YEAR END EVENTS 1939
The records were transcribed by JOHN BAIRD &
SUE O'NEILL Formatted by GEORGE WHITE
While we have endeavored to be as correct as
humanly possible, there could be some typographical errors
NECROLOGYJANUARY | 1 | Frederick YOUNG, 85 | 2 | John J FRENCH, 66 | Julia A PHILLIPS of Bonavista at Elliston Edward ROWE, Trinity 3 | Michael J WALSH, 75 | 4 | Patricia BAIRD, 2 | Mrs Maria WADE, Elliston, 84 5 | Mrs Phoebe LAMPEN | 6 | Mrs Johanna DONOVAN | Capt Plemon RUMSEY, 63 Mrs John QUIGLEY Mrs John COADY Mrs Elizabeth HOWARD, Daniel’s Cove, BDV, 72 7 | Mrs Anna Elizabeth TEMPLE, 87 | William WALSH, Hr Grace, 54 8 | Stephen JENKINS at Springdale | 9 | Samuel KENNEDY, ex-Private Nfld Regiment, 54 | Geof PARSONS formerly of Burin, 76 James RHAYNES, Catalina, 35 George TILLEY, Clarenville, 86 11 | Herbert SPURRELL, Pools Island | 12 | Patrick EARLES, 75 | Patrick MOONEY at St Mary’s, 75 John Howard DARBY, formerly of Burin, at North Sydney 15 | Mrs Joseph MERCER, Tilton, 90 | 16 | Mrs Margaret Grace RYAN | Mrs Martha BEMISTER of Carbonear, at Hts Content, 78 17 | Francis ANDREWS | 18 | Myra Louise TAYLOR, RN | Edward St JOHN, Conception Hr 89 19 | Mrs Johannah WALSH | Mary ENNIS James KENT, Spaniard’s Bay 20 | Edward SMITH of Mortier, at Grace Hospital, 33 | 21 | Capt Wm J MARTIN, at Brooklyn , New York, 65 | Mrs Ellen FOLEY 22 | Mrs Ellen SHEA | Charles Edwin FEVER, 54 Stephen WILLIAMS, 83 24 | Duncan J BOYLE formerly of Placentia, 72 | Mrs Wm KENNEDY Mrs Annie LANGMEADE, 81 Reta THISTLE, Hickman’s Hr 24 25 | Francis Joseph RYAN, 21 | 26 | Charles M NICHOL, 69 | Thomas MURPHY, Carbonear, 81 Charles THOMAS, Carbonear, 78 27 | Samuel G COLLIER, 86 | Lawrence DAY, Argentia, 86 Mrs John O’SHAUGHNESSY, Renews 28 | Mrs Mary CASEY, formerly of Halifax, NS | Mrs James SIMMONS, 25 29 | Albert R WOOLGAR, 77 | Mrs Michael PARSONS, 75 Michael J CUDDIHY, 89 Mrs Hannah Barnes VOISEY 30 | Mrs Charlotte JOY, 87 | 31 | Mrs Janette Louise ROWE | FEBRUARY | 1 | Mother A Antonia EGAN, at Littledale | Mrs Ellen CONSTANTINE, 79 Mrs Robert HASKELL, Grand Bank, 49 2 | Peter WHITTEN, 46 | Mrs Andrew LUBY Mrs Geo PENNEY formerly of Carbonear, at Flint, Mich 3 | Mrs Mary HYDE formerly of Bay Bulls, 81 | Patrick MOREY, formerly of Flat Rock, 45 Stephen POWER formerly of Paradise, PB 97 Mrs Noah DIAMOND of Glovertown, BB at General Hospital, 63 4 | Margaret COSTELLO, Conception Hr | 5 | James VOISEY | 6 | Mrs Ann DUNN | Mrs Emily HUDSON, Blackhead, BDV Michael J MADDIGAN 7 | Geo B LLOYD, 84 | Richard KEATS, 85 8 | Thomas John ROBERTS, 77 | Mrs Joseph MULROONEY, 53 9 | Samuel HOOKEY | Wong Yee FONG, formerly of Hr Grace, 45 John KIELLY, Carbonear, 84 John HARRIS formerly of Newtown, BB at Dunfield, TB 81 Patrick J ROCHE, Renews, 34 10 | Major Ebenezer HISCOCK, formerly of Nfld, at Toronto, 69 | 11 | Mrs Ellen O’RIELLY, 47 | Mrs Janet Sophia Duder STREET, 77 Mary CORBETT 12 | Hon S MILLEY at Montreal | 13 | James HAGGERTY | Mrs Elizabeth FLYNN, Conception Hr, 25 14 | L Alexander DIAMOND, 68 | Mrs George T PHILLIPS William B SHAVE of Burin at New York Ruby SHEPPARD, Spaniard’s Bay, 18 16 | William MORRISSEY, 44 | 17 | Nicholas DAWE, Kelligrews 84 | 18 | Mrs Duncan COOK | Frederick SULLIVAN, 44 19 | William T GUY, Cabronear, 75 | Maxwell Douglas FROUDE William J SAGE William SULLIVAN, 28 Mrs Maria BONNELL, Fortune, 75 20 | William James PEETE, 57 | Rose WALSH formerly of this city at New York 21 | Mrs W H EWING | 22 | Clifford NEWPORT, Garnish, 26 | Elsie WHITE, Western Bay, 6 23 | Mrs Stanley WHITE | Thomas ROBERTS, Brigus, 80 George POPE, Lock’s Cove, 76 24 | Mrs Chesley PARSONS, 32 | Mrs James BYRNET, Haricot Mrs Jessie CLARKE, Carbonear, 74 25 | Mrs Robert RYALL, 77 | William CAMPBELL, 62 Hon William J HALLEY, 78 26 | Sidney HART, 50 | Mrs Jessie PEARCEY 27 | Mrs Harry SAUNDERS, Carbonear, 32 | Mrs Mary Marshall, Carbonear, 85 28 | Angela KENNEDY, 23* | Ruth Isabel WHITMAN, 13 John MURPHY, 87 Angela KENNEDY, 23 * (Note: Duplicated?) MARCH | 1 | Michael McCORMACK, 86 | Mrs Helen COOPER Mrs Samuel HORWOOD, Carbonear, 64 Mrs Priscilla IRISH , Fogo 2 | Uriah BURSEY formerly of Old Perlican, 75 | Henry ROPER, at Halifax, 73 3 | Mildred Bursey, Hodgewater Line, 19 ½ | 4 | Anna Marie BROWEN, 80 | 5 | Mrs Ann DIDHAM, 86 | John T SOUTHCOTT, Vancouver, 85 Mrs Jane DIAMOND, Shoal Bay 6 | Wm J PALFREY, 37 | John R WELLS, formerly of Clarke’s Beach at Chelsea, Mass 56 7 | Nathan PAYNE, formerly of Nfld at Montreal, 52 | Joseph SQUIRES, Glovertown 8 | Stephen JANES, 86 | Mrs George C WHITELEY 9 | Walter NICHOLS, Clarke’s Beach | Mrs Alice BUTT, Carbonear Mrs John VOKEY, Spaniard’s Bay, 24 10 | Sadie RIDEOUT, Foxtrap, 19 | Richard BADCOCK, Carbonear, 96 11 | Ex-Private Francis J MEANEY, 42 | Mrs Rosetta MORAN, Blackhead, 90 12 | Mrs Stephen BUTT, Carbonear, 96 | Frances KENNY, Conception Hbr 13 | Catherine MEEHAN, 84 | Arthur LANE, at Eastport, 75 14 | Mrs Richard BUTLER, formerly of Little Bay | William Hyde BURKE at Detroit 16 | Mrs Catherine BUTLER, Topsail Road | Mrs Robert James MATTHEWS Frank WALBOURNE, Fogo 31 Mrs Rosetta MORAN, Blackhead, 90 17 | Mary O’DRISCOLL, 84 | Rose O’LEARY , 25 Mrs BRYNILDSEN Joseph THORNE, Grand Bank 18 | Richard HINDY, Winterton 64 | Mrs Joanna SELLARS, Western Bay, 75 19 | Aline TILLER, 16 | Edward MEWS, formerly of Bay Roberts, at Pinchard’s Creek, Alberta 20 | Mrs Mary Anne MAHONEY, Carbonear, 75 | 21 | James DROVER, 72 | Mrs Rebecca SHEFFMAN 22 | Mrs Thomas Crotty, 64 | Edward G HUNTER, 85 James MURPHY, 70 Mrs Jessie MORGAN, Kelligrews 23 | Mrs Elijah BURSEY | Edward DOWNTON Mrs Arthur COFFIN, Joe Batts Arm 24 | John T COFFEE formerly of St John’s at Brooklyn, NY | Mrs Patrick FLYNN 25 | Richard J CARROLL, 84 | Kathleen GOFF, Carbonear, 19 Nicholas J McGRATH 72 Henry A RENDELL, formerly of Heart’s Content, at Boston 73
| 26 Mrs Mary Anne WILLIAMS, 84 | Mrs Mary GARLAND, 74 Richard CARROLL 27 | Mrs Matthew CROSS, Grand Bank, 52 | John F FRENCH, Winterton, 78 28 | George A CLARKE, Carbonear | Mrs Ephraim WOOLFREY, Lewisporte 30 | Mrs Mary Elizabeth O’REILLY, | Mrs Eliza TOMS, 70 31 | Rev Bro JC FENNESSEY, 67 | W P ROGERSON, 79 Wm MORRIS, Trouty APRIL | 2 | Mrs Mary Ann WHALEN | William LAWRENCE, Bay Roberts, 94 Wm J DOYLE, Gull Island, 62 4 | Richard JACKMAN, 48 | John Vincent BURKE, 59 5 | Mrs Agnes FITZPATRICK | Mrs Ann RYAN, at Winona, Min James PEDDLE, Spaniard’s Bay, 72 7 | James Edward WHITTEN, 76 | 8 | Capt W Thomas JANES | Robert PERCHARD 9 | Simeon CHIPMAN, Spaniard’S Bay | 10 | Matthew McGETTIGAN, 72 | 11 | Mrs L H SIMMONDS, Whitbourne | Mrs Johannah K WALSH, Conception, 85 13 | William A OUCHINLECK, 43 | Wilfred DAWE, formerly of Ship Cove, Port de Grave, at Vancouver 14 | Mrs Henry FREAKE, Lewisporte | 17 | Graham MUNN, formerly of Hr Grace, at Summerland, British Columbia | 19 | Joseph H EDGAR, 87 | 20 | J B BRANSFIELD | 21 | Gregory J BARRETT (Ex-Lance Corporal RNR ) | 22 | Edward J O’TOOLE, 50 | 23 | Charles F TAYLOR, 71 | Mrs Elizabeth CRICKARD, 79 24 | John Campbell HEPBURN, 78 | 25 | Mrs Evan BARRETT, at Everit, Mass | 27 | Mrs Henry CRIMP | James WALBOURNE, 65 29 | Joseph GOSINE at Bell Island 57 | MAY | 1 | Albert WELLS, Hr Grace 64 | 2 | Mrs Jane RABBITTS, 84 | 3 | Mrs Robert L NEWMAN at London | John P FURLONG, 63 4 | Mother M Genevleve MALONEY at Carbonear, 68 | 5 | Mrs Wallace ANSTEY, Grand Bank | 7 | Mrs R COSTIGAN, Bell Island | Michael HEALY, formerly of Argentia, at New