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Southwest Arm Region 1872-1904
Source: Yearbook and Almanac of Newfoundland

 

Year Region Representative Community
1872 Fox Harbour James Avery
George Vardy
Fox Harbour
Clay Pitts
1874 Fox Harbour James Avery
George Vardy
Fox Harbour
Clay Pitts
1876 Random Sound, Southwest Arm James Drover
George Vardy
William Blundell
Hezekiah Benson
Matthias Martin
Richard Seward
James Pond
Hodge’s Hole
Clay Pitts
St. Jones Within
St. Jones Within
Northern Bights
Gooseberry Cove
Fox Harbour
1877 Random Sound, Southwest Arm, from Heart’s Ease to Black Brook  

Random Sound, Southwest Arm, from Black Brook to St. Jones

James Drover
Richard Seward
James Pond
George Vardy
Isaac Benson
David Spurrell

William Blundell
Hezekiah Benson
David Benson
Matthias Martin
Alfred Vey
Benjamin Prince

Hodge’s Hole
Gooseberry Cove
Fox Harbour
Clay Pitts
Northern Bight
Butter Cove

St. Jones
St. Jones
Northern Bight
Northern Bight
Long Bight
Long Bight

1879 Random Sound, Southwest Arm, from Heart’s Ease to Black Brook  

 

 

 

Random Sound, Southwest Arm, from Black Brook to St. Jones

James DroverRichard Seward 

James Pond

George Vardy

Isaac Benson

David Spurrell

William Blundell

Hezekiah Benson

David Benson

Matthias Martin

Alfred Vey

Benjamin Prince

Hodge’s HoleGooseberry Cove 

Fox Harbour

Clay Pitts

Northern Bight

Butter Cove

St. Jones

St. Jones

Northern Bight

Northern Bight

Long Bight

Long Bight

1881 Random Sound, Southwest Arm, from Heart’s Ease to Black Brook  

 

 

 

Random Sound, Southwest Arm, from Black Brook to St. Jones

James DroverRichard Seward 

James Pond

George Vardy

Isaac Benson

David Spurrell

William Blundell

Hezekiah Benson

David Benson

Matthew Martin

Alfred Vey

Benjamin Prince

Hodge’s HoleGooseberry Cove 

Fox Harbour

Clay Pitts

Northern Bight

Butter Cove

St. Jones

St. Jones

Northern Bight

Northern Bight

Long Bight

Long Bight

1882 Random Sound, Southwest Arm, from Heart’s Ease to Black Brook  

 

 

 

Random Sound, Southwest Arm, from Black Brook to St. Jones

James DroverRichard Seward 

James Pond

George Vardy

Isaac Benson

David Spurrell

William Blundell

Hezekiah Benson

David Benson

Matthew Martin

Alfred Vey

Benjamin Prince

Hodge’s HoleGooseberry Cove 

Fox Harbour

Clay Pitts

Northern Bight

Butter Cove

St. Jones

St. Jones

Northern Bight

Northern Bight

Long Bight

Long Bight

1883 Random Sound, Southwest Arm, from Heart’s Ease to Black Brook  

 

 

 

Random Sound, Southwest Arm, from Black Brook to St. Jones

James DroverRichard Seward 

James Pond

George Vardy

Isaac Benson

David Spurrell

William Blundell

Hezekiah Benson

David Benson

Matthew Martin

Alfred Vey

Benjamin Prince

Hodge’s HoleGooseberry Cove 

Fox Harbour

Clay Pitts

Northern Bight

Butter Cove

St. Jones

St. Jones

Northern Bight

Northern Bight

Long Bight

Long Bight

1886 Random Sound, Southwest Arm, from Heart’s Ease to Black Brook  

 

 

 

Random Sound, Southwest Arm, from Black Brook to St. Jones

James DroverRichard Seward 

James Pond

John Vey

Isaac Benson

David Spurrell

Stephen Blundell

Hezekiah Benson

David Benson

Matthew Martin

Alfred Vey

Benjamin Prince

 

Hodge’s HoleGooseberry Cove 

Fox Harbour

Clay Pitts

Northern Bight

Butter Cove

Hodge’s Hole

Gooseberry Cove

Fox Harbour

Clay Pitts

Northern Bight

Butter Cove

 

1887 Random, S.W. Arm (North Side)  

 

 

 

 

Hodge’s Cove to Southern Bight (both inclusive)

 

 

 

