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1847 - 1848
Part 2 ACCOUNT OF LABOR AT POUCH COVE - 1847, 1848.
Building 3 Bridges at Pouch Cove
.. £36 4 6
Building 3 Bridges on Road to Pouch Cove
..23 18 6
Amount of Contracts for draining and repairing Road
..16 13 6
Total....................................................£76 16 6
(Signed) PETER McBRIDE
LIST OF MEN WORKING ON ROAD AT PORTUGAL COVE1847 AND 1848
| NAMES | DAYS |
|---|---|
| John Murphy | 32 |
| William Murphy | 32 |
| Patrick Murphy | 31 |
| Thomas Murphy | 28 |
| John Fitzgerald | 34 |
| Patrick Fitzgerald | 34 |
| Thomas Hanlon | 34 |
| Thomas Hanlon, jr. | 32 |
| William Hammon | 27 |
| Peter Hammon | 25 |
| Thomas Hammon | 25 |
| Thomas Hammon | 30 |
| James McNamara | 30 |
| Thomas Callahan | 32 |
| Thomas Callahan, jr. | 32 |
| Peter Harvey | 31 |
| John Harvey | 29 |
| Thomas Harvey | 29 |
| Patrick Harvey | 32 |
| Michael Barry | 29 |
| James Harvey | 24 |
| John Harvey | 23 |
| William Harvey | 24 |
| William Harvey | 31 |
| Patrick Harvey | 26 |
| William Neary | 32 |
| James Neary | 25 |
| John Butler | 23 |
| James Rohan | 27 |
| John Harvey | 17 |
| Michael Hynes | 28 |
| Joseph Hynes | 26 |
| William White | 32 |
| John White | 29 |
| Mathew White, boy | 12 |
| Nicholas Hynes | 32 |
| Patrick Hynes | 31 |
| Bartly Brenan | 25 |
| Peter Harvey | 20 |
| James Harvey | 28 |
| Thomas Stickley | 23 |
| William Stickley, boy | 12 |
| Solomon Churchill | 5 |
| George Churchill | 5 |
| Robert Churchill | 29 |
| Ezekiel Churchill | 27 |
| Thomas Churchill | 27 |
| Mathew Churchill, boy | 23 |
| Robert Frize | 32 |
| Samuel Frize, boy | 25 |
| Samuel Frize | 29 |
| John Harding | 14 |
| Thomas Harding | 15 |
| Edward Harding | 12 |
| Robert Harding | 12 |
| William Harding | 13 |
| George Somers | 12 |
| Thomas Somers | 12 |
| John Hanlon | 17 |
| Henry Somers | 12 |
| Richard Somers | 12 |
| Joseph Somers, boy | 10 |
| William Somers, boy | 11 |
| Abraham Picco | 27 |
| James Picco | 22 |
| John Churchill | 14 |
| Henry Churchill, boy | 13 |
| James Sheehan | 29 |
| William Mayo | 30 |
| Thomas Mayo | 19 |
| William Hibbs | 29 |
| John Hibbs | 31 |
| Henry Hibbs | 31 |
| Abraham Picco | 14 |
| John Picco, boy | 14 |
| William Picco | 14 |
| George Picco | 12 |
| Jacob Piccot | 14 |
| Thomas Piccot, boy | 14 |
| Samuel Butler, boy | 9 |
| William Neary, boy | 25 |
| James Mitchell | 9 |
| James King | 9 |
| Edward Squires | 21 |
| Jacob Squires | 21 |
| Frederick Squires | 20 |
| Soloman Squires | 6 |
| John Squires | 6 |
| Joseph Squires, boy | 5 |
| Reubin Squires | 6 |
| James Dooly | 7 |
| Mathew Dooly | 7 |
| Richard Dooley | 7 |
| Patrick Dooley | 5 |
| John Nohil | 30 |
| George Purcill | 28 |
| William Purcill | 28 |
| Martin Cuddehy | 27 |
