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ELLIS, a surname of England, Scotland, and Ireland, from Middle English
Elie- Elias (Reaney), the Greek form of the Hebrew Elijah. See also ELLIOTT.
Guppy found Ellis ,most numerous in Devon, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Kent and
Yorkshire WR; MacLysaght "mainly in Dublin and many parts of Ulster."
In Newfoundland:
Early Instances:
Oliver, of Fermeuse, 1677 (co 1)
Nathaniel, of St. John's Harbour, 1703 (Co 194.3)
Samuel, from Fullow (Co. Carlow) , Irish convict landed at Petty Harbour or
Bay Bulls, 1789 (co 194.8)
Rev. William (?1781- 1837), from Co. Down, Methodist minister in
Newfoundland from 1808, after whom Bird Island Cove was renamed Elliston
(The Times, St. John's, 27 Sept 1837, Lench)
Robert, one of 72 impressed men who sailed from Ireland to Newfoundland, ?
1811 (co 194.51)
Mary, from St. Nicholas Parish (Co. Tipperary), married at St. John's, 1813
(NFLD ARCHIVES BRC)
Joanna, of Ferryland, 1816 (NFLD ARCHIVES BRC)
Joanna, of Harbour Grace Parish, 1817 (NFLD ARCHIVES HGRC)
Thomas, planter of Scilly Cove (now Winterton), 1825, of Caplin Cove, 1830
(DPHW 64B, 59A)
John, planter of Hants Harbour, 1827 (DPHW 58)
Andrew, agent of Harbour Breton, 1843 (DPHW101)
William Henry, from the Isle of Wight, late of St. John's , 1858
(Newfoundlander 29 Mar 1858)
William, fisherman of Codroy and Rivers, 1871 (LOVELL)
Edward, fisherman of Heart's Delight, 1871 (LOVELL).
Modern Status:
Scattered, especially at St. John's, Hants Harbour and Bishop's Falls.
Place Names: Elliston, -------Cove 48-38 53-03; ----- Point 48-38 53-01
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EVELEIGH, EVELLEY, EVEL(L)Y
Surnames of England from the English place name Eveleigh (Devon, now lost).
(Bardsley, Spiegelhalter, Gover).
Traced by Guppy in Devon.
In Newfoundland:
Early instances:
George Evely, of Trinity (Trinity B.), 1784 , 1800-01 (DPHW 64 , Census
Trinity B.)
George, of Rugged Harbour (now Melrose), 1810 (DPHW 64)
William, of Deadman's Bay (Bonavista North district), 1832 (DPHW 76)
George Evelly, planter of Gooseberry Cove (Carbonear), 1834 (DPHW 48)
Matthew Eveleigh, fisherman of Change Islands, 1845 (DPHW 83)
George Evely, planter of Blowmedown (Carbonear) 1849 (DPHW 49)
Ananias Evelly, of Freshwater (Trinity district), 1856 (DPHW 64B)
John Eveleigh, of Pease Cove (Trinity North), 1870 (DPHW 65)
John, of Ships Cove, (now part of Port Rexton), 1870 (DPHW 65)
William Evely, of Deer Harbour (Trinity B.), 1871 (LOVELL).
George (and others) Everly, of Flatrock (Carbonear), 1871 (LOVELL).
William Eveleigh, of Wild Cove (Fogo district), 1871 (LOVELL).
Modern Status: Eveleigh, scattered, especially at Comfort Cove and Hampden;
Evelley, at Trinity, Evelly, rare, at Long Pond (Manuels) (Electors 1955)
and St. John's; Evely, in Carbonear district (Electors 1955).
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FANC(E)Y, surnames of England, ? from the shortened form of fantasy, used of
an imaginative, whimsical person, or ? from the French place name Vancé
(Sarthe). (Charnock).
In Newfoundland:
Early instances: John Fanc(e)y, of Bell Island, 1708-09 (CO 194.4); George
Fancy, of Heart's Content, 1772 (DPHW 64); G. J. and T., occupiers, and
George Fancey, proprietor of fishing room at New Harbour (Trinity B.),
Winter 1800-01 (Census Trinity B.); Stephen Fancy, fisherman of Change
Islands, 1850 (DPHW 83).
Modern status: Fancey, especially at Glenwood and Wings Point; Fancy, at
Deer Lake, Bishops Falls and Change Islands.
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FANNING, a surname of England and Ireland; in England a variant of Fenning
- dweller by the fen; in Ireland, with a variant Fannon, for Fainin, "a
name of Norman origin." (Spiegelhalter, MacLysaght). Traced by
Spiegelhalter in Devon and by MacLysaght in Co. Limerick.
