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From: "Denise Angell" <>
Subject: Re: [NFLD-LAB] BRINSON / DAY 1700-1800's
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 18:57:26 -0500
References: <3C362B1D.37D24560@nf.sympatico.ca>


Hi George, I read your message and just had to find out if you were related
to Aunt May, she was a Goodyear before she married Clyde Day from
Carmanville, then she married my great uncle Baxter Hicks.

Denise


----- Original Message -----
From: "George Brinson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 5:22 PM
Subject: [NFLD-LAB] BRINSON / DAY 1700-1800's


> Am resuming search for my family (Br-inson/enton/inton/inston) and
> Days, on arrival, and prior to arrival in NF in the late 1700 - early
> 1800's.
>
> My great grandfather Samuel (sr.) Brinson along with two other
> brothers Joseph and Henry, arrived in Beaver Cove, Gander Bay, NF.,
> about 1840-45. There may have been other brothers/sisters as well. Where
> the family came from prior to arriving in Beaver Cove, Gander Bay, is
> what I am seeking. Possibly from Bonavista, Trinity or Conception Bays,
> or the St. John's area, having originated in Dorset or south-west
> England in the late 1700's. Does anyone have records of Brinsons moving
> North, along the East coast of the island in this time period?
>
> Shortly after arriving in Beaver Cove, Gander Bay, Henry, apparently
> moved to Change Islands, and raised a family. Joseph married and
> remained in the Gander Bay area, his descendants now reside in Main
> Point and Victoria Cove, Gander Bay and in Frederickton. In Lovell's
> 1871 directory for Beaver Cove, Joseph and Samuel Brenson were listed.
>
> On, or about 1875 Samuel (sr), my great-grandfather, moved to Rocky
> Bay, Western Arm, (now known as Carmanville). He had married Temperance
> Day, daughter of John Day, the first settler to arrive in this
> community, on or about 1825-35. John Day apparently came from the
> Twillingate area, after having spent time with John Peyton on the
> Beothuc escapades up the Exploits River.
>
> I am seeking the number of children John Day had. In addition to
> Temperance, there was a Thomas and a John(jr.). From personal
> conversation with my deceased uncle, who could recollect back to the
> early 1900's, there were also five other children - George,William,
> Aphelias, Henry and Jane. I can find no records for these people. There
> were some records under the Fogo Anglican Church files for marriages,
> but no birth or death records. I am assuming both families were Anglican
> (or Church of England), at that time.
>
> I would like to have any information as to where I might locate
> these records dating back from 1900 to the late 1700's.
>
> George Brinson
> RR # 1 Box 204
> Carmanville
> NF A0G 1N0
>
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