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Lucien F. Morden

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TypePerson
Born1879-07-30
Died1900-12-14
ErasModern era
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Person
Born
1879-07-30
Died
1900-12-14
Work
Second assistant lighthouse keeper
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
maritimelighthousesshippingheritage

Summary

Lucien F. Morden, reported by a compiled genealogy as born July 30, 1879, was second assistant keeper at Squaw Island Light when the crew launched for Beaver Island on December 14, 1900. He handled the fore sheet during the sudden squall, but died after the boat capsized and the party drifted overnight.1

Contemporary and later accounts disagree on whether his home was Manitowoc or Montague, and the held reports do not provide his family, burial place, or lighthouse-service record beyond this episode. The reported birth date is retained as a source-qualified genealogical assertion, not a civil-record transcription.2

Open questions

  • Can a civil birth, lighthouse-service, or cemetery record confirm the reported birth date and resolve the Manitowoc/Montague residence conflict?

See also

Footnotes

  1. Held Beaver Beacon accounts of the December 14–15, 1900 Squaw Island light-crew tragedy. ↩

  2. “Family of George Parliament and Jane Garnier in Upper Canada,” compiled genealogy, PDF, accessed August 2, 2026. ↩

Sources

  1. Names Lucien Morden of Montague as second assistant keeper and reports his death after the capsizing.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1965-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1965-01_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Repeats his role handling the sail and his death during the overnight drift.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-12_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-12_Beaver-Beacon
  5. Independently identifies the second assistant as Lucien F. Morden; it does not provide a birth date, family connection, or burial record.
  6. Reports Lucien F. Morden as born July 30, 1879 and died December 14, 1900. The matching full name and death date connect it to the lighthouse casualty, but this is a compiled genealogy rather than an underlying civil birth record; the exact birth date remains source-qualified.

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Lucien F. Morden”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/lucien-f-morden/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1965, “48 Years Ago Tragedy Struck Squaw Island Light Crew; Lone Survivor Tells Story.” (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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