Flat Islands, Placentia
Bay, Newfoundland
Settlement and Genealogy
Port
Elizabeth, Davis Island (circa 1951)
Geography
& History
Location and Geography of the Flat Islands group and History of early
settlement in the area
A Map of Flat Islands, Placentia Bay and surrounding area
Map
of Newfoundland
Link to the
Town of Red Harbour Web site
Methodist Missionary John Lewis’s account of visits to communities
in Placentia Bay during his tenure in the Burin District
John Lewis (1817-1819)
An excerpt from William Harding’s diary during his tenure as
Agent and School Master for Wesleyan Conference at Flat Islands, Placentia
Bay (December 20th 1859 to 1861, and
the summer of 1863)
William Harding’s Diary
Burin District Census (1836)
Burin District Census (1874)
News Articles referring to Flat Islands
Moving
house during Resettlement
(1969)
The
Golden Glow at Port Elizabeth
Genealogy
Most of this information is kept at the
Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador. The United Church of England and Ireland records from 1841 to 1860 are kept at the
Anglican Church Rectory in Burin. Because of time constraints and some barely
legible information I transcribed as best I could. To validate any information
written here please visit the sources cited above. If anyone has information
they would like to add to or dispute the information listed here please e-mail
the address listed below. Oderin & a few Burin
marriage records have been included as well.
Methodist (United Church) Marriage Records for Flat Islands and
surrounding areas with a possible connection to families of Flat Islands
(1817-1896) Note: A Methodist church was built on Flat Islands in
1873. Flat Islands Parish
records date from 1873 onward, with the Flat Islands Parish
also encompassing Morteir Bay and Sound Island. Before
this time Flat Islands
marriages were recorded in the district church of Burin, and
residents were married in Flat Islands or a
church in a surrounding community, most commonly Burin.
Flat Island Methodist marriages (1816-1891)
Methodist Birth Records for Flat Islands and
surrounding areas (1816-1896)
Births from 1816-1896
Births by surname
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
United Church of England and Ireland
(Anglican) Marriage Records for Flat Islands and surrounding
areas (1841-1896) Note: The First Missionary in the Burin District arrived in
1815, but the earliest records found in Newfoundland are at
the Rectory in Burin dating from 1841. Flat Islands fell
under the District of Harbour Buffett, but because of the closer proximity of
the Church of Holy
Trinity at
Burin, to my knowledge couples decided to marry there. The Anglican Church at
Harbour Buffett was destroyed by fire. Baptismal records of the Flat Islands
congregation were possibly destroyed in this fire.
Flat Islands Church of England Marriages at the Church of
Holy Trinity, Burin (1841 to 1868)
Roman
Catholic Marriages solemnized in the district of Burin. I’m not sure if these
people were residents of Flat Islands (there wasn’t a place
of abode listed on the marriage registers at the Provincial Archives), but
because of similar surnames I’ve included them. If anyone has information to
add please e-mail me.
Roman Catholic Marriages
Roman Catholic Births
Burials
1921 Census (Flat Islands)
Other areas of interest include:
Stacey’s of Sound Island, Placentia Bay
Stacey Marriages Stacey Births
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