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St. Pierre and Miquelon Vital Records
of Newfoundlanders
1855 - 1859

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 1855 - 1859 with a Newfoundland Connection
(État civil des naissances, décès et mariages pour Saint-Pierre, 1855 – 1859)
Act Date Information
Death 11 March 1855 at ten in the morning Before us, Louis François LeMoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Jean Héguy, office boy, aged 35 years, who informed us that this day that a woman named MARY MURRAY, aged 22 years, born at St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, daughter of MICHAEL MURRAY and MARY POWER, his wife, died at half past nine in the evening at the house of Ceasar Hercule LeFort, which we have observed according to the law.
Death 26 March 1855 at ten o'clock in the morning Before us, Henri Durieux, officer of the civil registry, appeared François Duchemine, business agent, aged 36 years, and Jean Heguy, office boy, aged 35 years, who informed us of the death of MARIE ARGANN, aged 47 years, wife of Jean Barbesteguy Ansoborlo, and widow of Pierre Chevrier who died on May 17, 1837. She was born in Lamaline, Newfoundland, on July 15 1808, lawful daughter of the late MICHAEL ARGANN, fisherman, and the late MARIE MAY. Madame Ansoborlo died yesterday, March 25, at half past five in the morning at her home.
Birth 13 June 1855 at ten o'clock in the morning Before us, François Anthoine, filling in as officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared THOMAS BURN, sailor, aged 25 years, who informs us of the birth of his daughter, born today at two in the morning at the home of Edouard Desnouée, to SUSAN PENNY, his wife, aged 20 years. They declare the child to have the first name of MARIE ARMANCE BURN. This declaration made in the presence of Jean Heguy, office boy, aged 35 years.
Birth 1 August 1855 at two o'clock in the evening Before us, François Anthoine, filling in as officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared JOHN JOSEPH FITZGERALD, trader, resident of this island. He informs the court that he was born at Ste. Pierre on 30 March 1819, the son of the late JOHN FITZGERALD, a native of Lismore, Waterford, Ireland, who died at Ste. Pierre on 5 October 1850, and FANNY CRESSY, his wife.
Marriage 11 December 1855 at ten o'clock in the morning Before us, François Anthoine, filling in as officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared PIERRE DUBOIS, fisherman, resident of this island, who informed us of his marriage to ELLEN TOBIN. The following is a translation of a marriage contract in a foreign country: I, the undersigned John Cullen, Roman Catholic priest at Great St. Lawrence, of the parish of Burin, certify that I have given the nuptial blessing to Pierre DuBois and Ellen Tobin, both of St. Pierre, this 12th day of November 1855, in the presence of Thomas Tobin Jr. and Sarah Tobin, with permission from her mother Margaret Quirk, the widow of Thomas Tobin Sr. who died three years ago.
Marriage 11 December 1855 at eleven o'clock in the morning Before us, François Anthoine, filling in as officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared JOHN WALSH, fisherman, resident of this island, who informed us of his marriage to SARAH DELANEY. Transcription of a marriage contract in a foreign country: I, the undersigned John Cullen, Roman Catholic priest at Great St. Lawrence, of the parish of Burin, certify that I have given the nuptial blessing to John Walsh and Sarah Delaney, all of St. Pierre, this 12th day of November 1855, in the presence of Patrick Walsh and Mary Fleming.
Marriage 5 June 1856 at half past ten in the morning Before us, François Anthoine, filling in as officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared THOMAS FRANCIS FITZGERALD, merchant, resident of this island, aged 29 years, lawful son of the late JOHN FITZGERALD, who died 5 October 1850, and FANNY CRESEY, his wife, on the first part; and Louise Marie Detcheverry, born on this island, aged 22 years, lawful daughter of the late Marcel Gratien Detcheverry and Appoline Elise Girardin, his wife. The couple requested of us to proceed with the celebration of the planned marriage between them. The witnesses to this marriage are JOHN JOSEPH FITZGERALD, trader, aged 37 years, and François Magier, trader, aged 34 years.
Birth 16 June 1856 at four in the afternoon Before us, François Anthoine, filling in as officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared JEAN PIERRE FRECKER, trader, aged 31 years, resident of this island, who informs us of the birth of his daughter, born yesterday quarter in the morning at his home, to EMILY EVANS, his wife, aged 22 years. They declare the child to have the name of EVANGELINE MARIA FRECKER. This declaration made in the presence of François Duchemin, business agent, 37 years.
Birth 6 October 1856 at eleven o'clock in the morning Before us, Henry Léandre Durieu, navy clerk, filling the function of officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared François Anthoine, registrar of the civil registry office, aged 41 years, who informs us of the birth of his son, born yesterday at four o'clock in the evening at his home, to ANNE ELIZABETH BAGGS, his wife, aged 34 years. They declare the child to have the name of ERNEST FRANCIS RICHARD ANTHOINE. This declaration made in the presence of François Duchemin, business agent, aged 37 years.
