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| NAME | BIRTH PLACE/DATE | SERVICE - ES = Entered Service; PK = Principal Keeper; AK = Assistant Keeper; SAK = Supernumerary Assistant Keeper | FAMILY DETAILS |
| Ace, Abraham | GLA 1779 Penrice | 1841 Mumbles 1851 Ace was still living at the Mumbles lighthouse, now described as a carpenter [HO107/2467/62]. He died there in December 1851 |
Wife: Sarah, c1780, not GLA. Children: Abraham, 1820, Devonport, DEV. |
| Ace, Abraham | DEV 1821 Devonport | 1851 Mumbles 1861 Mumbles 1871 Mumbles 1881 Mumbles Ace d. at Mumbles lighthouse 1885 |
Wife: Margaret, 1824, SCT (d. by 1881). Children: Elizabeth, 1846, Redruth, CON: John & Sarah & Margaret & Jane & Jessie, 1850 & 1852 & 1854 & 1857 (2), all Mumbles, Oystermouth, GLA. Margaret Heath, 1840, pob n/k, was visiting in 1851. |
| Ace, Abraham | GLA 1845 Oystermouth | 1881 Mumbles (A) 1891 Mumbles (B) 1901 Mumbles (C) |
Wives: Sarah, 1847, Oystermouth, GLA (A); Ann(nie), 1854, Oystermouth, GLA (B & C). Children: John & Abraham & William C & Mary EL & George H & Ernest JE, 1867 & 1868 & 1880 & 1882 & 1888 & 1898, all Oystermouth, GLA. |
| Acton, George William | MDX 1840 LND | 1861 Inner Farne Nothing further known |
Acton was unmarried in 1861. |
| Adams, Albert J. | CON 1858 Scilly Is., St Marys | ES Dec 1877 1881 Wolf Rock 1891 Southwold 1901 Southwold AK 1878-81 Wolf Rock, 1881-8 Orfordness, 1888-1902 SouthwoldPK 1902-10 Godrevy, 1910- Flatholm |
Adams was unmarried in 1881; Wife: Jane, 1860, St Marys, Scilly Is, CON. Child: Edith Ellen, 1885, Orford, SFK. |
| Aggett, William | DEV 1851 Bovey Tracey | ES Aug 1875 1881 At Bovey Tracey, DEV, with father [RG11/2158/78] 1891 AK Burnham 1901 Flatholm 1876-8 Wolf Rock, 1878-81 Orfordness, 1881-94- Burnham |
Wife: Lydia, 1856, Bovey Tracey, DEV. Children: William CA, 1880 Orford Lighthouse, SFK; Horace F & Alice Mary May & Herbert Walter & Adelaide B & Lilian Olive, 1882 & 1884 & 1886 & 1888 & 1893, all Burnham, SOM. Father: Thomas Aggett, 1829, Ilsington, DEV. |
| Ainger, William | MDX 1845 Kensington | 1871 Coquet 1881 Tynemouth 1891 Not found (? At Eddystone); Wife and children in Plymouth, DEV [RG12/1729/81] Nothing further known |
Wife: Mary C, 1851, Holloway, MDX. Children: William Henry, 1872, Amble, Hauxley, NBL; Alice M & Charles J, 1874 & 1877, Coquet Is, NBL; Frederick & Harry R & Herbert J, 1878 & 1880 & 1884, all Tynemouth, NBL. Mother-in-Law: Charlotte (Pickess), 1824, Wells, NFK. |
| Allen, S. | 1885 | Nothing further known | 1907-10- Lizard |
| Appleton, George Garshon | NFK 1832 Gt Yarmouth | 1861 Flamborough Head 1871 Godrevy; wife ashore in St Ives, CON 1881 Hurst 1891 Hurst |
Wife: Maria, 1830, Gt Yarmouth, NFK: or 1854, Woolwich, KEN per 1891 census. Children: Mary, 1856, Old Kent Road, SRY; Priscilla, 1857 Peckham, SRY; Maria, 1863 Flamborough, YKS; 1890 Hurst, HAM. Sister: Mary Ann Appleton, 1822, Gt Yarmouth, NFK. |
| Argent, John F. | KEN 1844 Swalecliffe | ES Jan 1863 1871 Inner Farne 1881 Chapman; Wife and children at West Ham, ESS [RG11/1710/68] 1891 Bull Point 1901 North Foreland AK 1864-72 Inner Farne, 1872-5 Dovercourt, 1875-81 Chapman PK 1881-8 Needles, 1888-93 Bull Point, 1894- Cromer |
Wife: Sophia, 1848, Ilford, ESS. Children: Eveline Kate Emily, 1870, Farne Is, NBL; Alice Mary Rebecca, 1873, W. Ham, Canning Town, ESS. (Parents-in-Law): Thomas Sorrell, 1816, Biddenden, KEN, & Rebecca Sorrell, 1813, Tenterden, KEN, were living with wife in 1881. |
| Arnold, Thomas | Yorks 1831 Sheffield | 1861 Bishop Rock 1871 Wolf Rock; not enumerated but wife and three children at Penzance, CON [RG10/2340/43 - schedule states Husband at Wolf Rock]; daughter Sarah E, was with her grandmother at Tresco, Scilly Is, CON [RG10/2347/47] 1881 Portland Bill |
Wife: Mary A, 1836, St Marys, Scilly Is, CON. Children: Sarah E, 1861, St Marys, Scilly Islands, CON; Jonas N, 1874, Penzance, CON. Mother-in-Law: Sarah Nickolls, 1811, Tresco, Scilly Is, CON. |
| Arnold, William | CON 1863 Scilly Is | 1891 Casquets. Arnold does not appear to have remained in the Service for very long. | Arnold was unmarried in 1891. |
| Aston, George William | LND 1840 | 1861 SAK Inner Farne Nothing further known |
Aston was unmarried in 1861. |
| Avery, John Philip | CON 1853 Maker | Avery was a member of the Steam Vessel Service 1878-9, and of
the Light Vessel Service 1879-81, before becoming a lighthouse
keeper ES Mar 1879 1881 SAK Dungeness 1891 AK Happisburgh 1901 AK Happisburgh SAK 3/1881 Dungeness; AK 1881-4 Chapman, 1884-94 Happisburgh |
Avery was widowed by 1881, but had remarried by 1891: Second wife, Helen, 1845, Dungeness, KEN. Children: Edna Lawrence & Helen (Morphett), 1886 & 1888, Happisburgh, NFK. |
| Aveston, Charles Henry | PEM 1843 Dale | 1871 Point of Air 1881 Point of Air 1891 Cromer 1901 Lodging house keeper in Cromer, NFK [RG13/1826/25] |
Wife: Ellen Elizabeth, 1841, Woolwich, KEN. Children: Alfred & Thomas & Annie, 1869 & 1870 & 1882, all Llanasa, FLN; Emma & William & John Henry, 1871 & 1874 & 1877, all Holyhead, AGY. |
| Aveston, John | PEM 1812 Dale | 1841 St Anns Head 1851 St Anns Head 1861 St Anns Head 1871 St Anns Head 1881 On pension at Dale, PEM [RG11/5416/34] |
Wife: Mary, 1810, Clarbeston, PEM. Children: William & Alfred & Vaughn & Martha Bowen & Charles & Mary Jane & Andrew & Robert & John, 1833 & 1835 & 1839 & 1842 & 1843 & 1847 & 1849 & 1850 & 1854, all Dale, PEM. |
| Ayer, Samuel E. | DEV 1837 Turnchapel | 1861 Longstone Nothing further known |
Wife: Thomasin, 1833, Falmouth, CON. Child: (Anney), 1860, Plymouth, DEV. |
| Ayers, John E.D. | NFK 1855 Gt.Yarmouth | ES Dec 1879 1881 South Foreland 1891 Great Castle Head 1901 Winterton AK 3/1881 South Foreland (SAK), 12/1881-9 Smalls, 1889-92 Great Castle Head, 1892-1900 S. Foreland, 1900-7 Winterton PK 1907-10 Spurn Head, 1910- Round Island |
Ayers appears to have been unmarried in 1881: Wife: Semilia Ann, 1859, Gt Yarmouth, NFK. Children: Charles Ed, 1882, Ashford West, KEN; Harriet Amelia & John Robert & Christopher James, 1884 & 1887 & 1889, all Llanstadwell, PEM; Ada Blanche, 1891, (New Milford or St Ishmaels), PEM. |
| Ayers, Richard Turner | NFK 1862 GtYarmouth | ES Oct 1885 1891 Gunfleet 1901 AK Eddystone AK 1889-92 Gunfleet, 1892-1900 Start Point, 1900-6 Eddystone, 1906-10 Hunstanton, 1910- Trwyn Du |
Wife: Susannah, 1865, Gt Yarmouth, NFK. Children: Richard H & Leonard W & Violet E, 1894 & 1897 & 1898, all Start Point Lighthouse, DEV. |
| Badcock, Alfred Symes | DEV 1851 Garram Rock, Portlemouth, Rickham | ES Feb 1872 1881 South Foreland 1891 Longstone; Wife and family at Seahouses, NBL [RG12/4266/95] 1901 PK Spurn Head AK 1872-7 Smalls, 1877-9 Dungeness, 1879-83 S. Foreland, 1883-7 Orfordness, 1887-9 Dovercourt, 1889-91 Longstone, 1891-6 Lowestoft PK 1896-9 Gunfleet, 1899-1905 Spurn Head, 1905- Hunstanton |
Wife: Ethel Annie, 1850, Poplar, MDX. Children: Ethel J, 1877, Neyland, PEM; Annie, 1878, Poplar, MDX; Ada & Catherine & Ethel M, 1879 & 1880 & 1883, all St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN; Lilian & Ellen Maud, 1885 & 1887, Orfordness, SFK; John Charles, 1889, Dovercourt, ESS. Mary Ann Maskell, 1814, Ramsgate, KEN, was also in the household in 1901. |
| Baker, George | DEV 1839 Bovey Tracy | ES Jun 1865 1871 Ashore from Skerries in Holyhead, AGY [RG10/5752/48] 1881 St Anns Head 1891 PK South Bishop 1901 PK Ashore from South Bishop with family at Neyland, PEM [RG13/5126/23] AK 1865-7 Casquets, 1867-8 Trevose Head, 1868-74 Skerries, 1874-85 St Anns Head PK 1885-7 Smalls, 1887-94- South Bishop, 1901 South Bishop |
Wife: Elizabeth, 1842, Bovey Tracey, DEV. Children: Florence Hilliner, 1868, St Merryn, CON; William Samuel (Hebges) & George H & Elizabeth J, 1869 & 1873 & 1875, all Holyhead, AGY; Ernest E & Herbert F & Mabel A & Arthur H, 1876 & 1878 & 1880 & 1883, all Dale, PEM. |
| Ball, Albert | SOM 1812 Berrow | 1841 Burnham 1851 Burnham 1861 Burnham Nothing further known |
Wife: Harriet, 1813, Modbury, DEV. Nephew: Charles Cooper, 1841, Lambeth, LND. |
| Ball, Charles W.E. | LND 1871 | ES Feb 1891 1891 Not found 1901 Lizard AK 1892-6 Wolf Rock, 1896-1906 Lizard, 1906-7 Longships, 1907- Round Is |
Wife: Mary A, 1872, Sennen, CON. Children: Charles Aubrey, 1894 Penzance, CON; Florence Beryl, 1897, Sennen, CON; Theresa Mary, 1899, Lizard, CON. |
| Ball, Edmund Kernen | KEN 1876 Dungeness | ES 1897 1901 Wolf Rock 1899-1900 Smalls, 1900-6 Wolf Rock, 1906-11 Lynmouth Foreland, 1911- Portland Bill |
Ball was unmarried in 1901. |
| Ball, John | LND 1848 St Georges | ES Jan 1873 1881 Souter Point 1891 Longships 1901Widow Teresa Ball and children were at Sennen, CON (Ball had disappeared from Bishop Rock 19 Dec 1898)[RG13/2258/66] 4-10/1874 Longstone, 1874-6 Dungeness, 1876-88 Souter Point, 3-12/1888 St Catherines, 1888-94 Longships |
Wife: Teresa Mary, 1854, Brentwood, ESS. Children: Frances Mary, 1873, Westbourne Park, LND; Mary Teresa (m. Marks) & Edmund, 1875 & 1877, Dungeness, Lydd, KEN; Philippa & John & Florence & Arthur V, 1879 & 1881 & 1883 & 1886, all Whitburn, DUR. Grandchild: Millicent Marks, 1897, Sennen, CON. |
| Balmer or Bulmer, Thomas | DUR 1836 Houghton-le-Spring | 1871 Engine Fitter at Poplar, MDX [RG10/580/106] 1881 Engineer at Longstone; Wife and children were in Bromley (by Bow), MDX [RG11/502/92] 1891 Engineer Fitter at Poplar, MDX [RG12/332/86] |
Wife: Elizabeth, 1837, Ayton, YKS. Children: Eleanor, 1862, West Hartlepool, DUR; John W & Thomas, 1863 & 1866, St Georges in the East, Shadwell, MDX; Mary E, 1868, Poplar, MDX. |
| Barehard, John | NFK 1825 Gt Yarmouth | 1851 AK Dungeness 1861 Needles 1871 Portland Bill 1881 Portland Bill |
Barehard was unmarried in 1851. He was said to be married in 1861, but was shown as widowed in 1871. Children: Emily, 1864, Niton, IOW; William, 1866 Portland, DOR. Sister-in-Law: Louisa (nee Humber), 1845, Niton, IOW |
| Barehard, William | NFK 1791 Gt. Yarmouth | 1841 PK Needles 1851 PK Needles |
Wife: Mary, 1800, Horstead, NFK. Children: John & Ann & Henry & Matilda, 1826 & 1828 & 1831 & 1833, all Gt Yarmouth, NFK; Amelia & Frederick, 1839 & 1842, Freshwater, IOW. John Frank Warder, 1830, Yarmouth, IOW (probably son of lighthousekeeper William Warder), was visiting in 1851. |
| Barnby, Chesman A. | YKS 1831 Hull | 1861 Inner Farne 1881 Beachy Head Nothing further known |
Wife: Agnes, 1832, Edinburgh, SCT. Children: John W & William, 1856 & 1859, Warkworth, NBL; Margaret T & Chesman, 1860 & 1863 Bamburgh (Farne Is), NBL; Agnes & Jessie, 1868 & 1870, Plymouth, DEV; Emily, 1872 Milford, PEM; Annie & George, 1875 & 1879, East Dean, SSX. |
| Barnby, John | YKS 1799 Hull | 1841 Spurn Head 1851 Spurn Head |
Wife: Harriet, 1798, Hull, YKS. Children: Emma & James & Chesman & Thomas & Jane Ann & (Sophie/Jessie), 1827 & 1828 & 1830 & 1832 & 1835 & 1840, all Hull, YKS. |
| Batton, William J. | CON 1854 Saltash | ES Dec 1873 1881 Dungeness 1891 Dungeness 1901 PK Les Hanois; wife and family at Torteval, Guernsey, CHI [RG13/5317/112] AK 1875-7 Bishop Rock, 1877-98 Dungeness PK 1898-1902 Les Hanois, 1902-6 Portland Bill, 1/1906-9/1906 Temporarily redundant, 1906-10- Round Island |
Wife: Mary Ann, (1853 or 1859), Dudley, WOR. Children: William J, 1877 Scilly Isles, CON; Gertrude & Albert A/E, 1880 & 1890, Lydd, KEN. |
| Belt, Albert A. | PEM 1880 Pembroke | ES Feb 1899 1901 St Anns Head 1900-2 St Anns Head, 1902-3 Lizard, 1903-7 Bardsey, 1907-11 South Stack, 1911- St Tudwals |
Belt was unmarried in 1901. Father: Allen Belt, 1848, PEM, was also a Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Belt, Allen | PEM 1848 Pembroke Ferry | Feb 1876 1881 AK Bardsey 1891 Round Island; Wife was at St Marys, Scilly Is, CON [RG12/1862/12] 1901 Plymouth Breakwater AK 1877-8 Wolf Rock, 1878-81 Bardsey, 1881-7 Spurn Head, 1887-90 Beachy Head, 1890-8 Round Is., 1898-1901- Plymouth Breakwater |
Wife: Matilda, 1855, Pembroke, PEM. Children: William B &
Albert, 1878 & 1879, Pembroke Dock, PEM: Edith & Henry A,
1882 & 1884, Spurn Head, YKS: Agnes E & Robert G, 1888
& 1890, Beachy Head, SSX; Beatrice, 1893, Scilly Is, CON. Son Albert, 1880, PEM, was also a Lighthousekeeper (q.v.). |
| Bennett, W.J.H. | 1887 | ES Mar 1908 1911 Round Island |
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| Benny or Benney, George | CON 1837 Saltash | ES Jul 1862 1868 Lowestoft [The Times] 1871 Lowestoft 1881 Ashore from Maplin at West Ham, ESS [RG11/1712/75] 1891 Lowestoft 1901 On pension at East Ham, ESS [RG13/1603/99] AK 1862-5 Les Hanois, 1865-74 Lowestoft, 1874-5 Blackwall, 3-10/1875 Start Point, 1875-9 Flamborough Head PK 1879-86 Maplin, 1886-94- Lowestoft |
Wife: Elizabeth, 1837, Heathfield, SOM. Children: Walter, 1862, Poplar, MDX; Charlotte, 1864, Torteval, Guernsey, CHI; George W & Cecil A & Frederick C, 1868 & 1869 & 1870, Pakefield, Lowestoft, SFK. |
| Benny, William D. | CON 1836 Landrake | 1851 With mother at East Cowes, IOW [HO107/1662/195] 1861 Mucking 1871 Not found |
Wife: Anne, 1837, Aberdeen, ABD. Mother: Anne Benny, 1829, East Looe, CON, who was wife of Trinity House mariner. |
| Bickford, Walter | CON 1878 St Mary, Scilly Is | ES Nov 1898 1901 Bishop Rock AK 1900-2 Bishop Rock, 1902-7 Round Island, 1907-10- Beachy Head PK 1929 Spurn Head. |
Last station Gunfleet. Retired 1938. Died 2 Feb 1959 |
| Blackburn, E.A. | 1868 | ES Nov 1887 1891-4 Bishop Rock, 1894- St Bees Not in 1910 Service List |
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| Blackmore, John | SOM 1840 Spaxton | 1871 Blackmore first joined the Lightvessel Service and was at
the Lundy Island Fog Gun Station in 1871 - see Fog Signal Gunners
section 1881 Ashore from Smalls at Neyland, PEM [RG11/5414/53] (A) 1891 Caldey (B) 1901 On pension at Llanstephan, CMN [RG13/5111/133](C) |
(Wife/Wives): Mary A, 1835, (Great Kimble), BKM (A); Lucy, 1843, Merthyr Mawr, GLA (B-C). Children: Mary E & Caroline & Walter J & Francis H & Islana, 1862 & 1865 & 1868 & 1869 & 1873, all Lundy Is, DEV; Gerais G, 1874, Neyland, PEM; (Amelia/Bertha), 1878, Marcross, GLA. Grandchild: Ivor Rees, 1894, Abertillery, MON. Sister-in-Law: Sarah Thomas, widow, 1833, LND, MDX. |