| William Clare | 31 |
| Thomas Clare | 27 |
| Michael Clare | 28 |
| James Warren | 16 |
| Samuel Frize, Junior | 28 |
| Thomas Churchill | 27 |
| Henry Churchill | 12 |
| Patrick Slattery, overseer | 34 |
| Thomas Slattery | 17 |
| John White | 26 |
| James Sheehan | 26 |
| Joseph Hynes | 26 |
2363 Days at 1s. 6d
..177 4 6
Overseer, 34 days, 6d. extra
.. 0 17 0
78 Days' Horse Work, 2s. 6d
9 15 0
£187 16 6
Less 169 Days for boys, 6d. 4 4 6
£183 12 0
(Signed)Peter McBride
LIST OF MEN EMPLOYED ON THE N. POINT ROAD,PORTUGAL COVE, 1847, 1848
| NAMES | DAYS |
|---|---|
| James Harvey, overseer | 24 |
| William Harvey | 8 |
| John Harvey | 9 |
| Solomon Churchill | 22 |
| George Churchill | 18 |
| Thomas Churchill, Senior | 17 |
| John Churchill, Senior | 22 |
| Henry Churchill | 15 |
| Noah Bradbury | 16 |
| Isaac Bradbury | 23 |
| Samuel Bradbury | 23 |
| John Churchill | 15 |
| Nathan Churchill | 20 |
| James Churchill | 20 |
| Thomas Miller | 13 |
| Robert Allan | 17 |
| Robert Earle | 16 |
| William Miller, Senior | 18 |
| William Piccot | 18 |
| John Bradbury | 15 |
| Robert Miller | 15 |
| James Miller, Senior | 15 |
| William Miller, Junior | 10 |
| James Miller, Junior | 13 |
| John Miller | 13 |
| Robert Harding | 16 |
| Jacob Greally | 14 |
| Thomas Harding | 12 |
| John Harding | 17 |
| William Harding | 18 |
| Thomas Miller, Senior | 7 |
| George Piccot | 7 |
| Edward Earle | 7 |
| Thomas Saunders | 7 |
| Thomas Churchill | 14 |
| Henry Churchill | 11 |
| Mrs. Harvey's man | 5 |
| Mrs. Tucker's man | 2 |
| Robert Churchill | 5 |
| John Harvey, Senior | 2 |
| Abraham Piccot | 5 |
| Jacob Piccot | 15 |
| Thomas Piccot | 9 |
| John Piccot | 14 |
| George Somers | 20 |
| Henry Somers | 24 |
| Joseph Somers | 14 |
| Thomas Somers | 18 |
| Edward Harding | 20 |
| Jacob Bradbury | 21 |
| William Somers | 15 |
| Edward Somers | 14 |
| Richard Somers | 14 |
| William Somers | 16 |
| Thomas Hibbs | 20 |
| Michael Hibbs | 19 |
| George Greally | 13 |
| John Harvey, Senior | 8 |
| George Miller | 7 |
| Henry Miller | 6 |
| Jacob Churchill | 4 |
| Peter Mitchell | 4 |
| William Tucker | 5 |
| William Harvey | 2 |
| Peter Miller | 6 |
922 Days' Work at 1s. 6d. 69 3 0
Overseer 24 Days at 6d. extra 0 12 0
7 Days Horse Work, 2s. 6d. 0 17 6
£70 12 6
(Signed)Peter McBride
LIST OF MEN WORKING ON ROAD AT BROAD COVE1847 AND 1848
| NAMES | DAYS |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Squires | 9 |
| Thomas King | 10 |
| Moses Squires | 23 |
| Israel Squires | 23 |
| John Squires, Junior | 21 |
| John Tap, Senior | 15 |
| Richard Tucker | 14 |
| Joseph Tucker | 18 |
| John Tucker | 13 |
| Thomas Tucker | 17 |
| Emanuel Tucker | 10 |
| Benjamin Tap, Senior | 22 |
| John Tap, Junior | 15 |
| Michael Tucker, Senior | 15 |
