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St. Pierre and Miquelon Vital Records
of Newfoundlanders
1847 - 1854

The following is a translation of birth, death, marriage records of Saint-Pierre, Miquelon, and Île aux chiens.
The earliest records are Roman Catholic, and after the French Revolution they became civil.

In the 1700s, when the penal laws banned papists in Newfoundland, devout Roman Catholics in Placentia Bay and Burin
went to the island of Saint-Pierre for baptisms and marriages.  After the French Revolution, Saint-Pierre became the trade entrepôt. 
Many people from Placentia Bay, Burin, and Fortune Bay went there to work.  The island also had the only hospital in the region.  

The birth, death. marriage records are presented together in a cronological listing .

For St. Pierre records before the French Revolution check in the "Parish Records" section.

Civil Births, Deaths, Marriages for St. Pierre 1847 - 1854 with a Newfoundland Connection
(État civil des naissances, décès et mariages pour Saint-Pierre, 1847 – 1854)
Act Date Information
Birth 20 May 1847 at one o'clock in the evening CATHERINE PENNY was born today at four o’clock in the morning, daughter of GEORGE PENNY, English fisherman, aged 29 years, and his wife HANNAH HOBIN, aged 23 years. The sex of the child was recognized to be female in the presence of Hippolyte Chauvin, naval clerk, aged 26 years, and Claude Louis Jacques Bolard, office guard, aged 63 years. Observed according to the law, by Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil status office in Ste. Pierre.
Birth 10 September 1847 at four o'clock in the evening ERNESTINE AIMIE THORN, was born here today at one o'clock in the morning, at the home of her parents, daughter of EDWARD HUMPHRY THORN, trader, resident of this island, age 42 years, and Esther Banet, his wife. The sex of the child was recognized to be female in the presence of Jules Florentin Cotterart, police officer, aged 33 years, and Claude Louis Jacques Bolard, office guard, aged 63 years. Observed according to the law, by Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre.
Death 12 November 1847 at eight in the morning

