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First Name:
John
Last Name:
Currie
Type: Light Keeper
Image Source:
Scottie Currie on right; Nils Peter Adamson on left. Sheldon Museum
Collection / Donor:
Middle Initial:
S.
Born:
1871.07.04
Died:
1910.03
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1907
Year Departed:
1908
Begin Salary:
600
End Salary:
600
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Died
Year Started:
1908
Year Departed:
1910
Begin Salary:
800
End Salary:
800
Source:
Registers of Lighthouse Keepers, OPF, Newspaper Articles
More Information
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Oct 12, 2018
He used his middle name Scott and was known as Scottie.
He drowned on March 26, 1910 while trying to return to Eldred Rock Lighthouse.