| John Squires, Junior | 12 |
| Solomon Squires, Senior | 9 |
| William Tucker, Senior | 27 |
| James Tucker | 11 |
| Charles King | 18 |
| Solomon Squires, Junior | 2 |
| James Squires | 18 |
| Joseph Squires | 18 |
| Henry Tucker, Senior | 19 |
| Jordan Squires | 11 |
| Henry Tucker, Junior | 7 |
| Nathaniel Tucker | 15 |
| William Tucker | 20 |
| Peter Squires | 11 |
| John Squires | 19 |
| James King | 4 |
| Reubin Squires | 17 |
| John Fitzgerald | 14 |
| Charles Jones | 17 |
| Jonathan Hussey | 17 |
| George Squires | 12 |
| James Mitchell | 14 |
| John Mitchell | 1 |
| Robert Tucker | 6 |
| John Butler | 1 |
| Jacob Tucker | 17 |
| Elias Tucker | 14 |
| Thomas Tucker | 18 |
| John Eagan | 17 |
| Benjamin Squires | 17 |
| Joseph Squires | 18 |
| James Fitzgerald | 17 |
| Stephen Tucker | 14 |
| John Jones | 13 |
| Samuel Butler | 13 ½ |
| Michael Tucker | 8 |
| Richard Tucker | 13 |
| Charles King | 7 ½ |
| James King | 3 |
| George Squires | 3 |
| Peter Squires | 2 |
| James Mitchell | 2 |
| Joseph Tucker | 2 |
| William Hasy, overseer | 33 |
597 Days' Work at 1s. 6d. 44 15 6
Overseer 33 days at 6d. extra 0 16 6
158 ½ Days Boys' work at 1s. 7 18 0
Horses 40 ½ Days' work, at 2s. 6d. 4 11 3
£58 1 9
(Signed)Peter McBride
LIST OF MEN WORKING ON THE ROAD FROMTOPSAIL TO BROAD COVE 1847, 1848
| NAMES | DAYS |
|---|---|
| John Kehoe | 8 |
| Michael Hall | 8 |
| James Phelan | 8 |
| Patrick Conigan | 37 |
| James Phelan | 16 |
| John Phelan | 16 |
| Richard Travers | 16 |
| Robert Phelan | 16 |
| Martin Lawler | 16 |
| Robert Lawler | 16 |
| Thomas Stapleton | 16 |
| Michael Stapleton | 16 |
| William Stapleton | 16 |
| Patrick Stapleton | 16 |
| Thomas Gillins | 12 |
| Elias Picco | 16 |
| Philip Picco | 16 |
| Philip Neary | 14 |
| James Barron | 16 |
| George Squires | 6 |
| Benjamin Squires | 6 |
| James Squires | 6 |
| Joseph Squires | 6 |
| Solomon Squires | 6 |
| Joseph Squires | 5 |
| John Squires | 5 |
| Apollo Squires | 5 |
| William Squires | 5 |
| James Allen | 13 |
| James Neville | 13 |
| Edward Hally | 12 |
| Gregory Neville | 10 |
| James Hally | 11 |
| John Squires | 5 |
| George Allen | 11 |
| William Allen | 11 |
| Solomon Taylor | 9 |
| Henry Daw | 9 |
| Solomon Porter | 8 |
| John Grealy | 9 |
| James Grealy | 8 |
| William Williams | 7 |
| Robert Williams | 7 |
| Richard Taylor | 9 |
| James Butler | 9 |
| William Delaney | 7 |
| Thomas Jeffers | 9 |
| John Grealy | 7 |
| Michael Boggin | 9 |
| John Boggin | 9 |
| Jacob Noseworthy | 7 |
| Nathan Porter | 8 |
| William Porter | 7 |
| Samuel Porter | 5 |
| Richard Perrin | 9 |
| William Boggin | 3 |
| George Daw | 9 |
| George Daw, Senior | 10 |
| Edward Pettan | 7 |
| James Noseworthy | 11 |
| William Noseworthy | 7 |
| Jacob Noseworthy, Senior | 10 |