York, 26 Mrs Michael J KELLY 8 | Michael DUNN(ex Supt Fire Dept) | Harold ROSSITER, Carbonear, 21 9 | William H JACKMAN formerly of St John’s at Montreal, 59 | 10 | Gertrude P DUNNE, Harbor Grace, 29 | Ernest MOYLES, Lewisport Mrs PJ WALBOURNE, Fogo 11 | Joan C BARTER, 64 | Mrs John F FILLIER, Clarke’s Beach, 72 12 | Mrs Rebecca RUSSELL, Lewisporte, 94 | 13 | Eama Bernice CAMERON, 22 | Mrs Robert FRAZIE, Carbonear, 70 Jacob Smith of Bishop’s Cove, at St John’s Abner DAY, Old Shop, TB 70 14 | Sidney Arthur FACEY of Heart’s Content, at General Hospital | Jemima ENGLISH, 84 16 | William WILKINSON, 71 | 17 | Dr JJ MacDONALD, formerly of St John’s, at New Glasgow, NS | Joseph SQUIRES, 17 18 | Mrs Naomi MOORE, 79 | Mrs Annie HOWELL, Carbonear, 72 Mrs William KEATING, Grand Bank, 32 20 | Mrs Jordan PIKE, Carbonear, 28 | 22 | Thomas HOGAN, Carbonear, 70 | Rose Marie MAHON, 5 Mrs Jane TIBBO, Grand Bank, 75 24 | Dennis J MERNER, formerly of St John’s, at Sydney 61 | Mrs John M LeDREW, Bell Island, 47 25 | Annie COLLINS | Charles L KENNEDY, Harbor Grace, 68 26 | Marguerite REARDIGAN, 21 | John THISTLE, Broad Cove, BDV, 62 27 | Mrs Silas RUBY | John J HAYES 67 28 | James ROGERS, 58 | 31 | Mrs Frances PENNEY, 73 | JUNE | 1 | James BRENNAN, 70 | Mrs Mary TURNER, Patrick FEEHAN, 64 Bridget Maria POWER 2 | Mrs Christine LAMB, 85 | Mother Joseph WALSH 4 | Gwendolyn BUTLER | Charlotte SPARKES 5 | Ernest BARTLETT of Redditch, England | 6 | Maurice M DEVINE, 60, formerly of Newfoundland, at Boston | Bride LARACY, Cupids 28 Sr Mary Casimir HALL 8 | Mrs John FORWARD, Crocker’s Cove, Carbonear, 43 | 9 | William BAIRD | 12 | Henry B NOFTALL, 72 | 15 | Mrs Mary PENNEY, 77 of Carbonear | Mrs James BARREN, 82 of Carbonear 16 | John T Bartlett HMC | Peter EZEKIEL Bell Island, 78 17 | Francis Joseph LEONARD, 41 | Mrs Isbelle RYAN, 73 John WEIR, 57 18 | W J LONG of Long Bros at Toronto | Eldred Stevenson HORWOOD of Harbor Grace, at Grace Hospital, 52 Mrs Joshua ROGERS, 49 20 | Beulah WILLIS, Fogo, 4 | 21 | Lady Flora L BOWRING, 84 | Mrs Louis DRISCOLL, New Melbourne 22 | Mrs Phoebe BUTLER, 83 | 23 | Mr Justice KENT, 67 | 24 | Mamie WINDSOR, 12 | Michael KING, Fox Harbor George DOWNER, Fogo 25 | Arthur STEVENSON, 51 | Maxwell SPARKES Sr Mary Patrick KELLY 27 | Mrs J H ROBERTS | John HARRIS, at Glace Bay, formerly of Carbonear 29 | Charley HYNES, Kelligrews, 56 | JULY | 1 | Mrs Margaret BONIA formerly of Placentia, 87 | Mrs Jessie SHEPPARD, Spaniard’s Bay, 69 David BROWN, M M , Spaniard’s Bay 2 | Mrs Andrew COOK, Fogo, 83 | 3 | Rev Br P K Brennan, formerly of Mt Cashel , at New York | Thomas SHEA, Brigus Mrs George SNOW, Carbonear 5 | Ralph PERRY, 28 | 6 | Mrs Lavinia BRAGG, 78 | Mrs Katherine O’TOOLE, 70 7 | Charles NASH formerly of Newfoundland at Glace Bay, 67 | 8 | Ignatius MOORE, 88 | 9 | Benjamin CHAFE, 45 | Annie CRAMP, 71 10 | William MERCER, Sunnyside, T B 58 | Mrs Elizabeth CRUMMEY, Western Bay , 87 William FLEMING, 86 11 | Caleb TIBBO, 90 | Michael Benedict TAVERNOR, 64 Edmund NOSEWORTHY, Hr Grace, 85 Nathan PIERCEY, Winterton, 69 12 | Mrs Samuel BRADBURY | 13 | Mrs Thomas PECKFORD | 14 | William Joseph CAREY, 5 years | 15 | Mrs Elizabeth EDGECOMBE, 83 | Mrs Ellen LAWRENCE, 78 Marie DUFFY, 14 William BUTT, Carbonear, 75 16 | Reuben BUTLER, Kelligrews, 78 | Silas KING, Broad Cove, 82 Donald E QUINN, Harbor Grace 17 | Mrs Rosie WALSH, Renews, 36 | 18 | Patrick J O’GRADY, 56 | Mrs Mary PARSONS, Harbor Grace, 39 19 | Herbert Francis CHURCHMAN, | Dartford, KENT 50 20 | Richard MAHER, 84 | Jesse GOSSE, 78 22 | Mrs Janet SQUIRES, Sibley’s Cove, 70 | Mrs James WATTS Corner Brook, 36 William H MOTTY, 78 Francis M HALEY, 53 Leo J CAREW, formerly of St John’s, at Brooklyn, NY 38 Francis