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In 1901 Census my great uncle has his occupation listed as assistant light house keeper.
Archive Reference RG13
Folio 61
Page 27
Piece Number 993
His address is given as Portsmouth
British Royal Navy Dec 9 1889. Saw service W Africa, Egypt, Sudan, Zanzibar. Served HMS Gibraltar flying squadron. HMS Volage - Artic Expedition of 1890s. Served under Anglo-Egyptian Ports & Lights, service in the Lighthouses of the Red Sea. 1 yr on Ashrail (??)Lighthouse coral reef in the Red Sea ....Mt Sinai??.
1908 settled in Canada at Mission City, British Columbia.
How do I find out which light house he was employed at? I'm not sure from which source the above references are from.
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His seaman's record here:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D6674516 (download presently free) - has the service 1889 to 1908
Possible help from here?? http://www.lighthousekeepers.co.uk/
MaxD
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See Trinity House Personnel at Lighthouses in England and Wales and the Channel Islands 1841-1910
Table of Keepers
Table of Stations by county
Location map of the lighthouse sites
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Lighthouses/
Stan
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A site with his name mentioned
https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/taulbut/3/
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Hurst Point Lighthouse seems to be the nearest to Portsea. https://goo.gl/maps/JK7BM8Cj9ZkMAbBj7
assuming he was employed by Trinity House.
Stan
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Alternatively, he may have been employed by the Northern Lighthouse Board - which covers Scotland and the Isle of Man.
Red Sea and Sinai lighthouses may have come under British jurisdiction in the early years of the 20th Century.
Incidentally, there won't have been a lighthouse on Mount Sinai! ;D
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1 yr on Ashrail (??)Lighthouse coral reef in the Red Sea ..
Ashrafi Juzur maybe?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lighthouses_in_Egypt
right click on the coordinates in the list and see a map of where it is.
Or
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Juzur+Ashrafi,+Egypt/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x14525364714c620f:0x2d388f358afc2929?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi68efv5srrAhXjc98KHTU5CukQ8gEwE3oECA8QBg
edit: regular click, or if you're like me, right click then pick 'open in a new tab or window'
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Thanks very much everyone for all your leads. It's amazing how names/words get distorted over time, but I am pretty sure Ashrafi Juzur sounds about right. After a lot of mucking about I actually got Gt Uncle Tony's naval records as a stoker then signaller.
Was wondering if anyone new what the entry "Joined P or RyR POB Y39 6.8.08 means?
Its known that Anthony Samuel Taulbut settled in Canada in 1908 under some migration/settlement scheme. He went on to be an active and innovative member in the early days of Mission City and most of the artefacts in the Mission museum belonged to him. He migrated with 52 boxes!
Once again thanks for your help everyone.
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Might those abbreviations be something to do with some naval service record abbreviations:
PVR - Premature Voluntary Release
PO/ - service number prefix for Portsmouth Division
Y39 - his age? But 1908discharge - 1874birth = 34