I am not sure who was looking for the Mayport Lighthouse keepers - but You can find a list of the keeper at: http://www.minorcanfamily.com/ on the left side look for and click on Research Sites then under Florida State click on Florida Lighthouses then look for St. Johns River Lighthouse ( that would be Mayport ) the author includes a list of Keepers Good Luck Ernest [email protected] Edgar Taylor wrote: > Hi Judy- We may have corresponded before. > > If the other sources Julie mentions can not help, I believe there is a small > manuscript giving the lighthouse keepers as far back as the mid to late > 1800s in the Florida Room in the main library in Jacksonville. If you do not > find this, I will try to find my copy. I believe this was compiled from > government records.by the > late Dyle Johnson of Mayport maybe 20 or 30 years ago, then the unofficial > Mayport historian. > > Also, you might check the Beaches Historical Society, whose library archives > are in Jacksonville Beach. I am sure they would have a copy. A group of > residents of Mayport are forming - or planning to form - their own <museum> > as an added attraction for the tourist trade, but it may be too early for > them to have a copy. > > You also should be aware that the late Helen Cooper Floyd, a native of > Mayport, wrote three fine > books about the people of Mayport. You would probably find the names you > seek there. I have these books. There is also a short history by the late Ed > Smith of Neptune Beach, called <<Them Good Old Days in Mayport and the > Beaches>>, but I do not see he included anything specifically about the > lighthouses. I also have this. > > I consider myself an <unofficial> historian of the early Mayport area, as > the > land, in my family, was first a 1790s Spanish land grant to my ancestor > Andrew Dewees. My great great grandfather, Cornelius Taylor, acquired most > of the grant by his marriages to two of Andrew's descendants. I have > traced most of the Dewees family, some of whom - the Floyds of Mayport - > descend from > Andrew Dewees' daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, the Minorcan, Josef > Joaneda y Florit, as do I. > > Other families began to come there from St. Augustine after the War between > the States, and this is when the little village started to grow. I have a > little on these other families before 1900. > > Ed T of PGH > > PS After Tuesday of next week I will be away for a week or so, and will > therefore be <unsubscribing> from the FLDUVAL list. Write me directly at my > email address <<[email protected]>> after 27 June if you wish > ---------- > >From: "Tony and Julie Howell" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] Mayport Area > >Date: Thu, Jun 14, 2001, 12:25 PM > > > > >hi judy - mayport was, then as now, a fishing village. if it had a > >separate directory the jacksonville public library would probably have one. > > > >some excellent sites (i did a search through google for "Mayport > >lighthouse") turned up for the mayport lighthouse. they are: > >http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/st.john.htm > >http://www.bansemer.com/fl-lighthouses/mayport_lighthouse.htm > >http://www.bansemer.com/fl-lighthouses/st_johns_lighthouse.htm > >http://www.us-lighthouses.org/stjohn.htm > >http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/070597/b1Lighth.html > >http://www.dca.state.fl.us/ffcm/FCMP/waterfronts/community/mayport.htm > >www.floridalighthouses.org - there is also an email address for this group > >as well as a mailing address with the name of their contact: > > Andy Liliskis, President > > Mayport Lighthouse Assn, inc. > > P.O. Box 35 > > Mayport, Fl. 32267-0035 > > (904)251-2410 > > > >www.dangly.com has some information on minorcans. > > > >hope this helps some, > >julie thames howell > >jax, fla > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: jjrollin > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 11:23 AM > > Subject: [FLDUVAL] Mayport Area > > > > > > Trying to locate where information about Mayport area and Lighthouse > >would be located? Was Mayport a separate entity to warrent a city directory > >of its own in the late 1920's > > and early 1930's? If so where would this directory be located? > > In regards to the Mayport Lighthouse, where would records be housed that > >show who may have been a Lighthouse keeper? My mother-in-law was part > >Minorcan, from the Segui family and we note some Lighthouse keepers here in > >St. Augustine but am researching other areas. > > Thank you in advance for any assistance. > > Judy from St. Augustine > > > > > >