Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland Pdf Ebook
One of the biggest books I own is Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland by E. R. Seary.
I heard about this volume almost a dozen years ago just never back and then did I remember I'd own a copy. The original edition must take been a adept seller because second-hand copies I found on the Internet were priced well over i hundred dollars. Last yr, I was pleased to find the volume reprinted and selling at $61.75 (plus tax).
Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland was originally published in 1977. The newest edition has been reset and incorporates additions and corrections. In the extensive introduction, E. R. Seary "discusses the historic and linguistic origins of Newfoundland surnames and their cultural sources – notably English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, Syrian, Lebanese and Micmac."
The body of the book contains a lexicon of family names. The enquiry for each surname includes variant spellings, countries of origin, meanings and other references.
For case, Cove is "a surname in England from the English language place names North and South Cove (Suffolk) or Cove (Devon, Hampshire)." Also, "The Cove family came from the north of England to Niggling Harbour in the mid-17th century." And "Early instances: Robert(t), ? of St. John's, 1796; Robert, of St. John'due south, 1821; Thomas, of Petty Harbour, 1871."
Although I didn't note the references for these Cove individuals, the book does annotation sources, so readers tin both verify the information and see if there is more to learn from the records.
The modern status for each surname is listed. For example, the surname Sweetland is 'scattered, especially at Bonavista." and the German surname Steinbrink is "unique, at St. John's."
If a surname gave birth to a identify name, the location is recorded. For instance, from the surname Burnell came Burnell Beach (Labrador) and Burnells Brook, and the English surname Gaulton resulted in Galton Island and Galton Point.
Family unit traditions have besides made their fashion onto the pages. For example, the surname Duncan states: "Between 1785 and 1800, Lieut. Alexander Duncan, R.R. deserted his ship at Anchor Point (St. Barbe district) to marry Mary Watts and assumed his mother's maiden proper name GOULD to avoid detection."
The back of the book contains the Lodge of Mutual Surnames – list White every bit the nigh common – and Surnames Recorded Earlier 1700.
This volume should be used as a guide. Although much of it may prove true, the individuals tracing the names were more interested in the name origin than the actual family. Their research may have been extensive but non thorough. I give my Appleby family as an example.
Appleby: a surname of England, from Old English language œppel and Erstwhile Norse by – (dweller at the) apple-farm, or from the English language place name Appleby (Westmorland, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire), (Bardsley, Cottle). Traced by Guppy in Northumberland, Yorkshire NR and ER, Derbyshire, Durham and Essex.
In Newfoundland:
Family tradition: The Applebys of Path Stop and Lewins Cove (Burin commune) (Electors 1955), subsequently at St. John's, probably arrived about 1880. (Family).
Early instances: –, planter and merchant, from Exeter (Devon), at Renews in the mid-19th century (Matthews).
Modern status: Rare, at St. John's, Lewins Cove and Burin Bay Arm.
From my research, I establish the Appleby name had arrived long before the 1880s. The son of Thomas Appleby (the outset Appleby I establish with this name in the province) was born c.1840 at Burin. When Thomas arrived on the island is yet to be adamant, but manifestly it was before 1840.
The Appleby family unit married into the Grandy family, creating my grandfather.
Grandy: a surname of England, Ireland and the Channel Islands, and as Grandin of Jersey (Channel Islands), from the French surname Grandin – the petty large ane.
Tradition in Newfoundland states the Grandys moved from St. Pierre to Garnish and elsewhere on the Burin Peninsula afterwards the Treaty of Paris. The nearest connection I can see on the listing of early settlers is John Grandy of Frenchman's Cove (Burin), 1871.
Interesting plenty, the eldest person recorded on my Grandy family tree then far is Thelma Alvina Grandy who married Edward Thomas Appleby betwixt 1871 and 1877. However, it appears she was in the area long before then. According to the 1921 Demography she was born at Burin in 1856.
My grandmother's maiden name was Taylor. She was born in 1904 at Burin Bay.
Taylor: a surname of England, Scotland, Ireland and the Channel Islands, with Tayler of Guernsey from Quondam French Tailleor, Anglo-French Tailleur – tailor. The proper noun is wide-spread in England and Scotland and in Ulster and Dublin.
There were a few unlike lines of this family unit which settled the isle of Newfoundland. For my family, the book notes: John Taylor, of Burin Bay, 1860.
According to the 1921 Demography, John Taylor (my great bang-up-grandfather) was born May 1843 at Bridgeport, England. All his children, who were born at Burin, were born after 1869, then it easy to conceive he arrived somewhere effectually 1860.
The Taylor family married into the Brewer family unit, creating my grandmother.
Brewer: a surname of England, from Middle English brewere – brewer, or from the French place name Bruyère (Calvados). Concerning the Brewer proper noun in my family, the book notes: in Newfoundland: Edward Jr., fisherman and Edward Sr., planter of Burin. In modern status the proper name is found at St. John's and dispersed elsewhere, especially Epworth.
I have Edward Sr. Brewer listed as the eldest with this surname in Newfoundland. He lived at Spoon Cove (at present Epworth) until his death around 1888.
Newfoundlanders have cast their nets far and wide across Canada. They accept settled in every province and in some instances every corner of a province. Anyone with roots drawing ancestral blood from the Atlantic isle will find this book useful for genealogical research and for full general interest.
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