| Blake, Stanley | DEV 1847 Plymouth | ES 9/1870 1871 South Bishop 1881 St Anns Head 1891 St Anns Head 1901 PK Holyhead Breakwater; wife & child in Holyhead, AGY [RG13/5299/23] AK 1871-6 South Bishop: 1876-94 St Anns Head PK 1894- Skerries. |
Wife: Priscilla, 1857, Camberwell, MDX. Child: Millie, 1878 Dale, PEM |
| Blanche, Robert H. | MDX. 1871 Poplar | 1901 Maplin; Wife not found Blanche appears to have left the Service by 1910 |
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| Blowey, Thomas | CON 1856 Fowey | 1881 Blowey was Fog Signal Driver aboard the lightvessel
Sevenstones off Lands End [RG11/2338/81]; his wife and child were
visiting his Parents-in-Law at St Just, CON [RG11/2349] 1891 AK Beachy Head 1901 Wife and child at DEVport, DEV [RG13/2114/95] |
Wife: Matilda, 1860, St Just, CON. Child: Audrey R, 1881, Penzance, CON. Parents-in-Law: Henry Bottrall, 1829, Pendeen, CON, & Elizabeth Bottrall, 1828, Botallack, CON. |
| Bolton - see also Boulton | |||
| Bonwick, George H. | SRY 1843 Wallington | 1871 Ashore in Plymouth (? From Eddystone) [RG10/2112/23] 1881 Whitby 1891 Hosiery Manufacturer in Whitby [RG12/3994/53] |
Wife: Catherine M, 1846, Woolwich, KEN. Children: George J & Henry R, 1864 & 1866, Carshalton, SRY; (Alfred G or George H), 1867, Croydon, SRY; Ernest W, 1870, Plymouth, DEV; Fred W, 1874, LND; Catherine M & William R & Arthur J, 1876 & 1879 & 1880, all Happisburgh (Happisburgh), NFK. |
| Boulden, George | CON 1832 The Lizard | 1861 St Agnes Nothing further known |
Wife: Mary J, 1840, St Agnes, Scilly Is, CON. Children: Lovedy
J & Samuel, 1859 & 1860, St Agnes, Scilly Is, CO. Father Samuel was also Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Boulden, Samuel | CON 1788 St Keverne | 1841 Lizard 1851 Lizard 1861 Lizard |
Wife: (Loveday or Lovely), 1800, Landewednack, CON. Children:
Jane & Mary, c1820 & 1828, CON; George, 1832, The Lizard,
CON.. Jane Hill, 1786, St Martin, CON, was visiting in 1851. Son George was also Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Boulton or Bolton, Alfred J. | ESS (1868 or 1872) Dovercourt | ES Jun 1891 1881 Living with his parents at Llanstadwell, PEM 1891 Carpenters apprentice living with his parents at Lowestoft, SFK 1901 Lodging at Barnstaple, DEV [RG13/2144/61] AK 1892- Bishop Rock Not in 1910 Service List so had presumably died or left the Service. |
Boulton was unmarried in 1901. |
| Boulton or Bolton, William J. | LND 1842 Kensington | ES Aug 1861 1871 Dovercourt 1881 Smalls; Wife and family at Llanstadwell, PEM [RG11/5414/49] 1891 Lowestoft, SFK [RG12/1494/83] 1901 PK Bull Point AK 1861-4 Maplin, 1864-7 Flatholm, 1867-79 Dovercourt PK 1879-82 Smalls, 1882-7 Orfordness, 1887-94 Lowestoft, 1894-1901- Bull Point |
Wife: Sarah, (1837 or 1841), (Kensington or Notting Hill), LND. Children: William S & Elizabeth M, 1863 & 1865, Bromley-by-Bow, LND; Sarah A, 1866, Hammersmith, MDX; Frederick J & Alfred J, 1869 & 1870, Dovercourt, ESS. |
| Bowen, Henry | PEM 1822 St Davids | 1851 Sarah Bowen and her children were at Hakin, PEM
[HO107/2477] 1861 South Stack 1871 Trwyn Du 1881 Sarah Bowen, now widowed, was at Criccieth, CAE [RG11/5555/22] |
Wife: Sarah, 1822, St Davids, PEM. Children: Elizabeth & Joseph W, 1848 & 1850, Milford, PEM; Susannah, 1854, St Davids, PEM; Esther Ann & Margaret W & David D & Thomas H & Margaret W & Mary J, 1855 & 1856 & 1857 & 1858 & 1861 & 1863, all South Stack, AGY; Peter John, 1866 Penmon, AGY. Sister: Esther Bowen, 1832, St Davids. Son Thomas, 1858, South Stack, was also a lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Bowen, Thomas | PEM 1796 St Davids | 1841 South Bishop 1851 South Bishop 1861 South Bishop |
Wife not identified. |
| Bowen, Thomas | PEM 1824 Solva | 1851 Not found 1861 Ashore with family at Hubberston, PEM [RG9/4160/100] 1871 Ashore with family were at Bromley (by Bow), MDX [RG10/573/46] 1881 PK Bardsey 1891 PK Bardsey |
Wife: Esther W, 1820, Hubberston, PEM (Wife shown as Elizabeth, 1820, Hakin, PEM, in 1861. This was possibly an error in transcription). Children: Elizabeth & Julia A (m. Jenkins) & Mary D, 1855 & 1857 & 1861, all Hubberston, PEM |
| Bowen, Thomas Henry | AGY 1858 South Stack | 1881 Ashore at Sennen, CON, from Longships [RG11/2351/83] 1891 AK St Tudwals 1901 Storekeeper at Holyhead |
Bowen was unmarried in 1881. Sister: Susannah S, 1854, St Davids, PEM. Father Henry, 1822, St Davids, PEM, was also a lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Bowen, William H.M. | PEM 1830 Solva | 1861 Not found 1871 Bideford 1881 Trevose Head 1891 Trevose Head |
Wife: Martha WM, (1823 or 1825), Hakin, Milford, PEM. Children: Arthur John & Mary Ann & Margaret Elizabeth, (1858 or 1860) & 1863 & 1866, all Hakin (Milford), PEM. |
| Bowgen, Arthur J.I. | NFK 1877 Gt. Yarmouth | ES Dec 1898 1901 Ashore from Mucking at Dovercourt [RG13/1698/32] AK 9/1900-11/1900 Mucking, 11/1900-3 Dungeness, 1903-8 Hurst, 1908-10- Gibraltar, 1925 PK Spurn Head |
Uncle and Aunt: George A Goffin, 1868, Gt Yarmouth, NFK, & Harriet E Goffin, 1860, Gt Yarmouth, NFK. |
| Bowling, H.W. | 1884 | 1908 Skerries 1936 N. Foreland Nothing further known |
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| Boyce, William Henry | LND 1831 Shoreditch | ES Jun 1858 1861 Ashore from Casquets at St Anne, Alderney, CHI [RG9/4374/65] 1871 Portland Bill 1881 PK Orford 1891 Anvil Point 1901 'Living on Own Means' at Weymouth AK 1858-62 Casquets, 1862-7 Nash, 1867-71 St Anthony, 1871-4 Portland PK 1874-6 Casquets, 1876-8 Gunfleet, 1878-81 Orfordness, 1881-3 Portland, 1883-91- Anvil Point |
Boyce was shown as Widower in 1861, so Elizabeth Amelia, 1843, Alderney, CHI,was presumably his second wife. Children: Helena & Florence Eva, 1869 & 1870, St Anthony-in-Roseland, CON. Cousin: Mary Mignott, 1856, Alderney, CHI. |
| Boyle, Owen | IRL 1831 | 1861 Whitby 1871 Coquet 1881 Landguard Nothing further known |
Wife: Margaret, (1832 or 1836), IRL. Children: Mary Ann, 1857, St Just, CON; Owen, 1859, Hawsker, Whitby, YKS. |
| Brereton, Henry A. | SFK 1868 Ipswich | ES Sep 1889 1891 Not found 1901 Gunfleet AK 1891-5 Casquets, 1895-7 Bardsey, 1897-1902 Gunfleet, 1902-3 Cromer, 1903-9 Gunfleet, 1909-10- Spurn Head |
Wife: An Alice Brereton, 1871, Norwich, NFK, was at Harwich in 1901 [RG13/1699/51]. If this was Breretons wife, then Herbert A Forster, 1873, Norwich, NFK, was his brother-in-law. |
| Briggs, David | SCT 1829 FIF | 1861 Hurst 1871 Whitby 1881 Whitby 1891 North Foreland |
Wife: Isabel(la), 1830, LKS, SCT. Children: David McAllister, 1859, Milford Haven, PEM; Margaret L, 1860, Milford/Hordle, HAM: Janet Tait, 1863; Jane Isabella & Ellen Margaret Hall, 1866 & 1868, Hawsker, Whitby, YKS. (Mother or mother-in-law): McAllister, 1803, SCT. Uncle: John William Fuller. 1808, Filey, YKS. |
| Briggs, David McAllister | PEM 1859 Milford Haven | ES Dec 1877 1881 Not found 1891 Start Point 1901 AK Pendeen AK 1878-81 Skerries, 1881-2 Bardsey, 1882-1900 Start Point, 1900-2 Pendeen PK 1902-10 Pendeen, 1910- Flamborough Head 9 Mar 1891 Mrs. Briggs witnessed the wreck of the s.s. Marana on the rocks below Start Point |
Wife: Mary Jane, 1857, Hallsands, Stokenham, DEV. Children: David James & Winifred Mings & Olive McAllister, 1886 & 1888 & 1895, all Stokenham, DEV. |
| Brinkman, Alfred A/H | LND 1873 Poplar | 1901 Les Hanois; wife and child at Torteval, Guernsey, CHI
[RG13/5317/112] Brinkman does not appear in the 1910 Service List and may have left the Service |
Wife: Ada, 1875, ENG. Child: Ada L, 1900, Torteval, Guernsey, CHI. |
| Britton, Edward Allen B. | CON 1879 Penzance | ES 1899 1901 South Stack AK 3/1901 South Stack, 10/1901-10- Gunfleet |
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| Brooks, Samuel | FLN 1791 Gwespyr | 1841 Point of Air 1851 Point of Air |
Wife: Emma, 1807, (Mullan), DEN. Children: Mary & George & Francis, 1840 & 1845 & 1850, all Llanasa, FLN.] |
| Broom, George K. | GLA 1843 Cardiff | ES May 1861 1871 Orford 1881 Not found AK 1861-4 Longships, 1864-77 Orfordness PK 1877 Falkland Is. |
Wife: Elizabeth, 1846, Orford, SFK. Child: George, 1866, Orford, SFK. |
| Broom, W.H. | 1884 | Nothing further known | 1908- Longships |
| Brown, Alfred | (KEN 1847 Sittingbourne or IRL 1847) | ES Sep 1872 1881 Nash Point 1891 Anvil Point 1901 Maria, now widowed, was with dau Edith at St Peter Port, Guernsey, CHI [RG13/5319/69] 1873-4 Eddystone, 1874-9 Lundy, 1879-85 Nash Point, 1885-7 Les Hanois, 1887-91-Anvil Point |
Wife: Marie, 1847, Guernsey, CHI. Child: Edith May, 1874, Plymouth, DEV. |
| Brown, George | KEN 1819 Sittingbourne | 1861 Nash Point 1871 Les Hanois, ashore in Torteval, Guernsey, CHI [RG10/5769/100] 1881 Orford |
Wife: Mary Ann, 1816, Dublin, IRL. Children: George & Alfred, 1845 & 1847, Dublin, IRL; Edmund, 1850 Pater, Pembroke Dock, PEM. |
| Brown, George William | IRL 1844 | ES Oct 1865 1871 Visiting wifes parents at St Marys, Scilly Is, CON [RG10/2347/13] 1881 Hurst 1891 Southwold 1901 Lowestoft AK 1866-8 Bishop Rock, 1868-71 Beachy Head, 1871-7 Falkland Is., 1877-86 Hurst PK 12/1886-12/1886 Chapman, 12/1886-7 Maplin, 1887-8 Orfordness Reduced to AK (he had been promoted out of turn) 1888-91 Southwold, 1891-4- St Agnes |
Wife: Margaret S, 1840, St Marys, Scilly Isles, CON. Children: 1868 Scilly Is; Alfred R, 1870, Beachy Head, SSX; Edith Mary & Mabel & Edmund & James Stanley, 1872 & 1874 & 1875 & 1877, all Falkland Is; Lillian, 1880 Hordle, HAM. Parents-in-Law: Thomas Rogers, 1795, St Marys, Scilly Is, CON, & Elizabeth Rogers, 1801, St Marys, Scilly Is. |
| Brown, J.S. | 1877 | Nothing further known | 1905-10- Beachy Head |
| Bryce - see also Boyce | |||
| Bulmer - see also Balmer | |||
| Burgess, F.J. | 1881 | Nothing further known | 1905-12 Longships, 1912- St Bees |
| Burgess, William H. | Cumberland 1874 St Bees | ES Sep 1893 1901 Lizard AK 1894-9 Wolf Rock, 1899-7/1900 Caldey, 7-12/1900 S. Bishop, 12/1900-1910 Lizard, 1910- Hunstanton |
Wife: Jessie, 1874, Penzance, CON. Children: William &
Alexandra, 1900 & 1901, Penzance, CON. Burgesss father William was also Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Burgess, William R. | NFK 1838 Gt Yarmouth | ES Mar 1859 1861 Not found 1871 St Bees (A) 1881 South Stack (B) 1891 Trwyn Du (C) 1901 Retired and living at Gorleston, NFK [RG13/1815/51](D) AK 1860-5 Skerries, 1865-6 South Stack, 1866-74 St Bees, 1874-7 Hartland Point PK 1877-9 Plymouth Breakwater, 1879-90 South Stack, 1890-4- Trwyn Du |
Wives: Mary Ann, 1841, Gt Yarmouth, NFK (A); Jane, (1847 or 1849), Aldeby, SFK (B-D). Children: William H, 1874, St Bees, CUL; George E, 1877 Hartland, DEV; Alice J, 1879 Plymouth, DEV; Frederick J & Agnes A & Alfred A, 1882 & 1888 & 1890, all Holyhead, AGY. |
| Campbell, James | SCT 1802 Edinburgh | 1841 Burnham 1851 PK Burnham 1861 PK Burnham |
Campbell does not appear to have married. Sister Ann, 1804, Edinburgh, SCT. |
| Carpenter, George | SFK 1853 Orford | ES Nov 1872 1881 AK Coquet 1891 Coquet 1901 Portland Bill AK 1873-7 Casquets, 1877-92 Coquet Is., 1892-8 Hunstanton; 1900-1902 Portland Bill PK 1898-1900 Longstone, 1902-7 St Bees, 1907-11 Portland Bill, 1911- Anvil Point Carpenter was reduced from PK to AK May 1900, but promoted to PK again in 1902 |
Wife: Mary Ann, 1851, Hurst or Hythe or Havant, HAM. Children:
George Richard, 1876 Alderney, CHI; Henry Frederick, 1878 Poplar,
LND; William Edward, 1880 Warkworth, NBL; Clara & John J &
Walter & Hester M, 1883 & 1887 & 1890 & 1891,
Amble, NBL Carpenters father Michael was also a lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Carpenter, Michael C. | HAM. 1811 Exton | 1841 AK Hurst AK 1851 Orfordness 1861 AK Orfordness 1871 PK Orfordness |
Wife: Emma Louisa, 1814, Poole, DOR. Children: John & Jane T & Elizabeth T & Mary L, 1836 & 1838 & 1840 & 1843, all Hordle, HAM; Amelia & George, 1846 & 1853, Orford, SFK (son George was also a lighthousekeeper (q.v.)). Mother-in-Law, Judith Troth, 1773, Poole, DOR, 1773 (Troth was the family name of a number of lighthouse keepers, (q.v.)) Carpenter's elder sister Amelia, baptised in Exton in Nov 1805, married keeper George Page, whose father John was a contemporary at Hurst (q.v.). Harriet Brinkley, Sudbourne, SFK, was visiting in 1861. |
| Chapman, H.H. | 1887 | Nothing further known | 1910- Bardsey |
| Chapman, James | KEN 1802 {1806} Gillingham | 1841 North Foreland 1851 Coquet Island 1861 North Foreland 1871 On pension at Broadstairs, KEN [RG10/998/25] 1881 Still at Broadstairs on pension [RG11/991/13] |
Wife: Sarah, 1811, Alverstoke, Gosport, HAM. Children: (R) & James, 1836 & 1839, Limehouse, MDX; Claire, 1840, Hurst Lighthouse, HAM; Bertha, 1843, Warkworth, NBL. Grandchildren: Nila Simpson & John Simpson, 1873 & 1876, Broadstairs, KEN; Jane Simpson & James Simpson, 1878 & 1880, Sunderland, DUR. Brother-in-Law: Silas Ablett, 1807, Gosport, HAM. |
| Charlton, Stanley J.W. | LND 1860 Streatham | 1881 Engine Driver at Preston, SSX [RG11/1100/61] ES Oct 1887 1891 Second Engineer aboard Trinity House Tender Argus [RG12/339/90] 1901 ENG St Catherines 1893-6 Lizard, 1896-1910- St Catherines. |
Charlton was unmarried in 1881; Wife: Sarah G, 1861, Brighton, SSX. Child: Dorothy, 1888, Brighton, SSX. |
| Chavner, John Joseph | LND 1837 St Georges in the East, Shadwell | ES Sep 1862 1871 Lundy 1881 Wolf Rock; wife and children at Penzance [RG11/2346/42] 1891 St Bees 1901 St Bees AK 1862-3 Plymouth Breakwater, 1863-5 Eddystone, 6/1865-9/1865 Corton, 9/1865-9 Caldey, 1869-74 Lundy, 1874-81 Smalls PK 1881-8 Wolf Rock, 1888-1901- St Bees |
Wife: Phoebe, 1839, Burton, PEM. Children: Mary E, 1863, Liverpool, LAN; Rose Adelaide, 1865 Plymouth, DEV; Augusta Emily & Arthur W, 1867 & 1869, Caldey Is, PEM; John J, 1870, Lundy; Thomas Aquilla, 1871 Burton, PEM; William C & George Chapman & Florence Maud, 1876 & 1878 & 1880, New Milford, Neyland, PEM; Walter, 1887, Penzance, CON. |
| Chavner, William C. | PEM 1874 Neyland | ES Lightvessel Service Sep 1897; Lighthouse Service Nov
