In Page 1 of 2 Subject: Fwd: Keepers To: wini@smart-studio.com Wini Smart- have attached an email from Jeremy D'Entremont re/ my grandfather John Elisha Bunker. Our records are sketchy but are hopeful you have some additional data. Thank You Very Much! Joan Webb Jwebb56789@aol.com Return-Path: Received: from rly-xa02.mx.aol.com (rly-xa02.mail.aol.com [172.20.105.71]) by air- xa03.mail.aol.com (v88.19) with ESMTP id MAILINXA32-0816114735; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:47:35-0400 Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by rly- xa02.mx.aol.com (v87.22) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXA24-0816114709; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:47:09 -0400 Received: from [24.61.218.152] by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id 20020816154708.BIDH1746.rwcrmhc51.attbi.com@[24.61.218.152]> for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:47:08 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:47:08-0400 Subject: Re: Keepers From: "Jeremy D'Entremont" To: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="MS_Mac_OE_3112343228_518882_MIME_Part" X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Joan, I manage the lighthouse database on the Lighthouse Digest/Depot website. John Bunker was keeper at Baker Island Light, near Mount Desert Island, 1860-61. Could this be your grandfather? Joseph Bunker (his father??) was keeper before him, 1853-60. It has been written that Keeper Joseph Bunker was harassed by the Gilley family, as William Gilley had been dismissed as keeper for political reasons. Baker Island is one of the Cranberry Islands. You might want to contact the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society to see if they have any information on your grandfather. Their website is http://gcihs.org/ and you can email the president, Wini Smart, at wini@smart-studio.com You can read more about Baker Island Light on my website at http://lighthouse.cc/baker/ Our records of Maine lighthouse keepers are are substantial but not complete. Much of the information for the 1840s to 1912 comes from microfilm at the National Archives listing payroll records for keepers for each year. These records are Printed for wini smart 8/16/02