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Bonavista Bay - Lovell's Directory 1871

Bonavista South District ~ Brooklyn

* BROOKLYN - A village on the west side of Bonavista Bay, district of Bonavista. This place has been settled within the last four or five years. The soil is very good, and the people are mostly engaged in agriculture. It has an excellent harbor. Distant from Indian Arm 10 miles by water. Mail weekly. Population 203. *Formerly called Musgrave Harbor.

SURNAME GIVEN OCCUPATION
Bradley John fisherman
Burt Robert planter
Cannings William fisherman
Crummey William fisherman
Easton Thomas fisherman
E liott [sic] James fisherman
Elliott John planter
Elliott Thomas fisherman
Flynn James planter
Gudger John fisherman
Monland Elias fisherman
Puisent James fisherman
Russell John fisherman
Steel George fisherman
Wheeler John fisherman
White Samuel fisherman
Whiteway James fisherman
Whiteway John planter
Whiteway Robert planter
Whiteway William planter

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