by Calvin Evans
Twillingate Sun, Twillingate, NL.
Western Star, Corner Brook, NL.
D. Old Census Data for Newfoundland, by date
Sir John Berry Census, 1675. The Names of the English Inhabitants with the number of their boats, men, wives and children (from Bonavista to Trepassy). Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s. Sir John Berry did others in 1677, 1681, 1684, 1698 (heads of households only) and 1708. Only the 1675 and 1677 records were checked in this case.
Shortis, H. F. All about Pirates. Pirates and Census, 1675. Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s. (This includes a census of Newfoundland from Cape Race to Cape Bonavista, 1675).
Planters living in St. John’s, 1681. Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s.
Smith, Warwick. Trinity 1753-1768. Typed manuscript. Signed 15 December 1939. Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s.
Handcock, W. Gordon. Historical Documents and Reference Material on Trinity, Census 1753. Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s.
Old Properties. Early Residents of St. John’s, 1780-1781. A Project of the Newfoundland Archives. Authorized by the Minister of Provincial Affairs. Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s.
Census of St. John’s for 1794-1795. Colonial Secretary’s Office. Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s.
Kirwin, William and James Feltham. An Index to the Names in an Account of Inhabitants residing in the Harbour and Districts of St. John’s, 1794/1795. Public Reference Library, Department of English Language and Literature, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, 1968.
Shortis, H. F. Old St. John’s. Partial Census 1796-1797. Written by H. F. Shortis, Esquire. Reprinted from The Cadet, 1916. A project of the Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Archives authorized by Hon. J. R. Chalker, Minister of Provincial Affairs. Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, printed in 1971.
Return of the Number of Houses, Inhabitants, fishing rooms…in the winter of 1800 and 1801, with the number of servants and total of wages given (for) Trinity. Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s.
Number of Inhabitants in the Harbours of Brigus, Cupids, Bareneed, Port de Grave for 1817. Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s.
Payne, Brian M. An Analysis of Criminal and Civil Cases in Ferryland and Placentia Court Records. Paper, 1972. Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s.
E. Registers of Fishing Rooms
Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s.
Conception Bay Plantation Book 1805, including “Back Rooms.” 158 pages; 1062 entries; about 147 women referenced in the Plantation Book.
Survey of Plantations in Conception Bay 1807. (Largely a duplication of previous entry).
Register of Fishing Rooms in Bonavista 1805-06. Total of 91 Rooms. At least seven women referenced.
Twillingate and Places Adjacent. Register of Fishing Rooms, January 3, 1806. Total of 29 Rooms. At least six women referenced.
F. Miscellaneous
An Act for declaring all landed property in Newfoundland real chattels, June 12, 1834. Legislative Library, House of Assembly, St. John’s.
The Consolidated Statutes of Newfoundland, 1871. Chapter XCV. Of the Protection of Married Women. Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s.
An Act to Amend the Law Relating to the Property of Married Women, April 26, 1876. Legislative Library, House of Assembly, St. John’s.
An Act to Amend the Law Relating to the Property of Married Women, April 21, 1883. Legislative Library, House of Assembly, St. John’s.
An Act to Amend the Married Women’s Property Act of 1883, passed July 4, 1895. Legislative Library, House of Assembly, St. John’s.
The Consolidated Statutes of Newfoundland, 1916. Chapter 112. Of the Property of Married Women. Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s.
Acts of the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island, 1903. Charlottetown: John Coombs, King’s Printer, 1903. Government Documents Department, McGill University Libraries, Montreal.
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty’s Province of New Brunswick, passed in the months of February and March, 1895. Fredericton: G. E. Fenety, Printer to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, 1895. Government Documents Department, McGill University Libraries, Montreal.
Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1900. Government Documents Department, McGill University Libraries, Montreal.
Quebec. Civil Code. 1866. Chapter Third. II. Of the clause of separation of property. Government Documents Department, McGill University Libraries, Montreal.
Statuts de Quebec, 1963-64. Government Documents Department, McGill University Libraries, Montreal.
Quebec. Registrar of Shipping. Scrapbook of directives to the Registrar of Shipping from Dept. of Marine & Fisheries, and registers, letterbooks, etc. pertaining to shipping in a particular port, 1850-1958. Ontario Public Archives, Ottawa.
