Great Jervis, Newfoundland
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Location: Great Jervis, Hermitage Bay, Newfoundland
Surnames/tags: Newfoundland Fortune_Bay Hermitage_Bay
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The following text - to be edited and condensed later - is from the Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]
"A resettled fishing community located in a small harbour protected by Great Jervis Island near the northwestern entrance of Bay d'Espoir, Great Jervis was also known as Great Jervois, Great Jervais and Man-of-War's Harbour."
"Newman and Company based at Harbour Breton, Fortune Bay, built "several fine vessels at Great Jervais, which were highly commended by Trinity House for their excellent models and staunch construction, all constructed out of timber obtained in Bay Despair" from 1815 to 1817. The earliest settlers at Great Jervais were probably brought to the harbour as fishing servants of the Newman company. The settlement was first recorded in the Census in 1836 with a population of nineteen in two dwellings."
A school was built at Great Jervis by 1872 but there was great difficulty obtaining a teacher for it. A Roman Catholic church was also erected in the community of 121 people by 1874. John Penny of Ramea had become the resident merchant with premises in the settlement by 1870. The settlement reached its peak population in 1874. From 1884 (when the population amounted to ninety-six) to 1935 (when the population numbered seventy-four), the population of Great Jervis slowly declined as residents sought employment and services in larger centres on the south coast of the Island or in mainland Canada and the United States. Great Jervis was resettled between 1961 and 1966 under a Federal-Provincial assistance agreement through the Department of Fisheries. Residents of Great Jervis resettled at Pushthrough."
Early Residents
1871:[2]
- Samuel Allen, fisherman
- Robert Crant, fisherman
- Patrick Farrell, planter
- Silas Hull, planter
- George King, clerk
- John Long, fisherman
- Timothy Long, fisherman
- John Penny, merchant
- Francois Roix, fisherman
- Henry Rose, fisherman
- Joseph Sours, fisherman
- David Woolcot, lumberman
- Joseph Woolcot, fisherman
1904:[3]
- George Cains, fisherman
- John Cains, fisherman
- Joshua Cains, fisherman
- Snook Cains, fisherman
- William Cains, fisherman
- Daniel Farrel, fisherman
- James Farrel, fisherman
- John (of John) Farrel, fisherman
- John (of Patrick) Farrel, fisherman
- Joseph Ford, fisherman
- John Grant, fisherman (sic., likely Crant)
- Robert Grant, fisherman (sic., likely Crant)
- John Hull, fisherman
- Thomas (of John) Hull, fisherman
- Thomas (of Silas) Hull, fisherman
- Samuel Leroux, fisherman
- Benjamin Long, fisherman
- James Morris, fisherman
- John Morris, fisherman
- Henry Rose, fisherman
- Arthur Radford, fisherman
- George Radford, fisherman
- Joseph Sours, fisherman
- David Wilcot, lumberman
- Henry Wilcot, fisherman
- Michael Wilcot, fisherman
1921 Census, heads of household:[4]
| Name | Birth date | Birth Location |
|---|---|---|
| Bobbett, Arthur | 1891 Nov | McCallum |
| Bobbett, Matthew | 1855 Feb | Long Island Harbour |
| Caines, Alexander | 1880 Nov | Great Jervois |
| Caines, John | 1861 Oct | McCallum |
| Caines, John | 1891 Nov | Great Jervois |
| Caines, Joshua | 1875 Dec | Great Jervois |
| Caines, Snook | 1873 Mar | Great Jervois |
| Caines, William | 1864 Sep | McCallum |
| Farrell, James | 1876 Aug | Great Jervois |
| Farrell, John | 1871 Nov | Great Jervois |
| Foote, George | 1873 Sep | McCallum |
| House, William | 1881 Nov | Fox Island |
| Hull, Alexander | 1886 Jun | Great Jervois |
| Hull, John | 1849 Jan | Great Jervois |
| Hull, John | 1884 Aug | Great Jervois |
| LaRuex (sic), Charles | 1878 Sep | Great Jervois |
| LaRuex (sic), Samuel | 1874 May | Great Jervois |
| Long, Benjamin | 1866 Jul | Great Jervois |
| Morris, Abraham | 1880 Mar | Great Jervois |
| Rose, Henry | 1867 Jun | Great Jervois |
| Rose, Samuel | 1862 Aug | Great Jervois |
| Skinner, Edwin | 1857 Feb | Richards Harbour |
| Skinner, Richard | 1890 Mar | Richards Harbour |
| Wilcott, Henry | 1878 Jul | Great Jervois |
Resources
Sources
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Volume 2, pp. 710-711.
- ↑ Lovell's Province of Newfoundland Directory, 1871.:, p. 255.
- ↑ McAlpine's Newfoundland Directory, 1904, p. 489.
- ↑ Newfoundland Census, 1921 - Fortune Bay District.:, pp. 339-341.
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