January

The newly opened Little Bay Bazaar was doing well with profits being used to complete the RC church and to build a house for Father O’Flynn. The local custom involved Mr. Lynch leading the Little Bay Brass Band through town to the Hall in announcing the opening of the Bazaar at 3pm. Its decorations were said to be “especially profuse” and the Hall was divided so that “each stall formed a kind of triumphal arch, and was laden with various useful articles suitable for all classes, great taste being displayed by the ladies in arranging the goods to advantage, which together with banners, festoons, flags and other decorations formed a very pretty sight” for displaying its sale items. The band performed “each evening to discourse sweet airs and enliven matters” (Twillingate Sun, January 1883).

Items for sale at the Bazaar:

A very handsome Epergne
A very handsome silver plated Water Jug
A pretty silver Tea Sett
A Silver plated Jewel Case
China Tea Setts
Oil and other Paintings
Many handsome cushions
Antimacassars
Ornaments
Toys for children in endless variety
Easy chairs
And other items too numerous to mention

February

There were two very different types of entertainment happening in the community with each backed by opposing groups. On the 17th the sport of cricket was first introduced to the town by Mr. John Lamb – this was gonna turn out to be a really big deal (Evening Telegram, Sept 1883). Meanwhile, the first concert of the season took place in February and it was reported that “Little Bay audiences are proverbial for their gentlemanly and lady like behaviour at all public entertainments” (Twillingate Sun, February, 1883). Mr. Wallace demonstrated Magic Lantern Views at the end of the show.

Programme:

Opening remarks – Mr. E. C. Wallace
Misses Blandford – Piano duet
Mr. Rendell and Mr. Porter – song “Mr. and Mrs. Claudle”
Mr. John C. Thompson – dance “Jig”
Mr. Redden and Mr. Thorpe – dialogue “Jerry Dooland”
Little Bay Band – Instrumental performance
Mr. E. F. Berteau – song “Always do as I do”
Mr. Cleary and Mr. Berteau – dialogue – “Darby McKevion”
Mr. John C. Thompson – dance “Clog”
Mr. John W. Crane – song “Musical miseries”
Mr. W. Rollings – recitation “That accounts for the milk in the cocoa nut”
Miss Blandford, Mr. Burgess, Mr. McLeod, and Mr. Berteau – “Those awful boots”
Mr. John Thorpe – “Jemmy boy’s voyage to America”
Mr. E. C. Wallace – Magic Lantern Views
God Save the Queen

March

Little Bay submitted a petition to the Board of Works to allow money “for the purpose of making a road to the Roman Catholic Chapel. At present the people were obliged to get over a very dangerous precipice in order to reach the Chapel” (Evening Telegram, March 1883). On the 12th of March the first performance of the Little Bay Music and Dramatic Club took place (Twillingate Sun, March 1883).

Programme:

Overture – Little Bay Band
Opening remarks – Mr. E. C. Wallace
Round – “Three Blind Mice” – Company
“Trouble in Part” – Mr. C. O. B. Reddin

“Inery inch a Gintlemen” – (Irish Comedy)
Dramatis Personae:
Pat McMurtrie was played by Mr. George F. Cleary
Van Gordon Stafford was played by Dr. Henderson
Charles Mansfield was played by Mr. E. R. Burgess
Mrs. Chapman was played by Miss Alyward
Miss. Chapman was played by Miss E. Blandford

Song – “Midshipmite” – Mr. E. C. Wallace
Music – Little Bay Band
Dar’s the Monkey – (Negro Farco) – Mr. Rendell and Mr. Porter
Song – “Negro” – Mr. Rendell and Mr. Porter

“From Punkin Ridge or Belinde and Jonathan”
Dramatis Personae:
Mr. Brown was played by Mr. John Thompson
Harry Clifton was played by Mr. R. J. Berteau
Mr. Slimroy was played by Mr. E. R. Burgess
Johnathan Seruggins was played by Mr. C. O. B. Reddin
Detective was played by Mr. John Nowlan
Four Policemen – Company
Miss Brown was played by Mr. E. C. Wallace
Annie Brown was played by Miss. E. Blandford
Belinda Jane Hopkins was played by Mr. John W. Smythe

God Save the Queen

April

There were several schools in town; Catholic, Episcopalian, and Presbyterian. The Episcopalian teacher was Mr. Burgess (Wells). This spring the Presbyterian school ran by Mr. Fitzpatrick saw “the increase in Sunday School attendance and at services. There were almost 100 pupils in [his] day school. At that time the community was prosperous. There was work for all and no need for poverty in the town. [The] majority of the Protestants along the coast and in Little Bay were now Episcopalians” (Moncrieff).

