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| NAME | BIRTH PLACE/DATE | SERVICE - ES = Entered Service; PK = Principal Keeper; AK = Assistant Keeper; SAK = Supernumerary Assistant Keeper | FAMILY DETAILS |
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Clarke, William | 1822 St Bees Nothing further known | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Daniel, James | ESS 1848 Harwich | 1871 Needles (Wife not found) 1881 Not found | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| 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] | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Jones, Herbert | ESS 1845 Stanford le Hope | 1871 SAK lodging at Bromley, MDX [RG10/572/102] Nothing further known. | |
| 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. | |
| 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.). | |
| 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, Thomas Aaron | CON 1855 Sennen, St Just | ES Feb 1877 1881 Flamborough Head 1891 Flamborough Head 1901 Flamborough Head AK 1878-9 St Tudwals, 1879-1902 Flamborough Head PK 1902-6 Wolf Rock, 1906-10 Plymouth Breakwater, 1910 Spurn Head, 1911 Withernsea | Wife: Sarah E, 1864, Flamborough, YKS. Children: Thomas W & Gertrude B & Edith & Beatrice & Ernest & Ethel & May, 1882 & 1885 & 1886 & 1888 & 1890 & 1891 & 1896, all Flamborough, YKS. Parents: Lighthousekeeper Aaron Lawrence & Mary Ann (q.v.). Son Thomas W was also Lighthousekeeper (q.v.). |
| Lawrence, T.W. | 1882 | ES Apr 1905 1907-11 Bishop Rock, 1911 Plymouth Breakwater, 1919 Storekeeper, Yarmouth, Discharged 1928 | Father Thomas Aaron was also Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Layton, W.H. | 1883 | ES Oct 1902 1905-6 Round Island, 1906- Maplin, Last station Lizard, Retired 1943. Died 27 Jan 1959 | |
| Le Gallais, Charles Henry | KEN 1869 Ramsgate | ES Oct 1892 1901 AK St Agnes AK 1894-5 Casquets, 1895-8 Lundy, 1898-1902 St Agnes From 1902 see also entry in table of Fog Signal Gunners | Wife: Augustine Constance, 1865, Alderney, CHI. Child: Edward Charles, 1900, St Agnes, Scilly Is, CON. |
| Le Gallais, Frederick William | KEN 1872 Ramsgate | ES Apr 1895 1901 Trevose Head 1898-9 Smalls, 1899-1906 Trevose, 1906-10- Lizard | Wife: Georgina, 1874, Kirby, ESS. Child: Evelyn Georgina, 1900, Ipswich, SFK. |
| Lees, W.J. | 1869 | ES May 1900 1903 ENG Souter Point | |
| Lewis | 1857 Lundy Nothing further known | ||
| Lewis | 1901 Florence Lewis, Wife of Lighthouse Keeper, and her children were at Llanstadwell, PEM. Lewis cannot be identified with certainty. | Wife: Florence, 1871, Hull, YKS. Children: Christina & Elsie & William & Thomas, 1896 & 1898 & 1900 (2), all Llanstadwell, PEM. | |
| Lewis, Alfred Ernest | CON 1864 St Anthony in Roseland | ES May 1886 1891 Lizard AK 1901 Flatholm AK 3/1891 Lizard, 3/1891-94 Wolf Rock, 1894-7 St Anns Head, 1897-9 Lizard, 1899-1903 Flatholm, 1903-6 South Bishop, 1906-11 S. Foreland, 1911- Bishop Rock | Wife: Julia Annie, 1869, Landewednack, CON. Child: Claire Denise, 1895, Landewednack, CON. |
| Lewis, B.J.G. | 1880 | ES Jan 1902 1906-10- Godrevy, Discharged Sep 1920 | |
| Lewis, George H. | DEV 1822 Clovelly | 1841 AK Bardsey 1851 PK Bardsey 1861 PK Bardsey 1871 PK Burnham 1881 Not found | Wife: Emma, 1824, St Martins, MDX. Children: Florence AS & Emma EP, 1852 & 1854, Bardsey Is, CAE. |
| Lewis, W.W. | 1882 | ES Apr 1902 1903-4 St Anns Head, 1904- South Bishop | |
| Lewis, Walter Charles | Monmth 1859 Usk Lighthouse, St Brides (d. 1911) | ES Dec 1876 1881 Ashore from Smalls at Neyland, PEM [RG11/5414/39] 1891 Ashore from Smalls at Pembroke Dock, PEM [RG12/4530/20] 1901 AK St Catherines AK 1877-9 Bishop Rock, 5/1879-10/1879 Bideford, 1879-92 Smalls, 1892-9 Nash Point, 1899-1901 St Catherines PK 1901-5 Bishop Rock, 1905-9 Dungeness, 1909-10- St Agnes | Lewis was unmarried in 1881: Wife: Emily, 1858, Pembroke Dock, PEM. Children: William Walter & Edwin George & John Cecil & Emily Jane & Arthur Bertram & Mildred, 1883 & 1884 & 1886 & 1887 & 1889 & 1891, all Pembroke Dock, PEM; Alfred & Frederick, 1893 & 1897 Marcross, GLA. |
| Lewis, William | PEM 1826 Walwyns Castle | 1861 Not found 1871 Spurn Head 1881 PK Burnham 1891 PK Burnham | Wife: Jane Ann, 1832, Bristol St Philip, SOM. Children: Walter C, 1860, Usk Lighthouse, MON; Alfred E & Frederick, 1864 & 1867, St Anthony, CON; Mary F, 1870, Marcross, GLA; Arthur W, 1872, Spurn Head, YKS. |
| Light, John Edwin | LND 1862 | 1881 Supernumerary at the Lizard Nothing further known | |
| Lightfoot, William | MDX (1831 or 1841) Islington | 1861 Bishop Rock 1871 Caldey Is 1881 St Anns Head 1891 Great Castle Head | Lightfoot was unmarried in 1861: Wife: Mary. 1839, Scilly Isles, CON. Children: William George & Annie FW, 1866 & 1870 , St Anns Head, Dale, PEM. |
| Lloyd, James | PEM 1840 Dale | ES Jun 1860 1861 AK Casquets 1871 Lloyd apparently not enumerated but family in Plymouth, DEV [RG10/2116/87] 1881 PK Bishop Rock 1891 Maplin; Wife not found 1901 Lloyd was retired at Swanage, DOR AK 1860-4 Casquets, 1864-7 Landguard, 1867-8 Hurst, 1868-9 Start, 1869-73 Eddystone, 1873-5 Orfordness, 1875-7 Basses, 6/1877-12/1877 Happisburgh PK 1877-81 Bishop Rock, 1881-4 Dungeness, 1884-8 Mucking, 1888-94 Maplin | Wife: Priscilla HB, 1848, Guernsey, CHI. Children: Ada F, 1866, Walton, SFK; Lewis E, 1872 Plymouth, DEV; Percy B, 1874 Orford, SFK. |
| Lloyd, John | PEM c1761 | On pension in Dale, PEM | |
| Lloyd, Richard | PEM 1800 | 1835 St Anns Head 1841 St Anns Head 1851 St Anns Head 1861 St Anns Head 1871 On pension at Dale, PEM [RG10/5524/9] 1881 On pension at Dale, PEM [RG11/5146/32] | Wife: Elizabeth, 1804, Dale, PEM. Children: William & Mary & Lewis & Sarah & Richard & Emma & Elizabeth & James & Janet & Matilda & Richard, c1825 & 1829 & 1831 & 1832 & 1834 & 1836 & 1838 & 1840 & 1843 & 1850 & 1852, all Dale, PEM. |
| Lloyd, Richard Henry | PEM 1852 St Anns Lighthouse, Dale | ES Jan 1877 1881 Lizard 1891 Lizard 1901 Not found but Wife and child at Swanage DOR [RG13/1985/39] AK 1878-9 Longships, 1879-94- Lizard | Wife: Ellen, 1851, Walton West, PEM. Children: William Henry & Arthur, 1882-6, Landewednack, CON. |
| Lloyd, W.H. | 1881 | ES: Oct 1900 1902-10 Hanois, 1910- Dungeness | |
| Long, H.E. | 1885 | ES Oct 1906 1909-10- St Anns, 1910- Coquet Is. | |
| Long, L.T. | 1885 | ES Jun 1905 1909-10- Bishop Rock | |
| Mackenzie - see also McKenzie | |||
| Major - see also Mayor, | |||
| Maskall, Ralph K. | LND 1870 Hornsey | ES Feb 1895 1901 Skerries 1897-1906 Skerries, 1906-1911 St Agnes, 1911- Dungeness | Maskall was unmarried in 1901. |
| Maskell, G.C. | 1886 | ES Sep 1906 1908- Wolf Rock | |
| Maskell, George F. | KEN 1844 Ramsgate | 1871 Bardsey 1881 AK Lundy (The entry in this census is incomplete and clearly contains guesswork; it is of limited value) 1891 Maskell not found; Although still shown as married, Hester Maskell was Housekeeper at Whitechapel, MDX [RG12/280/56] 1901 Hester, now shown as 'Single', still Housekeeper at Whitechapel, MDX [RG13/305/26] | Wife: Hester Elizabeth, 1845, Bromley (by Bow), MDX |
| Maskell, John T. | KEN 1857 Ramsgate | ES Sep 1881 1881 Unemployed printer living with his mother at Wyke Regis, DOR [RG11/2106/86]; his father was Master aboard the lightvessel Shambles off the DOR coast 1891 Dungeness 1901 Amelia Maskell, now widowed, was with her children at Ramsgate, KEN RG13/828/12] 1885-9 Maplin, 1889-94- Dungeness | Wife: Amelia, 1859, Ramsgate, KEN. Children: Lizzie & Millie, 1887 & 1889, Poplar, LND; John T & Nellie & Charles H & Rose Mary, 1890 & 1892 & 1893 & 1896, all Lydd, KEN. Parents: Henry Maskell, 1821, St Lawrence, IOW, & Hannah Maskell, 1824, Thanet, KEN. |
| Maskell, W.J. | 1888 | ES Jan 1908 1/1911-11/1911 St Anns, 11/1911- Flatholm | |
| May, Alfred Brombly | NFK 1834 Gt. Yarmouth | 1861 South Stack 1871 W. Usk 1881 Lowestoft 1891 Hannah May, now widowed, was with her sons at Ipswich, SFK [RG12/1467/12] | Wife: Hannah, 1839, Poplar, MDX. Children: Alfred B, 1860, Holyhead, AGY; Elizabeth, 1862, South Stack, Holyhead, AGY; Francis S, 1865, Lundy Island, DEV; Samuel B, 1870, St Brides, MON |
| May, Alfred Brombly | AGY 1860 Holyhead | ES 1878 1881 Wolf Rock 1891 Hartland Point 1901Hartland Point AK 1879-82 Wolf Rock, 1882-94 Hartland Point | May was unmarried in 1881 & 1891; he was said to be married in 1901 but his wife was not present. He appears to have left the Service by 1910. |
| May, E.J. | 1886 | ES Jul 1908 1911- St Anns | |
| Mayor or Major, | ESS 1836 Harwich | 1861 Longships, not enumerated but wife and child at Trinity buildings, Sennen, CON [RG9/1599/73] 1871 Not found but wife and children at Cardiff, GLA [RG10/5364/14] 1881 Mayor had left the Service and was a sailmaker in Cardiff, GLA [RG11/5281/4] | Wife: Ann, 1836, Charlton Adam/Mackrell, SOM. Children: Joseph H, 1860, Sennen, CON; Rowland E Samuel, 1863, St Anthony, CON; Charles William, 1867, Holyhead, AGY. Poss. Brother-in-Law: Francis Rowland, 1833, Charlton Adam, SOM. |
| McBride, William John | LND 1880 Poplar | 1901 Smalls McBride appears to have left the Service before 1910. | |
| McCarthy, John | NFK (1842 or 1844) Wells | ES Jan 1865 1871 AK Plymouth Breakwater (Wife not found) 1881 St Anthony 1891 Lundy 1901 PK Anvil Point AK 1865-7 Casquets, 1867-9 Corton (SFK), 1869-74 Plymouth Breakwater, 1874-84 St Anthony PK 1884-93 Lundy, 1893-4- Gt.. Castle Head | Wife: Mary Ann, 1841, Poplar, LND. Children: John WH, 1868, Corton, SFK; Jane Elizabeth, 1872, Plymouth, DEV; Daniel T & Robert H & Mary Ann Louisa & Sarah Lillies & Augustus George, 1875 & 1877 & 1880 & 1885, all St Anthony, CON 1892 Cert. of Bravery earned at Lundy |
| McCarthy, Robert H. | (ENG or CHI 1876 Torteval, Guernsey) | ES Apr 1897 1901 AK Ashore at Torteval, Guernsey, CHI [RG13/5317/112] AK 1899-1901 Les Hanois, 1901-5 St Anthony, 1905-10- St Catherines | Wife: Annie M, 1879, Torteval, Guernsey, CHI. |
| McKenzie, Charles R. | NBL 1863 Bamburgh | ES Nov 1887 1891 SAK Smalls 1901 Trwyn Du AK 1891-2 Longstone, 1892-5 Spurn Head, 1895-7 Skerries, 1897-1911Trwyn Du, 1911 Coquet Is | MacKenzie was unmarried in 1891; Wife: Alice, 1871, Spurn, YKS. Children: Charles Roderick, 1897, Holyhead,AGY; Lily Eleanor & Arthur John, 1899 & 1890, Penmaen, AGY. |
| McKenzie, John | Scotland 1798 | 1841 Not found 1851 Lizard 1861 Not found | Wife: Mary, 1802, Plaistow, ESS. Children: Mary & Isabella, 1839 & 1842, Plaistow, ESS. |
| Merchant, William | Not SOM c1816 | 1841 Burnham Nothing further known | |
| Miller, Frank K. | DOR 1878 Poole | 1901 SAK St Catherines Miller does not appear in the 1910 Service List and presumably did not remain in the Service. | Miller was unmarried in 1901. |
| Miller, Henry (E/H.) | MDX. 1820 Stepney | 1851 Spurn Head 1861 Lowestoft 1871 Not found | Wife: Hannah, 1817, Romford, ESS. Children: Donald, 1845, Stepney, MDX; Janet S & Elizabeth H, 1849 & 1855, Spurn Lighthouse, Kilnsea, YKS. |
| Millett, Henry C. | Wiltshire 1832 Beadford | ES Nov 1870 1871 ENG Souter Point: Wife and elder children at Kentish Town, LND, with her parents [RG11/235/78] 1881 ENG Souter Point 1891 ENG St Catherines 1901 On pension at Wroxall, IOW [RG13/1030/27] ENG 1870-87 Souter Point, 1887-94- St Catherines | Wife: Louisa, 1837, Bath, SOM. Children: Fanny M, 1863, Genoa, Italy: George G, 1868, New Cross, LND; Humberto, 1870, Deptford, KEN: Bertha L & Ada C & Linda A & Henry C & Louisa G & Percy, 1872 & 1874 & 1876 & 1878 & 1879 & 1880, all Whitburn, South Shields, DUR. Sister: Annie Millett, 1847, Greenwich, KEN. Parents-in-Law: George W Gardner, 1812, Fresford, SOM, & Tabitha Gardner, 1813, Bath, SOM. |
| Mitchell, Joseph | CON (1859 or 1861) St Marys, Scilly Is | ES Aug 1879 1881 SAK Bull Point 1891 Lizard 8/1881-4 Skerries, 1884-9 Bishop Rock, 1889-92 Lizard Mitchell left the service in April 1892 to join the Hong Kong Lighthouse Service. | Wife: Elizabeth Jane, 1864, St Marys, Scilly Is, CON. |
| Monk, George | SSX 1814 (Fairwarp or Pevensey) | 1841 Monk was apparently Shoemaker at Lowestoft, NFK [HO107/1030/6/12] 1851 Lundy 1861 Not found but wife and dau at St Woollos, Newport, MON [RG9/4018] 1871 Happisburgh 1881 Maria Monk, now widowed, was with her daughter at Gorleston, SFK [RG11/1907/59] | Wife: Maria, (1810 or 1815), Lowestoft, SFK. Children: Maria & William, 1845 & 1849, Lowestoft, SFK. Niece: Emma Monk, 1851, Lowestoft, SFK. |
| Monk, William G. | SFK 1858 Lowestoft | ES Nov 1878 1881 St Tudwals 1891 Whitby 1901 AK St Marys Whitley Bay AK 1879-85 St Tudwals, 1885-9 Farne Is., 1889-9/90 Whitby, 9/1890-5/91 Temporarily redundant, 5/1891-8 Tynemouth, 1898-1906 St Marys Whitley Bay PK 1906-10 Wolf Rock, 1910- Plymouth Breakwater | Monk was unmarried in 1881: Wife: Anne, 1862, Pwllheli, CAE. Children: William & Anne & Ruth, 1884 & 1887 & 1888, all Pwllheli, CAE; George, 1890, Hawsker, Whitby, YKS; Dorothy & Ellen, 1893 & 1894, Tynemouth, NBL. |