HEALEY 24 | Mrs Rachael RICE, of Carbonear 76 | 25 | Charley B STEVENSON, 47 | Mrs William EARLE, Change Islands 27 | Abraham DAWE, Port de Grave, 78 | 28 | Mrs M A MEAGHER, formerly of Placentia, at Bennington, Mass | 29 | Patrick F RYAN, Catalina | Mrs Ellen HICKMAN, Grand Bank, 84 30 | Sir Charles GORDON, President Bank of Montreal, at Montreal, 71 | Capt John BRAGG of Port Union, at Mulgrave, N S 44 Mrs Esther CAREW, Shore’s Cove, Cape Broyle, 87 AUGUST | 1 | Heber Arthur SHANO at Detroit | Mrs Sarah WHITE, Trinity MRS George BISHOP Cupids 64 2 | Robert ANTLE, formerly of Newfoundland, Sydney, 76 | 3 | Mrs Florence MARCH | George PEARCE Mrs Lilla Louis COSTELLO 6 | Mrs John BENNETT, 49 | Donald George COOMBES Thomas ENNIS, 76, Mrs John MEREDITH, Winterton, 70 8 | Samuel R Oakley, 71 | 10 | James C HENLEY 28 | 11 | James T McCARTHY Bonavista | John E HAGEN, 85 Esther Mary MARCH , 70 Mrs Rebecca MATTHEWS, Grand Bank, 59 12 | Gerald F O’BRIEN, 19 | Mrs Dewey TAYLOR, 37 Mrs Const W T BAKER Wm ROWE, Cupids, 15 | John J McCARTHY, 54 | 16 | Mrs Eliza BARRETT, Red Harbor, PB | 18 | Philip T FUDGE, 55 | 20 | Samuel PARROTT | Capt Jacob KEAN, 74 21 | Mrs Eben TAYLOR | Michael HANNIFAN, Avondale, 21 22 | James Banks SCOTT, Grand Falls, 59 | 23 | John LEAMON, 79 | Frederick WHITE, formerly of Greenspond 26 | Patrick OLIVER, 52 | 27 | Mrs John T MULLOWNEY, Witless Bay | 28 | John L NOEL, Carbonear | 29 | John CASEY, JP formerly of Harbor Grace, 81 | Susanna FURZE, 71 31 | John RYAN, 75 | John J CUDDIHY, 75 SEPTEMBER | 2 | Daisy CRUMMEY, Western Bay | 3 | Mrs Wm BISHOP, flat islands, PB | Mrs Emma J WELSH, Grand Bank, 74 4 | Mrs James J ROGERS, Grand Bank, 74 | 5 | Mrs Bridget BENTON, 70 | Fred J HANN Annie Kavanagh BLEWETT James J KNOX, 77 7 | Michael SMITH, 83 | John M BROWN, 63 8 | Mrs Thomas LINEGAR, 65 | Mrs Emily BISHOP, 50 Mrs Arch BISHOP Cupids 56 9 | Robert John MARTIN, 17 | 10 | Mrs Guy R SHEARS | 12 | Mrs Mary DUNN | 15 | Mrs Allan WILLIAMS, Goulds | Cyril MANSFIELD, New Melbourn 16 | Mrs Bridget MALONEY | 17 | Mrs Patrick J PARRELL | Patrick J MYWRICK, 79 Eli CRUMMEY, Western Bay 18 | Thomas FRENCH, Carbonear84 | 20 | Lionel WALSH, 29 | Mrs Gerald WALSH, 27 Mrs Jessie Naomi CLARKE, 83 21 | Margaret CROTTY, 48 | Terence G CROTTY, 48 22 | Mrs Frances Louise COOK (nee Collins of St John’s) at Bellville , Ont 80 | 23 | Isaac J BOURNE, 64 | Mrs Mary Louise WALSH Thomas A LAKE, Fortune 25 | Esther FINCH, 12 ½ | Sister Mary Edmund SUTTON 26 | Daniel J CROTTY, 63 | John CLARK, Carbonear, 33 27 | James J CLARKE, 63 | Mrs Sarah BRANTON, Winterton, 85 28 | Mrs Francis W BRADSHAW | 29 | Mrs Julia A Chafe Port Blandford, 83 | Mary Bridget NOONAN, Bay de Verde, 20 30 | Michael MURPHY, Carbonear, 86 | Edward G HAGEN, 43 OCTOBER | 1 | Benjamin ELLIOTT, Botwood, 86 | 2 | Frederick NOSEWORTHY | Patrick HAYES, Cupids, 64 3 | Mrs Wm RYAN, Holyrood | John J O’FLAHERTY 4 | Mrs Annie LeMESSURER LONG, 88 | Thomas FAHEY, Conception Hr, 20 5 | Donald L MOORE, St Anthony, 43 | 6 | Mrs Mary E HAMMOND, 83 | 7 | Mrs Emma LeMESSURIER | Wilfred B HARBIN, 21 Mrs Aloysius FARRELL, St Lawrence, 54 Mrs John DUNN, Hr Grace 10 | Spurgeon HUDSON at Chelsea Mass, formerly of Broad Cove BDV 53