Fire was an ongoing problem. On April 13 a fire destroyed the home of Mr. J. A. Hubly. Mrs. Hubly awoke to the smoke and sprang into action saving her husband and children. Mr. Hubly was quoted saying “I cannot say too much to praise the people of the place, who did so much to provide” (Evening Telegram, May 1883). Further difficulties came this month when “the Consolidated Mining Company put the mine on contract and laid off 100 men. The remaining workers” formed a union and had a strike (Martin).

May

The men went on strike again in May which “precipitated a general meeting at which mine manager E.C. Wallace declared that he approved of the union and would give all miners an equal share of the work. The village minister arose next to preach the immorality of preventing one’s fellow man from working. The point was made, and the miners returned underground” (Martin).

June

June 5th saw a public legal battle between mine captain Philip McVicar and the Newfoundland Consolidated Copper Company where he’d worked for the last three years “in reference to the picking of copper from ‘waste dumps’ at Little Bay Mines” and a sum of money was owed the plaintiff. The mining company “disputed its liability” (Evening Telegram, June 1883). The first smelters arrived this summer and the “labour disputes and job shortages vanished” (Martin). But all was not well, in a letter to the editor on the 22nd was the complaint; “We were always under the impression that the mail should be delivered at least two hours after the mail boat’s arrival. But [that] is not the case. We must first become officers of the Company before that honour will be bestowed on us [. . .] and that’s not all [for] if we did not appear as meek and gentle as lambs, we would stand in danger of getting our heads snapped off” (Evening Telegram, June 1883).

July 

July 18th saw the home of Magistrate J. B. Blandford destroyed. No one was hurt as the fire was noticed in time by Constable Nowlan but the building and most of their belongings were lost. “All efforts were used to extinguish the fire but without avail and in a short time it had gained such complete mastery that the greatest difficulty was experienced in trying to save a few articles of furniture from the lower room” (Twillingate Sun, July 1883). The police were called away to the French Shore on July 24 (Wells).

The first official cricket match took place on the 28th with one team composed of bachelors and the other of benedicts – unmarried vs married men (Twillingate Sun, July 1883). Married: J.O. Thompson, J. W. Crane, George F. Cleary, Robert Malcolm, C. O. B. Reddin, John Duder, William Walsh, Mr. Badge, Patrick Hearn, Joseph McKinnon, Hugh Kennedy. Single: William Costigan, Walter Rollings, F. H. Berteau, E. R. Burgess, E. F. Berteau, R. D. Walsh, Edward Dohenry, Robert McKay, T. R. Walsh, Lionel Chanoby, John Lamb

August

On August 3rd Little Bay’s “first sailing race of the season took place [. . .] between the Hiawatha and Annie Maria. [. . .] The course was about five miles and return. The boats made a good start [but] the Hiawatha gained rapidly [. . .] winning the race by fourteen minutes. The winning boat was sailed by Mr. E. R. Burgess, the Annie Maria by Mr. Alfred Holston. Great interest was taken in the race, and considerable money changed hands” (Evening Telegram, August 1883). On the same day Sergeant Thomas Wells, an avid supporter of the Temperance movement arrived to start laying down the law. In his diaries he wrote of his experiences in the town. On the 6th he took the tramway to the big mill with the Magistrate to issue a summons. On the 7th the “Magistrate held court in police barracks” (Wells, P. 2). He issued a summons for assault on the 8th and on the 9th welcomed Constable Nowlan back “from the French Shore” (Wells, P. 2). They put a man in lockup for fighting “on the street near Huxter’s public house” on the 11th. On the 13th they had a prisoner escape and started keeping an eye on a character named Black Barbour who may have been “keeping a Shebeen House” (10). There was a cricket rematch on the 15th with accompanying music by the Little Bay Band with Mr. Lynch leading on his cornet. On the 22nd human remains were found at Ward’s Harbour and the paper reported that as “no man is known to have been missing [. . .] the only satisfactory conclusion at which we can arrive is that it is that of an Indian who was shot in one of their frequent quarrels with white men” (Twillingate Sun, August 1883).

