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Lovell's 1871 Provincial Business Directory |
| RANDOM SOUND A peculiar and beautiful passage on the north side of Trinity Bay, in the district of Trinity, which seperates Random Island from the mainland. It forms three sides of a square and about thirty miles round with a width varying from a quarter of a mile to two miles. The land around is very fertile, but almost unoccupied. The inhabitants ae engaged in lumbering, farming and salmon fishing, in conjunction with the cod fishery. Distant at it's southern entrance from New Harbor by boat 13 miles, and at the northern entrance from New Bonaventure by boat 8 miles. Mail weekly. Population 540. |
Baker, John, fisherman Balson, George, fisherman Benson, Hezekain, fisherman Benson, David, planter Benson, Isaac, fisherman Blandon, Alfred, fisherman Blandon, Stephen, fisherman Blandon, William, fisherman Brown, John, fisherman Bryant, Charles, fisherman Clinch, Charles, fisherman Cooper, Absolom, fisherman Cooper, John, fisherman Crocker, George, fisherman Drodge, George, fisherman Drodge, Solomon, fisherman Drover, James, jun., fisherman Drover, James, sen., fisherman Edy, Henry, fisherman Every, Elias, fisherman Frust, James, planter Hiscock, Matthew, fisherman Hunt, John, fisherman Jacobs, James, fisherman Jacobs, John, fisherman King, Edward, fisherman King, Philip, fisherman King, Simeon, fisherman Lone, Benjamin, fisherman Martin, Eli, fisherman Martin, Henry, fisherman Martin, John, planter Martin, John, fisherman Martin, Mathias, planter Norriss, William, fisherman Nosey, John, fisherman Palmer, David, fisherman Parsons, Henry, fisherman Parsons, Samuel, fisherman, South West Arm Parsons, Thomas, fisherman Peddle, Caieb, fisherman Peddle, John, fisherman Reed, George, fisherman Reed, James, fisherman Reed, Richard, fisherman Rouly, Richard, fisherman Ryan, John, fisherman Sasford, Charles, fisherman Shaw, George, planter Shaw, John, planter Short, Samuel, fisherman Smith, Moses, fisherman Smith, Thomas, fisherman Stoyls, Alfred, fisherman Stoyls, John, fisherman Stoyls, James, fisherman Stringer, Henry, fisherman Stringer, James, fisherman Summers, James, fisherman Tilly, Joseph, fisherman Tilly, Joseph, fisherman Tistle, Samuel, fisherman Vardy, George, fisherman Vey, James, fisherman
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The entries have been transcribed as
they appear in the 1871 Lovell's directory.
Over the years, many of the names have become
colloquialized or spelled differently.
Transcribed by Bill Crant
Page Revised: January - 2003 (Don Tate)
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