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Burin – Collins Cove – Flat Islands

Burin

A town of considerable trade on the west side of Placentia Bay, district of Burin. It has perhaps the finest harbor in Newfoundland,

with two entrances, one to the south-east and the other to the west. The harbor is divided into three arms, and a ferry plies across

it. A packet boat runs once a fortnight to Little Placentia, distant about 50 miles, connecting the over-land route from St. John’s, 86

miles. It is a post town and port of entry. Distant from St. John’s, by steamer once a fortnight, 162 miles, fare $6. Mail fortnightly.

Population 1850

--Lovell’s 1871 Provincial Business Directory

Burin has a long history of settlement. It was first used as a port for Basque fishermen in the 1650s and as a harbour for the British

navy in 1675. The first sign of permanent settlement came in the 1710s, when Christopher Spurrier & Co of Poole, Dorset,

established a ship building firm there. By 1749, there were 266 permanent, year-round residents. Whether the Collins family had

settled by then isn’t known; however, the records show that the first Collins settlers in Burin appear to have been William and

Samuel Collins, born 1747 and 1748, respectively. Without further records, it’s difficult to know whether they were actually born in

Burin or, like many residents of Burin at the time, had been recruited from the British Isles by Spurrier’s to work in the fishery there.

No records directly link to Samuel; however, given the number of early “unassigned” Collinses in the Burin area, it is highly likely that

he, along with William, was a founder of this Collins line.

Note: This is by no means a complete record of the Burin—Collins Cove—Flat Islands Collinses. If you note any errors or omissions, please email me at

[email protected].


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Burin 1747 William 87 1834Little Burin

Place of birth unknown. Parents unknown. Buried 30 Mar1834.

Burin 1748 Samuel 68 1816Burin

Place of birth unknown. Parents unknown. Buried 17 Sep1816.

Burin 1762 Ann [maidenname

unknown]

85 1847Burin

Place of birth unknown. Parents unknown. Buried 30 Jun1847.

Ann left a will, dated 31 Jul 1838, probated 1848. Sheidentifies her children as: John (married to Mary, childrenJohn Jr and Edward); Edward (married to Elizabeth Barfootin Oct 1821, children John and Edward); Samuel (marriedto Amelia, son William Henry); and Isaac Collins.(Note: Ann didn’t name a wife for Isaac, although Isaacmarried Hannah Moulton of Burin on 16 Nov 1830.)

Burin > Jeande Bay >Flat Islands?

1784 William 71 1855Flat Islands

Place of birth unknown. Parents unknown. Buried 1 Apr1855.Married to Elizabeth; lived in Jean de Bay?

Burin > Jeande Bay >Collins Cove

17932?John William and

AnnPlace of birth unknown. Married to Mary Unknown.

Jean de Bay 1795 Elizabeth[maiden name

unknown—King?]

25 1820Jean de Bay

Place of birth unknown. Parents unknown. Buried 15 May1820.Married to William Collins; mother of William Henry, bapt28 Apr 1817 Jean de Bay (married to Ellen Beazley); andAnn, bapt 10 May 1819 Jean de Bay (married to WilliamSenior, died 26 May 1891, aged 74, Flat Islands).

1 “Community” is the individual’s principal place of residence. It is usually, though not always, where the individual was born, lived, died.2 John was living in Jean de Bay in 1820 and was the father of an infant. This is just a wild guess that he was about 27 at the time.


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Age atDeath

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Burin > FlatIslands

17963 William Parents unknown. Married Harriet Andrews, spinster of St.John’s, on 13 Nov 1821 at Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,St. John’s. Name was spelled “Collyns.” Witnesses wereJohn and Mary Perchard.

Unknown >Flat Islands

1803 Henry 78 1881 Place of birth unknown. Parents unknown. Buried 24 Jul1881. No community given.

Burin >Collins Cove

1804 Samuel William andAnn

64 1869Burin

Place of birth unknown. Buried 8 Feb 1869. Son of Williamand Ann Collins, per Ann’s will of 1838. Married AmeliaBeazley of Sound Island.

Collins Cove 1804 Elizabeth (néeBarfoot)

81 1886Collins Cove

Place of birth unknown. Parents unknown. Buried 22 Jan1886. Wife of Edward Collins (son of William and Ann).

Burin >Collins Cove

1805? Isaac William andAnn

Place of birth unknown. Parents William and Ann. MarriedHannah Moulton of Burin on 16 Nov 1830.

Flat Islands 1807 Ann 84 1891Flat Islands

Place of birth unknown. Parents unknown. Wife of Henry1803-1881. Buried 10 May 1891.

Collins Cove 1809 Hannah(née Moulton)

48 1857Collins Cove

Buried 1875—month and day not given. Parents unknown.Wife of Isaac (son of William and Ann)

Collins Cove 1810SoundIsland

Amelia(née Beazley)

65 1875Collins Cove

Buried 31 Dec 1875. Born in Sound Island, Burin Bay.Parents unknown. Married Samuel Collins of Burin/CollinsCove.

Jean de Bay> FlatIslands >Garia

1813? Charles Parents unknown, although William and Elizabeth of Jeande Bay suspected. Married Mary Ann Newport at Jean deBay on 9 Nov 1837. Witnesses John Bailey and WilliamCollins. This couple moved first to Flat Islands and then toGaria.Question: Was Charles a son of William and Elizabeth? Orof John and Mary?

3 Based on assumption males were 25 years of age at time of marriage.


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(Circa)Name Parents

Age atDeath

Death Notes

Little Burin 1815 William 13 1828Little Burin

Presumed to have been born in Burin. Parents unknown.Buried 15 Jul 1828.

Burin 1816 Ellen (Eleanor)(née) Beazley

75 1891Flat Islands

Born in Burin. Parents unknown. Died 5 May 1891 of LaGrippe. Wife of William Henry Collins (son of William andElizabeth of Jean de Bay).

Jean de Bay> FlatIslands

1817 William Henry William andElizabeth

Baptised 28 Apr 1817. Married Ellen Beazley of Burin on 31Oct 1839. Gave residence at time of marriage as DavisIsland.4

Flat Islands 18185 Mary AndrewsCollins

Parents unknown. Married Thomas Senior of Davis Islandon 30 Oct 1839. Witnesses were William Collins and IsaacCollins.

Jean de Bay> FlatIslands

1819 Ann William andElizabeth

74 1891 Baptised 10 May 1819. Married William Senior of FlatIslands on 19 Oct 1832. Died at Flat Islands on 24 May1891.

Jean de Bay 1820 Elizabeth John andMary

Baptised 2 July 1820. (Grandparents William and Ann ofBurin.)

Flat Islands> Garia Bay

1820 George 75 1895 Parents unknown, but see note below. Died Garia Bay 1Sep 1895 from dropsy. Occupation farmer. Born FlatIslands, per death record. Married Elizabeth Troke of Burinon 8 Nov 1842. Gave residence as Flat Islands. At leastsome of their children were born on Flat Islands.(Question: Was George a son of William and Elizabeth ofJean de Bay? Was Charles his brother? The two of themmove to Garia, which may suggest a close relationship. Hisdeath record says he was born on Flat Islands in 1820(whereas Elizabeth was buried in Jean de Bay in 1820), butFlat Islands may have been stated because he would have

4 Davis Island was also known as Flat Islands—used interchangeably. Name changed again in 1952 when it became Port Elizabeth.5 Based on assumption females were aged 21 when they married.


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Death Notes

grown up there given that William moved to Flat Islandsafter Elizabeth’s death. )

Flat Islands 1823 May Henry andMay

Burin >Collins Cove

1824 Marina(maiden name

unknown)

76 1900 Parents unknown. Wife of John of Collins Cove. Died 19Nov 1900 from pneumonia.

Flat Islands 1825 Catherine Henry andAnn

Born 2 Oct 1825. Married William Monks of Burin on 8 Nov1842. Gave residence as Flat Islands. Witnesses wereWilliam Harding and Edward Collins.

Burin >Collins Cove

1826? Edward John andMary?

Edward andElizabeth?

