05 People

In 2005 the Grand Falls-Windsor Heritage Society published a book on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the town. (1905 to 2005). The Title is ………………. Grand Falls-Windsor The Place and Its People

Here is is link to purchasing your own copy. https://gfwheritagesociety.ca/product/grand-falls-windsor-the-place-and-its-people/

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – First People of the Exploits is about the Beothuks and those who preceded them, and those who would follow.

Chapter 2 – The Birth of a Paper Mogul – decision to establish a mill and town.

Chapter 3 – The A.N.D and the company Town.

Chapter 4 – Grand Falls Station – was to become the Municipality of Windsor

Chapters 5 to 10 – Schools and Education; Churches and Religious Development; Fraternal Organizations; Guides, Scouts and Youth Organizations; Business and Commerce; Sports Teams

Chapter 11 – The War Years – the men and woman who fought in the great wars.

Chapters 12 to 17 – The Railway; Unions; Housing; Health Care; Municipal Government; The Arts

Chapter 18 – Family Stories

Chapter 19 – Appendix

We do have a copy at the Genealogy Centre and you are welcome to drop in and check out your family.

Communities – List of Files

Are you looking for information on a community that no longer exist? We may have the answer in the above list. Contact us for help. Please quote the FF (file folder) number when asking for help.

We do not have complete family trees for all listed but we do have some information for each. If you need for us to check on a date, a sibling, a spouse, etc. use our contact page and we will take a look and email you the info requested.

  • A
  • Adey/Eddy Family
  • Ahier Family
  • Alyward Family (John 1775 – Greenspond)
  • Anderson Family (Cape Island and Wesleyville) John and Ruth Barnes
  • Anstey Family
  • Ash Family
  • Babstock Family (Henry James 1899 – Alma Charlotte Powell 1902)
  • B
  • Barnes Family #1 – Greenspond (Elizabeth 1777)
  • Barnes Family # 2 – Twillingate (James)
  • Bishop Family #1 – John and Mary Power
  • Bishop Family #2 – Robert and Sarah Berry (Trepassey)
  • Bishop Family # 3 – Edward Churnside Bishop and Frances Anstey
  • Blake Family – #1 Greenspond (James 1805)
  • Blandford Family – Greenspond (Darius) and Amelia Mary Beaminster
  • Bonia Family
  • Brown Family # 1 – William 1799 and Catherine Marting at Bishops Cove
  • Brown Family # 2 – Robert 1772 and Joanna Drover at Upper Island Cove
  • Brown Family # 3 – Richard 1851 and Susanna ????, Trouty, Trinity Bay and other  miscellaneous Brown’s
  • Buffett Family      – Georg R. Buffett 1842 and Sarah Lake
  • Burton Family       – Absolom and Emma Locke,(1876) Ward’s Harbour
  • Byrne Family        – John 1792 from Ireland married Elenor Wall lived at Holyrood
  • C
  • Carter Family
  • Collins Family
  • Corbett Family
  • Cuff Family
  • Culter Family
  • D
  • Davis Family
  • Decker Family
  • Denty Family
  • Dewy Family
  • Downey Family
  • Dunphy Family
  • Dyke Family
  • E
  • Elkins Family
  • Endicott Family
  • F
  • Feltham Family
  • Firmage Family
  • G
  • Gibbons Family
  • Glover Family
  • Gougier Family
  • Goulding Family
  • Grunter Family
  • H
  • Hancock Family
  • Harding Family
  • Hillier Family
  • Hiscock Family
  • Honeyburn Family
  • Horlick Family
  • House Family
  • Hunt Family
  • J
  • Janes Family
  • K
  • Kean Family
  • Kennedy Family
  • Knee Family
  • L
  • Lane Family
  • Lush Family
  • Lyver/Lavis Family
  • M
  • Maloney Family
  • Matchim Family
  • Moss Family
  • Murphy/Power Family
  • N
  • Noble Family
  • O
  • Oldford Family
  • Osborne Family
  • P
  • Pafford Family
  • Parsons Family
  • Pond Family
  • Q
  • Quinton Family
  • R
  • Russell Family Tree – Catalina
  • S
  • Samson Family
  • Seaward Family
  • Sheppard Family
  • Spurrell Family
  • Stratton Family
  • Sturge Family
  • T
  • Thomas Family
  • Tiller Family
  • Troke Family (Droke, Druck)
  • Turner Family
  • W
  • Wells Family
  • Wheeler Family
  • Wicks Family
  • Winter Family
  • Y
  • Youden Family
  • Young Family
  • MISC.
  • Safe Harbour Family
  • Stroud IGI Index – Books
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