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William Hogg
Life dates open; East keeper by Nov 1853–1862 reported
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William Hogg was the first documented keeper of Pictou Island’s East End lighthouse. A newspaper report in November 1853, as the new lighthouse neared completion, states that William Hogg had been appointed keeper. An inspection dated December 1857 describes the station he tended: a fixed white light in a square building that combined the lighthouse and family dwelling. His work therefore involved not simply tending a lamp but living at a remote navigational station whose household and workplace were the same building. PIHS’s current keeper history reports that William served until 1862, when his brother Andrew H. Hogg followed him. Exact birth and death dates have not yet been established, and the sibling relationship still rests on the PIHS/local keeper tradition rather than a recovered vital record.
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- East End Lighthouse, Pictou Island Biographical association; consult sources for dates and extent.
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- Contemporary 19 Nov 1853 Newfoundland Express reprint of Eastern Chronicle; 1857 lighthouse inspection published 1858; PIHS Keeping the Island Lit and lighthouse research records
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195 enumerated residents in 37 original census family units. These are source households, not inferred genealogical branches or street addresses. Cancelled entries are excluded; source spellings and recorded ages are retained.
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- William Hogg ↔ sibling of Andrew H. Hogg · PIHS keeper history; vital kinship record not recovered