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Land Grants
Gambo Area
Bonavista Bay District

Some Gambo Area Land Grants From the Years - 1856 - 1929

Dog Cove, Lakeman's Reach, Bonavista Bay
Number	Register		Date	Name	Area			Plan	Location or Other Information
	Vol.	Fol.			Acres	R.	F.
6447	41	45	September 3, 1890	George Alfred Blackman	17	1	0		Sec. 12, 1890
13518	84	28	November 12, 1913	Kenneth Collins, Hare Bay, B.B.	4	1	0		Lakeman Rd. between Chandlers R and Pitt Sound Reach
Hay Cove, South Side, Freshwater Bay, Bonavista Bay
Number	Register		Date	Name	Area			Plan	Location or Other Information
	Vol.	Fol.			Acres	R.	F.
13016	80	133	October 25, 1912	Patrick Cashin, Gambo	7	0	0		West of Cemetery Point
13017	80	134	October 25, 1912	Benjamin Goulding, Gambo	10	0	0		East of Cemetery Point
13018	80	135	October 25, 1912	William Osmond, Gambo	8	1	24		Cemetery Point
Gambo (Black Duck Brook to marsh Point), Freshwater Bay, Bonavista Bay
Number	Register		Date	Name	Area			Plan	Location or Other Information
	Vol.	Fol.			Acres	R.	F.
3423	19	38	October 8, 1872	Stephen Rendell	15	2	3	294	South side river. Re-reg. V.57 F.1?
3424	19	42	October 8, 1872	Stephen Rendell	6	0	0	294	South side river. Re-reg. V.57 F.1?
3975	23	136	April 17, 1876	Simeon Osmond, Freshwater Bay	0	2	18		South side river
5091	31	56	June 4, 1885	Robert Oakley, Jnr. of Cabot Isle	16	0	34	294	Near station
5512	35	148	May 17, 1887	Robert Brentnell	0	1	14	336	Road to shore E. of station. Beg?? F.200
7273	46	173	October 13, 1893	Arthur Murray	4	2	0	294	Re.reg.V.52 F.123
7273	52	123	October 13, 1893	Arthur Murray	4	2	0	294	West of station. Orig.reg.V.46 F.??
7535	54	36	November 17, 1894	Jacob, Annie, Ella, Beatrice Oakley	24	1	8	294	East of Station Sec. 12 C.L.A. 18??
3424	57	114	October 17, 1872	Stephen Rendell St. John's	6	0	0	294	South side river. Orig.reg V.19 F.??
3423	57	115	October 8, 1872	Stephen Rendell, St. John's	15	2	3	294	S. Side river. Orig.reg.V.19.F 38
9542	64	37	September 20, 1902	Samuel Mullett	20	0	0	294	near Black Duck Brook
9442	64	70	June 27, 1902	Robert Brentenall	27	0	0	294	Black Duck Brook.Sec.12.Ch13.c.??2nd series
9549	64	96	November 13, 1902	Kenneth Lush	19	2	0	294	Road to Middle Brook.
9553	64	97	November 13, 1902	John A. McClellan	14	0	0	294	Road to Middle Brook.
9347	64	163	April 23, 1902	Ezekeil, Peter, Edgar, Joseph, Ernest, Benejamin, Cecil Osmond	44	1	0	294	Road to Middle Brook.Sec.12 Ch.X? C.8. 2nd series.
9720	64	168	August 19, 1903	John J. Murphy	17	2	32	294	North side river
9721	64	169	August 19, 1903	John J. Murphy	60	0	0	294	North side Estuary.Sec. 12 Ch. 13 ?? 2nd series
10335	64	309	June 24, 1904	Darius Lane	6	3	0	294	East of station
9681	64A	70	May 16, 1903	Peter Cashin	14	1	0	294	Road to Middle Brook.
9880	64A	193	December 18, 1903	Job Osmond	9	0	0	294	Road to Middle Brook.
9998	65	41	February 2, 1904	Thomas Bursey	6	1	0	294	Road to Middle Brook.
10024	65	60	February 4 1904	Nathaniel Goulding	10	0	24	294	Near Black Duck Brook
10014	65	67	February 4 1904	James Cross	6	1	28	294	Road to Middle Brook.
10041	65	83	February 10, 1904	James Eastman	7	3	20	294	Black Duck Brook.
10140	65	184	March 10, 1904	Peter Cashin	4	1	8	294	East of station.
11365	65A	173	June 7, 1907	Peter Cashin	2	2	0	294	Shore to Railway east of station.
10187	66	6	March 24, 1904	John Bursey	7	2	20	294	Road to Middle Brook.
10257	66	99	April 2, 1904	James Dooley	6	0	0	294	N.W. of Railway Bridge.
10274	66	111	May 6 1904	John J. Murphy	17	1	24	294	West of railway station
