Historical person · LUX-KEEPER-000001

Marie-Perrine Durand

Appointed in 1886 to light the Rosédo lighthouse on Île-de-Bréhat after the death of her husband, three years before the 1889 regulation formally recognized comparable appointments.

The source describes an annually renewed abonnement rather than a secure classified civil-service appointment.

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Service record

Station	Period	Historical role	Evidence
Rosédo lighthouse, Île-de-Bréhat	1886–1889 (annual renewal)	chargée de l’allumage par abonnementContracted lighthouse lighter	Jean-Christophe Fichou — Des femmes dans les phares : les gardiennes auxiliaires

Source-backed statements

Statement	Value	Date	Evidence
Appointment	Charged with lighting Rosédo after her lighthouse-keeper husband died in service.	1886	Jean-Christophe Fichou — Des femmes dans les phares : les gardiennes auxiliaires

Sources

Jean-Christophe Fichou — Des femmes dans les phares : les gardiennes auxiliairesNames Marie-Perrine Durand, Rosédo, the 1886 appointment, widowhood context, annual abonnement, and renewal through 1889.

This page records a historical public role. It does not infer private facts, and it keeps uncertainty where the source does not establish an exact appointment or date.