The 24th saw the opening of the Little Bay Reading Room with J. W. Crane as the Chairman of the Committee and R. D. Walsh as the Secretary. Dr. Henderson, Mr. Wallace, Father O’Flynn, and Mr. Crane made donations but an “entrance fee to members [of] one dollar, [with] the same amount quarterly in advance” was required. The funds were to be used for a billiard board. To make the point that the Reading Room was decidedly not cricket, in a letter to the editor it was stated “our young men go in for improving their minds, and do not spend all their time in sport as might be imagined.” The Reading Room was put in “the upper part of the Public Hall [. . .] and it is very suitable, being well lighted, well ventilated, and sufficiently large. On the tables are to be found the standard magazines and periodicals of the day, newspapers are also there in abundance” (Twillingate Sun, August 1883).

Little Bay Reading Room Newspapers:

Nineteenth Century
Contemporary Review
Harpers Monthly
Century Magazine
Public Opinion
Mining Journal
Frank Leslie’s Ill us’d
London Illustrated
Punch
Scotsman
Bedford Times
News of the World
London Times
Glasgow Herald
Freemans Journal
Engineer
Montreal Herald
Harbour Grace Standard
Boston Pilot
New York Herald
New York Tribute
Halifax Herald
Halifax Chronicle
St. John’s Telegraph
Sydney Herald
Weekly Examiner
Weekly Patriot
Twillingate Sun
and all the St John’s papers.

On August 25th the S.S. Canada was in town carrying none other than His Royal Highness Prince George the future King of England (Wells, P. 11). This little mentioned visit by royalty wouldn’t be George’s only experience with Little Bay either as the last ore taken out of the mine in 1904 was made into shields for the mounting of caribou heads and presented to the King on his subsequent visit to the island – caribou heads and all!

September

September 7th saw some pretty terrible weather as “violent storms [were] reported in the Atlantic. On the coast of Newfoundland immense damage [was] done to shipping, and the loss of life [was] described as appalling. Thirty vessels [were] missing, and the French fishing fleet has suffered terribly” (The Pall Mall Budget, 21). In St. John’s news from Little Bay of the situation with the French Shore was eagerly awaited (Evening Telegram, September 1883). Little Bay was added to the Supreme Court circuit this month (Twillingate Sun, Sept 1883). Sergeant Wells moved his family to town on the 27th and by the 29th was back on the streets arresting drunk people (Wells, P. 12).

October

In some particularly cutting letters to the editor the tension between the two groups rivalling for dominance in the Little Bay culture can be felt. “Though ‘Miner,’ in a late communication to your paper anent the Notre Damn and Pioneer Cricket Clubs, might have said a great deal more [. . .] taking into consideration the enormity of their losses [with their] three best bats, brown Holland costumes, canvas leggings [and] if the members of the Notre Dame Club were better cricketers than you, and if they didn’t worry the patiences of their friends with their boasting, no one would mind them a bit” (Evening Telegram, October 1883). And in another letter was said “I am not sorry that the cricket season has terminated, for while it lasted [. . .] my life has been a scene of woe, and, I believe, the same can be said of the lives of most of the residents of Little Bay” (Evening Telegram, November 1883). The concern here seems to be between the people interested in sports and drink and those pushing high culture and temperance.