Bef 1884 Parents unconfirmed; however, in the will of Ann Collins ofBurin it is mentioned that both her sons John and Edwardhad a son Edward. It is likely one of these boys whomarried Esther Adams (?) of Great Burin on 25 Dec 1851;he stated he was of Collins Cove. Witnesses were JohnAdams and Hannah Hollett. (Note: Esther appears in the1884 Methodist census for Burin Bay, along with herchildren Cyrus, George, and Caroline Esther; she is noted asbeing a widow.)

Flat Islands 1826 Isaac William andHarriet

88 1914 Married Mary Ann Kirby of Kirby’s Cove on 4 Nov 1851.Gave residence as Flat Islands. Witnesses were Ann Kirbyand Henry Collins. Died 9 Feb 1914, at Flat Islands, aged88. (Mary Ann died 20 Oct 1923, aged 93, at Flat Islands.)

Flat Islands 1827 Samuel 50 yrs 9mos

1878 Parents unknown. Married Ann Whittle of Flat Islands on 4Nov 1850. Gave residence as Flat Islands. Witnesses wereWilliam Harding and Jane Eliza Collins. Buried 29 Jul 1878.

Great Burin 1828 Esther (néeAdams)

81 1909 Parents unknown. Wife of Edward Collins of Collins Cove.Died 5 Apr 1909, at Great Burin, aged 81, from cancer.

Flat Islands> ParadiseSound

1828 Henry 87 1915 Parents unknown. Married Elizabeth [Unknown]. Diedfrom old age on 15 Aug 1915 at Paradise Sound.


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Age atDeath

Death Notes

Flat Islands 1829 Hannah Henry andAnn

Born 4 Nov 1829. Married John Padley of Flat Islands on 8May 1846. Gave residence as Flat Islands. Witnesses wereWilliam Collins and Samuel Collins.

Flat Islands 1830 Harriet William andHarriet

1918? Born 18 Jan 1830. (May be the Harriet Collins who died 28Apr 1918 at Flat Islands, aged 89, though she would havebeen 88, not 89.)

Collins Cove 1831? Mary Ann Parents unknown. Married George Brett on 2 Nov 1852 atCollins Cove. Witnesses were George Harding and SarahKirby. He was born in 1827; died 24 Mar 1900 from cancer.

Flat Islands 1831 Henry 68 1899 Parents unknown. Died from rheumatism on 30 Aug 1899at Flat Islands.

Burin 1833 Ann Mahala Edward andElizabeth

Born 11 Oct 1833.

Burin Bay 1834? Ruth Parents unknown. Married Samuel Williams on 10 Jun1855. Witnesses were George Harding and Sarah Kirby.

Burin 1834 William Isaac andHannah

82 1916 Born 1 Feb 1834. Died 24 Mar 1916, from a cerebralhemorrhage, at Burin. (Note: Is this the William Collinswho married Elizabeth Churchill of Collins Cove on 22 Nov1855? (No residence given for William.) Witnesses wereIsaac Collins and Elizabeth Collins.)

Little Burin 1834 Susannah Samuel andAmelia

6 1840Burin

Born 31 Oct 1834. (Note: Name given in burial record isSusanna Beasley Collins.)

Collins Cove 1835 Elizabeth(maiden name

unknown)

82 1917 Parents unknown. Died 17 May 1917 from heart failure.Born in Burin.

Burin 1835 Caroline Mary John andMary

Born 10 Apr 1835.

Burin > FlatIslands

1835 Isaac Henry andAnn

Born 12 Apr 1835. Married Rebecca [Unknown].


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Death Notes

Flat Islands 1835 Susannah William andHarriet

Born 7 Oct 1835. Married George Stayner of Davis Islandon 17 Oct 1858. Gave residence as Davis Island. Witnesseswere Richard Gosling and William H. Collins.

Little Burin> CollinsCove

1836 William Henry Samuel andAmelia

84 1921 Born 19 Aug 1836. Married Mary Hennigan Harding, 10Nov 1859, at Collins Cove. Witnesses were William Coadyand Isaac Collins. This couple had no children. He died 12Feb 1921 at Collins Cove. (Note: Mary H. Collins was awidow in the 1921 census for Collins Cove; she was 82. Shedied 4 Apr 1930 at Collins Cove, aged 91. Cause of death:senile decay.)

Hermitage >Flat Islands

1837 Ann (maidenname

unknown)

54 1891Flat Islands

Parents unknown, Died 9 May 1891, from La Grippe.

Flat Islands 1837 Henry Parents unknown. As a widower, aged 45, place ofresidence Flat Islands, married Amelia Pardy, widow, aged23, of Burin, on 23 Jul 1882, at Flat Islands. Witnesses wereStephen Collins and Susannah Gotyer.

Little Burin> CollinsCove

1837 Thomas Isaac andHannah

Born 8 Sep 1837.

Burin 1838 Susan (maidenname

unknown)

73 1912 Parents unknown. Died at Burin from breast cancer on 27Jan 1912.

Collins Cove 1838 Robert William John andMary

2 1840 Born 17 Jul 1838. Buried 14 Feb 1840.


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Flat Islands> FamishCove6

1838 Thomas Henry andAnn

69 1907Famish Cove

Born 2 Apr 1838. Married (1) Elinor Gilbert and (2) MahalaCrann. Died 4 Dec 1907, Famish Cove. Death record saidhe was born Bay L’Eau.This line has been Y-DNA tested.

Collins Cove 1839 Hannah Edward andElizabeth

Born 10 Jan 1839. Married Jonathon Hawkins of GrandBank on 20 Sep 1859. Witnesses were Edward Collins andRobert Riggs.

Flat Islands?> SturgeonFalls, ON

1839Or

1843?

Isaac Charles andMary Ann

81 1920SturgeonFalls, ON

Born 1839. Twin of Elizabeth? Died 29 Dec 1920 atSturgeon Falls, Nipissing, Ontario, from acute bronchitis.Had been in Nipissing 32 years (i.e., since 1888) and inOntario 37 years (i.e., since 1883). Occupation: labourer.Was married at time of death. Death reported by sonGeorge. (Note: The 1911 Census of Canada for Nipissingsays Isaac was born in November 1843. Wife wasMargaret, born Jun 1857 in Ontario. Children were George,born Jun 1888, Ontario; Isaac, born Aug 1891, Ontario; andMary Ann, born Mar 1897, Ontario.)

Flat Islands 1839 Elizabeth King Charles andMary Ann

80 1922 Born 18 Jan 1839. Married William Laughlin of RedHarbour on 15 Jun 1863. Witnesses were William H. Collinsand Sophia Laughlin. Died 20 Aug 1922, aged 80 years.(Note: Headstone says she was born in 1842.)

Collins Cove 1839 Ellen Samuel andAmelia

Born 6 Aug 1839.

Flat Islands 1839 Edward William andHarriett

54 1893 Born 28 Aug 1839. Parents William and Harriet. MarriedLucinda [Unknown]. Drowned near Flat Islands 6 Sep 1893,aged 54; body not recovered.

6 Famish Cove later became Famish Cove and then Fair Haven in 1940.


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Question: Did he have an infant son/child named Edwardwho died in 1874? Excerpt from the diary of WilliamHarding: “1874 Dec 13 - SundayArose 7 a.m. Hard, frosty morning. Attended service. Noclass for want of time. Attended Sunday Schoolanniversary. Rev. Mr. James, Mr. Pickles, G. Bishop, andRev. Mr. Forsey addressed the Sabbath School children.Was informed that Ed Collins’ son Edward died. Attendedservice. Mr. Pickles from Grand Bank preached at 7 p.m.Snowed a good bit.” This Edward Collins and Harding weregood friends. However, Edward and Esther Collins of CollinsCove also had a son Edward, born 1843, who would havebeen 31 at the time; it seems unlikely that Harding wouldhave spoken of a mature adult as Ed Collins’s son Edward;he would have named him on his own.

Collins Cove 1839 Ann Mary/May Isaac andHannah

Born 4 Sep 1839. Married John Kirby of Kirby’s Cove on 11Nov 1858. Witnesses were George Harding and SusannaCollins. (Note: Name was Mary on baptism, May onmarriage.)

Collins Cove 1839 Hannah Edward andElizabeth

Born 10 Jan 1839.

Burin 1839 Ellen 2 wks 1839 Parents unknown. Buried 22 Aug 1839.

