First Lighthouse Keeper of Coquet Lighthouse as assigned by the Duke of Northumberland in 1839.
William (nicknamed 'Laddie') was the first son and child born to William and Thomasin Darling. The young growing family soon moved to Brownsman Island, as William Sr became assistant lighthouse keeper. As a child William Jnr was brought up on the island and would have helped his father. At sixteen he left Brownsman to become an apprentice joiner in Alnwick. William married Ann Cobb in Belford in 1837. They had six children. He still made visits back home - now at Longstone. On a family visit at Christmas 1834 he was involved in a sea rescue when, with his father and two of his brothers, they rescued one survivor from a wreck off Knavestone Rock at great danger to themselves.
In 1839 the Duke of Northumberland ordered the construction of a lighthouse on Coquet Island. The Duke had taken an active interest in the Darlings affairs since the Forfarshire rescue and recommended their eldest son William as the first lighthouse keeper at Coquet Island. William took up the post, moving to the island with his wife. Grace went to stay with them briefly, a few months before she died.
William and Ann's children were:
William Cobb Darling (b. 21 Apr 1839 - d. Sep 1921)
Job Horsley Darling (b. abt Nov 1840 - d. 1896)
Grace Horsley Darling (b. 2 Jun 1843 - d. 1919)
James Darling (b. 25 Nov 1845 - d. 1917)
Robert Darling (b. abt Dec 1851 - d. 12 Apr 1932)
William Darling (b. 14 Nov 1853 - d. 30 Jan 1921)
William (nicknamed 'Laddie') was the first son and child born to William and Thomasin Darling. The young growing family soon moved to Brownsman Island, as William Sr became assistant lighthouse keeper. As a child William Jnr was brought up on the island and would have helped his father. At sixteen he left Brownsman to become an apprentice joiner in Alnwick. William married Ann Cobb in Belford in 1837. They had six children. He still made visits back home - now at Longstone. On a family visit at Christmas 1834 he was involved in a sea rescue when, with his father and two of his brothers, they rescued one survivor from a wreck off Knavestone Rock at great danger to themselves.
In 1839 the Duke of Northumberland ordered the construction of a lighthouse on Coquet Island. The Duke had taken an active interest in the Darlings affairs since the Forfarshire rescue and recommended their eldest son William as the first lighthouse keeper at Coquet Island. William took up the post, moving to the island with his wife. Grace went to stay with them briefly, a few months before she died.
William and Ann's children were:
William Cobb Darling (b. 21 Apr 1839 - d. Sep 1921)
Job Horsley Darling (b. abt Nov 1840 - d. 1896)
Grace Horsley Darling (b. 2 Jun 1843 - d. 1919)
James Darling (b. 25 Nov 1845 - d. 1917)
Robert Darling (b. abt Dec 1851 - d. 12 Apr 1932)
William Darling (b. 14 Nov 1853 - d. 30 Jan 1921)
First Lighthouse Keeper of Coquet Lighthouse as assigned by the Duke of Northumberland in 1839.
William (nicknamed 'Laddie') was the first son and child born to William and Thomasin Darling. The young growing family soon moved to Brownsman Island, as William Sr became assistant lighthouse keeper. As a child William Jnr was brought up on the island and would have helped his father. At sixteen he left Brownsman to become an apprentice joiner in Alnwick. William married Ann Cobb in Belford in 1837. They had six children. He still made visits back home - now at Longstone. On a family visit at Christmas 1834 he was involved in a sea rescue when, with his father and two of his brothers, they rescued one survivor from a wreck off Knavestone Rock at great danger to themselves.
In 1839 the Duke of Northumberland ordered the construction of a lighthouse on Coquet Island. The Duke had taken an active interest in the Darlings affairs since the Forfarshire rescue and recommended their eldest son William as the first lighthouse keeper at Coquet Island. William took up the post, moving to the island with his wife. Grace went to stay with them briefly, a few months before she died.
William and Ann's children were:
William Cobb Darling (b. 21 Apr 1839 - d. Sep 1921)
Job Horsley Darling (b. abt Nov 1840 - d. 1896)
Grace Horsley Darling (b. 2 Jun 1843 - d. 1919)
James Darling (b. 25 Nov 1845 - d. 1917)
Robert Darling (b. abt Dec 1851 - d. 12 Apr 1932)
William Darling (b. 14 Nov 1853 - d. 30 Jan 1921)
William (nicknamed 'Laddie') was the first son and child born to William and Thomasin Darling. The young growing family soon moved to Brownsman Island, as William Sr became assistant lighthouse keeper. As a child William Jnr was brought up on the island and would have helped his father. At sixteen he left Brownsman to become an apprentice joiner in Alnwick. William married Ann Cobb in Belford in 1837. They had six children. He still made visits back home - now at Longstone. On a family visit at Christmas 1834 he was involved in a sea rescue when, with his father and two of his brothers, they rescued one survivor from a wreck off Knavestone Rock at great danger to themselves.
In 1839 the Duke of Northumberland ordered the construction of a lighthouse on Coquet Island. The Duke had taken an active interest in the Darlings affairs since the Forfarshire rescue and recommended their eldest son William as the first lighthouse keeper at Coquet Island. William took up the post, moving to the island with his wife. Grace went to stay with them briefly, a few months before she died.
William and Ann's children were:
William Cobb Darling (b. 21 Apr 1839 - d. Sep 1921)
Job Horsley Darling (b. abt Nov 1840 - d. 1896)
Grace Horsley Darling (b. 2 Jun 1843 - d. 1919)
James Darling (b. 25 Nov 1845 - d. 1917)
Robert Darling (b. abt Dec 1851 - d. 12 Apr 1932)
William Darling (b. 14 Nov 1853 - d. 30 Jan 1921)
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