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First Name:
Gustavus
Last Name:
Umberham
Type: Light Keeper
Image Source:
GLLKA
Collection / Donor:
Born:
1862.07.04
Died:
1913.02.03
Comments
Drowned after falling overboard from a boat while returning to Algoma from Kewaunee on February 3, 1913.
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred and Promoted
Year Started:
1884
Year Departed:
1886
Begin Salary:
400
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1886
Year Departed:
1890
Begin Salary:
540
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1890
Year Departed:
1901
Begin Salary:
600
End Salary:
560
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Died
Year Started:
1901
Year Departed:
1913
Begin Salary:
600
Source:
Register of Lighthouse Keepers, Newspaper Articles
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Entered Date:
Oct 12, 2018