Flat Islands 1839 Harriett 54 1893 Parents unknown. This is the Harriet Collins who marriedCyrenius Mundon (1826-1900) of Flat Islands on 21 May1861. Witnesses W.H. Collins and James Kenway. She died22 Aug 1893 at Flat Islands.

Collins Cove> CapeBreton, N.S.

1840 Isaac Samuel andAmelia

Born 25 Apr 1840. Married Annie Edwards on Oct 19 1867at Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.This line has been Y-DNA tested.


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Age atDeath

Death Notes

Flat Islands 1839or

1840

John Henry andAnn

65 1905Trepassy

Married Hannah Butler on 3 Oct 1864. Gave residence asFlat islands. Witnesses were Jonathon Parsons and WilliamCody. Died at Trepassy (on board ship, from heart disease)on 14 Aug 1905. (Note: No baptismal record. However,John was the brother of Susannah Collins Gosling. Since shewas the daughter of Henry and Ann, John was their son.)

Collins Cove 1840 Susannah Isaac andHannah

66 1908 Born 23 Apr 1840. Fourth daughter of Isaac and HannahCollins. Married George Harding of Collins Cove on 10 May1859. Witnesses were Thomas Collins and William Coady.Died 7 Feb 1908.

Collins CoveArm

1841 Mary Eliza Edward andElizabeth

Born 15 Apr 1841.

Flat Islands 1842 Elizabeth WilliamHenry and

Ellen(Eleanor)

Born 21 Dec 1842. Parents William Henry and Ellen(Eleanor). (Note: William Henry born in Jean de Bay toWilliam and Elizabeth Collins in 1817.)

Flat Islands 1842 Joseph 47 1889 Parents unknown. Died 7 Nov 1889.

Collins Cove 1843 Isaac Henry Isaac andHannah

Born 28 Jan 1843.

Collins Cove 1843 SamuelEngland

Samuel andAmelia

65 1908 Born 31 May 1843. Married Louisa Churchill 10 May 1879.Witnesses were Thomas Collins and Elizabeth A. Darby.Died 29 Sep 1908 from chronic pleurisy.

Flat Islands 1842or

1843

Susannah Henry andAnn

32 1874 Born 15 Jul 1843. Believed to be the Susannah Collins whomarried Richard Gosling, 13 Nov 1863. She died 14 Apr1874, aged 32. (Note: In birth register, 1842 and 1843 arejumbled together, and not in order. It’s possible Susannah’sbirth year was meant to be 1842.)

Excerpt from the diary of William Harding, 1 Oct 1860:“Monday, about nine o’clock at night, my dear wife arrivedwith Wm Loughlin and Henry Butler. Susan Collins and


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Death Notes

Eliza Loughlin were also with them and they brought theMeasles from Burin with them and many took it.”

Collins Cove 1843 Edward Edward andElizabeth

Born 20 Aug 1843.

Flat Islands> Burin >Garia

1843 Susannah George andElizabeth

Born Flat Islands 14 Oct 1843. Note: In 1845 George andElizabeth were living in Burin; in 1855 they were in Garia.Susannah, who was only 12 in 1855, would have gone withthem. Therefore, wouldn’t have been the Susannah whomarried Richard Gosling.

Flat Islands 1844 Harriet Charles andMary Ann

Born 25 Sep 1844.

Collins Cove 1844 Hannah Isaac andHannah

Born 22 Oct 1844.

Collins Cove> FlatIslands

1845 Gabriel Beazley Samuel andAmelia

73 1918Flat Islands

Born 4 Jun 1845. Married first to Elizabeth Butler on 14Oct 1869 (witnesses Henry Butler and William HenryCollins); and then to Elizabeth Loughlin, widow (1859-1952), on May 17 1899. Died 4 Jul 1918. (Note: Deathrecord says he was born at Flat Islands.)

Flat Islands> Toronto

1845 Caroline 87 1933Toronto

Parents unknown. Born Aug 1845 (per 1911 census,Toronto). Married Richard Dibbin (1840-1911) of FlatIslands on 13 Nov 1863. Gave place of residence as FlatIslands. Witnesses were G. Haddock and William Harding.This couple moved to Toronto. (Note: Had a doublewedding with Richard Gosling and Susannah (Susan)Collins at the home of William Harding, lay preacher, inBurin.) Died 25 Apr 1933 at Toronto.

Collins Cove 1845 Benjamin Isaac Edward andElizabeth

69 1915 Born 29 Sep 1845. (Note: Believed to be the BenjaminCollins who died, aged 69, at Burin on 8 Dec 1915 fromheart disease.)


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Age atDeath

Death Notes

Burin 1845 Matilda George andElizabeth

Born Oct 1845.

Collins Cove 1846 Elizabeth 86 1932 Parents unknown. Died 23 Oct 1932 from senile decay.Born in Collins Cove.

Collins Cove 1846 William Robert John andMarina

66 1912 Born 2 Mar 1846. Married Susannah Dean on 8 Sep 1869.Witnesses were James Vigus and William Harding. Died 26May 1912 at Burin.

Collins Cove 1846 George Isaac andHannah

83 1930 Born 23 Jun 1846. Married (1) Frances Vigus at Burin on 21Dec 1871. Witnesses were George Bishop and ThomasPine. Frances, who was born at Pardys Island, died 1 Apr1901, aged 54, from cancer of the stomach. (2) MargaretKirby (b 1871), widow, sometime after 1901. Died 28 Mar1930 at Collins Cove. (This man fathered at least fivechildren with Margaret, from the birth of Daisy in 1905until the birth of Alec in 1914.)

Burin 1846 ThomasBeazley

Samuel andAmelia

53 1900 Born 15 Nov 1846. Married Elizabeth Hollett 14 Jul 1872.Died at sea 15 Sep 1900. Drowned when the Barbara Heckwent down in a gale. Lost with him were nine other menfrom Burin: They were William Kirby, 58; Isaac Kirby, 25;James Brett, 43; John H. Kirby, 46; Wm Dowell, 44; FrankCollins, 24; Thomas Watts, 25; Thomas W.B. Moulton, 20;and William Moulton, 21.

Flat Islands 1847 Sicelia(Cecilia)

WilliamHenry and

Ellen

Born 16 Jun 1847.

Burin 1848 Charlotte(maiden name

unknown)

77 1925 Parents unknown. Died 5 Feb 1925 from bronchitis.

Flat Islands 1848 Phebe(Phoebe)

Henry andAnn

Born 14 Sep 1848. Married Gabriel William Gilbert ofSound Island on 26 Nov 1864. Witnesses were John Collinsand Charles Gilbert.


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Age atDeath

Death Notes

Collins Cove 1849? Mary Parents unknown. Married Robert Riggs of Grand Bank on20 Nov 1960. Witnesses were William Coady and RichardBurfitt.

Burin 1849? Mary Parents unknown. Married Benjamin Foot of Burin 28 Dec1870. Witnesses were William Harding and John Farwell.

Collins Cove 1849 Sarah Mullings Edward andElizabeth

Born 5 Nov 1849. Died 15 Dec 1901 at Burin frompulmonary tuberculosis.

Collins Cove 1850 Jacob John andRuth

10 days 1850 Born 22 Apr 1850. Buried 31 Jul 1850.

Flat Islands 1850 Elenor WilliamHenry and

Eleanor

Born 10 May 1850. Parents William Henry and Elenor.Married Henry William Crann on 25 Oct 1870. Witnesseswere William Collins and George Harding.

Collins Cove 1851?1836?

Jane 80? 1916? Parents unknown. Married Arthur Manning 8 Feb 1872.Witnesses were Richard Paul and John Bugden. (Again, theestimated year of birth is based on the supposition thebride was 21 at time of marriage. Could be widely off.There was a Mrs. Arthur Manning who died 31 Jul 1916 atEpworth, Burin, aged 80, from cancer of the stomach.Could this be Jane Manning? If so, she would have beenborn in 1836 and have been 36 years of age uponmarriage.)

Flat Islands 1851 Sarah Samuel andAnn

76 1851 Born 11 Oct 1851. Married Joseph Prior on 29 Sep 1870 atHarbour Breton. He was from Crewkerne, Somerset,England. He was 24 years of age and gave his occupationas “Servant.” Sarah died at Sagona, Newfoundland, on 22Sep 1927, aged 76. Cause of death: Old Age.