Ferryland Petition. 1696, November 27. To his most sacred Majesty, William the 3rd of England & Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith. (re. French aggression). Provincial Reference Department, A.C. Hunter Library, St. John’s.
Court Records. Placentia, 1757-1786, 1786-1803, 1805-1806. Provincial Reference Department, A.C. Hunter Library, St. John’s.
-------. St. John’s, 1758-1759. Provincial Reference Department, A.C. Hunter Library, St. John’s.
-------. Ferryland, 1773-1786. Provincial Reference Department, A.C. Hunter Library, St. John’s.
-------. Trepassey, 1789-1804. Provincial Reference Department, A.C. Hunter Library, St. John’s.
-------. Burin, 1825. Provincial Reference Department, A.C. Hunter Library, St. John’s.
Personal Names File. Provincial Reference Department, A.C. Hunter Public Library, St. John’s.
G. Manuscript Collections, by date All in Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s.
Carter-Barrett Bill of Sale, 1711, Old Perlican.
Burt Family Papers, Old Perlican, early 1700s.
John Slade & Co., Twillingate, c. 1783-1862.
Parsons Family, Harbour Grace, c. 1792-1959.
Ferryland Papers – Carter and Nunan, 1810-1850.
Morris & Ryan, merchants, Burin and St. John’s, c. 1811-1826.
Thomas Slade and William Cox, Twillingate, c. 1815-1840.
Richard Morris of St. John’s, c. 1817-1826.
Nathaniel Woodley Collection, St. John’s, c. 1825-1866.
Bolton & Bolton, Carbonear. Ledger and Daybooks, 1834-37.
Fowlow Family of Trinity, c. 1837-1848. Reference to Richard and Amelia Purchase, 1837.
Mary Wells Collection, English Harbour, c. 1839-1876.
Mary A. Simms Collection, Ferryland, c. 1839-1888.
Marshall Family of Burin, c. 1857-1888.
Cape Broyle & Area, (Rough Diary), 1914-1946.
H. Letters, Pictures and Completed Questionnaires received from:
Ruth Beckley, Winchester, Massachusetts
Christie Bradley, Grand Bank, Newfoundland
Oliver K. Black, Salem, Massachusetts
James A. H. Carr, Toronto (and Grand Bank, Newfoundland)
Carrie R. Dancey, St. John’s (and Burin, Newfoundland)
Ann Eddy, North Harbour, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
Tom Foote, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (and Grand Bank, Newfoundland)
Eric Martin Gosse, Spaniard’s Bay, Newfoundland
Evelyn Grondin, Curator, Burin Heritage House, Newfoundland
Gerald Hann, Petite Forte, Newfoundland
Eliza Hearn, St. John’s (and Harbour Breton, Newfoundland)
Earle Hickey, Petite Forte, Newfoundland
Lloyd and Malvina Hol
lett, Burin Bay Arm, Newfoundland
Wayne Hollett, Burin, Newfoundland
Eva Linehan, Branch, Newfoundland
Stephen J. March, Old Perlican, Newfoundland
Margaret A. O’Brien, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland
Debbie Petite, English Harbour West (and Mose Ambrose, Newfoundland)
Maureen Regan, Halifax, Nova Scotia (and Cape Broyle, Newfoundland)
Dr. Grace M. Sparkes, St. John’s (and Grand Bank, Newfoundland)
Capt. Harry W. Stone, St. John’s (and Monroe, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland)
Beverly Warford, Point Leamington, Newfoundland
INDEX
Women and Ships
A. B. Flynn, 186
A. & R. Martin, 103