1898 Lightvessel Service 1897-8 1901 Ashore from South Bishop at Neyland, PEM [RG13/5126/45] 1900-6 South Bishop, 1906-9 Lundy, 1909- Smalls |
Wife: Mary, 1881, Blackwall, MDX. |
| Cherrett, Charles | MDX. 1877 Poplar | ES Feb 1898 1901 Ashore with wife from Round Island at St Marys, Scilly Is, CON [RG13/2259/51] AK 1899-1 Round Is., 1901-3 Gibraltar, 1903-8 Whitby, 1908-10- Longstone |
Wife: Emily Martha, 1881, Lambeth, MDX. |
| Cherrett, Frederick G. | LND 1880 Poplar | ES Nov 1899 1901 SAK Spurn Head AK 1901-8 Bull Point, 1908-10- Bideford |
Cherrett was unmarried in 1901. |
| Christie, Duncan | PER 1817 (Kilmaddock) | 1871 ENG Dungeness Nothing further known |
Wife: Ann, 1822, Bromley (by Bow), MDX. Children: Jean, 1851, Bromley, MDX; Annie & Elizabeth, 1855 & 1857, Limehouse, MDX. |
| Christophers, George | c1811 Not on AGY | 1841 Trwyn Du Nothing further known |
Wife: Sarah, c1811, not AGY. Children: Georgiana & Susannah & John, 1834 & 1837 & 1838, none AGY; Sarah, 1839, AGY. |
| Clague, W. | 1880 | ES Mar 1900 1901-8 Les Hanois, 1908-10- Bull Point Nothing further known |
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| Clarke, William | 1822 St Bees Nothing further known |
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| Claxton, Richard | MDX. 1842 Shoreditch | 1861 Spurn Head (prob. SAK) Nothing further known |
Claxton was unmarried in 1861. |
| Clay, John C. | AGY 1873 Holyhead | ES Oct 1893 1901 AK Bardsey AK 1895-8 Casquets, 1898-1904 Bardsey, 1904-1910 Dungeness, 1911- N. Foreland |
Wife: Julia A, 1878, Alderney, CHI. Children: John Hart & Thomas WL, 1900 (2), Bardsey, CAE. Sister-in-Law: Louisa A Mahaut, 1882, Alderney, CHI. |
| Clemens, John | c1795 | 1841 Ashore at St Just, CON, merely described as Lightkeeper
[HO107/144/9/52] Clemens was possibly a Lightvessel crewman Nothing further known |
Wife: Honor, c1789, CON. |
| Clouston, Joseph | OKI 1806 Stromness | 1841 Clouston not found but wife and children at Stromness, OKI
[ED7] 1851 Tynemouth 1861 Ann Clouston, now widowed, was with her children at Tynemouth, NBL [RG9/3843/20] |
Wife: Ann, 1807, Stromness, OKI. Children: Ann & Joseph & John, 1836 & 1839 & 1840, all Stromness, OKI; Margaret (Flett) Clouston, 1845, Burnham, SOM. |
| Cock, William | DEV 1808 Plymouth | 1841 Not found 1851 Cock not found but wife and children apparently at Plymouth, DEV [HO107/1879/513] 1861 Longships [not enumerated]; Wife not found but daughters in Trinity buildings at Sennen, CON [RG9/1599/73] 1871 Mucking |
Wife born Plymouth, DEV (d. by 1871). Children: Matilda & Louisa, 1838 & 1850, Plymouth, DEV (other children if 1851 entry at Plymouth correct: Charlotte & James & Frederick & Mary A, 1832 & 1835 & 1840 & 1843, all Plymouth, DEV). Grandchild: Charlotte (D or RV) Cocks, 1858, Sennen, CON |
| Cock, William | DEV 1829 Plymouth | 1861 Not found 1871 Bishop Rock 1881 Portland Bill 1884 Died at Great Castle Head aged 55 years |
Wife: Martha A, 1827, Walwyns Castle, Haverfordwest, PEM. |
| Colby, Nathaniel | SFK 1809 Kirkley (Lowestoft) | 1851 Lowestoft 1861Fish Merchant at Lowestoft [RG9/1186/99] |
Wife: Margaret, 1810, Kirkley, SFK. |
| Coleman, Frank A. | SRY 1863 Kingston | 1891 Les Hanois AK 1887-8 Wolf Rock, 1888-92 Les Hanois |
Coleman was unmarried in 1891 and he left the service in April 1892 to join the Hong Kong Lighthouse Service. |
| Colerein, William | HAM 1811 Hythe | 1841 Needles 1851 Beachy Head 1861 Not found 1871 Not found 1881 Elizabeth, now widowed, was with son Edward at Harwich St Nicholas, ESS |
Wife: Elizabeth, 1821, N Yarmouth, NFK. Children: William & Benjamin & Edward & Edwin, 1840 & 1841 & 1844 & 1846, Needles, IOW; Louisa & , 1847 & 1851, Beachy Head. Sister: Emma Colerein, 1831, IOW. |
| Colerein(e) or Colrein, Thomas | 1827 | 1851 Casquets, Alderney, CHI [HO107/2531/479] 1861 Fisherman at Flamborough, YKS [RG9/3613/107] 1871 Fisherman at Flamborough, YKS [RG10/4812/93] |
Wife: Ann, 1833, Flamborough, YKS. Children: Sarah A, 1853, Alderney, CHI; Mary E & William & Hannah & Ellen, 1862 & 1864 & 1866 & 1869, all Flamborough, YKS. |
| Comben, Christopher | DOR 1755 Portland Bill | Nothing further known | The Comben family provided keepers at Portland Bill, DOR, for several generations. |
| Comben, Christopher Byatt | DOR 1777 Portland Bill | 1851 Portland Bill Nothing further known |
Comben was widowed by 1851. The Comben family provided keepers at Portland Bill, DOR, for several generations. |
| Comben, Christopher | (DOR) 1781 (Portland Bill) | Nothing further known | The Comben family provided keepers at Portland Bill, DOR, for several generations. |
| Comben, Christopher B. | DOR 1852 Portland | ES Jan 1871 1871 Souter Point 1881 Not found 1891 AK Dovercourt 1901 Not found AK 1872-6 Maplin, 1876-7 S. Foreland, 1877-82 Basses, 1882-3 St Bees, 1883-6 Longstone, 1886-91 Cromer, 1891-3 Dovercourt, 1893-4 Gibraltar, 9-11/1894 Plymouth Breakwater PK 1894- Farne |
Comben was unmarried in 1871 and 1891 |
| Comben, Richard | DOR 1825 Portland | 1851 Quarryman at Portland, DOR [HO107/1857/472] 1861 AK Trevose Head 1871 Plymouth Breakwater (Wife not found) 1881 Cromer |
Wife: Mary Ann, 1825, Portland, DOR. Children: Anna & Christopher, 1852 & 1853 Portland, DOR; Marina M, 1856, (Padstow or St Merryn), CON; Richard, 1858 St Merryn, CON: Sophia Charlotte, 1862, Happisburgh, NFK. |
| Comben, Richard | DOR (1792 or 1796) Portland Bill | 1818 Portland Bill 1841 Portland Bill 1851 PK Portland Bill |
Wife: Ann, (1796 or 1801), Children: (Agnes/Ann) & Sally
& Christopher & Philippa & Elizabeth, 1826 & c1826
& c1828 & 1832 & 1838, all Portland Bill, DOR.
Grandchild: Richard C Pepperell, 1849, Portland, DOR. The Comben family provided keepers at Portland Bill, DOR, for several generations. |
| Comben, Richard J. | DOR 1866 Weymouth | ES Jan 1885 1891 Ashore from Longstone at North Sunderland, NBL [RG12/4266/93] 1901 South Foreland AK 1887-92 Longstone, 1892-8 Coquet Is., 1898-1902 South Foreland, 1902-6 Portland Breakwater, 1906-11 Portland Bill, 1911-1913- Spurn Head |
Wife: Helena, 1868, Falmouth, CON. Children: Richard Edward,
1890, Seahouses, North Sunderland, NBL; Eleanor, 1892, Swanage,
DOR; Dorothy, 1898, St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN. The Comben family provided keepers at Portland Bill, DOR, for several generations. |
| Comben, Robert | (DOR 1786 Portland) | 1841 Portland Bill 1851 Portland Bill |
Wife: Mary, Children: Christopher & Jane, 1781 &
1791, The Comben family provided keepers at Portland Bill, DOR, for several generations. |
| Comben, Robert | DOR 1793 Portland | 1851 Portland Bill | Sisters: Mary and Jane Comben, 1786 & 1787, both spinsters born Portland, DOR. |
| Comben, Samuel | Not SSX c1811 | 1841 Beachy Head Nothing further known |
Wife: Mary, c1811, not SSX. Children: Ann & Christopher, 1835 & 1837, not SSX; Edward & Maria, 1839 & 1840, SSX. |
| Comben, William R. | CON 1858 Trevose Hd. | 1881 Dungeness 1891 Outfitter at Cromer, NFK [RG12/1511/99] |
Comben was unmarried in 1881; Wife: Edith, 1863, Norwich, NFK. Combens father appears to have been the Richard Comben at Trevose Head in 1858 (q.v.). |
| Cook, Arthur E. | NFK 1875 Gt.Yarmouth | ES Oct 1894 1901 AK South Bishop 1897-9 Bishop Rock, 11/1899-12/1899 Flatholm, 12/1899-1900 Lizard, 1900-3 South Bishop, 1903- Nash Point Retired 1936. Died 3 Jan 1958 |
Cook was unmarried in 1901. |
| Coombe, Abraham Bolitho | CON 1878 Penzance | 1901 South Stack 1907 Storekeeper at Holyhead 9/1916 Storekeeper at Harwich |
Coombe was unmarried in 1901. |
| Cooper, George William | NFK 1850 Gt.Yarmouth | ES Feb 1868 1871 Ashore from Plymouth Breakwater [RG10/2115/7] 1881 Happisburgh 1891 AK Happisburgh 1901 Southwold AK 1869-74 Plymouth Breakwater, 1874-80 Whitby, 1880-91 Happisburgh PK 1891-4 Eddystone, 1894- Plymouth Breakwater |
Wife: Tryphena Jane, 1849, Hemsby, NFK. Children: Jane & George & Percival & Llewellyn, 1870 & 1873 & 1875 & 1878, all Plymouth, DEV; Elizabeth Elsie, 1880, Whitby, YKS; Oliver Cyril & Stanley & Kenneth Alec, 1885 & 1888 & 1890, all Happisburgh, NFK. |
| Core, James | SCT 1843 LKS | ES Apr 1872 ENG 1881 Lizard 1891 ENG Lizard 1901 ENG South Foreland ENG 1872-9 S. Foreland, 1879-93 Lizard, 1893-1901- S. Foreland |
Core was unmarried in 1871; Wife: Anna Lithgow, 1848, PEE. Children: Mary Jane & David, 1876 & 1878, St Margarets, KEN; Isabella & Margaret & James & Thomas Boyce & Anna, 1880 & 1883 & 1885 & 1888 & 1890, all Landewednack, CON. Sister-in-Law: Mary Lithgow, 1850, SCT. Henry Lithgow, 1852, SCT, was visiting in 1901. |
| Cotter, Joseph J.H. | NFK 1876 Gt.Yarmouth | ES Apr 1895 1901 AK Ashore at Sennen, CON, from Longships [RG13/2258/78] AK 1898-1902 Longships, 1902-6 St Agnes, 1906-7 Trevose Head, 1907-10- Lizard |
Cotter was unmarried in 1901. Parents: Edmund Dennis Cotter,
1840, Barking ESS, & Pamela Cotter, 1841, Welbourne, NFK. Father, Edmund Dennis, was a lamplighter in the Light Vessel Service who went on to become Master of the Cork lightvessel. Brother Walter DD, 1871, Gt Yarmouth, NFK, was also a lightvessel man, who served in the Shambles and Calshot LVs. |
| Cotter, Spencer William | NFK 1879 Gt.Yarmouth (d. May 1959) | ES Apr 1898 1901 Bishop Rock AK 1899-1901 Bishop Rock, 1901-5 Round Island, 1905-10 Nash Point, 1910- W. Usk. Also served at Pendeen at unknown date; last station Lizard. |
Cotter was unmarried in 1901. Parents: Edmund Dennis Cotter,
1840, Barking ESS, & Pamela Cotter, 1841, Welbourne, NFK. Father, Edmund Dennis, was a lamplighter in the Light Vessel Service who went on to become Master of the Cork lightvessel. Brother Walter DD, 1871, Gt Yarmouth, NFK, was also a lightvessel man, who served in the Shambles and Calshot LVs. |
| Cottle, Thomas | 1916 Mumbles Nothing further known |
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| Counter, William (Youlong) | DEV 1857 Plymouth | ES Apr 1877 1881 Spurn Head 1891 Portland Bill (A) 1901 AK Spurn Head (B) AK 1878-81 Longstone, 1881-2 Spurn Head, 1882-4 Basses, 1884-94 Portland Bill, 1894-1902 Spurn Head PK 1902-5 Coquet Is., 1905-7 Spurn Head, 1907-10 Farne Is., 1910- Bull Point, Pensioned Apr 1920 |
Counter was unmarried in 1881. Wives: Martha, 1861, Kilnsea, YKS (A); Emma Maud Mary, 1853, Easington, YKS (B). Children: 1881 Plymouth, DEV; William Graham, 1886, Portland, DOR; Thomas Albert, 1897, Withernsea, YKS; Alfred Henry, 1900, Kilnsea, YKS. Sister: Kathleen Counter, 1881, Plymouth, DEV. |
| Crask, William D. | NFK 1846 Wells | ES May 1867 1871 Ashore with wife and children from Gunfleet at Harwich [RG10/1680/87] 1881 Ashore from Wolf Rock at Penzance, CON [RG11/2347/69] 1891 Not found ? Gibraltar AK 1868-74 Gunfleet, 1874-76 St Bees, 1876-84 Wolf Rock, 1884-8 Basses, 1888-91 Wolf Rock PK 1891-4- Gibraltar |
Wife: Louisa Jane, 1846, Wells, NFK (d. by 1881). Children: William, 1869, Dovercourt, ESS; Edwin, 1870, Harwich, ESS. |
| Credland, John P. | DEV 1849, Topsham | 1871 Dungeness | Credland was unmarried in 1871. |
| Cumming(s), Richard | DEV 1813 Plymouth | 1851 Cumming was not enumerated at the Eddystone but his wife
and family were in Plymouth, DEV [HO107/1878/324] 1861 St Catherines 1871 St Catherines 1881 Retired and living at Sandown, IOW [RG11/1183/39] |
Wife: Jane, (1811 or 1813), Peter Tavy, Tavistock, DEV. Children: Mary A, (1844 or 1847), Lowestoft, SFK; Jane, 1849 Happisburgh, NFK. |
| Curnow, Paul | CON 1852 St Ives | Sep 1873 1881 Not found 1891 Lizard 1901 Not found AK 1874-6 Longstone, 1876-7 Lizard, 1877-82 Great Basses, 1882-9 Dungeness, 1885-9 Dungeness, 1889-95 Lizard PK 1895- Gibraltar |
Wife: Mary Ellen, 1858, Landewednack, CON. Children: Sydney John & Emma, 1885 & 1886, Dungeness, KEN. |
| Cuthbertson, Thomas T. | NBL. 1875 Seahouses | ES Mar 1901 1901 Ashore with parents at Seahouses, NBL [RG13/4843/88] 1901 Coquet Is., 1908 Whitby |
Cuthbertson was unmarried in 1901. Parents: Thomas Cuthbertson, Trinity Boatman, 1846, Embleton, NBL, & Mary Jane Cuthbertson, 1850, Seahouses, NBL. |
| Cutting, Thomas G. | NFK 1857 Gt.Yarmouth | ES Jan 1880 1881 SAK Nash 1891 Eddystone not found but wife at Plymouth Charles, DEV [RG12/1728/60] 1901 St Catherines AK 1882-5 Les Hanois, 1885-9 Nash Point, 1889-94 Eddystone, 1894-7 Plymouth Breakwater, 1897-1907 St Catherines PK 1907 Flatholm, 1910- Pendeen |
Wife: Elizabeth G, 1864, Guernsey, CHI. Children: Thomas G & Laura, 1884 & 1885, Guernsey, CHI; Alice G & Herbert J, 1887 & 1888, Marcross, GLA; Walter G/H & Zoe & Eva, 1890 & 1893 & 1897, all Plymouth, DEV; Isaac H, 1900, Niton, IOW. |
| Cutting, Thomas Henry | ESS 1837 Harwich | ES Aug 1858 1861 Happisburgh 1871 Happisburgh 1881 Inner Fern 1891 PK Dovercourt AK 1858-60 Casquets, 1860-73 Happisburgh, 1873-4 Whitby PK 1874-7 Longstone, 1877-88 Farne, 1888-9 Landguard, 1889-94- Dovercourt |
Wife: Hannah (nee Gaze), 1837, Gt Yarmouth, NFK. Children: Alice Gaze & Thomas George & Isaac Henry, 1856 & 1857 & 1859, all Gt Yarmouth, NFK; Laura Jane, 1860, Happisburgh, NFK. Mother-in-Law: Hannah Gaze, 1806, Runham, NFK. |
| Cutting, Thomas W. | NFK 1854 Gt.Yarmouth | ES Mar 1875 1881 Dungeness 1891 South Foreland 1901 Trinity House Clerk & Storekeeper at Ramsgate, KEN [RG13/820/134] AK 1876-8 Longships, 1878-9 Lizard, 1879-89 Dungeness, 1889-94- S. Foreland, 1898-1910- Storekeeper at Ramsgate |
Wife: Rhoda, 1858, Bovey Tracey, DEV. Children: Thomas Herbert, 1879, Landewednack, CON; Rhoda E, 1880, Penmon, AGY; Joseph EJ, 1885, Dungeness, KEN. Catherine Hall, 1858, Ramsgate, KEN, was visiting in 1901. |
| Dale, Alfred | ESS 1864 Orsett | ES Aug 1889<1891 South Foreland 1901 Cromer AK 1891-4 Bishop Rock, 1894-9 Orfordness, 1899-1900 Dovercourt, 1900-1 Cromer, 1901-6 S. Foreland, 1906-7 Lizard, 1907-10- Mucking PK 1911 Dungeness |
Dale was unmarried in 1891: Wife: Rowena, 1868, St Margarets, KEN. |
| Dale, David Richard J. | ESS 1856 Harwich | ES Jan 1877 1881 Souter Point 1891 Spurn Head 1901 Ashore from Lundy at Neyland, PEM [RG13/5126/16] AK 1878-9 Longstone, 1879-86 Souter Point, 1886-91 Spurn Head, 1891-7 Lizard, 1897-1903 Lundy PK 1903-7 Smalls, 1907- South Bishop |
