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Mi'kmaw Entries in the Tilting (Harbour) Roman Catholic Parish Registers

Baptisms and Marriages
(1842-1878)
The following is a complete list of Mi'kmaw baptisms and marriages recorded in the Tilting Harbour RC parish registers, currently housed at PANL (Provincial Archives of Newfoundland & Labrador).
Tilting Roman Catholic Baptisms & Marriages (1842-1874, 1875-1904) Box 1 PANL-The Rooms. Transcribed and Contributed by Dwayne Pike
Baptisms:






1842
July 24
Joseph of John Brazelle & Sarah John
Sps. Bernard John & Susan Daniel1






P. Ward } Indians


Madeline of Peter John & Mary Brazelle
Sps. David Bumbo & Sarah John








19




1849
May 21st
Mary of John Stephens & Madelin Jow2
Sps Thos Dwyer & Charoltte Silvester
P. Ward








64




1862
August 8st
Susan of Abraham Joe & Ellen Clarke
Sps. Peter Joe & Charlot Silvester
P. W.






Indians }
Mary Jane of Ruben Sulian3 & Johanna Paul
Sps. William Paul & Johanna Joe
P. W







Abraham of William Paul & Johanna Silvester4
Sps. William Bumbo & Mary Joe








65




1862
August 15th
Fanny of Charles Frances5 & Caroline Gillam
Sp. John Dwyer & Anastasia Fitzgerald
P. W








Charles of Charles Frances & Caroline Gillam
Sp. Lewise? Breen & Margaret Shea
P. W








Thos. of Charles Frances & Caroline Gillam
Sp. John Bryan & Honore? Fitgerald
P. W






85




1866
August 11th




Isabella Joe Indian = Hall's Bay =


H. Bay
Bap. Isabella of Joseph Joe & Susan Julian =
Sps. Jn. Stevens & Mary Joe








85




1866
October 6th  61

Frances of Newel Paul & Johanna Sylvester -


Francis Paul
= Sps. = David Morris & Johanna Joe
G.B
Indian
Sept 13th










166




1875
August 11th  68

Anne Joseph of Jn. Joe & Ellen Mai Pal6


A. J. Joe
= Sps. = David Morris & Johanna Joe
G.B.






199




1878
August 6th  22

Mary of John Christopher7 & Mary Stevens


M. Christopher
Sps. Wm Murphy & Ellen Joe (illegitimate)
R. J.












Baptisms:
Marriage Registry for the District of Fogo
1842






1




1842




July 25th
Matthew John & Susanna Jough8




Wtss Abraham Jough & Juliana Stephens
Patk Ward


Transcriber Notes:

1 The presence of Daniel in this particular parish register entry, although somewhat anomalous, given that Daniel is not a recognizable NL Mc family name, can be explained as either a misprint of the surname Bumbo [Benoit], as if reflecting Susan Daniel (Bumbo); cf. Susan Bumbo [Benoit] [nee John] wife of Daniel Bumbo as listed in a Burin RC entry dated August 1843. The presence of a David Bumbo, a possible sibling or cousin of Daniel, on July 24 as a sponsor to the baptism of Madeline John (of Peter John & Mary Brazelle) along with Sarah John as cosponsor makes this explanation seem plausible.

2 The patronym Jow (sic.) appears to be an obvious variant of the common contemporary NL Mc family name Joe, as a truncation or shortening of earlier attested Joseph, with an implied connection to the family name Sylvester/Silvester.

3 The Mc family name Sulian (sic.) as attested here in this form appears to be a variant of Julian/Julien.

4 As noted above Silvester (sic.) is also written as Sylvester (sic.) in other non-published parish records. William Paul listed here may be the same as John William Paul, b. 1854 Burgeo [1921 NL census], F. G. Speck's principal informant-guide, and presumed brother of Santu Toney, daughter of Kop, one of the last known Beothuk survivors.

5 The Mc family name Frances is also found in other church records as Francis, Francois, and sometimes Frank respectively.

6 The Mc surname Pal (sic.) is either a misspelling the commonly attested hereditary NL family name Paul.

7 The NL Mc family name Christopher may have survived as late as 1878 or later in Newfoundland. Note the presence of a Mi'kmaw hunter Louis Christopher with an account in the Newman Little Bay Ledgers 1790-1. Another variant of this surname includes Christoph, an ancient hereditary chief line of Nova Scotia with presumed onnections to the Tomma/Thomas & Googoo patrilines.

8 As with the attested variant Jow (sic.) above, this form of the hereditary family name Joe is an obvious attempt by the parish record-keeper to phonetically render this surname.

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