Death 1 September 1856 at eight o'clock in the morning Before us, François Anthoine, filling in as officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared François Duchemin, business agent, aged 37 years, and Jean Héguy, office boy, aged 36 years, who inform us that a man named CORNELIUS HALEY (Healy), age about 20 years, born at Lamaline, Newfoundland, son of PATRICK HALEY, fisherman, and BRIDGET SPEARN, his wife, died yesterday at four o'clock in the evening at the home of Jacques Frigalet, fisherman.
Marriage 15 October 1856 at five o'clock in the evening Before us, François Anthoine, filling in as officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Jean Guittard, distributor at the government General Store at Ste. Pierre, born at Saint-Amand, Cher, France, on October 24, 1818, lawful son of Mathurin Guittard and Marie Debassin, his wife, on the first part; and MARY ELIZABETH SHORT, seamstress, resident of this island, born at Lamaline, Newfoundland, on April 14, 1818, lawful daughter of JOSEPH SHORT, who died in 1826, and ANNE HIGGHENS, his wife. The couple requested of us to proceed with the celebration of the planned marriage between them. The witnesses to this marriage are Jean Heguy, janitor, aged 36 years, and Martin Borotra, carpenter, aged 31 years.
Birth 11 November 1857 at ten in the morning Before us, François Anthoine, filling in as officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared THOMAS FRANCIS FITZGERALD, trader, resident of this island, aged 31 years, who informs us of the birth of his son, born yesterday at three o'clock in the afternoon at his home, to Louise Marie Detcheverry, his wife, aged 24 years. They declare the child to have the name of THOMAS GRATIEN JEAN FITZGERALD. This declaration made in the presence of Noël Pierre Sore, Deputy Commissioner of the Navy, aged 41 years, and JOHN JOSEPH FITZGERALD, trader, aged 38 years.
Birth 12 November 1857 at ten o'clock in the morning Before us, François Anthoine, filling in as officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared THOMAS TOBIN, fisherman, resident of Lamaline, Newfoundland, aged 33 years, who informs us of the birth of his daughter at this morning at half past midnight, to ELLEN LAMBERT, his wife, aged 30 years. They declare the child to have the first name of ANGELA JULIA TOBIN. This declaration made in the presence of François Duchemin, business agent, aged 38 years, and Jean Héguy, janitor, aged 37 years.
Death 29 November 1857 at nine o'clock in the morning Before us, François Anthoine, officer of the civil registry office, appeared Jean Héguy, janitor, aged 37 years, and Louis Courier, town drummer, aged 53 years, who informs us of the death of HERCULE GUSTAVE LeFORT, son of the late Hercule LeFort and MARY TOBIN, his widow. The child was born on August 10, 1856, and died yesterday evening at nine o'clock at his mother’s home.
Marriage 20 January 1858 at six in the morning Before us, François Anthoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared JOSEPH ALEXANDRE FITZGERALD, merchant, born in Saint-Pierre on 31 August 1821, lawful son of the late John Fitzgerald, who died October 5, 1850, and FANNY CRESEY, his wife, on the first part; and Emilie Françoise Dagort, born in Saint-Pierre on 25 February 1835, lawful daughter of the late Cyprien Laurent Dagort and Marguerite Savary, his wife. The couple requested of us to proceed with the celebration of the planned marriage between them. The witnesses to this marriage are her brother Thomas Cyprien Dagort, merchant baker, aged 30 years, and his brother Thomas Fitzgerald, merchant, aged 31 years.
Birth 24 January 1858 at ten o'clock in the morning Before us, François Anthoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared JOHN WALSH, fisherman, resident of this island, aged 36 years, who informs us of the birth of his son who was born yesterday at four o'clock in the evening at his home, to SARAH SLANEY, his wife, aged 34 years. They declare the child to have the name of ETIENNE HENRI WALSH. This declaration made in the presence of François Duchemin, business agent, aged 39 years, and Louis Marie Courcier, drummer, age 27 years.
Birth 10 February 1858 at ten in the morning Before us, François Anthoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared JOHN HODGES, carpenter, aged 45 years, resident of this island, who informs us of the birth of his son who was born yesterday at nine in the evening at his home, to ANNE PENDERGAST, his wife, aged 41 years. They declare the child to have the name of AUGUSTE JOSEPH HODGES. This declaration made in the presence of François Duchemin, business agent, aged 39 years, and Louis Marie Courcier, drummer, age 27 years.
Birth 8 March 1858 at one hour after midday Before us, François Anthoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared JEAN PIERRE FRECKER, trader, aged 33 years, resident of this island, who informs us of the birth of his daughter, born at three in the evening at his home, to EMILY EVANS, his wife, aged 24 years. They declare the child to have the name of ELLA AGNES RACHEL FRECKER. This declaration made in the presence of Pierre Julian Ledret, captain, aged 55 years, and François Duchémin, business agent, aged 39 years.