Wife: Elizabeth Mary, 1856, Lamesley, DUR. Children: Isabella Maria & James Henry & Elizabeth Mary, 1880 & 1882 & 1887, all Whitburn, DUR; Hilda L, 1896, The Lizard, CON. |
| Dale, William | ESS 1834 Mucking | 1871 Mucking 1881 Flatholm PK 1891 Hartland Point 1901 On pension at Mucking, ESS [RG13/1662/35] |
Wife: Eliza Annie, 1834, Orsett, ESS. Children: Alfred, 1865 Orsett, ESS; Francis, 1866, Kilnsea, YKS |
| Danes, G.E. | 1884 | ES Jan 1907 1909-10- Chapman Nothing further known |
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| Daniel, James | ESS 1848 Harwich | 1871 Needles (Wife not found) 1881 Not found |
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| Daniels, Daniel G. | CAE 1821 Aberdaron | 1841 Start Point 1851 Nash Point 1861 Nash Point 1871 West Usk 1881 On pension at Graig, MON [RG11/5269/66] |
Daniels was apparently unmarried in 1841; Wife: Mary, 1817, Marcross, GLA. Children: Griffith R & Richard C & Elizabeth & Tabitha, 1849 & 1850 & 1852 & 1858, Marcross, GLA. |
| Darling, Robert | Berwickshire 1746 Duns | Wife born 1744 | |
| Darling, Robert | NBL 1846 Longstone Is, Farne Is | ES Oct 1872 1881 Souter Point 1891 Souter Point 1901 Darling was enumerated twice, at the Longstone lighthouse and with his family at South Shields, DUR [RG13/4731/20] 1873-94- Souter Point |
Wife: Isabella, 1854, Lamesley, Ravensworth, DUR. Children: Jane & Isabella (m. Thompson) & James B & William, 1875 & 1877 & 1880 & 1886, all Marsden, Whitburn, DUR. Son-in-Law: Thomas Thompson, 1881, Newcastle, NBL. |
| Darling, William | NBL 1786 Belford | 1841 Longstone 1812-26 Inner Farne, 1826-60 Longstone |
Wife: Thomasin, 1774, Bamburgh, NBL (d. by 1851). Children:
Thomasin, 1808, Bamburgh, NBL; Mary Ann & Grace: c1816 &
c1821, NBL. Grandchild: Georgiana (Carse), 1840, Bamburgh, NBL. William Darling and his daughter Grace were notable for the rescue of nine crewmen from the Forfarshire off the Farne Islands in 1838. |
| Darling, William | NBL 1806 Bamburgh | 1841 Not found 1851 Coquet Is 1861 Longstone 1871 Not found |
Wife: Ann, 1812, (Newham or Bamburgh), NBL. Children; William C & Job H, 1840 & 1841, Alnwick, NBL; Grace H & James, 1844 & 1846, (Newham or Bamburgh), NBL; Robert, 1852, Newcastle, NBL; William, 1854, Warkworth, NBL. |
| Darling, William | NBL 1853 Coquet Is. | ES Aug 1874 1881 Visiting at Seahouses, NBL [RG11/5127/33] 1891 Whitby 1901 Hartland Point 1857AK 1875-7 Smalls, 1877-85 Farne Is., 1885-98 Whitby PK 1898-9 Wolf Rock, 1899-1903 Hartland Point, 1903- Whitby |
Wife: Fanny Isabella, 1857, Pembroke Dock, PEM. |
| Darling, William Brooks | NBL 1818 Farne Is | 1841 Longstone 1844-7 Bamburgh/Longstone/Farne Is, NBL. 1851 Longstone 1861 Coquet Is 1871 Not found |
Wife: Jane, 1817, Dean Bridge Gate, Felton, NBL. Children: William Swan, 1842, Lesbury, NBL; Job & Robert, 1844 & 1846, Longstone, Farne Is, NBL; ; William (B) & George A & Thomasin, 1849 & 1852 & 1856, all North Sunderland, NBL. Niece: Grace Darling, 1848, Alnwick, NBL. |
| Davidge, James | HAM 1857 Portsmouth | ES Apr 1878 1881 South Bishop; Wife at Pembroke St Mary, PEM, with her parents [RG11/5412/49] 1891 Lizard 1901 Ashore from Maplin at Cann Hall, Leytonstone, ESS [RG13/1609/9] AK 1879-1883 South Bishop, 1883-91 Lizard, 1891-1906 Maplin PK 1906- Maplin |
Wife: Sarah E (nee Gould), 1858, Pembroke Dock, PEM. ?Child: Elizabeth, 1875, Poplar, MDX. Mother: Jemima Davidge, 1836, Portsmouth, HAM. Sister: Elizabeth Davidge, 1875, Poplar, LND. Parents-in-Law: David & Elizabeth Gould, dates and places of birth not known. |
| Davies - see also Davis | |||
| Davies, A.E. | 1880 | ES Apr 1901 1902-3 Farne Is., 1903-8 Longstone, 1908- Whitby |
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| Davies or Davis, George Edward | BRK 1850 Waltham St Lawrence | 1871 Longstone 1881 Davies had left the service and was Station Master in Camborne, CON [RG11/2334/78] |
Wife: Ellen B, 1852, Stepney, MDX. Children: George Edward & Agnes H & Charles J & Clara E, 1874 & 1876 & 1878 & 1880, all Caversham, (OXF/BRK). |
| Davies, John | CON 1799 Paul | 1841 & 1851 Not found 1861 Penzance, CON |
Wife: 1799, Madron, CON. Child: Catherine, 1836, Penzance, CON. |
| Davies, John E.G. | PEM 1864 Pembroke Dock | ES Nov 1896 1901 Lizard 1908 S. Foreland Davies was among the first four 'Engineers at electric stations'. |
Davies was already widowed by 1901 |
| Davies, W. | GLA 1875 Nash Point | ES Nov 1894 1901 Start Point AK 1898-1900 Round Is., 1900-1- Start |
Wife: Edith, 1875, Helston, CON. |
| Davies or Davis, Walter | PEM 1867 Pembroke Dock | ES Nov 1889 1891 Bishop Rock 1901 Godrevy 3/1891 Bishop Rock, 11/1891-5 Eddystone, 1895-9 Trevose Head, 1899-1901 Godrevy, 1901-4 Souter Point, 1904-6 Orfordness, 1906- Bishop Rock |
Davies was unmarried in 1891; Wife: Anne, 1865, Dedham, ESS. Children: Alfred Ernest & Frank Edward, 1894 & 1895, Plymouth, DEV; Edwin, 1898, (St Mellion), CON. Mother-in-Law: Emma E Double, 1827, LND. |
| Davies, William | PEM 1824 Solva, St Davids | 1851 Not found 1861 Bardsey 1871 Davies, described as lightkeeper, and his family were in Llanstadwell, PEM [RG10/5521/42] 1881 Ashore from St Tudwals with his family in Abererch, Pwllheli, CAE [RG11/5556/17]. |
Wife: Ann, 1819, Solva, St Davids, PEM. Children: William & Ann & Jane & Elizabeth, 1847 & 1851 (2) & 1853, Milford, PEM; Mary A, 1856, Bardsey. |
| Davies, William | PEM 1847 Hakin, Oberson | 1871 AK Spurn Head 1881 Ashore at Torteval, Guernsey, CHI [RG11/5632/37] |
Wife: Melina, 1847, Great Yarmouth, NFK (d. by 1881). Children: Melina, 1873, Kilnsea,, YKS: Mary Jane, 1875 Torteval, Guernsey, CHI; William, 1876, Marcross, GLA. Sister: Anne Davies, 1848, Oberson, PEM. |
| Davis - see also Davies | |||
| Davis, Edwin Lewis | Scilly Isles 1814 St Agnes | 1841 St Agnes (A) 1851 St Agnes; 1851 Wife and two children were visiting at Seavington St Abbott, DOR [HO 107/1927/42] (B) 1861 St Agnes (C) 1871 St Agnes (D) 1881 St Agnes (E) 1891 On pension at Penzance, CON [RG12/1858/42] |
(Wives): (Jane, c1821, CON (A)); Martha, 1825, Seavington St Mary, SOM (d. by 1891) (B-E). Children: William L & Mary J & Thomas L & Edwin L & Sarah E & Jemima & (James/John) Hutchings & Thirza & Charles R & Eliza & Eva & Emma & Samuel James & Martha Mary & Alberta Sarah & Lewis Edwin, 1839 & 1840 & 1841 & 1843 & 1845 & 1846 & 1849 & 1850 & 1852 & 1853 & 1855 & 1858 & 1859 & 1860 & 1864 & 1867, all St Agnes, Scilly Is, CON. Parents-in-Law: Samuel Hutchings, 1786, Dinnington, SOM, & Sarah, 1789, (Swell, SOM). |
| Davis, Samuel J. | Scilly Isles 1859 St Agnes | ES 3/1878 1881 Casquets 1891 Bardsey 1901 AK Holyhead Breakwater AK 1879-82 Casquets; 1882-93 Bardsey; 1893-4 Skerries; 1894-1903 Holyhead Breakwater PK 1903-9 Holyhead Breakwater; 1909-Lynmouth Foreland |
Davis was unmarried in 1881: Wife Mary D, 1861, Hubberston, Milford Haven, PEM. Children: Esther M & Alberta M, 1886 & 1888, Aberdaron, CAE. |
| Davis, William Legg | CON 1838 St Agnes, Scilly Is | ES Mar 1859 1861 Not found 1871 Dovercourt 1881 Mucking 1901 West Usk AK 1859-62 Gunfleet, 1862-6, Portland Bill, 1866-76 Dovercourt PK 1876-9 Smalls, 1879-80 Orfordness, 1880-4 Mucking, 1884-7 Gt. Castle Head, 1887-8 Maplin, 1888-91 Chapman, 1891-4- W. Usk |
Wife: Elizabeth, 1838, Harwich, ESS (d. by 1901). Children: Elizabeth Jane &, 1864 & 1866, Portland, DOR; Edwin (Broom or Proom), 1872 Dovercourt, ESS (N.B. Members of the Proom family were lighthousekeepers q.v.) |
| Davison, Charles David | CHI 1859 Alderney | 1881 Flatholm Nothing further known |
Davison was unmarried in 1881. Father Mark Davison was also Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Davison, Mark Joseph | MDX 1827 Clerkenwell | 1861 St Catherines 1871 St Catherines 1881 Not foound |
Wife: Mary Ann, 1830, Clerkenwell, MDX. Children: Mary Ann & Mark Joseph & Elizabeth & Henry Thomas, 1849 & 1850 & 1852 & 1854, all Clerkenwell, MDX; Charles David, 1859, Alderney, CHI; George Alfred, 1860. Niton, IOW (Son Charles David was also a Lighthousekeeper). Henry Pullen, 1853, Ripley, SRY, was visiting in 1861. |
| Dilling, James | DEV 1791 Crediton | 1841 Eddystone 1851 Happisbugh 1861 Happisburgh |
Wife: Mary or Maria, 1791, Okehampton, DEV. Children: James & John & Emma & (Sarah or Samuel), c1823 & 1828 & 1829 & 1831, all Plymouth, DEV. Grandchild: Elizabeth Worth, 1845, Plymouth, DEV. |
| Dunn, Henry | LND 1814 Westminster | 1841 Orfordness 1861 Portland Bill 1871 North Foreland |
Wife: Anna M, (1814 or 1816), St Johns, Newfoundland. |
| Dunsford, George H. | PEM (1856 or 1858) Freshwater East | 1881 Dunsford was a telegraph clerk in Dale, PEM ES Feb 1882 1891 Bishop Rock 1901 St Anns Head AK 1885-91 Bishop Rock, 1891-4 Flatholm, 1894-1909 St Anns Head PK 1909- Nash |
Wife: Alice Maria, 1861, Happisburgh, NFK. Children: Alice Jane & William David, 1888 & 1890, St Marys, Scilly Is, CON. Parents: Coastguard William Dunsford, 1848, Saltash, CON, & Jane Dunsford, 1832, Calstock, CON. |
| Eadington, Thomas | NBL 1805 Embleton | 1841 Caldey 1851 Caldey 1861 On pension and visiting daughter Isabella and her husband at Pembroke St Mary, PEM [RG9/4157/3]; Sons John and Thomas both apprentices at St Mary Tenby, PEM [RG9/4153/37] |
Wife: Isabella, 1813, Bamburgh, NBL Children: Margaret & Isabella (m. Lee) & Mary & Elizabeth & Thomas & Ellen & John & Eleanor & Florence, 1836 & 1837 & 1839 & 1842 & 1843 & 1848 & 1848 & 1855, all Caldey Is, PEM. Son-in-Law: Charles Lee, 1831, Carmarthen. |
| Ebben, William | LND 1840 Islington | 1861 AK Orford 1871 Hurst 1881 Not found 1891 Caldey; Wife and daughter with mother-in-law at Enfield, MDX [RG12/1087/43] 1901 On pension at Enfield, MDX [RG13/1271/82] |
Wife: Julia, 1843, Plymouth. DEV. Children; Julia & Alice, 1862 & 1864, Orford, SFK, William, 1868, Plymouth, DEV; Florence & Frederick H, 1870 & 1872, Hurst Castle, Hordle, HAM; Matilda P, (1875 or 1877), Plymouth, DEV; Elizabeth R, 1879, Caldey Is, PEM. Mother: Elizabeth A Ebben, 1815, Hadham, HRT. Daughter-in-Law: Minnie (wife of Frederick), 1875, Enfield, MDX. Grandchild: Doris, 1900, Manor Park, ESS. |
| Eddy, Richard | CON 1819 St Just | 1851 Longships 1861 Tynemouth 1871 Margaret Eddy, now widowed, was at Tynemouth, NBL [RG10/5119/49] |
Wife: Margaret, 1824, St Levan, CON. Children: Richard & Henry & William & James, 1848 & 1849 & 1850 & 1854, St Just, CON. |
| Edmond, John G. | PEM 1857 Pembroke Dock | 1881 Whitby 1891 Storekeeper at the Blackwall depot [RG12/329/17] 1901 Storekeeper at Blackwall [RG13/355/155] 1885-1910- Storekeeper at Blackwall |
Wife: Mary A, 1857, Pembroke Dock, PEM. |
| Edwards, Anthony | PEM 1879 Marloes | 1901 SAK Round Island Edwards did not appear in the 1910 Service List and had probably not remained in the Service. |
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| Edwards, Charles | SRY 1806 Wandsworth | 1841 Avonmouth 1851 Avonmouth 1861 Avonmouth 1871 Avonmouth 1891 Not found |
Wife: Caroline, 1810, Rotherhithe, LND. Children: Catherine, (1835 or 1837 or 1841), Bromley by Bow, Poplar, MDX: Mary Ann, 1844, Shirehampton, GLS. |
| Eggett, Thomas H. | NFK 1845 Gt.Yarmouth | ES Jun 1870 1871 Apparently not enumerated at the Eddystone but family in Plymouth, DEV [RG10/2122/40] 1881 Winterton 1891 Winterton 1901 Mucking AK 1870-4 Eddystone, 1874-6 Plymouth Breakwater, 1876-8 Orfordness, 1878-93 Winterton PK 1893-4- |
Wife: Ann, 1847, Belton, SFK. Children: Henry, 1870, Harwich, ESS; Frederick & Charles W, 1873 & 1875 Plymouth, DEV; Ellen M, 1877, Orfordness, SFK. |
| Elgar, Arthur E. | HAM 1838 Milford/Lymington | ES Jan 1864 1871 Trevose Head 1881 Hunstanton 1891 1901 On pension at Stokenham, DEV [RG13/2078/11] AK 1864-6 South Bishop, 1866-70 Coquet, 1870-4 Trevose Head, 1874-82 Hunstanton PK 1882-4 Eddystone, 1884-92 Plymouth Breakwater, 1892-4- Start Point |
Wife: Violet, 1843, Winterton, NFK. Children: Elizabeth V & Annie B, 1865 & 1868, Winterton, NFK; 1870 Amble; Jane S, 1870 Amble, NBL; Beatrice C, 1872 Trevose, CON: Marion B, 1874, Poplar, MDX; Florence A, 1880 Hunstanton, NFK. |
| Ellis, Francis | Scilly Is. 1817 Tresco | 1861 Mary Ellis, described as Mariners Wife, was on Tresco with
her daughter Mary Ann [RG9/1600/68] 1871 Les Hanois: wife and child at Torteval, Guernsey, CHI [ RG10/5769/100] 1881 Ellis was retired and living on Tresco, Scilly Is, CON [RG11/2352/49] |
Wife: Mary, 1811, Tresco, Scilly Is, CON. Child: Mary Ann, 1847, Tresco, Scilly Is, CON. |
| Ellis, John Francis | CON 1842 Tresco, Scilly Is | ES Mar 1865 1871 South Foreland 1881 St Tudwals 1891 Gunfleet 1901 PK Beachy Head AK 1866-7 Maplin, 3/1867 Paris Exhibition, 1867-70 Dungeness, 1870-6 S. Foreland, 1876-81 St Tudwals, 1881-4 Great Basses, 1884-6 St Anthony PK 1886-88 Chapman, 1888-91 Gunfleet, 1891-4- Chapman |
Wife: Mary J, 1843, Streatham, SRY. (d. by 1901). Children: Eliza J, 1867, Poplar, LND; Ursula & William & Thomas, 1869 & 1870 (2), Dungeness, KEN; J.F. & Elizabeth, 1872 & 1874, South Foreland, KEN; Sarah Emily, 1877 Pwllheli, CAE; Ethel May, 1889, Canning Town, LND. Son-in-Law: Albert Brereton, 1875, Hanley, STS. Nephew: William C Mumford, 1856, Scilly Is, CON. |
| Ellis, John Lakey | Scilly Isles 1858 Tresco | ES 1876 1881 South Stack 1891 Round Island; Wife and family at St Marys, Scilly Is, CON [RG12/1862/10] 1901 Souter Point 1910 Superannuated AK 1877-9 Eddystone, 1879-89 South Stack, 1889-98 Round Island, 1898-1901 Souter Point PK 1901-3 Smalls, 1903-10 Lundy |
Wife: Margaret, 1852, Holyhead, AGY. Children: Rosa & Edith M & Elizabeth M & Martin W & John M; 1880 & 1882 & 1884 & 1885 & 1886, all South Stack, Holyhead, AGY. (Stepchildren: Mary Grono & Francis Grono, 1876 & 1877, Holyhead, AGY) |
| Elliston, Richard E. | IOM 1849 Ramsay | ES Dec 1876 1881 South Foreland 1891 Plymouth Breakwater not enumerated but wife and child in Plymouth, DEV [RG12/1728/14] 1901 AK Beachy Head AK 1877-9 Bishop Rock, 1879-86 S. Foreland, 1886-92 Plymouth Breakwater, 1892-1902 Beachy Head PK 2/1902-11/1902 Bardsey, 1902-3 Bideford, 1903- Beachy Head |