October 30th saw an interesting letter to the editor which read; “A few days ago, a party of gentlemen arrived here, accompanied by some Micmac Indians as guides [. . .] They were engaged for the past four months in slaughtering our noble Cariboo, solely for the pleasure of the hunt and its trophies – the heads and horns – with which they are about to return richly laden to Europe. Would it not be wise to suggest timely legislation on this matter; or shall we await, as we generally do in this country [. . .] until this noble food-animal is exterminated?” (Evening Telegram, November 1883). It seems concerns over over-hunting were already a popular topic on the island by the end of this century!

November

Money was flowing again and “the mine [showed] better for the past month than at any time during the past two years. [. . .] a valuable find was made at Seal Bay [and] the copper exposed [was] sufficient to warrant an extensive outlay of capital (Evening Telegram, November 1883). Ellershausen took fifty miners to work Silver Cliff mine “under a London firm called the Cliff Silver Mines Company Limited. Little Placentia residents, awed by the German baron, did their best to accommodate him [. . .] However, the people’s hospitality could not alleviate Ellershausen’s disappointment with the property” (Martin). Despite sending “some fifty men, under the mining captains McVicar and McKeegan, and under the superintendence of Mr. Richard, with Mr. D. J. Henderson [. . .] no shipments of ore [had] been made” (Evening Telegram, November 1883). Further weighing on Ellershausen, his friend Adolph Guzman had moved to the United States where he would eventually get murdered. In replacing Guzman “Ellershausen was forced to hire mine captain McVicar, whose inefficiency and apathy drove him to distraction” (Martin). Subcollector Duder was transferred from Betts Cove to Little Bay this November (Evening Telegram, November 1883).

On the 21st of this month a family of 5 drowned in Notre Dame Bay on their way home to Little Bay. Mr. Henry Warford “aged 26, his wife Sarah, 32, and their only child Amelia, aged 18 months [and] two nephews of Mr. Warford [. . .] Mathias and George Warford, aged 12 and 15” (Evening Telegram, December 1883). This sad event made international news and was subsequently reported in the New York Times, Boston Post, and Indianapolis News.

The class differences in the town are described in the following passage; “The houses in which most of the miners live at Little Bay are scarcely fit for swine [. . .] and the Mining Company mullet the poor fellows who live in them to the tune of four or five pounds a year as rent, and no one can become more than a monthly tenant. Many of the houses were put up by the miners themselves, but they are now claimed by the Company. A very poor man was prevented from building a cellar [. . .] by the dude who has charge here now. It is not known in St. John’s what petty tyranny freeborn Newfoundlanders are obliged to submit to here. [. . .] A large sum of money was collected by the miners for making and repair of roads” (Evening Telegram, November 1883).

December

The Harbour Grace affray occurred on December 26th and would no doubt play its part in adding to religious tension across the island. But news of this event wouldn’t reach the town until the new year and so far in the story our various denominations have been playing quite well together with the major tensions seemingly more focused on class and the use of alcohol. On December 27th John Lamb was arrested for selling liquor without a license. I believe this was the first major blow between the two rivalling cultural groups. Mr. Lamb, had not only brought cricket to the town but he also ran Little Bay’s ‘Skittle Alley’ – a shooting gallery, jewellery store and billiard room which functioned as one of the town’s bars. The business was “100 feet in length by 20 in breadth. A good deal of taste [had] been displayed by the builder, and the erection [was] quite an ornament to the place” but that didn’t stop “the friends of the Temperance [from rejoicing] over the action of the officers [and] the way in which they [were] dealing with the liquor question” (Evening Telegram, December 1883).

By years end Little Bay mine was “looking well and the prospects for future operations [. . .]. Several new houses [were on] course of erection [which was] a matter of great importance to the labourers, whose accommodation [have] been hitherto [. . .] of a kind urgently needing improvement” (Evening Telegram, December 1883).  And that’s another year in the life of the town – Little Bay, 1883.

