Pushthrough, Newfoundland

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Location: Fortune Bay District, Newfoundland
Surnames/tags: Hermitage_Bay Newfoundland Fortune_Bay

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Contents 1 History 1.1 Early Residents 1.2 Resources 2 Sources

History

The following text - to be edited and condensed later - is from the Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador.^[1]

"A resettled fishing community, Pushthrough is located on the south coast, about 20 km northwest of Hermitage. At the western entrance to Bay d'Espoir, Pushthrough was for many years a distribution centre for Bay d'Espoir as well as for fishing communities on the coast to the west. Pushthrough was probably one of the earliest settled sites in Hermitage Bay, with the English firm of Newman and Company establishing a seasonal fishing station there in 1672. Most early inhabitants of Pushthrough were likely brought out to Newfoundland by that firm as seasonal fishing servants. Permanent settlement at Pushthrough is said to date from 1814, when one George Chambers moved there from Gaultois to establish a fishing room and later mercantile premises. The family of Charles King were resident by 1830 and Thomas Garland arrived in about 1835. By the first Census in 1836 there were 12 families at Pushthrough and a population of 82, 11 of whom were fishing servants for the Chambers firm — which had a large schooner trading to nearby fishing stations. By 1845 the community had a population of 98 and a school, where the master, Mr. Lilly, taught 26 pupils. It was also about this time that Edward Rowsell established his premises. Other early family names of Pushthrough are Lee, Roberts and Camp. Henry Camp arrived in the late 1850s to take up the position as teacher, and the Camp family later established another trading firm. By 1857 Pushthrough had a population of 118, eight of whom had been born in England.

By 1884 there was a population of 209 and a Church of England school and church. By 1901 the population of Pushthrough reached 235, based on the prosperity of the local coasting trade and the Bank and lobster fisheries. The population in 1961 (247) was the largest ever recorded at Pushthrough. However movement of young families away from the community, to Gaultois in the 1950s and in the 1960s to Head of Bay d'Espoir and area, led to a decision in 1967 to close a section of the school and it was rumoured that the next year the school would be reduced to a single room. Meanwhile, changes in the resettlement program made relocation a more attractive option financially and meant that resettlement no longer required unanimous consent from the community. In the spring and summer of 1968 virtually all the families with children of school age moved. The largest number (58 people) went to Milltown-Head of Bay d'Espoir and others to Hermitage, Fortune, Burgeo and Gaultois. Family names at Pushthrough prior to evacuation included Ball, Blake, Courtney, Garland, Kendall, Lilly, Mullins, Roberts, Rowsell and Simms."

Early Residents

1871:^[2]

• Henry Camp, fisherman
• John Garland, planter
• Thomas Garland, planter
• Thomas Grey, fisherman
• Morgan Ingram, fisherman
• Charles King, fisherman
• John King, fisherman
• Nathan King, fisherman
• William King, fisherman
• John Lee, fisherman
• William Lee, fisherman
• John Lilly, fisherman
• Jonathan Lilly, fisherman
• Wilson Lilly, fisherman
• Joel Moore, fisherman
• Robert Nurse, fisherman
• John Roberts, fisherman
• Morgan Roberts, fisherman
• Ezekiel Rose, fisherman
• Edward Rowsell, fisherman
• John Sutton, fisherman

1904:^[3]