Elliston was unmarried in 1881; Wife: Ellen, 1855, Scilly Is, CON. Child: (William Richard/Richard William), 1890, Plymouth, DEV. Mother: Thomasina Elliston, 1815, St Marys, Scilly Is, CON (with him at South Foreland in 1881). |
| Erdington - see also Eadington | |||
| Evans, Francis James | PEM 1860 Milford Haven | ES Feb 1879 1881 AK Bishop Rock 1891 Nash Point 1901 Bideford AK 1880-4 Bishop Rock, 1884-6 Longstone, 1846-92 Nash, 1892-1900 Godrevy, 1900-5 Bideford PK 1905-7 Flatholm, 1907-10- Smalls |
Evans was unmarried in 1881; Wife: Charlotte Ann, 1875, Souter Point Lighthouse, DUR. Children: Francis John & Charles Gentry, 1899 & 1900, St Ives, CON. Evans wife was daughter of Lighthousekeeper John Gentry (q.v.) |
| Evans, John | PEM 1816 Whitchurch, Solva | 1841 Not found 1851 South Bishop 1861 With wife Sarah and family at Hubberston, PEM [RG9/4161/8](A) 1871 Elizabeth Emily Evans, now widowed, was at Hubberston, PEM, with the family [RG10/5523/29](B) |
Wives: Sarah, 1812, St Davids, PEM (A); Elizabeth Emily, 1843, St Davids, PEM (B). Children: Elizabeth Emily & Mary Ann, 1843 & 1846, St Davids, PEM; James, 1851, Hubberston, PEM; Herbert William & (Rosaling) Jane & (Clar) Ann, 1864 & 1866 & 1869, all Hakin, PEM. Grandchild: Elizabeth Emily, 1870, Hakin, PEM. Jane Martel, 1824, Solva, Pem, was visiting in 1861. |
| Evans, John | CAE 1862 Bangor | 1891 AK Holyhead Breakwater Nothing further known |
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| Evans, Richard | PEM 1840 Milford Haven | ES Oct 1864 1871 Happisburgh 1881 Happisburgh 1891 Visiting widow Elizabeth Lewis, 1835, Blackwall, MDX, at Bromley, MDX [RG12/327/117] 1901 Hunstanton AK 1865-7 Gunfleet, 1867-9 Corton, 1869-82 Happisburgh PK 1882-5 Smalls, 1885-91 Gibraltar, 1891-4- Caldey |
Wife: Emma, 1842, Harwich, ESS. |
| Evans, William | PEM (1833 or 1835) Steynton, Milford Haven | ES Aug 1857 1861 South Bishop; Wife and children at Steynton, PEM [RG9/4160/63] 1871 Nash Point 1881 PK Coquet 1891 Coquet AK 1858-67 South Bishop, 1867-73 Nash PK 1873-4 Longstone, 1874-91 Coquet, 1891-4- Hunstanton |
Wife: Elizabeth, 1834, Milford Haven, PEM. Children: William F & Francis J & Patton & Elizabeth Ann, 1859 & 1860 & 1862 & 1863, all Milford Haven, PEM; Charles A & Thomas Richard & Albert, 1855 & 1867 & 1868, all Neyland, New Milford, PEM; Ada Maria, 1869, Nash Lighthouse, Marcross, GLA. Grandchild: Alfred E Evans, 1890, Amble, NBL. |
| Eynon, George John | PEM 1882 Llanstadwell | ES Mar 1902 1901 With his mother and siblings at Neyland, PEM [RG13/5126/44-5] 8/1903-11/1903 Flatholm, 11/1903-1909 Smalls, 1909- Lundy |
Mother: Sarah E Eynon, 1855, Pembroke, PEM. Siblings: Elizabeth
(Bessie) P & William G & Frederick & Mary Annie &
Jane Merriman Eynon, all Llanstadwell, 1880-1892. Father appears to have been Thomas D Eynon, 1851, Lawrenny, PEM, a Lightvessel crewman who entered Trinity service Apr 1851. |
| Fairchild, Samuel | CON c1786 | 1841 St Agnes 1851 Ann Fairchild, now widowed, was with her Innkeeper mother on St Marys, Scilly Is, CON [HO107/1919/523] |
Wife: Ann, 1793, St Marys, Scilly Is, CON. Child: Ann, 1835, St Agnes, Scilly Is, CON. Mother-in-Law: Ann Ellis, 1769, St Marys, Scilly Is, CON. |
| Fallon, James | IRL 1791 Dublin | 1841 Inner Farne 1851 Inner Farne 1861 Not found |
Wife: Ann, 1797, Hunstanton, NFK. Child: (GC), 1840, not NBL. |
| Faulknor, George | MDX 1832 Marylebone | 1861 Beachy Head 1871 Not found 1881 Not found |
Wife: Eliza A, 1835, St George's, MDX. Children: Charlotte A, 1857, Poplar, MDX; George, 1860 East Dean. |
| Fenn, William Henry | LND 1868 Poplar | ES Nov 1887 1891 Assistant Storekeeper at Trinity depot, Ramsgate, KEN (his father was Storekeeper) [RG12/730/79] 1901 Smalls; Wife and children at Llanstadwell, PEM [RG13/5126/45] 1891-4 Bishop Rock, 1894-6 Flatholm, 1896-1901 Smalls, 1901-2 Gt. Castle Head, 1902-3 Smalls, 1903-8 S. Stack, 1908-11 Gt. Castle Head |
Fenn was unmarried in 1891; Wife: Mary, 1871, Holyhead, AGY. Children: Willie, 1894, St Marys, Scilly Is, CON; John S, 1898, Neyland, PEM; Fanny, 1900, Holyhead, AGY. Parents: William H Fenn, 1833, Gt Yarmouth, NFK; & Fanny M Fenn, 1840, Harwich, ESS. |
| Field, Ellis N. | NFK 1811 Gresham | Ellis Field and his siblings serviced the Cromer lighthouse at
least from 1841 to 1851, and with his sister Mary (q.v.) from 1861
to 1871 1881 On pension at Runton, NFK [RG11/1925/75] |
Wife: Mary, 1803, Gt Yarmouth, NFK. Child: Mary E, 1840, Overstrand, NFK. Brother and Sisters: Sarah A & Jacob & Mary A, 1802 & c1806 & 1808, Gresham, NFK. |
| Field, Mary A. | NFK 1807 Gresham | Mary Field and her siblings serviced the Cromer lighthouse at
least from 1841 to 1851, and with her brother Ellis (q.v.) from
1861 to 1871 1881 On pension at Runton, NFK [RG11/1925/75] |
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| Field, Sarah A. | NFK 1802 Gresham | Sarah Field and her siblings serviced the Cromer lighthouse at least from 1841 to 1851 | |
| Finch, John | Not SFK c1782 | 1841 Orfordness | Wife: Anne, c1775, SFK. Child: Mark, c1818, SFK.. |
| Finnis, Samuel | 1823 South Foreland (mentioned in the Will of Henry Knott) Nothing further known |
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| Fisher, Joseph | KEN 1832 Chatham | ES Jun 1854 1861 & 1871 At Gibraltar 1881 PK Needles 1891 PK Beachy Head AK 1854-73 Gibraltar PK 1873-9 Gibraltar, 1879-80 Blackwall, 1880-1 Needles, 1881-8 St Catherines, 1888-91 Beachy Head, 1891-4- Burnham |
Wife: Emma, 1849, Withington, HEF. Children: Emma SG & Maud EF, 1884 & 1887, Niton, IOW; Daisie J, 1890, East Dean, SSX. |
| Fisk, William Samuel | NFK 1857 Gt Yarmouth | ES May 1878 1881 Eddystone 1891 Longstone; Wife and children at Seahouses, NBL RG12/4266/93] 1901 Happisburgh AK 1879-85 Eddystone, 1885-6 Cromer, 1886-91 Longstone, 1891-1903 Happisburgh, 6/1905-1907 W. Usk PK 1903-4 Orfordness, 1904-6/1905 Dungeness, 1907-10 Hartland Point, 1910- Chapman Fisk was 'reduced' from Principal Keeper to Assistant Keeper in 1905 but promoted again in 1907 |
Wife: Ellen, 1862, Wells, NFK. Children: William Edward & Edward, 1887 & 1891, North Sunderland, NBL; John, 1889, Norwich, NFK; Francis & Fredrick & Albert, 1893 & 1895 & 1900, all Happisburgh, NFK. |
| Flaxmer, William (Percy or Perry) | NFK (1849 or 1851) Gt Yarmouth | ES Sep 1873 1881 Lizard 1891 AK Needles 1901 Lynmouth Foreland AK 1874-7 Eddystone, 1877-83 Lizard, 1883-8 Wolf Rock, 1888-98 Needles PK 1898-1900 Bardsey, 1900-8 Lynmouth Foreland, 1908-9 South Stack, 1909- Admiralty Pier, Dover Flaxmer died March 1914 |
First Wife d. before 1881; Second Wife: Jane Harris Flaxmer, 1841, Plymouth, DEV. Child: William, 1876, Plymouth, DEV. Stepchildren: Frederick R Oram & Emily Jane Oram, 1865 & 1867, Plymouth, DEV. Mother & Sister possibly Mary J Flaxmer, 1824, Wisbech, CAM, & Emma J Flaxmer (m. Loveless), 1869, Gt Yarmouth, NFK, who were at East Cowes, IOW, in 1891 [RG12/886/54]. |
| Fletcher, Charles | NFK c1816 | 1841 AK Happisburgh Nothing further known |
Fletcher was Assistant Keeper to his father Willia Fletcher (q.v.) |
| Fletcher, James | Not NFK c1866 | 1841 Happisburgh | Wife: Elizabeth, c1876, NFK. Children: Sophia & Charles & Eliza, c1801 & c1816 & c1821, all NFK. Hannah Thompson, c1786, NFK, & John Thompson, 1821, NFK, also appeared to be in the household in 1841. |
| Fletcher, William | 1810 | 1851 Burnham [1855-61 Caldey per Tenby PR] Nothing further known but it may be significant that daughter Sophia was in service at Tenby St Mary, PEM, in 1861 [RG9/4153/9] |
Wife: Elizabeth, 1821, Happisburgh, NFK. Children: Mary Ann, 1840, Lewes, SSX; Elizabeth, 1842, Putney, SRY; Sophia, 1844, LND, MDX: William Ham & Caroline Lillah, 1850 & 1851 & 1855-61 Tenby, PEM. |
| Flinn, Richard | DEV 1796 Plymouth or DEV 1795 Exmouth) | 1841 St Bees 1851 Plymouth Breakwater: Wife at Plymouth, DEV [HO107/1878/30] 1861 Plymouth Breakwater (Wife not found) |
Wife: Betsy, (1795 or 1797), (CUL or Exmouth, DEV). |
| Forster, Allen J.H. | ESS 1867 Harwich | ES Nov 1889 1891 At Harwich, ESS, with parents [RG12/1402/90] 1901 Inner Farne AK 1891-6 Longstone, 1896-1901 Inner Farne, 1901-2 Longstone, 1902- Souter Point Last station Trevose Head, 1919-29, pensioned Nov 1929 & d. 6 May 1958 |
Wife: Annie, 1872, Ipswich, SFK. Parents: Joseph Forster, 1834,
Harwich, ESS, & Sarah Forster, 1837, Dovercourt, ESS. Alice
Jennings, 1878, Ipswich, SFK, was visiting in 1901. Father Joseph was Storekeeper at the Trinity House depot in Harwich, ESS, in 1891. |
| Fox, Henry | NFK 1766 Burnham. | 1836 Hunstanton (White's Directory) 1839 Hunstanton (Robsons Commercial Directory) 1841 On pension at Hunstanton, NFK [HO107/782/10/12] 1851 On pension at Docking, NFK [ |
Wife: Amy, 1762, Docking, NFK. |
| Francis, William Lambester | SFK 1826 Lowestoft | AK 1851 West Usk 1861 West Usk 1871 Ashore from Needles at East Cowes, IOW [RG10/1160/94] 1881 Kessingland 1891 On pension at Pakefield, SFK [RG12/1491/14] |
Francis was unmarried in 1851 & 1861; Wife: Cecilia, (1817 or 1821), Newport, MON. |
| Freeman, George | PEM 1849 Milford Haven | ES Dec 1866 1871 Souter Point 1881 Les Hanois; wife and children at Torteval, Guernsey, CHI [RG11/5632/37] 1891 Wolf Rock; wife and children not found 1901 Flamborough Head AK 1867-9/1870 Maplin, 9/1870-11/1870 Dungeness, 11/1870-1873 Souter Pt., 1873-88 Les HanoisPK 1888-91 Wolf Rock, 5/1891-10/1891 Eddystone, 10/1891-99 Spurn Head, 1899-1905 Flamborough Head, 1905-10- N. Foreland |
Freeman was unmarried in 1871; Wife: Mary A, 1848, Yarmouth, IOW. Children: Mabel M & Irene Kate & Millicent & Ira, 1877 & 1880 & 1885 & 1888, all Torteval, Guernsey, CHI; Louisa, 1894, Highbury, LND. Niece: Maria L Trelevens, 1869, Troon, SCT. |
| Freeman, Thomas Tripp | SFK 1813 Lowestoft | 1851 Lowestoft; Wife and son visiting Eleanor Nelson at Kings
Lynn, NFK [HO107/1829/404] 1861 Lowestoft 1871 On pension at Lowestoft [RG10/1779/12] 1881 Still at Lowestoft, SFK, on pension [RG11/1902/13] |
Wife: Eleanor, 1821, Kings Lynn, NFK. Child: Thomas F, 1851, Kings Lynn, NFK. Eleanor Nelson, 1787, Kings Lynn, NFK, was possibly related to wife. |
| Frost, Alfred | NBL 1859 North Sunderland | ES Apr 1879 1881 SAK North Foreland 1891 Cromer 1901 North Foreland (A) 4/1881 SAK N. Foreland AK 6/1881-3 Wolf Rock, 1883-6 South Bishop, 1886-9 Longstone, 1889-91 Dovercourt, 1891-1900 Cromer, 1900-6 N. Foreland, 5/1906-11/1906 St Anns Head PK 11/1906-10- Les Hanois, 1913-9 St Bees |
Wives: Frost is shown as unmarried in the 1881 census, but as a widower in the 1891 census: Second wife Bertha, 1872, Folkestone, KEN (A). Child: Muriel Gwendoline, 1900, Cromer, NFK. Frosts father was lighthousekeeper William Frost, 1829, LND (q.v.). |
| Frost, William | LND 1829 St Andrew, Bloomsbury/Clerkenwell | 1861 Coquet Is 1871 AK Orfordness 1881 Dungeness 1891 Portland Bill |
Wife: Jane, 1821, Bisley, Guildford, SRY. Children: Fanny, 1854, (Westminster or Poplar), LND; William, 1857, Poplar, MDX; Alfred, 1859, North Sunderland, NBL; Alice, 1863 Lymington, HAM. Jane Sumner, 1861, Folkestone, KEN, was visiting in 1881. |
| Garrett, Alfred | PEM 1857 Steynton | 1881 Smalls | Unmarried in 1881 |
| Garrett, James | PEM 1838 Steynton, Milford Haven | ES Jul 1862 1871 AK Casquets: wife and children at St Anne, Alderney, CHI [RG10/5770/42] 1881 Ashore from Skerries at Holyhead, AGY [RG11/5594/39] 1891 Casquets; Wife and children at Alderney [RG12/4707/91]AK 1862-5 Casquets, 1865-7 Trevose Head, 1867-72 Casquets, 1872-3 Orfordness, 1873-4 St Agnes, 1874-80 Casquets PK 1880-5 Skerries, 1885-6 Orfordness, 1886-7 Hartland Point, 1887-90Gt. Castle Head, 1890-4- Casquets |
Wife: Margaret J, 1838, Alderney, CHI. Children: Ernest G, 1867, (ENG or Alderney, CHI); Alice M & Walter B & Margaret O, 1869 & 1870 & 1873, all Alderney, CHI |
| Garwood, Edward | NFK c1771 | 1841 Happisburgh | Wife: Sarah, c1765, not NFK |
| Gaudion, John James (Jack) | Channel Is 1862 St Anne, Alderney (d. Apr 1924, East Cowes, IOW) | ES Jan 1881 1881 St Anns Head 1891 Storekeeper at the Penzance Depot, CON [RG12/1858/35] 1901 Storekeeper at the Penzance Depot, CON [RG13/2254/41] Oct 1889 Storekeeper, Penzance, CON; Jun 1904, Clerk and Storekeeper, East Cowes Depot, IOW; 1922 Chief Clerk at the East Cowes Depot, IOW> |
Gaudion was unmarried in 1881 and 1891; Wife: Edith Ellen (nee Merry), 1875, Plymouth, DEV (d. Aug 1959, Ogmore-by-Sea, GLA; bur. East Cowes, IOW). Children: Constance Mary & Royston, 1896 & 1900, Penzance, CON. Parents: Nicholas Pierre Gaudion & Constance Mary Gaudion (nee Le Page), m. Jul 1895, St Jude, Plymouth, DEV. |
| Gaylard, James H. | DEV 1855 Plymouth | ES Nov 1877 1881 Eddystone; Wife in Plymouth [RG11/2200/77 1891 Ashore from Plymouth Breakwater [RG12/1727/9] 1901 Not found (Gibraltar) AK 7-11/1878 Skerries, 1878-1882 Eddystone, 1882-94 Plymouth Breakwater, 1894-1901 Gibraltar, 1901-3 Dovercourt PK 1903-10 Gunfleet, 1910- Mucking |
Wife: Elizabeth, 1858, Plymouth, DEV (d. by 1891). Child: Oscar, 1885, Plymouth, DEV. |
| Gaylard, William Charles King | DEV 1853 Plymouth | ES Nov 1874 1881 Gibraltar 1891 Godrevy; Wife and family at St Ives, CON [RG12/1852/162] 1901 Wolf Rock AK 1875-8 Eddystone, 1878-84 Gibraltar, 1884-5 S Foreland, 1885-94- Godrevy |
Wife: Elizabeth, 1850, Plymouth, DEV (m. 1877Plymouth). Children: EF, 1878, Plymouth; WF & EK, 1881 & 1882, Gibraltar; ML, Plymouth, 1884; JG, 1888, St Ives, CON. |
| Gentry, John | ESS 1848 Stanford-le-Hope | ES Feb 1871 1871 SAK lodging at Bromley, MDX [RG10/572/102] 1881 Hurst 1891 Hurst 1901 PK Godrevy; wife and family were at St Ives, CON [RG13/2250/6] AK 1871-2 Smalls, 1872-6 Souter Point, 1876-8 St Tudwals, 1878-95 Hurst PK 1895-1902 Godrevy, 1902-10- Happisburgh |
Wife: Jane, 1851, Milford Haven, PEM. Children: Charlotte Ann,
(m. Evans) & Elizabeth, 1875 & 1877, Souter Point,
Whitburn, DUR; Amelia & John & Ella M & Agnes J &
Hilda E, 1879 & 1880 & 1883 & 1889 & 1890, all
Hordle, Milford, HAM. Gentrys daughter Charlotte Ann m.
