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The following information was extracted by Linda Elkins-Schmitt in January 2003 from the document entitled "Pinchards Island Reunion 1993"
The booklet contains sections entitled:
A Short History of Pinchard's Island written by Peter Hall and Pinchard's Island Then and Now written by Herber W. Gill
It also contains quite a number of sketches drawn by Gilbert John Gill of the various homes, churches, businesses and vessels which belonged to the people of Pinchard's Island.
Other sources acknowledged in the booklet include: 1. The Writings of Reverend Naboth Winsor 2. The Work and Life of Reverend Julien Moreton 3. The Letters of Reverend John Goodacre Cragg 4. The Minutes of Bonavista North Board of Education 5. The Church Records of Births, Baptisms, Marriage, Deaths and Burials, and other Relevant Material 6. Mr. Heber Gill of St. John's, NF
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People mentioned in the booklet (in alphabetical order):
Abraham, Bishop Philip Allen, Reverend J.S.
Barbour, Captain Joe Barbour, Captain Alphaeus Blackmore, Alex, sketch of vessel The Best Girl Blackmore, Archibald, son of Jesse and Laura Blackmore Blackmore, Eleanor Marie, daughter of Archibald and Millicent, Blackmore Blackmore, Jesse sketch of his premises Blackmore, Captain John Blackmore, William Boland, Ethel, daughter of William and Keziah Boland Boland, Jesse, sketch of vessel Pioneer Boland, Keziah (Davis) Boland, Llewellyn, sketch of vessel Pioneer Boland, Thomas Bungay, Kenneth Burry, David
Collins, Mrs. (teacher) Coster, Rev. Nathaniel Allen Curtis, Henry Curtis, John
Davis, Abraham Davis, Bertley Davis, Eleazor Davis, George Davis, Henry Davis, James Davis, Jimmy, sketch of his house Davis, Job Davis, Keziah daughter of James and Julia Davis Davis, Thomas Davis, William Dyer, Rev. W.
Field, Bishop Edward Fudge, Reverend A.W.
Green, Captain Fred Gill, Ammon, sketch of his house Gill, Daniel Gill, Edwin Gill, Edward and Hannah, parents of Heber W. Gill Gill, Fred, sketches of his boats Janie Gill and Hellen M. Gill Gill, Gilbert John, son of Ammon and Caroline Gill Gill Harry, sketch of his general store Gill, Herber W. Gill, Isaac Gill, Captain John Gill, J.W. sketch of general store Gill, Melvin Bruce, son of John and Gertrude Gill Gill, Millicent, daughter of Bertram and Eleanor Gill Gill, Noah, sketch of premises Gill, Robert John Gill, Susannah Gill, William, sketch of vessel Clementine
Hall, Mary Anne, daughter of John and Isabella Hall Hall, Peter Hand, John Hefferton, family name Hicks, Edward Hounsell, Catherine Ann Hounsell, Captain Richard, sketch of his vessel Maxwell R
Indoe, Reverend James Inglis, Bishop (of Nova Scotia)
Jones, family name
Moreton, Rev. Julien
Norris, Charles and sketch of his house Norris, Clarence, son of Fred and Matilda Norris Norris, Dan Norris, Eli, son of John and Dinah (Gill) Norris Norris, George, son of Levi and Helena Norris, George Norris, Herbert Norris, Isaac Norris John Norris, Samuel Norris, William Kevin, son of Walter and Rita Norris
Paine, Reverend George Parsons, Abraham Parsons, Captain John, sketch of his vessel Lady Green Parsons, John, sketch of general store Parsons, Kenneth Parsons, Richard, son of Richard and Olive Perry, Solomon Perry, Uncle George and Aunt Mary Ann, parents of Solomon
Sainsbury, John Stockley, Samuel
Torraville, Reverend Harry
Vincent, Allan Vincent, Margaret (Gill)
Way, Frederick, sketch of vessel Pioneer
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Places mentioned in the book include:
Fishing berths: Charge Rock New Found Out Whale Ground Ninety Four One Hundred and Two
Long Beach Sandbank Pond
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The following chronological data was extracted by Linda Elkins-Schmitt in January 2003 from the document entitled "Pinchards Island Reunion 1993"
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| Year | Month | Day | Surname | First Name | Event |
