1890 petition for public wharf signatures

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This is a pretty sweet find. When I’m working on a family I first build a timeline of the references that place them in town. It’s an attempt to pinpoint when someone was there before framing their presence in its larger context. Getting a list of names with a specific date like this is a huge help as you can imagine. I’m sharing because I know a lot of you follow my research for genealogical purposes.

Below is my transcription of the roughly 100 signatures found on a petition for the public wharf in The Bight. It’s pretty certain that the men listed below lived in Little Bay in 1890. I’ll show the cursive I had trouble with if you’d like to help with transcription. I’ve placed question marks next to the names I’m not sure about.

Also I hyperlinked the ones I’ve worked on already. If you’ve got pictures or original writings of any of these gents let me know!

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