Lighthousekeeper Francis Evans (q.v.) Lighthouse Keeper Richard Oats, 1876, St Just, CON, was visiting in 1901 (q.v.) |
| George, Charles | 1835 St Anns Head Nothing further known |
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| Gilpin, Thomas Henry | CON 1872 St Merryn, Padstow | Gilpin entered the Lighthouse Service 3/1898 but became
Storekeeper at the Penzance depot 10/1904 1901 Eddystone |
Gilpin was unmarried in 1901. |
| Gilpin, Thomas | DEV 1837 Plymouth | ES Sep 1862 1871 AK Trevose Head (A) 1881 Trevose Head (B) 1891 Bideford (C) 1901 Not found AK 1863-4 Eddystone, 1864-5 Godrevy, 1865-8 Lundy, 1868-81 Trevose Head PK 1881-4 Gunfleet, 1884-94- Bideford |
Wives: Mary, 1839, St Martins, CON (A); Ursula, 1839, Worthing,
SSX (B-C). Children: Thomas Henry & Mary Vivian, 1873 &
1875, St Merryn, CON; William C, 1882, Harwich, ESS. Son William became Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Gilpin, William Cecil | ESS 1882 Harwich | ES Jul 1902 1901 With widowed mother at Penzance, CON [RG13/2258/119] 1904-5 St Anns, 1905-8 Needles |
Gilpin was unmarried in 1901. Father was Lighthousekeeper Thomas Gilpin, 1837, Plymouth, DEV (q.v). |
| Goodwin, Alfred | SRY 1821 Bermondsey | 1841 Cannot be identified with certainty (A) 1851 PK Trevose (B) 1861 Jane Goodwin, now widowed, was with the children at St Merryn, CON [RG9/1540/71] |
Wives: First wife not known (A): Jane, 1819, Kettlestone, NFK
(B). Children: Lushington & Annie & Arthur, 1846 & 1848
& 1850, all St Brides, MON; Kate & Fredrick & George,
1854 & 1855 & 1857, all St Merryn, CON. Only Lushington was described as stepchild of Jane. |
| Gould, Brice | LND 1846 Westminster | ES Feb 1873 1881 Hartland Point 1891 St Catherines 1901 St Agnes AK 1874-7 Casquets, 1877-83 Hartland Point, 1883-8 Gibraltar, 1888-94- St Catherines |
Wife: Amelia C, 1849, Hadleigh, SFK. Children: Amelia C & Henry B, 1876 & 1877, Alderney, CHI; Mabel AM & Infant, 1880 & 1881, Hartland Point, DEV; Reginald E, 1884, Gibraltar; Dorothy LM, 1890, Niton, IOW. Nurse Julia Colwill, 1823, Poundstock, CON, present in 1881, was possibly a relative. |
| Gould, Edward | DOR 1851 Wareham | ES Mar 1875 1881 AK Orford 1891 Souter Point 1901 Round Island; Wife and children at St Marys, Scilly Is, CON [RG13/2259/51] AK 1875-8 Farne Is., 1878-83 Orfordness, 1883-7 Hartland Point, 1887-90 Basses, 1890-99 Souter Point PK 1899-1900 Bishop Rock, 1900-1 Round Is., 1901-6 Mucking, 1906-10 Chapman, 1910- Southwold |
Wife: Elizabeth Jane, 1854, Weymouth, DOR. Children: Eliza Mary Jane & Annie Esther Louisa & Edward P, 1879 & 1880 & 1883, all Orford, SFK; Agnes Elizabeth, 1885, Hartland Point, DEV; Florence Cordelia, 1892, Marsden, DUR. |
| Gould, George | Isle of Wight 1814 Carisbrooke | 1841 West Usk 1851 St Bees 1861 St Bees 1871 South Stack 1881 A George T. Gould, 1814, Carisbrooke, IOW, was living at Stoke Newington, LND, described as Retired Engineers Clerk [RG11/282/93] 1851-61 St Bees |
Wife: Mary, 1817, (Bassaleg), Newport, MON. Children: George R
& Sarah Flora, 1852 & 1854, St Bees, CUL. Grandson: George
Lester Gould, 1869, Liverpool, LAN. Son George was also a Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Gould, George | Cumberland 1852 St Bees | 1881 Happisburgh Not found |
Father George was also a Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Gowing, James T. | KEN 1847 Greenwich | ES Jul 1868 In 1881 Gowing was ashore in Holyhead, described as Marine Engineer [RG11/5394/37]r 1891 Souter Point 1901 Souter Point The 1894 Service List shows Gowings position as Engineer at Electric Stations 1887-94- Souter Point |
Wife: Eleanor E, 1849, Croydon, SRY. Child: Eleanor, 1872, Great Yarmouth, NFK. |
| Graham, John | DEV 1804 Plymouth | 1841 Eddystone 1851 Plymouth Breakwater 1861 Not found |
No wife found in 1841 or 1851. |
| Graham, William | DEV 1811 Plymouth | 1841 Not found 1851 Ashore at Plymouth, DEV [HO107/1879/799] 1861 Not found 1871 PK Flatholm |
Wife: Susannah (nee Patterson), 1817, Plymouth. Children:
William & John, 1847 & 1849, Plymouth, DEV. Son William was also Lighthousekeeper (q.v.). |
| Graham, William G. | DEV 1847 Plymouth | ES Sep 1865 1871 St Anns Head 1881 Plymouth Breakwater; Wife at Plymouth, DEV [RG11/2192/24] 1891 Ashore from Smalls at Pembroke St Mary, PEM [RG12/4530/19] 1901 Burnham AK 1865-6 Eddystone, 1866-7 Longships, 1867-74 St Anns Head, 1874-86 Plymouth Breakwater PK 1886-7 Maplin, 1887-93 Smalls, 1893-5 Hartland Point, 1895-1910- Burnham ('Mrs. Graham' was also AK at Burnham in 1910) |
Wife: Jane, 1848, Coedkernew, Newport, MON. Sister-in-Law:
Elizabeth Cripps (unmarried), 1859, Newport, MON. Niece &
Nephew: Louisa H Counter, 1861, Plymouth, DEV; William Farr, 1880,
Shoeburyness, ESS. Father: William Graham, 1811, Plymouth, DEV, was also Lighthousekeeper and was with Graham and family in 1891. |
| Granger, John Gulley | DEV 1851 Plymouth | ES Sep 1876 1881 Beachy Head 1891 Spurn Head 1901 Longstone; Wife and family at Seahouses, NBL [RG13/4843/86] AK 1877-9 Chapman, 1879-87 Beachy Head, 1887-92 Spurn Head, 1892-1901 Longstone PK 1901-5 Casquets, 1905-8 Orfordness, 1908- Trevose Head Pensioned Oct 1911 |
Wife: Mary Grace, 1849, Plymouth, DEV. Child: Mary J & William Hussell & Emily & Albert Dunston, 1880 & 1882 & 1884 & 1887, all Beachy Head, East Dean, SSX; John 1885, Plymouth, DEV. |
| Gray - see also Grey | |||
| Grenfell, Richard Trenoweth | 1881 | ES Jul 1902 1903-4 Flatholm, 1904-6 Bishop Rock, 1906- Wolf Rock, Casquets, 1921-7 St Catherines, 1929 Orfordness, Beachy Head |
Grenfell was killed by enemy action while serving at St Catherines 1 Jun 1943 - see reports in the Isle of Wight County Press 5 & 12 Jun 1943 |
| Grey or Gray, James | NBL 1840 Spittal, Berwick | ES Nov 1866 1871 Coquet (A) 1881 Coquet (B) 1891 Coquet(C) 1901 Coquet 1866-74 Buoy Keeper, Coquet Is, 1874-94- AK Coquet Is |
Wives: Elizabeth, 1841, Warkworth, NBL (A-B); Mary J, 1836,
Milford Haven, PEM (C - d. by 1901); . Children: Mary Ann &
Edward & Isabella & Margaret M & James & Elizabeth
M & Ann Eleanor, 1864 & 1866 & 1867 & 1869 &
1871 & 1876 & 1880, all Warkworth, NBL; Edward, 1866,
Amble, NBL. It appears that wife Elizabeths stepfather & mother were James Saidler, 1822, Wooler, NBL, & Margaret Saidler, 1822, Warkworth, NBL. |
| Grey, Edward | NBL 1865 Amble | ES Nov 1891 1901 St Anns Head 1893-7 Gunfleet, 1897 Milford, 1901 St Anns Head, 1906- Longstone |
Wife: Janet S, 1868, Cove, BEW. Child: Margaret, 1897, Harwich, ESS. |
| Griffiths, Hugh | AGY 1775 Holyhead | 1841 South Stack 1851 PK South Stack |
Wife: Jane, 1782, Bangor, CAE. Children: William & Jane & Eleanor, 1824 & c 1823 (2), all Holyhead, AGY |
| Griffiths, John | PEM 1830 Milford Haven | ES Jan 1856 1861 AK South Foreland 1871 Dungeness PK 1881 Hartland Point 1891 Landguard AK 1856-9 Eddystone, 1859-70 S. Foreland PK 1870-1 Dungeness, 1871-4 Plymouth Breakwater, 1874-86 Hartland Point, 1886-9 Orfordness, 1889-94 Landguard |
Wife: Sarah MS, 1833, Dover, KEN. Children: Fitzgerald & Helen J & Jessie W & Millicent, 1861 & 1863 & 1867 & 1870, all St Margaret at Cliffe, Dover, KEN; Arthur Hartland L, 1876 Hartland Point, DEV. |
| Griffiths, Thomas | Not SSX c1801 | 1841 Beachy Head 1851 Not found |
Wife: Not on Station in 1841. Children: Sarah & Adelaide & Thomas & Edward, 1825 & 1828 & 1831 & 1837, none in SSX |
| Grigg, Alfred G. | (KEN 1872 Deal or LND 1872 Poplar) | ES Jul 1892 1901 Grigg and his wife were at Dover, KEN [RG13/841/147] 1894-7 Chapman, 1897-8 Bishop Rock, 1898-9 S. Foreland, 1899-1908 Admiralty Pier, 1908- St Bees |
Wife: Clara, 1870, Leyton, ESS. |
| Grills or Grylls, John | CON 1789 St Just | 1841 Grylls was at St Just, CON; described as
'Lightkeeper', he was probably crewman for Longships
[HO107/144/10/24] 1851 'Lightkeeper Longships Lighthouse' [HO107/1919/270] |
Wife: Mary, 1790, St Just. Children John & Mary & Jane & Esther, 1816 & 1823 & 1828 & 1830, all St Just, CON. |
| Grimmer, Walter | NFK 1844 Gt Yarmouth | ES Jul 1866 1871 AK Beachy Head (A) 1881 Dovercourt; Wife and daughter appear to have been at St Helier, Jersey, CHI [RG11/5610/12](B) 1891 Longstone; Wife at Seahouses, NBL [RG12/4266/95](C) 1901 Dovercourt (D) AK 1867-71 Casquets, 1871-6 Beachy Head, 1876-84 Dovercourt, 1884-8 Basses PK 1888-91 Longstone, 1891-4- Dungeness |
(Wives: Susannah, 1836, Guernsey, CHI (A); Annie, (1841 or 1844), Guernsey, CHI (B, C & D). Children: 1872, Guernsey, CHI. (?Mother: Susanna Brewer, 1810, ENG). Nephew: W. Brice, 1878, Jersey, CHI. |
| Grylls - see also Grills | |||
| Gwilliam, John A. | PEM 1862 Burton | ES Mar 1882 1891 AK St Tudwals; Wife was in Pwllheli, CAE [RG12/4651/79] 1901 AK Great Castle Head AK 1885-92 St Tudwals, 1892-1900 South Stack, 1900-1 Gt. Castle Head, 1901-6 Lundy North, 1906-9 Nash Point PK 1909 Bardsey |
Wife: Miriam, 1862, Peterston, MON. Children: George A & Alban W, 1894 & 1896, Holyhead, AGY. |
| Haines, Charles | KEN 1861 Lydd | ES Feb 1882 1891 Eddystone (not enumerated), wife ashore in Plymouth, DEV [RG12/1732/107] 1901 Lynmouth Foreland AK 1885-91 Eddystone, 1891-4 Spurn Head, 1894- Portland Bill |
Wife: Emily, 1861, St Leonards, SSX. |
| Hall, Grace Horseley, nee Darling | NBL. 1844 Newham | Grace was married to keeper Thomas Owen Hall (q.v.) and was assisting him at the Inner Farne light in 1891 | |
| Hall, Henry Charles | [NFK] 1812 | 1870 Isle of Wight Nothing further known |
|
| Hall, John | PEM 1810 Dale (d. at Holyhead, AGY, 1881) | 1841 St Anns Head 1851 St Anns Head c1853 Skerries 1861 Not found 1871 Whitby 1881 Holyhead, AGY [RG11/5594/36] |
Wife: Elizabeth, 1811, (Leominster or Ludlow), HEF. Children: Elizabeth, 1832, not PEM; Thomas Owen & Ellen Margaret (m. Knott) & Harriet, 1840 & 1848 & 1850, all Dale, PEM. Grandchild: Catherine G Knott, 1879, Holyhead, AGY. Daughter Ellen and granddaughter Catherine Knott were in the household in 1881. Jane Matthias, 1821, Dale, PEM, & Alfred Matthias, 1849, Milford, PEM, & Ellen Hancock, 1834, Milford, PEM, were visiting in 1851. |
| Hall, John P. | PEM 1854 Talbenny | ES Jun 1881 1881 Hall was an unmarried joiner in Llanstadwell, PEM [RG11/5414/45] 1891 Chapman (not enumerated); Wife and children at Bromley, MDX [RG12/328/39] 1901 St Catherines AK 1884-93 Chapman, 1893-1905 St Catherines, 1905-2/1908 Avonmouth, 2/1908-7/1908 Flatholm PK 7/1908-10- Longstone |
Wife: Emily, 1859, Pembroke Dock, PEM. Children: Florence M & Herbert C & Emily J, 1886 & 1890 & 1894, all LND, MDX. |
| Hall, John Robert | NFK 1860 Gt.Yarmouth | ES Oct 1878 1881 Bishop Rock 1891 Lundy 1901 Round Island; Wife and children at St Marys, Scilly Is, CON [RG13/2259/12] AK 1879-85 Bishop Rock, 1885-95 Lundy, 1895-1902 Round Island, 1902-5 S. ForelandPK 1905- Portland Breakwater |
Hall was unmarried in 1881; Wife: Agnes D, 1862, St Marys, Scilly Is, CON. Children: Reginald JB & Newman, 1892 & 1895, St Marys, Scilly Is, CON. |
| Hall, John William | NBL. 1870 Seahouses | ES Apr 1892 1901 South Foreland 1894-1898 Wolf Rock, 1898-1901 South Foreland, 1901- Dovercourt Pensioned Jan 1934 |
Wife: Annie, 1874, St Stithians, CON. Children: Grace, 1897, Penzance, CON; Thomas & Willie, 1899 & 1900, St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN. |
| Hall, Robert James | CON 1874 Padstow (Trevose Head) | ES Jul 1897 1901 Wolf Rock; No wife or children 1899-1902 Wolf Rock, 1902-6 Spurn Head, 1906- Plymouth Breakwater, 1913- Spurn Head In 1911 Hall was 'placed at bottom of list', i.e. reduced in seniority, reason not known |
Wife born Lelant, CON (nr. St Ives). Children: 1911 Plymouth,
DEV; 1912 Swansea, GLA. Father Robert James, 1842, Wells, NFK, was Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Hall, Robert James | NFK 1842 Wells | 1871 Nash Point 1872-3 Nash Point, 1874 Trevose Head, c1875 St Agnes, Scilly Is., |
Wife born Tresco, Scilly Islands. Son Robert James, 1874, Padstow, CON, was Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Hall, Thomas Owen | PEM 1839 Dale, Milford Haven | 1871 Inner Farne 1881 Longstone; Wife and children were at Seahouses, NBL [RG11/5127/33] 1891 PK Inner Farne; his wife Grace was AK AK 1862-5 Longstone, 1865-9 Tynemouth, 1869-75 Inner Farne, 1875-6 Longstone, 1876-9 Souter Point PK 1879-88 Longstone, 1888-92 Inner Farne, 1892-4- Flamborough Head Died at Flamborough Head 1899. |
Wife: Grace Horsley (nee Darling), 1843, Newham, Bamburgh, NBL.