Collins Cove 1851 Sarah Jane Isaac andHannah

70 1922 Born 25 Oct 1851. Married Simeon Avery, 44, widower, ofBonne Bay—Barbe, on 26 Dec 1892. She was a spinster.Witnesses Robert Collins and Emma Halfyard. Marriagetook place at Whale Cove. Living in Burin Bay in 1921census. Died 8 Jan 1922, aged 70, of heart failure.


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Age atDeath

Death Notes

Collins Cove 1851 John John andRuth

Born 24 Dec 1851. (See entry below. One of these twoJohns likely married Rebecca Critch of Foot’s Cove on 14Dec 1875. Witnesses were Thomas Foot and Isaac Brett.)

Collins Cove 1852 John John andMarina

Born 25 May 1852. (See entry above. One of these twoJohns likely married Rebecca Critch of Foot’s Cove on 14Dec 1875. Witnesses were Thomas Foot and Isaac Brett.)

Collins Cove 1852 Mary Jane Edward andEsther

85 1938 Born 26 Aug 1852. Married James Hollett of Great Burin on5 Nov 1874. Witnesses were Samuel Hollett and ElizabethCollins. Died at Great Burin 29 Jul 1938, aged 85. Cause ofdeath: senility.

Flat Islands 1852 William WilliamHenry and

Ellen

50 1901 Born 26 Sep 1852. Married Ellen Masters of Davis Island on28 Nov 1876. Witnesses Joseph Collins and SusannaCollins. Died at St. Johns on 18 May 1901, aged 50. (Ellen,born 1856, married Reubin Dicks on 29 Nov 1906.)

Collins Cove 1852 Elizabeth Ann Samuel andAmelia

3 mos 1853 Baptised 11 Nov 1852. Buried 2 Jan 153.

Burin 1853 John 40 1883 Parents unknown. Died at Collins Cove from brain diseaseon 9 Oct 1893. Place of birth given as Burin.

Flat Islands 1853 HarrietAndrews

Isaac andMary Ann

Born 28 Mar 1853. Parents Isaac and Mary Ann. (Isaac wasthe son of William and Harriet.) Married John Butler on 3Dec 1873. He was 23 ¾; she was 20 ½. Witnesses wereSophia C. Stowe and Henry W. Crann.

Collins Cove 1854 AmeliaCarolina

Isaac andHannah

Born 13 Feb 1854.

Collins Cove 1854 Priscilla John andMarina

78 1933 Born 3 Mar 1854. Married Eli Foote of Foote’s Cove on 26Nov 1874. Witnesses were William Collins and Sarah AnnCollins. Died 3 Jan 1933 at Great Burin, aged 78, of heartfailure.

Flat Islands 1854 Caroline Samuel andAnn

Born 16 May 1854. Married William Moulton, aged 24 ½,of Flat Islands on 17 Nov 1873. She was 19 ½. Witnesseswere Sophia C. Stowe and Henry W. Crann.


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Age atDeath

Death Notes

Collins Cove 1854 ElizabethAdams

Edward andHester

Born 9 Dec 1854. Parents Edward and Hester (Esther).

Garia 1855 Charles George andElizabeth

Born 2 Jan 1855.

Collins Cove 1855 John Edward Samuel andAmelia

1 yr 6mos

1857 Baptised 13 May 1855. (No date given for birth.) (Note:Conflicting records: another record says he was born Sep1855, which is before the baptismal date of 13 May 1855.)

Flat Islands 1855 Joseph Curby(Kirby)

Isaac andMary Ann

Born 13 Mar 1855.

Flat Islands 1855 Susannah WilliamHenry and

Eleanor

Born 15 Jul 1855.

Collins Cove 1856 Sarah Ann John andMarina

87 1944 Born 17 Mar 1856. Married Robert Inkpen of Shalloway on16 Nov 1877. Witnesses were John Inkpen and John E.Collins. Appears in 1935 census, widowed. Died atMosquito Cove 23 Jan 1944.

Flat Islands 1856 Ann May Samuel andAnn

Born 19 Apr 1856. Married James Broomley, 27, of FlatIslands on 16 Apr 1875. She was 21 (age incorrect—shewas 23). Witnesses were Nathaniel Paddle and GeorgeWarford. (Question: Should “Broomley” be “Broomfield”?)

Collins Cove 1856 John William andElizabeth

89 1946 Born 18 Aug 1856. Married Hannah Elizabeth Inkpen ofBurin on 6 Jan 1904. (No ages given at time of marriage;name recorded as “John E. Collins.”) Witnesses wereWinnifred Inkpen and R.W. Collins. Elizabeth was born 25Nov 1877 at Collins Cove to Joseph Wesley and SusannahInkpen. Couple appears in the 1935 census; John’s namewas given as “John Epworth”; occupation “manager,general business.” Appears in the 1945 census as “John E.,aged 89, born about 1856. However, it also gives hisoccupation as labourer, working at the Nfld. Foundry, for$22 a week. (This might be an error.) Died 26 Feb 1946 at


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Death Notes

Collins Cove, aged 89. Cause of death: senility. Wasmarried at the time. Occupation given as merchant.

Garia 1856 Charles Charles andMary Ann

Born 16 Sep 1856. Married Susanna Anderson, born c 1846Petites. In 1921 census for Petites.

Flat Islands> St. John’s

1856 Frances Isaac andMary Ann

Born 29 Dec 1856. Married William Masters on 12 Aug1876 at Flat Islands. Witnesses were Joseph Collins andElizabeth Collins. Moved to St. John’s.

Flat Islands 1857 Mahala William andElizabeth

Born 24 Jan 1857. Married Joseph Beasley, aged 27 ¾ ofFlat Islands on 4 Nov 1873. She was 16 ¾ years. Witnesseswere Ada Stowe and Henry W. Crann.

Collins Cove 1857 Lydia Edward andEsther

Born 5 Apr 1857. Parents Edward and Esther.

Flat Islands> UpperGullies

1858 Julia Flat Islands 39 1897UpperGullies

Born 1 Feb 1858. Parents Samuel and Ann. Married GeorgeWarford of Lance Cove, 21 Sep 1877. Died 28 April 1897 atUpper Gullies.

Collins Cove 1858 Emily Jane John andMarina

34 1892Flat Islands

Born 29 Apr 1858. Died at Flat Islands 3 Mar 1892, aged34, inflammation of the lungs.

Davis Island> Toronto

1858 Thomas Henry andElizabeth

66 1924Toronto

Born 4 Jul 1858. Died at Toronto 24 Nov 1924 fromvascular disease of the heart. Had been in Toronto 17years and in Ontario 40 years by time of death.Occupation: carpenter. (Note: Death record incorrectlysays he was 67 years, 4 months, and 18 days at time ofdeath.)

Flat Islands 1858 Nathaniel WilliamHenry and

Ellenor

33 1892 Born 26 Dec 1858. Married Emeline Crann, 11 Dec 1884.Drowned, along with nine other men from Flat Islands—Isaac Crann, 33; John Senior, 24; Charles Clarke, 28;Ephraim Collins, 22; Henry Senior, 26; William JosephSenior, 20; Charles Senior, 22; Abram Crann, 22, and AlbertJoyce, 19—when the schooner Reason went down off theBanks of Newfoundland on 22 Aug 1892.


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Flat Islands 1859 Elizabeth Isaac andMary Ann

Born 15 Aug 1859.

Lance Cove/ CollinsCove

1859 John Cyrus Edward andEsther

29 1889Narrows (St.

John’s?)

Born 25 May 1859. Wife was Mary [Unknown]. (Place ofbirth given as Lanceo.) Drowned in the Narrows on 22 Mar1889.

Garia 1859 George James Charles andMary Ann

Born 15 Nov 1859.

Flat Islands 1860 William WilliamHenry andElizabeth

Born 23 Jan 1860. (Is this the William Collins who marriedAmelia Giles of Burin (b 23 Aug 1868) at Wesley UnitedChurch, St. John’s, on 22 Nov 1886?)

Collins Cove 1860 CarolineElizabeth

John andMarina

Born 2 Jun 1960. Married John Farwell, 22, of Burin, on 12Sep 1880. Witnesses were John Foote and Martha Farwell.Caroline gave her residence as Burin.

Flat Islands 1860 Selina Isaac andRebecca

Born 18 Jun 1860. Married Stephen Butler on 15 Nov 1880.

