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St. Pierre and Miquelon Vital Records
of Newfoundlanders
1879

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 1879 with a Newfoundland Connection
(État civil des naissances, décès et mariages pour Saint-Pierre, 1879)
Act Date Information
Birth 2 January 1879 at three o'clock in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared JAMES BYRNE, sailor, aged 21 years, who inform us of the birth of his son, born yesterday at noon at his home in DEBORAH BORN, his wife, aged 19 years. He declares the child to have the name of FRANCIS JAMES BYRNE. This declaration made in the presence of François Tonnelier, aged 21 years, and Jean Marie Lepage, aged 22 years, both sailors.
Birth 7 January 1879 at ten o'clock in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared the widowed lady Lelorieux, Euphrasie Jesso, midwife, aged 61 years, who inform us of the birth of a female child, born the fifth of this month, at eight o'clock in the morning, to JAMES FARRELL, sailor, aged 35 years, and CATHERINE HAMPTON, his wife, aged 33 years. He declares the child to have the name of MARY ELLEN FARRELL. This declaration made in the presence of Désiré Lescoublet, conductor of bridges and roads, aged 58 years, and Gustave Bidel, merchant, aged 43 years.
Birth 17 January 1879 at eleven o'clock in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared LAWRENCE SLANEY, sailor, aged 44 years, who inform us of the birth of his son, born this day at three o'clock in the morning, to MARY FITZPATRICK, his wife, aged 36 years. He declares the child to have the name of HENRY LAWRENCE SLANEY. This declaration made in the presence of Jean Marie Lepage, aged 23 years, and Victor Jean Célestin Paignon, aged 41 years, both sailors.
Birth 3 February 1879 at three in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared JOHN FITZPATRICK, fisherman, aged 29 years, who inform us of the birth of his son, born this morning at a quarter to twelve, to SUSANNA WALSH, his wife, aged 24 years. He declares the child to have the name of DAVID ALEXANDER FITZPATRICK. This declaration made in the presence of Victor Lelorieux, sailor, aged 29 years, and Albert Coste, writer, aged 25 years.
Death 16 February 1879 at nine o'clock in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared PATRICK KINSELLA, merchant's clerk, aged 25 years, and Alphonse Epaule, caretaker, aged 27 years, who inform us of the death of JAMES JOSEPH VINCENT BENNING, aged one year. The child was born at Saint Pierre on February 11, 1878, son of JOSEPH BENNING, trader's clerk, and EMMA WALSH, his wife. He died yesterday at four in the evening.
Death 22 February 1879 at three-thirty in the evening In the year 1879, on the 22nd of February, before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared JAMES SCOTLAND, aged 26 years, and GEORGE SQUIRES, aged 28 years, both telegraph employees, who inform us of the death of ELIZABETH INKPEN, aged 57 years, wife of JOHN BURFITT. She was born at Burin, Newfoundland, daughter of ROBERT and MARY INKPEN, and died overnight at half past one in the morning.
Death 27 February 1879 at nine o'clock in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared Charles Salomon, notary, aged 49 years, and André Paturel, aged 40 years, who inform us of the death of HENRY FRANCIS HOOPER, trader's clerk, aged 36 years, husband of FRANCES JOSEPHINE ANTHOINE. He was born in Burin, Newfoundland, son of WILLIAM HOOPER and ELLEN POWER, and died yesterday at half past twelve.
Marriage 27 February 1879 at seven in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared François Marie Grosvalet, carpenter, aged 27 years, born in Pordic, Côtes-d'Armor , France on September 22, 1851, lawful son of the late Louis Jean Grosvalet and Françoise Mahé, his widow, on the first part; to VIRGINIA EDWARDS, aged 24 years, born at St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, on December 19, 1854, lawful daughter of JAMES EDWARDS, sailor, and of the late ELLEN BONNELL, his wife. The couple requested of us to proceed with the celebration of the planned marriage between them. The witnesses to this marriage are Louis Grosvalet, sailor, aged 40 years, and Louis Seijet, carpenter, aged 29 years.
