First Name:
William
Last Name:
Larson
Type: Light Keeper
Collection / Donor:
Middle Initial:
P.
Born:
1872
Died:
1918.09.04
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1895
Year Departed:
1896
Begin Salary:
445
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1896
Year Departed:
1899
Begin Salary:
425
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1899
Year Departed:
1900
Begin Salary:
425
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
1900
Year Departed:
1904
Begin Salary:
450
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Light Discontinued
Year Started:
1904
Year Departed:
1904
Begin Salary:
520
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
1904
Year Departed:
1908
Begin Salary:
600
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
1908
Year Departed:
1912
Begin Salary:
600
End Salary:
624
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
1913
Year Departed:
1915
Begin Salary:
612
End Salary:
672
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
at least 1917
Year Departed:
1918
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Died
Year Started:
1918
Year Departed:
1918
Begin Salary:
480
Source:
Register of Lighthouse Keepers, Newspaper Articles
More Information
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Oct 12, 2018
Drowned on September 4, 1918 while attempting to reach shore in a rowboat from Racine Reef Lighthouse.