- American lighthouse keeper noted for her heroism in rescuing people from the sea.
| Real name: | Idawalley Zorada Lewis-Wilson | | Born: | 25 February 1842 Comment | | When did Ida Lewis die? / Died | 25 October 1991 | | How many years did Ida Lewis live? / Lived | 149 years | | Where was Ida Lewis born? | Newport, Rhode Island Rhode Island, US | | Where did Ida Lewis die? / Deathplace | Lime Rock, US | | Zodiac sign: | Pisces |
Ida Lewis Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is Ida Lewis worth? | Under review
| | Nationality: | American |
Who was Ida Lewis? / Facts
- She was the oldest of four children of Captain Hosea Lewis of the Revenue-Marine
- Her father was transferred to the Lighthouse Service and appointed keeper of Lime Rock Light on Lime Rock in Newport in 1854, taking his family to live on the rock in 1857
- After the family had been at Lime Rock for less than four months, he had a stroke and became disabled
- Lewis expanded her domestic duties to include caring for him and a seriously ill sister and also, with her mother's assistance, tending the light: filling the lamp with oil at sundown and again at midnight, trimming the wick, polishing carbon off the reflectors, and extinguishing the light at dawn.
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Last update: 26 February 2017
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