THOMAS PENNY, died yesterday at four o’clock in the afternoon, at his father's and mother's house on this island of Ste. Pierre, aged two years, born at Burin, Newfoundland, on the 23 September 1845, son of GEORGE PENNY, English fisherman, and HANNAH HOBIN, his wife.
On the statement made by Jules Florentin Cotterart, police officer, aged 33 years, and Claude Louis Jacques Bolard, office guard, aged 63 years. Observed according to the law, by Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre.
Birth 13 January 1848 at three in the afternoon Before me, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Jacques Emile Dupay, surgeon of the navy, aged 30 years, who informed us of the birth of a male child, born this day at seven o'clock in the morning, at the home of the Patural Boucher, son of THOMAS LAHY (LEAHY), English fisherman, absent, aged 30 years, and MARY CASSY, his wife, aged 25 years old. They declare the child to have the first name of ARTHUR LAHY. This declaration made in the presence of Adam Gelos, caretaker, aged 26 years, and Jules Florentin Cotterart, police officer, aged 33 years.
Death 3 February 1848 at half past eight in the morning Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Jules Florentin Cotterart, police officer, aged 33 years, and Adam Gelos, caretaker, aged 26 years, who informed us that STEPHEN PENNY, born at St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, in 1824, son of JOHN PENNY, English fisherman, resident of this island, and MARTHA SLANEY, his wife, died yesterday at eleven and a half in the morning at the home of his parents.
Birth 4 February 1848 at two o'clock in the afternoon Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Jacques Emile Dupay, surgeon of the navy, aged 30 years, who informed us of the birth of a male child, born yesterday to MATTHEW CUSACK, English fisherman, aged 33 years, absent, and MARY SLANEY, his wife, aged 28 years. They declare the child to have the first name of MATTHEW JOSEPH CUSACK. This declaration made in the presence of Jean Deschamps, trader, aged 30 years, and Adam Gelos, caretaker, aged 26 years.
Birth 20 March 1848 at eleven o'clock in the morning Before us, Louis François LeMoine, civil registrar at the island of Ste. Pierre, appeared Jacques Emile Dupuy, surgeon, aged thirty years, declares that yesterday at three o'clock in the afternoon was born the female child to MARGARET NEIL, aged twenty two years, native of Ireland, domicile at the house of Martin Puyol. They declare the child to have the first name of JOSEPHINE MARIE NEIL. This declaration made in the presence of Jules Florentin Cotterart, police officer, aged 35 years, and Adam Gelos, caretaker, aged 26 years.
Death 2 April 1848 at ten o'clock in the morning Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Hippolyte Chauvin, naval clerk, aged 26 years, and PATRICK COLLINS, English fisherman, aged 39 years, resident of Lamaline, Newfoundland, who informed us that FANNY SPEARNS, born at St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, aged 35 years, the wife of Patrick Collins, by whom she had several children, died yesterday at half past four in the evening at the home of the widow Farvacque on this island. Patrick Collins states his intention to have the corpse of his wife transported to Lamaline for burial.
Marriage 17 May 1848 at half past seven in the evening Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared JULIEN MATHURIN TAVET, fisherman, resident this island, aged 30 and a half years, born in Guenroc, Côtes-d'Armor, France, on August 11, 1813, the lawful son of Julian Tavet, laborer, resident of Boreu , commune of Brusvily, and the late Suzanne Sablé, his wife, on the first part; and HELENE SHORT, resident in this island, aged 26 and half years, born in Lamaline, Newfoundland, on September 25, 1821, lawful daughter of JOSEPH SHORT, English fisherman, and ANNE JAMES, his wife, both died at said Lamaline in 1827. They requested of us to proceed with the celebration of the planned marriage between them. The witnesses to this marriage are Claude Louis Jacques Bolard, office guard, aged 63 years; Jacques Marie Banet, tinsmith, aged 42 years; Aldophe Doublet, fisherman, aged 35 years; and Constant Marie Mahé, shoemaker, aged 35 years.
Death 26 December 1848 at half past eight in the morning Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Jules Florentin Cotterart, police officer, aged 33 years, who informed us that a man, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, English sailor, resident of Halifax, about thirty years old, was found dead this day at half past twelve south-east of the room of Atherton & Thorn in the barachois of this island.
Birth 17 April 1849 at nine o'clock in the morning Before us, Louis François LeMoine, civil registrar at the island of Ste. Pierre, appeared Julien Mathurin Tavet, fisherman, aged 35 years, who informs us of the delivery of the female child, born this day at seven o'clock in the morning to SUSANNE MUNSTER, aged 23 years, born at Brunnette Island, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland. He declares the child to have the first name of LOUISE JULIENNE. This declaration made in the presence of Jules Florentin Cotterart, policeman, aged 35 years, and Adam Gelos, caretaker, aged 26 years.
Birth 31 August 1849 at one hour after noon Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared EDWARD HUMPHRY THORN, resident of this island, aged 44 years, who informed us of the birth of his daughter, born yesterday at six in the evening at his home, and ESTHER BANET, his wife, aged 32 years. They declare the child to have the name of ESTHER FANNY THORN. This declaration made in the presence of Propser Banet, long-distance captain, aged 30 years, and Henri Durieux, of the navy, aged 23 years.
Birth 4 October 1849 at nine o'clock in the morning Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared RICHARD WALSH, English sailor, resident of this island, aged 51 years, who informed us of the birth of his daughter, born last night at midnight at his home, and CATHERINE HEALY, his wife, aged 41 years. They declare the child to have the name of REINE MARGUERITE WALSH. This declaration made in the presence of Jules Florentin Cotterart, police officer, aged 35 years, and Henri Durieux, of the navy, aged 23 years.
