cape foulwind

CAPE FOULWIND
(West-Coast, South Island)
Lighthouse Keepers.

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In 1876 a small beacon-lighthouse was erected on the Cape. In 1926 it was replaced by a modern structure. listed here are Lighthouse Keepers & assistant Lighthouse Keepers.
Principal Keepers.
HAND, GEORGE SMYTH July 1876.- He died in November of the same year.
HAND, GEORGE EDWARD Nov 1876-Feb 1877. He died at Nelson 29th June 1877
SMITH, FITZROY MONTAGUE 1877-1882
CUNNINGHAM, WILLIAM 1882-1891
HANSEN, ANDERS 1891-1897
TREGURTHA, RICHARD 1897-1902
FLETCHER,ARTHUR 1902-1904
LEIGHTON, ROBERT HENRY 1904-1907
ARNOLD, WILLIAM JOHN 1907-1909
THWAITES, GEORGE 1909-1912
McIVOR, ROBERT 1912-1916
MOELLER, CHARLES ARTHUR 1916-1918
CLEVERLEY, WILLIAM KNIGHT 1919-1921
SAUNDERS, ALFRED HERBERT 1922-1926

Assistant Keepers.
ERICSEN, JOHN FREDERICK 1876-1878
McNEILL, DONALD 1878-1883
MARSH, JOHN 1883-1884
CATHCART, ROBERT 1884-1893
COLLEY, WILLIAM 1893-1895
PARTINGTON, DAVID 1895- 1898
CUNNINGHAM, HOSIER REEVES 1898-1903
ANDERSON, JAMES Aug 1902-Sept 1902
TOWNSEND, WILLIAM 1903-1904
EDMONDS, WILLIAM NOBLE 1904-1905
BROWN, FRANCIS 1905-1906
BUTLER, ALFRED CHARLES 1906-1909
ARTHUR, JOHN WALTER 1909- 1911
GRENFELL, PETER WALLACE 1911-1913
JONES, ROBERT 1913-1914
WILSON, ROBERT STEPHEN 1915-1916
POTTINGER, JOHN 1916-1917
NEAL, RAINSFORD HENRY 1917-1920
TARLTON, ERIC HOWARD Jan 1920 - May 1920
EVANS, FREDERICK NORMAN 1920- 1922
SUTHERLAND, ROBERT STUART April 1922- Nov 1922.
WILLIAMS, HUGH OWEN 1922-1924.
MOFFITT, ALBERT 1924-1925.
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