Flat Islands 1861 John Samuel Samuel andAnn

Born 7 Jun 1861.

Burin 1861 Esther Marie Edward andEsther

Born 26 Aug 1861.

Flat Islands 1861 William Isaac andMary Ann

Born 24 Oct 1861. Married Mary Ann Paddley (1866-1935)22 Nov 1887.

Flat Islands 1862 Margaret Ann Isaac andRebecca

Born 25 Mar 1862.

Flat Islands 1863 Harriett HenryWilliam and

Elizabeth

Born 18 Feb 1863.

Burin 1863 Eli Edward John andMarina

Born 16 Mar 1863. Married Janet Rogers at Burin 2 Feb1892. Gave age at time of marriage as 27. Witnesses wereWilliam Kirby and Margaret Moulton. Both Eli and Janetappear in the 1945 census for Collins Cove.


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Collins Cove 1863 StephenWilliam

Edward andEsther

Born 22 Nov 1863.

Flat Islands 1864 MarthaHannah

Samuel andAnn

Born 9 Jun 1864.

Flat Islands 1864 Wilson Thomasand Eleanor

Born 4 Oct 1864. Parents Thomas and Eleanor. (Thomas,son of Henry and Ann. Eleanor was Eleanor Gilbert.)

Flat Islands 1864 George Isaac andMary Ann

73 1938 Born 26 Oct 1864. Married to Caroline Collins (1870-1956),daughter of John and Hannah. Died 6 Feb 1938, aged 73,at Flat Islands.

RoseBlanche

1865 Emily Amelia Isaac andHelena

Born 7 Mar 1865.

Flat Islands> RedHarbour

1865 Phoebe John andHannah

Born 22 Jul 1865. Married John Henry Loughlin, 14 Dec1886. Witnesses were S.K. Parsons and J.H. Loughlin. Livingin Red Harbour in 1935 census.


1865 Reuben Henry andElizabeth

75 1941 Born 17 Dec 1865. Married Dorothy Jane Trowbridge ofParadise Island on 24 Oct 1892. Witnesses were CharlotteMonk, Susannah Collins, John Trowbridge, and SophiaPaddle. Appears, along with his wife, Jane, in the 1911Canadian census for Toronto. Died 24 Nov 1941 atToronto.

Flat Islands 1866 Mary Ann Isaac andMary Ann

Born 22 Mar 1866. Married Charles Clarke, son of JamesClarke (born 7 Oct 1863), of Flat Islands on 30 Nov 1891.Witnesses were Flora Collins and John Senior. Charles diedon the Reason on 21 Jul 1892. Mary Ann then marriedJohn Crane, 43, widower, at Flat Islands, on 22 Nov 1894.Witnesses were Lambert Loughlin and Louis Challett.

Flat Islands 1866 Isabella Isaac andRebecca

Born 15 Jun 1866. Married Henry Butler 7 Dec 1885.

Flat Islands 1866 Henry William Thomasand Eleanor

24 1891 Born 2 Nov 1866. (Note: Death record gives name asWilliam Henry.) Died 13 May 1891, from consumption.


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Flat Islands 1866 Sarah Jane Henry andElizabeth

Born 11 Nov 1866.

Purdy’sIsland

1867 Sarah Ann Parents unknown. Married Reuben Mayo 19 Nov 1890;she was 23, he was 28. Witnesses were William Adams andHannah Mayo.

Flat Islands 1867 Melinda Samuel andAnn

Born 20 Jan 1867.

Spoon Cove,Burin

1867 George Edward Edward andEsther

Born 13 Feb 1867. Married Polly Baker 2 Dec 1899 atSpoon Cove; he was 32 and she was 27. Witnesses wereEdward L. Hollett and George Hollett.

Garia 1867 Emmeline Isaac andElizabeth

Born 25 Nov 1867.

LowerIsland Cove> FlatIslands

1867 Lillian (maidenname

unknown)

47 1915Flat Islands

Died 21 Aug 1915 from cancer.

Flat Islands 1868 William Joshua John andHannah

71 1939 Born 17 Mar 1868. Married Mary Elizabeth Harriet Reeveson 28 Nov 1891 at Flat Islands. Witnesses were AlbertCollins and Flora Collins. Died at St. John’s on 8 Nov 1939.Buried at Flat Islands.

Flat Islands 1868 Emma Mary Edward andLucinda

Born 4 Apr 1868. Married Edward Loughlin 16 Apr 1888.Witnesses were Howard Parsons and Mary Ellen Loughlin.

Flat Islands 1868 Flora Parsons Isaac andMary Ann

Born 7 Apr 1868. Married Thomas Tipple, widower, ofBurin, 9 Jan 1896. Witnesses were Lambert S. Loughlin andHarriet A. Collins.

Flat Islands 1868 Benjamin Isaac andRebecca

65 1933 Born 11 Aug 1868. Married Mary Ann Watts of Burin Bayon 14 Dec 1893 (born Aug 1873). Witnesses were WilliamJoyce and Albert Collins. Lived in Burin Bay [1921 census].Died at Burin Bay 22 Jun 1933, aged 65. Mary Ann died 12Mar 1925 at Burin Bay from pulmonary tuberculosis, aged51.


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Age atDeath

Death Notes

Collins Cove 1868 Elizabeth 20 1888 Parents unknown. Buried 16 Apr 1888.

Garia 1869 Charles Isaac andElizabeth

Born 5 Aug 1869. (Note: There was a Charles Collins, born1869, Newfoundland, living in Cornwall, Ontario, in the1891 Canada census. Religion was Salvation Army.)

Flat Islands 1869 Rachel HenryWilliam and

Elizabeth

48 1917 Born 2 Dec 1869. Married Joseph Mayo of Purdy’s Island,Burin, on 1 Jan 1889 Witnesses were Albert Mayo andSarah Collins. Died 11 Dec 1917 at Foote’s Cove, Burin.

Flat Islands> FamishGut/Cove

1870 John Thomasand Eleanor

Born Apr 1870. Married Annie Crann, born Dec 1879 atFamish Cove.

Flat Islands 1870 Matilda Samuel andAnn

Born 29 Jan 1870. Married Stephen Hinds of Sound Islandon 2 Dec 1886. Residence at the time was Woody Island.Witnesses were William Henry Boutcher and Martha AnnCollins.

Flat Islands 1870 Caroline John andHannah

85 1956 Born 7 Mar 1870. Married George Collins (1864-1938) on 2Nov 1889 at Flat Islands. Witnesses were William Collinsand Harriet Collins. Died 7 Feb 1956, aged 85.

Burin 1870 Mary Priscilla William andSusannah

Born 20 Aug 1870. Married John Robert Inkpen 7 Jan 1892at Whale Cove. He was 25, of Shalloway; she was 22, ofCollins Cove. Witnesses were George D. Inkpen andElizabeth McKay. This couple appears in the 1921 censusfor Shalloway.

Flat Islands 1870 Jessie Ellen Gabriel andElizabeth

56 1926 Born 11 Sep 1870. Parents Gabriel and Elizabeth. MarriedRichard Senior on 18 Nov 1889. Died 18 Oct 1926 at FlatIslands. Cause of death: tuberculosis.


1870 Isaac Isaac andRebecca

Born 11 Dec 1870. Was living in Toronto on 27 Mar 1935,as evidenced by his application for registration of birth.

Flat Islands 1871 Mary A.(maiden name

unknown)

41 1912 Parents unknown. Died 10 Dec 1912 from cancer.


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Age atDeath

Death Notes

Flat Islands 1871 HarrietAnderson

Edward andLucinda

41 1912 Born 12 Jan 1871. Married John Richard Collins (son ofGabriel and Elizabeth) on 26 Dec 1904. Witnesses werePeter Collins and M.A. Ellsworth. Died 10 Dec 1912. Causeof death: cancer.

Flat Islands 1871 Ephraim Henry andElizabeth

21 1892 Born 12 May 1871. Drowned, along with nine other menfrom Flat Islands when the Reason went down, on 22 Aug1982. See Nathaniel Collins (1858) entry, above.

Flat Islands 1871 Nelson Thomasand Eleanor

Born 28 Oct 1871.