| Moody, Alfred | MDX 1812 (St Georges, Hanover Sq or Pimlico) | 1851 Nash Point 1861 Lizard Elizabeth Moody, now widowed, was Lodging House Keeper at Harwich, ESS [RG10/1680/27] | Wife: Elizabeth Harn, 1824, Ranworth, NFK. Children: Alfred W, 1850 Marcross, GLA; John J & Janet E & William HC, 1857 & 1860 & 1864, all Landewednack, CON. |
| Moody, Christopher | 1823 Flamborough Head (per Baines Directory) Nothing further known | ||
| Morris, William O. | MER 1875 Barmouth | ES Mar 1900 AK 1901 Gunfleet (SAK), 1902-7 Wolf Rock, 1907-10- Pendeen | |
| Moss, William | BRK 1812 Langford | 1851 Spurn Head 1861 Lowestoft 1871 Lowestoft | Wife: Mary, 1806, Sunderland, DUR. Child. Harriet, 1842 Langford, BRK. Sister: Elizabeth (m. Ward), 1801, Langford, BRK. |
| Munson, C.E. | 1886 | ES Feb 1907 1909-10- Chapman | |
| Neale, Edward Joseph | LND 1858 Bromley | ES Mar 1878 1881 In lodgings at St Ives, CON [RG11/2342/37] 1891 Bardsey 1901 St Tudwals AK 1879-82 Godrevy, 1882-92 Bardsey, 1892-1908 St Tudwals PK 1908- St Tudwals | Neale was unmarried in 1881 and widowed by 1891; he apparently married Elizabeth Gyles in the Mar qtr of 1882 in Penzance District; around 1897 he married Ellen, 1868, Pwllheli, CAE. Children: Edward & Lizzie K, 1883 & 1885, St Ives, CON; Rose, 1898, Liverpool, LAN; Florence, 1900, Pwllheli, CAE. Mother: Katherine Neale, 1828, LND. Mother-in-Law: Nancy Gyles, 1821, St Ives, CON. Sister: Emily K Neale, 1855, Stepney, LND. In 1881 mother-in-law Nancy Gyles was with her daughters at St Ives, CON [RG11/2342/18] |
| Neal(e), George | LND 1815 Stepney | 1841 AK St Catherines 1851 AK St Catherines 1861 Hurst 1871 Hurst | Wife: Hannah, (1815 or 1817), Spitalfields, LND. Children: George, 1838, Mile End, LND: Catherine, 1840, Niton, IOW. Mother-in-Law: Mary Lishman, 1781, St Georges in the East, MDX. There was probably a family relationship between wife Hannah and the wife of Lighthousekeeper George Wallace, 1825 (q.v.). |
| Nelson, Thomas C. | NBL 1870 Seahouses | ES Jan 1899 1901 Gunfleet AK 1900-1 Gunfleet, 1901-4 S. Foreland, 1904-7 Maplin, 1907-10- Bull Point | Nelson was said to be married in 1901 but his wife was not found. |
| Nicholas, Charles | PEM 1841 Pembroke | ES Jun 1868 1871 Nicholas not found: Wife and children at Bromley St Leonard, LND [RG10/572/92] 1881 Mucking 1891 Ashore with family at West Ham, ESS [RG12/1326/115] 1901 Bideford AK 1869-70 Skerries, 1870-6 Chapman, 1876-84 Mucking, 1884-8 Basses, 12/1888-2/1889 Redundant, 1889-91 Maplin PK 1891-4 Gunfleet, 1894- Trevose Head | Wife: Eliza, 1831, Warehorne, KEN(formerly m. James Cox, Railway agent, 1826, Langport, SOM). Child: Annie, 1870, Poplar, MDX. Stepchildren: Robert & James Cox, 1857 & 1858; Matilda Cox, 1860, Holbeach, LIN; Ellen, 1861, Alfreton, DBY; Herbert Cox, 1864, Burley, YKS. |
| Nicholas, Charles E. | PEM 1861 Milford Haven | ES Aug 1879 1881 SAK Spurn Head 1891 AK Dungeness 1881-2 Skerries, 1882-5 Wolf Rock, 1885-9 Lizard, 1889-92 Dungeness Nicholas left to join the Hong Kong Lighthouse Service in April 1892 | Nicholas was unmarried in 1881; Wife: Mary A, 1863, The Lizard, CON. Children: Percival T & Francis N, 1885 & 1886, the Lizard, CON. Sister: Ada E Nicholas, 1867, Cardiff, GLA. |
| Nicholas Christopher | CON 1873 Sennen | ES Nov 1896 AK 1901 Longships 1898-1900 Gunfleet, ESS, 1900-1 Dungeness, 1901-5 Longships, 4-7/1905 St Anthony, 7/1905- Lowestoft 1917 Nicholas was killed by a fall while cleaning the glass of the lantern at Longships | |
| Nicholas, David | GLA 1848 Penrice | ES Mar 1871 1881 South Bishop; Wife and family at Llanstadwell, PEM [RG11/5414/29] 1891 Not found 1901 Lundy; Wife and family at Neyland, Llanstadwell, PEM [RG13/5126/44] AK 1872-4 Smalls, 1874-6 Lundy, 1876-95 South Bishop PK 1895-8 Longstone, 1898-1906 Lundy From 1906 see entry in Fog Signal Gunners table | Wife: Mary, 1849, Old Milford, PEM. Children: Sarah & William W & David Lewis & Frederick S & John W, 1871 & 1880 & 1883 & 1886 & 1891, all Neyland, PEM. The Spooner family were visiting in 1881. |
| Nicholas, Henry | CON (1844 or 1846) Sennen | 1871 Souter Point 1881 Nash Point 1891 Bishop Rock 1901 Not found | Nicholas was unmarried in 1871; Wife: Lucy, 1846, Exeter, DEV. Children: Louisa Mary, 1880, The Lizard, Landewednack, CON; Margaret Ellen & John Henry & Emmeline Florence, 1882 & 1885 & 1887, all Marcross, GLA. |
| Nicholas, Thomas John | PEM 1875 Burton | ES Mar 1894 1901 Lundy; Wife and family at Neyland, Llanstadwell, PEM [RG13/5126/20] AK 4/1897-8/1897 Longships, 1897-9 Bishop Rock, 1899-1910- Lundy | Wife: (Florence M, 1877, Neyland, PEM). Child: 1907 Neyland, PEM. |
| Nicholls, Charles | PEM 1861 Milford | 1881 SAK Spurn Head Nothing further known | Nicholls was unmarried in 1881. |
| Nixon, James | 1745 | Kept the Spurn light for 22 years | |
| Norris, Edwin Mars | IOW 1841 (Cowes or Yarmouth) | 1861 Poss. with parents at Cowes, IOW [RG9/653/29] 1871 Tynemouth 1881 Grocer in Tynemouth [RG11/5079/29] | Norris was widowed by 1871. Child: Edwin J, 1868, Kingston on Thames, SRY. Parents: It is likely that parents were Mark Norris, 1805, Arreton, IOW, occupation shown as Trinity Service in 1861, and Hannah Norris, 1808, Chale, IOW. |
| Norton, Alfred Ernest | IOW 1872 East Cowes | ES Sep 1892 1901 Souter Point AK 1894-7 Bishop Rock, 1897-8 Longships, 1898-9 Wolf Rock, 1899- Souter PointPK 1921- Pendeen Pensioned Nov 1933 | Wife: Jane Ellis, 1877, (St Levan), CON. Child: Emily L, 1900, Marsden, DUR. |
| Norton, George | IOW 1863 East Cowes | ES Mar 1886 1891 Eddystone 1901 AK Lowestoft AK 1889-93 Eddystone, 1893-7 Bardsey, 1897-9 Mucking, 1899-1910 Lowestoft, 1910 Wolf Rock | Wife: Minnie M, Penzance, CON 1867. Children: George, 1893, Plymouth, DEV; William H, 1895 Cardiff, GLA: Florence EM & Alfred J, 1896 & 1897, Aberdaron, CAE; Daniel PF, 1900, Lowestoft, SFK. |
| Nott, Edwin W. | DEV 1847 Topsham | ES Jul 1869 1871 AK Flatholm 1881 Lowestoft 1891 Lowestoft 1901 PK Lowestoft AK 1870-9 Flatholm, 1879-91 Lowestoft PK 1891-4- Les Hanois | Wife: Elizabeth, 1843, (Islington or Enfield), LND. Children: Frederick J, 1876, Cardiff, GLA; Elizabeth, 1878, Flatholm Is; Alice G, 1880, Lowestoft, SFK. |
| Nott, George J. | ESS 1868 Dovercourt | 1891 SAK Caldey Island Nothing further known | |
| Nott, Henry | DEV 1835 Barnstaple | ES Apr 1861 1861 Not found 1871 Dovercourt 1881 Eddystone (not enumerated); wife and children at Plymouth, DEV RG11/2200/36] 1891 Tynemouth AK 1861-3 Smalls, 1863-72 Dovercourt, 1872-9 St Catherines PK 1879-82 Eddystone, 1882-8 St Bees, 1888-94 Tynemouth, 1894- N. Foreland | Wife: Sarah, 1836, Topham, DEV (d. by 1891). Children: Annie E, 1861, (Stoke Damerel, Devonport or Barnstaple), DEV; Alice H, 1863, Neyland, PEM; George J & William E & Henry J, 1867 & 1869 & 1871, all Dovercourt, ESS; Frank H, 1873, Niton, IOW. |
| Nutsford, Henry R. | Cumberland 1830 Whitehaven | 1861 Point of Air Nothing further known | Wife: Mary J, 1835, IRL. Children: Mary E, 1857, Mucking, ESS; Catherine & Daniel E, 1859 & 1860, Llanasa, FLN. Sister: Annie M Nutsford, Whitehaven, CUL. |
| Oats, Richard | CON 1876 St Just | ES Aug 1899 1901 Ashore from Godrevy and lodging with the family of Lighthousekeeper John Gentry at St Ives, CON [RG13/2250/6] 1900-10- Godrevy | |
| Odden, Henry T. | IRL 1868 | ES Nov 1887 1891 With parents at Bromley by Bow, MDX [RG12/328/36] 1901 AK Bull Point AK 1887-96 Les Hanois, 1896-1907 Bull Point, 1907- Maplin | Wife: Eliza, 1867, Gosport, HAM. Child: Henry T, 1898, Mortehoe, DEV. Parents: Thomas Odden, 1826, Gravesend, KEN, & Amelia Odden, 1832, Portsmouth, HAM. |
| Odgers, J.A. | 1882 | ES Nov 1902 1906-8 Bishop Rock, 1908- Southwold | |
| Odgers, John | SSX 1832 Bognor | 1861 Trwyn Du (A) 1881 Whitby (B) 1901 On pension at East Looe, CON [RG13/2195/41] | Wives: Ann E, 1827, Stonehouse, DEV (A); Jane, 1833, East Looe, CON (B & C). Child: John C, 1860, St Ives, CON; Annie, 1863, AGY. |
| Odgers, Samuel Johns | SSX 1842 Worthing (d. 26 Aug 1909 in CMN) | ES May 1867 1871 Not found (Gunfleet not enumerated) 1881 Trevose Head 1891 PK Flatholm 1901 PK Great Castle Head AK 1868-73 Gunfleet, 1873-90 Trevose Head PK 1890-4- Flatholm, 1901 Gt.. Castle Head | Wife: Grace L, 1840, Stithians, CON (d. 1907 in Burton, PEM). Children: Samuel John Charles & Hannah Elizabeth, 1875 & 1877, St Merryn, CON |
| Owen, William | AGY 1792 Bodedern | 1841 Skerries 1851 Skerries | Wife: Margaret, 1790, Llanfaelog, AGY. Grandchild: Margaret Williams, 1841, Llanfairynghornwy, AGY. Nephew: Thomas Williams, 1826, Llanfairynghornwy, AGY. |
| Owens, Thomas | PEM 1832 Pembroke | 1871 At Hoylake, CHS, Officer for Trinity Service [RG10/3743/ 1881 Storekeeper at Holyhead [RG11/5594/70] | Wife: Annie, Pembroke, PEM, 1836. Children: Thomas, 1861, Milford, PEM; GAKirby & JIC, 1871 & 1873, CHS; AMM, 1878, Holyhead, AGY. |
| Page, Charles | HAM. 1822 Hordle | 1841 AK assisting father at Hurst 1851 AK Orford 1861 Left Service and Oil and Colour Man at Poplar, MDX [RG9/305/105] | Wife: Emma, 1815, Witnesham, SFK. Father John Page, 1780, Yarmouth, IOW, was a lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Page, George | HAM. 1815 Keyhaven, Milford | 1841 Not found 1851 Lowestoft (A) 1861 Lowestoft (B) 1871 Lowestoft | Page appears to have married three times. George Page married Eliza Paul at Milford Dec 1833 (Parish Register); other Wives: Amelia, 1805, Exton, HAM (A - d. Lowestoft Sep 1854); Margaret, 1823, Harwich, ESS (B - d. Lowestoft Mar 1869). Children: Agnes & George, 1852 & 1857, Lowestoft, SFK. Wife Amelia was the elder sister of lighthousekeeper M.C. Carpenter (q.v.). |
| Page, John | IOW 1780 Yarmouth | 1841 Hurst 1851 Hurst | Wife: Mary, 1789, Newtown, IOW. Children: Charles & Robert, c1820 & c1826, Hurst, HAM; Mary & Susanna, 1827 & 1829, HAM. Jenny Robins, 1840, HAM, was also in the household in 1841. Son Charles, 1820, became a lighthousekeeper (q.v.). |
| Palmer, Hugh | PEM 1814 Dale, Milford Haven | 1841 N. Foreland (A) 1851 Lizard (B) 1861 Lizard (C) 1871 Lizard (D) Palmer died at the Lizard in 1873. | Wives: (Anthanimah), c1806, not KEN (A); Mary M, 1816, Bath, SOM (B-D). Children: Elizabeth & (Anthanimah) & Sarah Jane, 1833 & 1835 & 1837, Dale, Milford Haven, PEM: Hugh, 1839, KEN; Maria & John & Hugh, 1841 & 1844, Isle of Thanet, KEN; James S, 1853, Landewednack, CON. |
| Palmer, John | PEM 1826 Angle or Caldey Is | 1851 Start Point 1861 Start Point 1871 Portland Bill 1881 Sarah Palmer, now widowed, was at Poplar, MDX, with her children [RG11/503/41] | Wife: Sarah J, 1826, Poplar, MDX. Children: Kate & Ellen & John & James & Arthur, 1851 & 1852 & 1855 & 1860 & 1863, all Stokenham, DEV. Sister: Sarah E Palmer, 1829, Angle, PEM, was visiting in 1851 & 1861. |
| Palmer, John | 1855 | Palmer was SAK at the Longships in 1872, when he was washed off the rocks there and drowned. Although the Trinity House tender was on the scene at the time and lowered a boat, he could not be found. | |
| Palmer, Rees | PEM 1797 Angle | 1841 Nash Point Palmer d. 1848 at Nash Point | Wife: 1802, Angle, PEM. Children: Elizabeth, 1822, not GLA; Thomas & John & Mary, 1824 & 1827 & 1829, all Angle, PEM. |
| Palmer, Thomas | PEM 1765 Angle (d. 1833 at St Anns Head) | Wives: Margaret Bartlett, Stackpole, (m. 1792); Priscilla Phillips, 1760, Tywell, (m. 1795). Children: Rees, 1797 Angle, PEM; Hugh, 1811, Dale, PEM. | |
| Parsons, A.S. | 1884 | ES Jul 1905 1907-10 Bardsey, 1910- Lizard | |
| Parsons, James | BKM 1835 Medmenham | ES Mar 1862 1871 Trwyn Du 1881 PK Lundy (The entry in this census is incomplete and clearly contains guesswork; it is of limited value) 1891 Lowestoft (Pakefield) AK 1862-5 Les Hanois, 1865-79 Trwyn Du PK 1879-84 Lundy, 1884-6 Lowestoft, 1886-94- Lowestoft Pakefield | Wife: Mary, 1835, Willesden, MDX. Children: Mary A & George E, 1859 & 1868, Kilburn, MDX: James W, 1861, Bayswater, MDX: Annie M & Helena S & Charles Henry & John Thomas, 1866 & 1869 & 1872 & 1875, all Penmon, AGY. |
| Parsons, James William | MDX 1860 (Westbourne Pk or Paddington, LND) | ES Mar 1879 1881 Longstone 1891 Orford 1901 West Usk AK 1881-7 Longstone, 1887-94 Orfordness, 1894-1902 West Usk, 1902-5 Beachy Head PK 1905-10 Bishop Rock, 1910- Caldey Is. | Parsons was unmarried in 1881; Wife: Mary Jane, 1863, Holyhead, AGY. Children: William James & Helena Mary & Henry Bowen & Arthur Felton, 1889 & 1890 & 1892 & 1894, all Orford, SFK; Dorothy Helena, 1896, St Brides MON. |
| Parsons, W.G. | 1881 | ES May 1904 1908-11 Portland Breakwater, 1911- Trevose Head | |
