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First Name:
Charles
Last Name:
Petersen
Type: Light Keeper
Image Source:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Collection / Donor:
Middle Initial:
C.
Born:
1866.02
Died:
1901.11.03
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1890
Year Departed:
1892
Begin Salary:
450
End Salary:
450
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Died
Year Started:
1892
Year Departed:
1901
Begin Salary:
600
End Salary:
660
Source:
Registers of Lighthouse Keepers, Newspaper Articles
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Entered Date:
Oct 12, 2018
Drowned in Lake Michigan off Kewaunee South Pierhead Lighthouse while trying to recover lumber on November 3, 1901 along with his son Ralph.