Hi Vaughan Don't know whether you've seen this page on Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Lighthouses/index.html Gareth Admin for the Rootsweb DYFED, CGN & PEM lists Genuki Wales http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/ Lookup Exchange http://home.clara.net/tirbach/lookup.html Help Page http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html Cwmgors/Waun http://www.tytwp.plus.com/Waun/Waun.html . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vaughan Lewis" <meganvaughan@sympatico.ca> To: <WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 4:32 PM Subject: [WLS-PEM] Lighthouse keepers. > >> >> My gggrandfather, John Aveston ( sometimes spelled Aviston ) was age >> 30 in the 1841 census living in Dale and was a Lighthouse keeper. He >> apparently spent his entire working life at St.Ann's Head, and >> described himself in the 1881 census as " Superannuated Lighthouse >> keeper ". >> >> Does this mean that he had a pension or that he was merely retired ? >> If a pension, does anyone know how much ?. Also, can anyone tell me >> what an annual salary was for a keeper in those years. He and his >> family lived in a cottage that went with the position; was it rent >> free?. I have a great colour picture of the lighthouse and these >> cottages, which were built very close to this lighthouse which is >> believed to be the first established in Wales, the present one being >> built in 1844 along with the keepers cottages. >> >> Incidentally, I 've had no luck finding either his birth or death >> dates. He married Mary Bowen of Clarbeston July 1/1832. >> >> I will be most grateful for any information one can provide or details >> of a source I could pursue. >> >> In hope. >> >> Vaughan (Narbett) Lewis. >> >> > > > ==== WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE Mailing List ==== > Genuki PEM > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/ > > > >