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Charles Christie BROWN

(Known as Charles Christopher BROWN)
CREATED: SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2024 LAST REVISED: SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2024
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BORN: 15 September 1868 at Battery Point
FATHER: Charles BROWN MOTHER: Maria JACQUES
​(Father also a lighthouse keeper)

MARRIED: Charlotte LAYCOCK on 23 July 1891 at Devonport

CHILDREN
Florence Yolla Louisa BROWN b. 17 May 1892
Ethel Lillian BROWN b. 1 April 1895

​DIED: 1 May 1904 at Hobart (Aged 35)

LIGHTHOUSE WORK
CAPE WICKHAM (new appointment) from October 1887 to 25 August 1899. Promoted to senior assistant on 1 March 1891. 
TAMAR LEADING LIGHTS 31 August 1899 to 30 September 1901 (Appointed Superintendent 1 September 1899)
GOOSE ISLAND From 1 October 1901 to 19 July 1902
MAATSUYKER ISLAND From 2 August 1902 to 14 April 1904 (left the station seriously ill, subsequently died at the General Hospital, Hobart)

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