Children: Elizabeth Ann, 1867, Tynemouth, NBL; John W, 1870, North
Sunderland, NBL; William Edward & Thomas & Robert, 1874
& 1877 & 1880, all Bamburgh, NBL. Mother-in-Law: Ann
Darling,1813, Newham, NBL. Brother -in-Law: Robert Darling, 1852, Newcastle, NBL Hall's wife, formerly Grace Horsley Darling, was born Newham, Bamburgh, NBL., 1844, and was the niece of the celebrated Grace Darling. She was Assistant Keeper to her husband at the Inner Farne in 1891. |
| Hambling, Arthur Frederick | NFK 1878 Gt.Yarmouth | ES Nov 1898 1901 Start Point; Wife and child with wifes father at Ipswich, SFK [RG13/1777/115] 1900-1 Start Point, 3/1901-7 Eddystone, 1907-11 Hartland Point, 1911 Plymouth Breakwater |
Wife: Edith, 1878, Dovercourt, ESS (m. Sep qtr 1900 in Tendring District, ESS. Child: Gladys, 1901, Ipswich. Hambling's father George, born Beccles, SFK, was in charge of floating lights in Great Yarmouth harbour. Father-in-Law: William Mexter, 1847, Dovercourt, ESS. |
| Hammond, William | SFK 1807 Snape | 1851 Hunstanton 1861 Hunstanton 1871 Hunstanton |
Wife: Elenora, (1810 or 1817), Orford, SFK. Children: Ellen Jane & William W & Mary A & Elizabeth, 1835 & 1837 & 1839 & 1843, all Aldeburgh, SFK; Emily & Frederick S, 1846 & 1853, Hunstanton, NFK. Grandchild: Flora Harrison, 1861, Casterton, (LAN/LIN). |
| Harding, Abel | CON 1846 Liskeard | 1871 Dungeness Nothing further known |
Harding was unmarried in 1871. |
| Harrier, William | KEN | Nothing further known | |
| Harries, John A. | PEM 1881 Pembroke St Marys | ES Nov 1900 1901 SAK Start Point AK 1901-8/1902 Farne Is., 10/1902 Gunfleet PK 1922 Gunfleet, 1933 Spurn Head |
Harries was unmarried in 1901. |
| Harris, Henry | Not GLS c1807 | 1841 Avonmouth Nothing further known |
Wife: Mary, c1807, not GLS. Children: James & Henry & John, 1830 & 1832 & 1834, none GLS |
| Harris, Thomas Edwin | PEM 1862 Hubberston | 1891 Casquets Nothing further known |
|
| Harrison, H.P. | 1879 | ES Jan 1905 1908-10 ENG Lizard |
|
| Hart, John | YKS 1818 Hawsker, Scarborough | 1851 Not found 1861 Whitby 1871 Sarah Hart, now widowed, was Lodging House Keeper at Scarborough, YKS [RG10/4817/13] |
Wife: Sarah, 1826, Spennithorne, YKS. Children: Thomas James & Emily Elizabeth, 1850 & 1852, Plymouth, DEV; John Wilson, 1854, St Anthony, CON, Clara Mary, 1860 Hawsker, YKS. |
| Harvey, Albert | AGY 1880 Holyhead | 1901 Coquet Is | Harvey was unmarried in 1901 and appears to have left the service by 1910. |
| Harvey, Frederick John | DEV 1863 Plymouth | ES Sep 1881 1891 Inner Farne 1901 St Bees AK 1885-9 Gunfleet, 1889-96 Farne, 1896-1908 St Bees PK 1908-9 Start Point, 1909- Bideford |
Wife: Susannah (nee Plane), 1865, Neyland, PEM. Child: Emily
Amelia, 1891, Seahouses, NBL. Wife was daughter of William Plane 1835, Weeley, ESS, and Susannah Plane, 1826, Poplar, MDX, and sister of Lighthousekeeper William Plane (q.v.). Her widowed mother Susannah Plane, was living with the family in 1891 & 1901. |
| Harvey, John | SFK (1804 or 1806) Lowestoft | 1841 Lowestoft (A) 1851 Lowestoft (B) 1861 No longer in Service - Mariner at Lowestoft [RG9/1187/84-85] |
(Wives: Charlotte, 1810, Lowestoft, SFK (A-B); Elizabeth, 1810 (C) -? Charlotte incorrectly enumerated in 1861). Children: John & Elizabeth & James & Mary Ann & Charlotte & Wiliam & Susannah & Jane, 1835 & 1836 & 1839 & 1840 & 1845 & 1848 & 1850 & 1853, all Lowestoft, SFK. Granchild: Elizabeth A Harvey, 1856, LL=owestoft, SFK. Sister: Elizabeth Harvey, 1803, Lowestoft, SFK. |
| Harvey, Richard C. | MDX 1848 LND | 1871 Souter Point | Wife: Mary, 1850, LND, MDX. |
| Hast, Samuel Mayor | ESS 1849 Harwich | ES Nov 1871 1881 South Foreland 1891 Lundy 1901 Chapman: Wife and family could not be found AK 1872-84 S. Foreland, 1884-7 Great Basses, 1887-95 Lundy PK 1895-6 Gunfleet, 1896-1900 Orfordness, 1900-6 Chapman1906-10- Dovercourt Pensioned Nov 1910 |
Wife: Helen E, 1833, Gt Yarmouth, NFK (d. by 1901). Children: William F & Lillian T, 1875 & 1880, St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN. |
| Hast, William | ESS 1860 Harwich | ES Apr 1886 1891 Casquets 1901 AK South ForelandAK 1890-2 Casquets; 1892-3 Maplin; 1893-11/1899 S. Foreland; 11-12/1899 Admiralty Pier; 12/18991909 S. Foreland; 1909-11 Flatholm; 1911- St Anns. |
Wife: Fanny Gilly, 1866, LND, MDX. Children: William James & Grace Winifred, 1890 & 1893, LND, MDX. |
| Hattam, Thomas | CON 1795 St Just in Penwith | 1841 & 1851 Not found but wife and children at St Just, CON
[HO107/1919/201] 1861 Visiting his son Thomas at Beachy Head lighthouse (q.v.) 1871 With son at St Anthony (q.v.) 1858 Eddystone, 1860 Bishop Rock, 1861 St Marys, Scilly, 1862 Beachy Head, 1869 St Anthony, CON |
Wife: Margaret, 1789, St Just, CON. Child: Thomas &
Margaret, (1824 or 1827) & 1830, St Just, CON Son Thomas was also Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Hattam, Thomas | CON 1824/7 St Just in Penwith | 1851 Ashore from Longships at St Just with mother
[HO107/1919/201] 1861 Beachy Head 1871 St Anthony 1881 St Anthony |
Hattam was unmarried in 1851 & 1861; Wife: Mary, 1829, Sennen, CON. Children: Mary T & Margretta, 1865 & 1866, East Dean, SSX; Bertha E, 1874 St Anthony, CON. Parents: Lighthousekeeper Thomas Hattam, 1795, St Just, CON (q.v.), and Margaret Hattam, 1789, St Just, CON. |
| Havery, William | BKM 1867 Hanslope | ES Jan 1885 1881 Havery was a Groom living with his parents at St Albans, HRT [RG11/1431/40] 1891 Wolf Rock; no wife found 1901 AK Pendeen AK 1887-92 Wolf Rock, 1892-6 Lizard, 1896-1900 Wolf Rock, 1900-6 Pendeen, 1906-9 N. Foreland, 1909- Eddystone |
Wife: Mary Elizabeth, 1869, Penzance, CON. Child: William Marks Havery, 1893, The Lizard, CON. Parents: Thomas Havery, 1852, (Charlton), Manchester, LAN; Matilda Havery, 1861, High Ongar, ESS. |
| Hawkins, James | Frimley 1787 HAM | 1841 Flatholm 1851 Trinity Pensioner at Cogan, nr Cardiff, GLA [HO107/2455/683] |
Wife: Ann, c1780, not GLA (d. by 1851] |
| Heath, William John | PEM 1855 Pembroke Dock | ES Apr 1877 1881 Godrevy 1891 Dovercourt 1901 Dovercourt AK 1878-81 Godrevy, 1881-4 Trevose Head, 1884-94- Dovercourt |
Heath was unmarried in 1881: Wife: Martha, 1858, St Ives, CON. Children: Richard N & William John & Joseph C & James E, 1886 & 1888 & 1891 & 1898, all Dovercourt, ESS. |
| Hector, John | MDX 1847 Chelsea | 1871 St Anns Head 1881 Not found but wife with her parents at Peckham [RG11/691/9] 1891 Hector had left the service and was Shirt & Collar Dresser at Edmonton, MDX [RG12/1081/140] |
Wife: Matilda, 1849, Walworth, SRY. Children: William & Mary, 1872 & 1873, Milford Haven, PEM. Parents-in-Law: Henry Bennet, 1812, SCT, & Harriet, 1821, Uxbridge, MDX. |
| Henderson, Andrew | CON 1842 St Anthony | 1871 Lowestoft 1881 Not found 1891 Margaret Henderson, now widowed, was at Penzance, CON [RG12/1857/116]. |
Wife: Margaret, 1848, St Just, CON. Grandchild: Ems L Henderson, 1889, Penzance, CON. |
| Henderson, William | SCT 1786 | 1841 St Anthony 1851 St Anthony 1861 On pension at St Anthony, CON [RG9/1552/5] |
Wife: Possibly Mary Jago Henderson, c1816, CON (d. by 1851).
Grandchildren: Mary & William Henderson, 1843 & 1847, St
Anthony, CON. Niece & Nephew: Caroline Henderson (m. Hoggart),
1822, Torpoint, CON; William Henderson, 1847, St Anthony, CON. Possibly father of Lighthousekeeper William Jago Henderson, 1813, Falmouth, CON (q.v.) |
| Henderson, William Jago | CON 1813 Falmouth | 1841 St Anthony 1851 St Anthony 1861 Whitby 1871 Whitby |
Wife: Margaret, 1812, Gorran, CON. Children: William Henry
& Andrew McDonnell & James, 1838 & 1840 & 1841, all
CON; Mary Jago (m. Wren) & James Jago & Samuel & John
Elson & Edward Eddy, 1843 & 1844 & 1846 & 1849
& 1850, all St Anthony, CON. Son-in-Law: Thomas Wren, 1847,
Whitby, YKS. Grandchild: William Wren, 1870, Hawsker, YKS. Henderson was possibly son of Lighthousekeeper William Henderson, 1786, SCT (q.v.) |
| Herbert, Thomas H. | 1881 | ES Jul 1903 1906-10- Lundy, 1921- Spurn Head |
|
| Hibbens, Ernest William | KEN 1871 Bexley | ES Apr 1895 1901 Wolf Rock; wife not found AK 1898-1900 Bishop Rock, 1900-3 Wolf Rock, 1903-10- Caldey Is. |
Said to be married in 1901 but wife not found. |
| Hicks, Charles Henry | Scilly Isles 1853 St Agnes | ES Nov 1874 1881 South Foreland 1891 Trevose Head 1901 PK Pendeen AK 1875-7 Farne, 1877-81 S. Foreland, 1881-4 Gt. Basses, 1884-7 Tynemouth, 1887-90 Basses, 1890-4- Trevose Head, 1901 Pendeen |
Wife: Susan (nee Thompson), 1853, St Marys, Scilly Isles, CON. Children. Loveday Annie, 1877, North Sunderland, NBL; Charles Henry & (Anne), 1880 & 1882, South Foreland, St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN; Ernest Francis, 1886, Tynemouth, NBL. Father-in-Law: John Thompson, 1828, St Marys, Scilly Isles, CON. |
| Hilder, Edward | KEN 1839 Sevenoaks | 1871 Spurn Head | Wife: Sophia, 1840, Poplar, LND. Children: John E, 1863, Landguard, SFK; Sophia & William, 1869 & 1870, pob. not shown. |
| Hiller, John Frederick | LND 1742 Westminster (d. 1816, Isle of Thanet, KEN). | N. Foreland c1766-c1816 | Parents John Christopher Hiller & Elizabeth Marsh. Married Esther Taylor, 1764, St George's, Hanover Square, who d. 1818, Isle of Thanet, KEN). Dau. Elizabeth Ann (m. George Fagg, 1809)(information per descendant Carole Sarvis) |
| Hills, A.W. | 1883 | ES Jul 1905 1908-10- Casquets |
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| Hill(s), Alfred | KEN 1841 Sevenoaks | 1871-1876 Hurst 1881 St Bees 1901 Hills had apparently left the Ser vice and was living in Hendon with No Occupation |
Wife: Jane, 1831, Mere, WIL. |
| Hills, J | 1881 | ES Nov 1901 1903-9 Bishop Rock, 1909- St Anthony |
|
| Hocking, Nicholas | CON 1840 Sennen | 1891 PK Godrevy Nothing further known |
|
| Hodgson, William | Cumberland c1786 | 1841 St Bees | Wife: Sarah, c1786, CUL. |
| Holden, William | HAM. 1809 Eling, Southampton | 1851 Prob. Eddystone - Holden was ashore in East Stonehouse,
Plymouth, DEV [HO107/1880/21](A) 1861 Portland Bill (B) 1871 On pension at Millbrook, Southampton, HAM [RG10/1199/7](C ) 1881 On pension at Millbrook, Southampton, HAM [RG11/1221/20](D) |
Wives: Mary, 1806, Carlow, IRL (A); Mary Ann, (1825 or 1828), Marylebone, Clerkenwell, LND, 1828 (B - D) |
| Hood, Charles | KEN 1834 Kingsdown, Ringwould | 1871 Flamborough Head 1881 Flamborough Head 1891 Flamborough Head 1892 Flamborough Head per trade directory 1901 Martha Hood, now widowed, was at Flamborough, YKS [RG13/4523/45] |
Wife: Martha, 1837, St Buryan, CON. Children: Charles F & Martha T & Rachel & Richard H, 1864 & 1865 & 1867 & 1869, all St Ives, CON; John C/T & William JT, 1870 & 1880, Flamborough, YKS: Sarah E, 1878, (Newlyn or Madron, Penzance), CON. |
| Hood, R.H. | 1868 | ES May 1891 1892-4 Wolf Rock, 1894- Eddystone |
|
| Hooper, Joseph Hay B. | CON 1873 Lizard | ES Nov 1893 1901 Lizard AK 1895-9 Eddystone, 1899-1900 Mucking, 1900-6 Lizard, 1906-10- Eddystone Pensioned Nov 1933 |
Wife: Mary, 1874, Penzance, CON. Children: William G & John BC, 1899 & 1900 Penzance, CON. |
| Horne, Ernest | ESS 1864 Dovercourt | ES Apr 1892 1901 Nash Point AK 1894-7 Bishop Rock, 1897-1898 Chapman, 1898-1899 St Catherines, 1899-1904 Nash, 1904-5 Burnham, 1905-6 Mucking, 1906-1908 Needles, 1908-10- Les Hanois |
Wife: Ann C, 1866, (Tremadock), CON. Child: Cecil, 1896, St Marys, Scilly Is. |
| Houguez, Lucas | Channel Is 1802 Alderney | 1841 Casquets 1851 At St Anne, Alderney, CHI, retired from Casquets [HO107/2531/483] 1861 Houguez was widowed and Shoemaker at St Anne, Alderney, CHI [RG9/4374/92] Houguez is said to have been appointed to the Casquets around 1830, and to have been in post until his retirement, a period of 18 years. The sole keeper during that time, he was apparently assisted by his family, who never the left the rock until his retirement due to ill health |
Wife: Mary, c1796, Alderney, CHI. Children: Mary & Peter & Nicholas & Elizabeth & Ann & Simon & Harriet, c1821 & 1823 & 1828 & 1829 & 1831 & 1836 (2), all Alderney, CHI. Grandchild: Mary A Gaudion, 1850, Alderney, CHI. |
| Howard, Frederick Samuel | CAE 1824 Denio | 1861 St Anthony 1871 Not found 1881 Not found |
Wife: Elizabeth, 1823, Hunstanton, NFK. Children: (Belinda),
1855, Poplar, MDX; Ellen, 1857, Plymouth, DEV; Sophia M, 1860, St
Anthony, CON. Father appears to have been Lighthousekeeper Samuel Lee Howard (q.v.) |
| Howard, Samuel Lee | KEN 1795 Deptford | 1841 Hunstanton 1851 Hunstanton |
Wife: Ann Maria, 1796, Northfleet, KEN. Children: Caroline Ann
& Charlotte Elizabeth & Frederick Samuel, c1820 & c1822
& 1824, none in NFK: Susan Emma, 1826, Rotherhithe, SRY; John
William & Maria, 1829 & 1833, not in NFK; Jane Emily, 1835,
Beachy Head, SSX: Julia, 1840, not NFK. Son Frederick Samuel appears to have been a Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Howell, James | 1786-1815 Hurst Nothing further known |
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| Howells, Thomas R. | KEN 1881 Ramsgate | ES Apr 1900 1901 S. Foreland (SAK) AK 1902-3 Maplin, 1903-4 Dungeness, 1/1904-3/1904 Souter Point, 3/1904-7 Coquet Is., 1907-10 W. Usk, 1910- Nash Point |
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| Howgego, Harry E. | DEV 1865 Lundy Is | ES Dec 1888 1901 Ashore from Casquets at St Anne, Alderney [RG13/5324/5] 1891-4 Casquets, 1894-7 Mucking, 1897-8 Bardsey, 1898-1910- Casquets |
Wife: Eleanor (formerly Knight), 1860, Alderney, CHI. Child: Gladys, 1895, Alderney, CHI. Stepchildren: Eleanor Knight & Caroline Knight, 1882 & 1883, Alderney, CHI. Mother-in-Law: Rachel Oliver, 1826, Alderney, CHI. Wifes Uncle: Lucas Simon, 1835, Alderney, CHI. |
| Howgego, Jeremiah | ESS 1820 Harwich | 1851 Hurst 1861 St Anthony 1871 Lundy 1881 Not found |
Wife: Elizabeth, 1825, Rottingdean, SSX. Children: John & Louisa, 1844 & 1850, Hordle, HAM; Harriet E, 1858, Alderney, CHI; Henry E, 1865, Lundy Is.. Sister-in-Law: Harriet (Pepper or Pipper), 1837, Christchurch, HAM. |
| Howgego, William | ESS 1791 Harwich | 1841 Ashore at Harwich St Nicholas, ESS [HO107/344/20/33 1851 North Foreland |
Wife: Lucy, 1797, Harwich, ESS. Children: Mary A & John & James & Henry & Edgar, 1826 & 1831 & 1833 & 1836 & 1839 Harwich, ESS; Thomas, 1849, St Bees, CUL. |
| Hughes, Hugh | AGY 1828 Holyhead | 1881 Ashore in Holyhead [RG11/5594/42] 1891 PK Holyhead Breakwater |