In Newfoundland:
Early instances: John, of Bonavista, 1767 (DPHW 64); Edward, of St. John's,
1775 (DPHW 26C); William Fan(n)ing, of Harbour Grace Parish, 1822 (Nfld.
Archives HGRC); P. Fanning, of Harbour Grace 1832 (Newfoundlander 23 Aug
1832); Mary, of Kings Cove Parish, 1841 (Nfld. Archives KCRC); George, of
Exploits Burnt Island, 1844 (DPHW 86); George, of Carbonear, 1856
(Newfoundlander 7 Jul 1856).
Modern status: At St. John's
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FARDY, a surname of Ireland, ? a variant of the English surname
Faraday, of unknown origin. (MacLysaght).
Traced by MacLysaght in Co. Wexford.
In Newfoundland:
Early instances: Martin, of Belle Isle (now Bell
Island), 1805 (Nfld. Archives BRC); Martin, from Rosegarland Parish
(unidentified) (Co. Wexford), married at St. John's, 1817 (Nfld.
Archives BC); Constantine, of Harbor Grace Parish, 1815 (Nfld.
Archives HGRC); Michael, of Twillingate, 1829 (Nfld. Archives KCRC);
Michael, of Fortune Harbour, 1831 (Nfld. Archives KCRC); P., of St.
John's, 1832 (Newfoundlander 20 Sep 1832); Lawrence (and 1 other), of
Chapel's Cove, 1871 (Lovell); Patrick, carpenter of
Brigus, 1871 (Lovell).
Modern status: Especially at St. John's.
Place name: Fardy' s Cove 50-42 56-08.
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FAR(E)WELL: surname of England from the English place names of Farewell
(Staffordshire, Yorkshire) or Farwell (Farm)(Devon).
Early Instances In Newfoundland: Rob Farwell, of NF, 1730;
John, planter at Fogo, 1808; John Farewell,
planter of Twillingate, 1818; Thomas, at Gooseberry Island, Bonavista Bay, 1844;
Richard Farwell, of Newell's Island, 1857;
John, fisherman at Burin, 1860.
Modern Status: Farewell, scattered, especially at Creston South;
Farwell, rare, at Fogo and Port aux Choix.
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FISHER, a surname of England, Scotland, Ireland and the Channel
Islands, from Old English fiscere - fisherman, or occasionally
(dweller by the) fishery, enclosure for catching fish; in Ireland also
a synonym of Salmon and an anglicized form of the Scots surname
Maclnesker. (Reaney, Black, Cottle, MacLysaght, Turk).
Found widespread by Guppy especially in Cumberland and Westmorland,
and scattered in Scotland, and by Spiegelhalter in Devon.
In Newfoundland:
Early instances: William, of Trinity Bay, 1769 (DPHW 64); Robert, from
Dublin, Irish convict landed at Petty Harbour or Bay Bulls, 1789 (CO
194.38); John, of Bonavista, 1792 (USPG); William, proprietor and
occupier of fishing room at New Perlican, Winter 1800-01 (Census
Trinity B.); James, of Bird Island Cove (now Elliston), 1823
(DPHW 70); Michael, of St. John's, 1814 (CO 194.55); Robert,
of Port de Grave, 1847 (DPHW 39); John, of Harbour Grace, 1858
(Newfoundlander 22 Apr 1858); Christopher, from Musqodokit,
Nova Scotia, a descendant of United Empire Loyalists, settled at
Corner Brook in 1871 (Nfld. Who's Who 1930).
Modern status: Scattered, especially at Bonavista.
Place names (not necessarily from the surname):
Fisher Cove 48-22 53-22; ------- Island (Labrador) 57-56 62-02;
Fishers Point 46-40 53-04.
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FITZPATRICK, a surname of England and Ireland, Mac Giolla Phádraig -
devotee of St. Patrick, "The only Fitz name of Gaelic-Irish origin,"
the others being of Norman origin. (MacLysaght). See
PATRICK.
Traced by Spiegelhalter in Devon and by MacLysaght in Cos. Kilkenny,
Fermanagh and Leix.
In Newfoundland:
Family traditions: Peter and Catherine, born on St. Pierre, moved to
Lamaline in 1880 (MUN Folklore). Susan, of St. Lawrence, 1863 (MUN
Geog.).
Early instances: Patrick, of St. John's, 1753 (DPHW 26C); John, of
Placentia, 1794 (D'Alberti 5); Michael, from Golmoy (unidentified)
(Co.