A. G. Eisnor, 110
A. H. Whitman, 185
A. M. Hatcher, 137, 196
Abbott, Elizabeth, 69
Abbott, Sarah, 75
Abbott, Vera, 56
Ackerman, Edna, 152
Active, 96
Ada, 130, 174
Adams, Dinah, 78
Addison, 17
Adelaide, 114
Admiral Drake, 180, 181, 193
Agnes R, 33, 124, 183
Aigle de Mer, 153
Albatross V, 153
Alcala, 128
Alhambia, 102
Alice, 182
Alice M. Nash, 137, 194
Allan Graham, 107
Allardyce, Lady Elsie, 31
Allen, Joyce, 144
Alma, 173
Alpha, 24, 97, 129, 217
Alvida, 18
Anderson, Grace, 38
Andrews, Ann, 175
Andrews, Mother of George, 220
Andrews, Mary, 220
Andrews, Sarah, 173
Anita C., 89
Anita Joyce, 191
Ann, 98, 104, 119, 144
Ann Amelia, 114
Anne Harvey, 150
Annie (Brown), 38
Annie (Scott), 115
Annie K., 187
Annie Cheeseman, 137
Annie F. Hartigan, 110, 136
Anstey, Maggie, 108, 112, 113
Anthony, Mary, 212
Antle, Catherine, 211
Antle, Widow, 73, 211
Antoinette, 127
Anton C. Santos, 103
Arawana, 103
Argo, 176
Ariel, 144, 189
Arizona, 92
Arkadian K., 115
Artist, 90
Ashuanipi, 153
Aspendus, 113
Attainment, 132, 147, 159
Attila, 127
Audrey Bartlett, 92
Augustus Gordon, 197
Aurora, 70
Austin & Dianne, 92, 107, 161, 198
Aylward, Mary (Kilkenny), 78
Ayre, Sarah Blaikie, 91
Bagg, Mother-in-law of Joseph, 205
Baggs, Susannah R., 178
Bailey, Mary E., 180
Balding, Mary, 73, 218
Baltimore, Lady, 59
Banfield, Martha E., 116, 136
Banks, Julia Ann, 78
Banks, Sarah, 202
Barbour, Mrs. George, 143, 144
Barnes, Ann, 176
Barnes, Elizabeth, 78
Barrett (Barret), Sarah, 120, 213
Barron, Catherine, 175
Barry, Anne A., 179
Barry & Carol, 153
Bartlett, Jane, 92, 188
Batten, Miss, 150
Batton, Wife of Samuel, 209
Bearns, Widow, 63
Beatrice, 173
Beaupre, Madame, 52
Belcher Queen, 197
Belinda, 96
Bell, Martha E., 127, 134
Bellona, 110
Bendle, Frances, 56
Benger, Mary (Kirke), 63, 64, 66
Benjamin, 108, 112
Bennett, Mary Ann, 180
Bennett, Myra Maud, 109, 125, 146
Benson, Martha, 104, 105, 130
Beothic II, 153
Berkshire, Annie Northover, 122, 134, 144, 165
Bertha Joyce, 122
Bertha May, 108, 125, 130
Bessie, 176
Bessie Louise, 188
Bessie M., 133
Best, Mrs., 77
Bethune, Sarah (Chancey), 114
Betty Zane, 129
Beulah Mae, 193
Bide, Widow, 75
Billard, Bessie, 106, 125
Billard, Harriet (Edwards), 92, 161
Billard, Maud (Clarke), 30, 31, 92, 106, 107, 125, 161, 162, 165, 198
Birch Hill, 88, 141
Bishop, Ann, 128
Bishop, Edith Blanche, 190
Bishop, Mary Frances, 87, 136
Blackmore, Irene Jane, 91
Blackwood, Annie B., 128
Blackwood, Elsie May, 133, 185, 197
Blake, Margaret, 87, 116, 129
Blanche Clarke, 184
Blandford, Maria, 78
Blue Surf, 94
Bluenose, 128
Bogota, 26
Bolan, Sarah, 204
Bonavista, 87
Bonham, Julia C., 23
Bonny, Anne, 18
Bonny Girl, 153
Bonny Lass (Simmons), 130, 173
Bonny Lass (McDonald, rebuilt), 89, 125, 174
Boone, Mary, 78
Booth, Evangeline, 87
Boucherville, Louise Charlotte (Collar), 54
Bouzane, Lillian, 145
Boyce, Hannah, 181, 193
Bradley, Mary Rosella, 134
Brady, Elizabeth, 69
Bragg, Jessie (Port Union), 91, 131, 187
Bragg, Jessie Beatrice (St. John’s), 179
Bragg, Mary, 195
Bragg, Millicent, 195
Braseel, Mary Ann, 78
Brazilian Patriot, 82
Brennan, Mary, 78
Brenton, Margaret, 137, 184