Death 13 March 1879 at one o'clock in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared Alexandre Desroches, shoemaker, aged 41 years, and Isidore Gilbert, shoemaker, aged 21 years, who inform us of the death of MARY ELLEN BUTLER, aged twenty two months. The child born in Saint-Pierre on April 16, 1877, daughter of RICHARD BUTLER and CATHERINE RYAN, his wife, and she died this morning at eight o'clock.
Birth 19 March 1879 at four in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared EDWARD FLANIGAN, sailor, aged 39 years, who inform us of the birth of his daughter, born this day at ten o'clock in the morning to RACHEL SPENCER, his wife, aged 25 years. He declares the child to have the name of MARY JOSEPH FLANIGAN. This declaration made in the presence of Jean Audoux, aged 30 years, and LAWRENCE JACKMAN, aged 39 years, both sailors.
Death 21 March 1879 at eleven o'clock in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared Charles Herbert, aged 24 years, and Victor Disnard, aged 21 years, both sailors, who inform us of the death of PATRICK JOSEPH MELAY, born on the fourteenth of this month, son of LUCY MELAY, single woman. The child died at the home DAVID FARRELL's home today at five in the morning.
Birth 28 April 1879 at four o'clock in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared WALTER OGLIVY ROSS, telegraph employee, aged 32 years, who inform us of the birth of his daughter, born this day at six in the morning shift, to JANE MARGARET JOHNSON, his wife, aged 30 years. He declares the child to have the name of CATHERINE SARAH ROSS. This declaration made in the presence of Samuel A. Earle, aged 35 years, and William Francis Hutton, aged 30 years, both telegraph employees.
Death 10 May 1879 at two o'clock in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared GEORGE WILLIAM JAMES, aged 31 years, and BENJAMIN COLLEY, aged 26 years, both telegraph employees, who inform us of the death of GEORGE WILLIAM JAMES SQUIRES, aged five years. He was born in Saint-Pierre on October 11, 1873, son of GEORGE SQUIRES, telegraph employee, and Célestine Madeleine Herault. He died last night at eight o'clock.
Death 15 May 1879 at ten in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared HENRY CLINTON, merchant, aged 43 years, and François Anthoine, clerk of the courts, aged 63 years, who inform us of the death of MARGARET GORMAN, widow of RICHARD SHEEHAN, aged 73 years. She was born at Boxey, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, daughter of JOHN GORMAN and SUSANNA KINSELLA, and died yesterday, the fourteenth of this month, at seven forty in the evening at the home of her son Richard O'Gorman Sheehan.
Marriage 16 May 1879 at four o'clock in the evening Before us, Désiré Marie Brindejonc, first adjunct to the mayor, appeared BENJAMIN WILLIAM COLLEY, telegraph employee, aged 26 years, born at Grole, Newfoundland, on December 8, 1852, lawful son of REV. EDWARD COLLEY, residing in St. John's, Newfoundland, and of the late SARAH CARTWRIGHT, his wife, who died in Saint Sauveur, Hermitage Bay, Newfoundland on February 24, 1873, on the first part; to ELEANOR ELIZABETH McCARTHY, aged 23 years; born at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, June 23, 1855, lawful daughter of the late JAMES McCARTHY, and DEBORAH PALLEY, his widow. The couple requested of us to proceed with the celebration of the planned marriage between them. The witnesses to this marriage are George William James, aged 31 years, and Walter Ross, aged 32 years, both telegraph employees.
Birth 1 June 1879 at ten in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared the lady Henriette Chevalier, the widow Foliot, midwife, aged 73 years, who inform us of the birth of a female child, born this day at five in the morning to JULIA BUTLER, domestic, aged 25 years, and father unknown. She declares the child to have the name of MARY JOSEPH BUTLER. This declaration made in the presence of Paul Deminiac, approved by the courts of the colony, aged 40 years, and Alphonse Epaule, caretaker, aged 27 years.
Birth 4 June 1879 at ten in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared JOSEPH BENNING, trader, aged 29 years, who inform us of the birth of his son, born yesterday three of this month at seven o'clock to EMMA WALSH, his wife, aged 33 years. He declares the child to have the name of CLEMENT JAMES BENNING. This declaration made in the presence of WILLIAM HUTTON, aged 30 years, and DARLING WATSON, aged 33 years, both telegraph employees.