Miss Mary O’KEEFE | 11 | Anne H SULLIVAN, St Leonard’s , PB | 12 | Thomas FLEMING, 17 | 16 | Capt John W McGRATH, formerly of Oderin, PB, at Brooklyn NY 74 | 17 | Henry RIGGS, Grand Bank, 76 | 18 | Mrs Frederick MILLS | 20 | Mrs Anne COTTER, Witless Bay | Mrs James WALSH, Western Bay, 74 23 | Zane GREY, NOTED WRITER | 2? | Mrs Slade BAKER | Mrs Sarah WALSH, Brigus, 95 27 | Alfred HAYTER, trinity, 63 | 30 | Mrs Wm HIBBS, Sr Portugal Cove | Carolyn Fanny BADCOCK, Carbonear, 29 31 | Mrs Louisa Horwood WINDSOR, Carbonear | William Michaels 75 Mrs Mary BWNNETT, 98 John PENWELL, Grand Bank, 82 NOVEMBER | 3 | Quatermaster Sergt George R SLADE, formerly of Newfoundland, died at Montreal, 71 | 4 | Mrs Patrick RING, 43 | 5 | Mrs John W BARBOUR | 6 | Lady Hope SIMPSON, at Oxford, England | 10 | Joseph HARNUM Winterton, 73 | Prosper Dominic LeFRESEND, 72 12 | Robert J TURPIN, 56 | 13 | Ellen CONNOLLY, 65 | 14 | John ENNIS | Henry A MORRISSEY Robert WEIR, 77 Mrs Bridget CHAFE 15 | John SHEA formerly of Bar Haven, PB 86 | Mrs Sarah Elizabeth WISEMAN Mrs Andrew DART, Bell Island Peter LUSH, formerly of Pinchard’s Island, at Trinity 16 | Mrs Mary DRAKE, Carbonear, 62 | 17 | Mrs Caleb PARROTT, Winterton, 75 | 18 | Thomas E KENNEDY, formerly of St John’s, at Glasgow, Scotland | Mrs Ellen Vavasour 19 | Mrs Rupert KING, 37 | Mrs Richard KING, 39 20 | George D LOCKE, 76 | 21 | William J MURPHY, 38 | Mrs John WHITE, Torbay Reuben MARTIN, formerly of Harbor Grace, at Sydney Hunter FRY, 18 22 | Elizabeth GARLAND, | 23 | Patience Curtis SNOW, formerly of Brigus, 73 | 24 | Mrs Bridget GOODALL 55 | Mrs James BYRD, Tilting, 83 Mrs Mahala MOORES, Freshwater 25 | Mrs Alex C GROUCHY, Pouch Cove | Peter CRANFORD Carbonear 61 26 | James MEANEY, Carbonear, 76 | 28 | James BATTESTON, 44 formerly of King’s Cove | George NICHOLL, Carbonear 74 30 | William S FROST, 29 | DECEMBER | 2 | Pierre LeSAUX, 71 | PR JEWER, Lewisporte, 83 Mrs Margaret STRAPP, Harbor Grace, 74 3 | James READDY, 56 | 6 | Mrs Lillian JAMES | George Gushue SPRACKLIN, Brigus, 74 7 | Mrs Susanna CHURCHILL, Topsail, 82 | William GEARIN, Renews, 76 9 | Mrs Mary BONIA, 77 | Miss Jessie B DOWDEN Edward SHALLOW, Grand Falls 10 | Patrick J McCARTHY, 57 | Thomas P DUNNE, 76, Mrs Lilliam E PARKER, (nee Suthergreen) at Otterville Mass 11 | James J BYRNE | 13 | MrsPhoebe KING | 14 | Regional HEARDER, | 17 | Allan M FRASER, Nairn , Scotland | 19 | George PICCO, 72 | James HICKS, formerly of Bonavista, at Halifax, 50 Mrs Mary Ann BOND Grand Bank, 40 Mrs Richard WILLIAMS 23 | Mary GORMAN | 24 | Dr Harry L PADDON, of Grenfell Mission, at Haverford Penn | Herbert A VAUGHAN, 44 Mrs C R PUDDESTER Joseph NUGENT 25 | Mrs Jane KIELLY, Carbonear 99 ½ | Mrs John MALCNE, 80 26 | Mrs Mary Joseph O’BRIEN | | FATALITIES AND DISASTERS | JANUARY | 8 | Lifeless body of Victor Churchill, Portugal Cove, recovered from Neary’s Pond | George Hunt, Seaman on SS Watuka, died in Hospital at St Pierre, from injuries received on board ship 17 | Joseph Rogers of Hamilton Street accidentally killed on dredge Priestman | 22 | Three drowned when flying boat Cavalier, a New York to Bermuda airliner, makes forced landing on rough sea | FEBRUARY | 3 | Baxter Bailey, of Motor Vessel Lutzen, drowned when ship ran ashore on East side of Cape Cod | MARCH | 4 | Ranger Michael Greene, 24, of Placentia, died from exhaustion, after horse drawn slide on which he was riding, when through ice, near Lamaline | 24 | Sebastin Foran of Grand Falls, lost his life by drowning, when he walked over the wharf of Wyatt Coal & Salt Co, midnight | APRIL | 17 | Dianna Rose, three year old daughter of Dr and Mrs Drover of Bay Roberts, accidentally killed when trampled by runaway horse | 28 | Edward Mansell Fagen, 8, killed when box cart in which he was sitting, turned over after horse bolted | MAY | 13 | George Hurley, 39, of Bell Island, lost his life when car which he was driving, went over the wharf at Portugal Cove | JUNE | 3 | Eric Greene, aged 7, son of Capt Frank Green, fatally injured when struck by motor car at foot of Long’s Hill | 10 | Jesse Dewey of Glovertown, fatally injured, when hit by board in his saw mill | 13 | Austin Jackman, aged 6, and William Byrd, aged 4, fatally