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Post by newfieguy74 on Nov 25, 2021 10:19:27 GMT -5
Happy Thanksgiving, Crossports folks. For all of our praising, criticizing, complaining, dissecting, and obsessing it appears that we're all on Crossports because we all loved our time at HC and still hold it in high regard for the contributions it made to our lives and the lives of others.
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Post by rgs318 on Nov 25, 2021 10:27:52 GMT -5
Well said, sir!
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Post by Chu Chu on Nov 25, 2021 14:15:45 GMT -5
Happy Thanksgiving, Crossports folks. For all of our praising, criticizing, complaining, dissecting, and obsessing it appears that we're all on Crossports because we all loved our time at HC and still hold it in high regard for the contributions it made to our lives and the lives of others. Well said! By the way, because of your handle, I have been wondering - are you from Newfoundland?
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Nov 25, 2021 14:37:41 GMT -5
Happy Thanksgiving, Crossports folks. For all of our praising, criticizing, complaining, dissecting, and obsessing it appears that we're all on Crossports because we all loved our time at HC and still hold it in high regard for the contributions it made to our lives and the lives of others. Well said! By the way, because of your handle, I have been wondering - are you from Newfoundland? I have spent a lot of time in Canada so I was wondering the same thing
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Nov 25, 2021 19:16:01 GMT -5
I think he is 'come from away'. __________
BTW, this is the 400th anniversary year.
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Post by newfieguy74 on Nov 25, 2021 19:18:50 GMT -5
Happy Thanksgiving, Crossports folks. For all of our praising, criticizing, complaining, dissecting, and obsessing it appears that we're all on Crossports because we all loved our time at HC and still hold it in high regard for the contributions it made to our lives and the lives of others. Well said! By the way, because of your handle, I have been wondering - are you from Newfoundland? I found out several years ago that my great grandfather emigrated from Cork, Ireland to Newfoundland. He was a fisherman there and is buried at Harbor Grace. My paternal grandparents were born in Newfoundland and married there before finding their way to MA. I thought I would use my recently discovered ancestry in my handle
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Nov 25, 2021 19:38:28 GMT -5
Two favorite Newfoundland tidbits: (1) Newfoundland did not become part of Canada until 1949 and (2) its time zone is 1/2 hour different than neighboring provinces
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Post by longsuffering on Nov 25, 2021 21:54:37 GMT -5
"The Shipping News" a 2001 movie starring Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett and (Dame) Judi Dench is set on "the Rock" and has nice views of the rugged Newfoundland coast.
I saw it years ago.
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Post by longsuffering on Nov 25, 2021 21:57:33 GMT -5
Two favorite Newfoundland tidbits: (1) Newfoundland did not become part of Canada until 1949 and (2) its time zone is 1/2 hour different than neighboring provinces Many British children were sent there to ride out WW2 as I believe it was still part of the United Kingdom at the time? There's a small island up in the Maritimes that is a part of France as I recall.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Nov 25, 2021 22:14:54 GMT -5
Two favorite Newfoundland tidbits: (1) Newfoundland did not become part of Canada until 1949 and (2) its time zone is 1/2 hour different than neighboring provinces Many British children were sent there to ride out WW2 as I believe it was still part of the United Kingdom at the time? There's a small island up in the Maritimes that is a part of France as I recall. Two islands I think -st Pierre and Miquelon (sp?)
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Post by alum on Nov 26, 2021 6:34:54 GMT -5
I assumed you had a giant slobbering dog!!!
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Post by newfieguy74 on Nov 26, 2021 8:22:20 GMT -5
Two favorite Newfoundland tidbits: (1) Newfoundland did not become part of Canada until 1949 and (2) its time zone is 1/2 hour different than neighboring provinces Many British children were sent there to ride out WW2 as I believe it was still part of the United Kingdom at the time? There's a small island up in the Maritimes that is a part of France as I recall. IIRC Newfoundland was never part of the UK but had a status as a "British Dominion", whatever that means. I believe Newfoundland was self-governing for many years, and many residents were bitterly opposed to the island becoming part of Canada.
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Post by longsuffering on Nov 26, 2021 8:36:41 GMT -5
Many British children were sent there to ride out WW2 as I believe it was still part of the United Kingdom at the time? There's a small island up in the Maritimes that is a part of France as I recall. IIRC Newfoundland was never part of the UK but had a status as a "British Dominion", whatever that means. I believe Newfoundland was self-governing for many years, and many residents were bitterly opposed to the island becoming part of Canada. The U.S. obviously has divisions that are exasperated by the 24 hour news cycle, social media, etc. But Canada came very close to splitting into two nations in the 90's with the Quebec succession movement. And they have two official languages. The energy rich western provinces complain about subsidizing the poorer Atlantic provinces and so on. Fortunately, everyone is exceedingly polite about it. Eh?🙂
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Nov 26, 2021 9:48:16 GMT -5
Well said! By the way, because of your handle, I have been wondering - are you from Newfoundland? I found out several years ago that my great grandfather emigrated from Cork, Ireland to Newfoundland. He was a fisherman there and is buried at Harbor Grace. My paternal grandparents were born in Newfoundland and married there before finding their way to MA. I thought I would use my recently discovered ancestry in my handle My maternal grandmother was born in St. John's. She was a fourth generation Newfoundlander, her great grandfather having arrived from County Wexford, Ireland around 1800. He bought land which I found abutted land owned by the Chief Justice of the court system for Newfoundland at the time. IIRC, the Chief Justice was English and appointed by the King. Her great grandfather was literate as evident by his probated will, which he signed. His son, her grandfather, was born in Newfoundland and signed his will with an "X'.
