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 ...
The Osbourne family moved to the mining region from the east coast at the start of the boom. They were composed of the families of brothers Richard and Thomas. It is likely that they arrived by schooner and families arriving together often traveled b ...
The tailor Richard J. McGrath arrived in Little Bay from St. John’s in 1886. His business’s first location in the mining town was found above the Redden Brother’s shop. He wasn’t satisfied with renting his workspace and had acquired his own location ...
Selby Allan Dow (1844-1893) Selby Dow (sometimes recorded as Dawe) was born in 1844 at Harbour Grace. He was the son of a doctor and likely educated as he was working as a bookkeeper between 1864 and 1871. He was first employed by the Mining Company ...
“Oh Wells, you are a hard man! The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have their nests, but you hath not a friend anywhere. Wells, your name is a terror to me.” - Mary McLeanIn tonight’s tale I will tell you about the exploits of Michael and ...
