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Baptisms (1875 - 1922)
Methodist Parish Records
Greenspond Circuit
(Partial Transcription)
Bonavista Bay District
| YEAR | SURNAME | GIVEN NAME | PARENTS | DATE BAPT | DATE BORN | PLACE | BY WHOM BAPT | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875 | ||||||||
| 1875 | BURRY | Samuel | Alfred and Elizabeth | Dec 19 | (blank) | Greenspond | J Embree | |
| 1875 | MEADUS | Darius | Malachi and Jane | Dec 19 | Sept 28 1875 | Greenspond | J Embree | |
| 1875 | BRENTON | James Charles | Thomas & Susannah | Dec 19 | Aug 21 1875 | Swains Islands | J Embree | |
| 1875 | ROBERTS | Willie James | James and Mary | Dec 10 | Oct 15 1875 | Cobblars Island | J Embree | |
| 1876 | ||||||||
| 1876 | HOWELL -ROBINSON | Louisa | Jane Howell Eli Robinson | Febr 21 | Feb 8 1876 | Cobblers Island | J Embree | Eli's surname known to be Roberts |
| 1876 | ROBINSON | Charlotte | Thomas and Mirriam | Feb 21 | Dec 29 1875 | Cobblers Island | J Embree | Surname known to be Roberts, but at times recorded as Robinson |
| 1876 | DAVIS | Benjamim Isaac | Isaac and Mary Ann | Feb 22 | Jan 11 1876 | Pools Island | J Embree | |
| 1876 | DALTON | Peter Charles | William Ellen | Feb 22 | Sept 12 1875 | Pools Island | J Embree | |
| 1877 | ||||||||
| 1877 | SPARKS | Stanley | Jacob Priscilla | Dec 16 1877 | Oct 12 187 | Greenspond | T. L. Eland | |
| 1877 | HAYNES | Lucy | John Victoria | Dec 16 1877 | Oct 6 1877 | Greenspond | T. L. Eland | |
| 1877 | BEST | Caroline Jane | John Mary Jane | Dec 4 1877 | Nov 5 1877 | Swains Island | C. Myers | |
| 1877 | CARTER | Edmund | John Theresa | Dec 4 1877 | Sept 9? 1877 | Swains Island | C. Myers | |
| 1877 | MILLENDY | John Sophia | Henry | Sep 30 1877 | Dec 13 1877 | Cape Island | C. Myers | Likely parents names & child's name, and date of birth & bpt, reversed |
| 1877 | ROBINSON | Walter Jessie | Daniel Selina | Sep 22 1877 | Dec 14 1877 | Cobbler's Island | C. Myers | Surname known to be Roberts, likely date of birth & bpt reversed |
| 1878 | ||||||||
| 1878 | ROBERTS | Samuel | Thomas Mariam | Feb 21 1878 | Apl 3 1878 | Swains Island | T. L. Eland | likely date of birth & bpt reversed |
| 1878 | SPARKS | Obera? George | Bazil Jane | April 28 1878 | Feby 25 - 78 | Bloody Bay | T. L. Eland | |
| 1878 | CROCKER | Emily Ann | Emiline Elizabeth, Alexander | Apl 24/78 | Nov 6 1876 | Barrow Harbour | T. L. Eland | |
| 1878 | BUTT | Providence | Andrew Jane | Apl 24 1878 | Apl 13 1878 | Flat Island | T. L. Eland | |
| 1878 | ROBINSON | Alpheus | James Mary Ann | Apl 25 1878 | Feb 27 / 78 | Cobbler's Island | C. Myers | Surname known to be Roberts. This is my great grandfather. |
| 1878 | TILLAR | Esther Jane | Stephen Elizabeth | Apl 29 /78 | Jan 4 1878 | Swains Island | C. Myers | |
| 1879 | ||||||||
| 1879 | COLLINS | Robert | Thomas & Emily | Oct 25 1879 | Ap 13 1879 | Shoe Cove | Joseph Lister | |