injured by motor car | 17 | Charles McGrath of Corner Brook , fatally injured with explosion of fire works | Samuel Batts, born in Newfoundland, and a Seaman on S S Empress of Britain, on which King and Queen returned to England, lost overboard, shortly after leaving Newfoundland 20 | Edward Thistle, 55, and John Atkinson, 55, formerly of Newfoundland, killed when their car hit by a locomotive, at Sydney, NS | 30 | Thomas Duke, 5, son of Mr and Mrs Duke, 64 George Street, killed by motor car on New Gower Street | JULY | 5 | 50 Kentucky Mountain folk drowned in their sleep, when cloud burst caused over flow of rivers | 8 | Ralph Carter, Corner Brook, met death by drowning | 23 | Raymond Scurrey, aged 2 years, drowned at Long Pond, Manuels | 25 | James Bungay of Harbor Mille, F B, washed overboard and drowned, from schooner T J Thornhill | AUGUST | 2 | Oscar Mitchell, aged 7, drowned at Portugal Cove | 6 | Fanny Purcell, aged 4, Bell Island, killed when struck by motor car | 12 | 19 killed and 60 injured, when speeding Southern Pacific Railway Train was derailed near Cardin Reo, Nevada | 15 | 14 dead, following crash of Pan-American Airways plane, at Rio de Janeiro Harbor | 25 | Arthur Diamond fatally burned, when engine starts fire aboard the schooner of which he was Engineer | SEPTEMBER | 7 | Jacob Greeley, 32, of Foxtrap, electrocuted while repairing lines on Old Railway track | 23 | William J Burke formerly of Brigus, accidentally killed at sea, 34 | 25 | Body of Mrs William Cook, patient at the Fever Hospital, who escaped from that institution whilst in a delirium, found in Quidi Vidi Lake | OCTOBER | 14 | Capt Leonard Gillespie Reid killed in traffic accident in Northampton, England | 17 | Cecil Smith and Thomas Bursey lost their lives, when the schooner “Nelson” went ashore on Sacred Island, near Quirpon, | William Wells and W H Evans of Femme, F Bay, drowned from motor boat near Chapel Island 21 | John Andrews, Upper Gullies, fatally injured, when express which he was driving, was hit by motor truck | 25 | James Frampton of Flat Island, PB Washed overboard from schooner and drowned, off Lawn | NOVEMBER | 8 | Andrew Power, 44, formerly of Newfoundland, fatally injured at No12 Colliery, New Waterford | 15 | William Babb, 59, of Harbor Grace lost his life, when he fell between his motor boat and the wharf, his head being fractured | 22 | Mrs Elizabeth Garland of Outer Battery, fatally burned | 25 | Hector Cobb, Driller with Dominion Coal and Steel Corp killed at Bell Island, when hit by ore car | 28 | Samuel Green , 20, and Freeman Anderson, 20, both of Burgeo, drowned from fishing schooner “Alice N Nash” | DECEMBER | | Not Available | | MARRIAGES | JANUARY | 2 | Frank Sanger and Molly Goff at Elliston | 4 | Fred Wells and Mabel Boyles at Cupids | 8 | Robert Murphy and Annie English at Job’s Cove | 15 | Michael Joseph Lake and Anne Gertrude Kehoe, Carbonear | Louis Peddle of Heart’s Content and Margaret Butt of Carbonear, at Carbonear 16 | Robert Janes of Broad Cove and Gwendolyn Whalen of Western Bay, at Western Bay | 18 | Roy Scott Baker and Margaret Wrixon at Epworth | 19 | Norman Reid and Lavinia June Mills at New Melbourn | 24 | Clarence Handrigan and Mabel Thornhill at Grand Bank | FEBRUARY | 2 | John Frederick Follett and Anna Bertha Puddester at Western Bay | 6 | William C Best and Lizzie E Rodway, at Spencers Cove, PB | 10 | Alexander Robert Aitken and Ethel Stevenson | 17 | Dr Louis O’Neill Conroy and Olive Mews | 20 | Dr J O Fraser and Margaret E Findlater | Samuel Hodder and Beatrice Louise Peckford MARCH | 8 | Charles Dawe and Mildred Butler at Cupids | 9 | Lewis H M Ayre and Olga Crosbie | 11 | Raymond French of Grand Bank and Marjorie