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Post by newfieguy74 on Nov 26, 2021 15:46:03 GMT -5
Your family's history underscores how long the Irish have been emigrating to Newfoundland. The family (Fitzpatrick) of my great great grandmother apparently arrived there from Ireland no later than the early 1800's.
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Post by longsuffering on Nov 26, 2021 18:12:04 GMT -5
There must have been a few Irish who ended up on PEI (Potatoes Every Inch).
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Nov 26, 2021 19:26:04 GMT -5
Your family's history underscores how long the Irish have been emigrating to Newfoundland. The family (Fitzpatrick) of my great great grandmother apparently arrived there from Ireland no later than the early 1800's. I didn't learn of this Irish migration until told of it by an amateur genealogist (probably a LDS member). In the 1700s, Irish fishing boats would sail from ports on the southern Irish coast for the Grand Banks to catch cod, which would be cured ashore, and then carried back to Ireland. This was a six month enterprise, setting sail in the spring, and returning in the fall. The Irish eventually said 'nuts to this', and many decided to migrate to Newfoundland, which gave them a longer fishing season. Much of this migration was late 18th Century, early 19th. The French also migrated to Newfoundland in significant numbers, and I have a Colbert in my direct line. My Colbert ancestor arrived in Newfoundland probably mid to late 18th Century. Wiki says this about Colbert,
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Post by newfieguy74 on Nov 26, 2021 21:29:03 GMT -5
You're not going to believe this but my Newfoundland grandmother's maiden name was Colbert.
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Post by sader1970 on Nov 26, 2021 21:35:19 GMT -5
And Stephen's father, a Holy Cross classmate of my father ('42), pronounced his name Col-BERT, rather than Col-BEAR.
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Post by efg72 on Nov 26, 2021 22:01:03 GMT -5
PP Colbert’s sister Mary went to Stone Ridge in Bethesda— some interesting and entertaining stories about her brother
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Nov 27, 2021 9:43:58 GMT -5
You're not going to believe this but my Newfoundland grandmother's maiden name was Colbert. Possibly we are related. I can trace 'my' Colbert to Michael Colbert Sr., born in Newfie about 1740. Died in 1781 in St. John's He had a son Michael Colbert Jr., (1766-befiore 1795), In 1781, he lived at 65 Upper Road, St John's. Upper Rd is now Duckworth St. Michael Sr. lived at 75 Upper Road. He dies before 1795, because in the 1795 Census, his wife Ann is described as a widow, with two sons and a daughter. The daughter is also named Ann, and she marries my Irish ancestor from County Wexford in 1805. Ann's two brothers were named James and William (?) Michael Jr. was married in an Anglican ceremony, which may suggest that the family was English (or from Northern Ireland). There may also have been no Catholic priests at that time. The priests apparently arrived with the Irish migration.
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Post by Chu Chu on Nov 27, 2021 13:39:40 GMT -5
I appear to have touched off a great thread with my question. Very enjoyable information. Newfoundland is a place where slaves often settled, after they escaped from the United States into Canada. While in medical school, my student partner that I did clinical rotations with was a black woman descendent of those slaves, from St. John’s, Newfoundland. That got me interested in the history there. Good stuff!
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Post by newfieguy74 on Nov 27, 2021 17:07:45 GMT -5
PP, I'm curious how you came to have such extensive knowledge of your family tree. Was this a result of research (Ancestry, etc.) or did you your family keep great records of its history?
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Post by newfieguy74 on Nov 27, 2021 17:08:16 GMT -5
I appear to have touched off a great thread with my question. Very enjoyable information. Newfoundland is a place where slaves often settled, after they escaped from the United States into Canada. While in medical school, my student partner that I did clinical rotations with was a black woman descendent of those slaves, from St. John’s, Newfoundland. That got me interested in the history there. Good stuff! Yet another interesting fact about Newfoundland I didn't know.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Nov 27, 2021 20:36:20 GMT -5
PP, I'm curious how you came to have such extensive knowledge of your family tree. Was this a result of research (Ancestry, etc.) or did you your family keep great records of its history? I think this was required by PP's parole officer who was trying to determine if there was a family history of recidivism...
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