| George Noseworthy | 10 |
| Joseph Taylor | 9 |
| John Perrin | 9 |
| Michael Feagan | 4 |
| William Feagan | 7 |
| Abraham Anthony | 8 |
| Moses Anthony | 8 |
| Henry Anthony | 9 |
| George Allen | 8 |
| Thomas Summers | 13 |
| John Pettin | 12 |
| Michael Feagan | 5 |
| Jacob Taylor | 5 |
| Caliph Taylor | 5 |
| George Taylor | 2 |
| Anthony Taylor | 2 |
| William Taylor | 3 |
| Jacob Feagan | 3 |
| Charles Pettin | 5 |
| Henry Hepburn | 2 |
| Jacob Porter | 4 |
| William Williams, Junior | 4 |
| John Williams | 4 |
| James William | 4 |
| Edmund Pettin | 3 |
| Elias Delaney | 5 |
| Samuel Butler | 2 |
| John Tucker | 2 |
| William Taylor | 2 |
| Charles Stanly | 5 |
| John Stanly | 5 |
| John Widdicombe | 4 |
| Samuel Serl | 4 |
| William Esons | 4 |
| John Bishop | 5 |
| Job Elliott | 5 |
| Charles Feagan | 3 |
| James Pettin | 5 |
| James Feagan | 5 |
| John Butler | 4 |
| Henry Butler | 4 |
| John Sweetman | 4 |
| Charles Butler | 5 |
| James Butler | 3 |
| John Hickey | 5 |
| James Aid | 4 |
| Elija Roberts | 5 |
| Nicholas Sweetman | 5 |
| Charles Perrin | 5 |
| Edmund Aid | 4 |
| Samuel Lear | 5 |
| John Lear | 5 |
| William Cabb | 3 |
| Henry Lear | 2 |
| Jonathan Daw | 1 |
| Charles Bishop | 3 |
| William Greenslade | 3 |
| Henry Greenslade | 3 |
| Thomas Greenslade | 1 |
| Thomas Hibbs | 3 |
| John Hibbs | 3 |
| Samuel Churchill | 3 |
| John Jarmiter | 3 |
| Robert Smith | 3 |
| William Smith | 3 |
| Robert Smith | 3 |
| Robert Mercer | 1 |
| William Mercer | 1 |
941 days at 1s. 6d .£70 11 6
(Signed)Peter McBride
BELLE ISLE, LIST OF MEN WORKING ON THE ROADS1847 - 1848
| NAMES | DAYS |
|---|---|
| Michael Brown, overseer | 18 |
| John Brown | 15 |
| Thomas Narmour | 16 |
| Robert Narmour | 12 |
| Denis Dwyer | 14 |
| Edward Dwyer | 13 |
| John Fitzpatrick | 14 |
| Michael Fitzpatrick | 14 |
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | 9 |
| Thomas Searl | 14 |
| James Searl | 14 |
| John Searl | 10 |
| Patrick Kavanagh | 16 |
| Gregory Kavanagh | 15 |
| John Kavanagh | 13 |
| Edward Narmour | 11 |
| James Skeehan | 14 |
| Henry Skeehan | 15 |
| Henry Bennett | 14 |
| Oliver Bennett | 16 |
| John Bennett | 15 |
| Edward Kent | 15 |
| William Kent | 13 |
| Laurence Redmond | 10 |
| Martin Dwyer | 5 |
| Henry Beckford | 18 |
| Edmond Beckford | 18 |
| John Rees | 18 |
| George Rees | 18 |
| James Leahy | 18 |
| Thomas Leahy | 18 |
| Michael Broom | 9 |
| Thomas Narmour | 7 |
| John Fitzpatrick | 4 |
| Edmond Narmour | 4 |
| John Bennett | 4 |
| William Kent | 1 |
443 Days at 1s. 6d. .........£33 4 6
Horses, 29 Days at 2s. 6d. ........ 3 2 6
Overseers, 36 Days at 6d extra ........ 0 18 0
Total ..............£37 4 0
(Signed) PETER McBRIDE
LIST OF CONTRACTS ON THE ROADFROM TOPSAIL TO HOLYROOD, 1847, 1848.
