Spelling variants found: Foran and PhoranI was in Little Bay this weekend. I took a little walk up the hill to visit the old Catholic cemetery in the Bight. I’ve been pondering over what stories to tell for a guided tour of the new hiking trail when ...
Spelling variants found: McVicar, McVicars, MacVicar, McVickarPhilip McVicar was born on May 9th 1848 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to Scottish parents. He moved to Newfoundland in the 1870s and had close ties with the early German mining operations in ...
According to information found at the Springdale Heritage Centre the Gillard family moved from Germany to England in the 18th century and from there emigrated to Newfoundland in the early years of the following. They worked as fishermen and operated ...
Spelling variants found: Rideout / RidoutI lucked out with the Rideout family as there has been genealogical work done on them and I had a number of references in my Little Bay database already. The patriarch of 19th century Little Bay’s Rideout clan ...
Spelling variants: Warford, Wharford, Wauford, WarlordLittle Bay was once again covered by international media after the tragic drowning deaths of the Warford family in December of 1883. They were traveling to visit Little Bay from their home on the ...
I don’t have much yet to go on for the name Cahial. The two I can place in Little Bay are named Michael and Richard and my earliest record is from 1882. I think it likely that Richard is Michael’s son. Almost all of my references come from the text “ ...
The Mansfield family is first found in my Little Bay records in 1885. They are members of the Church of England but unlikely to be tied to the Temperance Movement. The family is absent from the 1882 Voter’s list for Little Bay so I’m placing their ar ...
According to Milt Anstey the Inders are first present at Back Harbour, Twillingate North Island and spread out to Green Bay, Botwood, and Greenspond-Gambo from there. The family is represented in Little Bay by James (1849-1908). James likely travelle ...
My first record of the Folks family being at Little Bay is for 1883. They’d arrived from Betts Cove following the German mining operations. The men worked as miners when mining operations were lucrative and otherwise switched into fishing. Some were ...
I don’t have very much for the name Sexton. The name is absent from the 1882 Voter’s list and my first record of them in Little Bay appears in the summer of 1888. They were living on the New Line Road about a mile from the shore. I feel it’s safe to ...