| Parsons, William | DEV 1859 Plymouth | ES 1879 1881 SAK Start Point 1891 South Stack 1901 Lower Light Portland Bill AK 12/1881-8 St Tudwals, 1888-92 South Stack,1892-4 Smalls, 1894- Caldey, 1901 Portland Bill | Wife: Lavinia, 1863, Beeralston, DEV. Children: Lavinia Beatrice & William Goldsworthy & Elizabeth Jane & Amelia Hannah, 1887 & 1888 & 1889 & 1890, all Llanengan, CAE; Daisy G, 1900, Portland, DOR. Mother-in-Law: Elizabeth J Goldsworthy, 1829, Beeralston, DEV. |
| Parsons, William | WAR 1850 Leamington | ES Aug 1876 1881 Ashore at East Cowes from Needles [RG11/1173/109] 1891 Ashore at East Cowes from Needles [RG12/886/79] PK 1904- Needles | Wife: Ann(ie), 1860, East Cowes, IOW. Children: William G & Alfred S, 1881 & 1885, East Cowes, IOW. |
| Paskell, G.B. | 1879 | ES Aug 1903 1906-2/1910 St Anns, 2/1910-3/1910 Temporarily redundant, 3/1910- Bardsey | |
| Passifull, Edward | SFK 1823 Felixstowe | 1851 Landguard 1861 Landguard | Wife: Mary, 1824, Walton, SFK. Children: Mary & Elizabeth & Sarah & James & Martha R, 1844 & 1845 & 1853 & 1856 & 1858, all Felixstowe, SFK. |
| Peach, H.W. | 1885 | ES Jul 1908 1911- Flatholm | |
| Pearce or Pierce, James | DEV 1822 Chittlehampton, Warkleigh | 1851 Not found 1861 Winterton 1871 Winterton 1881 Lowestoft | Wife: Ellen/Helen, (1812 or 1815), IRL. Children: 1845-6 Poplar, MDX; Henry, 1852 East Dean, SSX. Mother: 1878 Ashford, KEN. (Sister ? In-Law): Ann Austin, 1812, IRL |
| Pearce, John | Scilly Is. 1865 Tresco | 1901 AK South Foreland AK 1888-90 Wolf Rock, 1890-2 Skerries, 1892-1900 S Stack, 1900-2 S. Foreland PK 1902- Cape Pembroke | Wife: Isabella, 1867, Warkworth, NBL. Children: Elizabeth Mary & Edith Isabella, 1895 & 1898, Holyhead, AGY. |
| Pell, George Daizly | NFK 1854 Gt Yarmouth | ES Jun 1875 1881 Enumerated twice. At lighthouse and ashore with family at Pembroke St Mary, PEM [RG11/5412/20] 1891 South Foreland 1901 Dovercourt AK 1876-8 Eddystone, 3/1878-8/1878 St Anns Head, 1878-89 South Bishop, 1889-90 Hartland Point, 1890-1900 S. Foreland PK 1900-3 Gunfleet, 1903-10 Trwyn Du, 1910- Dovercourt | Wife: Mary, 1859, Haverfordwest, PEM (dau. of lighthousekeeper G. Sinnett, q.v.)(d. by 1901). Children: Edith A & Beatrice M & Arthur O & Henry W & Alfred J & William C, 1881 & 1884 & 1886 & 1887 & 1890 & 1892, all Pembroke Dock, PEM; 1892 St James, KEN. Widowed Mother-in-Law: Esther Sinnett, 1822, Fishguard PEM, was with the family in 1881. |
| Pells, E.S. | 1880 | ES Jul 1902 1905-10- Portland Breakwater | |
| Pells, John Davison | ESS 1849 Harwich | ES Nov 1872 1881 Lizard 1891 Lizard 1901 AK 1873-7 Godrevy, 1877-9 Dungeness, 1879-97 LizardPK 1897-9 Eddystone, 1899-1903 Trwyn Du, 1903-7 Hartland Point, 1907- Bull Point | Wife: Honor, 1854, St Ives, CON. Children: John Davison, 1878, Dungeness, KEN; Richard Henry, 1880, St Ives, CON; Ernest Stevens & Honor Stevens & Ann Davison & Frances Isabella, 1880 & 1884 & 1885 & 1889, all Landewednack, CON. |
| Pender, Alfred Franklin | Scilly Is. 1859 St Marys | ES Feb 1881 1881 Not found 1891 Maplin; Wife not found 1901 Hunstanton AK 1882-6 Maplin, 1886-7 Wolf Rock, 1887-92 Maplin, 1892-9 Dungeness, 1899-1906 Hunstanton PK 1906-9 Admiralty Pier, 1909- South Stack | Wife: Emily, 1862, Illogan, CON. Child: Lilian J, 1893, Lydd, KEN. |
| Pender, John Nicholls | Scilly Is 1852 Tresco | ES Dec 1875 1881 St Agnes 1891 St Agnes 1901 AK Lowestoft AK 1876-9 Maplin, 1879-80 Bardsey, 1880-93 St Agnes, 1893-4 Winterton, 1894-1901 Lowestoft, 1901-5 Avonmouth (in charge) PK 1905-10 Landguard, 1/1910 Temporarily redundant, 1/1910- St Bees | Wife: Rebecca Elizabeth, (1856 or 1858), Dorchester, DOR. Children: James Godolphin & Harold & Clarence, 1881 & 1889 & 1894, St Agnes, Scilly Is, CON. Mother: Jane (Odger) Pender, 1820, Tresco, Scilly Is, CON (w. by 1861) |
| Pender, Martin | Scilly Is 1841 | 1871 In lodgings at Penzance [RG10/2340/90] Nothing further known | |
| Pender, Martin | CON 1861 Tresco, Scilly Is | 1881 Pender was a grocer's assistant in Weymouth, DOR ES Feb 1882 1891 Bishop Rock 1901 AK South Bishop; Wife and children at Pembroke St Mary, PEM [RG13/5123/6] AK 1885-91 Bishop Rock, 1891-3 Longships, 1893-7 St Anthony, 1897-1900 Lizard, 1900-1904 South Bishop, 1904-7 Dungeness, 1907-9 Winterton PK 1909- Round Is. | Wife: Eva Alice, 1867, Happisburgh, NFK. Children: Albert Edward & Edith Clarissa & Ernest Hubert, 1888 & 1890 & 1891, all St Marys, Scilly Is, CON; Hugh B, 1893, Sennen, CON. |
| Pender, William | CON 1857 Scilly Is | ES Aug 1875 1881 Point of Air 1891 Portland Bill 1901 PK Orford AK 1876-8 Skerries, 1878-81 Point of Air, 1881-1900 Portland Bill PK 1900-3 Orfordness, 1903-10- Cromer Pender died Feb 1911 | Wife: Elizabeth Sophia, 1852, Weymouth, DOR. The couple appear to have been childless. |
| Perry, C.J. | 1884 | ES Oct 1906 1908-10- Bishop Rock | |
| Perry, William - See also Terry, William | |||
| Perryman, Benjamin | DEV c1786 Barnstaple | 1841 Bideford 1851 Widowed and on pension at Barnstaple, DEV [HO107/1892/99] | No wife on station in 1841. Children: Mary & Elizabeth, c1821 (2), neither in DEV. 1838 Perryman was present at the death of his colleague Thomas Lamping (q.v.) at Bideford |
| Pettit, Charles Daniel | KEN 1855 St Peters, Isle of Thanet | ES Jul 1876 1881 Trevose Head 1891 North Foreland 1901 Inner Farne AK 1877-8 Casquets, 1878-83 Trevose Head, 1883-90 S. Foreland, 1890-1900 N. Foreland PK 1900-7 Farne Is., 1907-10- Winterton | Wife: Emma, 1857, Chilham, KEN. Children: Charles Stanley, 1889, St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN; Gertrude L, 1893, St Peters, Thanet, KEN. Jabez Harmer, 1865, Chilham, KEN, was visiting in 1901. |
| Phelps, John | DOR (1797 or 1799) Beaminster | 1841 Not found 1851 Dungeness 1861 PK Dungeness | Wife: Ann, 1798, Poplar, MDX. Child. Ann, 1829, St Pancras, MDX. |
| Phillips, L.P. | 1876 | ES Nov 1897 1899-1900 Maplin, 1900-1 Gibraltar, 1901-3 Bishop Rock, 1903-4 Dungeness, 1904-8 Hartland Point, 1908-11 South Stack, 1911- Strumble Head | |
| Phillips, William J. | LND 1866 Poplar | ES Sep 1893 1901 AK Orford AK 1894 -1900 Gunfleet, 1900-1904 Orfordness, 1904-7 Souter Point, 1907-10 Hurst, 1910- Pendeen | Wife: Agnes E, 1878, Harwich, ESS. |
| Pierce - see also Pearce | |||
| Pizey, Robert Ellis | NFK 1827 Gt. Yarmouth | 1861 Plymouth Breakwater; Wife and children at Plymouth [RG9/1435/82] 1871 Landguard 1881 St Bees | Wife: Elizabeth, (1821 or 1831), Harwich, ESS. Children: Henry R, 1849, ESS; Hamlet E, 1856, NFK. |
| Plane, ? Percival | PEM 1880 Neyland | Plane was SAK at Dungeness in 1901 but apparently left the Service by the time the 1910 Service List was printed | |
| Plane, William J. | LND 1857 Poplar | ES Lightvessel Service Jul 1880; Lighthouse Service Dec 1880 1881 Orford; Wife Margaret was with her parents-in-law at Llanstadwell, PEM [RG11/5414/69] AK 1891 Nash Point AK 1901 Nash Point Does not appear in the 1910 Service List 1881 Orfordness (SAK), 1882-9 Eddystone, 1889-1901- Nash Point | Wife: Margaret, 1860, Cardiff, GLA. Children: William P & George S, 1880 & 1881, New Milford, PEM; Mary E & Henry J, 1883 & 1886, Plymouth, DEV; (Margaret Susannah) & Arthur & Ernest, 1890 & 1883 & 1899, all Marcross, GLA. Parents: William Plane, 1835, Weeley, ESS, & Susan(nah) Plane, 1826, Poplar, MDX (Susannah Plane, widow, 1826, LND, was with the Harvey family at St Bees Lighthouse in 1901 [RG13/4897/122] See also Lighthousekeeper Frederick Harvey. |
| Powditch, Wells Hindle/Kindle | NFK 1840 Wells | ES Apr 1840 1871 Les Hanois; Wife and child in Torteval [RG10/5769/100] (A) 1881 West Usk (B) 1891 Ashore in Torteval [RG12/4707/49] 1901 PK Landguard Point (Wife was AK) (C) AK 1867-72 Les Hanois, 1872-8 Spurn Head, 1878-84 West Usk, 1884-7 Basses, 1887-9 Hartland Point PK 1889-91 Les Hanois, 1891-4- Orfordness | Wives: Elizabeth, Plymouth, DEV (A); Mary, 1845, Looe, CON (B); Eliza Agnes, 1852, Sudbourne, SFK (C). Children: Minnie Ada & Wells Joseph AF, 1869 & 1872, Torteval, Guernsey, CHI; Gertrude MM, 1876, Spurn, YKS. |
| Powell, Edward J.W. | CAE 1856 Pwllheli | 1881 AK Inner Fern Powell appears to have left the Service by 1894. | Powell was unmarried in 1881. |
| Price, Edward | 1777 Price was the first keeper at Point of Air | ||
| Pritchard, J. | 1879 | ES Aug 1903 1906-10- Holyhead Breakwater | |
| Pritchard, Richard | AGY 1825 Holyhead | 1881 PK Holyhead Breakwater | |
| Proom, George W. | ESS (1843 or 1846) Harwich | ES Apr 1867 1871 AK Souter Point 1881 Dovercourt 1891 South Foreland 1901 St Anns Head AK 1868-70 Needles, 1870-3 Souter Point, 2-5/1873 Maplin, 5/1873-75 Gunfleet, 1875-84 Dovercourt, 1884-86 Basses, 10-12/1886 Redundant, 1886-91 S. Foreland PK 1891-2 Longships, 1892-4- Longstone, 1901 St Anns Head | Wife: Augusta J, 1849, Shoreditch, Walthamstow, ESS. Children: William R, 1870 East Cowes, IOW; Edmond S & Lucy M, 1872 & 1874, Souter Point, DUR; George H, 1876, Harwich, ESS; Ada A & Albert FJ & Joseph T, 1878 & 1880 & 1882, all Dovercourt, ESS; Elsie B, 1889, St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN. |
| Proom, Thomas | ESS 1858 Harwich | ES Oct 1881 1881 a Thomas Proom was crewman aboard the 'Alice' at Great Grimsby, LIN 1891 Ashore at Harwich from Gunfleet [RG12/1402/80] 1901 Lizard AK 1885-91 Gunfleet, 1891-2 S. Foreland, 1892-6 Gt.. Castle Head, 1896-1903 Lizard, 1903-10 Admiralty Pier PK 1910 Gunfleet | Wife: Lucy Ann, 1860, Retford, NTT. Children: Lucy Margaret & Mary Jane & Nora, 1887 & 1889 & 1890, all Harwich, ESS; Phyllis Irene, 1893 Dover, KEN; Robert, 1895, Milford, PEM; Samuel S & Ruth, 1898 & 1900, Lizard, CON. |
| Quinton, R. | 1884 | ES Jan 1908 1911- South Bishop | |
| Rambridge, Samuel | DEV 1846 Plymouth | 1871 Bishop Rock 1881 St Catherines 1891 St Catherines 1901 Not found | Wife: Selina G, 1846, Thurlestone, DEV. Children: Annie & Agatha, 1872 & 1874, Scilly Is, CON; Samuel, 1876, Holyhead, AGY; Ethel & Horace, 1882 & 1894, Niton, IOW. Mother-in-Law: Honor Wills, 1808, Thurlestone, DEV. Nephew: Lewis Grover, 1884, (Leaverden), HRT. Son Samuel was a Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Rambridge, Samuel E. | AGY 1876 Holyhead | ES May 1896 1901 Longstone 1898-1906 Longstone, 1906-10- Flamborough Head | Rambridge was unmarried in 1901. Father Samuel was also a Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Raw, John | YKS 1817 Whitby | 1861 Raw and his wife were with Mother-in-Law at Whitby, YKS [RG9/3647/61] 1871 Sarah Raw, now widowed, was with her sister in Whitby [RG10/4847/34] | Wife: Sarah, 1813, Whitby, YKS. Mother-in-Law: Sarah Cooper, 1784, whitby, YKS. Sister-in-Law: Hannah Cooper, 1815, Whitby, YKS. It cannot be confirmed whether Raw was a Trinity House keeper. |
| Rees, William J. | CON 1870 Sennen d. Sep 1916 | ES Aug 1891 1901 Neyland depot [RG13/5126/19 AK 1892-4 Gunfleet, 1894- Skerries, 1900 Storekeeper at Neyland, PEM, subsequently Storekeeper at Harwich | Rees was unmarried in 1901. |
| Rees, William | PEM 1820 Dale | 1841 Caldey Is 1851 Lowestoft SFK 1861 Lowestoft 1871 Kessingland 1881 On pension at Gt. Yarmouth, NFK [RG11/1913/27] | Wife: Eliza(beth), 1820, Tenby, PEM. Children: James W & John W & Eleanor, 1844 & 1847 & 1848, all Tenby, PEM; Ann(i)e Marian, 1850, Pakefield, SFK. Grandchild: William Griffiths, 1872, Kessingland, SFK. |
| Rees, William J. | PEM 1846 Caldey Is. | ES Jun 1865 1871 Lundy 1881 Lizard 1891 Ashore with family from Skerries at Holyhead, AGY [RG12/4681/28] 1901 PK Withernsea AK 1865-7 Longships, 1867-9 Bideford, 1869-74 Lundy, 1874-5 Eddystone, 1875-85 Lizard PK 1885-10/18991 Skerries, 10/1891-4 South Stack, 1894-1901- Withernsea Pensioned Mar 1911 | Wife: Mary (Venen), (1849), Boston, LIN. Children: Mary E, 1869, Braunton, Bideford, DEV; William J, 1870, Sennen, CON; Sydney Charles, 1873, St Just, CON; Amy Ann & Lily, 1879 & 1883, The Lizard, CON. |
| Regan, S.M. | 1887 | ES Oct 1907 1910- Hurst | |
| Richards, H. | 1877 | ES Aug 1903 1906 Skerries | |
| Richards, John | MON (1816 or 1820) St Woollos, Newport | 1851 AK Nash Point 1861 Nash Point 1871 Caldey 1881 Nash Point | Wife: Elizabeth/Betty Philippa, 1811, (Bath, SOM or WIL - d. by 1881). Several members of the Richards family were lighthousekeepers (q.v.) |
| Richards, Roger | MON 1779 Malpas | 1841 West Usk 1851 West Usk | Wife: Elizabeth, 1782, Warwick, WAR. Children: Cecilia, 1820, St Woollos, MON; William, 1824, St Brides, MON Several members of the Richards family were lighthousekeepers (q.v.) |