Wife: Jane, 1835, Holyhead. Children: Robina & Anne & Mary E, 1868 & 1872 & 1874, all Holyhead. |
| Hughes, Lewis | AGY 1817 Holyhead | 1841 Skerries 1851 Skerries 1861 Point of Air 1871 Point of Air |
Wife: Catherine, 1823, Llanfairynghornwy, AGY (d. by 1861). Children: Eliza C/L & Margaret E, 1847 & 1848, Llanfechell, AGY. |
| Hughes, Richard | AGY 1794 Holyhead | 1841 Point of Air 1851 Point of Air 1861 Not found 1871 Trinity House pensioner at Axton, FLN [HO107/1411/11/3] |
Wives: Margaret, c1789, not FLN (d. 1846); Mary, 1800, St Asaph. Four children including Margaret, c1821, William, 1828, and Ellen, 1831, were baptised at South Stack, AGY, in 1831. |
| Hunter, W. F. J. | 1885 | ES Apr 1905 1907-10 Coquet Is., 1910- Flamborough Head |
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| Hurst, Robert Fearman | KEN 1843 St Lawrence, Ramsgate | ES Sep 1867 1871 South Foreland 1881 North Foreland 1891 AK Flatholm 1901 Whitby AK 1868-71 Godrevy, 1871-9 S. Foreland, 1879-90 N. Foreland, 1890-1 Flatholm PK 1891-4 Skerries, 1894- South Stack, 1901 Whitby |
Hurst was unmarried in 1871 & 1881: Wife: Mary Ann, 1855, Margate, KEN. Child: Ethel Mary, (1885 or 1888), Ramsgate, Broadstairs, KEN. |
| Iddes, William L. | IOW 1844 Brading | 1871 AK Needles; Wife and children at East Cowes, IOW
[RG10/1160/99] 1881 AK Needles; Wife lodging at East Cowes, IOW [RG11/1174/4] 1891 PK Needles 1901 PK Needles; Wife and grandchild at East Cowes, IOW [RG13/1018/76]. |
Wife: Isabella, 1843, Ramsgate, KEN. Children: William & George, 1866 & 1867, Cowes, IOW. Grandchild: William G Iddes, 1895, Great Yarmouth, NFK. Parents-in-Law: Charles Smith, 1811, Dover, KEN, & Isabella Smith, 1815, Broadstairs, KEN (Charles Smith was Master of a lightvessel). |
| Jackson, Arthur S. | KEN 1875 Broadstairs | ES Apr 1894 1901 St Anns Head AK 7/1897-12/1897 Chapman, 12/1897-8/1899 Bishop Rock, 8/1899-11/1899 Flatholm, 11/1899-1912 St Anns Head, 1912-19 Nash Point PK 1919-23 Spurn Head, 1923-33 Sark, 1933-5 North Foreland Jackson was highly commended for prompt action which led to the rescue of part of the crew of a wrecked ketch in 1927 Retired 3 Apr 1935. |
Wife: Elizabeth A, 1883, Marloes, PEM. |
| Jarvis, Edward T. | CON 1863 Sennen | ES Jan 1885 1891 Longships 1901 Harwich Depot [RG13/1699/45] 3/1888-5/1888 St Tudwals, 5/1888-91 Longships, 1891-3 Gunfleet, 1893-6/1904 Storekeeper Harwich depot, 6/1904-10/1904 Storekeeper Penzance depot, 10/1904-10- Eddystone |
Although shown as Married in 1901, no wife was present in Harwich. |
| Jarvis, James H. | CON 1865 Lizard | ES Nov 1891 1901 Lizard AK 1893-7 Les Hanois, 1897-1907 Lizard, 1907- Trevose Head |
Wife: Dagmar M, 1871, Lizard, CON. Child: James L, 1900, Lizard, CON. |
| Jarvis, John | SRY 1840 Wallington | 1871 Lizard 1881 Start Point 1891 Orford 1901 On pension at St Buryan, CON [RG13/2258/7] |
Wife: Eliza, (1837 or 1839), Sennen, CON. Children: Edward Thomas, 1864 Sennen, CON; James Humphreys & Eliza Frances & Catherine & Charles, 1865 & 1867 & 1869 & 1873, all The Lizard, Landewednack, CON: John Wallis, 1880, Stokenham, DEV. |
| Jenkins, Henry T. | IOW 1843 East Cowes | ES Mar 1867 1871 Jenkins and wife not found; Children with their widowed grandmother Isabella Pain at Ipswich, SFK [RG10/1753/67]. 1881 Ashore at Plymouth, DEV [RG11/2192/36] 1891 Dungeness AK 1862-5 Gunfleet, 1865-6 St Bees, 1866-9 South Stack, 1869-77 Wolf Rock, 3-9/1877 Nash Point PK 1877-84 Plymouth Breakwater, 1884-91 Dungeness, 1891-4- Coquet |
Wife: Mary, (1835 or 1842), Waterford, IRL. Children: Ada, 1868, Milford, PEM; Henry, 1870, Penzance, CON: William, 1875, GLA; Mary R, 1879, (GLA or PEM): Harriet, 1881, Plymouth, DEV. Mother (in Law): Isabella Pain, 1806, Woolwich, KEN. |
| Jenkins, William | IOW 1846 East Cowes | 1871 Nash Point 1881 Son Alfred was at Llanstadwell, PEM, with his grandmother [RG11/5414/67]; no other members of the family found |
Wife: Elizabeth A, 1849, Great Honeyborough, PEM. Children: Alfred G & William, 1869 & 1870, Great Honeyborough, PEM. Parents-in-Law: George James, 1819, Llanstadwell, PEM, & Hannah James, 1817, Rosemarket, PEM. |
| Johnson, R.S. | 1881 | ES Oct 1901 1903-4 Hartland Point, 3/1904-11/1904 Dungeness, 11/1904- Smalls |
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| Joliffe, F.J. | 1886 | Nothing further known | 1912- Longships |
| Jones, B.W. | 1880 | Entered Light Vessel Service Feb 1902; Entered Lighthouse
Service Jan 1904 AK 1907-10 Farne Island, 1910- Souter Point |
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| Jones, Herbert | ESS 1845 Stanford le Hope | 1871 SAK lodging at Bromley, MDX [RG10/572/102] Nothing further known. |
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| Jones, John (Jack) | AGY 1820 Holyhead | 1841 South Stack 1851 South Stack 1859 Jones died soon after he had received injuries in a severe storm at South Stack, AGY 1861 Jones widow was living at Plas Nico, Holyhead, with her six children RG9/4373/43]. Trinity House had granted her a pension. |
Wife: Margaret, 1823, Holyhead, AGY. Children; (Eleanor or Elizabeth) & Mary & Hugh & John & William & Ann, 1849 & 1850 & 1855 & 1857 & 1859 & 1860, Holyhead, AGY. (Mother): Ann Jones, c1781, AGY. (Sister): Grace Jones, c1806, AGY. |
| Jones, John | AGY 1830 Holyhead | 1861 South Stack Nothing further known |
Wife born Holyhead, 1834 |
| Jones, Thomas | FLN 1821 Holywell | 1841 AK Flatholm 1851 Not found but wife and mother at Poplar, MDX [HO107/1550/445] 1861 PK Trevose Head 1871 PK Trevose Head 1881 North Foreland |
Wife: Ann, 1823, Bristol, SOM. Children: Penelope A & Thomas E & Margaret E, 1854 & 1856 & 1859, Poplar, LND; Alice Mary, 1864, St Merryn, CON. Mother: Penelope Jones, 1795, Llanasa, FLN. |
| Jones, William | Not SFK c1811 | Nothing further known |
Wife: Eliza, c1816, not SFK |
| Jones, William | AGY 1836 Holyhead | ES Dec 1860 1861 Lodging at Bromley (by Bow), MDX RG9/300/166] 1871 South Stack (A) 1881 Longships (B) 1891 Start Point (C) 1901 On pension at Llandysilio, AGY [RG13/5277/94] AK 1861-3 Needles, 1863-7 St Anns Head, 1867-78 South Stack PK 1878-82 Longships, 1882-92 Start Point, 1892-4- Whitby |
Wives: Margaret, 1845, Holyhead, AGY (A); Jane, 1837, (Brynsiencyn or Holyhead), AGY (B-C). Children: William Richard, 1872, Holyhead, AGY; William James & Alfred John & Edward Oliver, 1877 & 1878 & 1879, all Start, Stokenham, DEV. |
| Jones, William | PEM 1849 Dale | ES Dec 1870 1881 Casquets 1891 Not found but wife and children at St Ann, Alderney, CHI [RG12/4707/90] 1901 Caldey AK 1871-5 Casquets; 1875-8 Trevose Head; 1878-91 Casquets; 1891-4 S. Foreland PK 1894- Bishop Rock; 1901 Caldey Island |
Wife: Annie Elizabeth, 1861, Alderney, CHI. Children: Annie Rachel & John James, 1874 & 1878, Alderney, CHI; William O, 1876, Trevose Head, CON; John & James & Thomas & Edward & George & Winifred, 1878 & 1882 & 1886 & 1887 & 1889 & 1890, all Alderney, CHI; Harold, 1892, Dover, KEN; Dora, 1898, AGY. Sister-in-Law: Margaret Gaudion, 1865, Alderney, CHI. |
| Jones, William Edward | 1893 | Jones was killed by enemy action while serving at St Catherines 1 Jun 1943 - see reports in the Isle of Wight County Press 5 & 12 Jun 1943 | |
| Kaye, Alfred John | DEV 1877 Stokenham | 1901 SAK Eddystone Kaye does not appear in the 1910 Service List and had presumably left the Service |
Kaye was unmarried in 1901. |
| Kaye, W.J. | DEV 1876 Stokenham | ES Mar 1897 1901 Bishop Rock AK 1898-9 Lundy Is., 1899-1902 Bishop Rock, 1902-7 Pendeen, 1907-8 Wolf Rock, 1908-10 Cape Pembroke, 1910- Les Hanois |
Kaye was unmarried in 1901. |
| Kaye, William | SRY 1843 Ockham | ES Nov 1869 1871 Ashore in Bromley, MDX, from Maplin [RG10/573/69] (A) 1881 Start Point (B) 1891 Start Point (C) 1901 Trevose Head (D) AK 1870-1 Casquets, 1871-2 Maplin, 1872-5 Gt. Basses, 5-10/1875 Blackwall, 1875-92 Start Point PK 1892-3 Bishop Rock, 8-10/1893 Round Island, 1893-4- Godrevy |
Wives: Mary Ann, 1849, Bromley, MDX (A); Ann Elizabeth, 1844, Alderney, CHI (B-D). Children: William James & Alfred John & Edward Oliver, 1877 & 1878 & 1879, all Stokenham, DEV. Mother-in-Law: Elizabeth (Buckering), 1824, Poplar, MDX (A). |
| Kelsey, William | KEN 1800 Ash, Sandwich | 1841 Lizard 1851 Happisburgh 1861 Happisburgh 1871 Happisburgh 1881 On pension at Happisburgh, NFK [RG11/1920/108] |
Wife: Sarah, 1801, Broadstairs, KEN. Children: John & William, 1827 & 1830, not CON; Elizabeth, 1834, Chatham, Rochester, KEN. |
| Kettle, James | NFK 1803 Winterton | 1841 Kettle and his family were at Winterton, NFK, but he was
described as Shopkeeper [HO107/766/12/10] 1851 Winterton 1861 Winterton 1871 1881 On pension at Lowestoft, SFK |
Wife: Elizabeth, 1805, Martham, Winterton, NFK. Children: Happy/Hepzibah & Louisa & Jane & Elizabeth & Frederick, 1831 & 1833 & 1837 & 1839 & 1844, all Winterton, NFK. Grandchild: Edward Kettle, 1855, Winterton, NFK. |
| Knott, Edmund Horton | DEV 1872 Braunton | ES Apr 1892 1901 AK South Foreland 1894- Smalls, c1899-1901- S. Foreland |
Wife: Alice, 1867, Caddington, HRT. Children: Catherine, 1898, Neyland, PEM; Florence, 1900, Luton, BDF. |
| Knott, George | KEN 1828 St Margaret at Cliffe | 1851 South Foreland 1861 South Foreland 1871 Bideford 1881 Bull Point 1891 On pension at Dover, KEN [RG12/741/26] 1901 Still at Dover on pension [RG13/839/10] 1851 S. Foreland, 1861-6 Eddystone, 1871 Bideford, 1881-1888 Bull Point, c1899 N. Foreland |
Wife: Catherine, 1827, St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN. Children:
Arthur & Henry T & Matilda E & George J & Arthur W
& Frederick W & Ann, 1850 & 1851 & 1853 & 1855
& 1857 & 1860 & 1871, St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN (the
dates of birth of these children are confused in the censuses);
Mary Jane, 1864, Plymouth, DEV; Herbert & Rosa & Walter G
& Edward H & Florence M, 1867 & 1869 & 1870 &
1873 & 1876, all Braunton, DEV Several members of the Knott family were Lighthousekeepers. |
| Knott, Henry | KEN 1748 St Margarets at Cliffe | c1770 S. Foreland | Wife born 1753. Children: 1774-97, S. Foreland Several members of the Knott family were Lighthousekeepers. |
| Knott, Henry | KEN 1797 St Margaret at Cliffe | Knott is known to have been at South Foreland in 1817 1841 South Foreland (A) 1851 South Foreland (B) 1861 South Foreland (C) |
(Wife or wives): There was no wife present in 1841 (A), so
Margaret, 1814, Ringwould, KEN (B & C) was possibly a second
wife. Children: John & Elizabeth & George & Mary Ann
& Henry N & Anne Maria, 1820 & c1826 & 1829 &
1833 & 1848 & 1854, all St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN. Sarah
Arnold, 1787, Ringwould, KEN, was visiting in 1861. Sons Henry and John and several other members of the Knott family were Lighthousekeepers. |
| Knott, Henry | KEN 1819 St Margaret at Cliffe | 1841 S. Foreland 1851 Flamborough Head 1861 Flamborough Head 1871 Flamborough Head |
Wife: Ann, 1822, Burton Agnes (nr Bridlington), YKS (d. by
1871). Child: Jane Ann, 1853, Flamborough, YKS. Dina Wilkinson,
1852, Sewerby, YKS, was visiting in 1861. Several members of the Knott family were Lighthousekeepers. |
| Knott, Henry T. | KEN 1851 St Margarets at Cliffe (d. Crewe 1910) | ES Dec 1873 1881 Skerries (not enumerated); Wife and child at Holyhead with her parents [RG11/5594/36] 1891 St Anns Head 1901 Skerries 1874-86 Skerries, 1886-7 S. Foreland, 1887-90 Basses, 1890-4- St Anns Head, 1898- S. Stack, c1900 Start Point, 1901 Skerries, subsequently at Bideford & Bull Point at unknown dates |
Wife: Elizabeth, 1848, Milford, PEM, (d. 1886). Children:
Catherine G & John H & Hilda M & Violet M & Ellen
M, 1879 & 1882 & 1885 & 1886 (2). Sister: Ann W Knott,
1861 St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN Wife Ellen M was the daughter of Lighthousekeeper John Hall, 1810, Dale, PEM (q.v.). Several members of the Knott family were Lighthousekeepers. |
| Knott, John | KEN 1820 St Margaret at Cliffe (d. there in 1851) | 1851 S. Foreland | Wife: Matilda (nee Goldsack), 1818, St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN.
Fatgher-in-Law, Thomas Goldsack, 1787, St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN
(living with Knott at South Foreland in 1851 Several members of the Knott family were Lighthousekeepers. |
| Knott, William | KEN 1706 Acrise | Wife: 1710, Acrise, KEN. Children 1741-52, South. Foreland Several members of the Knott family were Lighthousekeepers. |
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| Knowles, John | NFK 1803 | 1841 Happisburgh | Lydia, c1811, NFK. Children: John & Robert & Elizabeth & Caroline & Lydia & Matilda & Isaac, c1826 & 1833 & 1834 & 1835 & 1836 & 1838 & 1840, all NFK. |
| Lambert, Richard | Not CON c1791 | 1841 Lizard | No wife shown |
| Lamping, James | DEV 1804 Bideford | 1841 AK Bideford 1851 PK Bideford 1861 PK Bideford 1881 On pension at Braunton, DEV [RG11/2249/71] |
Wife: Mary A, 1810, Sowden, Exeter, DEV. Child: Thomas Bragg,
1836, DEV. Father Thomas was also a Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Lamping, Thomas | c1778 | Son James was also a Lighthousekeeper. Lamping died at Bideford lighthouse Aug 1838 in the presence of his colleague, Benjamin Perryman (q.v.). |
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| Lanceley, Thomas | CHS 1834 Moston, nr. Chester | ES May 1858 1861 Happisburgh 1871 Avonmouth 1881 Away in Gibraltar 1891 St Agnes 1901 On pension at Broadway, DOR [RG13/1990/25] AK 1858-60 Eddystone, 1860-1 Happisburgh, 1861-73 Avonmouth, 1873-4 Nash PK 1874-5 Gunfleet, 1875-9 Hurst, 1879-85 Gibraltar, 1885-91 St Agnes, 1894- Portland |
Wife: Hannah, 1834, Moston nr. Chester, CHS. |
| Lawrence, Aaron | HRT 1821 Harpenden | 1851 Lawrence appears to have been a footman at Acton, MDX
[HO107/1699/574] 1861 AK Dungeness 1871 Not enumerated, prob. on Eddystone; Wife and children at Plymouth, DEV [RG10/2112/22] 1881 Mary Ann, now widowed, was with son Thomas Aaron at Flamborough Lighthouse, YKS; Daughter Eliza in service at Brough, YKS [RG11/4739/111] |
Wife: Mary Ann, 1820, Acton Turville, GLS. Children: Caroline,
1853, Acton Turville, GLS; Thomas Aaron, 1855, St Just, CON;
Elizabeth P & Mary Ann, 1859 & 1861 Lydd, KEN; Eliza, 1864,
Mucking, ESS. Son Thomas Aaron was also Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Lawrence, |