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Agnes (Thomson) Langmead - (1869-1920). She was a sister of George (Little Bay's chemist) -(1860-1939). Photo submitted by Pauline Young Thomas.
Arthur Benson - son of merchant Johathan Becomes a well known master mariner In town from 1879 to 1903
The father of Little Bay himself - the Baron Franz von Ellershausen
Bennett Stafford - son of Dr. Stafford and Miss Blandford (the magistrates daughter) - born in Twillingate in 1888, his family are from LB and he'd likely visit his grandfather.
Captain Philip Cleary. He was in town in the early 1880s and sang with the choir. He also visited from his mine on Sunday Cove Island frequently afterward as his sons John and George lived in Little Bay.
Catherine Colbert Bouzane - Thomas' wife In town from 1878 until her death
Caywood Oake was born in Little Bay in 1881 to David and Maria (Blandford) Oake. He died in Glace Bay in 1969. His family likely, along with many other Little Bay families moved to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia at the end of the century as end of the Little Bay mine and the start of the Glace Bay mine overlapped.
This is Celia Ann Day Folks with her daughters. She was born in Tilt Cove in 1876, the daughter of John and Margaret Day. I can put her and her husband Richard Folks in Little Bay by 1895 with the birth of their son William. By 1903 they had emigrated to Glace Bay, NS. Thanks go to Barb Dorey for the image. — in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia .
A group of unidentified miners although that mustache makes me want to say John Strewart. I almost wonder if this is a picture of the management trying to pose as labourers.
Little Bay had two Cricket teams. The Pioneers and The Notre Dame with the later serving as a sort amature feeder team for the former. I can't be definitive that this photo is them but it's a good guess as it was found in an album of photos from the town. This photo was submitted by Doyle Wells.
David Dobbin Miner Previously a famous diver In town roughly 1884-1888 You can read about him in Felix Perry's "In Deep Water"
David Jackman Tinsmith In town from 1887-1890
Dr. Frederick Stafford, his wife Eliza Blandford (background) and two unnamed women.
Dr. Stafford
Edwin John Duder - he visited the town for a wedding in 1888
Elizabeth Henry Lind
Enos England Miner In town by 1887
Ernest George Inder. Born in Little Bay in 1882 to James and Catherine (Boyd) Inder. The family left Little Bay between 1891 and 1904. He died in Point Leamington in 1954.
Ernest Peyton - son of Thomas Peyton - visited the town in 1885 but ran into some trouble at the boarding house.
Frances Bridget Delaney Bouzane - John's wife
Frank "Mayo" Lind - son of Elizabeth and Henry - He arrives to town with his parents in 1885 and leaves in 1893. - Dies in WW1 - his letters home are published as "The Letters of Mayo Lind" and he becomes posthumously famous.
I can place James Clift in Little Bay in 1900 but it's a good guess he arrived earlier as his father Rev. Theodore Clift arrived in 1883.
James Head - son of Thomas
James Howley - geologist - visited twice in 1878 while working on his map of Newfoundland
James Martin Miner Goes on to be a successul business man
This is Jessie Thistle. She is one of the early members of the Salvation Army church sent to Little Bay. She marries a man from Little Bay named Abraham Tilley.
Johanna Harris
John Bouzane Miner In town from 1884 onward
John Croak - in town as a baby 1882-1884 The first Newfoundlander to receive the Victoria Cross
John Dillon - Miner - He is in town with his wife Mary by 1892 and still there during WW1 when three of his sons leave to join the war effort.
John Glover - governer - visited 1878 and 1880
John MacDonald Canadian Senator He visited the town in 1888.
This is John Robert Stewart and his wife Adelaide Delphena Boyde. And three of their children, left to right - Annie, Nellie, and John. Photo submitted by Julie Stewart.
John Robert Stewart Mine Captain In town from 1881 until his death in 1913
John William Foran Mine mangement In town by 1882 until his death in 1908
Joseph Ignatius Little - the judge on the northern circuit starting in 1885. Visited Little Bay regularly to hold the supreme court.
Lind family photos submitted by Jennie Seaborn
Lind family photos submitted by Jennie Seaborn
Lind family photos submitted by Jennie Seaborn
A picture of the Lind Family. Frank "Mayo" Lind is the kid leaning on the fence on the right.
Margaret Dillon - daugter of John and Mary She'd be a child in the in 1880s.
Thomas Robert Kennedy born June 15 1884 Little Bay and his wife Mary Ann Carrigan born August 12, 1884 in Betts Cove.
Mary Bouzane McDonald
Maude Day (Wellman) born in Little Bay in 1888 to Leonard and Elizabeth (May) Day. Photo submitted by K Wayne Wellman.
Michael T. Knight Newfoundland politician. He represented the area from 1885 to 1889 as a Liberal and from 1893 to 1894 as a Conservative in the Newfoundland House of Assembly. He visited the town in 1888.
Pay Day at the mine. Likely taken around 1886. My guess on the photographer is Otis Boyden. The house in the background was the home of the Lind family.
Can't know for sure who is in this shot but I think Miss Blandford, Miss Duder, and Miss Ross are good guesses. The photographer could be Otis Boyden.
Prince George Duke of Cambridge - visited in 1883
R. J. Pinsent - the judge on the northern circuit from 1880 until 1885. Visited Little Bay regularly to hold the supreme court.
Rebecca McDonald
Presbyterian reverend Archibald Gunn. Little Bay's first clergy. He was invited to the town by the Baron himself and resided there from 1878 until 1880.
Rev. Arthur Pittman - Church of England In town from 1878-1885 before leaving to curate the Twillingate Museum. Returns in 1888. - Collected native artifacts for the British Museum
Rev. Moses Harvey - visited in 1878 - studied Newfoundland biology, including the giant squid
Simeon H. Parsons Photographer - visited in 1884/1885 and 1887
Sir Henry Arthur Blake. Governor of Newfoundland. He visited the town in 1888.
Sir William Robert Kennedy Admiral - visited in 1881
Smith McKay Political representative
Rev. Stephen O'Flynn (Photo from "The Christmas Present" 1899)
Sytvester Head
The Driscoll family. Patrick J. Driscoll Sr. was a miner in Little Bay in the 1880s/1890s. Photo submitted by Pat Driscoll.
Thomas Bouzane and his daughter Catherine - Tree cutter - He shows up In town with his mother and brothers in 1878 and the family remains in town.
Thomas Boyde with his son Thomas - Merchant - He has a brief business venture with John Stewart and Dr. Joseph according to the Supreme Court documents. -The family is In town from 1881 onward
"The person on the left (in picture below) is my great-grandfather, Thomas E. Wells, who was a policeman (1883-1889) and magistrate (1906-1920) in Little Bay. Unfortunately, I don't know who the policeman on the left is ....possibly Constable John Dewling who was posted to Little Bay from 1910 to 1918 &, maybe, later. Other possiblities include Constable Foran, or Constable O'Farrell both of whom were only in Little Bay for a short period of time." - Doyle Wells
Thomas Head Miner In town 1878 until 1901
Thomas Peyton - Land surveyor and eventually MHA - he visited Little Bay often and was in town in 1882, 1884, 1887, 1889, and 1893.
Thomas Wells - In town from 1883 until his death - Police sergeant from 1883 until 1906 after which he became the magistrate. - You can read about him in Doyle Wells' "All Quiet"
An unidentified woman. The date of this photo is also unknown.
William Joseph Walsh - child miner (grows up to be a politician) In town from mid 1880s until 1900
Younger photo of William Walsh
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