Newfoundland

Dorset Strays in Newfoundland

Jill Marshall has compiled this list of Newfoundland weddings involving Dorset folk. These are from Jill's own transcriptions of Vital Statistics copies, not the original parish records, though in most respects they are generally the same. In Newfoundland, civil registration did not begin until 1891, and in the 1940s, the Newfoundland Government asked ministers to make copies of marriages and baptisms up to 1891 so that they would have these in their files, not just in the church parish records. As always, transcripts should be used as a guide only and the original should be consulted for verification.

 

Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist, St Johns, Newfoundland

May 6 1820   John Hardy, bach, Church of Eng, Lyme, Dorset & Mary Cullen, spin, Church  of England, St John’s.

                       WIT: J Radford, Thomas Tucker.

                        At St Johns Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist

 

Jul 12 1829      John Brooks Medus, bach, Church of England, Poole, Dorset &

                         Mary Susan Anne Physard, spin, Church of England, St Johns.

                         WIT: Robert Stears, John Phipard

                         At St Johns Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist

                         

Nov 10 1830  Charles Coombs, bach, Shaftesbury, Dorset &

                        Jane Morkiff?, spin, Waterford. WIT: William Earle, Maria Snook

                         At St Johns Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist

 

May 1 1832   John Emmett, bach, Church of England,, Buckfastleigh, Dorset &

                        Sarah Roberts, spin, Church of England, St Johns

                         WIT: Thomas Lidstone, Mary Killen?

                         At St Johns Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist

 

Oct 23 1833  Joseph Vye, bach, Sherborne, Dorset & Sarah Pennell, Kingsbridge

                      Devon. WIT: Mary Prowse, William Earle.

                      At St Johns Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist

 

Jul 24 1834  Daniel Fowler, bach, Church of England, Bridport, Dorset

                    & Agnes Jane Macpherson,  spin, Church of England, St Johns

                    WIT: Elizabeth Winter, H.J. Furneaux.

                    At St Johns Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist

 

Nov 24 1834  John Stevenson, bach, Church of England, Newcastle, Durham &

                       Martha Tucker, spin, Church of England, Poole, Dorset.

                       WIT: Mary Green, Mary W. Tucker.

                       At St Johns Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist

 

Nov 8 1838   John Peach, bach, Chippinhow?, Dorset & Sarah Snow, spin, St Johns

                      WIT: Anne Aylesbury, Joseph Gates

                      At St Johns Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist

  

May 14 1850  George Mead, bach, Gillingham, Dorset & Margaret Ryan, spin,

                        Ferryland.. WIT: Daniel Cameron, Mary  Williams.

                        At St Johns Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist

 

Oct 16 1855  William ?Cofficad, bach, Wimborne, Dorset, England &

                       Catherine Adams, spin, St Johns.

                        WIT: James T. Adams, Margaret Adams

                        At St Johns Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist

                        NOTE: a Catherine COFFIN, widow remarried 1860 with a James

                        Adams as witness.

 

Nov 8 1856    Edward Bennett, widower, Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire &

                      Amelia Goff, spin, Kilgarson?, Wexford.

                    . WIT: John Barter, Martha Hoskins

                        At St Johns Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist

 

Oct 8 1858    Adam Alexander Hay, bach, Blandford, Dorset, England &

                      Eliza Chafe, spin, St Johns..

                       WIT: Henry Chafe, Sarah Jane Stidstone {nee Chafe}

                        At St Johns Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist

 

Oct 17 1861   William Hobbs, bach, Carne, Dorset & Elizabeth Wiseman, spin,

                       St Johns.

                       WIT: John Wiseman, Mary Ann Taylor.

                        At St Johns Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist

 

June 23 1884  John Elliott Webber, 27, bach, coachman, St Johns &

                        Jane Marshfield, 27, spin, St Johns.

                        WIT: Clara Webber, James Webber.

                        At St Johns Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist

                       NOTES: Jane Marshfield was b May 31 1856 St Johns, the dau

                       of George MARSHFIELD of Dorsetshire & Rosanna ROGERS of

                        Fair Island, Bonavista Bay.

 

Nov 22 1885   James Merricks Jackman, 26, bach, agent, Round Harbour (Green

                         Bay NDB) & Louisa May Martin, 24, spin, schoolmistress, St

                        Johns. WIT: Phillip Brown, Arthur  Pittman.

                        At St Johns Anglican Cathedral of St John the Baptist

                         NOTES: James M Jackman was bc Jan 1861/1859 Wimbourne, Dorset.

                         Louisa died before 1921: he resided Tilt Cove 1921, widowed.

 

Congregational Church, St John’s, Newfoundland

 

Feb 2 1842    John Lester & Mary Grace Eales.

                      WIT: John Eales, Mary A. Hutchings, Henry Pope, Elizabeth Eales, Sarah S. Holbrook, Eunice "____?", Isabella Holbrook.

                       At Congregational Church, St Johns.

                       NOTES: John Lester was bc 1818 Dorset & died 1893 NF (from Randy Whitten).

                        Mary Grace EALES is believed to be the dau of John EALES of Devon & Mary ASHTON of Liverpool.

                        First child Edward Ashton Lester b 3 Jul 1842 St Johns, bap Feb 12 1843 (Cong Church)

 

 

Jan 15 1883   William H. Read, 23, bach, trader, Hare Bay, St Barbes? &

                        Sophia Jane Cook, 18, spin, St Johns.

                        WIT: Francis Cook, Peter Andrews.    

                        At Congregational Church, St Johns

                        NOTES: William Henry READ’s father William Read Sr

                        was born Marnhull, Dorset.

 

St Thomas Anglican Church, St Johns, Newfoundland

May 2 1844   Robert Lambert Monckton, bach, Dorset, England &

                       Susan Williams, spin, Devon, England.

                       WIT: William G. William, Martha Williams

                        At St Thomas Anglican Church, St John’s

 

 St Mary’s Anglican Church, St Johns, Newfoundland           

Jan 1 1872   John Cornick, bach, St Johns  &

                    Jane Witten (Whitten), spin, St Johns

                    WIT: Charles Witten, Thomas Cornick

                    NOTES: John Cornick was born Dorset. Jane was the dau of

                    George Whitten & Mary Ann Chafe.

                    At St Marys Anglican Church, St Johns.

  

May 30 1874  Mark Howell, bach, Dorsetshire, England & Caroline Roberts,

                       spin, St Johns.

                       WIT: James Roberts, Levinia Bartlett.

                        At St Marys Anglican Church, St Johns

  

Oct 10 1875  William Read (Reid), widower, Hare Bay NF & Harriett Jane Cook,

                        widow, St Johns. WIT: William Bolt, Isabella Andrews.

                       At St Mary’s Anglican Church, St Johns

                        NOTES: William Reid was born Marnhull Dorset, and was first married to Grace Andrews.

                        Harriet Jane was nee Andrews & born Port de Grave NL, and the widow of William Cook of  Devon.

             

June 21 1884  Mark Howell, Dorset, England & Sarah Lucas, St Johns. At

                       Gower Street Meth Church, by Rev Percival. From the Gazette,  and Times. 

                       NOTES: The originals of these records were burnt in the 1892 fire. This record is taken from newspapers

 

Dec 17 1884  James C. Waterman, Poole, Dorset & Jessie Haddon, 3rd dau of

                        John Haddon. At Meth Parsonage, by Rev G J Bond. From the Times,

                       The Gazette, &  Harbour Grace Standard

                        NOTES: The originals of these records were burnt in the 1892

                        fire. This record is taken from newspapers

 

 

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