| 1801 | Burry | David | built first house on Pinchard's Is that year | ||
| 1802 | First recorded inhabitants of Pinchard's Is | ||||
| 1802 | Burry | David | built fishing room on Pinchards | ||
| 1802 | Stockley | Samuel | built fishing room on Pinchards | ||
| 1802 | Hicks | Edward | built fishing room on Pinchards with John Morris | ||
| 1802 | Morris | John | built fishing room on Pinchards with Edward Hicks | ||
| 1802 | Stockley | Samuel | Built house on Pinchard's Is that year | ||
| 1802 | Hicks | Edward | Built house on Pinchard's Is that year | ||
| 1802 | Norris | John | Built house on Pinchard's Is that year | ||
| 1827 | population recorded at 120 (one Roman Catholic, remainder Anglican)population recorded at 120 (one Roman Catholic, remainder Anglican). Heads of families: 20 male, 18 female; Children: 39 male, 18 female; Servants: 18 male, 2 female; Boarders: 5 male | ||||
| 1827 | Sainsbury | John | first school teacher for Pinchard's Is. Came from Greenspond. | ||
| 1827 | Inglis | Bishop | concecrated a store which was the first church on Pinchards Island. | ||
| 1831 | 36 pupils in school on Pinchard's Is and populaton of island 139 | ||||
| 1836 | statistics show there were 6 boats on Pinchard's Is capable of participating in the seal hunt. | ||||
| 1839 | popluation was 171 (147 Church of England, 24 Roman Catholic). 36 Dwelling Houses on the Island | ||||
| 1840 | school ceases to operate on island | ||||
| 1841 | First burial ground consecreated on Pinchard's Is | ||||
| 1842 | Barbour | Captain Joe | oldest of the Barbour brothers, born on Pinchard's Island that year. | ||
| 1843 | Abraham Parsons & John Curtis employed to build new school house on Pinchards Is. Funds provided by Colonial money from England | ||||
| 1844 | Oct | 30 | Sainsbury | John | again appointed school teacher |
| 1845 | 42 children attended school. Yearly fee 4 shillings, 9 pence for each child which was paid by parents | ||||
| 1845 | statistics show Pinchard's Island fishermen owned 190 seal nets | ||||
| 1845 | Blackmore | Captain John | census records one sealing vessel on Pinchard's Island, the Lark, 55 tons, built at Twillingate in 1822, powered by sails, and purchased by Captain Blackmore. | ||
| 1845 | Davis | William, Thomas, Henry, Abraham, George, James and Job Davis purchased The Post Boy, 47 tons, built in Murray Hr, PEI in 1843, to take part in seal fishery | |||
| 1845 | Gill | Captain John | built the 30 ton vessel Thomas and Ellen on Pinchard's Is. It was broken up while persuing the seal hunt, and lost on shores of Greenspond (1851?) | ||
| 1850 | Year when 3 baptisms took place at Inner Islands ( Richard of Richard and Olive Parsons; George of Levi and Helena Norris; Mary Anne, of John and Isabella Hall). Likely late 1840s when first movement of settlers to Inner Islands began. | ||||
| 1853 | St. Matthews Church of England built | ||||
| 1853 | August | 29 | Dwyer | Rev. W. | conducted first service in St. Matthew's Church |
| 1853 | September | 21 | Field | Bishop E. | concecrated St. Matthew's Church |
| 1853 | Dwyer | Rev. W. | Performed first marriage at St. Matthew's Anglican Church (that of William Blackmore and Susannah Gill) | ||
| 1853 | Blackmore | Captain John | purchased 121 ton vessel "Hebe" | ||
| 1853 | Blackmore | Captain John | operated the Lark and Hebe to prosecute seal fishery | ||
| 1854 | Sainsbury | John | reappointed as school teacher | ||
| 1856 | Hand | John | appointed as school teacher | ||
| 1856 | Moreton | Rev. J. | noted that in previous 7 years, only 49 of the 334 persons married could sign their own name. | ||
| 1857 | population 359 (329 Church of England, 21 Roman Catholic, 12 Methodist) | ||||
| 1857 | Davis | Henry | First record of Methodists living on the Island. First meetings held in home of Mr. Davis and called "Cottage Meetings". | ||
| 1857 | Fishermen of Pinchard's Is owned 202 seal nets and 13 sealing boats; 3,704 seals taken that year. | ||||