Birth 2 December 1849 at eleven o'clock in the morning Before us Henri Leandre Durieux, civil registrar at the island of Ste. Pierre, appeared Joseph Henry, chirigeon, aged 42 years, who informed us of the birth of the male child, born this day at half past six in the morning, to Ambroise Auguste Chapdelaine, pecheur, aged 45 years, and SARAH RYAN, his wife, aged 35 years. They declare the child to have the name of Hippolyte Louis Chapdelaine. This declaration made in the presence of Jules Florentin Cotterart, aged 35 years, and Jean Bertrand Tajan, aged 33 years, both policemen.
Marriage 7 May 1850 at half past eight in the evening Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Eugène Poirier, fisherman, resident of this island, aged 44 and a half years, born at Havre-de-Grâce, Seine-Maritime, France on September 29, 1805, lawful son of the late Louis Poirier, who died at Havre-de-Grâce in 1808, and the late Jeanne Marguerite Harroguy, his wife, who died in 1816; on the first part; and MARGARET RYAN, resident of this island, born in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, on November 5, 1815, lawful daughter of MICHAEL RYAN, fisherman, and ELLEN RAYLY, his wife. Margaret Ryan is the widow of François Michel Béchet, fisherman, who died at this island on July 25, 1848. They requested of us to proceed with the celebration of the planned marriage between them. The witnesses to this marriage are François Pierre Duégaien, carpenter, aged 34 years, Clement Lescamela, blacksmith, aged 34 years, Pierre Poirier, fisherman, aged 49 years, and Edouard Beaudry, distributor, aged 44 years.
Death 4 June 1850 at nine o'clock in the morning Before us, Louis François LeMoine, civil registrar at the island of Ste. Pierre, appeared Jean Bertrand Tajan, policeman, aged 34 years, and Jules Florentin Cotterart, policeman, aged 33 years, who inform us of the death of MARIE CATHERINE DESCHAMPS. She was born on December 12, 1845, daughter of Martin Jean Deschamps, a fisherman, and ELLEN SLANEY, his wife. The child died today at half past six in the morning.
Death 4 August 1850 at one hour after noon Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Jean Marie Quémart, marshal of the gendarmerie, aged 42 years, and Jean Bertrand Tajan, police officer, aged 34 years, both residents of this island, who declared that a man named THOMAS BAKER, sailor, aged 22 years, native of Stalbridge, Dorset, England, crew member on the English schooner Sturgeon from Harbor Breton, Newfoundland, was found dead this day at noon in the barachois of this island.
Death 3 September 1850 at nine o'clock in the morning Before us, Louis François LeMoine, civil registrar at the island of Ste. Pierre, appeared Jean Bertrand Tajan, policeman, aged 34 years, and Jean Héguy, office boy, aged 29 years, who informed us of the death of JOSEPHINE MARIE NEIL. She was born March 19, 1848, the illegitimate daughter of MARGARET NEIL. The child died today at one o'clock in the morning.
Death 6 October 1850 at eight o'clock in the morning Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Jean Bertrand Tajan, police officer, age 34 years, and Jean Hequy, office boy, aged 29 years, both residents of this island, who declared that a man named JOHN FITZGERALD, native of Lismore, Waterford, Ireland, born on 24th June 1781, fisherman, resident of this island, husband of Françoise Cressey, with whom he has children, died yesterday in his home at ten o'clock in the morning.
Marriage 17 October 1850 at eight o'clock in the evening Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Jacques Pierre Frigalet, fisherman, resident of this island, aged 39 years and five months, born at Avranches, Manche, France, on May 12, 1811, lawful son of the late Pierre Frigalet, former soldier, and Henriette Marie Legent, his wife, on the first part; and MARY WALSH, resident of this island, born at Lamaline, Newfoundland, on January 25, 1812, lawful daughter of PATRICK WALSH, English fisherman, and the late JULIA HEALY, his wife, died at the said Lamaline on October 30, 1824. They inform us that on 16 September 1838, they contracted a marriage at St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, before an English priest. From this marriage they have three children; namely (1) Pierre Adrien Frigalet, born on this island on March 6, 1841; (2) Patrick Charles Frigalet, born on this island on the 24th May 1844; (3) Joseph Aristide Frigalet, born on this island on 21st October 1848. This information has been entered into the government records in the presence of Ambroise Auguste Chapdelaine, fisherman, aged 47 years, and Armand Sire, cooper, aged 63 years.
Birth 10 February 1851 at nine o'clock in the morning Before us, Louis François LeMoine, civil registrar at the island of Ste. Pierre, appeared Hercule LeFort, fisherman, aged 38 years, who informs us of the birth of his daughter, born at two o'clock in the afternoon at his home, to MARY TOBIN, his wife, aged 28 years. They declare the child to have the name of Philomène LeFort. This declaration made in the presence of Jean Bertrand Tajan, policeman, aged 34 years, and Jean Héguy, office boy, aged 29 years.
Birth 30 May 1851 at three in the afternoon Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared GEORGE HUGHES, trader, resident of this island, aged 40 years, who informed us of the birth of his daughter, born on the 28th of this month of May at three and a half in the afternoon at his home, and ELIZABETH ELEANOR PARROTT, his wife, aged 24 years. They declare the child to have the first name of ELEANOR GEORGINA HUGHES. This declaration made in the presence of Joseph Marie Duhamel, trader, aged 50 years, and Joseph Fleury, navy surgeon, aged 42 years.
