NL GenWebAvalon South RegionTOPSAIL ANGLICAN BAPTISMS - ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH 1891-1899 The information was transcribed by JILL MARSHALL from photocopies of original parish records in the possession of Randy Whitten. While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there could be some typographical errors. NOTE: Maiden names were NOT in the church records and were added by Jill Marshall where known from marriage records, or oral family tradition. KEY: ADM= ADMITTED INTO THE
CONGREGATION, REC'D = RECEIVED INTO THE CONGREGATION;
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| NAME OF CHILD | PARENTS NAME | MOTHER'S SURNAME | DATE OF BIRTH | PLACE OF BIRTH | DATE OF BAPTISM | FATHER'S OCCUPATION | OTHER INFO. FROM MINISTER | RESEARCH NOTES |
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| Harold FOWLER | George & Mary Ann | GREENSLADE | b Dec 9 1890 | Chamberlains | bap Jan 4 1891 | fisherman | - | - |
| Elizabeth SQUIRES | Robert & Caroline | WALSH | b Jan 25 1891 | Chamberlains | bap Feb 27 1891 | fisherman | - | Married 1890 Topsail ANG, he of Chamberlains, she of Kelligrews. |
| William John BARNES | Charles & Sarah Ann | BATTEN | b Apr 4 1891 | Topsail | bap May 15 1891 | farmer | - | - |
| William James HIBBS | William & Julia Emma | SWANSBOROUGH | b Apr 26 1891 | Topsail | bap May 15 1891 | carpenter | - | - |
| Charles Benjamin CARTER | Charles George Henry & Julia Ann | MORGAN | b May 7 1891 | Topsail | bap June 7 1891 | farmer | - | - |
| Lemuel Beck SQUIRES | George & Elizabeth Jane | SMITH | b May 3 1891 | Chamberlains | bap June 14 1891 | fisherman | - | - |
| Samuel SQUIRES | Thomas & Selina | BOONE | b June 11 1891 | Chamberlains | bap July 19 1891 | fisherman | - | - |
| Margaret May TAYLOR | Richard & Jane | FOWLER | b July 12 1891 | Chamberlains | bap Aug 14 1891 | farmer | - | - |
| Sarah Millicent FOWLER | Joseph & Annie | WESTCOTT | b Sep 22 1891 | Chamberlains | bap Oct 9 1891 | farmer | - | - |
| Llewellyn Anderson MILLER | Nathaniel & Selina | ANDERSON | b Nov 27 1891 | Topsail | bap Jan 10 1892 | carpenter | - | - |
| Elsie Hodge CHURCHILL | William Henry & Susannah | HISCOCK | b Jan 18 1892 | Topsail | bap Feb 14 1892 | carpenter | - | - |
| Lily SQUIRES | Nathaniel & Mary Ann | WHITE | b Jan 15 1892 | Topsail | bap Feb 19 1892 | fisherman | - | - |
| Edward HISCOCK | William & Eliza | CURTIS | b Feb 23 1892 | Manuels | bap Mar 20 1892 | fisherman | - | - |
| Marian Alicia BARNES | John & Martha | MILLER | b Mar 22 1892 | Topsail | bap May 15 1892 | keeper at the Asylum | - | - |
| Arthur Maxwell Theodore BARNES | Charles & Sarah Ann | BATTEN | b June 1 1892 | Topsail | bap July 1 1892 | farmer | - | - |
| Herbert SQUIRES | Robert & Caroline | WALSH | b June 17 1892 | Chamberlains | bap July 17 1892 | fisherman | - | - |
| Miriam MERCER | Tobias & Martha | widow Fowler | b July 4 1892 | Chamberlains | bap July 29 1892 | fisherman | - | - |
| Kate Frances MERCER | Jacob & Hannah | PAYNE | b Aug 12 1892 | Chamberlains | bap Sep 11 1892 | fisherman | - | - |
| Robert HISCOCK | George & Selina | - | b Aug 14 1892 | Chamberlains | bap Sep 18 1892 | fisherman | - | - |
| Rachel ATKINS | Virtue | ATKINS | not given | Manuels | bap Sep 26 1892 | not given | - | - |
| William Augustus SIMMS | George Alfred & Lizzie | READER | b Sep 5 1892 | Salmon Cove | adm Nov 13 1892 | station master | - | Married Jan 11 1890 St. Thomas Ang Church, St Johns, he of Salmon Cove Station, she of Long Pond. |