Kilkenny), married at St. John's, 1803 (Nfld. Archives BRC); Patrick,
from Mullinvat (Co. Kilkenny), of Bay Roberts, 1803, deceased, 1817
(CO 199.18, Royal Gazette 10 Jun 1817); Mary, of Ragged Harbour (now
Melrose), 1817 (Nfld. Archives KCRC); John, of Harbour Grace Parish,
1819 (Nfld. Archives HGRC); Frederic, of Little Placentia (now
Argentia), 1821 (Nfld. Archives BRC); William, of Trepassey, 1823
(Nfld. Archives BRC); Thomas, of Harbour Grace, 1828 (Nfld. Archives
BRC); widespread in Lovell 1871.
Modern status: Widespread, especially at Marystown, St. Lawrence, Lord
's Cove and St. John's.
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FLETCHER, a surname of England, Scotland and Ireland from Old French
flech(i)er - maker or seller of arrows, but originally "apparently one
who attached the flèches or feathers to the arrowshaft" (Black); or
for the surname Flesher - butcher. (Reaney, Black, Spiegelhalter,
MacLysaght). Found widespread by Guppy especially in Derbyshire and
Nottinghamshire, by Spiegelhalter in Devon; and by MacLysaght ? in
Ulster.
In Newfoundland:
Early instances: J., of St. John's Harbour, 1703 (CO 194.3); John, of
Ferryland, 1708-09 (CO 194.4); John, in possession of land in Northern
Bay before 1775 (CO 194.45); Benjamin, of Hermitage Cove
(Burin district), 1834 (DPHW 109); Daniel, cooper of Harbour Grace,
1871 (Lovell).
Modern status: Rare, at Lark Harbour, Grand Falls (Electors 1955) and
St. John's.
Place names: Fletcher Lake (Labrador) 54-20 66-01;------ Point
(Labrador) 56-56 61-2 1.
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FOLLETT, a surname of England and the Channel Islands, from Old French
folet - little fool or jester (Reaney, Spiegelhalter, Turk). See also
FOLEY. Traced by Guppy in Hampshire and Somerset and by Spiegelhalter
in Devon.
In Newfoundland:
Family tradition: John (b. about. 1780), at Scilly Cove (now
Winterton), of French ancestry (MUN Folklore).
Early instances: Robert, J.P. of Trepassey, 1750 (CO 194.12); Joseph,
of Western Bay, 1799 (CO 199.18); John, of St. John's, 1816 (DPHW
26D); Gaius, of Scilly Cove (now Winterton), 1823 (DPHW 64B); Mary, of
Greenspond, 1830 (DPHW 76); Michael, planter of Cape St. Francis, 1838
(DPHW 52A); Mary Gassard Follet, of (Little) Heart's Ease, 1855 (Nfld.
Archives KCRC); George and William Follett, of Clattice Harbour, 1871
(Lovell).
Modern status: Widespread, especially at Grand Beach (Burin district).
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FRENCH, a surname of England and Ireland from Old English frenisc,
Middle English frenche - French(man); also in Ireland from the French
frêne - (dweller by the) ash tree, as in FRANEY. (Reaney, MacLysaght).
Guppy found French scattered, especially in Devon, Essex and
Oxfordshire; MacLysaght in Co. Galway.
In Newfoundland:
Early instances: Edward, of Bay Roberts, 1764, property "possess'd by
his Ancestors for upwards of 130 years," that is, before 1634 (CO
199.18); Edward, of Torbay, 1681 (CO 1); John, of Harbour Grace, 1770,
property "in Possession of the Family for upwards of 60 years," that
is, before 1710 (CO 199.18); John, of Trinity (Trinity B.), 1779 (DPHW
64); Arthur, from Dartmouth (Devon), merchant of St. John's, 1780
(Exeter Public Library Archives per Kirwin, CO 194.36); John, of
Carbonear, 1784 (CO 199.18); James, in fishery at Petty Harbour,
1794-5, born in Newfoundland (Census 1794-5); Edward, of Port de
Grave, 1797 (CO 199.18); Thomas, of Holyrood, 1802 (CO 199.18); John,
from Co. Wexford, married at St. John's, 1813 (Nfld. Archives BRC);
John, planter of Turk's Cove (Trinity B.), 1825 (DPHW 64H); Benjamin,
of Brigus, 1834 (DPHW 34); John, of Moreton's Harbour, 1839 (DPHW 86);
William, of Bareneed, 1842 (DPHW 39); Solomon, of Snow's Cove (Port de
Grave district), 1851 (DPHW 39); Amelia, of Scilly Cove (now
Winterton), 1855 (DPHW 59); John, from England, married at Grand Bank,
1857 (DPHW 106); scattered in Lovell 1871.