| # | 1 | Contract | 40 Perches | £3 12 0 |
| 2 | Contract | 38 Perches | 5 0 8 | |
| 3 | Contract | 48 Perches | 4 2 0 | |
| 4 | Contract | 52 Perches | 3 19 6 | |
| 5 | Contract | 48 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 6 | Contract | 33 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 7 | Contract | 44 Perches | 4 4 0 | |
| 8 | Contract | 41 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 9 | Contract | 41 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 10 | Contract | 38 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 11 | Contract | 39 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 12 | Contract | 40 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 13 | Contract | 44 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 14 | Contract | 44 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 15 | Contract | 58 Perches | 4 8 0 | |
| 16 | Contract | 36 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 17 | Contract | 33 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 18 | Contract | 36 Perches | 4 4 0 | |
| 19 | Contract | 38 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 20 | Contract | 35 Perches | 3 12 6 | |
| 21 | Contract | 18 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 2 | Contract | 20 Perches | 4 0 0 | |
| 3 | Contract | 36 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 4 | Contract | 30 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 5 | Contract | 29 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 6 | Contract | 34 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 7 | Contract | 24 Perches | 5 2 0 | |
| 8 | Contract | 36 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 9 | Contract | 54 Perches | 4 16 0 | |
| 10 | Contract | 24 Perches | 5 2 0 | |
| 1 | Contract | 44 Perches | 6 12 0 | |
| 2 | Contract | 59 Perches | 6 10 0 | |
| 3 | Contract | 26 Perches | 4 16 0 | |
| 4 | Contract | 56 Perches | 6 0 0 | |
| 5 | Contract | 24 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 6 | Contract | 53 Perches | 4 6 4 | |
| 7 | Contract | 45 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 38 | Contract | 40 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 9 | Contract | 40 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 40 | Contract | 50 Perches | 3 12 0 | |
| 1 | Contract | 65 Perches | 4 16 0 | |
| 2 | Contract | 29 Perches | 14 10 0 | |
| 3 | Contract | 31 Perches | 11 12 6 | |
| 4 | Contract | 41 Perches | 7 16 0 | |
| 5 | Contract | 29 Perches | 4 16 0 | |
| 6 | Contract | 54 Perches | 24 6 0 | |
| 7 | Contract | 37 Perches | 18 10 0 | |
| 8 | Contract | 28 Perches | 4 18 6 | |
| 9 | Contract | 40 Perches | 7 4 0 | |
| £261 12 0 |
at Torbay, Springs 1847, 1848.
| NAMES | DAYS |
|---|---|
| John McGuinn, overseer | 36 |
| Samuel Martin | 26 |
| Richard Martin, Junior | 20 |
| Thomas Carew | 36 |
| Edmund Kelly | 25 |
| Mathew Phelan | 22 |
| John Phelan | 12 |
| Keeran Whalen | 32 |
| Cornelius Manning | 36 |
| John Coady | 32 |
| Thomas Coady | 11 |
| Thomas Walsh | 21 |
| William Doyle | 36 |
| Sylvester Murphy | 36 |
| William Cole | 32 |
| John Tapper | 27 |
| James Crow | 28 |
