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First Name:
Walter
Last Name:
Donovan
Type: Light Keeper
Collection / Donor:
Middle Initial:
A.
Born:
1875
Died:
1940
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
Laborer
Cause of Termination:
Transferred and Promoted
Year Started:
1900
Year Departed:
1900
Begin Salary:
360
End Salary:
360
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transfered and Demoted
Year Started:
1901
Year Departed:
1901
Begin Salary:
425
End Salary:
425
Place:
Title / Position:
3rd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1901
Year Departed:
1902
Begin Salary:
500
End Salary:
500
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Resigned
Year Started:
1902
Year Departed:
1905
Begin Salary:
525
End Salary:
525
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred and Promoted
Year Started:
1905
Year Departed:
1916
Begin Salary:
425
End Salary:
456
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1916
Year Departed:
1916
Begin Salary:
504
End Salary:
504
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
1916
Year Departed:
1917
Begin Salary:
540
End Salary:
540
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred and Promoted
Year Started:
1917
Year Departed:
1924
Begin Salary:
600
End Salary:
1200
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1924
Year Departed:
1930
Begin Salary:
1380
End Salary:
1920
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Died
Year Started:
1930
Year Departed:
1940
Begin Salary:
1500
End Salary:
1500
Source:
Official Register of the United States
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Entered Date:
Oct 12, 2018
Had his appendix removed on August 1, 1940 and died the next day.