My family tree is filled with great people ... master shipbuilders, war heroes, and politicians.... but it has also produced a few bad apples. See details inside!

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Prepared by:  Jennifer L. Bishop

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My genealogy file is now at 7500 individuals and much larger than my ISP will allow me to post without spending more money. As such, I have not posted the photo files for individuals on the website. 

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My sincere thanks are extended to all those individuals who contributed information and assistance in my genealogy quest! Cheers, Jennifer.

I have crashed several genealogy programs trying to document the tangled roots of my ever growing family tree.  Read about Miss. Mahalla Bryant to discover how my grandparents became kissing cousins!

Attacking Indian!

A man named Bryant was the first to settle near Main Brook Pond in what is now Heart's Delight-Islington. Nearby settlements had been attacked by natives, so when Mr. Bryant saw someone swimming across the pond, he grabbed his gun. Only when the swimmer shouted, "Don't shoot, I am your brother, Ben!", did he drop his weapon. Ben had travelled overland from Carbonear and later settled in Old Perlican.  One of these brothers is our Bryant ancestor. Do you have the proof we seek? 

Making Money
How about if you could make your own money?  Well, the Rutherford family did just that.  British coins were scarce in Newfoundland by 1840 so many business enterprises began to issue tokens or coins. The earliest known token dates was issued by I. & S. Rutherford, St. John's in 1841 and was referred to as a Rutherford's Ram because such an animal was imprinted on one side of the coin. The other side was imprinted with the family crest. Read more about this industrious family inside.

Read about Charles W. Newhook who came to Nfld. in the late 1700s from Dorset and went on to found many generations of master shipbuilders.  Lots of detail on the ships they built and this very large family.

Ghost Story

George Newhook, father to Charles W. above, was a gardener at Eastbury Park in Tarrant Gunville, Dorset. Reportedly the estate was one of the grandest and most superb in the United Kingdom.  But rumours say that Eastbury Park is now haunted by the ghost of William Doggett! 

Mystery Man?

Thomas Fitzgibbon Moore, a mailman and constable at Dildo, and reportedly a fine English gentleman of considerable reputation OR a poor Irish fisherman who jumped ship to elude the authorities.  He was elected in 1836 and 1837 to the Nfld. House of Assembly. But who was he really?!? 

Family Fortunes!

Gilbert Jerrett went to the Klondike searching for gold and was never heard from again. And Mr. Clark (husband of Jane Penny) went to the Crow's Nest in search of gold and never returned.  Did they find gold? Did they find new love?