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Elmer Ellsworth CONARY

Elmer Ellsworth CONARY

Male 1868 - ?

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  • Name Elmer Ellsworth CONARY 
    Born 16 Jul 1868 
    Gender Male 
    Noteworthy Renowned keeper of the Deer Island Light 
    Occupation Keeper of Deer Island Thoroughfare Light during the 1920s and 30s 
    Residence Mark Island, Winter Harbor, Hancock, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died ? 
    Person ID I38123  Main
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2016 

    Father Henry Lyman CONARY,   b. 16 Oct 1835, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1905, Swans Island, Hancock, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Clarenda A. “Clara” BILLINGS,   b. 10 Feb 1835, Swans Island, Hancock, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1911, Swans Island, Hancock, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 16 Nov 1856  Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F13410  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Helen F. GOTT,   d. ? 
    Married 12 Nov 1892 
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2019 
    Family ID F13415  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Gertrude Rose FERNALD,   b. 23 Jun 1879, Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1956, Mt Desert, Hancock, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Children 
     1. Lottie Frances CONARY,   b. 10 Nov 1901,   d. ?
     2. Alice Lessie CONARY,   b. 6 Dec 1912,   d. 25 May 1932  (Age 19 years)
    +3. Henry Thomas CONARY,   b. 2 Jun 1903, Swans Island, Hancock, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1951  (Age 48 years)
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2023 
    Family ID F15149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • A 1929 article called Keeper Elmer Conary "one of the most efficient keepers in the lighthouse service of the United States." The article also mentioned that Conary and his wife, Gertrude, had great success growing potatoes and canning wild strawberries. According to the story, the keeper and his wife split the work at the light station "on a fifty-fifty basis, which should furnish food for thought for some of our modern married couples." The Conary's daughter, Alice, died of polio at the lighthouse at the age of 20.
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      Deer Island Thorofare Light, also known as Mark Island Light, is a lighthouse on Penobscot Bay, Maine, about 1.8nm west-southwest of Stonington. It was built in 1857. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S76] Wikipedia, 15 Dec 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Island_Thorofare_Light.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023