Modern status: Widespread, especially in the Port de Grave district.
Place names: Fourteen place names have the specific French, but
probably only French('s) Cove (Bay Roberts) 47-37 53-13 derives from
the surname.
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FRIZZELL, a surname of Scotland and Ireland, a variant of Frizell(e),
Frissell, "Old forms of FRASER which have become independent
surnames" (Black). MacLysaght found Frizell scattered.
In Newfoundland:
Early instances: John Frizzle or Frissell, ? of St. John's, 1844 (DPHW
29); Richard Frizell, of Big Pond (St. John's South district),
1859 (DPHW 26D); William and Richard Frizel, of Shoal Bay
(Ferryland district), 1871 (Lovell).
Modern status: Rare, especially at Lower Goulds (St. John's district).
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FRY(E), surnames of England, Fry of Ireland, from Old English frig -
free (born), noble, generous, or sometimes ? little person, child,
offspring, as in the fry of fish; in Ireland an occasional synonym of
Ferris in west Ulster. (Reaney, Cottle, MacLysaght 73).
Guppy traced Fry in Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Surrey and especially in
Wiltshire.
In Newfoundland:
Early instances: Francis Fry, married at St. John's, 1777, of Portugal
Cove, 1779 (DPHW 23D, 26C); Richard, from England, married at Kings
Cove, 1820 (Nfld. Archives KCRC); Charles, planter of Brigus, 1829, of
English Cove (Conception B.), 1834 (DPHW 34); Richard, of Tickle Cove
(Bonavista South district), 1837, of Indian Arn, 1841 (DPHW 73A);
John, from Exeter (Devon), late of St. John's, died 1842, aged 70
years (Times 2 Feb 1842); Jane, of Burned (? for Burnt) Islands
(Bonavista B.), 1855 (Nfld. Archives KCRC).
Modern status: Fry, scattered, especially at Brigus, Charleston and
Summerville; Frye, scattered.
Place names: Fry's Cove (Labrador) 5 1-46 56-17; ----Point 48-24
53-39;
---- Pond 48-20 53-33.
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FUDGE, a surname of England with a variant Fuge found also in
Ireland, pet-forms of the personal names Fu(l)cher, from Old German
Fulchar, Fulcher, Old French Foucher, Fouquier, containing the
elements people and army; or from the English place names Fuge
or Fuidge (Devon). (Reaney, Spiegelhalter).
Traced by Spiegelhalter in Devon. MacLysaght traced Fuge in Cos.
Waterford and Cork, and Fudge in Co. Tipperary in 1664.
In Newfoundland:
Family tradition: Edward, of Belleoram, 1780 (MUN Hist.).
Early instances: John, servant of Battle Harbour, 1795 (MUN Hist.);
John, of Fogo, 1803 (D'Alberti 13); Job, of Fortune Bay, 1815
(D'Alberti 25); Emmanuel, of Western Bay, 1817 (DPHW 52A);
Samuel, planter of Herring Neck, 1822 (USPG); George, planter of
Little Harbour (Twillingate district), 1820 (USPG); John, of Little
Bay
(Bay de l'Eau), 1835 (DPHW 30);Jeremiah, of Pass Island (Fortune B.),
1843 (DPHW 102); John, of Lower Burgeo, 1842
(DPHW 101); Charles, of Round Harbour (Twillingate district),
1847 (DPHW 86); Samuel, of Donier Harbour (Twillingate district),
1848 (DPHW 86); John, planter of Blackhead (Bay de Verde district),
1854 (DPHW 52B); Jeremiah, of Moonsface (Burgeo-La Poile district),
1857 (DPHW 98); John, of Pike's Arm (Twillingate), 1859 (DPHW 85);
scattered in the Twillingate and Burgeo-La Poile districts, 1871
(Lovell).
Modern status: Widespread, especially at Brighton (Green B.).
Place name: Fudge Ground 49-42 54-43.
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FUREY, a surname of Ireland (O)Furey, Ó Foirreith, Ó Furreidh, ? Ó
Fiodhabhra, Ó Fiura, or for the French surname Furet, Fr. furet -
ferret, hence one who is inquisitive, a Nosy Parker, Paul Pry.
(MacLysaght, Mansion, Dauzat).
Traced by MacLysaght in Co. Westmeath.
In Newfoundland:
Family traditions: ---, from Jersey (Channel Islands), settled at
Harbour Main in 1750 (MUN Hist.). --, from Ireland, settled at Harbour
Main about 1700 (MUN Folklore).
