Sandy Point 1839-1840

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West Coast Region ~ St. George's Bay District

Jukes' Excursion Data

Sandy Point 1839-1840

Joseph Beete Jukes was a geologist appointed by the Genealogical Society of London, to do a survey of Newfoundland. He completed this survey of the Island of Newfoundland, with the exception of White Bay and the Northern Peninsula. The following list of inhabitants was taken from Jukes' notes during 1839 - 1840.

Transcribed by LAVERNE CORMIER, September 1998. While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there may be typographical errors or errors of translation.

Name	Family Size	Years Here	Native of	Age	Occupation	Remarks
Forest, William	2	11	New York	23	merchant	purchasing fish
Parsons, John	11	born here	St. Geo. Bay		do	do
Dennis, Philip	9	born here	St. Geo. Bay	43	do	do
Messervey, Abraham	2	born here	St. Geo. Bay	28	Salmon & herring fishery & ___
Hore, George	4	born here	St. Geo. Bay	38	do
LeHeart, Francis	5	9	St. Pierre		do
Parsons, Mrs.	2	born here	St. Geo. Bay		do
Messervey, George	5	born here	St. Geo. Bay		do
Parsons, John	9	born here	St. Go. Bay	do
Swyer, Samuel	2	58	England	76	do
Dennis, John	7	born here	St. Geo. Bay	46	do
Parsons, James	6	born here	St. Geo Bay		do
Meservey, Philip	8	born here	St. Geo. Bay		do
Oizon, John	3	15	St. Pierre
Meservey, John	9	born here	St. Geo. Bay
Prowey, George	6	14	St. Pierre
Pennell, John	7	born here	St. Geo. Bay
Pennell, Clement	5	born here	St. Geo. Bay
Hunt, William	1	born here	St. Geo. Bay
Meservey, Je__	1	born here	St. Geo. Bay
Pennell, Joseph	8	born here	St. Geo. Bay
Pennell, James	7	born here	St. Geo. Bay

Jessou, Joseph	20		Sydney, C.B.
March, Francis sr.	4		Cape Breton
Young, Benjamin	2		Cape Breton
Marsh, Rose	2		Cape Breton
Renouf, Julien	3		Cape Breton
March, Francis jr.	2		Cape Breton
Duval, Charles	2		Cape Breton
Jessou, Louis	1		Cape Breton
(Note about the above 8 people.) Very poor, sometimes employed by English merchants in the Cod fishery, at other times by the French merchants. All are french descent.

Mole, William	2		Cape Breton
McHall, Jane	3		Cape Breton			runs a boarding house
Hurley, William	1	13	Ireland			Salmon fishery & keeps cattle
Maddore, John	7		Cape Breton

Maddore, George	6		Cape Breton
Maddore, James	6		Cape Breton
Young, James	2		Cape Breton
Young, Francis jr.	2		Cape Breton
Young, Isaac	2		Cape Breton
Young, Lixey	6		Cape Breton
Parisaine, Benjamin	5		Cape Breton
Hoare, Mrs.	1	born here	Sandy Point
Biniard, Isaac	5		Cape Breton
Bennett, Brazou	3		Cape Breton
Bennett, John	1		Cape Breton
Young, James	1		Cape Breton
Pilley, John	3		Cape Breton
Lucau, John	3		Cape Breton
(Note about the above people.) Herring and Cod fishery very poor, not well hen___. Employed sometimes by English merchants and sometimes by the French. Very imprudent and fare badly during winter.

Merry, John	2
Hayes, Bill	7

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