Coles of Elliston, at Grand Bank | 18 | Lyman Crowley of Grand Bank and Subina Bay, of Point Rosie, at Grand Bank | 23 | Fred Hiscock and Marion Andrews at Winterton | 30 | John F Brittain of Ottawa and Margaret L White of St John’s, at St John’s | APRIL | 4 | Edward Akerman and Mabel Butler at Cupids | 15 | Tobias LeDrew of Cupids and Mrs Burry of St John’s | 20 | Gordon Lambwood of Bell Island and Flora Rowe of Carbonear | 24 | George Holwell and Ada St Croix of St Jacques, at St Thomas Church | 27 | Corbet Thoms and Doris Penney, both of Carbonear, at Harbor Grace | 29 | Claude Pomeroy and Violet Thompson at Fogo | MAY | 6 | John T Penney of Carbonear and Nellie Manuel of Lower Island Cove, at Carbonear | William Earl Penney and Doris W Lawrence of Carbonear, at Harbor Grace JUNE | 1 | Eric Jerrett and Eleanor Mews | 3 | Charles Renfrew Bell and Ruth Hickman | 4 | Frederick Harvey and Mary McBride both at Cape Broyle | Eugene Hynes and Mary Hibbs at Portugal Cove 5 | Samuel Burden and Louise Collins both of Carbonear, at Harbor Grace | 12 | Allan M Fraser of Nairn Scotland, and Kathleen Mary Kennedy of St John’s | 17 | Percival Burbridge of Epworth and Bessie Hillier of Brunette, at Grand Bank | 20 | Leslie H Cantwell and Margaret M Murphy | 21 | Harvey P Coish of Stag Harbor and Clara J Blackwood of Port Nelson, at Fogo | 24 | G A Myres of Bay Roberts and Ena Squires of Harbor Grace at St John’s | 26 | Herbert W Kelly and Elizabeth M Brownrigg | 27 | Allan Sparkes of Sibley’s Cove and Doris Button | JULY | 1 | Rev James A Burden of Carbonear and Violet Hudson of Adam’s Cove | 3 | Laughlin Miles Macpherson of Montague, PEI and Margaret Evelyn Hierlihy | 11 | Jack Cole of Sidcap, England to Phillis Eriksen of Trinity at Trinity
| 12 | Rev Frank Herbert Ross of St John’s and Sara Anderson of Heart’s Content, at Heart’s Content
James Harding of Greenspond and Jean Oakley of the City, at Topsail | 15 | Herbert John Coombs and Stephanna A St Clair Puddester
Chesley Hickman and Jane Stoodley of Grand Bank | 18 | John Hyslop of Dumfries, Scotland, and Joan Furlong | 19 | Regional Layman and Ivy Loder, Fogo | 24 | Archibald Badcock of St John’s and Millicent Reid, of Spaniard’s Bay, at Spaniard’s Bay | 25 | Norman E Mcleod of Lacomber, Alberta and Rosalind Gretrude Milley of St John’s | 26 | Thomas O’Keefe formerly of Pouch Cove and Annia Dwyer of Bell Island at Bell Island | 29 | Edgar G House and Margaret Butt | AUGUST | 2 | Gordon Rees and Hazel Hammond, Bell Island | George E Mercer and Jean Forsey Buffet, at Grand Bank 5 | Frank Archibald formerly of Harbor Grace and Enid Marion Samson formerly of St John’s, at Montreal | 7 | Rev OC Dickenson and Dorothy Evangeline Morgan | 9 | Gordon P Williams of Aricott and Alice Mary Bradbury of Heart’s Content, at Heart’s Content | 10 | Raymond John Lahey and Marguerite Mary Murphy | 12 | Claude Hall and Elizabeth Higgins Peddigrew | E Chalmers Smith of Hillsboro, Cape Breton and Ada S G Cameron of Carbonear, at Carbonear 16 | A A Alcock Jr, of Corner Brook and Jean Lindsay of Bell Island, at Bell Island | Frank Hunt of Harbor Grace and Dorcas Beatrice LeGrow of Broad Cove , B D V, at Bell Island 17 | N J Atwood of Corner Brook and Mary Baggs of Point Leamington | 19 | Rev H L Yarr of Bishop’s Falls to Ada Jane Butt of Musgrave Harbor, at Cochrane St Church | 24 | Maxwell Parsons of Grand Falls and Geraldine Goodland of Harbor Grace | 26 | Hubert Charles Salter and Wilhelmina Baggs | John Francis Dawson and Pauline Martin 29 | L W Hopkins and Mary Cameron of Carbonear | SEPTEMBER | 5 | Charles Lewis Summers and Helen Isabelle Smith | 6 | Richard Joseph Squires and Mary Frances Murphy | 8 | W Alec Stentaford of Heart’s