If you have images of sources for the Conway family of Little Bay please contribute. 1879 - Conway, Thomas - born (1921 census) 1883 - Conway, James vs The Queen for the indecent assault on Rebecca Swires widow of Ken Oake (Supreme Cou ...
Lewis
1884 - Birth of Bessie Boyden Lewis to Samuel and Mary Ann (Vital stats) Marriage of Frederick Youngs - bachelor, miner and Fanny Locke - widow. Witnesses Frederick Locke and Mary Ann Louis (Methodist Marriages) 1888 - Lewi ...
Brown
There is a cove called Brown's across the bay at St. Patrick's. This is likely where they lived.1878 - Brown, Edward (birth from 1921 census)1879 - * Brown, George (Vital Stats, 1753-1893)Brown, Selina - wife of George (Vital Stats, 1753-1893)Brown, ...
Hanrahan
I can say very little about the Hanrahans, which is odd as I can place the name in Little Bay from the town's beginnings until into the 1930s. If remembered in living memory please reach out and let me know.1878 -John J. Hanrahan was born in Little B ...
Osmond
George Osmond and his wife Victoria Wheeler came to Little Bay from Tizzard's Harbour so I'd expect some ties to the Boyde family. They moved to Little Bay between 1878 and 1881 and were still represented there into the 20th century. They arrived wit ...
Hillyer
I only have one lonely reference to the name Hillyer. It’s from the police journals of Sergeant Wells which were published in “All Quiet” by his great great grandson Doyle Wells. At 9am on Feb 15 1886 Constable Meaney served James Hillyer a summons f ...
Crane
John William Crane and his wife Catherine arrived in Little Bay between 1878 and 1881. They're involved in the town's higher culture. They each perform at the Public Hall. Further, Catherine's sister Eliza was married to mine captain Philip McVicar. ...
Census of names
The surnames for 19th century Little Bay are listed here - nearly 600 of them! I plan to link each name to its own page where my research can be sorted publicly. This will be an ongoing project. Let me know which families you're most interested in in ...
Magistrate Blandford
I’d like to introduce you to somebody. His name was John Bennett Blandford. He was an Englishman who served as Little Bay’s first Magistrate and he was responsible for the largest public event in the town’s history. Newfoundland was a British co ...
The People of Little Bay
Newfoundland has a hidden history. In the last decades of the 19th century there was a mining boom in the Northern region which culminated at Little Bay after a copper discovery there in 1878. It dwarfed all previous finds and garnered the attention ...