| Richards, William | (MDX 1823 LND or MON 1823 St Brides) | 1861 S. Foreland 1871 Inner Farne 1881 Licensed Victualler at Gt Yarmouth, NFK [RG11/1915/30] | Wife: Elizabeth, 1826, (LND or St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN). Children: Cecilia, 1860, St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN; Daniel & Mary Ellen & Bertha, 1862 & 1865 & 1866, Dover, KEN. Several members of the Richards family were lighthousekeepers (q.v.) |
| Richardson, Robert | YKS c1786 | 1841 Spurn Head | Wife: Elizabeth, c1790, YKS. Children: Sarah & Charlotte & William & Eliza, c1821 & c1826 & 1829, & 1832, all YKS. |
| Roach, F. | 1881 | ES May 1901 1902-4 Coquet Is., 1904-15 Souter Point, 1915- Penlee Point | |
| Roberts, Edward | NFK 1817 Crimplesham | 1851 AK Avonmouth (A) 1861 Roberts was alone at Avonmouth, Caroline and her three children were at Heigham, NFK [RG9/1219/25] (B) 1871 Start Point; wife and children not on station and not found 1881 PK Bideford (C) | Wives: Caroline, (1822 or 1825), Rotherhithe, SRY (A-B); Anne, 1829, Lambeth, SRY (C). Children: Julia Howard, 1845, Downham, Crimplesham, NFK; Horace Howard, 1847, (Hurst, HAM or Hunstanton, NFK); Clara, 1849, Shirehampton, GLS. Grandchild: Frederick Bryan, 1873, Stokenham, DEV. |
| Roberts, Frederick H. | 1870 | ES Oct 1891 1901 Ashore from Chapman at Plaistow, West Ham, ESS [RG13/1572/37] 1893-7 Longships, 1897-9 Dungeness, 1899-1909 Chapman, 1909-10 Orfordness, 1910- Lowestoft | Wife Mary born Sennen, CON, 1868. |
| Roberts, Henry ESS | CON 1878 Lizard | ES Sep 1899 1901 SAK South Bishop, 4/1901-9 Chapman, 1909- Nash Point | Roberts was unmarried in 1901. |
| Roberts, Horace H. | NFK 1846 Hunstanton | ES Jun 1865 1871 Burnham 1881 Avonmouth 1891 Longships 1901 St Marys Whitley Bay AK 1865-7 Les Hanois, 1867-73 Burnham, 1873-85 Avonmouth PK 1885-91 Longships, 1891-4 Bardsey, 3/1894- Tynemouth, 1901 St Marys, Whitley Bay. | Wife: Mary Ann E, 1845, North Sunderland, NBL. Children: Tryphena & Frederick H & Grace Darling, 1869 & 1870 & 1873, Burnham, SOM; Thomas H & Catherine Ann & Horace H & Caroline E & Margaret J, 1875 & 1878 & 1880 & 1882 & 1885, all Avonmouth, GLS |
| Roberts, Owen | AGY 1835 Amlwch | ES Apr 1873 1881 AK Holyhead Breakwater AGY; wife and child in Holyhead [RG11/5594/65] 1891 Ashore in Holyhead [RG12/4681/45] 1901 Margaret Roberts, now widowed, was at Holyhead, AGY with two children AK 1873-93 Holyhead Breakwater PK 1894-4- Holyhead Breakwater | Wife: Margaret, 1835, Llangefni, AGY. Children: Margaret & Owen & William G & John Thomas & Mary C & Hannah, 1866 & 1869 & 1872 & 1876 (2) & 1877, all Holyhead, AGY. |
| Roberts, Thomas Edward | SOM 1875 Avonmouth | ES Feb 1895 1901 AK Dungeness AK 1898-1900 Bishop Rock, 1900-1 Longships, 1901-3 Dungeness, 1903-5 Smalls, 1905-St Catherines | Wife: ? Beatrice, 1879, St Levan, CON. |
| Robins, William | SRY 1859 Carshalton | ES May 1878 1881 AK Maplin; Wife at Bromley St Leonard, LND [RG11/502/96] 1891 St Bees 1901 Withernsea AK 1879-85 Maplin, 1885-94 St Bees, 1894-1901- Withernsea Robins appears to have left the Service by 1910 | Wife: Eliza Maria, 1859, Poplar, MDX. Children: Eleanor Martha & William John, 1883 & 1885 Poplar, LND; Lillian Mary & Sarah Isobel & Eliza & Jenny, 1887 & 1888 & 1889 & 1890, all St Bees, CUL. Wifes maiden name may have been Young - a nephew of that name was with the family at Withernsea in 1901 |
| Rogers, Edward | LAN 1832 Warrington | 1871 Engineer at South Foreland Nothing further known | |
| Rogers, Samuel | CON 1835 Scilly Is | 1871 Casquets Nothing further known | Rogers was unmarried in 1871. |
| Rowe, William R. | DEV 1874 Devonport | ES Sep 1898 1901 Hartland Point AK 3/1900-12/1900 Bishop Rock, 12/1900-1902 Hartland Point, 1902-10 Flamborough Head, 1910 Anvil Point | Wife: Lilian E, 1879, LND MDX. |
| Russell, Amos | CON 1826 St Keverne | 1871 AK Trevose Head (A) 1881 West Usk (B) 1891 West Usk (C) | Wives: Mary A, (1843 or 1848), Penzance, CON (A & B); Mary, 1835, Dale, PEM (C). Children: Frederick R & Walter, 1866 & 1869, St Merryn, CON; Harry H, 1870, Padstow, CON; Ada, 1873, Madron, Penzance, CON; George, 1876, New Milford, PEM. |
| Rutter, R. | 1879 (d. 9 May 1959) | ES Jan 1909 1909-10- Coquet Is, Last station Coquet, Retired 1940. | |
| Sanaway - see also Sunaway | |||
| Saunders, J.J. | IOW 1874 Niton | ES May 1893 1901 AK Casquets; wife at St Ann, Alderney [RG13/5324/9] 1894-1910- Casquets | Wife: Elizabeth, 1877, Havre, France. Father: Lighthousekeeper John James Saunders, 1842, Guernsey (q.v.). |
| Saunders, John James | Channel Is 1842 Guernsey, St Andrews | ES Dec 1865 1871 St Catherines 1881 St Catherines 1891 Not found 1901 St Anthony AK 1867-8 Eddystone, 1868-87 St Catherines PK 1887-90 Bishop Rock, 1890-2 Round Island, 1892-4- St Anthony | Wife: Jane, 1849, Happisburgh, NFK. Children: John James & Aubrey F & Frederick R & Selina L & Alice Maud, 1874 & 1876 & 1878 & 1880 & 1883, all Niton, IOW. |
| Saxby, Edward George or George Edward | ESS 1835 Harwich | 1881 Lighthousekeeper Saxby and his wife and family were enumerated in Ramsgate. N.B. Saxby was employed at the West Pier lighthouse at Ramsgate and was not a Trinity House keeper. | Wife and children all born Ramsgate, KEN. |
| Scadden, Richard | CON 1804 St Marys | 1841 Not found 1851 St Agnes 1861 Portland Bill | Wife: (Emma/Sarah), 1808, Tresco, Scilly Is, CON. Child: Richard, 1852, CON. Gertrude Pollingham, 1793, unmarried, was visiting in 1861. |
| Shannon, J.A. | 1879 | ES Aug 1902 1905- Smalls | |
| Shapland, George | Children born at Hurst 1845-50 Nothing further known | ||
| Shelton, Robert | KEN 1839 East Peckham | 1871 St Anthony 1881 Not found 1891 Not found | Wife: Mary A, 1833, Walworth, SRY. Children: Albert E, 1864, Alderney, CHI; Ernest T, 1867, Dovercourt, ESS; Gertrude A, 1870, Portland, DOR. Mother-in-Law: Hannah Stinton, 1797, Dorking, SRY. |
| Shoemack, William | SOM 1799 Martock | 1841 Start Point 1851 Start Point 1861 Start Point | Wife: Sarah, 1808 or 1803, Devonport, DEV. Children: Mary 1829, Plympton, DEV; Augusta & Eliza(beth) & Francis, 1832 & 1834 & 1835, all Marcross, GLA; Jacob & Oliver, 1838 & 1844, Stokenham DEV. |
| Sibert, Harry A. | Yorkshire 1880 Kilnsea | ES Jun 1900 1891 With mother at Torteval, Guernsey, CHI [RG12/4707/49] 1901 Not found 1902-3 Bishop Rock, 1903-4 Dungeness, 1904-7 Bardsey, 1907-13 S. Foreland, 1913- Round Island | Parents were Lighthousekeeper Justin Sibert, 1845, DEV (q.v.) and Mary A Sibert. |
| Sibert, Justin John | CON 1872 Lands End/Sennen | ES Jul 1892 1891 With mother at Torteval, Guernsey, CHI [RG12/4707/49] 1901 At St Marys, Scilly Is, CON with Father-in-Law [RG13/2259/8] 1894-7 Bishop Rock, 1897-6/1900 Lundy, 6/1900-12/1900 Bideford, 12/1900-4 Round Is., 1904-10- Cromer | Wife: Evelyn, 1878, Bryher, Scilly Is, CON. Parents were Lighthousekeeper Justin Sibert, 1845, DEV (q.v.) and Mary A Sibert. |
| Sibert, Justin | DEV 1845 Plymouth | ES Nov 1869 1871 Bishop Rock 1881 Spurn Head 1891 Les Hanois; Wife & children at Torteval, Guernsey, CHI [RG12/4707/49] 1901 PK Start Point AK 1870-1 Bishop Rock, 1871-4 Longships, 1874-6 Souter Point, 1876-81 Spurn Head, 1881-7 Anvil Point, 1887-93 Les Hanois PK 1893-4- Smalls | Wife: (Mary Ann or Sarah A), 1847, Queen Camel, SOM. Children: Justin John, 1872 Lands End, CON; (Teresa) Susan, 1874, Queen Camel, SOM; Frederick, 1877, (Queen Camel, SOM, or Spurn Head, YKS); Edward F & Harry A, 1878 & 1880, Spurn Head Lighthouse, YKS; Bernard & Gertrude & Laurence, 1883 & 1885 & 1887, all Anvil Point Lighthouse, DOR; Florence & Leonard, 1889 & 1894, Torteval, Guernsey, CHI; William, 1897, Holyhead, AGY. |
| Sinnett, George | PEM 1801 Dale | 1841 South Bishop 1851 Not found 1861 St Anns Head 1871 On pension at Dale, PEM [RG10/5524/7] | Wife: Esther (nee Richards), 1821, Hasguard, Talbenny, PEM. Children: Elizabeth, 1850 Hasguard, PEM; James Price & William, 1852 & 1855, Cardiff, GLA; Mary, 1859, Haverfordwest, PEM. Daughter Mary m. lighthousekeeper George D Pell (q.v.). Mother-in-Law: Elizabeth Richards, 1783, Talbenny, PEM.. |
| Skewes, Alfred J. | CON 1875 Lizard | ES Feb 1896 1901 Serries 1898-1904 Skerries, 1904-7 Hartland Pt., 1907-10- Eddystone | Skewes was unmarried in 1901. |
| Slater, W.J. | 1800 | ES Jan 1903 1906-11 South Bishop, 1911- Hartland Point | |
| Smith G.F. | 1883 | ES Oct 1902 1905 Farne Is., 1907-10- Longstone | |
| Smith, A.E. | 1884 | ES Dec 1905 1908-1923 Lundy, 1923- Pendeen | |
| Smith, Charles | PEM 1845 Hakim, Milford Haven | ES Jul 1869 1871 Dungeness 1881 Nash Point 1891 Hunstanton 1901 Portland Bill AK 1870-4 Dungeness, 1874-9 S. Foreland, 1879-82 Nash, 1882-92 Hunstanton PK 1892-4- Wolf Rock | Wife: Ann(ie), 1850, Cardiff, GLA. Children: Charles, 1870, Cardiff, GLA; Amelia Mona, 1872, Dungeness, Lydd, KEN; Thomas Cooper, 1880, South Foreland, Dover, KEN. Niece: Amelia Frances Griffiths, 1873, Bristol, GLS. |
| Smith, George G. | Scilly Is 1859 St Marys | ES Aug 1885 1881 Smith was a ship carpenter living at home in St Marys 1891 Bishop Rock 1901 Lizard AK 1889-92 Bishop Rock, 1892-4 St Anns Head, 1894-1902 Lizard, 1902-7 Beachy Head, 1907-10 Anvil Point, 1910- Godrevy | Smith was unmarried in 1891; Wife: Mary C/E, 1866, Lizard, CON. The couple were apparently childless in 1901. Parents: Joseph Smith, 1827, Woolwich, KEN, & Frances Smith, 1829, St Agnes, Scilly Is, CON. |
| Smith, Henry | NFK 1818 Winterton | 1851 Orford 1861 Not found (child born on Gibraltar) 1871 Lizard 1881 Dovercourt | Wife: Jane, 1820, Orford, SFK. Child: Charles, 1861, Gibraltar. |
| Smith, Henry William | Gibraltar 1857 | ES Feb 1879 1881 AK Maplin; Wife not found 1891 AK Mucking 1901 AK Dungeness AK 1881-2 Maplin, 1882-5 Godrevy, 1885-8 Lizard, 1888-94 Mucking, 1894-8 S. Foreland, 1898-9 Hunstanton, 1899-1902 Dungeness, 1902-8 Southwold PK 1908- Gt Castle Head | Wife: Margaret Thorburn, 1861, Farne Is, NBL. Children: Agnes, 1892, Bromley, Poplar, MDX; Margaret J, 1885 East Dean, SSX; Elsie J, (1886 or 1888), The Lizard, Landewednack, CON; Emily A, 1890, Mucking, Stanford le Hope, ESS; (?) 1898 South Foreland, KEN; (?), 1900 Dungeness, KEN. |
| Smith, James | KEN c1786 | 1841 Dungeness | Wife: Sarah, c1796, KEN. |
| Smith, James | NBL 1821 North Sunderland | 1841 Inner Farne 1851 Inner Farne 1861 Whitby 1871 Orfordness; wife and children also enumerated in Trinity Buildings, Sennen, CON [RG10/2346/81] 1881 Not found | Wife: Elizabeth, 1825, North Sunderland, NBL. Children: Catherine Ann & Thomas & Ralph R & James Walter, 1848 & 1850 & 1853 & 1858, all North Sunderland, NBL; James N, 1862, St Bees, CUL. |
| Smith, James Bond | NFK 1826 Winterton | 1851 Not found 1861 Burnham 1871 Tynemouth 1881 Spurn Head (Wife not on station) | Wife: Annie, 1830, Milford, PEM. Children: (Amelia) Kate & Harry Louis, 1856 & 1858, Milford, PEM; Martha May, 1860, Burnham, SOM; Annie Rose, 1866, Pembroke, PEM. |
| Smith, (James John or John James) | KEN 1851 Greenwich | ES Feb 1870 1871 RG10/1022/51 1881 Longstone; Wife and child were at Seahouses, NBL [RG11/5127/35] 1891 West Usk 1901 Smith and family were at Dover, KEN [RG13/841/140] AK 1870-3/1876 Dungeness, 3/1876-11/1876 Souter Point, 11/1876-81 Longstone, 1881-4 Happisburgh, 1884-94 West Usk PK 2/1894-7/1894 Bishop Rock, 7/1894-9 Round Is., 1899-1902 Admiralty Pier Dover, 1902-6 W. Usk, 1906- Anvil Pt. | Smith was unmarried in 1871; Wife: Mary Ann E, 1853, Ipswich, SFK. Children: James T, 1877, North Sunderland, NBL; Mary AA & George, 1879 & 1884, Poplar, LND; Albert E, 1885 Limehouse, MDX; Robert & Nellie G, 1889 & 1894, St Brides, MON. |
| Smith, James W. | NBL. 1857 North Sunderland | ES Jul 1880 1881 SAK Smalls 1891 South Foreland 1901 Needles; Wife and children at East Cowes, IOW [RG13/1018/77] AK 1882-9 Skerries, 1889-98 S Foreland, 1898-1906 Needles, 1906-8 St Anthony PK 1908-10- Coquet Is | Smith was unmarried in 1881; Wife: Laura J, 1861, Happisburgh, NFK. Children: Thomas & James W, 1886 & 1889, Holyhead, AGY; Alice R & Ralph L & Laura M & Effie J, 1890 & 1893 & 1895 & 1898, all North Foreland, KEN. Mother: Elizabeth Smith, 1825, East Sunderland, NBL (wife of lighthousekeeper James Smith, 1821, North Sunderland, NBL (q.v.). There can be no doubt that Smiths wife was Laura Jane Cutting, dau of lighthousekeeper Thomas Henry Cutting, who was at Happisburgh 1860-1873 (q.v.) |
| Smith, Ralph | NBL 1825 North Sunderland | 1851 St Bees 1861 St Bees 1871 Longships; Wife & children at Sennen, CON [RG10/2346/81] 1881 Not found | Wife: Elizabeth, 1824, (Newcastle or North Sunderland), NBL. Children: Catherine Ann, 1848, North Sunderland, NBL; Thomas, 1850, Newcastle, NBL; James R, 1862, St Bees, CUL. |
| Smith, T.H. | 1885 | ES Nov 1907 1910-11 St Anns, 1911- Hartland Point | The 1910 Service List notes 'Dead - by own hand' |