| Mary Ann FOWLER | George & Mary Ann | GREENSLADE | b Nov 17 1892 | Chamberlains | bap Dec 11 1892 | fisherman | - | - |
| Elizabeth Jane CARTER | Charles G. Henry & Julia Ann | MORGAN | b Jan 8 1893 | Topsail | bap Feb 12 1893 | farmer | - | - |
| Mary Ann SMITH | William Henry & Gertrude | TILLEY | b Jan 15 1893 | Manuels | bap Mar 12 1893 | farmer | - | Married Jan 21 1892, father William Henry Ford SMITH was the son of Robert SMITH & Sarah Hannah FORD; mother Gertrude TILLEY was the dau of William TILLEY & Mary Ann ?SNOW. |
| Elsie Beatrice HIBBS | William & Julia | SWANSBOROUGH | b Feb 28 1893 | Topsail | bap Apr 7 1893 | carpenter | - | - |
| Mary Ann SQUIRES | Thomas & Selina | BOONE | b Mar 14 1893 | Chamberlains | bap Apr 30 1893 | fisherman | - | - |
| George MILLER | William James & Bertha | - | b May 8 1893 | Topsail | bap May 20 1893 | fisherman | - | - |
| Henry BARNES | Georgina | BARNES | b June 29 1893 | Topsail | bap Oct 15 1893 | not given | - | Henry Barnes died Nov 5 1893 age 4 months, 7 days, buried Topsail Ang Cem. |
| Elsie May REED | Aubrey & Frances | - | b Sep 2 1893 | Topsail | bap Sep 10 1893 | blacksmith | - | - |
| Maxwell BARNES | Charles & Sarah Ann | BATTEN | b Sep 13 1893 | Topsail | bap Oct 15 1893 | farmer | - | - |
| Sarah SQUIRES | Robert & Caroline | WALSH | b Oct 8 1893 | Chamberlains | bap Nov 10 1893 | fisherman | - | - |
| William Max Gladstone CHURCHILL | William Henry & Susannah | HISCOCK | b Oct 8 1893 | Topsail | bap Dec 3 1893 | policeman | - | - |
| Olive Crocker LONG | William Thomas & Jessie Elizabeth | CROCKER | b Oct 6 1893 | Topsail | bap Dec 3 1893 | policeman | - | Married Nov 8 1888 St Thomas Ang Ch, St Johns. |
| Arthur BARNES | Albert & Margaret Jane | HARDING | b Dec 27 1893 | Topsail | bap Dec 28 1893 | farmer | - | Married Feb 21 1893, Margaret Jane 1863-1947 was the dau of Esau HARDING & Jemima ALLEN (Randy Whitten). |
| Minnie SQUIRES | Nathaniel & Mary Ann | WHITE | b Dec 2 1893 | Topsail | bap Jan 6 1894 | fisherman | - | - |
| Sarah Hannah SQUIRES | George & Elizabeth Jane | SMITH | b Jan 3 1894 | Chamberlains | bap Feb 18 1894 | fisherman | - | - |
| Edward FIELD | John & Emily | - | b Apr 2 1894 | St. Johns | bap Apr 3 1894 | labourer | - | - |
| Fanny Susanna Gwendoline FOWLER | Joseph & Hannah (Annie) | WESTCOTT | b Apr 28 1894 | Chamberlains | bap May 13 1894 | fisherman | - | - |
| Maria Clennick? NORRIS | William & Maria | BARNES | b June 10 1894 | St. Johns | bap June 22 1894 | moulder | - | - |
| Richard MERCER | Jacob & Anna Mary | PAYNE | b June 24 1894 | Chamberlains | bap Aug 12 1894 | fisherman | - | - |
| William Richard FOWLER | George & Mary Ann | GREENSLADE | b Aug 24 1894 | Chamberlains | bap Sep 16 1894 | fisherman | - | - |
| Charles Edward TAYLOR | Richard & Jane | FOWLER | b Sep 2 1894 | Chamberlains | bap Oct 22 1894 | farmer | - | - |
| Sarah SMITH | John & Belinda | WILLIAMS | b Sep 7 1894 | Manuels | bap Oct 28 1894 | grower? & fish? | - | - |
| Elsie May CHAYTOR | John & Eliza | FOWLER | b Nov 11 1894 | Chamberlains | bap Dec 14 1894 | lab/fish. | - | Married 1894 Topsail ANG. |
| James BARNES | Charles & Sarah Ann | BATTEN | b Dec 8 1894 | Topsail | bap Dec 30 1894 | farmer | - | - |
| John Leslie HIBBS | William & Julia | SWANSBOROUGH | b Jan 7 1895 | Topsail | bap Feb 10 1895 | carpenter | - | - |
| Althea Sarah CHAYTOR | Frederic & Mary Jane | DOWDEN | b Mar 13 1895 | Chamberlains | bap Apr 19 1895 | fisherman | - | Married Dec 15 1892 Topsail ANG, Mary Jane Dowden 1874-1907 was the dau of Thomas DOWDEN & Sarah METCALFE (from Randy Whitten). |