10394	66	200	January 14, 1905	Willis, Abraham, Benjamin Pritchett	8	0	0	294	Two lots. River Road east of st?? covers vol.35 F. 148
10431	68	8	January 24, 1905	Simeon Osmond	1	2	0	294	East of station.
10365	68	133	December 5, 1904	John J. Murphy	8	1	0	294	East of station.
12368	70	134	November 1, 1910	James, Martin, Joseph Beresford	28	2	16	294	South side Sec 4 Ch. VI A.3. Ed. VI??
74R	71	68	May 6, 1904	Reid Newfoundland Company	*	*	*	316	Part of Reid lot 90 west of settle???
75R	71	69	May 7, 1904	Reid Newfoundland Company	*	*	*	316	Part of Reid Lot 91 2 miles south of railway bridge.
11371	73	108	June 7, 1907	Joseph Lane	7	0	0	294	Road to Middle Brook
12536	79	29	June 26, 1911	Alfred Lane	14	1	16	294	North of railway.
13629	84	98	March 8 1914	Daniel J. Moss	1	1	0	336	N.W. of station.
13668	85	43	March 16, 1914	Joseph N. Curran	2	0	0	336	N.W. of station.
13400	92	37	May 19, 1913	Gambo Lumber Company Ltd. of St. John's	322	*	*		2 lots. on railway at Butt's Pond 3 miles n. of Gambo. Sec.4 Ch. VI Acts 3. Ed. VII.
14295	92	121	May 27, 1916	William J. Shannon of Dublin	158	2	24	336	N.W. of station. Sec. 4 Ch. VI. A.3.Ed.VII.
19225	97	4	June 5, 1925	Benjamin Eastman	7	3	8	294	Road to Middle Brook.
14478	92	149	January 12, 1917	Ralph W. Strong, St. John's	327	*	*		Railway near Drover's Brook s???? Gambo.
Dark Cove, (Black Duck Brook to Marsh Point) Freshwater Bay, Bonavista Bay
Number	Register		Date	Name	Area			Plan	Location or Other Information
	Vol.	Fol.			Acres	R.	F.
	25	139	December 06, 1880	John Barry of Greenspond	4	2	0	294	March Point
	36	81	January 25, 1889	Benjamin Saunders, Greenspond	13	3	23	337	Sec.12 C.L.A. 1884 Dark Cove Brook.
	37	51	May 31, 1889	James Lane Jnr	8	0	0	337	Sec.12 C.L.A. 1884 See V. 55 F. 120
	55	120	July 27, 1895	Josiah, William, Samuel, Edward Eastman	9	0	0	337	Sec.12 C.L.A. 1884. Overlaps V. 37 F. 51
	57	91	July 07, 1896	Thomas, John, Elezar Vivian	3	0	0	337	Road through Dark Cove
	61	206	June 15, 1900	Jacob Golding	6	2	0	337	Shore Dark Cove.
	62	150	October 09, 1901	Diocesan Synod of Newfoundland	9	3	21	337	Road to Middle Brook.
	62	207	March 24, 1902?	Josephine A. Blandford Greenspond	2	1	4	337	near Dark Cove Brook.
	64	40	May 23, 1902	Samuel, David, Darius Grunter	11	0	0	337	Road through Dark Cove.
	65	80	February 12, 1904	George Saunders	2	2	20	337	Shore Dark Cove.
	65	104	February 12, 1904	James Saunders	6	0	0	337	Dark Cove Brook
	65	148	February ?? 1904	John Goulding	4	0	20	337	Shore Dark Cove.
	65	196	March 04?, 1904	Peter, Job W., Garland J. Goulding	3	2	0	337	Dark Cove Brook
	66	21	April 02, 1904	Cornelius Goulding	20	0	0	337	Shore near Marsh Point
	66	76	March 24 1904	William, Robert, and Henry Stockley	9	1	0	337	Road through Dark Cove
	68	17	January 24, 1905	Robert Brown	4	3	19	337	Road through Dark Cove
	68	87	February 13, 1905	Joseph Squires Middle Brook	30	0	0	337	Dark Cove Brook Sec.4 Ch. VI Acts 3 Ed. VII
	69	66	May 23, 1905	Thomas, Stephen, Walter Ford	19	0	0	337	South of road through Dark Cove
	70	155	September 28, 1911	Gambo Lumber Company of Gambo	34	3	0	337	Shore Dark Cove. Sec.4. Ch. VI. A.3. Ed. VII
	73	111	June 07, 1907	William, John, Kenneth, Thomas Lush	2	2	0	337	Shore Dark Cove
	64	69	December 06, 1913	Mary Ellen and Mary Donovan	19	0	0	337	Road through Dark Cove
	90	79	September 16, 1915	Thomas Curran	15	2	16	337	North of Main Road Dark Cove
Middle Brook, Freshwater Bay, Bonavista Bay
Number	Register		Date	Name	Area			Plan	Location or Other Information