| Smith, Thomas | NBL 1787 Newton-by-the-Sea | 1841 Inner Farne; James Smith (? Son) was AK (q.v.) 1851 Inner Farne | Wife: Ann, 1794, Debdon, NBL. Children: Ann Isabella, 1832, Bamburgh, NBL; (Mary or Margaret) & (E) & AB, 1826 & 1831 & 1834, (? North Sundrland, NBL). Ann Hay Longland, 1848, North Sunderland, NBL, was visiting in 1851. |
| Smith, William | Not NFK c1802 | 1841 Hunstanton | Wife: Ann, c1804, not NFK. Niece: Ann Cook, 1835, not NFK. |
| Smith, William | NFK 1808 Swanton Abbotts | 1841 Winterton 1851 Winterton 1861 Mary Smith, now widowed, was with her children at Winterton, NFK [RG9/1196/67] | Smith appears to have been unmarried in 1841; Wife: Mary, 1819, Ormesby, NFK. Children: Jane & Mary Eve & Edith & William H & Thomas J & Harriet, 1843 & 1852 & 1854 & 1856 & 1858 & 1859, all Winterton, NFK. |
| Smith, William | NFK c1784 | 1841 Winterton | Wife: Mary, c1787, NFK. |
| Smith, William Henry | NFK 1855 Winterton | ES Jul 1876 1881 Dovercourt; Wife at Beccles, SFK, with her sister and brother-in-law [RG11/1899/10] 1891 Dovercourt 1901 Bishop Rock AK 1877-9 Godrevy, 1879-94- Dovercourt | Wife: Mary Jane, 1857, Hemsby (nr. Winterton), NFK. Children: Emily L, 1883, Beccles, SFK; Edwin C & Florence Mary & Alfred Thomas & Kate Jane & May & George Summerson & Grace Marian, 1881 & 1884 & 1886 & 1888 & 1890 & 1892 & 1894, all Dovercourt, ESS; Arthur Grey Evans, 1900, St Marys, Scilly Is, CON. Sister-in-law: Harriet (m. Hamment), 1853, Hemsby, NFK. Brother-in-Law: Robert Hamment, 1849, Beccles, SFK. |
| Sole, JH | 1886 | ES Mar 1906 1908-11 St Tudwals, 1911- South Stack | |
| Sparling, James | BDF 1850 (Hockcliffe] | 1871 Engine Fitter at Limehouse, LND [RG10/553/134] 1881 ENG South Foreland 1891 Foreman Engine Maker at West Ham, ESS [RG12/1334/134] 1901 Lighthouse Engineer at West Ham, ESS [RG13/1590/91] | Wife: Emily, 1853, STI. Children: James C, 1877, Penzance, CON; Emily B, 1880, St Albans, HRT. |
| Speer, Frederick | MDX 1832 Westminster | 1871 AK South Foreland. Nothing further known | Wife: Sophia, 1829, Westminster, MDX. Children: Henry, 1864, St Merryn, CON; Frank A, 1868, (Plymouth, DOR) |
| Spicer, James Frederick | DEV 1854 Braunton | ES Oct 1875 1881 St Anns Head 1891 AK Smalls 1901 PK Bardsey (wife & family not yet found) AK 1876-8 South Bishop, 1878-87 St Anns Head, 1887-9 Great Castle Head, 1889-95 Smalls, 1895-1900 South Bishop; 2/1902-10/1902 Beachy Head PK 1900-1902 Bardsey; 1902-3 Flatholm, 1903- St Anns Head | Wife: Mary (nee Jenkins), 1845, St Ishmaels, PEM. Child: James FJ, 1878, St Ishmaels, PEM. Mother-in-Law: Bridget Jenkins, 1810, Hasguard, PEM. At least three members of the Spicer family were lighthousekeepers (q.v. John & William) |
| Spicer, John Benjamin | DEV 1847 Braunton | ES Oct 1875 1881 AK Bideford 1891 AK South Bishop 1901 Smalls; Wife and children at Llanstadwell, PEM [RG13/5126/50] 3-5/1873 Gunfleet, 1873-7 Souter Point, 1877-9 Smalls, 1879-85 Bideford, 1885-6 Nash Point, 1886-94- South Bishop, 1901 Smalls | Wife: Elizabeth, 1851, Gravesend, KEN. Children: Harry, 1878, Neyland, PEM; John, 1880, Braunton, DEV; 1884-94 Neyland, PEM] At least three members of the Spicer family were lighthousekeepers (q.v. James & William) |
| Spicer, William S. | DEV 1811 Stoke Damerel | 1851 Bideford 1861 Bideford 1871 PK Great Castle Head, Spicer's wife Elizabeth was AK and son James was apparently SAK PK 1881 Great Castle Head, Wife Elizabeth was AK | Wife: Elizabeth, 1817, LND. Children: Mary Elizabeth & John B & William H & James F, 1845 & 1848 & 1850 & 1854 all Bideford Lighthouse, Braunton, DEV Wife Elizabeth was the daughter of Lighthousekeeper Benjamin Perryman (q.v.), and at least three members of the Spicer family were lighthousekeepers (q.v. James & John). |
| Spurr, Frederick | LND 1834 Westminster | 1871 Not found 1881 Happisburgh 1891 PK Happisburgh 1901 On pension and with son Charles at Handsworth, STS [RG13/2712/61] | Wife: Sophia, 1830, Westminster, LND. Children: Charles B (m. Caroline), 1856, Ealing, MDX; Frank AT, 1869, Plymouth, DEV: Archibald John, 1873, South Foreland, St Margarets, KEN. Grandchildren: Frederick C Spurr, 1883, Aston, WAR; Archibald HF Spurr & Mildred M Spurr & Reginald J Spurr, 1885 & 1886 & 1891, all Handsworth, STS. |
| Squibb, Frank | IOW 1854 Northwood | ES Nov 1876 1881 Squibb was at home with his parents at Niton, IOW [RG11/1186/4] 1891 Bull Point; Son Frank was with his grandfather at Colyton, DEV [RG13/2019/39] 1901 Bull Point AK 1877-9 Gunfleet, 1879-85 Bull Point, 1885-8 Avonmouth, 1888-1901 Bull Point PK 4/1901-10/1901 Bishop Rock, 1901-6 Round Island, 1906-Lundy | Squibb was unmarried in 1881; Wife: Emma, 1864, Colyton, DEV. Children: Hilda E, 1887, Shirehampton, Avonmouth, GLS; Frank & Samuel T & Herbert G & Sidney L & Alec H & Charles G & Edgar W & Albert E, 1888 & 1889 & 1892 & 1895 & 1896 & 1898 & 1899 & 1900, all Mortehoe, DEV. Parents: William, 1829, Chale, IOW, & Elizabeth, 1833, Whitwell, IOW. Father-in-Law: Samuel Restorick, 1841, Colyton, DEV. Sisters-in-Law: Kate L Restorick & Alice Restorick, 1868 & 1877, Colyton, DEV. Squibb was the brother of Lighthousekeeper William Squibb (q.v.) |
| Squibb, Frank | IOW 1878 Niton | ES Nov 1900 1901 Lizard (SAK), 1902-3 Dungeness, 1903-4 Maplin, 1904-7 S. Foreland, 1907- St Catherines | |
| Squibb, William | IOW 1856 Northwood | ES Mar 1879 1881 SAK Avonmouth 1891 South Foreland 1901 Anvil Point AK 1881 Avonmouth Harbour (Supernumerary), 5/1881-7 Godrevy, 1887-91 S. Foreland, 1891-8 Bideford, 1898-1906 Anvil Point PK 9/1906-10/1906 Bardsey, 10/1906- W. Usk | Squibb was unmarried in 1881: Wife: Annie, 1860, Scilly Isles, CON. Children 1884 Scilly Is., William Gordon, 1886, St Ives, CON; Phyllis Maud T, 1890, St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN; Annie Myrtle, 1899, Swanage, DOR. Parents: William, 1829, Chale, IOW, & Elizabeth, 1833, Whitwell, IOW. Squibb was the brother of Lighthousekeeper Frank Squibb (q.v.) |
| St Ledger, Thomas | Scotland c1783 | 1841 Nash Point 1851 Susannah, now widowed, was Schoolmistress at Camberwell, SRY [HO107/1582/Fol illegible] | Wife: Susannah, 1809, Westminster, MDX. Children: Thomas & Susannah & Mary & Louisa, 1839 & 1840 & 1843 & 1848, all GLA. |
| Stabb, William H. | DEV 1857 Plymouth | ES Mar 1878 1881 Plymouth Breakwater; Wife with her parents at Oreston, Plymstock, DEV [RG11/2185/98] 1891 Nash Point 1901 AK Nash Point AK 1879-82 Plymouth Breakwater, 1882-6 Spurn Head, 1886-90 Souter Point, 1890-1903 Nash Point PK 1903-9 Bideford, 1909- Start Point 1881 Stabb was on station at Plymouth Breakwater, and an Amy Stabb, born Plymstock 1862, was married but living with her parents in Plymstock, surname Oxland | Wife: Amy C, 1862, Plymstock, DEV. Child: Emily J, 1883, Kilnsea, YKS. Parents-in-Law: Thomas Oxland, 1825, & Maria Oxland, 1827, both Plymstock, DEV. |
| Staples, George | LND 1840 Chelsea | 1861 AK Casquets; wife and child ashore in St Anne [RG9/4374/70] 1871 St Anns Head 1881 Chapman; Wife not found 1891 General Labourer at West Ham, ESS [RG12/1331/19] | (Wife or wives: Bridget and/or Elizabeth, 1837, Chelsea, MDX). Children: George, 1859, Chelsea, MDX; Sarah E & Charles James, 1863 & 1868, East Dean, SSX. |
| Steer, Joseph | DEV 1831 Bovey Tracy | 1871 Start Point 1881 Trwyn Du 1891 On pension at West Ham, ESS [RG12/1328/70] | Wife: Susan, 1828, Chudleigh, DEV. Children: Tryphena, 1862 Harwich, ESS; Joseph Theophilus & Josiah John, 1864 & 1866 Dovercourt, ESS; Amy ES, 1873, Start Point, DEV; Ebenezer, 1869, Guernsey, CHI, 1873 Start Point, DEV] |
| Stiles, A.G. | 1882 | ES Mar 1906 1908-10- Needles | |
| Stone, J.H. | 1887 | ES Jul 1907 1909-10- Gunfleet- | |
| Stratton, David | SCT c1771 | 1823 Flamborough Head (per Baines Directory) 1841 Flamborough Head | Wife: Elizabeth, c1791, SCT. Children: William & Jane, 1819 & 1826, Flamborough, YKS. Son William was also Lighthousekeeper (q.v.). |
| Stratton, William | YKS 1819 Flamborough Head | 1851 Flamborough Head 1861 Spurn Head Stratton subsequently became a Fog Signal Gunner - see separate Table | Wife: Elizabeth, 1823, Bessingby, YKS. Children: Jane Ellen & William & Ann, 1843 & 1850 & 1855, Flamborough, YKS. Mother-in-law: Elizabeth Spinks, 1794, Flamborough, YKS, was with the family at Spurn in 1861. Father David was also Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Strong, John William | KEN 1806 St Lawrence | 1841 St Catherines 1851 Trwyn Du 1861 Trwyn Du | Wife: Elizabeth born St Lawrence (Ramsgate), KEN, 1804. Children: John, 1838, (Niton, IOW); Stephen, 1842, St Catherines, IOW. |
| Sully, Arthur W. | MON 1877 St Brides | ES Dec 1900 1901 SAK Souter Point AK 1902-3 St Anns, 1903-7 Bishop Rock, 1907-10 Dungeness, 1910- Cape Pembroke | |
| Sully, Henry Herbert | MON 1879 St Brides | ES Aug 1899 1901 Bishop Rock 1900-3 Bishop Rock, 1903-6 Longships, 1906-8 Orfordness, 1908-9 Spurn Head, 1909-10- S. Foreland, 1936 N. Foreland | Last station N. Foreland. Retired 1940. Died 25 Dec 1958 |
| Sully, John | Sully was AK at Spurn Head in 1909 | ||
| Sunaway, Herbert Edward | ESS 1875 Plaistow | ES Nov 1894 1901 Chapman 1897-9 Les Hanois, 1899-1901 Chapman, 4/1901-10/1901 S. Foreland, 10/1901-1907 Hurst, 1907-10- Gibraltar | Sunaway was unmarried in 1901. |
| Taylor, A.T.C. | 1879 d. 11 Nov 1958 | 1905-8 Portland Breakwater, 1908-10- Needles; Last station Admiralty Pier, Dover; Retired 1946 | |
| Taylor, John | KEN 1826 Greenwich | 1851 Mucking Nothing further known | |
| Taylor, William H. | KEN (1820 or 1822) Greenwich | 1851 Ballast Heaver at Ratcliffe, Stepney, MDX [HO107/1551/131] 1861 Portland Bill 1871 Longstone 1881 PK Avonmouth | Wife: Ann, 1813, Blackheath, KEN. Children: Elizabeth & Ellen & William, 1850 & 1852 & 1853, all Stepney, MDX.; Mary Ann, 1857, Portland, DOR. See also William Henry Taylor, 1853, Stepney, MDX. |
| Taylor, William Henry | MDX 1853 Stepney | ES Sep 1870 1871 Not found 1881 Bardsey 1891 Lizard 1901 PK Dungeness AK 1871-6 Longships, 1876-80 St Agnes, 1880-2 Bardsey, 1882-8 Longships, 1888-94 Lizard PK 1894-7 Eddystone, 1897-9 Flatholm, 1899-1902 Dungeness, 1902-6 Portland Low, 1906-7 Portland Bill, 1907-9 St Bees, 1909- Holyhead Breakwater | Wife: (Margaret E or Mary), (1855 or 1857), Sennen, CON. Children: William Henry, 1876, Sennen, CON; Annie Elizabeth, 1880, St Agnes, Scilly Is, CON; Sophia George, 1880, Aberdaron, CAE; Richard James & Agnes Weston & Herbert Franci, 1883 & 1886 & 1889, all Sennen, CON; Percival & Thomas John, 1892 & 1894, The Lizard, CON; Charles Edward, 1899, Cardiff, GLA. See also William H Taylor, c1821, Greenwich, KEN. |
| Temple, Thomas Allen | Scilly Isles 1855 Tresco | ES 6/1877 1881 Casquets 1891 Souter Point 1901 Souter Point AK 1878-9 Heligoland; 1879-80 Blackwall; 1880-8 Casquets; 1888-1902 Souter Point PK 1902-6 Les Hanois; 1906-10 Mucking; 1910- St Anthony | Wife: (Anna/Hannah) Christian, 1862, Heligoland. Children: James, 1880, Heligoland; Edith Emma & Isabella Auguste, 1885 & 1886, Alderney, CHI. |
| Terry (poss. Perry), William James | KEN 1783 Brenzett | 1841 Dungeness 1851 On pension at Lydd, KEN [HO107/1634/146] 1861 Not found | Wife: Hannah, 1785, Dover, KEN. |
| Thomas, Charles | PEM 1870 Llanstadwell | ES Nov 1891 1901 Ashore from Lundy at Neyland, Llanstadwell, PEM [RG13/5126/18] AK 1893-5 Round Island, 1895-9 Smalls, 1899-1900 South Bishop, 1900-8 Lundy, 1908- Strumble Head, 1919 Longships | Thomas was unmarried in 1901. Parents: Charles Thomas, 1838, Pill, Steynton, PEM, & Emily J Thomas, 1839, Pegwell, St Lawrence, KEN. |
| Thomas, George E. | PEM 1878 Dale | ES Dec 1897 1901 Lodging with the Eynon family (q.v.) at Neyland, PEM [RG13/5126/45] AK 1899-1903 Smalls, 1903- Lundy Is. | Thomas was unmarried in 1901. |
| Thomas, George | KEN 1811 Ramsgate | 1841 Not found 1851 Hurst 1861 Ashore from Godrevy in St Ives, CON [RG9/1590/7] 1871 South Foreland | Wife: Sarah E, (1807 or 1809), Ramsgate, KEN (d. by 1871). Children: Richard, 1840, Ramsgate, KEN; Robert J & Albert J, 1846 & 1850, Hurst Lighthouse, HAM. Grandchild: Harry, 1855, Milford, HAM. |
| Thomas, James | CON 1860 St Agnes, Scilly Is | ES Sep 1878 1881 Bishop Rock 1891 Round Island; Wife at St Marys, Scilly Is, CON [RG12/1862/9] 1901 Burnham AK 1879-85 Bishop Rock, 1885-7 S. Foreland, 1887-93 Round Island, 1893-6/1897 St Agnes, 6/1897-10/1897 Longships, 10/1897-8 St Agnes, 1898-1904 Burnham PK 1904 Skerries | Thomas was unmarried in 1881; Wife: Elizabeth, 1864, St Agnes, Scilly Is, CON. Children: Adrienne Violet & James, 1889 & 1892, St Marys, Scilly Is, CON. Wifes Aunt: Susannah Hicks, widow, 1836, St Marys, Scilly Is, CON. |
| Thomas, John | 1916 Mumbles Nothing more known | ||
| Thomas, Thomas | PEM 1811 Dale | 1851 Trevose Nothing further known | Wife: Mary, 1818, Llandewy, PEM. Child: Eleanor, 1835 (Roach ? Roch), PEM. |