Content and Olga May Payne | 9 | Edward Ashton Halliday and Hilda Diamond | Arthur James Samson and Amy Rowe at Barrow-in-Furness, England 12 | Eric Baird and Mildred May Ruby | George Haskell of Grand Bank and Mary Poole of Belleoram at Fortune 15 | Dr Edward Smith Peters and Ruth Katherine Storey | 16 | James Paton of Belfast Ireland and Gladys Poole of Pilley’s Island | Eric Reeves, formerly of Flat Islands PB, and Jean A Joyce, formerly of St John’s, at Montreal 17 | Rev Hayward Hodder, Burgeo, and Blanche Garland, Gaultois | 18 | William Albert Dawe and Olive Florence Field | Albert Green and Winnie Handrigram, Grand Bank 19 | Basil Fearn and Mildred Percy Moore | 20 | Matthew Gruchy and Mary Murphy | 21 | Allan Robertson Johnson and Rosa Cole Peters | Wilfred E Furneaux and Edith House George C Evans and Mrs Jennie Osmond 23 | Daniel J MacEachern and Mary Fitzgibbon | 27 | Lionel Piercey and Phyllis Downey of Winterton | 28 | Vallence Earle and Eugena Randell | OCTOBER | 2 | Harry Carter and Dulcie Normore, at Botwood | 4 | Rev R S Sheppard of Joe Batt’s Arm and Lydia Tucker Baldwin, Pouch Cove, at C of E Cathedral | Thomas P Barron and Marion P Guzzwell Robert Blundon and Amelia Lidstone Heber Jones and Maria Tucker at St Phillips 5 | Henry Camp of Grand Bank and Melita Grandy of Garnish, at Garnish | 7 | Augustus Chubbs and Annie Louisa Buckle | 11 | Harry Coates and Ivy Francis at Botwood | 12 | Rev Alton W Fudge and Gladys Price | Joseph Swaine and Rachael King, at Carbonear 14 | Pedro Perez Y Rivero, Cuban Consul, and Gabrielle Donnelly of St John’s | 17 | Eric William Knight and Marjorie Clayton Lester | Morris Barnes of Harbor Mille and Elizabeth J Miller of Brunette, at Grand Bank 18 | Harold Francis Eric Fearn and Jean Neal | Ralph Colyer of St John’s and Laura May Smith of Buchans, at Buchans 20 | Ralph Lewis White and Ruth Gertrude Miller | 24 | William Cotter and Catherine Summers | Clarence Knight and Caroline Jamieson 25 | Eugene West of Bay L’Argent and Dorothy Smith of Grand Bank, at Grand Bank | 26 | George Christie Giannou and Maria Patricia Roberts | 30 | Stanley J Fowler and Madeline Porter | 31 | Cyril Barrett and Frances Mabel Rodgers | NOVEMBER | 1 | Clarence Moores and Laura Hibbs at Kelligrews | James Roy Tucker and Mary Florence Newhook Hugh Barnes and Jean Anderson at Heart’s Content 2 | Clarence Roberts and Evelyn Blundon | 5 | Edgar Brett and Mabel Gill at Botwood | 6 | Roy Wellon and Alma Shelley at Lewisporte | 11 | Ernest P Cormack and Vivian Davis of Harbor Grace | 14 | James Furlong and Genevieve Malone | James Strong of St John’s and Leath V Woolfrey of Lewisporte 15 | Russell Wells and Eva Cavelle Taylor | 23 | George White and Gwendolyn Horwood at Bay Roberts | 25 | Patrick J Noonan of Northern Bay and Josephine Lawlor | 27 | Patrick J Caul and Teresa Stafford | Ralph Kenndell and Elizabeth Synward of New Perlican Richard J Sheppard and Alice Agnatha Murphy both of Placentia, at Kilbride 28 | Gordon Young and Catherine Burke at St Jacques | DECEMBER | 1 | Gordon Andrews and Eleanor O’Keefe | 2 | Charles Burden of Carbonear and Dorothy Hiscock of Victoria | Benjamin Noel of Freshwater and Minnie Marshall of Carbonear, at Carbonear 5 | Andrew Moores of Freshwater and Effie May Pike of Carbonear, at Carbonear | Chesley Boyce, Jersey Hr and Annie Forsey of Grand Bank, at St John’s 6 | Duncan Baxter Fletcher, lately ADC to HE The Governor, to Kathleen Howley | 18 | Bertram Harris and Marjorie Ann Jackson of Brigus | 26 | Leonard Hawco and Marion Cantwell | 28 | Joseph Gordon Howell and Gladys May Christian | Levi Fifield of Corner Brook and Marjorie B Armitage |
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