Life on Hog Island


Days Gone By
from the Photographic Treasures of
Yvonne Marshall Widgeon
Willis Wharf

Navy Blimp Over Hog Island, 1943
Navy Blimp Over Hog Island, 1943

Hog Island, 1942
Hog Island, 1942

Motor Whale Boat
Motor Whale Boat

Coast Guard men stationed on Hog Island
Coast Guard men stationed on Hog
Island, 1950

Coast Guard Station
Coast Guard Station. 1920s
Coast Guard men stationed on Hog Island
Coast Guard men stationed on Hog
Island
Mable Mercer, Teacher, on steps of Broadwater Academy, Hog Island
Mable Mercer, Teacher, on steps of Broadwater Academy, Hog Island
Irving Bowen preparing to move his boat where it had washed up in the yard of the house Hilda was living in at the time of the 1936 Hurricane (Sept.)
Irving Bowen preparing to move his boat where it had washed up in the yard of the house Hilda was living in at the time of the 1936 Hurricane (Sept.)
Gerald Bowen and Yvonne Marshall (now Widgeon), Cousins

Gerald Bowen and Yvonne Marshall (now Widgeon), Cousins


Gerald Bowen and Yvonne Marshall (Widgeon) 1938 or 1939
Gerald Bowen and Yvonne Marshall (Widgeon) 1938 or 1939


Store and Post Office on Hog Island. Moved to Willis Wharf in 1943 by John L. Marshal (father of Yvonne Marshall) to become family home.
Store and Post Office on Hog Island. Moved to Willis Wharf in 1943 by John L. Marshal (father of Yvonne Marshall) to become family home.
Mildred Doughty Smith, Hog Island. teacher
Mildred Doughty Smith, 
Hog Island. teacher

John L. Marshall and his cousin Pauline Lewis Phillips
John L. Marshall and his cousin Pauline Lewis Phillips, 1942

Hog Island bathing beauties. Aunt Hilda Tittermary, Virginia Bell Carroll, Lily Bradford Smith, Mable Bell Hamblin.
Hog Island bathing beauties. Aunt
Hilda Tittermary, Virginia Bell Carroll, Lily
Bradford Smith, Mable Bell Hamblin, 1932.
Lillian Doughty
Lillian Doughty

Ethel Doughty Joynes, 1902
Ethel Doughty Joynes, 1902

March 10, 1924 Ethel (Doughty) Joynes (Sister to the Grandmother of Yvonne Marshall Widgeon) Enjoying the warm sun by the high bank.
March 10, 1924
Ethel (Doughty) Joynes
(Sister to the Grandmother of Yvonne Marshall Widgeon)
Enjoying the warm sun by the high bank.

 

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Ethel Doughty Joynes taken on Dicky Ridge just before we got to Forest Royal 3360 ft.
Ethel Doughty Joynes taken on Dicky Ridge just before we got to Forest Royal 3360 ft., 1955
Russell Bowen, Arthur Marsh, Ray Phillips, Fred Marsh, Elmer Doughty, Harry Bowen, John Higsby, Otto Phillips, Raymond Phillips, Earl Doughty
Russell Bowen, Arthur Marsh, Ray Phillips, Fred Marsh, Elmer Doughty, Harry Bowen, John Clark Higbee, Otto Phillips, Raymond Phillips, Earl Doughty, 1919
Keepers Dwelling, Broadwater
Keepers Dwelling, Broadwater, 1920s
"Sud" Bell
"Sud" Bell, 1940

 

Charles R. Doughty, son of George Edward and his wife Mary. Born Sept. 4, 1889; died June 5, 1936.  Charles was the brother of the Grandmother of Yvonne Marshall Widgeon. He served in World War I.
Charles R. Doughty, son of George Edward and his wife Mary. Born Sept. 4, 1889; died June 5, 1936.
Charles was the brother of the Grandmother of Yvonne Marshall Widgeon. He served in World War I.
"Sud" Bell
"Sud" Bell, 1940

 

Charles Doughty
Charles Doughty, 1918

 

Old Coast Guard Station and dock
Old Coast Guard Station and dock

 

The Marsh Family
The Marsh Family, 1915

 

The store and P.O. as it looked in the 30s
The store and P.O. as it looked in the 30s

 

The first Hog Island. Lighthouse, built in 1852
The first Hog Island. Lighthouse, built in
1852

 

 

Lighthouse. Construction began in 1892/ Completed in 1896. After serving seamen for 52 years, it was abandoned. Blown down by dynamite in 1948.
Lighthouse. Construction 1892- 1896. After serving seamen for 52 years, it was abandoned. Blown down by dynamite in 1948.