| Thomas, William | CON c1796 | 1841 Longships; Wife and family prob. in St Just, CON [HO107/144/9/22] 1851 Thomas, now widowed, was with his son at St Just, CON [HO107/1919/289] | Wife: Prob. Honor, c1896, CON. Children: Henry, 1822, St Just, CON; and prob. Mary & Johnanna & William, c1826 (2) & 1834, all St Just, CON. |
| Thomas, William John | PEM [1850 or 1852] Pembroke Dock | ES Feb 1873 1881 Lizard 1891 St Anthony 1901 Ashore from Plymouth Breakwater [RG13/2095/107] AK 1874-5 Bardsey, 1875-7 Great Basses, 1877-8 Orfordness, 1878-85 Lizard, 1885-6 Wolf Rock, 1886-93 St Anthony, 1893-7 Chapman PK 1897-1906 Plymouth Breakwater, 1906-1910- Flamborough Head Superannuated Sep 1910 | Wife: Alice, 1860, Orford, SFK. Children: Edith (Ann or Alice Hannah) & George & James & Beatrice, 1879 & 1880 & 1883 & 1884, all Landewednack, CON; Seymour John, 1888, St Anthony, Falmouth, CON; William, 1899, Plymouth, DEV. |
| Thompson, John | YKS c1891 | 1841 Spurn Head | Wife: Sarah, c1790, YKS. Child: Elizabeth, 1832, YKS. |
| Thompson, Charles Thomas | LND 1877 St Georges | ES Nov 1897 1901 Hurst AK 1899-1900 Wolf Rock, 1900-3 Hurst, 1903-4 Bishop Rock, 1904-11 Round Is., 1911- Lynmouth Foreland | Wife: Mary Ann Davis, 1876, Stepney, LND. |
| Thorne, W. | 1881 | ES Oct 1906 1908-11 Flatholm, 1911- Mucking | |
| Tilley, Henry | KEN 1873 Whitstable | ES Jan 1893 1901 Souter Point 1894-8 Gunfleet, 1898-1900 Hartland Point, 1900-3 Souter Point, 1903-8 Whitby, 1908- St Tudwals | Wife: Emily. 1877, Harwich, ESS. Children: Doris Iverna & Emily Maud, 1899 & 1900 Hartland Point, DEV. |
| Tomkinson, Samuel | IRL 1858 | ES 1881 1881 Not found 1891 AK South Stack 1901 Ashore in St Anne, Alderney, CHI AK 1884-9 Skerries, 1889-92 South Stack, 1892-1908 Casquets, 1/1908-12/1908 Southwold PK 1908-11 Orfordness, 1911- Longships | Tomkinson was unmarried in 1891; Wife: Helena, 1858, ENG. Children: Samuel W, 1893, WLS; Henry E, 1895, Alderney, CHI. |
| Tompkins, Charles | 1896 | Tompkins 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 | |
| Tonkin(s), (Jonathan or Joseph) H. | CON 1857 St Levan | ES Aug 1879 1881 SAK Souter Point 1891 Bull Point 1901 On pension at Plymouth, DEV [RG13/2095/159] AK 8/1881-5 Gunfleet, 1885-94- Bull Point | Tonkins was unmarried in 1881; Wife: Clara Beatrice, 1861, Mortehoe, DEV. Children: Frederick P & George H & Rosa B, 1887 & 1890 & 1893, all Mortehoe, DEV. |
| Tough, George | SRY 1834 Egham | 1861 AK Orford 1871 PK Casquets 1881 Charlotte, now widowed, was Lodging House Keeper at Torcross, Stokenham, DEV [RG11/2181/73] | Wife: Charlotte, 1833, Orford, SFK. Children: George H, 1858, Orford, SFK; Phoebe, 1868, Lowestoft, SFK. Wiulliam Pengelly, 1862, Exmouth, DEV, was visiting in 1881.. |
| Trahair, Nicholas | CON 1840 Sennen | ES Mar 1867 1871 Longships (not enumerated); Wife and children at Trinity Buildings, Sennen, CON [RG10/2346/81] 1881 Lizard 1891 Not found 1901 PK Nash Point AK 1867-72 Longships, 1872-89 Lizard PK 1889-93 Godrevy, 1893-4- Lundy, 1901 Nash | Wife: Elizabeth, 1845, (Malahide, IRL, or Sennen, CON). Children: Mary & John W & William WN, 1866 & 1867 & 1870, all Sennen, CON; Elizabeth Jane, 1874 & 1875, Lizard, CON. Father Richard was also a Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Trahair, Nicholas | CON 1862 Penzance | ES Jun 1885 1881 Trahair was a cabinet maker in St Ives, when his father was at Godrevy 1891 Wolf Rock 1901 Plymouth Breakwater; Wife and child were at Plymouth [RG13/2095/126] AK 1889-90 Skerries, 1890-2 Wolf Rock, 1892-1906 Plymouth Breakwater, 1906-10 PendeenPK 8/1910 Bishop Rock, 1911- Gibraltar | Wife: Jane, 1865, St Just, CON. Child: Ada E, 1896, Plymouth. |
| Trahair, Richard | CON 1798 St Just | 1841 Longships; Wife and children at Sennen, CON [HO107/144/10/26] 1851 Longships 1861 Not found 1871 On pension at St Just in Penwith, CON [RG10/2345/89] 1881 Constance, now widowed, was still at St Just, CON [RG11/2350/96] | Wife: Constance, 1795, St Just CON. Children: Richard & Constance, 1832 & 1834, St Just, CON. |
| Trahair, Richard | CON 1833 St Just in Penwith | 1861 Ashore from Longships at Sennen, CON [RG9/1599/73] 1871 Ashore from Godrevy in St Ives, CON [RG10/2334/88] 1881 Godrevy; Wife and family at St Ives, CON [RG11/2342/38] 1891 St Anthony 1901 On pension at St Just, CON [RG13/2257/112] | Wife: Elizabeth, 1833, Sennen, CON. Children: Richard & Constance, 1862 & 1868, St Ives, CON; Nicholas, 1863, Penzance, CON; Elizabeth Honor & Jonathan, 1864 & 1867 Sennen, CON. Son Nicholas was also a lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Trahair, William Henry Nicholas | CON 1869 St Sennen | ES Dec 1889 1891 SAK Bishop Rock 1901 Lundy; Wife and family at Neyland, Llanstadwell, PEM [RG13/5126/20] AK, 1892-4 Longstone, 1894-1900 Souter Point, 1900-1 Lundy N, 1901-6 Lundy S, 1906-8 Spurn Head, 1908-9 Orforness, 1909 Winterton | Trahair was unmarried in 1891; Wife: Beatrice, 1876, Holyhead, AGY. Children: Henry & Violet, 1895 & 1900, Marsden, DUR. |
| Tremble, Edward T. | SSX 1844 Hastings | ES Dec 1867 1871 Not found 1881 Souter Point 1891 Tynemouth 1901 Hurst AK 1869-71 Smalls, 1871-7 Dungeness, 1877-86 Souter Point, 1886-91 Tynemouth PK 1891-2 Wolf Rock, 1892-94 Plymouth Breakwater, 1894- Hurst | Wife: Fanny, 1840, Gt Marlow, BKM. Nephew: Ernest E Gerrard, 1873, Bromley, MDX. |
| Trerise, H.H. | CON 1880 The Lizard | ES Oct 1899 1901 Casquets 1901 SAK Casquets 6/1901-1904 Smalls; 1904-10- Dungeness | Trerise was unmarried in 1901. |
| Troth, Herbert John | NFK 1873 Winterton | 1901 Admiralty Pier; Wife in Dover, KEN [RG13/843/37] 1893-4 Maplin Troth appears to have left the service by 1910 | Wife: Sarah Sophia (nee Burton), 1875, Cromer, NFK. Child: Charles, 1899, Bardsey (Pwllheli). Five members of the Troth family were lighthousekeepers (q.v.) |
| Troth, James Edward | HAM 1842 (Keyhaven or Gosport) | ES Mar 1866 1871 AK South Stack 1881 Bull Point 1891 Not found 1901 PK Avonmouth (Troths wife Mary Louisa was AK) AK 1867-9 Flatholm, 1869-79 South Stack, 1879-88 Bull Point, 1888-94- Avonmouth Troth appears to have missed promotion because he did not wish to be promoted to a rock station | Wife: Mary Louisa, 1843, Hurst Castle, HAM. Children: Hester Mary, 1877, Holyhead, AGY (d.1881 Barnstaple, DEV) Five members of the Troth family were lighthousekeepers (q.v.) |
| Troth, John | (1815-38) Hurst | Five members of the Troth family were lighthousekeepers (q.v.) | |
| Troth, John Henry | HAM 1815 Hurst, Hordle | 1851 Happisburgh 1861 Inner Farne 1871 Dovercourt 1881 Troth, now widowed, was on pension and living with his daughter-in-law at Dovercourt, ESS [RG11/1781/40] | Wife: Esther, 1806, Walcot, Bath, SOM. Children: John (m. Emily Mynheer) & James, 1840 & 1842, Gosport, HAM. Grandchildren: Emily Troth, 1866, Start Point, DEV, & Herbert J Troth, 1873, Winterton, NFK. Daughter-in-Law: Emily (nee Mynheer), 1835, Landguard, Felixstowe, SFK. Five members of the Troth family were lighthousekeepers (q.v.) |
| Troth, John William | HAM 1840 Gosport | ES 1863 1871 Winterton 1881 AK Gunfleet; Wife & children with her father-in-law JH Troth at Dovercourt, ESS (q.v.)(A) 1891 South Stack (B) 1901 Portland Bill (C) AK 1864-5 Eddystone, 1865-8 Start Point, 1868-78 Winterton, 1878-81 Gunfleet PK 1881-7 Bishop Rock, 1887-90 Round Island, 1890-1 South Stack, 1891-4- Beachy Head | Wives: Emily (nee Mynheer), 1833 Felixstowe, SFK (d.1894) (A & B); Lydia (nee Williams), 1848, Cradley, HEF (C). Children: Emily H, 1866, Hallsands, Start Point, DEV; Herbert J, 1873 Winterton, NFK. Father: Lighthousekeeper John H Troth, 1815, Hurst, HAM (q.v.) Five members of the Troth family were lighthousekeepers. |
| Twidle, H. | 1881 | ES Nov 1902 1906- South Bishop | |
| Tyler, James | Not GLA c1827 | 1841 Flatholm Nothing further known | |
| Upton, Ernest J. | SFK 1880 Lowestoft | ES Apr 1899 1901 Bishop Rock AK 1900-2 Bishop Rock, 1902-5 W. Usk, 1905-8 Needles, 1908-11 Hartland Point, 1911 Plymouth Breakwater | Upton was unmarried in 1901. |
| Upton, Joseph | KEN 1843 Barfreston | ES Mar 1868 1871 AK Bishop Rock 1881 Lowestoft 1891 1901 Happisburgh AK 1869-74 Bishop Rock, 1874-91 Lowestoft PK 1891-2 Longstone, 1892-4 Farne, 1894-Happisburgh, 1904 Winterton | Wife: Mary Elizabeth, 1847, Frogham, Nonnington, KEN. Children: William J, 1868, Deptford, KEN; Florence G & Ernest J & Annie M & George P, 1878 & 1880 & 1883 & 1889, Lowestoft, SFK. |
| Vansten, James | DEV 1791 Buckland Filleigh | 1841 Bardsey 1851 On pension at Bideford, DEV [HO107/1895/165] | Wife: Elizabeth, 1793, Clovelly, DEV. Elizabeth Ann Lewis, 1846, Aberaron, CAE, was visiting in 1851. |
| Vowles, Edward | SOM 1861 Pill | It is not certain that Vowles was a keeper. In the 1891 census he was in Avonmouth lighthouse, but described as 'Board of Trade'. He could not be found in the '81 census. | Wife born Newport, Mon., 1862. Vowles' mother, Mary 'Weekes', born Bideford, DEV, 1821 was living with him at Avonmouth in 1891. |
| Walkey, William | CON 1836 St Blazey | 1886 Mumbles (Drowned in that year while crossing from the mainland) Nothing further known | Wife: 1833, Veryan, CON. Children: 1860 Mt Charles, CON, 1862 & 1865 Devoran, CON, 1871 Swansea, GLA] |
| Wallace, George | FLN (1825 or 1827) St Asaph | 1851 St Catherines 1861 Not found 1871 Beachy Head | Wife: Mary Ann, (1816 or 1823), Paddington/Spitalfields, LND. Child: Hannah Jane, 1850, Niton, IOW. There was probably a family relationship between wife Mary Ann and the wife of Lighthousekeeper George Neal, 1816 (q.v.) |
| Wallace, Thomas | (SCT) c1800 | 1841 Trwyn Du Ann Wallace, now widowed, appears to have been visiting in Beaumaris, AGY [HO107/2517/233] | Wife: Ann, (1796), AGY. Children: Ann & James & Margaret, 1831 & 1833 & 1836, all AGY. |
| Wannacott, Joseph | 1823 Spurn Head (per Baines Directory) | ||
| Warder, Edward | KEN 1839 Sevenoaks | 1861 Lodging at East Cowes with the family of Lighthousekeeper William Warder, 1806, Yarmouth, IOW (q.v.)[RG9/662/124] Nothing further known | |
| Warder, F.W. | 1882 | ES 1905 1907-10- Longships | |
| Warder, Francis William | IOW (1854 or 1856) East Cowes | ES May 1875 1881 Happisburgh 1901 Ashore at Plymouth, DEV [RG13/2097/107] 1875-8 Farne, 1878-81 Whitby, 1881-5 Happisburgh, 1885-8 Mucking, 1888-93 Gibraltar, 1893-9 Dovercourt, 1899-10- Eddystone | Wife: Elvina C, 1861, Happisburgh, NFK. Children: Francis W & Fanny J & Sydney C, 1882 & 1885 & 1889, all Happisburgh, NFK; Cyril A & Harry E, 1894 & 1897, Dovercourt, ESS. |
| Warder, Walter Henry | IOW 1843 Yarmouth | 1871 AK Burnham 1881 AK Burnham 1891 St Anns Head 1901 Cromer AK 1863-5 Smalls, 3/1865-12/1865 Longships, 1865-81 Bideford PK 1881-90 Casquets, 1890-4- St Anns Head | Wife: Emma, 1843, Clarbeston, PEM. Children: William H & Anne Melina Elizabeth, 1870 & 1880, Burnham, SOM. Parents-in-Law: John Merriman, 1812, Walton, PEM, & Elizabeth Merriman, 1818, Clarbeston, PEM. |
| Warder, William | IOW 1806 Yarmouth | 1851 AK Needles 1861 PK Needles; Wife and children at East Cowes, IOW [RG9/653/8] 1871 Not found | Wife: Ann, 1807, Brighstone, IOW. Children: Jane & George & Walter & Melina, 1834 & 1838 & 1844 & 1847, all Yarmouth, IOW. |
| Warder, William H. | SOM 1870 Burnham | ES Oct 1891 1901 AK South Foreland AK 1893-6 Eddystone, 1896-9 Les Hanois, 1899-1904 S. Foreland, 1904-5 Needles, 1905-10- Admiralty Pier, Dover | Wife: Annie, 1871, St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN. |
| Watson, Arthur | YKS 1806 Hull | 1841 Hurst (A) 1851 North Foreland (B) 1861 Not found; Poss. dead because daughter Emma was at North Foreland with her brother John Henry | Wife: Emma, 1810, LND (A & B) (Watson was described as a Trinity Pensioner aged 54 when he remarried in Milford, HAM, Mar 1860). Children: Arthur & Laura & John Henry, 1834 & 1835 & 1837, all Milford, HAM; Emma, 1848, Dungeness, Lydd, KEN. N.B. Son John Henry became a lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Watson, Arthur Albert | NFK 1859 Happisburgh | ES 1878 1881 Ashore from Gunfleet at Harwich St Nicholas, ESS [RG11/1781/91 (A)] 1891 Hartland Point (B) 1901 Admiralty Pier; Wife & children in Dover, KEN [RG13/843/141] (C) AK 1879-84 Gunfleet, 1884-5 Gt.. Castle Head, 1885-90 Flatholm, 1890-7 Hartland Point, 1897-1900 Lundy, 1900-3 Admiralty Pier, Dover, 1903-5 Dovercourt PK 1905-10- Casquets | (Wives: Ellen M, 1859, Gt Yarmouth, NFK (A); Emily E, 1859, Gt Yarmouth, NFK (B & C)). Children: Leonard AW, 1890, Gt Yarmouth, NK; Emily A, 1893, Wimbledon, SRY; Bertha E & Sybil M, 1895 & 1896, Hartland Pt, DEV; Mildred, 1900, Pembroke Dock, PEM. |
