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, ...
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 ...
Recently I received a request to put together what I've got on the Power family in Little Bay. Well, I've come to suspect more than one Power family were present. All appeared to be Catholic but little else connected them. I had a lot of pieces that ...
Spelling variants found: Loader, Loder, Lowder, Loather, Loathers, Louther, LouthersMy first reference to the Loader family in Little Bay appears on the 1882 electoral list for the region. It has recently been suggested that voters had to have lived ...
The Eagen family was in Little Bay by 1882 and remained in town until at least 1904. John and Patrick Eagen worked as miners. John has a series of run-ins with the law due to public drinking. His wife was Ann. However, it is Patrick’s wife Catherine ...
Fair warning; this is a macabre and melancholy story.John Cantwell (1804-1889) was from Ballyhesan, County Waterford in Ireland. He moved to Newfoundland in 1824 when he was 20 years old. He settled and raised a family in Tizzard’s Harbour. There he ...
Spelling variations: DeLouchrey, Delouchery, Delucry, Deluchry, Deloughry, Deloughery, Deloughrey, Delouckry, Delucre, Delacour - those are the easy ones. They can also be found with a separation between with the first E and L or between the L and th ...
