Abbie Burgess
Abbie Burgess Grant (1839–1892) bụ onye na-elekọta ụlọ ọkụ America mara maka obi ike ya n'ichekwa Matinicus Rock Light na Maine n'oge oke mmiri ozuzo na 1856. O mere nke a ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ otu ọnwa mgbe nna ya, onye nlekọta isi, na-anọghị ya. site n'àgwàetiti ahụ. Omume dike ya dọtara mmasị nke ukwuu, n'oge na-adịghịkwa anya ọ ghọrọ dike ama ama.
Akụkọ ndụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Abbie bụ nwa nke anọ n'ime ụmụ itoolu Samuel na ekele (Phinney) Burgess, [1] [2] onye kwagara Matinicus Rock na 1853 ka ọ bụrụ onye na-elekọta ụlọ ọkụ ya.[3] Ọ bụ ezie na ọ dị nanị afọ 15, n'oge na-adịghị anya ọ weghaara ọrụ nke ilekọta ụlọ ọkụ ka Samuel nwee ike ịkụ azụ na ijide lobster, nke o rere na Rockland, Maine, kilomita 40 site na ya. N'ime ụlọ ọkụ ahụ, ọ chọtara osisi onye na-eche ọkụ, bụ nke kọwara oke oke mmiri ozuzo nke dakwasịrị Matinicus Rock, gụnyere nke na 1839 nke mebiri ụlọ ọkụ mbụ ahụ..[1]
Oké osimiri nke 1856
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Na Jenụwarị 1856, Samuel hapụrụ Abbie, Thankful, na ụmụnne ya nwanyị ndị ọ tọrọ iji lekọta ụlọ ọkụ ahụ ka ọ na-aga inweta ihe na Rockland. Onye na-egbutu ọkụ nke kwesiri inye ezinụlọ ahụ apụtaghị maka nnyefe ya na Septemba, nri na mmanụ maka ọkụ na-agbada. Ọ tụrụ egwu na ezinụlọ ahụ nwere ike ịnọ n'àgwàetiti ahụ n'oge oyi niile n'enweghị ihe ọ bụla. Ọ boro Abbie ebubo na ọ ga-elekọta ma ezinụlọ ya ma ụlọ ọkụ ahụ.[2]
Ọbụna mgbe oké ifufe ahụ kwụsịrị, ebili mmiri ahụ bụ ihe aghụghọ nke ukwuu maka Samuel ịlaghachi maka izu atọ ọzọ. Ezinụlọ ahụ na-eri otu iko ọka na otu àkwá kwa ụbọchị ruo mgbe Samuel nwere ike ịlaghachi na ihe ndị ọzọ.[3]
Ndụ e mesịrị
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Samuel tụfuru ọnọdụ ya dị ka onye na-elekọta ụlọ ọkụ na 1861 maka ịghara ịkwado Abraham Lincoln.[4] (N'oge ahụ, ndị na-elekọta ụlọ ọkụ bụ ndị a họpụtara dịka onye isi ala.) Ọ bụ Captain John Grant nọchiri ya. Otú ọ dị, Abbie nọgidere na-azụ ya ma hụ nwa ya nwoke nke nta, Isaac n'anya. Ha mechara lụọ di na nwunye, ma rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye na-enyere ndị na-elekọta Matinicus Rock aka ruo afọ iri na anọ, ebe ha nwere ụmụ nwoke anọ. A kwagara ha na Whitehead Light off St. George, Maine, ebe ha jere ozi dị ka ndị na-elekọta ụlọ ọkụ ruo afọ iri na ise tupu ha ahapụ na 1890.[5]
Ihe Nketa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Abbie bụ isiokwu nke ọtụtụ akwụkwọ, gụnyere Akwụkwọ ụmụaka Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie nke Peter Roop, Connie Roop, na Peter E. Hanson, nke gosipụtara dị ka akwụkwọ aha nke ihe omume telivishọn ụmụaka Reading Rainbow, na Abbie Against the Storm nke Marcia Vaughan na Bill Farnsworth sere. Abbie bụkwa isiokwu nke ihe nkiri redio nke Your Story Hour, Abbie, the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter on Exciting Events, CD 1, nke e bipụtara na 2014. [6]
Abụ ọdịnala "Lighthouse Keeper" [7] nke Neptune's Car [8] sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ nke ụmụ nwanyị na-ere ọkụ gụnyere Abbie, Ida Lewis, na Katherine Walker.
N'afọ 1998, ndị United States Coast Guard nyere Cutter <i id="mwTg">Abbie Burgess</i> (WLM-553) , 175' Keeper-class buoy tender. Ọ nọ na Rockland ugbu a.[9]
N'afọ 2023, ụlọ ihe nkiri Chance dị na Anaheim, CA gosipụtara egwuregwu, "Matinicus: Akụkọ Abigail Burgess," nke Jenny Connell Davis dere, banyere oge Abbie na ezinụlọ ya na Matinicus Rock.[10]
Ebem si dee
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Abigail Burgess Grant. Rootsweb. Ancestry.com. Retrieved on 25 February 2017.
- ↑ D'Entremont. History of Matinicus Rock Light, Maine. New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide. Retrieved on 25 February 2017.
- ↑ Wood. Matinicus Rock Lighthouse. New England Lighthouses and Coastal Attractions. Allan Wood Photography. Retrieved on 25 February 2017.
- ↑ Abbie Burgess, Teenaged Heroine of Matinicus Rock Light. New England Historical Society (16 June 2014). Retrieved on 25 February 2017.
- ↑ Brassard (2008). Grant, Abbie Burgess. Maine, an Encyclopedia. Publius Research. Retrieved on 25 February 2017.
- ↑ Abbie, the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter. Your Story Hour. Retrieved on October 6, 2021.
- ↑ Lighthouse Keeper. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2017-04-06. Retrieved on 25 February 2017.
- ↑ Neptune's Car. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved on 25 February 2017.
- ↑ USCGC Abbie Burgess (WLM 553). United States Coast Guard. Retrieved on 25 February 2017.
- ↑ "Matinicus: The Story of Abigail Burgess" Show Page. Chance Theater. Retrieved on 29 March 2023.