Date: 1873 to 1874
Location: Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada
Surnames/tags: new_brunswick scotland

Contents 1 A History of the Scotch Colony, Victoria County, New Brunswick. 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Settlers 1.3 Colony History Links 1.4 Bibliography

A History of the Scotch Colony, Victoria County, New Brunswick.

Introduction

From Provincial Archives of New Brunswick (New Brunswick Planned Settlements : accessed 17 Jul 2023):

On 25 April 1873 the wharf at Mavis Bank was abuzz with excitement, as more than 500 men, women, and children, primarily from the northeastern Scottish counties of Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire, boarded the Anchor Line's steamer Castalia bound for North America. As these emigrants waved good-bye to the city of Glasgow, the Scottish hills beyond, and their kin and friends who crowded the quay, their thoughts undoubtedly strayed to New Kincardineshire, the colony they would establish in the New Brunswick wilderness, and the many challenges this would bring.

The New Kincardineshire settlement was the dream of Captain William Brown of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, and his friends and business partners, Robert Stewart, a prosperous tenant farmer, and David Taylor, editor of the Stonehaven Journal. A sea captain with the Anchor Shipping Line, Brown envisioned a tightly-knit Scottish colony in New Brunswick, built by men and women from a small area of Scotland and strengthened by bonds of kinship and tradition. In 1873 Brown's dream would become a reality. The Kincardine settlement he promoted in Victoria County celebrates its Scottish heritage to this day.''

Settlers

David Taylor (1846-1907)
Mary Ann Torry (abt.1848-)
John Taylor (1868-1918)
Catherine Ann (Taylor) Smith (1870-1952)
Henry Wilfred Taylor (1872-1938)
Robert Torry Taylor (1874-1933)

Colony History Links

http://scotchcolony.ca/
“The Scotch Colony of New Kincardineshire” lecture by Scottish historian, Lorraine Stewart
The Scotch Colony of New Kincardineshire Exhibit at the Stonehaven Tolbooth Museum
Lorraine Stewart, Professional Genealogist & Historian; author of the Tolbooth museum Exhibit
"Castalia" & "Sidonian" passenger lists research/compilations by Jean and Bill Duncan
"Castalia" list from NB Archives, "The Daily News"
"Castalia" on "The Ship's List" passenger lists
"Castalia" on "The Ship's List" voyage report
"Castalia" voyages at Norway Heritage website
"Sidonian" list from NB Archives
"Sidonian" Ship's History
Pioneers, Ploughs, and Politics: New Brunswick Planned Settlements: Kincardine
Ships passengers to Scotch Colony
TheShipsList.com account of the Colony's founding

Bibliography

• Campey, Lucille H. With Axe and Bible: The Scottish Pioneers of New Brunswick, 1784-1874. Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 2007.
• MacPhail, Duncan A. New Kincardineshire. An Intimate History of the Early Years of a Scottish Settlement in New Brunswick. Second. New Brunswick: New Brunswick Scotch Colony History Committee, 2018.
• The Scotch Colony Historical Society. A History of the Scotch Colony, Victoria County, New Brunswick, 1873-1998. Second. New Brunswick: The Scotch Colony Historical Society, 1998.