| Watson, Francis | SCT c1783 (d. 1854 Newcastle.) | Inner Farne c1813-1816 (information supplied by Mrs. Jo Watson) Nothing further known | |
| Watson, James | Yorks 1804 Kilnsea (d. 1868) | 1841 Spurn Head 1846 Spurn Head | Wife: Jemima, c1806, not YKS (m. 1827, Easington, YKS). |
| Watson, John | Yorks 1766 Kilnsea | Watson was keeper at Spurn Head when he married in 1797, and apparently continued until his death in 1807. His widow Mary (nee Jollands) appears to have retained the post, being described as the keeper in 1823 | |
| Watson, John | NBL 1826 Newcastle on Tyne | 1851 Happisburgh (A) 1861 Not found 1871 Gibraltar 1881 Winterton (B) 1891 Winterton (C) Kellys Directory shows that Watson was still at Winterton in 1896 | (Wives): (Elizabeth or Ellen), 1827, Norwich, NFK (A); 1836, Holkham, NFK (B-C). Children: John, 1850. Happisburgh, NFK; Eliza, 1862, St Marys, Scilly Is; Bertha & Adelaide & Ellen, 1865 & 1866 & 1872, all Gibraltar; Caroline & georgina, 1875 & 1880, Winterton, NFK. |
| Watson, John Henry | HAM. 1837 Milford | ES Jan 1858 1861 North Foreland 1871 North Foreland 1881 PK Tynemouth 1891 PK Spurn Head AK 1858-60 Bishop Rock, 1860-74 N. Foreland PK 1874-7 Needles, 1877-9 Spurn Head, 1879-88 Tynemouth, 1888-1891 Spurn Head, 1891-1894- Winterton | Wife: Annie, 1839, St Marys, Scilly Is, CON. Children: Annie & Emma & Margaret & John & Henry & Elizabeth & Laura, 1862 & 1863 & 1866 & 1868 & 1869 & 1871 & 1874, all North Foreland, St Peters, KEN; George, 1876 East Cowes, IOW. Father Arthur Watson, 1806, Hull, YKS, was also Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) |
| Watson, John William | NFK 1846 Wells | ES Mar 1868 1871 South Foreland 1881 Longships 1891 Longships PK 1901 Longships AK 1869-71 Longships, 1871-2 S. Foreland, 1872-92 Longships PK 9-11/1892 Longstone, 11/1892-4- Longships, 1901 Longships | Wife: Jane, 1849, Zennor, CON. Children: John WH, 1872, St Margarets, KEN; Thomas E & Mary A & Charles H & Eva J & Ethel & Ethelfreda & Rosina Elvina & Jessie Mabel, 1874 & 1876 & 1878 & 1880 & 1882 & 1891 & 1893 & 1896, all Sennen, CON. Mother-in-Law: Mary Hollow, 1803, Zennor, CON. |
| Watson, Mary | 1823 Spurn Head (per Baines Directory) | Husband: John, 1766. Kilnsea, YKS, was a Lighthousekeeper (q.v.) | |
| Watson, Richard | [1892] Hurst Nothing further known. | ||
| Weatherall or Wetherall, John | DEV 1808 Plymouth | 1851 Mucking 1861 Mucking 1871 Shopkeeper at Orford, SFK [RG10/1764/36] 1881 Maria Wetherall, now widowed, was shopkeeper at Orford [RG11/1886/113] John Wetherall was buried in Orford in 1875 | Wife: Maria, (1828-1833), Bawdsey, SFK. |
| Webb, F.W. | 1883 | ES May 1904 1907-10 Bardsey, 1910- Admiralty Pier, Dover | |
| Welch, William | DEV (1804 or 1806) Plymouth | 1841 Eddystone; Wife at Plymouth [HO107/271/6/16] 1851 PK Lundy 1861 West Usk 1871 Nash Point | Wife: Elizabeth, (1814 or 1818), Tiverton, Exeter, DEV; The 1851 census shows Welch's wife born Tiverton, DEV, 1815. Niece: Jane (Shipstone or Shepston), 1832, Bristol, SOM, was with the family in 1841 and 1851. |
| Wesencraft, Samuel | CON 1804 Scilly Light, Scilly Is | 1841 Tynemouth, NBL 1851 Tynemouth, NBL 1861 Tynemouth, NBL 1871 | Wife: Jane, 1822, North Shields, Tynemouth, NBL. Children: Robert & John & Charles & Samuel & Richard H & Jane E/S, c1825 & 1827 & 1845 & 1847 & 1848 & 1850, all Tynemouth, NBL. Sister-in-Law: Margaret Stephenson, 1839, North Shields, NBL. George F Harrison, 1850, Preston, NBL, was visiting in 1861. There was no wife present in 1841 and the long gap between the second and third children suggests that Jane was Wesencfrafts second wife. |
| West, John T. | KEN 1842 Ramsgate | 1881 Portland Bill; West was a Lamplighter in the Lightvessel Service, the reason for his being at the lighthouse is not known, and, although married, his wife was not with him at the lighthouse | |
| West, William H. | IOW 1857 West Cowes | ES Feb 1879 1881 AK Eddystone 1891 St Catherines 1901 St Catherines AK 1880-2 Eddystone, 1882-4 L. Basses, 1884-7 Dovercourt, 1887-1905 St Catherines, 1905-8 Coquet Is., 1908-11 Hurst, 1911- Needles | Wife: Harriet, 1858, West Cowes, IOW. Child: Leon, 1889, Niton, IOW. |
| Westcott, Samuel C. | DEV 1859 Plymouth | ES Jan 1886 1881 Westcott was a cabinet maker in Plymouth [RG11/2193/124] 1891 Not found 1901 Whitby 1889-98 Skerries, 1898-1903 Whitby, 1903- Holyhead Breakwater | Wife: Jane, 1865, Holyhead, AGY. Father: William H Westcott, 1831, Plymouth, DEV. Cousin: Annie Watkins, 1888, Holyhead, AGY. |
| Westmorland, William | Yorks (1816 or 1819) Leeds | 1841 Nash Point 1851 Casquets 1861 AK Hunstanton 1871 AK Hunstanton 1881 PK Hunstanton 1891 PK Hunstanton 1901 On pension at New Hunstanton, NFK [RG13/1883/7] | Wife: Elizabeth, 1819, Wyke Regis, DOR. Children: Mary Ann, 1842, Marcros, GLA; Thomas, 1845, ENG; William & Elizabeth S, 1847 & 1849, Stokenham, DEV; Julia, 1853, Stanford-le-Hope, ESS; Melville E & Arthur J & Alfred H, 1857 & 1859 & 1860, all Hunstanton, NFK. Parents: Thomas & Sarah, 1787 & 1788, ENG. Lightkeeper Thomas Colereine (q.v.) was with the family in 1851. |
| Wetherall - see also Weatherall | |||
| Weymouth, Henry Brice | CON 1852 Breage, Porthleven | ES Mar 1875 1881 Caldey 1891 AK Smalls; Wife and family in Llanstadwell, PEM [RG12/4532/36] 1901 AK Lundy; Wife and family at Neyland, Llanstadwell, PEM [RG13/5126/8] AK 1875-8 Gunfleet, 1878-85 Caldey, 1885-95 Smalls, 1895-9 S. Bishop PK 1899-1900 Gunfleet, 1900-3 Lundy, 1903-8 Nash, 1908- Lowestoft | Wife; Eliza, (1848 or 1850), (Portreave ? Portreath) Cove, CON. Children: Eliza Jane & Nellie (m. Davies) & Susan Helen, 1875 & 1877 & 1878, (Portreave ? Portreath Cove), CON; Henry (Rowley or Rowling), 1877, Harwich, ESS. Grandchild: William H Davies, 1900, Llanstadwell, PEM. Son-in-Law: William J Davies, 1874, Ferryside, CMN. Nephew: Frank Plister, 1893, Llanstadwell, PEM. |
| Weymouth, Henry R. | ESS 1876 Harwich | ES May 1898 1901 In lodgings at Plymouth, DEV [RG13/2100/58] AK 1899-1901 Eddystone, 1901-5 Start Point, 1905- Wolf Rock | Weymouth was unmarried in 1901. |
| Whayman, John. | SFK 1779 Sudbourne | 1841 Orfordness 1851 Orfordness 1861 Orfordness | Widowed by 1851 and possibly by 1841. |
| Whayman, John | Not SFK 1813 | 1841 Lowestoft Nothing further known | Wife: Jane, 1820, not SFK. |
| Whiley, William | MDX 1812 St Pancras | 1851 Bardsey Nothing further known | Wife: Mary G, 1816, Shoreditch, MDX. |
| Whitchurch, John Alfred Thomas | IOW 1874 East Cowes | ES May 1893 1901 St Tudwals 1894-1908 St Tudwals, 1908-11 Strumble Head, 1911- South Stack | Whitchurch m. Jane Ellis in CAE 2nd qtr 1899; Wife: Jane, 1874, Pwllheli, CAE. Child: Helen Jane, 1900, Pwllheli, CAE. Sister-in-Law: Elizabeth Ellis, 1869, Pwllheli, CAE. Whitchurch appears to have been son of Lighthousekeeper Thomas Rice Whitchurch (q.v.) |
| Whitchurch, Thomas Rice | MON 1848 Newport | Entered Lightvessel Service 1869; Entered Lighthouse Service 1879 1881 AK Lundy (The entry in this census is incomplete and clearly contains guesswork; it is of limited value) 1891 Hurst (schedule incomplete) 1901 Mucking 1879-86 Lundy, 1886-94- Hurst | Wife: Emily M (nee Stiles), 1851, East Cowes, IOW. Children: (John & George), (East Cowes, IOW). Mother-in-law: Lucy Stiles, 1826, Cowes, IOW (with family at Stanford-le-Hope in 1901) Lighthousekeeper John Alfred Thomas Whitchurch (q.v.) appears to have been Whitchurchs son. |
| White, John | Middlesex 1838 Blackwall, Poplar (d. 1884 at Cromer, NFK) | 1871 South Foreland 1881 Ashore at Pembroke St Mary, Pembroke [RG11/5411/59] 1883 Cromer, NFK,. | Wife: Elizabeth, 1839, Stowmarket, SFK. Children: John, 1862, Blackwall, MDX; Edward, 1864, Holderness, YKS; James & William, 1867 & 1871 South Foreland. |
| White, John Edwin | LND 1862 Blackwall, Poplar | 1881 SAK Lizard Died at South Bishop, 1882 (corresp) | White was unmarried in 1881. |
| White, Thomas Harper | Middlesex 1843 Blackwall | 1871 South Bishop 1881 South Foreland 1891 Ashore from St Tudwals at Pwllheli, CAE [RG12/4651/71] 1901 Ashore from St Tudwals at Pwllheli, CAE [RG13/5265/28-29] AK 1867-71 South Bishop, 1871-5 Dungeness, 1875-89 S. Foreland PK 1889-94- St Tudwals | Wife: Emily E, 1854, Ramsgate, KEN. Children: Thomas H, 1871 Pembroke Dock, PEM; Jessy E, 1874, (Bromley, MDX, or Harwich, ESS); Emily S & Robert H & Kate A & Eliza E & Albert E & Francis W, 1882 & 1883 & 1885 & 1886 & 1888 & 1889, all St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN; Llewellyn, 1893, Pwllheli, CAE.. |
| Whitehead, Edward | NBL 1799 Warkworth | 1841 Coquet 1851 Coquet Is 1861 Buoy Keeper at Coquet Island, NBL [RG9/1879/58] | Wife: Margaret, 1794, Felton, NBL (d. by 1861). Children: Mary & Margaret, c1821 & c1816, NBL. Grandchild: Margaret Whitehead, 1848, Warkworth, NBL. |
| Wilder, W.S. | LND 1854 Poplar | ES 1874 1881 AK South Stack (A) 1891 St Catherines (B) 1901 PK Casquets; wife was in St Ann, Alderney [RG13/5324/7] (C) Wilder was reduced from Principal Keeper in May 1901 and appointed to Longstone. He was re-promoted to Principal Keeper at Bardsey in 1907 AK 1876-8 Longships; 1878-88 South Stack; 1888-98 St Catherines ; 1898-9 Chapman; 1901-7 Longstone PK 1899-1901 Casquets: 1907-9 Bardsey; 1909/10 Dungeness; 1911 Hurst | Wives: Mary, 1853, Towednack, Zennor, CON (A); Harriet, 1853, Alderney, CHI (C) |
| Williams, Charles | LND 1826 Lewisham | 1851 Casquets; Ashore at St Anne, Alderney [HO107/2531/538] 1861 Hurst 1871 Bardsey 1881 Ashore at Torteval, Guernsey, CHI [RG11/5632/37] | Wife: Ann, (1823 or 1825), Kingston, SRY. Children: Elizabeth & Ann & Kate & Isobel & Frederick & David, 1854 & 1857 & 1858 (2) & 1861 & 1863, all Hordle, HAM |
| Williams, David | HAM. 1862 Hurst Castle, Milford | ES May 1882 1881 SAK with father at Les Hanois 1891 Not found, Skerries apparently not enumerated 1901 Ashore in Holyhead [RG13/5297/30] ES 5/1882 AK 1886-93 Skerries; 1893-8 Holyhead Breakwater; 1898-9 Storekeeper at Blackwall, MDX; 1899-1906 Holyhead Breakwater: 1906-9 Withernsea; 1909-10 Souter Point PK 1910 Hartland Point | Wife: Isabel, 1867, St Margarets, KEN. Children: Constance & David Goldsack & Charles Dixon & Jessie Baker, 1895 & 1896 & 1898 & 1900, all Holyhead, AGY. Williams father, Charles, 1826, was also a lighthousekeeper (q.v.). |
| Williams, James G. | CON 1848 Scilly Is. | ES Dec 1870 1871 Not found 1881Basses 1891 Bideford 1901 Coquet AK 1871-2 Smalls, 1872-6 Wolf Rock, 1876-8 Hurst, 1878-82 Basses, 1882-4 Nash, 1884-91 Bideford, 1891-4 Casquets PK 1894- Bardsey | Wife: Dorcas T, 1854, Braunton, DEV. Children: John G & Dorcas A, 1890 & 1892, Braunton, DEV; Edwin J, 1894, Alderney, CHI |
| Williams, Jasper | CON 1855 St Ives | 1881 Not found 1891 Mumbles 1901 Mumbles | Wife: Mary Ann, 1857, Oystermouth, GLA. Niece: Polly Holborow, 1883, GLS. |
| Williams, John | AGY 1806 Beaumaris | 1851 Trwyn Du Nothing further known | Wife: 1809, Beaumaris, AGY. Child: 1846, Beaumaris, AGY. |
| Williams, John | ENG 1808 | 1861 PK Casquets; wife and child ashore in St Anne [RG9/4374/67] Nothing further known | Wife: Ann, 1809, WLS. Child: Elizabeth, 1841, WLS. |
| Williams, John | CON 1822 (St Eurban or St Enoder) | 1851 Not found 1861 Bishop Rock 1871 South Foreland 1881 St Catherines | Wife: Elizabeth, (1825 or 1827), St Just, CON. Children: Edwin & John & Amelia, 1845 & 1847 & 1851, St Just, CON; James & Elizabeth F & Kate & Annie & Edith & (Clara) T, 1849 & 1853 & 1856 & 1859 & 1866 & 1869, all St Marys, Scilly Is, CON; Charles H, 1873 St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN |
| Williams, John F.W. | LND 1873 Poplar | ES Apr 1894 1901 AK Bardsey AK 1897-9 Maplin, 1899-1902 Bardsey, 1902-6 N. Foreland, 1906-10- S. Foreland | Wife: Kate, 1875, Blackwall, LND. Child: Kate, 1899, Poplar, LND. |
| Williams, T. | 1883 | ES Dec 1907 1910- Longstone | |
| Wilson, Richard | SSX 1871 Alfriston | ES Oct 1891 1901 St Anthony AK1892-7 Bishop Rock, 1897-10/1901 St Anthony, 1901- St Catherines | Wife: Ada Blanche (nee Parr), 1865, Halling, KEN. Children: Richard, 1895, St Marys, Scilly Is., CON; Elsie Harriet Daisy, 1900, St Anthony, CON. Mother-in-Law: Eliza Parr, 1827, East Malling, KEN. |
| Wilson, Richard | MDX 1840 Bishopsgate, LND | ES Dec 1860 1861 SAK Landguard; wife not present 1871 St Agnes 1881 Ashore from the Casquets at St Anns, Alderney, CHI [RG11/5632/68] 1891 Nash Point 1901 Caldey 3/1861 SAK Landguard AK 1861-3 Eddystone, 1863-73 St Agnes, 1873-8 W. Usk PK 1878-81 Casquets, 1881-94- Nash Point, 1901 Caldey | Wife: Julia Pender, 1840, St Agnes, Scilly Is, CON. Children: Rosa Caroline, 1858, Peckham, SRY; Richard Edmund & Walter, 1860 & 1862, Homerton, MDX; Edith Ellen & Frederick Sydney & Julia & Osbert, 1864 & 1867 & 1872 & 1873, all St Agnes, Scilly Is, CON; Emily Mary & Mary, 1875 & 1877 St Brides, GLA. Wilsons mother, Rachel Caroline Streetwelle, 1796, Bethnal Green, MDX, was with the family in 1871, and was shown as Unmarried. |
