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Rev. U. Z. Rule and the Book "Reminiscenses of My Life"

	Rev. U. Z. Rule was in charge of the Church of England Mission of the Bay of Islands from 1865 until 1872. In 1927 he published the book, Reminiscences of My Life, in which he wrote quite a bit about life in Newfoundland, particularly concerning the West Coast, during his time spent there. The following is a list of names of people associated with Newfoundland whom Rev. Rule mentioned in this book. I have included a brief description of the event related to the name and the page on which this information appears. This book was published by Dicks & Co. Ltd., St.John's, 1927
Surname	Given Name	Date	Event	Page in book
Field	Bishop	1848	first visit to Labrador that summer	9
Disney	Rev. H.P.	1850	left St. John's to "plant" church at St. Francis Harbour, Labrador	9
Hutchinson	Rev. George	1863	Had mission in Battle Harbour	7
Winter	Mr.	1863	collected revenue on Labrador Coast	8
Sweetland	Judge	1863	accompanied Mr. Winter on Labrador Coast to collect revenue	8
Hamilton	Captain	1863	Captain of Vesuvius, docked in Forteau	9
Rule	Rev. U.Z.	1864	ordained St. John's on December 18th	16
Rule	Rev. U.Z.	1864	charge of Quidi Vidi Mission after return to St. John's from Labrador	19
Medley	Rev. Charles	1864	at St. Mary's Church, St. John's, son of Bishop of Fredericton	19
LeGallais	Rev. W. W.	1864	visited Bay of Islands	23
LeGallais	Rev. W. W.	1865	went to Bay of Islands with Rev. Rule	23
Rule	Rev. U.Z.	1865	first landed at Birchy Cv, Bay of Islands, 13th July	23
Parsons	James	1865	one of two boys who rowed Rev Rule ashore at Birchy Cv, Bay of Islands	23
Bagg	William	1865	one of two boys who rowed Rev Rule ashore at Birchy Cv, Bay of Islands	23
Strickland	Mr.	1865	living John's Beach, Bay of Islands	24
Derigan	Maurice	1865	living John's Beach, Bay of Islands	24
Parsons	Mr. & Mrs.	1865	family living in upper part of their fish store, Birchy Cv, house not completed	29
Bagg	Mr. W.	1865	brother-in-law to Mr. Parsons, also married, living Birchy Cove, Bay of Islands	29
Lind	Rev. H.	1866	charge of Mission of St. George's Bay	27
Unknown	Louis	1866	Indian guide in St. George's Bay	27
White	Rev. W. K.	1866	Rural Dean for Fortune Bay	28
Brake	Edward	1866	Meadows, Bay of Islands, married with family	30
Loder	Amelia	1866	of Sunnyside, Bay of Islands, was helper in Edward Brake's house	30
Stirling	Captain	1866	his vessell lost near Cape St. George, all perished	66
McFee	Captain	1866	sea captain sailing from Newfoundland to England	66
Humber	James	1866	lived Bonne Bay	72
Sears	Rev.	late 1860s	Roman priest who visited Bay of Islands about this time	26
Hayward	Miss	1867	of St. John's, married Rev Hutchinson in Topsail	16
Morrie	Mr.	1867	sold his land in Birchy Cv, Bay of Islands, to Rev. Rule, returned to St. George's Bay	31
Harvey	Mr.	1867	carpenter brought to Birchy Cv by Bishop Field to help Rev. Rule	32
Rourke	Michael	1868	in employ of Rev. Rule, Birchy Cove, Bay of Islands	46
Loder	Amelia	1868	in employ of Rev. Rule, Birchy Cove, Bay of Islands	46
Caswall	Rev. R.C.	1868	Incumbent of St. John's Cathedral	47
LeGallais	Rev. W. W.	1869	charge of Channel mission	19
LeGallais	Rev. W. W.	1869	drowned with 2 others, returning from Isle aux Morte	19
Wilton	Solomon	1869	Lived Woody Point, Bonne Bay	33
Kelly	Bishop	1871	dedicated St. Mary's Church and churchyard, Birchy Cv, Bay of Islands, on July 30th	33
Rule	Rev. U.Z.	1872	left Bay of Islands and returned to England	53
House	John	1872	walked with Rev. Rule in Daniel's Harbour area	60
Bagg	Charles Hugh	1872	last burial by Rev. Rule, Bay of Islands, brother of William Bagg	62
Parsons	Isreal Richard	1872	last baptism by Rev. Rule, Bay of Islands, son of Charles & Clarissa Parsons	63
Parsons	Angelina	1873	daughter of Charles, Bay of Islands, about 11 yrs old (died age 15)	64
Hutchinson	Rev. George	1876	died Topsail, four months after Bishop Field's death	16
Curling	Mr.	1877	Lived Birchy Cove, Bay of Islands	34
Derigan	Maurice	1880	died John's Beach, Bay of Islands, November 10th	63
Brake	Edward	1882	wrote Rev Rule 10 yrs after Rule's return to England, mentioned William and family	38
Brake	Alice	1882	daughter of Edward Brake, Bay of Islands, married a Davis	39

Contributed by Linda Elkins-Schmitt (January 2003)

Page Revised: January - 2003 (Don Tate)

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