	Vol.	Fol.			Acres	R.	F.
	24?	709	December 11, 1856?	George Thomas Brooking St. John's	96	0	0		East of Middle Brook. orig. reg. V.5 F.46
	24	30	December 02, 187?	George Pritchett	30	0	0	337	Main road at Butt's Pond Path
	43	10	October 08, 1891	Abraham Pritchett	30	0	?	337	Sec. 12 C.L.A. 1884 Cancelled Replaced by V.52 F.150
	32	150	February 06, 1894	Abraham Pritchett	30	0	0	337	Main road to Gambo. Sec. 12 C.L.A. 1891. Replacing V.43 ??
	35	29	February 01, 1895	James and George Hender Gambo	24	0	0	294	East of Otter Brook. Sec 12. C.L.A. 1884
	35	101	July 27, 1895	James Grunter	2	3	0	294	East of Otter Brook
	35	106	July 27, 1895	Joseph Saunders, Dark Cove	6	2	16	294	Road, near Otter Brook
	37	49	February 25, 1896	John Pritchett Sr.	6?	0	0	294	Road to Gambo. Sec. 12 C.L.A. 1884. See Vol. 64 F.115
	38	1?	February 20, 1896	James Lush, Hedley Lush, and Josiah do. (Lush)	3	0	0	294	Otter Brook
	62	192	February 04, 1902	George, John, Samuel, Sylvester Barrow	6	2	0	294	Muskrat Brook
	64	6?	June 27, 1902	Evangeline C. Booth, Toronto, Canada	0	3	24	337	Road to Gambo
	64	115	June 23, 1902	John Pritchett Sr.	6	1	24	337	Surrendered and cancelled being for same land as V.57
	64A	58	April 27, 1903	Benjamin Pritchett	9	1	10	337	Main road to Gambo
	64A	124	July 10, 1903	John Pritchett	10	1	20	337	Mouth of Brook
	64A	175	October 27, 1903	George B. Jerrett	7	2	19	337	Pritchett's Tramway
	64A	176	October 27, 1903	George B. Jerrett	7	1	19	337	Shore near Marsh Point
	64A	185	December 18, 1903	John Collins	5	0	18	337	Shore near Marsh Point
	65	57	February 04, 1904	Isaac Goulding	5	2	0	294	Road, East of Otter Brook
	65	59	February 04, 1904	Levi Harleck	10	0	0	337	West of Road to Gambo
	65	68?	February 04, 1904	Isaac Pritchett	3	1	24	294	Road East of Otter Brook
	65	107	February 10, 1904	Philip Feltham	4	0	3	337	Road to Gambo
	65	142	February 27, 1904	Lemuel Harleck	14	3	7	337	2 lots. Shore of Marsh Point and east of Brett's Pond Path
	65	164	March 10, 1904	Ezekiel Goulding	2	2	0	337	Middle Brook Bridge
	65	187	March 10, 1907	John Lush	3	2	0	294	Otter Brook
	65A	149	June 07, 1907	John Pritchett	7	0	0	337	Pritchett's Tramway
	65A?	216	April 28, 1908	Samuel and Thomas Hender	1	2	8	294	East of Otter Brook
	66?	39	March 24, 1904	Henry Cross	7	0	0	337	Butt's Pond path
	66?	2	January 24, 1905	George Hender	8	2	0	294	Road east of Bridge
	68?	44	February 04, 1905	Samuel Mullett	1	2	0	294	Road east of Otter Brook
	?	3?	June 08, 1905	James, Ezra, Josiah, Edgar Feltham	8	1	0	337	Road to Gambo
	?	52?	May 15,1905	James Pritchett	7	0	0	337	Shore of Marsh Point
	?	161	December 11, 1905	Joseph Ward	4	1	15	294	Muskrat Brook
10882	69	163	January 03, 1906	John Collins	8	1	16	337	Pritchett's Tramway
10857	69	184	January 03, 1906	Samuel Hender	4	3	20	294	Road east of Muskrat Brook
12177	70	117	August 10, 1909	Gambo Lumber Company Limited of Gambo	80	0	0		at Second Burnt Pond. Cultivation clause crossed out on register
11214	73	138	June 07, 1907	William A. Pritchett Middle Brook	19	2	0	337	West of Butt's Pond Path
11269	74	29	June 07, 1907	Robert Ward	3	0	23	294	East of Muskrat Brook. See V.76
11542	74	157	December 27, 1907	Charles Stratton	9	1	36	294	N. side Rd. Otter Brook
11693	74	163	February 24, 1908	Malcolm, Cornelius, Charles Campbell	4	0	0	294	East of Otter Brook
12077	75	168	March 27, 1909	Robert Ward, Gambo	2	2	32	294	East of Muskrat Brook
12085	75	176	April 08, 1909	George, Jesse, Stephen, John Abbott	2	1	0	294	Otter Brook