Birth 18 October 1858 at noon Before us, François Anthoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared the widowed Lorieux, aged 40 years, resident of this island, who informed us of the birth of a female child, born on the sixteenth of this month at four o'clock in the evening at the house of JOHN HODGES, carpenter. She declares the child to have the name of CATHERINE MARIE MURRAY. She told us that the mother of this child is CATHERINE MURRAY, a domestic, about 32 years old. This declaration made in the presence of François Duchemin, business agent, aged 39 years, and Jean Hégay, janitor, aged 37 years.
Death 25 November 1858 at three in the evening Before us, François Anthoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Jules Florentin Cottenest, police officer, aged 45 years, and Jean Héguy, janitor, aged 38 years, who informed us that the woman, MARGARET MADDIGAN, aged 27 years, born at Lamaline, Newfoundland on 10th October 1831, wife of Felix Maxime, fisherman, resident of this island, with whom she has a number of children, two of whom are still living, has died at her home of her said husband this day at half past ten o'clock in the afternoon.
Birth 2 March 1859 at noon Before us, François Anthoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared widow JEANNE BECK, aged 63 years, who informed us of the birth of a female child on the twenty-nine of last month at eleven o'clock in the evening, to MARY FITZGERALD, servant, aged 24 years, born at the house of Sylvain Audoux. She declares the child to have the name of ALEXANDRINE MARIE FITZGERALD. This declaration made in the presence of Auguste Eduoard Bombier, aged 39 years, and Jean Héguy, janitor, aged 39 years.
Birth 20 March 1859 at two o'clock in the afternoon Before us, François Anthoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared THOMAS FRANCIS FITZGERALD, merchant, resident of this island, aged 32 years, who informed us of the birth of his daughter, born yesterday at one o'clock in the evening at home, to Louise Marie Detcheverry, his wife, aged 25 years. They declare the child to have the name of HONORINE MARIE LOUISE FITZGERALD. This declaration made in the presence of François Duchemin, business agent, aged 40 years, and Jean Héguy, janitor, aged 39 years.
Death 7 April 1859 at noon Before us, François Anthoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Jules Florentin Cottenest, police officer, aged 45 years, and Jean Hégay, janitor, aged 37 years, who informed us that JOHANNA BUTLER, the widow of RICHARD HERRING (Heron), aged 77 years, died today at five o'clock morning in the home of her son, a resident of this island.
Death 8 May 1859 at noon Before us, François Anthoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Jacques Dominique Jannatre, trader's clerk, aged 25 years, and Jean Héguy, janitor, aged 39 years, who informed us of the death of FANNY CRESSY, widow of JOHN FITZGERALD, aged of about 70 years, born at Carrick, Co. Cork, Ireland passed away at her home today at five o'clock in the morning.
Death 20 May 1859 at quarter past evening Before us, François Anthoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared JOHN WALSH, fisherman, aged 37 years, resident of this island, and MICHAEL TOBIN, sailor, age 40 years, resident of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, the brother of the hereafter named RICHARD TOBIN, fisherman, aged 47 years, born in St. Lawrence, father of several living children, passed away yesterday at eight o'clock in the morning. He resided with the widow of Ceasar LeFort (MARY TOBIN). His brother Richard Tobin states his intention to have the corpse of his brother transported to St. Lawrence and have him buried there.
Death 4 September 1859 at two o'clock in the afternoon Before us, François Anthoine, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared Jules Florentin Cottenest, police officer, aged 45 years, and Jean Héguy, janitor, aged 39 years, who inform us that JANE FITGERALD, aged about 18 years, died this day yesterday at eleven and three quarters in the morning at the home of Sylvain Audoux, her maternal uncle by marriage. Jane was the daughter of JOHN FITZGERALD, fisherman, and DEBORAH BECK, his wife, residents of Great St. Lawrence.
Birth 31 October 1859 at three in the afternoon Before us, Pierre-Paulin Biraben, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared ALEXANDER FITZGERALD, trader, resident of this island, aged 38 years, who informs us of the birth of his son, born yesterday, Sunday, at eleven o'clock in the evening in his house, to Emilie Josephine Dagort, his wife. They declare the child to have the name of ALEXANDRE DESIRE JEAN FITZGERALD. This declaration made in the presence of Jules Florentin Cottenest, police officer, aged 45 years, and Jean Héguy, janitor, aged 39 years.
Birth 20 December 1859 at nine o'clock in the morning Before us, Pierre-Paulin Biraben, officer of the civil registry office in Ste. Pierre, appeared JEAN PIERRE FRECKER, trader, aged 35 years, who informed us of the birth of his son, born yesterday December nineteen at three in the morning at his house, to EMILY EVANS, his wife, aged 25 years. They declare the child to have the name of CHARLES ATHERTON FRECKER. This declaration made in the presence of Edouard Littayé, naval treasurer, aged 56 years, and Henri Léandre Durieux, naval clerk, aged 35 years.
 

Translated and Contributed by Edward-Vincent Chafe (2022)

Page Revised by Craig Peterman (June 19, 2022)

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