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Hi,my name is Ron,and iam fairly new to genealogy/family history.names iam searching are Andersons of Fortune and Burgeo NL.also searching Street/Stride and Meads of Little River and White Bear Bay NL.Willing to share what info i have on those familys.thank-you.

There is a James Anderson (b. 1863) Burgeo (Otters Point) and moved to Ramea Island when he married Hannah Payne (b. 1868) in 1888 in Ramea. They had 5 children, Mary Theresa (b.1890, d. 1893), Llewellyn (b. 1893), Hubert (b. 1895), Howard William Hewitt (b. 1898) and Bessie Laura (b. 1900).
There are Charles and Meshach Meade who came to Ramea sometime before 1864, possibly from White Bear bay, brother John came later, by 1871 they where all in Ramea. Meshach married Catherine (unknown) and they had 3 children, George (b. 1861), Joshua (b. 1864) and mary Ann (b. 1864). Charles married Mary Rose in 1865, no children listed. John married Sarah Warren (widow) in 1863 and had 2 children, George (b. 1864) and Meshach (b. 1867).
There is also a James listed who married a Caroline (unknown) and they had one child Reuben (b.1883).
Any connection with the people you are looking for?

Hi,thank-you for the info on the Andersons.that bit is new to me,so it will go in my file.Mary-Ann MEAD,daughter of Meshack and Catherine,is my gg grandmother.She married Robert Anderson of Burgeo.you say Catherines madin name is unknown and they possible came from White Bear Bay this i did not know,so thank-you.any info you find on those familys, and you have time ,i would like to have and i am willing to share what i have thank-you ron.

The information came from the book "Ramea's Family Tree" by Victor G and Victor Kendall.
It was a limited edition book on the genealogy of Ramea, Ramea Island from early 1800 to 1960's. The Anderson's and Meade's where not directly related to my family (Hatcher) as far as I can tell, but the information was available so I passed it on.

Cameron

Hi, Cameron thank-you, will go to the library and have a look for the book.i have family in Ramea so they may know someone who has a copy.hope i can get more info from people like you who look at my post.thank-you ron.

I have a photocopy, with permission of one of the authors, the book has been out of print for years. The Maritime University Library in St John's has a copy, I've seached every used book store in Atlantic Canada online and the only one I found was in Texas and they wanted $175 US for it, I only paid $30 for a photocopy and that was mailed to me in Alberta.

hi,thanks.then it is not much good for me to vist the library here in town.i will kept my fingers crossed and hope for some other info on the Andersons and Meads from the message i have posted.again thank-you for your help. ron.

I also have copies of Burgeo Parish C of E records;
William Mead married Elizabeth Richards 10 Sept 1846 Upper Burgeo
John Mead married Sarah (Horn) Warren 15 Sept 1863 Lower Burgeo
Charles Meade married Mary Rose 20 Sept 1865 Lower Burgeo
Michael Hanlon married Elizabeth Meade 16 Sept 1866 Lower Burgeo
George Meade(20) married Sarah Jane Payne (18) 4 Sept 1884 Burgeo
George Meade (28) married Keziah Anderson (24) 5 Jan 1887 Burgeo
Robert Anderson (29) married Mary Ann Meade (23) 4 July 1887 Burgeo
Frank Lushman (29) married Elizabeth Ann Meade (21) 5 Aug 1888 Little River
Meshach Meade (24) married Mary Ann Anderson (22) 4 Aug 1891 Burgeo
Francis Cranzie Dowling (27) married Caroline E Mead (17) 24 Sept 1891 Margaree
John Billard (47)(W) married Keziah Mead (30)(W) 27 Feb 1891 Grand Bruit
Joshua Mead (29) married Melinda Evans (20) 27 Nov 1893 Channel
George Rose (36) married Harriett Mead (25) 14 Nov 1895 Little River
Henry Neil (52)(W) married Caroline Meade (38)(W) 14 Oct 1897 Grand Bruit
Mesech Mead (25) married Alice Spencer (18) 30 Sept 1898 Little River
John Mead (23) married Sarah Dominey (16) 30 Sept 1898 Little River
Thomas R Meade (28) married Mary Ann Rickitts (22) 27 Sept 1899 Burgeo

I'll stop here, the records go to 1922 if you are interested, I also have birth and death records.