12188	76	152	December 04, 1909	Anthony Ward	3	3	24	294	East of Muskrat Brook covers p? Grant V.74 F. 29
13695	84	141	April 28, 1914	John Titford, Clarke's Beach	20	0	0	337	Pritchett's Tramway
14223	86	174	April 07, 1916	Henry Cross	7	0	0	337	Butt's Pond Path
12971	92	1	September 21, 1912	Joseph Curran, Gambo George A. Scott, of Montreal, Canada	85	0	0	294	East side Middle Brook. Sec. 4 Ch? Acts 3. Ed. VII.
13385	92	40	May 19, 1913	Walter Pritchett	28	2	0	337	Butt's Pond Path. Sec. 4. Ch. VI Acts 3. Ed. VII.
15772	94	197	October 06, 1922	John Feltham	10	1	28	337	Pritchett's Tramway.
19762	99	76	December 17, 1929	John Jerrett and Sons, Middle Brk.	12	3	8	337	West Side Middle Brook.
Travers Brook, Freshwater Bay, Bonavista Bay
Number	Register		Date	Name	Area			Plan	Location or Other Information
	Vol.	Fol.			Acres	R.	F.
5294	32	138	July 09, 1886	George and Abraham Pritchett	5	0	0
12154	70	118	June 22, 1909	William Little of Montreal	100				Sec. 4 Ch. VI. Acts 3. Ed. VII.
Hare Bay, North Side of Bonavista Bay
Number	Register		Date	Name	Area			Plan	Location or Other Information
	Vol.	Fol.			Acres	R.	F.
6837	43	35	November 11, 1891	Robert Ferris of Shambler's Cove	12	3	8	82	Sec. 12 C.L.A. 1884
7392	53	75	April 02, 1894	Sameul Collins	14	2	0	82	East Pt. Hare Bay. Sec. 12 C.L.A. 1884
9936	64	268	January 25, 1904	Thomas, George, Alexander, Richard and Arthur Collins	20	0	0	82	Near Anstey's Brook
10894	65A	46	March 26, 1906	John, Jesse, James and Joseph House of ???	7	1	0	82
11382	65A	147	June 07, 1907	Enos Lane	4	0	0	82
11217	65A	165	June 07, 1907	Daniel and Henry Collins	10	3	24	82
10844	69	188?	January 03, 1906	Arthur Saunders	1	3	16	82
10846	69	191	January 03, 1906	John Wiseman	16?	1	2	82	Muskrat Brook
10833	72	2	March 28, 1906	George Collins	1	0	0	82
10869	72	3	March 28, 1906	Thomas Brown	7	0	16	82	Shoal Cove
10948	72	26	March 28, 1906	Alpheus Roberts	2	1	16	82
10962	72	35	March 28, 1906	Arthur Vivian, Shambler's Cove	6	0	2	82
10882	72	36	March 28, 1906	Alexander Collins and Jeremiah Elkins	7	3	8		Butcher's Point
10963	72	46	March 28, 1906	Joseph Wells? of Gooseberry Island	6	1	0	82	Butcher's Neck
11073	72	140	June 19, 1906	William Collins	3	1	14		Butcher's Beach
11143	72	195	February 09, 1907	Lewis Kents ?	2	2	20		Southern Reach
11383	73	99	June 07, 1907	Peter King	3	0	24		Butcher's Beach
11514	74	37	December 27, 1907	Samuel Collins	9	1	24	82	Nailor's Beach
12014	76	74?	February 23, 1908?	David Collins	3	2	16	82	Nailor's Beach
12997	80	109	October 25, 1912	Commissioner Cooms Toronto, Canada In trust for Salvation Army	3	0	0	82	Road to Gambo
13047	80?	155	October 25, 1912	Arthur Collins	10	0	0
13258	83	40	January 22, 1913	William Williams ?	9	0	0
13568	84	51	November 26, 1913	William Willis? of Shoal Bay, B.B.	2	2	16		Butcher's Cove
13819	85	101	November 14, 1914	Frederick Saunders	2	2	8	82	Pt. North of Nailor's Beach
13857	85	119	February 12, 1915	Samuel Collins	3	?	24		Butcher's Cove
13991	85	199	September 11, 1915	Daniel Collins	1	0	20	82
14330	87	171	September 25, 1916	Theophilus B?all	5	1	32
14729	91	20	August 24, 1917	George Wiseman	2	3	24

 

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The entries have been transcribed as they appear in the original document.
Over the years many of the names have become colloquial.

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Page contributed by Emily Wicks Mullett

Page transcribed by: Donna Randell

Page Revised by Craig Peterman (May 2003)

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