First Name:
Rasmus
Last Name:
Petersen
Type: Light Keeper
Collection / Donor:
Born:
1853
Died:
1913
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
4th Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1887
Year Departed:
1888
Begin Salary:
550
End Salary:
550
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1888
Year Departed:
1889
Begin Salary:
600
End Salary:
600
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1889
Year Departed:
1892
Begin Salary:
800
End Salary:
800
Place:
Title / Position:
Acting Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1892
Year Departed:
1892
Begin Salary:
1000
End Salary:
1000
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1892
Year Departed:
1894
Begin Salary:
1000
End Salary:
1000
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
1894
Year Departed:
1913
Begin Salary:
800
End Salary:
800
Source:
Register of Lighthouse Keepers
More Information
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Nov 09, 2018
Rasmus Petersen was assigned to Umpqua River Lighthouse in January 1893, but because that lighthouse was not ready, he returned to Tillamook Rock four weeks later and continued to serve there until being transferred to Willapa Bay Lighthouse in June 1894. See the attached excerpts from his personal journal for more information.