Cameron
hatcher.cameron@gmail.com

Hi,my folder has gotten somewhat thicker today, thanks to you.most of the Meads are of my family.do you have any info on when Mary Ann Mead wife of Robert Anderson would have died.she was living in 1921 but Robert was a widower in 1935.Robert died here in Burgeo in 1956.he was 98.Robert and Mary Ann were of the united church faith.thank-you ron.

Death records I have are 1898 to 1941 so I can't help with Robert but I believe your Mary Ann Anderson died 13 Feb 1924 (57) from TB, she was born in Burgeo, died in Burgeo and buried in Burgeo. The age is not quite right as per her age at marriage, but the register is a transcription of district records, so maybe the transcriber couldn't read the writing very well.

Cameron

Hi,thank-you.what info i have on Mary-Ann Anderson says she was born in Old Mans Bay,and you tell me she was born in 1864.i think i had gotten that from the 1921 cenus of nl, being born there.i know she was not very old when she passed away.Robert Anderson lived with my father until he passed away in 1956.dad as told me that when he was born in 1930, she was not living then, as told to him by his mother Catherine daughter of Robert and Mary-Ann.if you dont have any thing else i will use that date as her death.does your death records just cover the Burgeo area,would like to know the passing of Meshach MEAD or his wife Catherine.thank-you for all of the info and your time in helping me.ron.

The only other Mary Andersons are;
Mary Ann Anderson (59) from Mouse Island, died of cancer, but she was C of E. and
Mary Anderson (83) from Burgeo, died of old age, Methodist, the one I gave you was also listed as Methodist.
The records I have are for the District of Burgeo & LaPoile, I will have a look for the Meade's

Cameron

Deaths of Mead(e)s in Burgeo District;
James Meade (39) C of E, no cause, Burgeo, 15 Nov 1892
Lucy J Meade (11 Mo) C of E, Measles, Channel, 3 Sept 1901
Moses Meade (18) C of E, Consumption, Little River, 18 Mar 1901
Alan Meade (6 Days) C of E, Genereal Debility, Little River, 10 May 1902
Mary Meade (25) C of E, child birth, Little River, 12 May 1902
Lames Mead (17) Meth, Kidney Disease, Burgeo, 6 Sept 1905
Blanche Mead (3 1/2) C of E, Measles, Channel, 10 feb 1912
Thomas Mead (45) C of E, TB, Grey River, 28 June 1914
Sarah Meade (78) C of E, Paralysis, Connaire Bay, 12 feb 1915
Charles Mead (78) C of E, Senility, Grey River, 19 Aug 1915
Al??a Meade (11)(F) Meth, Died from Curus ??, Burgeo, 26 Oct 1917
Dors Meade (2) C of E, Dysentery, Burnt Islands, 26 July 1921
Sarah Jane Mead (52) C of E, Heart Disease, Fox Roost, 29 June 1922
Alice Mead (43) C of E, Paralysis, Grey River, 10 Oct 1923
Edward S Meade (1 Day) Meth, Convulsions, Channel, 6 April 1925
Robert S Meade ( 1 Wk) Meth, Convulsions, Channel, 12 May 1925
Dorothy Meade, (13 Mo) C of E, Convulsions, Burgeo, 25 Dec 1928
Wallace Mead (17) C of E, Shot ??, Fox Roost, 25 Feb 1929
G??? Meade (12)(F) Meth, Influenza, Channel, 2 June 1930
Joshua Mead (64) C of E, TB, Channel, 14 Nov 1931
Mary Meade (35) Meth, TB, Channel, 10 feb 1933
Joshua Mead (54) C of E, TB, Isle Au Mortes, 27 April 1935
Vivian Meade (1 1/2) C of E, Convulsions, CXhannel 19 May 1935
Cecil Meade (21) C of E, Drowning, Fox Roost, 6 Nov 1936
Mesach Meade (69) C of E, Drowning, Grey River, 9 Aug 1940

That is all that I see for Meade, the handwriting is sometimes open to interpretation as noted by ??? and I also could have missed some because the person wrote beautifully but
very small and with not much definition as to what the letters where

Cameron

hi,thank-you,will copy all you have sent me and save for my family history.i just talked to my father and he says the mary-ann that died in 1924 sounds like his grandmother.so again thank-you for all of your help.Ron.