Early instances:Richard Fure, of Chapel's Cove (Conception B.), 1772
(CO 199.8); William Furys, of St. John's, 1781 (DPHW 26C); William
Fury, of Harbour Main, 1784 (CO 199.18); George,of Harbour Grace
Parish, 1814 (Nfld. Archives HGRC); Richard Furye, from Wilton
(?Somerset)m married at St. John's, 1835 (DPHW 26D); Nicholas Furey,
farmer of Cat's Cove (now Conception Harbour), 1871 (Lovell); John
Fury, farmer of Salmon cove and Gasters (now Avondale), 1871 (Lovell).
Modern status: Scattered, especially in the Harbour Main district.
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FURZE,asurname of England,? with a variantForse though this may
also be a variant of Foss,from Old English "fyrs"-(dweller by
the)furze(covered land),or from a common place name Furze(Devon)...
In Newfoundland:Early instance:William Furse or Forse,of St John`s,1703,1709
Modern status;Furze,unique ,at Botwood;Forse,rare,at St John`s
FUSHELL,an anglicization of the surname of France,Fusil-(seller of the)steel
for striking the flint in a gun.
In Newfoundland:Family tradition:At St John`s from St Pierre since about
1945(family).Early instance:Allain LeFaucheur,of Point Crew(now Point
May)marriedElizabeth Thornhill,Fortune,1897;later Pronounced Fushell(Fortune
Methodist marriages,per P.E.I. Smith)
Modern status:rare,at St John`s.
Place names:Fishells...
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GALE, a surname of England, the Channel Islands and Ireland; in
England and the Channel Islands from Old English gal - pleasant,
merry, or from a French form of Old German Walo which has also given
the surname Wale(s), or from Old Norman French gaiole etc. - (keeper
of the) gaol, hence jailer in which gaol retains the Norman spelling,
jail the Old French pronunciation, or from the place name Gale
(Devon); in Ireland in Leinster for Gaule, Mac an Ghaill, Ir. gall -
foreigner. (Reaney, Cottle, Spiegelhalter, MacLysaght, Turk).
Traced by Guppy in Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Northamptonshire,
Oxfordshire and Wiltshire, and especially in Monmouthshire, and by
MacLysaght in Leinster.
In Newfoundland:
Family traditions: Three brothers from Wales came to Newfoundland in
the late 17th or early 18th century, one to settle on the west coast,
the second in White Bay and the third in Notre Dame Bay (MUN
Folklore). Sarah, of Grand River, 1854 (MUN Hist.).
Early instances: Robert, of Newfoundland,?
1706 (CO 194.24); Gregory, of Quidi Vidi, 1708 (CO 194.4); John,
merchant of St. John's, ? 1765 (CO 194.16); John, of Bay Bulls, about
1772-5 (USPG); James, of Battle Harbour, 1795 (MUN Hist.); Anne,
of Bonavista, 1803 (Nfld. Archives BRC); William Gall, of Harbour
Grace Parish, 1808 (Nfld. Archives HGRC); Richard and William,
planters of Fogo, 1808 (MUN Hist.); John, from Thomastown (Co.
Kilkenny), married at St. John's, 1814 (Nfld. Archives BRC); William
Gale, of Kings Cove, 1815, of Tickle Cove (Bonavista B.), 1825 (Nfld.
Archives KCRC);
John and Mark, fur-trappers of Moreton' s Harbour, 1819 (D'Alberti
29); John, fisherman of White Bay, 1823 (USPG); Patrick Gall, from
Inistioge (Co. Kilkenny), married at Brigus, 1829 (Nfld. Archives
BRC); William Gale, of Great Codroy River, 1835 (DPHW 30); Jeremiah,
of Barrisways (St. George's B.), 1835 (DPHW 30); T., from ?
Glockenglow
(Devon), of St. John's, 1856 (Newfoundlander 3 Jul 1856); Luke, of
Riverhead (White B.), 1864 (DPHW 94); Abram, of Sop's Island (White
B.), 1864 (DPHW 94); William, of Cape Ray, 1871 (Lovell); Edward
(and others), of Codroy and Rivers, 1871 (Lovell); Charles, of
Robinson's Head, 1871 (Lovell); Joseph, skipper, born at Jersey
Harbour, died there 1876, aged 63 (D.A. Macdonald).
Modern status: Widespread, especially in the St. George's and White
Bay districts with large concentrations at Millville and Sop's Island.
Place names: Gales Brook 49-31 57-05; Galeville 49-33 56-51.
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GARLAND, a surname of England, Scotland and Ireland; in England and
Scotland- (a maker or seller of metal) garland (s) or chapets, or from Old
English place name Garland (Devon), or from an inn sign, or from Old French
grailler- to bark; in Ireland for the surname Gernon, Gearnun, which it has
"almost entirely superseded." (Reaney, Cottle, Black, MacLysaght).