| Patrick Reddy | 28 |
| Samuel Field | 26 |
| Thomas Sinnott | 36 |
| Michael Barron | 16 |
| Laurence White | 8 |
| William Ryan | 25 |
| Nicholas Codner | 24 |
| William Clemens | 4 |
| John Goff | 16 |
| William Walsh | 24 |
| James Walsh | 20 |
| Patrick Dermedy | 24 |
| Patrick Larkin | 18 |
| Laurence Phelan | 20 |
| John Christopher | 16 |
| Philip McGrath | 8 |
| Thomas Manning | 8 |
| Patrick Rogers | 14 |
| James Donevan | 6 |
| John Donevan | 2 |
| William Woodfine | 24 |
| Richard Woodfine | 21 |
| John Manning | 26 |
| Patrick Manning | 24 |
| William Pyne | 24 |
| John Roach | 26 |
| John Woodfine | 21 |
| Michael Rogers | 27 |
| Terrence Barry | 16 |
| Andrew Neil | 28 |
| Michael Neil | 16 |
| Andrew Foley | 30 |
| John Oliver | 20 |
| Thomas Crow | 24 |
| Cornelius Collins | 25 |
| Patrick Fleming | 13 |
| James Nowlan | 24 |
| Thomas Crow | 16 |
| Daniel Shea | 17 |
| Samuel Goss | 17 |
| William Goff | 16 |
| John Codner | 19 |
| William Codner | 19 |
| Samuel Field | 16 |
| Philip Maguire | 9 |
| William Manning | 20 |
| Edward Kelly | 15 |
| William Clemens | 16 |
| James Collins | 8 |
| Laurence Whelan | 12 |
| Martin Carew | 6 |
| R. Whelan | 6 |
| Patrick Dermedy | 6 |
| Samuel Field | 6 |
| John Tapper | 10 |
| Cornelius Manning | 6 |
| Nicholas Codner | 3 |
| James Crow | 3 |
| James Donnevan | 4 |
| Laurence Murphy | 8 |
| John Donnevan | 3 |
| Thomas Carew | 5 |
| William Cole | 6 |
| Patrick Kelly | 6 |
| William Doyle | 6 |
| John White | 6 |
| Richard Martin | 8 |
| Patrick Delaney | 6 |
| James Neil | 8 |
| Michael Kelly | 8 |
| John Coady | 8 |
| Thomas Sinnott | 9 |
| James Manning | 14 |
| Thomas Tapper, overseer | 31 |
| William Doyle | 10 |
| J. Murphy | 10 |
| P. Reddy | 10 |
| J. Sinnott | 11 |
| William Ryan | 10 |
| William Walsh | 3 |
| J. Walsh | 4 |
| P. Rogers | 24 |
| Patrick Downs | 14 |
| Michael Downs | 19 |
| Moses Power | 16 |
| William Kelly | 12 |
| James Shea | 15 |
| M. Phelan | 9 |
| William Walsh | 6 |
| John Sinnott | 6 |
| P. R. Larkins | 6 |
| Patrick Carew | 20 |
| James Nowlan | 5 |
| William Coady | 21 |
| John Coady | 11 |
| Laurence Foley | 18 |
| Philip Kinchella | 18 |
| William Raines | 8 |
| John Walsh | 6 |
| James Murphy | 6 |
| Laurence White | 6 |
| Thomas Kelly | 16 |
| William Manning | 19 |
| George Bradbury | 10 |
| Jeffry Keervan | 12 |
1577 days' work at 1s. 6d
.£118 15 6
Boys, 351 ditto ditto at 1s
. 17 11 0
Overseers 67 days at 6d. extra
.. 1 13 6
£138 0 0
(Signed)Peter McBride
LIST OF MEN WORKING ON ROADS AT FLAT ROCK - 1847, and 1848| NAMES | DAYS |
|---|---|
| James Cahill, overseer | 24 |
| Thomas Hollihan | 22 |
| John Stamp | 23 |
| James Reddy | 24 |
| James Boyle, overseer | 24 |
| Michael Hollihan | 24 |
| Joseph Stamp | 24 |
| Thomas McDonald | 24 |
| Henry Magnard | 24 |
| Michael Tobin | 24 |
| John Tobin | 23 |
| Samuel Martin | 22 |
| Thomas Dee | 22 |
| Simon Dee | 24 |
| William Martin | 24 |
| Michael Goff | 20 |
| Cornelius Power | 22 |
| Richard Allan | 24 |
| George Martin | 21 |
| Edward Martin | 20 |
| Patrick Hogan | 21 |
| George Curry | 20 |
| James Fleming | 22 |
| Thomas Purcell | 16 |
| Patrick Culleton | 18 |