Death 7 June 1879 at half past five in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared Pierre Joseph Léopold Hachard, prosecutor, aged 38 years, and Claude Caperon, judge, aged 33 years, who inform us of the death of MARY PHORAN, servant, aged 20 years. She was born in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, and died that day at a quarter past four in the evening at Mr. Caperon's house.
Birth 16 June 1879 at four o'clock in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared the widowed lady Lelorieux, Euphrasie Jesso, midwife, aged 62 years, who inform us of the birth of a male child, born last night at eight o'clock to MICHAEL MURRAY, sailor, aged 33 years, and MARGARET BARRON, his wife, aged 30 years. She declares the child to have the name of THEOPHILE MICHAEL MURRAY. This declaration made in the presence of Paul Deminiac, accredited by the colony courts, aged 40 years, and Joseph Burt, pulley maker, aged 44 years.
Death 17 June 1879 at ten o'clock in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared François Anthoine, clerk of the courts, aged 63 years, and Paul Deminiac, accredited by the courts of colony, aged 40 years, who inform us of the death of WILLIAM C. HOOPER, merchant's clerk, aged 39 years. He was born at Burin, Newfoundland, son of the late WILLIAM HOOPER and ELLEN POWER, his widow, and he died today at two o'clock in the morning.
Birth 19 July 1879 at two o'clock in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared PETER QUIRK, blacksmith, aged 29 years, who inform us of the birth of his son, born on the eighteenth of the current month, at nine o'clock in the evening to ANNE ROACH, his wife, aged 30 years. He declares the child to have the name of GUSTAVE EUGENE QUIRK. This declaration made in the presence of Désiré Lefevre, blacksmith, aged 43 years, and Fridolin Luttringer, mechanic, aged 28 years.
Birth 23 July 1879 at eleven o'clock in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared GEORGE SQUIRES, telegraph employee, aged 28 years, who inform us of the birth of his son, born on the twentieth of the current month, at eleven o'clock in the morning, to Célestine Madeleine Herault, his wife, aged 28 years. He declares the child to have the name of ARTHUR EDWARD SQUIRES. This declaration made in the presence of Edward Earle, aged 31 years, and Harold Stephenson, aged 32 years, both telegraph employees.
Birth 11 August 1879 at eight o'clock in the mornoing Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared the lady Henriette Chevalier, the widow of Mathieu Foliot, midwife, aged 72 years, who inform us of the birth of a male child, born the ninth of this month at three in the morning, to HENRY CLARK, sailor, aged 30 years, and MARIANNE KENS, his wife, aged 30 years. She declares the child to have the name of ALPHONSE JOSEPH JOHN CLARK. This declaration made in the presence of Louis Chapelain, carpenter, aged 61 years, and Pierre Tondut, government interpreter, aged 69 years.
Birth 14 August 1879 at two o'clock in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared GEORGE SCARLETT, trader, clerk aged 46 years, who inform us of the birth of his daughter, born yesterday thirteenth of this month, at seven o'clock in the morning, to SELINA STERLING, his wife, aged 42 years. He declares the child to have the name of SELINA SCARLETT. This declaration made in the presence of William Hutton, aged 30 years, and George MacDonald, aged 20 years, both telegraph employees.
Birth 23 August 1879 at ten in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared the widowed lady Lelorieux, Euphrasie Jesso, midwife, aged 63 years, who inform us of the birth of a female child, born this day at two o'clock in the morning, to MICHAEL CLOONEY, sailor, aged 38 years, and ELLEN TOBIN, his wife, aged 27 years. She declares the child to have the name of MARY ROSE CLOONEY. This declaration made in the presence of François Hacala, aged sailboat, aged 54 years, and Désiré Gauchet, office boy at the general store, aged 25 years.
