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 > > >