| 1879 | NORMAN | Sarah Ann | George & Ann | Oct 26 1879 | Sep 11 1879 | Greenspond | Joseph Lister | |
| 1879 | NORMAN | Susannah | James & Hannah | Oct 26 1879 | Aug 20 1879 | Greenspond | Joseph Lister | |
| 1879 | HUMPHRES | Jonas | John & Ellen | Nov 2 1879 | Sep 8 1879 | Cape Freels | Joseph Lister | |
| 1879 | HANN | Elizabeth | Dorcas | Nov 3 1879 | Oct 27 1879 | Cape Freels | Joseph Lister | |
| 1879 | PARSONS | John | James & Julia Ann | Nov 3 1879 | Nov 20 1878 | Seal Cove | Joseph Lister | |
| 1879 | WHITE | Sidney | James & Eunice S. | Nov 9 1879 | Sep 19 1879 | Greenspond | Joseph Lister | |
| 1879 | HAWKINS ? | Rebecca Hoskins | Wm & Sarah | No 9 1879 | Sep 20 1879 | Greenspd | Joseph Lister | Surname could be Haskins? |
| 1880 | ||||||||
| 1880 | CAHILL | Ethel Lily | Joseph A & Odessa | August 1st 1880 | June 27 1880 | Greenspond | George Vater | |
| 1880 | HAYNES | Daniel | Enoch? & Victoria | Augt 8th 1880 | June 3rd 1880 | Greenspond | George Vater | |
| 1880 | COLLINS | Susanna | John & Frances | Augt 10th 1880 | July 13th 1880 | Silver Island | Geo Vater | |
| 1880 | STOKES | Jesse | Silas & Johanna | July 23 1880 | Ap 29 1880 | Cape Freels | J Lister | |
| 1880 | MOORES | Eveline | John & Cecilia Ann | July 28 1880 | Oct 16 1879 | Seal Cove | J Lister | |
| 1880 | ROBERTS | Sarah Beatrice | Samuel J & Mary Ann | Aug 1 1880 | May 27 1880 | Cobblers Is | J Lister | |
| 1880 | BARBER | Edgar Wesley | John & Margaret | Aug 8 1880 | May 24 1880 | Inner Is | J Lister | |
| 1880 | OLDFORD | William Thomas | Peter & Catherine | Aug 8 1880 | May 14 1880 | Inner Is | J Lister | |
| 1880 | BURTON | Nathan James | George & Elizabeth | Aug 24 1880 | (blank) | Greenspond | J Lister | |
| 1880 | BURTON | Louis Edward | Wm & Jane | Aug 24 1880 | (blank) | Greenspond | J Lister | |
| 1881 | ||||||||
| 1881 | HOWELLS | Isaiah | John & Joannah | Jan 31 1881 | Oct 22 1880 | Pool's Island | Geo Vater | |
| 1881 | HOWELLS | Lucy | James & Susanna | Jan 31 1881 | Augt 28 1880 | Pool's Islands | Geo Vater | |
| 1881 | GAULTON | Noah Walter | Ruben & Cathrane | Feb 1 1881 | Oct 6th 1880 | Norton's Cove | Geo Vater | |
| 1881 | LUSH | Isabel Elizabeth | John & Mary Jane | Feb 25 1881 | Jan 31 1881 | Greenspd | J Lister | |
| 1881 | COLLINS | Elijah | Samuel & Rhoda | Mch 17 1881 | Feb 2 1881 | New Harbor | J Lister | |
| 1881 | COLLINS | Elizabeth Ann | Thos & Emily | Mch 17 1881 | July 12 1880 | Shoe Cove | J Lister | |
| 1881 | COLLINS | Margaret Jane | Wm & Jane | Mch 17 1881 | Nov 11 1880 | Shoe Cove | J Lister | |
| 1881 | STRATTEN | Susanna Jane | Christopher & Lucy | March 26 1881 | Feb 19 1881 | Greenspond | Geo Vater | |
| 1881 | HODNOTT | Ella | William & Sophia | March 28 1881 | March 28 1881 | Greenspond | Geo Vater | |
| 1881 | CHALK | (Blank) | Robert & Elizabeth | Mch 30 1881 | Mch 30 1881 | Deadman's Bay | J Lister | |
| 1881 | VINCENT | Lucy Jane | James & Caroline | Apr 8 1881 | Feb 18 1881 | Cobblers Is | J Lister | |
