Summary of the Information we have about the service of the lighthouse keepers in the family
| Name | Christian Name | Born / Died | Wife | Relation to Stan | Service History as far as we know |
|
Butcher |
Ernest
(Ernie) |
1896
– 1975 |
Florence
Ball |
Father |
1923
Blackwall (AK) ????
Casquets [1] ????
Trevose Head [2] 1929
Skerries AK 1929 appointed Storekeeper Gt. Yarmouth depot Oct. 1966 relief keeper Portland Bill 1968
occasional keeper at St. Catherines (IOW) |
|
Ball |
Charles
William Edward |
1871
- 1951 |
Mary
Ann Nicholas |
Grandfather |
3.2.1891 Blackwall (SAK) 1892-6 Wolf Rock, (AK) 1896-1906 Lizard, 1906-7
Longships, 1907- Round Is. 1913 Lynmouth Foreland (PK) 1920
Lowestoft 1929
South Stack |
|
Ball |
Charles
Aubrey |
1893
- 1962 |
Margaret
Noris |
Uncle |
1918
Blackwall 1920
Outer Fern 1924
Lundy North |
|
Ball |
Edmond
Kernan |
1876
- |
Lylee
?? |
Great
Uncle |
1897 joined TH 1899-1900 Smalls, 1900-6 Wolf Rock, 1906-11 Lynmouth Foreland, 1911- Portland Bill 1917 Portland Breakwater |
|
Ball
|
John |
1847
–1898 |
Theresa
Kernan |
Great
-Grandfather |
4-10/1874 Longstone, April 1874 Outer Farne October 1874 Dungeness December 1876 Souter Point (Durham) March 1888 St. Catherine's, December 1888-94 Longships 1894-1898
Bishop Rock |
[1] We know he was there in 1927 when E.T. Pay was assistant keeper there. We have some original oil paintings given to dad by E.T.Pay who had painted them while they were at the Casquets station together.
[2] Just a suspicion as there are so many pictures of this LH and there was another station in that time
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