| 1857 | Davis | Abraham | Took 1,500 seals in the vessel Rival | ||
| 1859 | Blackmore | Captain John | lost the vessel Lark | ||
| 1862 | Pichard's Island Mission formed which included area from Muddy Hole (Musgrave Harbour) to Pinchard's Is. 380 Church of England members living on Pinchards and Inner Islands. | ||||
| 1862 | Allen | Rev. J. | appointed as first Methodist minister to be stationed on the north side of Bonavista Bay | ||
| 1865 | Goodacre Cragg | Rev. J. | noted that poverty and distress was very great in the Mission that year, and that for the last 6 years, there were failures in both the cod and seal fisheries. | ||
| 1869 | Peak population of 457 inhabitants ( 389 Church of England, 49 Methodist, 19 Roman Catholics). 57 Dwelling houses. | ||||
| 1869 | Fishermen of Pinchard's Is owned 151 seal nets and had 6 boats | ||||
| 1869 | highest population count, 457 | ||||
| 1874 | population declined to 264 because people had moved to Inner Islands (Newtown) | ||||
| 1878 | July | 11 | Collins | Mrs. | appointed as school teacher for Inner Islands for the three winter months when children from there could not get to Pinchard's Is to attend school there. |
| 1894 | Church of England Headquarters moved from Pinchard's Is to Newtown | ||||
| 1898 | March | Curtis | Henry | of Pinchard's Is, perished in the Greenland disaster, age 23 years | |
| 1898 | March | Norris | Herbert | of Pinchard's Is, perished in the Greenland disaster, age 24 years; his body was never recovered | |
| 1898 | March | Norris | George | of Pinchard's Is, perished in the Greenland disaster, age 28 years | |
| 1898 | March | Parsons | Kenneth | of Pinchard's Is, perished in the Greenland disaster, age 29 years | |
| 1900 | two schooners from Pinchard's Is. went to the Labrador fishing with a crewe of 13 and there were 13 fishing rooms on Pinchard's Is. | ||||
| 1900 | The island had 47 dwelling houses inhabited by 54 families; 6 houses being built; one school with accommodation for 50 pupils. | ||||
| 1901 | Methodist Church built on Pinchard's Island for it's 44 members; completed in 1906 | ||||
| 1902 | September | 7 | Davis | Keziah | baptised in new Methodist church before it's completion, daughter of James and Julia Davis |
| 1906 | Early layreaders in new Methodist church were Charles Norris, Daniel Gill, Edwin Gill, Samuel Norris, Charlie Lush, Samuel Gill, Bertley Davis, Isaac Gill. | ||||
| 1910 | Gill | Will | uncle of Heber W. Gill, was assistant lighthouse keeper with John Sainsbury of Greenspond at Cabot Island | ||
| 1912 | Norris | Dan | Built 10 ton boat Clemintina for Edward Gill, father of Heber W. Gill. | ||
| 1913 | Norris | Dan | Built boat Sarah B for Samuel Boland, which was named after Sam's oldest daughter | ||
| 1913 | Norris | Isaac | and brothers built boat Seeker | ||
| 1914 | up until 1920, movement of people from Pinchard's Is to New York, followed by movement to paper mills at Grand Falls and Corner Brook. | ||||
| 1951 | Torraville | Rev.H. | Performed last marriage at St. Matthew's Anglican Church (that of Archibald Blackmore and Millicent Gill) | ||
| 1952 | Last baby born on Pinchard's Is. (William Kevin, son of Walter and Rita Norris) | ||||
| 1952 | November | 3 | Davis | Eleazor | last funeral in Methodist church, age 63 years |
| 1953 | Fudge | Rev.A. | Performed last baptism at St. Matthew's Anglican Church (that of Eleanor Marie, daughter of Archibald and Millicent Blackmore) | ||
| 1953 | Gill | J.W. | Layreader, held last funeral on Pinchard's Is. (that of Catherine Ann Hounsell, age 73 years) | ||
| 1953 | Gill | Melvin | last baby baptised in Methodist church Melvin Bruce, son of John and Gertrude Gill | ||
| 1953 | November | After 151 years of settlement, the Island was vacated |
Contributed by Linda Elkins-Schmitt (January 2003)
Page Revised: January - 2003 (Don Tate)
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