| 1881 | POWELL | Flora | Robert & Charlotte | Ap 29 1881 | Aug 26 1878 | Happy de Venture * | J Lister | * this is actual entry |
| 1882 | ||||||||
| 1882 | ROBERTS | Caroline | James & Mary | Aug 6th | March 10th | Cobblers Island | S. Matthews | |
| 1883 | ||||||||
| 1883 | GARRETT | Mary Eliza | Mark & Jane | Nov 16th | June 21st 1883 | Fox Cove | S. Matthews | |
| 1883 | COOK | James | William & Mary | Nov 16th | July 27th | Fox Cove | S. Matthews | |
| 1883 | WHITE | Henry | Jacob & Lousia | Dec 9th | Oct 9th 1883 | Greenspond | S. Matthews | |
| 1883 | WHITE | Beatrice | William J & Mary J | Dec 9th | Oct 23 1883 | Greenspond | S. Matthews | |
| 1883 | ELKINS | Lenora | Robert & Rebecca | Dec 9th | Nov 13th | Safe Harbor | S. Matthews | |
| 1883 | BURTON | Beatrice | George & Elizabeth | Dec 9th | Sep 11 1883 | Safe Harbor | S. Matthews | |
| 1883 | SPRACKLIN | Moses R. T. | John C & Ann R | Dec 16th | Sept 17th | Swains I | S. Matthews | |
| 1883 | MULLETT | Japheth H. | James & Fanny | Dec 16th | June 4th 1883 | Swains I | S. Matthews | |
| 1883 | WICKS | Eliza | William & Ann | Dec 16th | Aug 15 | Swain's I | S. Matthews | |
| 1883 | CRITCHLEY | Israel Thomas | James & Emma | Aug 27 1883 | July 4 1883 | Greenspond | Wm Bartlett | |
| 1883 | NORMON | Abraham Charles | James & Hannah | Sept 9 1883 | Aug 22 1883 | Greenspond | Wm Bartlett | |
| 1884 | ||||||||
| 1884 | HAWKINS | Martha Mary | William & Sarah | Feb 26th 1884 | Feb 4th 1884 | Greenspond | Wm Bartlett | |
| 1885 | ||||||||
| 1885 | YOUNGS | Emily | Joseph & Thersa | June 12 1885 | May 4th 1885 | Greenspond | Wm Jennings | |
| 1885 | HANDCOCK BUTLER | Melictable? | John Sainsbury & Angelina | July 6th 1885 | May 27 1885 | Greenspond | Wm Bartlett | |
| 1885 | (Blank) | Ernest Job | (Blank) & Matilda | April 2nd 1885 | Feb 1st 1885 | Greenspond | Wm Jennings | |
| 1885 | COLLINS | Lucy | Thomas & Emily | Aug 3rd 1885 | April 6th 1885 | New Harbour | Wm Jennings | |
| 1885 | COLLINS | Keziah | Enoch & Francis | Aug 3rd 1885 | Feb 20 1885 | New Harbour | Wm Jennings | |
| 1885 | HOLLOWAY | Joshua | Henry & Elizabeth | Aug 3rd 1885 | June 30th 1884 | New Harbour | Wm Jennings | |
| 1885 | WOODLAND | Emma? | Edward & Caroline | July 18th 1885 | July 7th 1885 | Greenspond | Wm Jennings | |
| 1885 | HARDING | Annie Amelia | Augustus & Mary Ann | July 28th 1885 | April 4th 1885 | Greenspond | Wm Jennings | |
| 1885 | MEADUS | Edith Blanche | Edward & Isobel | Aug 22nd 1885 | July 1st 1885 | Greenspond | Wm Jennings | |
| 1888 | ||||||||
