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Otis Boyden
The story of Little Bay’s first photographer is incomplete. It’s an unfinished puzzle which hints at a fascinating whole if it could only be put together. The pieces I’ve assembled, however, resist joining neatly. The first piece was the name Otis ...
A Tinsmith’s Tale
The first tinsmith in Little Bay was a man named Robert Malcolm. He is first documented in the town in 1882. He was married to Catherine Morisey and the couple had four children. In the late 1880s Little Bay was experiencing something referred to as ...
Mine Manager E.C. Wallace
Little Bay was a prosperous and cosmopolitan town in the 19th century. It was unusual for its time and place. However, while there was variety in its resident’s nationalities and a mixture of languages could be heard spoken on its streets, the popula ...
Big Dan Courtney
Daniel “Big Dan” Courtney was the proprietor of the Little Bay Hotel. He came to Little Bay from Halifax and first appears in my sources in May of 1885. Innkeepers of the time were big men. They had to be. Big Dan was the exception. He wasn’t a lar ...
Baron Franz von Ellershausen
The Baron drew me in. I’d started researching my mother’s hometown of Little Bay while working on her genealogy. Growing up I’d often heard it said there that the town had once been one of the biggest on the island but the true scale of the history ...
Rev. Abraham
Rev. Henry Abraham (1860-1933) was Little Bay’s fourth Methodist minister; he was a pivotal figure whose influence extended beyond the pulpit. Serving from 1886 to 1889, his connection to the town began earlier, in 1883, when he was stationed at Bett ...
The Journal of Little Bay’s Paymaster Henry Lind
1888 January 1st: Hercules left 2nd: Office and stores closed today for New Years Day. 3rd: Mrs. Diem died this morning aged 35 years. 4th: Very frosty. Snow during night. 5th: Snowing nearly all day. 6th: Snowing till about 10 AM. Put in th ...
E.R. Burgess
https://youtu.be/Qe9f9Me5eo0 Sources: Wells, All Quiet (2012) Romkey, "Labrador Odyssey" (1996) Moncrief, "History of Presbyterian Church" (1966) Harvey "Newfoundland at the Beginning of the 20th Century" (1902) Supreme Court documen ...
Little Bay Historical Figures
If you're following the Facebook fan page you've likely already seen this, I'm just putting the list here as well so that it's easier for people to find online. It's a list of 19th century Little Bay residents that I’d like to find photographs of or ...