Charles Henry Lightbourn (1895 - abt. 1940)

Born 22 Feb 1895 in Nassau Bahamas

Ancestors

Husband of Evelyn Maude (Fernander) Lightbourn — married 26 Jan 1924 in Epworth Hall, Shirley street, Nassau Bahamas.

Descendants

Died about 18 Nov 1940 at about age 45 in Nassau Bahamas [uncertain]

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Charles Lightbourn is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Not much is known about Charles as he passed away in the 1940s. According to family lore, Charlie received a scratch which became septic leading to his death. Afterwards, Evelyn struggled to raise their three boys and as this was a time of great hardship for the family it was never talked about. On August 2nd 1917 Charles and two childhood friends sailed from Nassau to New York city on the SS Monterey. The passenger manifest gives their reason for entering the United States as being in transit to Canada to enlist in the British army. Then in 1918 Charles was working for the South Florida Energy and Construction Company when he registered for the draft. He was not accepted due to his poor vision. Charles' son Allison recalled that his dad built the boys a small wooden punt which they enjoyed rowing over to Hog Island where they fished and looked for bird eggs. His eldest son Reg, remembered their dad taking them to visit the Keeper of the Hog Island Lighthouse, a Mr. Hall who may have been a relative of their mother Evelyn.

Sources

• World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918 FLORIDA Monroe County, DuPont, Joseph Ira - Z Nassua County, A - Z
• "Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22583-18714-39?cc=1922411 : accessed 30 January 2016), Deaths 1938-1941 > image 392 of 546; Registrar General, Nassau.

• "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJCJ-Q4D : accessed 21 February 2016), Charles Henry Lightbourn, 05 Aug 1917; citing departure port Nassau, Bahamas, arrival port New York, ship name Monterey, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22579-21911-50?cc=1922411 : accessed 21 February 2016), Births 1894-1895 > image 232 of 428; Registrar General, Nassau.

• "Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22587-11249-32?cc=1922411 : accessed 31 January 2016), Marriages 1924-1925 > image 42 of 929; Registrar General, Nassau.

• "Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22583-18714-39?cc=1922411 : accessed 21 February 2016), Deaths 1938-1941 > image 392 of 546; Registrar General, Nassau.

• Personal recollections of family members.