Fox Harbour and vicinity (St. Jones Without to Little Heart’s Ease Brook

M. Martin – ChairmanH. Benson 

J. Frost

B. Prince

D. Benson

J. Drover – Chairman

D. Peddle

J. Drudge

J. Vey

N. Gooby

W. Balsom – Chairman

H. Avery

R. Seward Jr.

D. Spurrell

I. Benson

E. Martin

 
1889 Random, S.W. Arm (North Side)  

 

 

 

 

Hodge’s Cove to Southern Bight (both inclusive)

 

 

 

Fox Harbour and vicinity (St. Jones Without to Little Heart’s Ease Brook

M. Martin – ChairmanH. Benson 

J. Frost

B. Prince

D. Benson

J. Drover – Chairman

D. Peddle

J. Drudge

J. Vey

N. Gooby

 

W. Balsom – Chairman

H. Avery

R. Seward Jr.

D. Spurrell

I. Benson

E. Martin

 
1891 Random, S.W. Arm (North Side)  

 

 

 

 

Hodge’s Cove to Southern Bight (both inclusive)

 

 

 

Fox Harbour and vicinity (St. Jones Without to Little Heart’s Ease Brook

M. Martin – Chairman  

H. Benson

J. Frost

B. Prince

D. Benson

 

J. Drover – Chairman

D. Peddle

J. Drudge

J. Vey

N. Gooby

 

W. Balsom – Chairman

R. Seward Jr.

D. Spurrell

I. Benson

E. Martin

Charles Green

 
1900 Northern Bight  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long Beach

 

 

 

 

 

Heart’s Ease and Fox Harbour

James Frost  

Joseph Greene

James Stiles, jr.

John Blundon

Simeon King

Absalom Price

 

John Vey

Alb’t Smith

John Peddle

Nathaniel Stringer

Simeon Gooby

 

William Flynn

Moses Seward

Thomas Smith

Solomon Drodge

Daniel Shaw

Joseph Spurrell

Samuel Green

Northern Bight  

Northern Bight

Northern Bight

Hatchet Cove

St. Jones Without

Long Cove

 

Long Beach

Island Cove

Hodge’s Cove

Caplin Cove

Queen’s Cove

 

Heart’s Ease

Heart’s Ease

Fox Harbour

Little Heart’s Ease

Little Heart’s Ease

Butter Cove

St. Jones Within

1901 Northern Bight  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long Beach

 

 

 

 

 

Heart’s Ease and Fox Harbour

James Frost  

Joseph Greene

James Stiles, jr.

John Blundon

Simeon King

Absalom Price

 

Albert Smith

John Thomas Drodge

Eleazer Gosse

Josiah Gooby

John Peddle

 

Wm Balsom

David Spurrell

Hy Lambert

James Pond

Eli Martin

Northern Bight  

Northern Bight

Northern Bight

Hatchet Cove

St. Jones Without

Long Cove

 

Island Cove

Caplin Cove

Round Beach

Black Brook

Hodge’s Cove

1902 Northern Bight  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long Beach

 

 

 

 

 

Heart’s Ease and Fox Harbour

Jas Churchill  

Edmund Benson

Jno Churchill

Ambrose Brewer

Thomas Stentaford

 

 

Albert Smith

John Thomas Drodge

Josiah Gooby

John Peddle

Thomas Gosse

 

Wm Balsom

David Spurrell

Hy Lambert

James Pond

Eli Martin

Herbert Balsom

Patrick Seward

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Island Cove

Caplin Cove

Black Brook

Hodge’s Cove

 

1903 Northern Bight  

 

 

 

 

 

Long Beach

 

 

 

 

 

Little Heart’s Ease

 

 

 

Heart’s Ease and Fox Harbour

Jas Churchill  

Edmund Benson

Jno Churchill

Ambrose Brewer

Thomas Stentaford

 

Albert Smith

John Thomas Drodge

Josiah Gooby

John Peddle

Thomas Gosse

 

Eli Martin

Michael Shaw

James Spurrell

 

Wm Balsom

David Spurrell

Hy Lambert

James Pond

Herbert Balsom

Patrick Seward

   

 

 

 

 

 

Island Cove

Caplin Cove

Black Brook

Hodge’s Cove

 

1904 Northern Bight  

 

 

 

 

 

Long Beach

 

 

 

 

 

Little Heart’s Ease

 

 

 

Heart’s Ease and Fox Harbour

Jas Churchill  

Edmund Benson

Jno Churchill

Ambrose Brewer

Thos Stentaford

 

Albert Smith

John Thomas Drodge

Josiah Gooby

John Peddle

Thomas Gosse

 

Eli Martin

Michael Shaw

James Spurrell

 

Wm Balsom

Moses Spurrell

Pat’k Seward

Hy Lambert

 

Transcribed by Lester Green/Wanda Garrett April 2017

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