LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER JOBS 2011 FULL
Later volumes decline to include a full register of US lighthouse keepers, due to the large number of keepers.
Starting in 1816, the US government began publishing a yearly Official Register of the United States, which listed all employees and agents of the federal government, including lighthouse keepers. The Official Register of the United Statesīy the 1880s, many of these foreign-born maritime workers had joined the ranks of US lighthouse keepers.
Many had experience as sailors, fishermen, and harbor pilots. Some immigrants to the United States in the 19 th century found jobs doing the same work they did in the maritime industries of their home countries. Immigrants in the second half of the 1800s arrived primarily from Europe, with Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Norway leading the way. Though subject to peaks and valleys, immigration into the United States steadily increased through the 19 th century, peaking in the early 1880s. The ranks of lighthouse keepers saw a steady increase in foreign-born keepers through the 19 th century. For some of these immigrants, their chance at a new life was closer than they may have thought. The connection between lighthouses and immigrants to the United States is inescapable. Dotting the coastline, the bright beacons were often the first sight of land for many people hoping to find opportunity and freedom in a new land. Located in New Jersey, at the mouth of New York Harbor, the Sandy Hook Lighthouse was visible to immigrants on their way to Ellis Island (courtesy of the Library of Congress).
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