| 1888 | DAVIS or JANES | Ida | Robt Davis & Pris Janes | Sept 1 1888 | June 9th 1888 | Safe Harbour | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | FELTHAM | Alpheus John | Christopher & Tabitha | Sept 6th 1888 | Feb 13th 1888 | Safe Harbour | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | JARRETT | Mary Ann | John & Matilda | Sept 28 1888 | Sep 16th 1888 | Greenspond | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | BURRY | Elizabeth Field? | James & Eliza | Oct 19th 1888 | Sep 5? 1888 | Greenspond | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | HAWKINS | Lizzie | Benjamin & Jane | Oct 7th 1888 | July 11th | Greenspond | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | STRATTEN | Llewellyn George | John & Sarah | Oct 30th 1888 | Sepr 4 1888 | Greenspond | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | POND | John | Edward & Jane | Nov 4 1888 | Oct 24? 1888 | Greenspond | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | DAVIS | Stanley Knee | George & Priscilla Ann | Nov 4 1888 | Oct 25? 1888 | Safe Hbr | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | ELKINS | William Garfield | Robert & Rebecca | Nov 3 1888 | Aug 18th 1888 | Safe Hbr | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | MANUEL? | Chesley Duncan George | Elikn & Emily | Nov 32 1888 | Oct 22nd 1888 | Greenspond | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | GREEN | Peter Garfield | Peter & Delilah | Dec 2nd 1888 | Sept 15th 1888 | Greenspond | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | BURRY | Anastasia | James & Elizth | Dec 17th 1888 | June 20th 1888 | Greenspond | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | WEEKS | Maggie Irene | William & Laura | Dec 20th 1888 | Oct 15?th 1888 | Greenspond | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | BURRY ? | Cedr?pads | Job & Sarah Ann | Dec 25th 1888 | Oct 21st 1888 | Greenspond | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | YOUNG | Seabre? | William & Drusilla | Dec 23rd 1888 | Dec 2nd 1888 | Greenspond | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | OSMOND | Prince Albert | Richard & Leah | Dec 26th 1888 | July 13th 1888 | Candle Cove | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | OSMOND | Sandy | Samuel & Susanna | Dec 30th 1888 | Oct 19th 1888 | Greenspond | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | LUSH | Alexander James | ?ary Thomas & Sarah | Dec 30th 1888 | Oct 14th 1888 | Greenspond | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | JARRETT | Lydia Jane | Robert & Annie? | Jan 9th 1889 | Nov 27?th 1888 | Greenspond | F Duffitt | |
| 1888 | BURTON | Edith Blanche | Robert & Matilda | Jan 9th 1889 | Nov 5?th 1888 | Shamblers Cv | F Duffitt | |
| 1889 | ||||||||
| 1889 | CHEATER? | Eli Allen | Jh & Annie? Elizth | Jan 7th 1889 | Sep 24th 1888 | Greenspond | F Duffitt | |
| 1890 | ||||||||
| 1890 | ELKINS | Abram Walter | Robert & Rebecca | Nov 16 | June 17 | Safe Harbor | I Parkins | |
| 1890 | NORMAN | Eliza Jane | James & Hannah | Nov 6 | Oct 16 | Greenspond | I Parkins | |
| 1890 | SHEPHERD | Edith | George & Drusilla | Nov 2 | Sept 22 | Pools Island | I Parkins | |
| 1890 | WHITE | Frank | William H & Johanna | Oct 31 | Sept 16 | Greenspond | I Parkins | |
| 1890 | BURTON | Maggie Jane | John & Ann Eliza | Nov 19 | Oct 21 | Greenspond | I Parkins | |
