FRESHWATER BAY (Bonavista) - A very picturesque inlet on the west side of Bonavista Bay. The great Northern mail road in process of construction passes the head of the bay, but it is not sufficiently made for travelling. The Gambo Ponds discharge their waters into this bay through the Gambo brook, and the land is well wooded. Distance from Salvage by boat 23 miles. Mail weekly. Population 55(Excerpt from Lowell's Newfoundland Directory 1898).
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Genealogy Tidbits
St. John's Wesley Methodist Marriages
What follows is a list of all Brentnall marriages in the St. John's Wesley Methodist Church records held at PANL as of August 2004. This list constitutes a typescript of my handwritten extraction from photocopies of the original records, which is to say that I may have inadvertantly introduced some errors while transcribing and typing... as always, you should double-check against the original records. That said, if you spot any mistakes that I have made, please let me know.
Some comments about this list:
* The entries below are in the same order as presented in the church records, which was not always in chronological order.
At PANL these records are in several volumes as follows:
* 1905 - 1914
* 1914 - 1919
* 1919 - 1923
The format of most of the entries that follow is as follows:
* Line 1: Marriage Number, and Groom's name, abode, occupation, etc
* Line 2: Bride's name, abode, etc
* Line 3: Marriage date and location
* Line 4: List of witnesses
Entries are separated by one or more blank lines.
James Simmons 25 bachelor Labourer St. John's Father: Joseph Simmonds
Annie Brentnall 23 spinster Gambo Father: Robert Brentnall
11 August 1909 at Wesley Methodist Parsonage
Wm Simmons, Beatrice Pike
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