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Census of so called French Shore Point Riche
to Rocky Harbour December 1874

List of Families Resident on the so-called French Shore
of Newfoundland between Point Riche and
Rocky Harbour (inclusive) in December 1874.

Source of Material: Diocesan Synod of Western Newfoundland Archives 2012

Census of so called French Shore Point Riche to Rocky Harbour December 1874
List of Families Resident on the so-called French Shore of Newfoundland between Point Riche and Rocky Harbour (inclusive) in December 1874.
The following was transcribed by John G. Edgar from the original "copy" reposed in Diocesan Synod of Western Newfoundland Archives. The Rev. Curling states at the top "Original sent to the Bishop for Census 1874-75 "The copy" reposed in the DSOWN Archives is in the Rev. Curling's handwriting on a single 14 x 8 sheet folded to make four 8 x7 pages. The watermark is "East India Foolscap A C & J ".
Name of Settlement	Family	Church of		Remarks
		England	Rome
Gargemel	William Langdon	3
Keppel Is.	Abraham House	4
Port Saunders	David House	4
	Patrick Patey	8		Patrick Patey moved up from French Island Hr. This autumn and may have been already included in the Census.
Mal Bay or	James Sinnicks	1	5
River of Ponds	Joseph Clarke	1
	Charles Paine	7	1
Belburns	Levi House	2
	Levi House jr.	3
	William House	6
Daniel's Harbour	Thomas Biggin	8
	John House	8
	John Brophy	4	1
	James Guichard	3	3
	William Perry	7
	Joseph Brown	3
	Moses Kennedy		6
Parson's Pond	Ambrose Paine	9
	Samuel Paine	9
Cow Harbour	Charles Paine	5
	John Paine	13
	Charles Vincent	8
	William Hutchings	8
Name of Settlement	Family	Church of		Remarks
		England	Rome
Cow Harbour	William Hutchings, jr.	7	1
(Continued)	Charles Benoit	10	1	? religion of children
	John Benoit	7	1
	John Huelin	4
	Joseph Huelin	3
	John Huelin, jr.	3
St. Paul's	Elias Gifford	1
Broom's Point	Stephen Short	2
	Richard Gilley	8
Green Point	Josiah Paine	6
	Charles Dod	4
Lobster Cove	Robert Paine	7
	Jesse Decker	4
	Edwin Paine	3
Rocky Harbour	James Decker	4
	William Young	5
	William Paine	9
	Jonas Shears	6
	Andrew Ellesworth	6
	-- Pittman	5
	Total	228	16
	There are no Presbyterians, Wesleyans or other denominations in the above settlements as far as I know.
	Joseph J. Curling
	Mission Priest
	4 January 1875

Contributed by Alexander Payne (May 2012)

Page Last Modified December 20, 2013 (Don Tate)

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