Flat Islands 1871 John S. John andHannah

Born 7 Jun 1871. 1921 census for Woody Island – spouse,Elizabeth, born Aug 22 1872, Ragged Islands; adopteddaughter Maria B. Barrett, born Aug 12 1905, WoodyIsland; Charles Warren, nephew, born Mar 1 1916, RaggedIslands; mother Hannah, born Feb 21, 1832, Flat Islands.

Flat Islands 1872 Immanuel Gabriel andElizabeth

Born 30 Jan 1872. In 1921 census for Flat Islands. He’ssingle, and it’s unclear whether he’s living with Philip andKate Moulton family or Joseph and Amelia Collins family.(Note: About half of the entries on this page say theindividual recorded, including Immanuel, was born onGeorges Island. Below that are entries for Flat Islandspeople. However, Immanuel’s baptism record says he wasborn on Flat Islands.)

Flat Islands 1872 Emily Pine Samuel andAnn

Born 10 May 1872.

Flat Islands 1872 Elizabeth B. Gabriel andElizabeth

Born 30 Jan 1872.

Flat Islands 1872 Elizabeth Henry andElizabeth

Born 13 Jun 1872. Married John William Keeping (born 10May 1872 to William and Elisabeth Keeping) of Flat Islandson 6 Nov 1895. Witnesses were Christopher Joyce andEleanor Collins. In 1935 census for Flat Islands.


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Age atDeath

Death Notes

Collins Cove 1872 MelindaHollett

Thomasand

Elizabeth

Born 11 Aug 1872. Married Joseph D. Beasley, aged 24, ofBurin Bay on 14 Dec 1891. She was 18 at the time. (Off byone year.) Witnesses were Frank Weave and Sarah A.Lockyer. Appears in 1921, 1935, and 1945 censuses. (Yearof birth varies from 1872 to 1873 to 1872, respectively.)

Garia 1872 Mary Ann Isaac andElizabeth

Born 8 Oct 1872.

Flat Islands 1872 Eleanor Edward andLucinda

Born 6 Dec 1872.

Burin 1873 John J. Married to Melina M. [Unknown], born about 1875. In1945 census; residing at Allan’s Island, Burin.

Flat Islands 1873 Sarah Dentz Isaac andRebecca

Born 10 Feb 1873.

Flat Islands 1873 Albert John andHannah

Born 2 Aug 1873. Married Mary Alice (Allan?) Stonebridgeof Burgeo at Sound Island on 4 Dec 1897. Witnesses wereJosephine Stonebridge and Alexander Stonebridge. Movedto Toronto in 1906. Appears in 1911 census for TorontoWest.

Collins Cove 1873 Merina William R.and

Susannah

Born 19 Oct 1873.

Flat Islands 1873 William Henry Gabriel andElizabeth

Born 21 Nov 1873. Married Lizzie Senior 5 Dec 1895. (Ordid Lizzie Senior marry the William Henry, born 1860, sonof William Henry and Elizabeth?)

Collins Cove 1874 Joseph Thomasand

Elisabeth

62 1936 Born 16 Apr 1874. Married (1) Marina Foote 29 Nov 1900.Witnesses were Samuel W. Collins and Maude Burfitt. (2)Hannah Allen (born Sep 1884) on 19 Jul 1913. Witnesseswere Richard Brett and Patience Allen. Died 12 Nov 1936at Collins Cove. Cause of death: paralysis. (Note: Slightlyconflicting information in 1921 census. It says he was born


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in Jun 1872. However, it gives his wife’s name as Hannah,so this is most likely the same Joseph.)

Collins Cove 1874 Isaac George andFanny

Born 19 May 1874.

RedHarbour >Toronto

1874 Rhoda Henry andElizabeth

Born 19 May 1874. Married John Joseph Trowbridge, aged28, at Burgeo on 28 Sep 1894. She was 20; gave her placeof residence as Paradise Sound. Witnesses were SamuelJames Trowbridge, Janet and Clotilda Trowbridge. (Note:John and Rhoda moved to Toronto, appear in the 1911Census of Canada for Toronto, along with their daughterJennie. Rhoda’s year of birth incorrectly given as 1881, not1874. Also, the census records John’s month and year ofbirth as Jan 1873, but given the unusual (for the time)name of Rhoda, the fact they have a child Jennie (see JanetTrowbridge, who was a bridesmaid), and that the censusrecords both John and Rhoda as having been born inNewfoundland, I’m confident this is the correct family.)

Collins Cove 1874 Jane 7 wks 1874 Born May 1874. Died 9 Jul 1894, aged 7 weeks.

Flat Islands 1874 WilliamThomas

Edgar(Edward)and Lucy

Born 20 Dec 1874 at Davis Island; baptized 2 Jul 1875 atFortune. Married Lily A. Turner on 21 Nov 1898 at St.John’s; she was 30, he was 24. Witnesses were Selby Joyceand Alice Kelly. Lily was baptized Lily Ann Turner at LowerIsland Cove on 23 Mar 1868 at the age of 6 months, thedaughter of John and Elizabeth Turner; therefore, she wasborn around Sep 1867. The couple had a daughterGeorgina, who married Robie Demont at Halifax, NovaScotia, on 2 Apr 1925. (Birth record incorrectly statesWilliam Thomas was born at Dariss Island and was the sonof Edgar and Lucy. This was meant to be Davis Island and, Ibelieve, the son of Edward and Lucy. His marriagecertificate states he was born on Flat Islands.)


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Age atDeath

Death Notes

Flat Islands 1875 Eliza Frances Henry andElizabeth

Born 19 Jan 1875. Married Albert Mayo of Purdy’s Island,Burin, on 14 Nov 1892. Witnesses were Martha Beazleyand William Mayo. Appears in 1921 census.

Flat Islands 1875 Susanna Isaac andRebecca

Born 26 Jan 1875.

Flat Islands 1875 SusannaHatcher

Samuel andAnn

Born 13 Fb 1875.

HayCove/FlatIslands >Famish Gut> Norman’sCove

1875 Mary Ann Thomasand Eleanor

57 1932Norman’s

Cove

Born 6 May 1875. Married Ishmael Thorne, aged 24, atNorman’s Cove on 26 Jul 1896.Witnesses were Absolomand Elizabeth Thorne and Nathaniel and ElizabethNewhook. Died 31 Dec 1932, from tuberculosis.

Collins Cove 1875 Robert Wilfred George andFrances

Born 21 Jun 1875. Married Sarah W. Inkpen (born Nov18800 on 10 Jul 1907 at Burin. Witnesses were GeorgeCollins and Adelaide Inkpen. Occupation at time ofmarriage was salesman. In 1921 census for Collins Cove.

Flat Islands 1875 Joseph Curby(Kirby)

Gabriel andElizabeth*

76 1952 Born 1 Nov 1875. Married Amelia Senior (1878-1959) on 2Nov 1898. Died 11 Mar 1952, aged 76. (*Note: Elizabeth’smaiden name given as “Curby.” I think this is wrong and itshould be “Butler.”)

Collins Cove 1876 Hannah Maria WilliamRobert andSusannah

Born 4 Jan 1876.

Flat Islands 1876 Frederick John andHannah

67 1943 Born 28 Feb 1876. Married (1) Cecilia Mundon of FlatIslands on 17 Nov 1901; she was 21. Witnesses wereChesley Collins and Minnie Butler. (2) Maggie Miller, 24,at Flat Islands. She was a widow; he was a widower. Died10 Nov 1943, at Flat Islands. Cause of death: heart seizure.Maggie (Margaret) died 10 May 1969, 86 years old.


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Collins Cove> Ship Cove

1876 Samuel Thomasand

Elizabeth

59? 1936? Born 4 July 1876. Married Mary M. Gilbert of Come ByChance on 8 Dec 1904 at Burin. Witnesses were SusieGilbert and Isaac Collins. Occupation given as clerk. In1921 and 1935 censusus for Collins Cove. Believed to bethe Samuel Collins who died 21 May 1939 from circulatoryfailure at Ship Cove; however, age upon death was givenas 59, which would place his year of birth at around 1879.

Collins Cove 1876 Frank (Francis) John andRebecca

24 1900 Born 16 Sep 1876. Died at sea 15 Sep 1900. Drownedwhen the Barbara Heck went down in a gale. Lost with himwere nine other men from Burin: They were William Kirby,58; Isaac Kirby, 25; Thomas Beazley Collins, 54; JamesBrett, 43; John H. Kirby, 46; Wm Dowell, 44; ThomasWatts, 25; Thomas W.B. Moulton, 20; and WilliamMoulton, 21.

