Farm Fish Faith Or Family Handout
Farm, Fish, Faith or Family: motivations for emigration from North Devon to Canada 1818-1875
Dr. Janet Few
www.historyinterpreter.wordpress.com @JanetFew
Further Reading
Baines, D. Emigration from Europe 1815-1930 (Macmillan 1991). Baines, D. Migration in a Mature Economy: Emigration and Internal Migration in England and Wales 1861-1930 (Cambridge University Press 1985). Brayshay, Mark ‘The Emigration Trade in Nineteenth-Century Devon’, in Duffy, Michael; Fisher, Stephen; Greenhill, Basil; Starkey, David J. and Youings, Joyce (eds.) The New Maritime History of Devon Volume II: From the Late Eighteenth Century to the Present Day (Conway Maritime Press 1994) pp. 108-118. nd Bourne, F W, The Bible Christians: their origins and history 1815-1900 (2 edition Tentmaker Publications 2004). Campey, Lucille H, Ignored but not Forgotten: Canada’s English emigrants (Dundurn 2014). Campey, Lucille H, Planters, Paupers and Pioneers: English settlers in Atlantic Canada (Dundurn 2010). Campey, Lucille H, Seeking a Better Future: The English pioneers of Ontario and Quebec (Dundurn 2012). Carrothers, W A Emigration from the British Isles (P S King 1929). Charlwood, Don The Long Farewell (Penguin 1981). Clark, Peter and Souden, David Migration and Society in Early Modern England (Hutchinson 1987). Erickson, Charlotte (ed.) Emigration from Europe 1815-1914: Select Documents (Adam and Charles Black, London 1976). Erickson, Charlotte Invisible Immigrants (Weidenfield and Nicolson, London 1972). Few, Janet Faith, Fish, Farm or Family? The impact of kinship links and communities on migration choices and residential persistence in North Devon Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Exeter (2009) available at:- https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10036/88193 [N.B. this takes some time to download]. Few, Janet The Ones that got Away: tracing elusive ancestors who move into, out from and within Britain (Unlock the Past 2015). Greenhill, Basil, and Giffard, Ann Westcountrymen in Prince Edward Isle: A Fragment of the Great Migration 2nd edition (Toronto University Press 1975). Grigg, D. B. ‘E.G. Ravenstein and the ‘Laws of Migration’’, in Drake, M. (ed.), Time, Family and Community: Perspectives on Family and Community (Blackwell, Oxford 1994) pp. 147-164. Guillet, Eric The Great Migration: the Atlantic crossing by sailing ships since 1777 (University of Toronto Press 1937).
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Hancock, W. Gordon Soe Longe as there Comes Noe Women: Origins of English Settlement in Newfoundland (Global Heritage Press, Ontario 2003). Hatton, T. J., and Williamson, Jeffrey G. The Age of Mass Migration: Causes and Economic Impact (Oxford University Press, New York 1998). Hayman, John Gould A History of Methodism in North Devon 1739 to 1898 ( Wesleyan Methodist Book Room 1898) available on CD from Devon Family History Society
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Alberta Provincial Archives http://culture.alberta.ca/paa The Bible Christian Magazine - some issues available on-line http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~biblechristianmag/title.html British Migration www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/bloodlines/migration.shtml British Migration Timeline www.makinghistories.org.uk/migration-timeline.html Canada, selected passenger lists before 1865 www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tocan1400- 1800.shtml British Newspaper Archive www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk Canadian birth, marriage and death certificates http://bit.ly/CanadaVitalRecords Canadian land grants http://bit.ly/CanadianLandGrants Canadian national library and archives www.bac-lac.gc.ca Canadian selected passenger lists before 1865 www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/ tocan1400-1800.shtml Child Emigration http://liv.ac.uk/library/sca/ Child Migrant Trust www.childmigrantstrust.com Cornish Global Migration Project www.murdochhouse.org/CGMP/how.html English Emigration to Canada www.englishtocanada.com European Emigration www.european-emigration.com Great Migration Study Project www.greatmigration.org/new_englands_great_migration. html Immigrant Ships’ Transcribers’ www.immigrantships.net Liverpool background to emigration www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/archive Manitoba Provincial Archives www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives National Archives (England) www.nationalarchives.gov.uk New Brunswick Provincial Archives http://archives.gnb.ca Newfoundland and Labrador, The Rooms Provincial Archives www.therooms.ca/archives Non-conformist and non-parochial BDM www.bmdregisters.co.uk North Devon Exodus Database http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonMisc/ NDevonExodusListing.html Nova Scotia Archives http://novascotia.ca/archives Ontario Archives www.archives.gov.on.ca Prince Edward Island Public Archives and Records Office www.gov.pe.ca/archives Principal Probate Registry search (UK) https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk Quebec Library and Archives www.banq.qc.ca Saskatchewan Archives www.saskarchives.com Scottish Emigration to Canada www.scotstocanada.com Scots abroad http://digital.nls.uk/emigration/resources
3 © Janet Few 2015 Selected Sources for Tracing Emigrants’ Lives and Motivations
This list is not exhaustive but provides ideas for tracing families that left Britain.
Oral Evidence, Memoirs, Letters and Diaries Unless you are fortunate enough to trace a tape recording of an emigrant, oral evidence for th C19 emigrations will be hearsay. Memoirs, letters and diaries are often in private hands but more and more transcriptions are appearing on-line. It is worth trying to trace the descendants of an emigrant to see what information they have.