Sources:

“Twillingate Sun” 1883
“Evening Telegram” 1883
“New York Times” 1883
“Boston Post” 1883
“Indianapolis News” 1883
“The Pall Mall Budget” 1883
Moncrieff, “A History of the Presbyterian Church” 1966
Martin, “Once Upon a Mine” 1983
Wells, “All Quiet” 2012

Known Residents: 

• Alyward, Miss (Twillingate Sun) 
• Andrews, Mr. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Badge, Mr. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Badger, Mrs. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Barbour, Black (Wells) 
• Bartlett, Mr. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Benson, Johnathan – merchant (Who’s Who) 
• Benson, Mrs. – wife of Johnathan (Who’s Who) 
• Benson, Arthur L. – son of Johnathan (Who’s Who) 
• Benson, Reuben – born (1921 census) 
• Berteau, F. H. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Berteau, E. F. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Budden, Mr. (deduced) 
• Budden, Ann – married (Supreme Court documents) 
• Budgell, Francis – fisherman (Supreme Court documents) 
• Burgess, E. R. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Billings, Benjamin – fisherman (Supreme Court documents) 
• Blandford, John B. – magistrate (Twillingate Sun, 1880) 
• Blandford, Mrs. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Blandford, E. Miss. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Bouzane, Clara English – mother of James and Thomas (Deck’s Awash, Vol. 17 No.5) 
• Bouzane, James Michael – tree cutting (Deck’s Awash, Vol. 17 No.5) 
• Bouzane, Jane Sandy – wife of James (deduced) 
• Bouzane, Thomas M. – tree cutting (Deck’s Awash, Vol. 17 No.5) 
• Bouzane, Catherine Colbert – wife of Thomas (deduced) 
• Bouzane, Richard (land survey) 
• Buckley, Thomas (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Buckley, Mary Connolly – wife of Thomas (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Buckley, Bridget – born to Thomas and Mary (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Burgess, Mr. – teacher (Wells) 
• Burridge, Mr. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Burt (deduced) 
• Boyde, Thomas – merchant (Supreme Court documents) 
• Boyde, Eliza Stuckless – wife of Thomas (deduced) 
• Boyde, James Walter – son of Thomas and Eliza (deduced) 
• Boyde, Laura Jane – daughter of Thomas and Eliza (deduced) 
• Boyde, Thomas Abraham – son of Thomas and Eliza (deduced) 
• Boone, Isaac (Supreme Court documents) 
• Boone, Caroline – executor of Isaac’s estate (Supreme Court documents) 
• Boone, John – executor of Isaac’s estate (Supreme Court documents) 
• Boone, Robert (Supreme Court documents) 
• Casper, Levi (Supreme Court documents) 
• Casper, William – son of Levi (Supreme Court documents) 
• Chancey (Twillingate Sun) 
• Chanoby, Lionel (Twillingate Sun) 
• Clarke, Josiah -(Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Clarke, Dinah – wife of Josiah (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Clarke, Samuel – born to Josiah and Dinah (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Cleary, George F. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Cleary, Mrs. – wife of George (Twillingate Sun) 
• Colbourne, Samuel (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Colbourne, Selina – wife of Samuel (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Colbourne, Lucy Ann – born to Samuel and Selina (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Corbett, John – miner (Supreme Court documents) 
• Costigan, William (Twillingate Sun) 
• Cooney, J (Wells) 
• Conway, James (Supreme Court documents) 
• Cowan, James (Wells) 
• Crane, John W. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Crane, Mrs. – wife of J. W. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Crane, Miss (Twillingate Sun) 
• Cramm – Reverend for Methodist Church (Wells) 
• Croak, James – miner (Atlantic Guardian, Sept 1948) 
• Croak, Cecelia – wife of James (Atlantic Guardian, Sept 1948) 
• Croak, John – son of John and Cecelia (Atlantic Guardian, Sept 1948) 
• Curran, Patrick (BC Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938) 
• Curran, Margaret Burke – wife of Patrick (BC Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938) 
• Curran, Michael James – born to Patrick and Margaret (BC Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938) 
• Dadan (Twillingate Sun) 