| Sophia EASON | Isaac & Phoebe | PORTER | b Mar 31 1895 | Manuels | bap May 5 1895 | fisherman | - | - |
| Elfrieda SQUIRES | Robert & Caroline | WALSH | b Apr 8 1895 | Chamberlains | bap May 12 1895 | fisherman | - | - |
| Henry George BARNES | Albert & Margaret | HARDING | b June 11 1895 | Topsail | bap July 12 1895 | farmer | - | - |
| Olivia Jane SQUIRES | George & Elizabeth Jane | SMITH | b June 11 1895 | Chamberlains | bap July 28 1895 | fisherman | - | - |
| Sarah Eliza SMITH | William Henry & Gertrude | TILLEY | b July 9 1895 | Manuels | bap Aug 16 1895 | farmer | - | Sarah Eliza married Robert EAKINS; she lived to be about 95 yrs old. |
| Marie PARMITER | Samuel & Mary | HIBBS | b Oct 17 1895 | Topsail | bap Nov 22 1895 | carpenter | - | - |
| Henry Ford SMITH | John & Belinda | WILLIAMS | b Jan 19 1896 | Manuels | bap Feb 23 1896 | fisherman | - | - |
| Maria Beatrice BARNES | Charles & Sarah Ann | BATTEN | b Apr 9 1896 | Topsail | bap May 10 1896 | farmer | - | - |
| Ernest Rothwell BARNES | Robert John & Ada | - | b Apr 10 1896 | Topsail | bap May 14 1896 | farmer | - | - |
| John MERCER | Jacob & Anna Mary | PAYNE | b June 5 1896 | Chamberlains | bap July 12 1896 | fisherman | - | - |
| Fred. PARMITER | John & Sarah | MOORES | b Jan 20 1896 | Topsail | bap Jan 23 1896 | farmer | rec'd Aug 21 1896 | Frederick died May 25 1922 Topsail age 26 yrs, due to effect of wounds. |
| Charlotte Maud FOWLER | Joseph & Annie | WESTCOTT | b Aug 9 1896 | Topsail | bap Aug 21 1896 | farmer | - | - |
| William Francis HISCOCK | William & Eliza | CURTIS | b Nov 10 1896 | Chamberlains | bap Aug 23 1896 | fisherman | - | - |
| John EASON | Isaac & Phoebe | PORTER | b Aug 16 1896 | Manuels | bap Sep 20 1896 | fisherman | - | - |
| John Hubert CHAYTOR | John Albert & Eliza Jane | FOWLER | b Sep 26 1896 | Chamberlains | bap Nov 1 1896 | fisherman | - | Married July 21 1894 Topsail METHODIST: Eliza Jane died 1900 age 30 yrs. John Albert Chaytor md (2) Laura Mercer and (3) Elizabeth (Batten) Mercer, widow. |
| John Edward SNOW | John Charles & Julia Helen | SMITH | b Nov 10 1896 | Manuels | bap Dec 12 1896 | sailor | - | Md 1895 Topsai ANG, father John Charles Snow was the son of Edward SNOW & Patience TILLEY; mother Julia Smith was the dau of George & Ann Smith. |
| Elsie HISCOCK | Francis & Fanny | MUGFORD | b Nov 26 1896 | Chamberlains | bap Dec 20 1896 | fisherman | - | Md Nov 27 1895 St Marys Ang Ch, St Johns; Frances/Fanny Mugford was bc Dec 1876 Clarkes Beach, the dau of George Mugford (from Randy Whitten). |
| Elfrida SQUIRES | Nathaniel & Mary Ann | WHITE | b Dec 26 1896 | Topsail | bap Jan 15 1897 | fisherman | - | - |
| Frederic Edwin CHAYTOR | Frederic & Mary Jane | DOWDEN | b Jan 10 1897 | Chamberlains | bap Feb 2 1897 | fisherman | - | - |
| Robert James SMITH | William Henry & Gertrude | TILLEY | b Jan 11 1897 | Manuels | bap Mar 14 1897 | farmer | - | Robert James Smith married Clara BRAGG of Glovertown. |
| Jennett BARNES | Albert & Margaret Jane | HARDING | b Feb 17 1897 | Topsail | bap Mar 26 1897 | farmer | - | - |
| Chesley SQUIRES | Robert & Caroline | WALSH | b Apr 9 1897 | Chamberlains | bap Apr 22 1897 | fisherman | - | - |
| Annie Gaden SQUIRES | Alexander & Jane Elizabeth | SQUIRES | b Apr 6 1897 | Manuels | bap May 9 1897 | fisherman | - | Married 1896 Topsail ANG, he son of Lionel Squires, she dau of Charles Squires. |
| Walter SMITH | William & Elvina | FAGAN | b June 12 1897 | Manuels | bap July 16 1897 | farmer | - | Married May 1 1886 St Marys ANG, St Johns; she was the dau of James Fagan. |
