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Catherine L <I>Doyle</I> Shook

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Catherine L Doyle Shook

Birth
New York, USA
Death
9 Aug 1860 (aged 50)
New Baltimore, Macomb County, Michigan, USA
Burial
New Baltimore, Macomb County, Michigan, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.6900056, Longitude: -82.7550417
Plot
Section 4 Lot 60
Memorial ID
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Catherine L Shook was The State of Michigan's first female lighthouse keeper. She became the keeper after her husband Peter Loren Shook, the first lighthouse keeper at the Pointe aux Barques Lighthouse just north of Port Hope Michigan drowned in a storm near the lighthouse.

For more historic information about Catherine Shook see. http://www.midwestguest.com/2010/08/pointe-aux-barques-lighthouse-stands-tall-at-the-tip-of-michigans-thumb-on-lake-huron.html
Catherine L Shook was The State of Michigan's first female lighthouse keeper. She became the keeper after her husband Peter Loren Shook, the first lighthouse keeper at the Pointe aux Barques Lighthouse just north of Port Hope Michigan drowned in a storm near the lighthouse.

For more historic information about Catherine Shook see. http://www.midwestguest.com/2010/08/pointe-aux-barques-lighthouse-stands-tall-at-the-tip-of-michigans-thumb-on-lake-huron.html


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