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She was born Julia Frances Curry on Campobello Island, Canada on July 12, 1826, and spent her childhood in Eastport, Maine.In 1848, she married Albert Johnson Williams. The next year, Albert moved to San Francisco during the Gold Rush, and left Julia and their baby behi
Julia Williams was a descendant of a Maine family and she had come to California with her husband during the gold rush era. She raised three boys and two girls at the lighthouse. In 1905, her vigil finally ended when she fell from a couch and broke her hip. She was 81 years old when she was relieved by another woman, a Mrs. Jones. 2009 aerial photo
Julia Williams (abolitionist) (1811–1870), American abolitionist Julia Williams, poet 2004 in poetry Julia Williams, nurse and candidate in the United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2010
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.
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If you believe in fairies, there’s a good chance you grew up loving the 1991 film Hook. The Steven Spielberg-directed adventure movie starred the late Robin Williams as Peter Banning, a.k.a. the ...
There is a background chapter on the first recorded women lighthouse keepers, Irish nuns of the St. Anne's convent in County Cork who maintained the Youghal lighthouse during the years 1190–1542, [3] and the first American woman lighthouse keeper in 1775 at Boston Harbor when Hannah Thomas assumed her husband's lighthouse keeper duties as he ...
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