Traced by Spiegelhalter in Devon and by MacLysaght in Cos. Meath and Louth.
In Newfoundland:
Early Instances:
? Jon, of Musketa Cove (now Bristol's Hope), 1675 (Co 1)
Emelin, of Harbour Grace, 1675 (Co 1)
John, of Little Bell Island, 1708-09 (Co 194.4)
Moses, of Placentia, 1725 (Co 194.8)
--------, Justice of Carbonear district, ? 1730 (Co 194.9)
George. Justice of St. John's district, ? 1730- 32 (Co 194.9)
Charles, in possession of property at various localities in Conception Bay,
from Manuels to Lower Island Cove, from 1757 to 1810 (NFLD ARCHIVES L118,
T3, C0 199.18)
Henry , of Lower Island Cove, 1790 (Co 199.18)
George, operator of Salmon fishery at Trouty and New Harbour, 1804, at
Indian Bay, Freshwater Bay, Dog Creek and Indian Arm, 1808 (co 194.45 , 48)
Jamess P., Magistrate of Trinity district, 1816 (D'Alberti 26)
George, of ? Bonavista, 1821 (Co 194.64)
-------, of Greenspond, 1830 (Newfoundlander 7 Oct 1830)
John, of Freshwater (Carbonear), 1840 (DPHW 48)
John, of Pushthrough, 1845 (DPHW 102)
Ebenezer, merchant of Brigus, 1852 (DPHW 34)
Herny, of Seal Cove (now Champneys), 1869 (DPHW 59); scattered in LOVELL
1871.
Modern Status: Scattered, especially at St. John's, Carbonear and Lower
Island Cove.
Place Names: Garland Bight (Labrador) 56-13 61-46
-----Cove 47-50 56-10
Garland's Pond 48-37 54-00.
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GEORGE, a baptismal name and surname of England, Ireland and Scotland, from
the Greek - fanner, tiller of the soil. St. George was a Roman military
tribune martyred in A.D. 303, whose cult was brought to England from the
East by returning Crusaders. (Withycombe, Reaney, Cottle, MacLysaght 73).
Traced by Guppy in eleven English counties and south Wales, especially in
Monmouthshire, and by MacLysaght mainly in Ulster since the seventeenth
century "where it is of Scottish origin."
In Newfoundland:
Early instances: Robert, of Heart's Content, 1708-09 (CO 194.4); Thomas, of
Trinity Bay, 1769 (DPHW 64); Henry, soldier of St. John's, 1774 (DPHW 26C);
Martin, of Crocker's Cove (Carbonear), 1785 (CO 199.18); Jordan, of Scilly
Cove (now Winterton), 1779 (DPHW 64); Thomas, proprietor and occupier of
fishing room at ? New Harbour (Trinity B.), Winter 1800-01 (Census Trinity
B.); Robert, fisherman of Trinity (Trinity B.), 1811 (Nfld. Archives Z30);
Matthew, of Harbour Grace Parish, 1813 (Nfld. Archives HGRC); Robert,
planter of Carbonear, 1822 (DPHW 48); Thomas, of Heart's Desire, 1825 (Nfld.
Archives KCRC); Robert, of Trouty, 1830, of Heart's Ease, 1839 (DPHW 64B);
Thomas, of New Harbour (Trinity B.), 1836 (DPHW 30); Edward, of Grand Bank,
1841 (DPHW 104); Richard, of Delby's Cove (Trinity B.), 1856, of Ireland's
Eye, 1858 (DPHW 64B); Stephen, of Bay of Islands, 1871 (Lovell); John, of
New Perlican, 1871 (Lovell).
Modern status: Widespread, especially in the Trinity South, Humber East and
West districts.
Place names: 39 place names contain the specific George(s), not all
necessarily from the surname.
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GILLINGHAM, a surname of England, from the English place name
Gillingham (Norfolk, Dorset, Kent). (Bardsley). Traced by Guppy in
Dorset.
In Newfoundland:
Family Traditions:
George Freeman, from Gillingham (Dorset or Kent) settled at Lower
Island Cove about 1800 (Family per Dr. Kirwin). Eliza (1836-1926) ,
of Clarke's Head (Gander B.) (MUN Geog).