Flat Islands 1877 Caroline Samuel andAnn

4 1881 Born 7 May 1877. Died 15 Jan 1881, aged 4.

Flat Islands 1877 Catherine Mary andElizabeth

Born 8 May 1877. Parents Mary and Elizabeth. (Note:Obviously an error. Is the correct entry for Catherine born 9Jul 1877 to Isaac and Rebecca, below?)

Flat Islands 1877 Willis AlfredFredrick

Edward andLucinda

15 1892Off Cape

Spear

Born 4 Jun 1877. Parents Edward and Lucinda. Drowned 25July 1892 off Cape Spear; body not recovered.

Flat Islands 1877 Nathaniel King Gabriel andElizabeth

83 yrs4 mos

1961 Born 12 Jun 1877. Married Amelia A. Moulton on 25 Nov1902. Died 24 Feb 1961, at 83 years 4 months. Amelia died12 Feb 1961, at 80 years and 3 months.

Davis Island 1877 Catherine Isaac andRebecca

Born 9 July 1877.

Flat Islands 1877 Bertha WilliamHenry and

Eleanor

Born 30 Oct 1877.


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Age atDeath

Death Notes

Burin 1878 Maria (maidenname

unknown)

33 1912 Died Burin 20 Jan 1912.

Flat Islands 1878 Eliza Ann John andHannah

5 1883 Born 12 Jun 1878. Died 11 Jun 1883, aged 5.

Collins Cove 1878 George Vigus George andFrances

Born 12 Aug 1878.

Collins Cove 1878 George Thomasand

Elizabeth

Born 18 Oct 1878.

Flat Islands 1878 John Richard Gabriel andElizabeth

Born 5 Oct 1878. Married Harriet Collins, aged 35 (s/b33),on 26 Dec 1904. Witnesses were Peter Collins and M.A.Ellsworth. Harriet was the daughter of Edward andLucinda Collins.

Collins Cove 1878 WilliamHarding

John andRebecca

23 1901 Born 13 Oct 1878. Drowned at sea, aged 23, on 16 Jun1901, when the H.M. Shave went down, along with hisbrother George Lewis and seven other men: Edward L.Hollett, 26, Great Burin; William W. Hollett, 25, The Reach;Robert Parsons, 45, Great Burin, Thomas Parsons, 18,Great Burin; James W.M. Walsh, 23, Great Burin; CharlesH. Corbin, 25, Whale Cove; and Richard Emberley, 28,Great Burin.

Collins Cove 1879 William Clifford George andFanny

Born 2 May 1879.

Garia Bay 1879 Alice Elizabeth Charles andSusannah

Born 1 Oct 1879.

Flat Islands 1879 Allis F.(Alice?)

WilliamHenry and

Eleanor

Born 11 Oct 1879.


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Age atDeath

Death Notes

Collins Cove 1879 Susannah WilliamRobert andSusannah

Born 15 Oct 1879.

Flat Islands 1879 PeterMacdonald

Edward andLucinda

Born 6 Apr 1880. Married Lily A. Reeves at St. John’s on 4Dec 1913. (Note: Mother Lucinda died less than a monthafter Peter’s birth, on 2 May 1880, aged 35.)

Burin 1880 Leonard Priscilla and???

Born 1880. Appears in 1945 census for Meadow, Burin.

Flat Islands 1880 Louis Joseph andEmily Jane.

2 yrs 10mos

1883 Born 27 Aug 1880. Died 26 Jun 1883, aged 2 years, 10months. (Note: Mother Emily Jane, born 1858; died 3 Mar1892, Flat Islands, from a lung hemorrhage.)

Garia Bay 1880 George William Charles andSusanna

Baptised 16 Sep 1880.

Flat Islands 1880 William Henry Unknown 8 1889 Died 26 Feb 1889.

Burin 1881 John Richard Gabriel andElizabeth

Born 5 Oct 1881.

Collins Cove 1881 Robert E. 8 1889 Buried 27 Nov 1889.

Collins Cove 1881 Sarah A. John andRebecca

Born 23 Mar 1881. Is this the Sarah Collins who died May1886?

Collins Cove 1881 Richard George andFrances

Born 12 Sep 1881.

Flat Islands 1881 Eliza Gabriel andElizabeth

62 1943 Born 2 Oct 1881. Married Lambert Senior, 26 Nov 1902.Witnesses were John Collins and Harriet Collins. Died 16Jul 1943, from pneumonia.

Flat Islands 1882 Chesley John andHannah

79 yrs7 mos

1945 Born 15 Jun 1882. Married Jemima (Unknown). In 1945census for Flat Islands. Died 31 Jan 1962, aged 79 years, 7months. Jemima died 10 May 1969, aged 86 years.

Flat Islands 1882 FrederickStowe

Edward andSophie

Born 1 Sep 1882.


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Death Notes

Flat Islands 1882 WilliamSnowden

WilliamHenry and

Eleanor

1965 Born 15 Oct 1882. Registered as a border living with theHiggins family at Halifax Sub-Districts 29-92, Nova Scotia,Canada, in the 1911 census. Brother Leonard is with him.Married Amy Louisa Higgins of Halifax on 12 May 1921; hewas 38, she was 31. (First marriage for both.) Witnesseswere L. Collins and Mildren Fulton. Marriage certificatestated father was dead; mother was “Ellen Masters.” Hisoccupation was carpenter and builder. He died in 1965 atHalifax, Nova Scotia.

Petites 1882 John Thomas Charles andSusan

Born 20 Nov 1882.

Burin Bay 1882 StephenWilliam

19 yrs 9mos

1883 Born Dec 1882. Buried2 Sep 1883, aged 19 years, 9 mos.

Collins Cove 1883 CharlotteLouisa

John andRebecca

Born 12 Mar 1883.

Flat Islands>Monkstown

1883 Henry Aaron Henry andAmelia

Born 12 Jun 1883. Married (1) Kate Butler at ParadiseSound on 10 Nov 1904. Salvation Army. Witnesses wereJoseph Monk and Bessie Collins. (2) Catherine [Unknown].In 1935 and 1945 census for Monkstown, Placentia Bay.Catherine was born in 1886 at Flat Islands. (Note: Thisindividual is described variously as Henry Aaron, Henry A.,Henry Ernest, and Henry E. It’s the same individual His sonArthur Lewis (born 26 Jun 1910) was also the son of KateButler, first wife, and appears with the Henry—Catherinefamily in the 1921 census.)

Flat Islands 1883 Isaac Joseph andEmily Jane

75 1958 Born 12 Nov 1883. Married Selena (unknown). Died 27 Feb1958, aged 75. Selena was born 1884; died 2 Feb 1947.

Flat Islands 1884 FrederickStowe

Edward andSophia*

33 mos 1886 Born 4 Mar 1884. Died 8 Dec 1886. *(Note: Uncertain whothis Edward is. Sophia Charlotte Collins died at Flat Islandson 2 Sep 1887, aged 30 (therefore, born 1857). This wouldhave been months after the birth of George Frederick.


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Death Notes

There was a Sophia Charlotte Stowe born to Frederick andHarriet Stowe at Harbour Grace on 5 Feb 1852. There is afive-year difference in the ages, but given the unusualnames (i.e., Sophia Charlotte Stowe, child of FrederickStowe, and her child Frederick Stowe), seriousconsideration should be given to these individuals beingthe same person.

Flat Islands 1884 GabrielMacdonald

Gabriel andElizabeth

83 1967 Born 6 May 1884. Parents Gabriel and Elizabeth. MarriedCaroline [unknown]. Died 7 Apr 1967.

Collins Cove 1884 GeorgeFrederick

George andFrances

Born 13 Jun 1884. Died before 26 Jul 1885.

ParadiseSound

1884 George William Henry andAmelia

Born 5 Oct 1884.

Collins Cove 1885 GeorgeFrederick

George andFrances

41 1926Cranbrook,

B.C.

Born 26 Jul 1885. Mother Frances Vigus. Died 30 Sep 1926.Married at time of death.