| 1893 | ||||||||
| 1893 | STAGG | Richard Martin | Arthur and Priscilla | Dec 24 | Sept 23rd 1893 | Shambler's Cove | C. Lench | |
| 1893 | OUNSEL | Louisa? Elizabeth | Enoch and Lucy | Jany 19 | Jany 17 1893 | Safe Hr | Geo Burton | |
| 1893 | SHEPHERD | William John | George & Drusilla | Nov 24 | Nov 10 1893 | Poole's Isld | Joseph Davis pro C. Lench | |
| 1893 | ELKINS | Edith Melvina | Robert & Rebecca | Jan 19 | Nov 19 1892 | Safe Hr | Geo Burton Lay Reader/ C. Lench registered | |
| 1894 | ||||||||
| 1894 | PINSENT | Laura Dyke | George & Josabed | Nov 18 | Sep 30 1894 | Safe Harbor | C. Lench | |
| 1894 | ROGERS | Lily May | John & Elizabeth | Dec 24 | Oct 28 1894 | Greenspond | C. Lench | |
| 1895 | ||||||||
| 1895 | VIVIAN | Gertrude | George & Mary Jane | May 26 | Nov 14 1894 | Shambler's Cove | C. Lench | |
| 1895 | DAVIS | Hilda | Abram & Keziah | Mar 3rd | Nov 4th | Safe Harbor | C. Lench | |
| 1895 | BURRY | Emma | Alpheus & Deborah | Jany 4 | Nov 6 1894 | Newells Is | C. Lench | |
| 1895 | ELKINS | Irene | Robert & Rebecca | Apl 10 | Nov 3rd 1894 | Safe Harbor | Benjamin Davis | Note under name “Not Baptized by me” |
| 1897 | ||||||||
| 1897 | COLLINGS | Jessie Amelia | Samuel & Martha | Oct 6th | June 21 st 1894 | Hare Bay | T.B.Darby | Surname known to be Collins |
| 1897 | COLLINGS | George | George & Charlotte | (blank) | August 27th 1897 | Hare Bay | Laymen | Surname known to be Collins |
| 1897 | BEMISTER | Charles Wilfred | Darius & Mary Julia | Oct 29 | Sept 17th 1897 | Greenspond | T.B.Darby | |
| 1897 | COLLINGS | Martin Henry | Samuel & Martha | Oct 6 | Nov 21 st 1896 | Hare Bay | T.B.Darby | Surname known to be Collins |
| 1897 | DAVIS | Stella ? | William & ? | Oct | Sept 26th | Safe Harbor | T.B.Darby | |
| 1897 | LANE | Sarah Brown | Enos & Elizabeth | Oct 6th | Dec 27st 1896 | Hare Bay | T.B.Darby | Birth date written as 'Dec 27st' could mean 'Dec 21st' |
| 1898 | ||||||||
| 1898 | LUSH | Jessie Cecilia | Lucila? | Oct 31st | October 9th /98 | Greenspond | T.B.Darby | |
| 1898 | COLLINS | Edgar | George & Charlotte | Nov 4th | Feb 15th 1896 | Hare Bay | T.B.Darby | |
| 1898 | COLLINS | Samuel | George & Charlotte | Nov 4th | July 18th 1893 | Hare Bay | T.B.Darby | |
| 1898 | COLLINS | Caleb | Samuel & Martha | Nov 4th | Jan 21st 1898 | Hare Bay | T.B.Darby | |
| 1898 | ELKINS | Frederic | Jeremiah & Elizabeth Ann | Nov 5th | Dec 12th 1898 | Hare Bay | T.B.Darby | |
| 1898 | LANE | Samuel | Job & (blank)*1 | Nov 4th | Nov 6th 1897 | Hare Bay | T.B.Darby | Mother's name not entered |
| 1898 | COLLINS | Naomi | Thomas & Emily | Nov 4th | Dec 6th 1894 | Hare Bay | T.B.Darby | |
| 1899 | ||||||||
| 1899 | DARBY | George Bishop | Rev T.W. & Jessie Bishop | Jan 1st 1899 | October 12th 1898 | Greenspond | C. Lench | Given name could be Georga? |
| 1892 | ||||||||
| 1902 | ELKINS | Rosanna Pelley | Robert and Rebecca | 17th February | 27th November 1901 | Safe Harbour | John E Peters | |