| Wilson, Richard E. | LND 1859 Hackney | ES Jan 1878 1881 Longships 1891 St Anns Head 1901 AK Longships AK 1878-82 Longships, 1882-5 Lundy, 1885-92 St Anns Head (Milford), 1892-1902 LongshipsPK 1902-6 Bardsey, 1906-11 Longships, 1911- Trevose | Wilson was unmarried in 1881: Wife: Sarah Ann, 1860, Sennen, CON. Children: Flora Trewhella & Carolina & Osbert Henry & Hilda Irene, 1885 & 1896 & 1897 & 1900, all Sennen, CON; Annie Watson & Ethel & Evelyn & Martha, 1888 & 1889 & 1890 & 1892, all St Anns Head, PEM; |
| Winn, Charles B. | IOW 1854 East Cowes | ES Nov 1875 1881 South Foreland 1891 South Foreland 1901 Maplin; Wife not found AK 1876-8 Heligoland, 1878-91 S. Foreland, 1891-4 Lowestoft, 1894- Winterton | Wife: Louisa, 1854 , St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN. Children: William CG & Margaret LG & Robert S & Albina & Harold & Daisa S, 1880 & 1882 & 1883 & 1887 & 1889 & 1890, all St Margaret at Cliffe, KEN. |
| Withers, Alfred E. | IOW 1865 Cowes | ES Jul 1885 1891 Not found 1901 Hurst AK 1889-91 South Bishop, 1891-4 Souter Point, 1894-8 Longstone, 1898-1901 Hurst, 1901-2 Portland Breakwater, 1902-5 Portland Bill, 1905-2/1910 Dovercourt, 2/1910-1911 Temporarily redundant PK 1911- Portland Bill | Wife: Elizabeth, 1864, Neyland, PEM. Children: Alfred & Arthur, 1892 & 1894, Marsden, DUR. |
| Wood, Robert | Lancs. 1820 Liverpool | 1851 S. Foreland Nothing is known of Wood after 1851 | |
| Woodcock, T.S.N. | 1879 | ES Aug 1903 1906-9 Flatholm, 1/1909-10/1909 S. Foreland, 10/1909- Start Point | |
| Wooden, Robert | SRY 1829 Blackfriars | ES Nov 1870 1871 Not found 1881 Ashore (from Chapman light) with family at West Ham, ESS [RG11/1720/128] 1891 Ashore from chapman at West Ham, ESS [RG12/1329/6] AK 1871-6 Eddystone, 4-11/1876 Plymouth Breakwater, 1876-9 Beachy Head, 1879-94 Chapman PK 1894- Gunfleet | Wife: Anne, 1833, Barrowden, RUT. Children: Elizabeth M & Robert J, 1861 & 1868, Shoreditch, LND; George & Harriet, 1872 & 1874, Plymouth, DEV. Nephew: Percy Kirby, 1880, Austin Friars. Wooden joined the Service at the age of 40, having been previously employed by the Post Office. |
| Woodruff, James Thomas | LND 1857 Poplar | ES Dec 1876 1881 Trwyn Du 1891 Trwyn Du; Wife not present 1901 Lundy; Wife and family at Neyland, Llanstadwell, PEM [RG13/5126/20] AK 1877-9 Bishop Rock, 1879-97 Trwyn Du, 1897-1901 Lundy Is, PK 1901 Caldey, 1910-Lundy | Wife: Maria, 1858, Helston, CON. Children: Alfred. 1882 Bedford, BDF; Charles & Laura & Thomas & Harold, 1884 & 1885 & 1889 & 1896, all Penmon, AGY; James, 1900, New Milford, PEM. |
| Woodruff, William Bennet Barnes | LND 1861 Bromley by Bow, Poplar | ES Jan 1885 1891 Ashore from Godrevy at St Ives, CON RG12/1854/131] 1901 Dovercourt 1887-92 Godrevy, 1892-4- Bardsey, 1901 Dovercourt | Wife: Harriet R, 1869, Haverfordwest, PEM. Children: William A & Charlotte Edith, 1889 & 1891, St Ives, CON. |
| Woodruff, William Willey | KEN 1838 Ramsgate | ES Oct 1860 1861 Ashore from Maplin at Bromley, MDX [RG9/300/86] 1871 Whitby 1881 Gunfleet; Wife and family at Harwich St Nicholas [RG11/1781/105] 1891 Portland Bill 1901 On pension at Portsmouth, HAM [RG13/981/44] AK 1861-3 Maplin, 1863-78 Whitby PK 1878-81 Gunfleet, 1881-5 Orfordness, 1885-94- Portland Bill | Wife: Hannah M, 1836, Poplar, LND, 1836. Children: William BB, 1861 Bromley, MDX; Alfred John & Jessie Ann & Alice Jane, & Charles R & Edith Agnes & Howard, 1864 & 1866 & 1867 & 1869 & 1870 & 1876, all Whitby, YKS Woodruff appears to have been the brother of Mary Bennett Woodruff, 1833, Ramsgate, KEN, who married lightvessel crewman Robert William Cook. |
| Work, Wilfred | I.O.M. 1873 Ramsay | ES Feb 1896 1901 Ashore from Skerries with parents at Holyhead, AGY [RG13/5297/53] 1898-1902 Skerries, 1/1902-11/1902 S. Foreland, 11/1902-7 Gibraltar, 1907-9 Souter Point, 1909- Withernsea | Work was unmarried in 1901. Parents: Sinclair Work, 1835, Sandwick, SHI, & Sarah Work, 1837, Hubberston, Milford Haven, PEM. |
| Wren, W. | YKS 1870 Hawsker, Whitby | ES Feb 1890 1891 Orford 1892- Skerries Wren left the Service by 1910 | Wren was unmarried in 1891. |
| Wright, Alexander | NFK 1814 Gt Yarmouth | 1841 Wright not found but wife and children at Great Yarmouth, NFK [HO107/794/5/11] 1851 Caldey 1861 Spurn Head; Wife and children at Great Yarmouth, NFK [RG9/1161/42] 1871 Widowed and on pension at Great Yarmouth, NFK [RG10/1788/27] Lucretia Wright was described as Floating Lightsmans Wife in 1861. It is possible that Wright began his career in the Lightvessel Service | Wife: Lucretia, 1816, Gt Yarmouth, NFK. Children: Lucretia, 1838, (not in NFK or Great Yarmouth, NFK); Frederick & Emma, 1842 & 1848, Gt Yarmouth, NFK; Martha, 1850 Caldey Is, PEM. Sarah Wilson, c1791, NFK, was also in the household in 1841. |
| Young, Thomas | PEM 1839 Whitchurch/Solva | ES Jun 1865 1871 Portland Bill 1881 Portland Bill 1891 Mucking 1901 Winterton AK 1865-7 Eddystone, 1867-9 Happisburgh, 1869-84 Portland Bill PK 1884-8 Gunfleet, 1888-93 Mucking, 1893-4- Southwold1901 Winterton | Wife: Mary A, 1835, Plymouth, DEV. Child: Thomas William, 1869, Happisburgh, NFK. Three members of the Young family were lighthousekeepers (q.v.) |
| Young, William | PEM 1856 Solva | ES 1875 1881 AK Start Point 1891 AK South Bishop; Wife and family at Pembroke Dock, PEM [RG12/4529/87] 1901 South Stack AK 1876-9 Plymouth Breakwater, 1879-81 Start Point, 1881-4 S. Foreland, 1884-7 Basses, 1887-91 Souter Point, 1891-1900 South Bishop PK 1900-8 South Stack, 1908- Strumble Head | Wife: Bessie Selina, 1856, Bere Ferrers, DEV. Children: William H, 1879, Plymouth, DEV; Eleanor Sarah, 1882, Stokenham, DEV; John, 1884, St Margarets, KEN; Herman Lile, 1888, Marsden, DUR; Eva Gwendoline, 1892, Pembroke Dock, PEM Three members of the Young family were lighthousekeepers (q.v.) |
| Young, William Hay Lile | DEV 1879 Plymouth | ES Apr 1900 1901 SAK Dungeness 1902-4 Hartland Point, 1901- Skerries | Young was unmarried in 1901 Three members of the Young family were lighthousekeepers (q.v.) |
| FOG SIGNAL GUNNERS | |||
| NAME | BIRTH PLACE/DATE | SERVICE - ES = Entered Trinity House Service; PG = Principal Gunner; AG = Assistant Gunner; LL = Lamplighter | FAMILY DETAILS |
| Banner, James | PEM 1848 Freystrop, Haverfordwest | 1881 Ashore with wife at Llanstadwell, PEM, described as mariner in the Trinity Service [RG11/5414/56] 1891 Lundy Fog Gun Station 1901 Flamborough Head Fog Gun Station | Wife: Hannah, (1850 or 1852), Freystrop, Haverfordwest, PEM. |
| Blackmore, John | SOM 1834 Spaxton | 1871 Lundy Fog Gun Station Blackmore subsequently transferred to the Lighthouse Service (q.v.) | Wife: Mary A, 1834, (Great Kimble), DEV. Children: Mary (F/G) & Anne L & Caroline R & Waltger J & Francis H & Edmund H, 1862 & 1864 & 1865 & 1868 & 1869, all Lundy Is, Bristol Channel; Edmund H, 1870, Bideford, DEV.. |
| Brown,Charles | Sweden 1833 Gothenburg | 1881 N. Stack Fog Gun Station 1891 N. Stack Fog Gun Station | |
| Cain, Joseph | MDX 1821 Poplar | 1871 Flamborough Head Fog Gun Station (A) 1881 Flamborough Head Fog Gun Station (B) | Wives: Margaret, 1810, Cork, IRL (A); Amelia E, 1825, Devonport, DEV (B). Stepchildren (of 2nd wife): Georgina Evans & Amelia H Evans, 1859 & 1861, South Huish. DEV. |
| Cornish, G.E. | 1861 | ES (Lightvessel Service) Aug 1891 1903-10 North Stack Fog Gun Station | |
| Harvey, John | Devon 1831 Stoke Damerel, Plymouth | 1861 Captain of the Main Top aboard HMS Gannet at Constantinople [RG9/4440/13] (A); Wife & child in Stoke Damerel, DEV [RG9/1456/16] 1871 N Stack Fog Gun Stn (B) 1881 PG N Stack Fog Gun Stn (C) 1891 PG N Stack Fog Gun Stn (D) | Wives: Tryphena, 1832, Devonport, DEV (A-C); Catherine, 1841, Holyhead, AGY (D). Children: Louisa & Frederick, 1859 & 1863, Devonport, DEV; Ellen A, 1866, Morice Town (Plymouth), DEV; William S, 1870 Poplar, London; Albert E, 1880, Holyhead, AGY |
| James, Thomas | CGN 1834 | 1881 Lundy Fog Gun Station 1891 Flamborough Head Fog Gun Station | Wife: Mary, 1828, PEM The 1881 census entry appears to have been guesswork on the part of the enumerator and the detail is of little value. |
| Le Gallais, Charles Henry | KEN 1869 Ramsgate | 1902-10- Penlee Point Fog Signal Stn For pre-1902 see also entry in table of Lighthouse Keepers. Le Gallais subsequently returned to the Lighthouse Service and was appointed as Principal Keeper at Longships and Souter Point, dates unknown. He retired in 1929 | Wife: Augustine Constance, 1865, Alderney, CHI. Child: Edward Charles, 1900, St Agnes, Scilly Is, CON. |
| Lee, Thomas S. | DEV 1815 Clovelly | 1871 Lundy Fog Gun Station | Wife: Mary A, 1845, Swimbridge, DEV. Children: Anne W & Elizabeth L & William J, 1866 & 1868 & 1870, all Lundy Is, Bristol Channel. |
| Morgan, John | PEM 1827 Solva | 1881 Lundy Fog Gun Station 1891 Lundy Fog Gun Station | Wife: Margaret, 1822, Solva, PEM. The 1881 census entry appears to have been guesswork on the part of the enumerator and the detail is of little value. |
| Nicholas, David | Glam 1848 Penrice | Pre-1906 see entry in table of Lighthouse Keepers 1906- Penlee Point Fog Gun Stn. | For family details see Table of Lighthousekeepers |
| Nicholson, John | YKS 1829 Hull | 1871 Mariner ashore at Bromley, LND [RG10/573/48](A) 1881 Flamborough Fog Gun Station (B) 1891 Lamplighter ashore at Hull [RG12/3927/20](C) | Wives: Catherine, 1826, Crookhaven, IRL (A-B); Alice, 1835, Hull, YKS (C). Children: Emma (m. Latus) & Amelia, 1860 & 1866, Hull, YKS. Grandchild: Ernest E Latus, 1887, Hull, YKS. |
| Paul, John | CON 1851 Penzance | Paul joined the Lightvessel Service in 1878, transferred to the Lighthouse Service in 1892 and returned to lightvessels in 1902 1881 AB Seven Stones lightvessel 1901 Flamborough Head Fog Gun Station 1904 Mate South Goodwin lightvessel | Wife: Elizabeth, 1855, Tresco, Scilly Is, CON. Child: Margaret Jane, 1896, Holyhead, AGY. |
| Pender, Sampson | CON 1814 Scilly Is | 1851 Pender not found but wife and children on Tresco, Scilly Is, CON 1861 Pender was a Trinity House Lightvessel crewman ashore with family on Tresco, Scilly Is, CON [RG9/1600/63-64 1871 N Stack Fog Gun Stn | Wife: Ann, 1814, Scilly Is, CON. Children: William & Mary Ann & Sarah & Jane & Caroline & Honor Lakey & Elizabeth & Rhoda & Sampson & Eliza, 1837 & 1838 & 1841 & 1843 & 1845 & 1848 & 1840 & 1842 & 1844 & 1846, all Tresco, Scilly Is, CON. |
| Roberts, Stephen | AGY 1856 Holyhead | 1901 N Stack Fog Gun Stn | Roberts was shown as married in 1901 but his wife was not on station. |
| Rowe, Samuel John | Cornwall 1874 Marazion | Rowe joined the Lightvessel Service in 1897 1901 Seven Stones Lightvessel He was at Flamborough Fog Gun Station from Oct 1902 until May 1906, subsequently at Dovercourt, ESS, and East cowes, IOW | Wife: Emma, 1872, Penzance, CON. Children: Hilda Annie, 1896, Penzance, Cornwall; Emma Vera & Samuel Edward George, 1904 & 1901, Flamborough Head, YKS; Ronald Leslie, 1912 Harwich, ESS. Niece: Maud Ford, 1882, Penzance, CON. |
| Rutter, Thomas | NBL 1807 Newton | 1871 Flamborough Head Fog Gun Station | Wife: Hannah, 1818, Middleham, YKS |
| Saveall, John | MDX 1861 LND | 1901 AG N Stack Fog Gun Stn 1906-1908 LL Galloper Lightvessel 1908- LL Nore Lightvessel | Wife: Helen, 1851, Plymouth DEV. Niece: Helen Elliston, 1893, LND, MDX. |
| Stratton, William | YKS 1819 Flamborough | 1871 Flamborough Head Fog Gun Station; his wife and family were not on station 1881 Elizabeth Stratton, now widowed, was with her daughter Jane Ellen and family at Flamborough [RG11/4799/103] | Wife: Elizabeth, 1823, Bessingby, YKS. Stratton was son of David Stratton, lighthouse keeper at Flamborough Head, and before becoming a Fog Signal Gunner was himself a lighthouse keeper - see table of lighthousekeepers for his family. |
| Stubbington, Robert James | HAM 1859 Portsmouth | ES 1890 1894 PG N Stack Fog Gun Stn 1901 PG N Stack Fog Gun Stn | Wife: Alice, 1865, Tottenhill, NFK. Children: Alice Elizabeth, 1889, Poplar, LND; George Collins, 1899, Holyhead, AGY. |
| Thomas, J. | 1864 | Thomas joined the Lightvessel Service in Nov 1892 and transferred to the Lighthouse Service as a Fog Signal Gunner in Mar 1908 1908-10 North Stack Fog Gun Station | |
| Williamson, Charles | LND 1855 St George in the East | 1891 Flamborough Head Fog Gun Station 1901 Seaman ashore at Bromley, MDX [RG13/347/132] | Wife: Mary, 1854, St George in the East, LND. Children: Charles G, 1880, North Leith, SCT; Daisy E, 1884, Stepney, LND. |
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