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Ronda Armitage was born in KaikÅura, New Zealand, on 11 March 1943. [1]She worked as a teacher and is a trained counsellor, but is best known for her many children's books, including the Lighthouse Keeper series, inspired by the Beachy Head lighthouse.
George Worthylake served as the first lighthouse keeper in the United States. He served at Boston Harbor Lighthouse from 1716 until his death in 1718. [7] In 1776, Hannah Thomas became the first female lighthouse keeper in the United States when she became keeper of Plymouth (Gurnet) Lighthouse in Massachusetts following the death of her husband, John Thomas.
The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch: Ronda Armitage: David Armitage: English: 1977: 5+ Teo Discovers the World: Teo Descubre El Mundo: Violeta Denou: Spanish: 1977: 5+ On the Antilles Sea in a Paper Boat: Por el Mar de las Antillas: Nicolás Guillén: Rapi Diego: Spanish: 1977: 5+ Fungus the Bogeyman: Raymond Briggs: English: 1977: 5+ Loon's Necklace ...
Abbie was the fourth of nine children of Samuel and Thankful (Phinney) Burgess, [1] [2] who moved to Matinicus Rock in 1853 to become its lighthouse keeper. [3] Although only 15, she soon took over duties of tending the lighthouse so that Samuel could fish and catch lobster, which he sold in Rockland, Maine, 25 miles (40 km) away.
The American Army of Two, sometimes called American Lighthouse Army of Two, is the name commonly given to Rebecca and Abigail Bates of Scituate, Massachusetts. They were lighthouse keeper Simeon Bates' daughters.
The Big Shopping List (20 December 1983) – The order from the oil rig is the biggest that Eddy Stone has ever had but he is able to fill it with some help from Portland Bill. The Day The Sea Froze (3 January 1984) – The lighthouse keepers use spectacular methods to keep warm on the day that the sea freezes around the Guillemot Rock.
Fannie May Hudgins Salter (May 20, 1882 – March 11, 1966) was an American lighthouse keeper and the last lighthouse keeper at Turkey Point Light in Maryland.She served from 1925 until she retired in 1947, at which point the station became fully automated.
Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse is an active aid to navigation located off the coast of Oswego, New York. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was built in 1934 to replace an earlier light constructed in 1880. It stands at the end of a 2,000-foot-long (610 m) breakwater at mouth of Oswego River , extending one-half mile (0.80 km) out onto Lake Ontario .