Postcards and Photographs Again these are often in private hands but you may find pictures in newspapers. Historic photographs of emigrants’ destinations can often be found on-line [Google the place name and decade e.g. Port Hope 1860s in Google Images]. It is also possible to source these from books, although this is more time-consuming. Beware of copyright issues if you ‘publish’ photographs that you have found in this way. This includes use in journal articles or on websites.
Newspapers Many newspapers are now indexed on-line. Britain: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk Canada: https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/can http://libguides.bgsu.edu/CanadianNewspapers www.ourontario.ca/demo/news.html The Bible Christian Magazine - some issues available on-line http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~biblechristianmag/title.html
Indices of Birth, Marriage and Death
Census Returns 1851 religious census for Devon transcribed by Michael Wickes
Parish Registers
Wills
Passenger Lists Outgoing Passenger Lists 1890-1960 originals at The National Archives, Kew, available via Findmypast www.findmypast.com Ancestry www.ancestry.com (subscriptions required)
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Tantons of St. Giles in the Wood Parish registers of Bideford, Little Torrington, Beaford, Bulkworthy and St. Giles in the Wood Devon. Memorial Inscriptions of St Giles in the Wood Devon. Memorial Inscriptions of St Eleanor’s cemetery, Prince Edward Island 1794 Land Tax for St Giles in the Wood Devon. 1901 census for London, Middlesex county, Ontario. The Island Register - information about families of Prince Edward Island
The Mallets of Langtree Parish registers of Barnstaple, Langtree, Petrockstowe, Devon Lease for land in Graham’s Road Purchase agreement between Canada Company and James Mallett Letter from James Mallett Memorial Inscriptions at Springfield Anglican Church
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The Braunds and Elliots of Bucks Mills Parish registers of Morwenstow, Cornwall, Bucks Mills, Parkham and Woolfardisworthy West, Devon Baptisms in the Kilkhampton Bible Christian circuit The North Devon Journal 12 December 1858 p 8 col. c The Kingston Daily News 22 March 1858 p. 2 Letter from John Thompson 1819
The Chings of Bulkworthy Parish registers of Bulkworthy and Bradworthy, Devon Baptisms in the Shebbear Bible Christian circuit Quarterly Meeting Minute Book and Accounts 1832-1853 Shebbear Bible Christian Circuit B607/1 North Devon Journal 22 February 1849 p. 2 col. B Ledger of William and Mary Ching - in private hands Day, Frank here and there in Eramosa: an historical sketch of the early years, and of te people and events contributing to the growth of the township Leamon Printing Company (1953) p. 55 1861 census for Eramosa, Wellington County, Upper Canada C1082 Thanks to Barry McKeowan
The Cudmores of Chulmleigh Parish registers of Cheldon, Ashreigney and Chulmleigh, Devon 1881 Summerside Princes County, Prince Edward Island North Devon Journal 24 January 1828 p 2 Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 27 March 1830 p 2 col b & c
The Fulfords of Buckland Brewer Parish registers of Buckland Brewer, Appledore and Northam Devon Journal by ‘Uncle Billy’ Fulford in Giffard, Ann Towards Quebec National Maritime Museum (1981). Original in Atheneaum, Barnstaple 1841 census for Buckland Brewer and Northam, Devon
The Whites of Woolfardisworthy Parish registers of Woolfardisworthy, Hartland and Clovelly, Devon Baptisms in the Shebbear Bible Christian circuit 1841 census for Hartland and Woolfardisworthy, Devon 1851 census Port Hope, Canada Lloyd’s List 9442 15 June 1844 White, Dr. J. B., A sketch, prepared by the late Dr. J.B. White of the White family, who were born of Anglo Saxon stock and natives of the County of Devon, England . Grandson of Richard and Martha White Thanks to Pat Harvey
6 © Janet Few 2015 The Quances of Bulkworthy Parish registers Baptism registers Newton St. Petrock and Shebbear, Devon 1841 census HO107 242 en dist. 18 folio 5 Holwell Farm Buckland Brewer 1851 census HO107 1895 folio 396 Tithecott, Buckland Brewer 1861 census RG9 1504 folio 39 Tithecott, Buckland Brewer 1871 census RG10 2208 folio 23 David’s Hill, Bulkworthy 1871 census RG10 2205 folio 36 East Eckworthy, Buckland Brewer 1881 census for St Patrick's Ward, Toronto, York, Film Number C-13247 District 134 Subdistrict H Division 2 Page Number 127 Household Number 640; 1901 census for Noah Quance District: ON ELGIN (East/Est) (#57) Subdistrict: St. Thomas E-2 p. 19. Marriage certificate of Noah Quance and Mary Euphemia Harstone 1894 Death certificate of Robert Harstone 1878 Death certificate of Mary Euphemia Quance 1906 Death certificate of Noah Quance 1923 St. Thomas Times-Journal 24 June 1910 p. 1 columns d & e and p. 5 columns c & d. St. Thomas Times-Journal 21 July 1910 p. 1 columns a & b. St. Thomas Times-Journal 4 Sept 1926 p. 16. Exeter Flying Post 16 June 1859 p. 7 column c. Western Times 03 July 1868 p. 7 column d. Western Times 26 July 1880 p. 3 column e. Western Times 20 April 1917 p. 8 columns e & f. Peters, W., A History of Baltimore typescript mss possibly first published in The Cobourg World 1896 <
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