The Sparrows were a Newfoundland-born Catholic family who arrived at Little Bay Mines for work.John Sparrow (1850–1920) first appears there in 1889. His wife, Mary Ellen, died there in 1895, and by 1901 the family had moved to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, ...
Spelling variants - Vey and VoyJames Vey was living with his family in Little Bay by 1882. We can deduce he was a miner from context. After 1894 the family had moved to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia where his son Thomas worked as a miner. James had died fro ...
The strange, ambitious life of E.R. BurgessIn the winter of 1888, a schoolteacher from Little Bay led an expedition into the frozen interior of Newfoundland to capture wild caribou.His plan was not to hunt them.He intended to train them to carry the ...
I was quite confident that I knew Little Bay’s first three Mine Managers. I had written on the tenures of the German Adolph Guzman, the Australian E.C. Wallace, and the Scotsman Andrew Whyte. As far as I was concerned, the early leadership was settle ...
Joel Alexander Hubley (1849-1925) was employed by Little Bay Mines and an active community member in town as found recorded from 1879 to 1898. I think 1878 to 1901 more likely to date his time in Little Bay. He and his parents were born in Nova Scot ...
Horace Montagu Herbert (1849-1919) oversaw several large construction projects in Little Bay in the later half of the 1880s. He moved to the town from Nipper's Harbour in 1886 after obtaining a contract to build a road connecting the town to Hall's B ...
Spelling variants: Escott, Hiscock Richard Hiscott (1858-1930) was a miner who was living in Little Bay from at least 1882 until 1894. Sources: 1858 - Birth of Richard Hiscott (His birth in St. John's is dated 1848 on a MyHeritage page but without ...
I have only one reference to the last name Helms at Little Bay. 1881, July 14 - Birth of John Charles House Helms at Little Bay Mines. Parents names not given but they are listed under Methodists and the occupation given was fisherman (Vital Stats, ...
The Salvation Army landed in Newfoundland in 1886. I don’t know when exactly they can be placed in Little Bay but by 1888 they had a small, active presence in the town. I suspect this was organized around the Rideout family.Lieutenant Lizzie Penny st ...
Duncan Parsons (1856-1914)Duncan Parsons was Little Bay’s blacksmith from 1879 until around 1896.Duncan was born at South Side, Harbour Grace on January 27th 1856 to Frederick and Patience Parsons. The family were Methodists and young Duncan was chri ...