Brenton, Mary Ann, 110
Bride and Annie Dunphy, 92
Bridie M. Power, 177
Brisk, 100
Britannia, 114, 195
Brooks, Edith, 145
Brothers, 130
Brown, Ann, 78
Brown, Catherine, 98, 111, 129, 135
Brown, Cecilia, 38
Brown, Marjorie, 152
Brown, Rachel, 78
Brown sisters, 75
Browning, Elizabeth, 40
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 49
Brunswick, 178
Bryan, Catherine, 73, 206, 208
Buckingham, Mary, 215
Buckland, Phoebe (Herridge), 106, 107, 125, 198
Buffett, Amelia Valencia, 196
Buffett, Julia (Forsey), 116
Bullen, Sarah Ann, see Annie Hickey Burdock, Jessie A., 178
Burges, Maria, 78
Burgess, Hannah Rebecca Crowell, 18, 26, 27
Burns, Eleanor, 42
Burt, Margery, 62
Burt, Saranna, 70
Burton, Dorothy (“doctoring”), 75
Butler, Alice I., 193
Butler, Mary, 209
Butt, Angela, 150
Butt, Diana, 113
Butt, Emily Jane, 124, 144
Butt, Mother-in-law of Thomas, 206
Butt, Violet Blanche, 31, 33, 107, 124, 156, 183
Button, Lucy Embree, 187
C. W. J., 127
Cabot, 132
Cactus, 91
Cahill, Mother-in-law of Michl., 205
Caines, Amie, 135
Caines, Emily, 135
Calvin Anne, 106, 125
Calypso, 97, 118
Campbell, Fanny, 18
Campbell, Mary, 140
Canning, Mary, 186
Cape La Hune, 153
Caravan, Mother-in-law of Thos., 213
Carolyn Marie, 106
Carr, Eleanor Hickman (Harris), 102, 103
Carrie K., 173
Carrie McK., 173
Carter, Carrie, 177
; Carter, Hannah Elizabeth, 194
Carter, Mrs. John, Sr., 114
Carter, Lydia, 196
Carter, Martha, 178
Carter, Mary, 69
Carter, Mary Ellen, 182
Carter, Mrs. (Widow of John Sr.), 114
Catherine (Brown), 98, 129, 136
Catherine (Stoneman), 99
Catherine M. Moulton, 100
Catherine P. Follett, 182
Cecil Belle, 108
Celerity, 126
Centenary, 131
Chalk, Emma Jane, 174
Challenger, 26
Chancey, Julia, 113, 114
Charles W. Morgan, 25
Charlie and Eric, 93, 139
Chaulk, Mrs. Jasper, 145
Chauvenet, 188
Cheeseman, Annie Marie, 137, 198
Chesley R., 109, 124
Chesley Russell, 106
Chetwynd, Rebecca, 180
Chislett, Harriet (Stroud), 131, 137, 196
Chris & Pete, 153
Christie M., 91
Christina, 98
Church, Ruth Orr, 100
Clara, 148, 149, 174
Clara Murray, 187
Clarence B.,182, 184
Clark, Marjorie, 55, 68
Clarke, Emily (Billard), 184
Clarke, Georgina T. (Elliott), 101
Clarke, Sarah W. (Tucker), 101
Clay, Joan, 62
Clematis, 179
Clements, Mrs. Catherine, 67, 68, 137, 138
Cluett, Sarah, 84
Cobb, Effie Violet, 167
Cole, Fannie Roberta, 152
Cole, Mary, 73, 208
Colelough, Charlotte, 100, 119
Collier, Jane, 110, 111
Collier, Mary Elizabeth, 106
Collins, Judith, 152
Collins, Ruth & Sons, 74
Collins, Sarah Gosse, 149
Collishaw, Araminta Frances, 183
Connell, Mother of Michael, 204
Cook(e), Jane, 44, 219
Coombes, 107, 122
Cooper, Mary Margaret, see Margaret Stone
Corbut, Grandmother of Michl., 207
Cormorant, 153
Corona, 57
Coronation, 179
Cottman, Martha, 39, 40
Cousins, 172
Coveduck, Ann, 73, 210
Crant, Hilda Mary, 189
Crapo, Caroline, 25
Crib, Miss, 56
Critchell, Caroline, 110
Crocker, Mother of William, 205, 206
Crosbie, Lady Mitchie Ann (Manuel), 117, 127, 146
Crowe, Janey Congden, 56
Cullin, Mary, 73, 208
Cumberland, 88, 123
Cummins, Catherine, 99, 136
Cummins, Catherine (daughter), 99
Cummins, Lizzie Agnes, 99