| George Ridout | 17 |
| John Kehoe | 16 |
| William Allen | 20 |
| Michael Martin | 23 |
| John Fitzgerald | 14 |
| Garrett Keefe | 16 |
| Michael Dee | 20 |
| Thomas Kearney | 15 |
| James Bulger, overseer | 24 |
| Cornelius Power | 5 |
| Francis Boyle | 3 |
| Thomas McDonnell | 5 |
| Thomas Purcell | 5 |
| Thomas Kearney | 2 |
| Michael Dullahanty and man | 6 |
| William Waterman and man | 7 |
| Martin Sinnott and man | 7 |
721 days work, at 1s. 6d
.£54 1 6
Overseers, 72 days work at 6d. extra
.. 1 16 0
20 days horse work at 2s. 6d
... 2 10 0
20 days horse work, and man, at 4s
4 0 0
£62 7 6
(Signed)Peter McBride
LIST OF MEN WORKING ON THE ROADS AT PORTUGAL COVE, 1847 - 1848| NAMES | DAYS |
|---|---|
| James Skeehan | 16 |
| William White | 15 |
| William Purcell | 16 |
| William Harvey | 16 |
| William Clare | 16 |
| John Clare | 13 |
| Michale Clare | 9 |
| Patrick Hynes | 16 |
| Mathew White | 14 |
| Thomas Hanlan | 16 |
| Peter Harvey | 16 |
| Thomas Harvey | 3 |
| John Fitzgerald | 16 |
| Michael Barry | 11 |
| Philip Neary | 16 |
| James Neary | 6 |
| Joseph Hynes | 7 |
| Solomon Churchill | 15 |
| John Churchill | 15 |
| George Churchill | 15 |
| Henry Churchill | 15 |
| William Churchill | 6 |
| John Churchill, Junior | 6 |
| James Miller | 5 |
| William Miller | 5 |
| John Picco | 5 |
| Jacob Picco | 5 |
| William White | 8 |
| Joseph Hynes | 5 |
314 Days' work at 1s. 6d
£23 11 0
Horses, 13 Days' work at 2s. 6d
. 1 12 6
Overseers, 31 Days' work at 6d. extra
0 15 6
£25 19 0
| NAMES | DAYS |
|---|---|
| John Kelly, overseer | 16 |
| Garret Lawler | 16 |
| John Power | 9 |
| Thomas Cooney | 8 |
| John Grant | 16 |
| Michael Kent | 9 |
| Michael Elward | 9 |
| John Elward | 16 |
| Thomas Brine | 8 |
| John Brien | 8 |
| Richard Malone | 8 |
| John Kennedy | 9 |
| William Kennedy | 8 |
| Thomas Malone | 8 |
| John Brien, Torbay | 8 |
| Oliver Brien | 8 |
| Maurice Murphy | 16 |
| Michael Fenesy | 5 |
| Francis Brien | 2 |
| John Brien | 2 |
| James Walsh | 2 |
| Denis Conway | 4 |
| John Coady | 7 |
| William Grady | 5 |
| John Kelly and man | 11 |
| Michael Kent | 5 |
| Michael Fenesy | 7 |
| James Walsh | 5 |
| Denis Conway | 5 |
| John Coady | 5 |
210 Days at 1s. 6d
.£15 15 0
11 Days, horse and man, 4s
... 2 4 0
27 Days, horse, 2s. 6d
3 7 6
Overseer 16 days at 6d. extra
. 0 8 0
(Signed)Peter McBride
LIST OF MEN WORKING ON ROAD AT BROAD COVE, 1847, 1848| NAMES | DAYS |
|---|---|
| William Hassey, overseer | 18 |
| James King | 8 |
| James Mitchell | 16 |
| James Kenny | 18 |
| Charles King | 16 |
| Robert Tucker | 12 |
| Jonathan Hassey | 16 |
| Charles Jones | 10 |
| John Mitchell | 14 |
| Richard Tucker | 6 |
| John Butler | 8 ½ |
| Michael Tucker | 18 |
| Thomas Tucker | 14 |
| John Tap | 9 |
| Benjamin Tap | 17 |
| James McManus | 18 |
| John Squires | 17 |
| Stephen Tucker | 14 |
| Elias Tucker | 12 |
235 ½ days at 1s. 6d
.£17 13 3
Boys, 26 days at 1s
... 1 6 0
Overseer, 18 days, at 6d. extra
.. 0 9 0
£19 8 3
(Signed)Peter McBride
Page Contributed by Martin BolandPAge Transcribed by Ivy F. Benoit
Page Revised by Craig Peterman (September 2002)
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