dixon Carr. They were both 24 but o...

10/26/2015

Thomasin Darling MP (1774 - 1848)

THOMASIN DARLING=== [mother of Grace Darling]From Grace Darling website Born Thomasin Horsley in Bamburgh, 27 February 1774Died Bamburgh, 16 October 1848, age 74 Thomasin , Grace’s mother, was the elde...

Added On:
10/26/2015
10/26/2015
Added On:
10/26/2015

Thomasin Darling MP (1774 - 1848)

THOMASIN DARLING=== [mother of Grace Darling]From Grace Darling website Born Thomasin Horsley in Bamburgh, 27 February 1774Died Bamburgh, 16 October 1848, age 74 Thomasin , Grace’s mother, was the elde...

10/26/2015

Grace Horsley Darling MP (1815 - 1842)

Grace Darling= Grace was born on 24th November 1815 at Bamburgh, Northumberland and spent her youth in two lighthouses (Brownsman and Longstone) where her father, William, was the keeper. In the early ...

Added On:
10/26/2015
10/26/2015
Added On:
10/26/2015

Grace Horsley Darling MP (1815 - 1842)

Grace Darling= Grace was born on 24th November 1815 at Bamburgh, Northumberland and spent her youth in two lighthouses (Brownsman and Longstone) where her father, William, was the keeper. In the early ...

10/26/2015

Robert Darling MP (b. - 1815)

Added On:
10/26/2015
10/26/2015
Added On:
10/26/2015
10/26/2015

WILLIAM BROOKS=From Grace Darling Website William Brooks, George Alexander’s twin brother, was 19 years old and ashore at Seahouses on the night of the Forfarshire rescue. He led the lifeboat men five ...

Added On:
10/26/2015
10/26/2015
Added On:
10/26/2015

WILLIAM BROOKS=From Grace Darling Website William Brooks, George Alexander’s twin brother, was 19 years old and ashore at Seahouses on the night of the Forfarshire rescue. He led the lifeboat men five ...

10/26/2015

William Darling MP (1806 - d.)

William Grace Junior AKA Laddie===From Grace Darling Website William Snr was living in Bamburgh and classed as a ‘labourer’ when his first child was born. He was named William after his father so he be...

Added On:
10/26/2015
10/26/2015
Added On:
10/26/2015

William Darling MP (1806 - d.)

William Grace Junior AKA Laddie===From Grace Darling Website William Snr was living in Bamburgh and classed as a ‘labourer’ when his first child was born. He was named William after his father so he be...

10/26/2015

William Darling MP (1786 - 1865)

William Darling from Grace Darling website William Darling , Grace Darling's father, spent his early years in Belford until the family moved to Brownsman Island in 1795. In his teens he worked as a lab...

Added On:
10/26/2015
10/26/2015
Added On:
10/26/2015

William Darling MP (1786 - 1865)

William Darling from Grace Darling website William Darling , Grace Darling's father, spent his early years in Belford until the family moved to Brownsman Island in 1795. In his teens he worked as a lab...

10/26/2015