Lighthouse
Lighthouse
House
House
Aerial View  Two Houses
Aerial View
Two Houses
Wharf, Hog Island
Wharf, Hog Island
Aerial View, Looking South, Broadwater, VA
Aerial View, Looking South, Broadwater, VA

 

Aerial View
Aerial View
School Photo, Teachers and Children
School Photo, Teachers and Children, 1924

 

Back of School Photo with names of teachers and children
Back of School Photo with names 
Children at Broadwater, Hog Island, School in 1928

Children at Broadwater, Hog Island, School in 1928

Members of Broadwater Methodist Church
Members of Broadwater Methodist
Church, 1932
Old Coast Guard Station, south End of Hog Island
Old Coast Guard Station, south End of Hog Island
Hilda in front of house built by Vernon Simpson in 1915 on Hog Island from salvaged lumber from old hotel
Hilda in front of house built by Vernon Simpson in 1915 on Hog Island from salvaged lumber from old hotel
Same house after its move to Willis Wharf.. Home of Charles Simpson.
Same house after its move to Willis Wharf.. Home of Charles Simpson.
Yvonne Marshall Widgeon's Simpson Grandparents.  "Grandmommie met Grandpoppie when she came to Hog Island to work in the hotel. She was raised in Quinby by the Bradfords. But was she a Bradford?"
Yvonne Marshall Widgeon's Simpson Grandparents.
"Grandmommie met Grandpoppie when she came to Hog Island to work in the hotel. She was raised in Quinby by the Bradfords. But was she a Bradford?" 1918
Lottie Doughty Simpson, Grandmother of Yvonne Marshall Widgeon
Lottie Doughty
Simpson, Grandmother of Yvonne Marshall Widgeon, 1932

James Vernon Simpson, Grandfather of Yvonne Marshall Widgeon
James Vernon Simpson, Grandfather of Yvonne Marshall Widgeon, 1950

Hog Island Reunion September 25, 1969 (?)
Hog Island Reunion
September 25, 1969 (?), 1989
James Waylon Simpson Born January 8, 1867; died July 30, 1935. Born and died on Hog Island. Waterman and Lighthouse keeper.  Mary Ellen Bradford Simpson. Born October 14, 1863, in Quinby, VA; Died on September 19, 1937, on Hog Island.  Photo taken at Old Point Comfort Lighthouse where he served as lighthouse keeper.
James Waylon Simpson Born January 8, 1867; died July 30, 1935. Born and died on Hog Island. Waterman and Lighthouse keeper.
Mary Ellen Bradford Simpson. Born October 14, 1863 in Quinby, VA; Died on September 19, 1937, on Hog Island.
Photo taken at Old Point Comfort Lighthouse where he served as lighthouse keeper.
History of the Simpson family. 
History of the Simpson family.
 Miss Nancy Kelly Great great great grandmother of Yvonne Marshall Widgeon
Miss Nancy Kelly
Great great great grandmother of Yvonne Marshall Widgeon, 1860
 Mamie Shep Doughty Robbins, Essie Lewis, Mary Ellen Simpson, Mary Riggen, Hallie Smith, Fannie Bell, Hilda Tittermary, child unknown.  In front of Aunt Fanny's house on Hog Island.
Mamie Shep Doughty Robbins,
Essie Lewis, Mary Ellen Simpson, Mary Riggen, Hallie Smith, Fannie Bell, Hilda Tittermary, child unknown.  In front of Aunt Fanny's house on Hog Island, 1927.
Hilda S. Tittermary and Olive S. Bown  (Aunts of Yvonne Marshall Widgeon)
Hilda S. Tittermary and Olive S. Bowen, 1930

(Aunts of Yvonne Marshall Widgeon)

Grafton Bowen and Charles Simpson
Grafton Bowen and Charles Simpson, 1930
George Edward Doughty and Mary Emma Lafferty Doughty, Greatgrandparents of Yvonne Marshall Widgeon
George Edward Doughty and Mary Emma Lafferty Doughty, Greatgrandparents of Yvonne Marshall Widgeon, 1927
"Hank" Marshall - Cook
"Hank" Marshall - Cook, 1950

 

36' motor boat
36' motor boat

 

Hog Island Light
Hog Island Light

 


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