• Dee – police constable (Wells) 
• Delaney, Edward (Supreme Court documents) 
• Dohenry, Edward (Twillingate Sun) 
• Duder, John (Twillingate Sun) 
• Duder, Mrs. – wife of John (Twillingate Sun) 
• von Ellershausen, Fraz – mine management (Martin) 
• Fahey, James (Wells) 
• Fair, Andrew J. (Wells) 
• Falkes, William – born (1921 census) 
• Fitzpatrick, J.R. – Reverend for Presbyterian Church (Moncrieff) 
• Flemming, James Albert (BC Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938) 
• Flemming, Mary Ann Leigh – wife of James (BC Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938) 
• Flemming, Thomas Henry – born to James and Mary (BC Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938) 
• Foran, Thomas – born (1945 census) 
• Furey, James – fisherman (Supreme Court documents) 
• Furey – fisherman, son of James (Supreme Court documents) 
• Furey – fisherman, son of James (Supreme Court documents) 
• Furlong, Mr. (Wells) 
• Garrity, William Henry (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Garrity, Lydia Ann Spry – wife of William (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Garrity, Elizabeth – born to William and Lydia (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Gilfoy, Mr. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Gillard, Henry – fisherman (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Gillard, Lucy Maria Burt – wife of Henry (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Griffen, Richard – miner (Supreme Court documents) 
• Griffin, Patrick – born (1921 census) 
• Guzman, Adolf – mine management (Martin) 
• Hamilton, John (Twillingate Sun) 
• Hamilton, Mrs. – wife of John (Twillingate Sun) 
• Harter, William (Supreme Court documents) 
• Head, Thomas – miner (Atlantic Guardian, Sept 1948) 
• Head, Mary – wife of Thomas (Atlantic Guardian, Sept 1948) 
• Head, John – son of Thomas and Mary (deduced) 
• Head, Anastasia – daughter of Thomas and Mary (deduced) 
• Head, Mary – daughter of Thomas and Mary (deduced) 
• Head, Sylvester James – son of Thomas and Mary (deduced) 
• Head, Lawrence – son of Thomas and Mary (deduced) 
• Head, James Thomas – son of Thomas and Mary (Atlantic Guardian, Sept 1948) 
• Head, Patrick Joseph – son of Thomas and Mary (deduced) 
• Hearn, Patrick (Twillingate Sun) 
• Hearn, Mrs. – wife of Patrick (Twillingate Sun) 
• Henderson – doctor (Twillingate Sun) 
• Hubly, J. A. (Evening Telegram) 
• Hubly, Mrs. – wife of J. A. (Evening Telegram) 
• Hubly – children of J.A. (Evening Telegram) 
• Huestis, Joseph (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Huestis, Kate – wife of Joseph (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Huestis, Borden McNeill – born to Joseph and Kate (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Huxter – “Huxter’s Public House” (Wells) 
• Inder, George – born (1945 census) 
• James, William (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• James, Louisa – wife of James (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• James, Mona Bell – born to William and Louisa (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Janes, Mr. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Kennedy, Hugh (Twillingate Sun) 
• Kennedy, Mrs. – wife of Hugh (Twillingate Sun) 
• Kennedy, Patrick (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Kennedy, Mary – wife of Patrick (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Kennedy, Jane – born to Patrick and Mary (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Kennedy, Martin (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Kennedy, Bridget Nolan – wife of Martin (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Kennedy, Mary Ellen – born to Martin and Bridget (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Lamb, John (Twillingate Sun) 
• LeDrew, Mrs. – likely widowed (Wells) 
• Ledrew, Thomas (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Ledrew, Mary Ivany – wife of Thomas (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Ledrew, Samuel Martin – born to Thomas and Mary (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Lister – Rev. Methodist Church (Twillingate Sun) 
• Joseph, Louis – doctor (Twillingate Sun) 
• Lynch, Mr. – band leader (Twillingate Sun) 
• Mahany, John (Wells) 
• Mahoney, Mr. (Wells) 
• Malcolm, Robert (Twillingate Sun) 
• Malcolm, Mrs. – wife of Robert (Twillingate Sun) 