Collins Cove 1885 George Lewis John andRebecca

16 1901 Born 20 Nov 1885. Drowned at sea, aged 16, on 16 Jun1901, when the H.M. Shave went down, along with hisbrother George Harding Collins and seven other men:Edward L. Hollett, 26, Great Burin; William W. Hollett, 25,The Reach; Robert Parsons, 45, Great Burin, ThomasParsons, 18, Great Burin; James W.M. Walsh, 23, GreatBurin; Charles H. Corbin, 25, Whale Cove; and RichardEmberley, 28, Great Burin.

ParadiseSound

1886 Elizabeth Ann William H.and Amelia

Born 29 Jan 1886.

FamishCove

1886 Nelson Thomasand Mahala

Born Apr 1886. Married Eliza Crann (1889-1976).

Collins Cove 1886 Oliver BishopCollins

John E. andSarah

7 mos 1887 Born 18 Jun 1886. Buried 19 Jan 1887.


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Age atDeath

Death Notes

Flat Islands 1886 George Sydney Edward andSophia

9 mos 1887 Born 1 Nov 1886. Parents Edward and Sophia. Died 13 Jul1887.

Collins Cove 1886 Mary Amelia Thomasand

Elizabeth

Born 17 Nov 1886.

Burin 1886 Annie (maidenname

unknown)

54 1940Collins Cove

Died 7 Jun 1940 from pulmonary tuberculosis.

Flat Islands 1886 John Joseph andEmily Jane

6 1892 Born 20 Nov 1886. Died 19 Sep 1892. (Mother Emily Janedied 5 Mar 1892, aged 34.)

Collins Cove 1886 Minnie 9 mos 1887 Born Dec 1886. Buried 4 Sep 1887.

Flat Islands 1887 Henry William(illegitimate)

Harriet Born 30 Jun 1887. Parent Harriet Collins. Married to MaySelina (Unknown), born 1891. Family lived in Hay Cove.

Collins Cove 1887 Robert Inkpen John Lilyand

Rebecca

5 mos 1888 Born 20 Aug 1887. Buried 20 Jan 1888.

Flat Islands 1887 Reuben Crann Nathanieland

Emeline

1970 Born 13 Nov 1887. Appears in the 1911 Canadian Censusfor Halifax Sub-Districts 29-92, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dateof birth given as Nov 1887. Wife is Emma (1889-1961), alsofrom Newfoundland. He died at Halifax in 1970.

Flat Islands 1887 Eliza Maude WilliamHenry and

Eleanor

Born 18 Nov 1887.

ParadiseSound

1887 Martha Mahala WilliamHenry and

Amelia

Born 4 Dec 1887.

Collins Cove 1887 Clara Eli Edwardand

Elizabeth

Born 22 Dec 1887.


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Age atDeath

Death Notes

FamishCove

1888 Robert Thomasand Mahala

1968 Born Mar 1888. Married Florence (Flossie) Unknown(1893-1971) of Norman’s Cove. Died 1968. Salvation Army.

Collins Cove 1888 ThomasBeazley

Thomasand

Elizabeth

Born 16 Jul 1888.

Kirby’s Cove 1889 John Cyrus John Cyrusand Mary

Born 7 Nov 1889. Married Elizabeth Vincent of Burin 20Dec 1909. Gave residence as Great Burin. Witnesses wereFrederick Inkpen and Ellen Hollett. Appears in 1921 censusfor Burin.

Flat Islands 1890 Beatrice WilliamHenry and

Eleanor

Born 2 Apr 1890. Immigrated to Halifax in Aug 1909. Gaveoccupation as tailoress.

Flat Islands 1890 Heber Lodner Nathanieland

Emeline

Born 2 July 1890. Married Jessie B. O’Brien on 21 Apr 1914at Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Stepaside,Burin

1890 Charlotte Frank andHannah

Born 5 Sep 1890.

ParadiseSound

1890 Samuel Henry andAmelia

Born 22 Nov 1980.

Flat Islands> Victoria,B.C.

1890 Jessie George andCaroline

42 1933Victoria,British

Columbia

Born 3 Dec 1890. Married Walter Dicks of Hay Cove on 4Oct 1910; he was 23, she was 20. Witnesses were F.W.Coughlin and Ethel Collins. Died 14 Apr 1933 at Victoria,British Columbia. Cause of death: leukemia

Collins Cove> Manitoba

1890 Charlotte L. John Lilyand

Rebecca

Immigrated to Springfield, Manitoba in 1911. Appears in1916 Manitoba census, along with her mother Rebecca,widowed (born c 1857) and brother Matthew.

Collins Cove> Manitoba

1891 Matthew John Lilyand

Rebecca

Born 15 Jun 1891. Immigrated to Springfield, Manitoba in1911. Appears in 1916 Manitoba census, along with hismother Rebecca, widowed (born c 1857) and sisterCharlotte.


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Age atDeath

Death Notes

Flat Islands 1892 Leonard WilliamHenry and

Eleanor

Born 2 Jan 1892. Registered as a border living with theHiggins family at Halifax Sub-Districts 29-92, Nova Scotia,Canada, in the 1911 census. Brother William S. is with him.

Flat Islands 1892 John William andMary Ann

Born 17 Sep 1892.

LaPoile 1892 Lillian Isabelle Charles andSusannah

Born 27 Sep 1892.

Flat Islands 1892 Ethel George andCaroline

Born 19 Nov 1892.

Collins Cove 1893 Jane E. Senior Eli andJanet L.

Born 27 Nov 1893.

Flat Islands 1893 Letitia WilliamJoshua andElizabeth H.

Born 18 Dec 1893. Married (1) Pleman Manuel, 20, ofBrownsdale at Old Perlican on 24 Jan 1913. (Letitia wasteaching at Old Perlican.) Pleman died 18 Apr 1917 ofconsumption at Brownsdale, aged 23. (2) Preston JamesBland on 6 Sep 1921 at Victoria, British Columbia.

ParadiseSound

1894 Rhoda Maria Henry andAmelia

Born 14 Feb 1894.

Flat Islands 1894 Arthur Louis William andMary Ann

Born 6 Jul 1894.

Flat Islands 1894 Annie Delia Isaac andClarise

Born 11 Oct 1894.

Flat Islands 1894 Levi Benjaminand Mary

Ann

Born 14 Nov 1894.

Collins Cove 1895 Emily Wearing Eli andJanet

27 1923 Born 28 Aug 1895. Married William Thomas Foote ofCollins Cove on 20 Nov 1918. He was 19; she was 23.Witnesses were William H. Frampton and Winnifred E.Collins. She died 22 Apr 1923 at Pardy’s Island frompulmonary tuberculosis.


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Age atDeath

Death Notes

Flat Islands 1895 Joseph George andCaroline

74 1969 Born 26 Oct 1895. Married Agnes Helen McBride. Died atVictoria, British Columbia, 24 Dec 1969. (The otherchildren in George and Caroline’s family were Emily, 1899;Florence, 1901; Elizabeth, 1905.)

Davis Island 1896 LambertLoughlin

WilliamHenry and

Ellenor

Born 1 Jun 1896.

Davis Island 1896 Eliza May WilliamJoshua andElizabeth H.

76 21 Dec 1972St. John’s

Born 22 Jul 1896. Parents William Joshua and Elizabeth H.Married Hubert Diamond 23 Jan 1918 at St. John’s. Died atSt. John’s 21 Dec 1972.

Burin Bay 1899 John Samuel Benjaminand Mary

25 1921 Born 12 Dec 1896. Died 29 Nov 1921 from pulmonarytuberculosis.

Collins Cove 1897 John L. Eli andJanet

Born 10 Sep 1897.

Flat Islands 1898 John 22 days 1898 Parents unknown. Born 19 Mar 1898. Died 10 Apr 1898.

Flat Islands 1898 Eliza A. 10 wks 1898 Parents unknown. Born Nov/Dec 1897. Died 5 Feb 1898,from suffocation.

Flat Islands 1898 Lucy 16 1915 Parents unknown. Died from a chill on 3 Jan 1915.

Note: There was also a Martha Collins, born Oderin 1811, died at Oderin on 7 May 1891 from La Grippe. She was Church of England. Given the

back and forth between Oderin and Flat Islands, I have included her here in the event she was married to a Collins from Flat Islands or Burin.

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