| 1902 | WHITE | Hugh McKinley | Hugh and Eliza | 25th February | 3rd February 1902 | Loon Cove | John E Peters | |
| 1902 | MULLINS | John Charles | George and Ellen | 27th February | 5th January 1902 | Greenspond | John E Peters | |
| 1902 | BURRY | Pierce | Joseph and Harriet | Jan 5th | 3rd November 1901 | Greenspond | John E Peters | |
| 1902 | CARTER | Herbert Randolph | Alexander George & Annie Elizabeth | January 9th | 19th October 1901 | Greenspond | John E Peters | |
| 1902 | HOWELL | Noah James | Lucy | 19th January | 17th January 1902 | Pools Island | Ambrose Davis (Layman) | |
| 1902 | WICKS | Kenneth Bertram | William and Susanna | 23rd January | 18th December 1901 | Greenspond | John E Peters | |
| 1903 | ||||||||
| 1903 | BRAGG | Mary Ann | Martin & Margaret | Jan 3rd 1904 | Oct 23 1903 | Shambler's Cove | J J Durrant | |
| 1903 | WHITE | Avalon Arthur Tasker | Hugh & Eliza | Dec 21st | Aug 7th 1903 | Loon Cove | John J Durrant | |
| 1903 | BURRY | Charles | Elias & Caroline | Dec 22nd | Dec 22nd 1903 | Loon Cove | John J Durrant | |
| 1904 | ||||||||
| 1904 | PIKE | William Luther | Robert & Lydia | ? | Oct 28th 1904 | Flat Isld | Earnest Godling | Entry at bottom of page, appears to be entered at another time, not clear if date is birth or bpt |
| 1904 | ELKINS | Fredrick Garfield | Robert & Rebecca | Jan 10 1904 | Nov 4th 1903 | Safe Har. | John J Durrant | |
| 1904 | DYKE | Beatrice | James F & Mary Ann | Jan 10 1904 | Sept 6th 1903 | Safe Har. | John J Durrant | |
| 1905 | ||||||||
| 1905 | WRIGHT | Eunice | (blank) | Dec 26 | Mar 30th 1876 | Greenspond | John J Durrant | Written under name “Adult baptism” |
| 1905 | WHITE | Sarah Gertrude | Henry & Clotilda | Nov 20th | Oct 22nd 1905 | Loo Cove | John J Durrant | |
| 1905 | WRIGHT | Wilfred Charles | George & Eunice | Dec 26 | Oct 22nd 1905 | Greenspond | John J Durrant | |
| 1906 | ||||||||
| 1906 | ELKINS | Amelia Alice Andrews | Robert & Rebecca | (blank) | Aug 26th 1905 | Safe Harbour | John J Durrant | Bapt date not entered but prev entry for Safe Hr was Jan 14 |
| 1906 | CRITCHLEY | Edmund James Masterman? | Samuel John & Edith Blanche | Jan 5th | Nov 24th 1905 | English Har | John J Durrant | |
| 1906 | BURTON | Sarah Elizabeth | Baxter & Elizabeth | Jan 14 | Sept 24th 1905 | Safe Har. | John J Durrant | |
| 1917 | ||||||||
| 1917 | ELKINS | Emma Violet | Abram & Jane | Aug 5th 1917 | June 18 1917 | Safe Harbor | John C. Elliott | |
| 1922 | ||||||||
| 1922 | ELKINS | Emma | Abram and Jane | Aug 13 1922 | July 8th 1922 | Safe Harbour | Geo L. Mercer | Died Corner Brook 1929 |
Transcribed bt Linda Elkins-Schmitt (2008)
| ERRATA | ||
|---|---|---|
| NAME | DESCRIPTION OF ERROR | REPORTED BY |
| LANE, Samuel (1898)*1 | This is Samuel Lane of Gambo. His Mother was Amelia Collins of Hare Bay. | Robert Brentnall |
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