• Robert Ball, fisherman
• Mark Buffett, fisherman
• Alexander Camp, fisherman
• Henry Camp, fisherman
• John Camp, revenue officer
• Joseph Camp, fisherman
• Samuel Camp, trader
• William Camp, fisherman
• Francis Cocarell, fisherman
• Frank W. Cocarell, fisherman
• Samuel Cooper, fisherman
• James Garland, fisherman
• Thomas (of John) Garland, fisherman
• Thomas (of William) Garland, fisherman
• Wilson Garland, trader
• Benjamin Ingraham, fisherman
• John Ingraham, fisherman
• Robert Ingraham, fisherman
• William Ingraham, fisherman
• Francis M. Kearley, fisherman
• John King, fisherman
• Mathew King, Sr., fisherman
• Mathew (of Nathaniel) King, fisherman
• Nathaniel King, fisherman
• William King, fisherman
• William (of Robert) Lee, fisherman
• William (of William) Lee, fisherman
• George Lilly, fisherman
• John Lilly, fisherman
• Morgan Lilly, fisherman
• Nathaniel Lilly, fisherman
• Henry McDonald, fisherman
• Charles Moore, fisherman
• Joel Moore, fisherman
• Moses Moore, fisherman
• James Roberts, fisherman
• Nathaniel Roberts, fisherman
• Jesse Rose, fisherman
• John (of Jesse) Rose, fisherman
• Thomas Rose, fisherman
• Edward Rowsell, fisherman
• George Rowsell, fisherman
• Jonathan Rowsell, fisherman
• James Sutton, fisherman
• Jeremiah Sutton, fisherman
• John (of Jere) Sutton, fisherman
• John (of John) Sutton, fisherman

1921 Census, heads of household:^[4]

Name	Birth date	Birth Location
Abbott, John	1875 May	Hermitage
Camp, Alexander J.	1878 Aug	Pushthrough
Camp, George	1890 Jul	Pushthrough
Camp, Joseph	1854 Apr	Garnish
Camp, Samuel P.	1858 Jun	Garnish
Camp, William G.	1879 Sep	Pushthrough
Chambers, Robert	1882 May	Pushthrough
Cooper, Samuel	1861 Oct	Sherborne, England
Cooper, Steward W.	1890 Jun	Pushthrough
Dewland, Job	1887 May	Richards Harbour
Dewland, William	1865 Oct	Bridport, England
Garland, Albert	1888 May	Pushthrough
Garland, Jacob	1885 Feb	Pushthrough
Garland, Wilson	1864 Jul	Pushthrough
Honeycote, Henry	1873 Oct	McCallum
Ingram, John	1862 Jun	Pushthrough
Kendell, Edward	1861 Sep	Round Harbour
King, Charles H.	1882 Apr	McCallum
King, Nathaniel	1878 Sep	Pushthrough
King, William H.	1869 Apr	Pushthrough
Knott, John	1898 May	Gaultois
Lee, William	1883 Apr	Pushthrough
Lee, William	1887 Feb	Pushthrough
Lilly, John	1868 May	Pushthrough
Lilly, Nathaniel	1875 Jul	Pushthrough
Lilly, Morgan	1859 Jul	Pushthrough
McDonald, George	1865 Apr	Furby's Cove
McDonald, Henry	1861 Jan	Furby's Cove
Moore, Charles	1866 Apr	Pushthrough
Moore, Joel	1877 May	Pushthrough
Moore, Moses	1870 Sep	Pushthrough
Priddle, John	1881 Jun	New Harbour
Roberts, Charles	1890 Oct	Pushthrough
Roberts, James	1878 May	Pushthrough
Roberts, Morgan	1865 July	Pushthrough
Roberts, Nathaniel	1858 Jun	Pushthrough
Roberts, Nathaniel	1901 Jan	Pushthrough
Roberts, Robert	1881 Mar	Pushthrough
Roberts, Robert	1900 Aug	Pushthrough
Rose, John	1869 Apr	Pushthrough
Rose, Robert	1882 Dec	Pushthrough
Rowsell, Henry	1886 Nov	Pushthrough
Rowsell, John	1894 Jul	Pushthrough
Rowsell, Johnathan	1860 Dec	Pushthrough
Rowsell, Robert A.	1881 Mar	Pushthrough
Sutton, Emmanuel	1886 Jun	Pushthrough
Sutton, James	1872 Oct	Pushthrough
Sutton, William	1881 Feb	Pushthrough
Vivian, Rev. N. G.	1887 Jan	New Bonaventure
Wells, George	1883 Mar	Pushthrough

Resources

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Sources

1. ↑ Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Volume 4, pp. 483-485.
2. ↑ Lovell's Province of Newfoundland Directory, 1871.:, p. 286.
3. ↑ McAlpine's Newfoundland Directory, 1904, p. 489.
4. ↑ Newfoundland Census, 1921 - Fortune Bay District.:, pp. 327-333.