Early Instances:
------, proprietor and occupier of fishing room at Trinity (Trinity
B.),
Winter 1800-01 (Census Trinity B.); William, of Greenspond, 1816
(DPHW 76); Thomas, planter of Kelligrews, 1817 (D'Alberti 27);
James, baptized at Pool's Island, 1830, aged 35 years (DPHW 76);
Charles, planter of Ochre Pit Cove, 1834 (DPHW 52A) Thomas, of Change
Island, 1841 (DPHW 83); Charles, planter of Lower Island Cove, 1851
(DPHW55); Robert, of Carbonear, 1851 (DPHW 49);
Robert, of Gander Bay, 1851 (DPHW 83); Margaret, of Herring Neck,
1854 (DPHW 85); William, of Exploits Burnt Island, 1859 (DPHW 92)
Henry , of Gut Arm (Twillingate district), 1860 (DPHW85);
Reuben, of Burnt Island (Burgeo-La- Poile district), 1871 (Lovell).
Modern Status: Widespread, especially at Ochre Pit Cove, Clarke's
Head, and Noggin Cove (Fogo district).
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GODDEN, a surname of England and Jersey (Channel Islands), from the
Anglo-French form Godin of the Old English personal name Godwine containing
the elements God and wine - friend. (Withycombe, Turk). See also Godwin.
Traced by Guppy in Kent.
In Newfoundland:
Early instances: Joseph ? Godden, of Bonavista, 1792 (USPG); William, of
Barr'd Islands, 1821 (USPG); Thomas, tailor of Carbonear, 1825 (DPHW 48);
Thomas, of St. John's, 1831 (Newfoundlander 7 Jul 1831); T., of Harbour
Grace, 1832 (Newfoundlander 11 Oct 1832); John, planter of Seal Cove (now
New Chelsea), 1832 (DPHW 59A)
Modern status: Scattered, especially at St. John's.
Place names: Godden's Pond 47-48 53-14; Goddenville 47-36 53-21
GODWIN, a surname of England and Ireland, from the Old English personal name
Godwine, containing the elements of God and wine - friend. See also Goden,
and Goodwin with which confusion occurs. In Ireland, Conacht, Godwin is a
synonym of O'Dea
Traced by Guppy in Berkshire, Hampshre, Oxfordshire and especially
Wiltshire, by Spiegelhalter in Devon, and by MacLysaght in Connacht.
In Newfoundland:
Early instances: Eleanor, from Ballymany (? for Ballymoney) Parish (Co.
Wexford), married at St. John's, 1815 (Nfld Archives BRC); George, of Barr'd
Island, 1847 (DPHW 83)
Modern status: Rare, especially at Barr'd Island (Electors 1955)
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GOOBIE: a surname of England, ? from the English place name Guppy, Dorset.
See Guppy.
Matthews traced Go(o)by in Dorset.
Family Tradition: James Goby, (?-1812), from Christchurch (Hampshire)
pastor at Old Perlican from about 1785, surname later changes
to Gooby and Goobie.
Early NF: Henry Goobie(s), of Carbonear, 1702; James Gooby,
of Trinity Bay, 1773; Charles of Burnt Point, CB, 1797; James Gooby and Son,
proprietor and occupier of fishing room at Old Perlican, Winter 1800-01;
Ellena, Harbour Grace Parish, 1809; James, Hant's Harbour, 1832;
John, planter of Caplin Cove, Trinity Bay, 1842; Richard, planter at
Lower Island Cove, 1852; James Gobey and Barnet Goby, of St. John's, 1871.
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GOULD, a surname of England and Ireland, from the Old English personal names
Golda, Golde, or for one with golden hair, or for one who is rich. (Reaney).
Traced by Guppy in the west Midlands and southwest, and by MacLysaght in Co.
Cork.
In Newfoundland:
Family traditions: Lieut. Alexander Duncan, R.N. deserted his ship between
1785 and 1800 to marry Mary Watts of Anchor Point (St. Barbe district) and
assumed the name of Gould, his mother's maiden name, to avoid detection (MUN
Hist.). George, from Somerset to Pouch Cove in 1825 (MUN Hist.).
Early instances: Michael, of St. John's, 1682 (CO 1); John Golds, of Port de
Grave, 1751 (CO 194.13); John Gould, of Conche, 1787, of Wester Head, 1789,
and servant of Battle Harbour, 1795 (MUN Hist.); John, of Bonavista, 1789
(DPHW 70) ; John and Luke, of Open Hole (now Open Hall), 1806 (Bonavista
Register 1806); William, of Bay de Verde, 1807 (DPHW 64); William Goold, of
Catalina, 1815 (DPHW 26B); Thomas Gould, shopkeeper of Carbonear, 1819 (DPHW
48); James, of Harbour Grace Parish, 1829 (Nfld. Archives HGRC); William,
baptized at Pool's Island, 1830, aged 28 years (DPHW 76); Amy, baptized at
Gooseberry Island, 1830, aged 10 years (DPHW 76); James, from Coyne (Co.