| Mahala Thirza SQUIRES | George & Elizabeth Jane | SMITH | b June 24 1897 | Chamberlains | bap Aug 22 1897 | fisherman | - | - |
| Frank BARNES | Charles & Sarah Ann | BATTEN | b Aug 16 1897 | Topsail | bap Sep 10 1897 | farmer | - | - |
| Beatrice Jane FOWLER | George & Mary Ann | GREENSLADE | b Sep 19 1897 | Chamberlains | bap Sep 20 1897 | fisherman | - | - |
| Cecil PARMITER | John & Sarah Rutherford | MOORES | b Sep 12 1897 | Topsail | bap Oct 24 1897 | farmer | - | - |
| Jane Decima HISCOCK | Francis John & Fanny | MUGFORD | b Feb 8 1898 | Chamberlains | bap Mar 6 1898 | farmer | - | - |
| Augustus HISCOCK | George Edward & Georgina | BARNES | b Apr 9 1898 | Chamberlains | bap Apr 9 1898 | fisherman | - | No date for marr: she was the dau of Robert JOHN Barnes & Martha Miller. |
| Alfred SQUIRES | Robert Joseph & Caroline | WALSH | b Apr 9 1898 | Chamberlains | bap May 8 1898 | fisherman | - | - |
| Maria BARNES | Albert & Margaret Jane | HARDING | b June 14 1898 | Topsail | bap July 4 1898 | farmer | - | - |
| Francis Henry CHAYTOR | John Albert & Eliza Jane | FOWLER | b July 10 1898 | Chamberlains | bap Aug 21 1898 | fisherman | - | - |
| Isaac EASON | Isaac & Phoebe | PORTER | b July 25 1898 | Manuels | bap Sep 2 18989 | fisherman | - | - |
| Evelyn SMITH* | John Lush & Sarah Smith | SMITH | b Sep 23 1898 | Topsail | bap Oct 21 1898 | labourer | - | -Parent's (child's) surname given as Smith; unsure if father's name was John Lush or John Lush Smith. Per other sources, Mother was nee Sarah SMITH. |
| Harold Monroe BARNES | Charles & Sarah Ann | BATTEN | b Sep 16 1898 | Topsail | bap Oct 23 1898 | farmer | - | - |
| William Gordon SMITH | William Henry & Gertrude Jane | TILLEY | b Sep 30 1898 | Manuels | bap Nov 18 1898 | farmer | - | - |
| Caroline MERCER | Jacob & Hannah | PAYNE | b Nov 17 1898 | Chamberlains | bap Dec 30 1898 | fisherman | - | - |
| Charles Edward SQUIRES | Alexander & Jane Elizabeth | SQUIRES | b Jan 10 1899 | Manuels | bap Feb 19 1899 | fisherman | - | - |
| Martha Elizabeth PARMITER | John & Sarah | MOORES | b Feb 22 1899 | Topsail | bap Apr 16 1899 | farmer | - | Married Alexander Jennings BUTLER. |
| Annie Mabel BARNES | Albert & Margaret Jane | HARDING | b May 4 1899 | Topsail | bap June (n/g) 1899 | farmer | - | - |
| Beatrice Blandford? HISCOCK | George Edward & Georgina Forward? | BARNES | b July 29 1899 | Chamberlains | bap Aug 3 1899 | fisherman | - | - |
| George SQUIRES | George & Elizabeth Jane | SMITH | b June 16 1899 | Chamberlains | bap Aug 20 1899 | fisherman | - | - |
| Elizabeth Violet FOWLER | George & Mary Ann | GREENSLADE | b July 29 1899 | Chamberlains | bap Sep 3 1899 | fisherman | - | - |
| Frank FOWLER | George & Mary Ann | GREENSLADE | b July 29 1899 | Chamberlains | bap Sep 3 1899 | fisherman | - | - |
| William GOSS | Moses & Elizabeth | - | b Aug 26 1899 | Horse Cove Line | bap Sep 10 1899 | labourer | - | - |
| Laura Rebecca FOWLER | Joseph & Annie | WESTCOTT | b Aug 25 1899 | Chamberlains | bap Sep 15 1899 | fisherman | - | - |
| Blanch Patience SNOW | John Charles & Julia Helen | SMITH | b July 16 1899 | Manuels | bap Sep 22 1899 | sailor | - | - |
| Ethel Maud BARNES | Charles & Sarah Ann | BATTEN | b Sep 16 1899 | Topsail | bap Oct 8 1899 | farmer | - | - |
| Ethel May HISCOCK | Francis John & Fanny | MUGFORD | b Oct 30 1899 | Chamberlains | bap Nov 26 1899 | farmer | - | - |
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