Please help us fill in names and dates for Eldred Rock Lighthouse keepers. This is what we know so far. Most of the time, there were three keepers at the lighthouse.
NOTE: BM is Boatswain’s Mate, SN is Seaman, FN is Fireman and EN is Engineman
Nils Adamson May 24,1906- Jan. 5, 1911 First Keeper @ $1000/year
John ‘Scottie” Currie and John Silander May 24, 1906- March 26, 1910
On March 26, 1910, they rowed away to visit Point Sherman Lighthouse and were never seen again.
Baard Jens Lervick, 1913
S. E. Lenizzly, -Sept 20, 1914
John Erickson, July 18, 1914-
C. F. Petersen, Sept 14, 1914- Nov. 1 1914
Wm. A Shoemaker, Nov. 22, 1914 (?)
J. W. Barnes, ca 1926
Sam Olsen, ca 1927
S. L. Atkinson, ca 1930
T. J. Rhines, ca 1932-1933
First Assistant Rhines passed away on January 22, 1933 at the lighthouse of an apparent heart attack.
H. W. Chambers, ca 1934
J. W. Tyacke, ca 1937
Harry N. Ferguson, ca 1937
Frank H. Story, ca 1937
J. Paul Mestrezat, ca 1939 (also served as Keeper of Five Finger Lighthouse)
Paul M. Strand, ca 1939
John W. Tyacke, ca 1939
Arthur E. Johnston, ca 1939
Jack D. Goehring, ca 1941-1942
John DeMan, ca 1942-1943
Fred G. Wilkes, ca 1942-1943
Stanley W. Pridham, 1946
Glenn Lee, 1958-1959
Ken Wierzbiki, 1958-1959
Layton King, BM2, 1961-1962
John Woddie, SN, 1961-1962
Dave Hardman, EN2, 1961-1962
Leo Fohl. FN, 1962-1963
Larry Winters, SN, 1962-1963
John Sweeney, BM1, 1962-1963
Gordon Huggins, EN2 , 1962-1963
Gordon Huggins passed away March 25, 2019
Leland Lupton, BM1, 1966 (on island with dogs PP and Kenmore)
Ralph Crane, SN, 1969-1970
Don ??, FN, 1969-1970
Arthur F ‘Wes’ Westney, EN2, 1969-1970
John Adams (or McAdams), BM1 (OIC), 1969-1970
Stan Hedgecorth, BM3 or EN3, Temp duty from Group Juneau, 1969-1970
“Kenmore” (black lab), 1969-1970
“PP” (yellow lab), 1969-1970
?? McWilliams 1970-1971
Tom Nygaard, SN 1970-1971
Tom A. Schmidt BM1 1971-1972
Charles O Russell, EN2 1972-1973
Steve Vormbrock, SN 1972-1973
David Diedrich, FN 1972-1973
Norm Bagger, BM1 1972-1973