Cork), died at Carbonear, 1831, aged 63 years (Carbonear R.C. Cemetery);
Philip, of Belleoram, 1835 (DPHW 30); George, of Pouch Cove, 1837 (DPHW 30);
Jacob, of Harbour Grace, 1869 (Nfld. Archives HGRC); John, of Flowers Cove,
1871 (Lovell); Alexander and James, of Flowers Cove to Point Ferolle area,
1871 (Lovell); Christopher, of Southern Bay (now ? Charleston), 1871
(Lovell).
Modern status: Scattered, especially in the St. Barbe district and at
Charleston.
Place names (not necessarily from the sumame):
Gould Cove, - Head 47-10 55-04; Goulds 47-29
52-46, 47-31 53- 17; - Brook 47-31 53-18; -------- Pond 47-25 53-23; ------
Big Pond 47-25 53-21;------- Grave River 47-10 55-07; - Road 47-30 53-19.
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GREEN
A Surname of England, Scotland and Guernsey (Channel Islands), Greene of
England and Ireland- (dweller near the village) green, or young, immature as
im slang, "green", or a personal name; in Ireland also for a number of
Irish names, including Fahey. (Reaney, Cottle,Black, MacLysaght, Turk).
Guppy found Green widespread, especially in Worcestershire; Spiegelhalter
traced Green(e) in Devon.
In Newfoundland:
Family traditions:
John Green, of Point Verde (Placentia district) before 1829 (Mannion).
James, from Old Perlican, was an early settler of Greens Harbour in 1835.
(MUN Hist)
Michael Greene (1793-1857), from Carrick-on-Suir (C0. Tipperary), settled at
Tilton HArbour(now Tilting), about 1815 (MUN HIST., MUN FOLKLORE)
Early Instances:
Willaim Green, of Old Perlican, 1675, 1682
Edward , of Harbour Grace, 1677
Alexander of Torbay or Portugal Cove, 1708
Robert, of Placentia ? district, 1744
William, of St. John's, 1755
Humber, of Bonivista, 1789
Joseph, of Quidi Vidi, 1794-5 (Census 1794-5)
James, fisherman of Bay of Exploits, ?1797
John, occupier of fishing room at New Harbour (Trinity B.) and Hearts
Content, Winter 1800-01 (Census Trinity B.)
William, occupier of fishing room at Scilly Cove (now Winterton), Winter
1800-01 (Census Trinity B.)
Benjamin, of Bay Bulls, 1802
Thomas, of Pond, owner of fishing room at Ships Island (Greenspond), 1803
(D'Alberti 13)
Mary, of Witless Bay, 1804 (NFLD ARCHIVES)
Edward, of Kings Cove, 1804 (Bonavista Register 1806)
Benjamin, of Burin, 1805 (D'Alberti 15)
Catherine, from Carrick-on-Suir (Co. Tipperary), married at St. John's ,
1806 (NFLD ARCHIVES)
Michael, of Fortune Bay, 1811 (NFLD ARCHIVES)
John, of Greenspond, 1816
Michael Greene, from Carrick-on-Suir (Co. Tipperary), married at Tilton
Harbour (now Tilting), 1818 (NFLD ARCHIVES)
John Green, planter of Hants Harbour, 1821
William, merchant of Brigus, 1824
William, of Hermitage Cove, 1825
John, of Ships Island (Bonavista district), 1826
William, schoolmaster of Cupids, 1831
William, planter of Western Bay, 1831
Joshua, of Port de Grave, 1834
John, of Brigus by South, 1836 (NFLD ARCHIVES)
William, of Grand Banks, 1836
Walter Green(e), ? of Northern Bay, 1838
William Green, of Brunette, 1855
Jonathan. of EnglishHarbour (Fortune Bay district), 1857
George, of New Harbour, (Fortune Bay district) 1858
Benjamin, of Hunts Island (Burgeo-La Poile district), 1858
Henry, of Inkpen Point (Burin district) , 1860
Sanuel Greene, of Pinchard's Island, 1862, widespread in Lovell 1871
Modern Status: Green, widespread, especially at Winterton and st. John's;
Greene, widespread, especially at Point Verdw (Placentia B.).
Placenames: 162 place names contain the element of Green, rarely from the
surname.
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GULLAGE, a variant of the surname of England, Gullidge, ? from an
unidentified place name.
Gullidge traced in Devon (Tel. Dir.).
In Newfoundland:
Early instance: Joseph Gulledge or Gullidge, of Catalina, 1822
(DPHW 70).
Modern status: Scattered.
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