• Martelle, Alexander (Wells) 
• Martin, John – labourer (deduced) 
• May, William (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• May, Ann – wife of William (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• May, Sarah Ann – born to William and Ann (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• McKay, Robert (Twillingate Sun) 
• McKinnon, Joseph (Twillingate Sun) 
• McKinnon, Mrs. – wife of Joseph (Twillingate Sun) 
• McLean, Mr. (Twillingate Sun) 
• McLeod, Mr. (Twillingate Sun) 
• McVicar (Twillingate Sun) 
• Newhook, Mr. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Newel, Mr. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Newman, Mary (Wells) 
• Nowlan, John – constable ( Wells) 
• O’Flynn, Stephen – Reverend for Catholic Church (Moncrieff) 
• Parsons, Benjamin (deduced) 
• Phillips (Twillingate Sun) 
• Pittman, Arthur – Reverend for Church of England (Moncrieff) 
• Porter, Mr. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Pryor, James – born (1921 census) 
• Randell, George (deduced) 
• Rendell, Mr. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Reddin, C. O. B. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Reddin, Mrs. – wife of C. O. B. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Rendell, Mr. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Richards, John – trader (Supreme Court documents) 
• Richards, William (Wells) 
• Rideout (deduced) 
• Roberts, Mr. (deduced – could be George – miner) 
• Roberts, Diana – married (Supreme Court documents) 
• Rollings, Walter (Twillingate Sun) 
• Simms, Thomas – born (1945 census) 
• Smart, John (deduced) 
• Smart, Mary Ann – wife of John (deduced) 
• Smythe, John W. (Twillingate Sun) 
• St. Clare, John (Wells) 
• Stafford – surgeon (Twillingate Sun, Sept 1882) 
• Stewart, John Robert – mine management (Martin) 
• Stewart, Adelaide Delphena Boyde – wife of John (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Stewart, Annie Eliza – born to John and Adelaide (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Stewart, Walter – son of John and Adelaide (deduced) 
• Squires, Rebecca – widow of Ken Oake (Supreme Court documents) 
• Taylor, George (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Taylor, Esther – wife of George (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Taylor, Ida Taylor – born to George and Esther (Vital Stats, 1753-1893) 
• Thompson, John. O. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Thompson, Mrs. – wife of J. O. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Thorpe, John – merchant (Supreme Court documents) 
• Travoner, Mr. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Wallace, E. C. – mine management (Twillingate Sun) 
• Walsh, Patrick – miner (Encyclopedia of Newfoundland) 
• Walsh, Sarah – wife of Patrick (Encyclopedia of Newfoundland) 
• Walsh, William Joseph – son of Patrick and Sarah (Encyclopedia of Newfoundland) 
• Walsh, Richard D. – postmaster (Newfoundland Almanac, 1881) 
• Walsh, Michael (1921 census) 
• Walsh, Ann – wife of Michael (1921 census) 
• Walsh, Richard – born to Michael and Ann (1921 census) 
• Walsh, James (Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915) 
• Walsh, Ellen Coady – wife of James (Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915) 
• Walsh, John J – born to James and Ellen (Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915) 
• Walsh, T. R. (Twillingate Sun) 
• Walsh, William (Twillingate Sun) 
• Walsh, Mrs. – wife of William (Twillingate Sun) 
• Wells, Thomas Edward – Police Sergeant (Wells) 
• Wells, Mary Jane – wife of Thomas (Wells) 
• Wells, Edith – daughter of Thomas and Mary (Wells) 
• Wells, Doyle – son of Thomas and Mary (Wells) 
• Wheeler (deduced) 
• White, Thomas – mine management (Wells) 
• Windsor, John (Supreme Court documents) 
• Birth of Helen Armstrong – maiden name unknown (1921 census) 
• Birth of Jessie Oke – maiden name unknown (1921 census) 
• Birth of Rachell Paulins – maiden name unknown (1921 census) 
• Birth of Sarah Dormody – maiden name unknown (1921 census) 
• Birth of Bridget Power – maiden name unknown (1921 census) 
• Birth of Harriet Power – maiden name unknown (1921 census) 
• Birth of Mary Coaker – maiden name unknown (1945 census) 
• Birth of Georgina Primrose Newhook to Theresa – maiden name unknown (Vital Stats, 1753-1893)