Marriage 24 November 1851 at six o'clock in the evening Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Joseph Constant Poirier, fisherman, resident of Miquelon, aged 23 years, born at Miquelon on March 21, 1828, lawful son of Pierre Constant Poirier, fisherman, and the late Madeleine Bourgeois, his wife, who died on February 17, 1848 at Miquelon, on the first part; and JULIA FLEMING, resident of Ste. Pierre, aged 20 years and nine months, born at Lamaline, Newfoundland, on February 23, 1831, lawful daughter of MICHAEL FLEMING, fisherman, and BRIDGET HEALY, his wife. They requested of us to proceed with the celebration of the marriage between them. The witnesses are Pierre François Frigalet, fisherman, aged 41 years, Pierre Duègaien, carpenter, aged 35 years, Eugène Poirier, fisherman, aged 43 years, and Eugène Ledret, pilot, aged 28 years.
Marriage 27 November 1851 at eight o'clock in the morning Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Martin Etcheberry, fisherman, resident of this island, aged 28 and a half years, born in Bidart, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, on November 12, 1823, lawful son of the late Jean Etcheberry, laborer, and Marie Beharteguy, son wife, on the first part; and MARY WALSH, resident of that island, aged 21 years, born at Burin, Newfoundland, on November 1830, lawful daughter of JOHN WALSH, cooper, and MARY READY, his wife. They requested of us to proceed with the celebration of the marriage between them. The witnesses are Antoine Atola, fisherman, aged 46 years, and Joseph Télétchéa, fisherman, aged 27 years.
Marriage 1 May 1852 half past seven in the morning Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Jean Héguy, caretaker of the court, aged 32 years, born in Ofsès, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, on December 29, 1818, son of the late Marie Héguy, who died at Bordeaux on August 17, 1845, on the first part; and ELIZABETH WALSH, resident of this island, aged 19 years and four months, born in Lamaline, Newfoundland, on December 25, 1832, lawful daughter of RICHARD WALSH, mariner, and CATHERINE HEALY, his wife. They requested of us to proceed with the celebration of marriage between them. The witnesses are Jean Gracien, innkeeper, aged 31 years, and Jean Guittard, distributor at the state general store, aged 34 years.
Birth 4 November 1852 at half past nine in the morning Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared RICHARD WALSH, fisherman, resident of this island, aged 54 years, who informed us of the birth of his son, born yesterday in his home at one in the morning, and CATHERINE HEALY, his wife, aged 44 years. They declare the child to have the first name of MARCEL MARIE WALSH. This declaration made in the presence of Jean Héguy, guard of the courts in this colony, aged 30 years, and François Chevallier, trader, aged 41 years and a half.
Death 1 April 1853 at half past twelve Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Jacques Surget, police officer, aged 44 years, and Jean Héguy, guard of the courts in this colony, aged 33 years, who told us that a man named JOHN UPSHALL, sailor, resident of Lamaline, Newfoundland, aged approximately 45 years old, was found dead at six o'clock in the morning, in the water known as Pointe Philibert that we have observed according to the law.
Marriage 10 November 1853 at ten o'clock in the morning Before us, Louis François LeMoine, civil registrar at the island of Ste. Pierre, appeared Félix Maxime, fisherman, born at Laval, Mayenne, France, on May 15, 1821, lawful son of father and mother unknown, on the first part; to MARGARET MADDIGAN, born at Lamaline, Newfoundland, on October 10, 1831, lawful daughter of JAMES MADDIGAN, English fisherman, and MARGARET HAILY, his wife. They requested of us to proceed with the celebration of marriage between them. The witnesses are Jean Vimont, fisherman, aged 33 years, and Alphonse Richard, fisherman, aged 32 years.
Birth 19 February 1854 Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared GEORGE HUGHES, trader, resident of this island, aged 43 years, who informs us of the birth of a female child, born today at one fifteen minutes in the morning at his home, to ELIZABETH PARROTT, his wife. They declare the child to have the first name of EMILY HUGHES. This declaration made in the presence of Joseph Fleury, surgeon, aged 47 years, and Edouard Marie Joseph Littayé, colonial treasurer, aged 50 years.
Death 2 August 1854 at eleven o'clock in the morning Before us, Louis François LeMoine, civil registrar at the island of Ste. Pierre, appeared François Duchemin, agent, aged 25 years, and Jean Héguy, office boy, aged 34 years, who informs us of the death of MARY ANN COLLINS.She was born at Lamaline, Newfoundland on July 15, 1853, daughter of JOHN COLLINS, English fisherman, and MARY HICKEY, his wife. The child died today at thirty minutes in the morning at the home of Angélique Coralie Morrison, widow of Etienne Dagor. The parents state their intention to have the corpse transported to Lamaline and have her buried there.
Death 22 December 1854 at nine-thirty in the morning

Before us, Louis François LeMoine, civil registrar at the island of Ste. Pierre, appeared François Duchemin, agent, aged 35 years, and Jean Héguy, office boy, aged 34 years, who informs us of the death of Marie ELÉONORE PHILIBERT, widow of PATRICK FITZGERALD. She was born in Saint-Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France, on December 18, 1821, and she died yesterday at eleven o'clock in the morning.
Death 10 December 1854 at two o'clock in the afternoon Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared François Duchemin, business agent, aged 35 years, and Jacques Surget, police officer, aged 45 years, who told us that this day that a man named WILLIAM HOOPER, English fisherman, resident of Newfoundland, aged about 47 years, was found dead today at eight o'clock in the morning, on the beach of Beautemps on this island, which we have observed according to the law.
   

Translated and Contributed by Edward-Vincent Chafe (2022)

Page Revised by Craig Peterman (June 01, 2022)

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