Birth 6 September 1879 at four in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared the widowed lady Lelorieux, Euphrasie Jesso, midwife, aged 63 years, who inform us of the birth of a male child, born this day at eight o'clock in the morning, to GEORGE MARTIN, fisherman, aged 25 years, and VIRGINIA CREWS, his wife, aged 25 years. She declares the child to have the name of WILLIAM THOMAS MARTIN. This declaration made in the presence of Edouard Girardin, sailor, aged 40 years, and Joseph Girardin, sailor, aged 39 years.
Death 13 September 1879 at nine in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared PHILIP MURPHY, sailor, aged 30 years, and Rene Collett, police commissioner, aged 27 years, who inform us of the death of a male infant born without life this day at midnight, the son of PHILIP MURPHY and MARY MURPHY, his wife, aged 26 years.
Death 4 October 1879 at nine in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared Rene Collett, police commissioner, aged 27 years, and Alfred Passelais, policeman, aged 33 years, who inform us of the death today at seven o'clock in the morning of JOHN BROWNSEY, aged about 33 years, who was found dead in the barachois. He was born in Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, and died as a sailor on board the English schooner J.B. FOOT.
Death 7 October 1879 at two o'clock in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared Frederick White, aged 25 years, and Benjamin Colley, aged 26 years, both telegraph employees , who inform us of the death of BEATRICE JAMES, aged six months, born in Saint-Pierre on March 11, 1879, daughter of GEORGE WILLIAM JAMES, telegraph employee, and MARIA HARRIET ROBERSTON, his wife. The child died today at half past eight in the morning.
Death 23 October 1879 at three o'clock in th evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared Henri Aubert, butcher, aged 22 years, and Mathieu Oribaze, painter, aged 58 years , who inform us of the death of MARY CLOTWORTHY, aged 85 years, a native of Bristol, England. She died last night at half past seven at the home of Joseph Boisgiroux.
Birth 23 October 1879 at three o'clock in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared SAMUEL EARLE, telegraph employee, aged 31 years, who inform us of the birth of his son, born yesterday at four o'clock in the evening, to MATILDA LAVINIA HARRIS, his wife, aged 25 years. He declares the child to have the name of ARTHUR GEORGE EARLE. This declaration made in the presence of Benjamin Colley, aged 26 years, and Darling Watson, aged 34 years, both telegraph employees.
Death 26 October 1879 at eight in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared Jules Disnard, sailor, aged 34 years, and Eugene Rio, sailor, aged 25 years, who inform us of the death of FELIX MAXIME, sailor, aged 58 years, husband of ANNE BURNS and widower of MARGARET MADDIGAN. He was born in Laval, Mayenne, France and he died on the 24th of the month at eleven o'clock in the evening.
Marriage 6 November 1879 at eleven o'clock in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared Célestin Julien Quinton, baker, aged 25 years, born at Chantepie, Ille-et-Vilaine, France on August 15, 1854, lawful son of Julien Olivier Quinton and Jeanne Henriette Crocket, his wife, both farmers, on the first part; to ELLEN EDWARDS, aged 26 years, born at Lawn Bay, Newfoundland on May 15, 1853, lawful daughter of the late WILLIAM EDWARDS, who died April 6, 1866 at Lawn Bay, and of the late MARY EDWARDS, who died April 20, 1863 at Lawn Bay. The couple requested of us to proceed with the celebration of the planned marriage between them. The witnesses to this marriage are Louis Lefresne, trader, aged 34 years, and François Renault, carpenter, aged 30 years.
Death 10 Novemeber 1879 at ten o'clock in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared Alexandre Desroches, shoemaker, aged 42 years, and Isidore Gilbert, shoemaker, aged 21 years, who inform us of the death of RICHARD BUTLER, domestic, aged 34 years. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, son of RICHARD BUTLER and MARY GLADNEY, and died yesterday morning at half past eight.
Death 20 November 1879 at two o'clock in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared ALEXANDER HENRY BANNERMAN, photographer, aged 31 years, and Turquet de Beauregard, senior doctor of the navy, who inform us of the death of a female child born lifeless, daughter of Alexander Henry Bannerman and MARIA CUNNINGHAM, his wife, aged 25 years. The child died at nine in the evening.
Death 20 November 1879 at three o'clock in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared JAMES DAVIS, carpenter, aged 45 years, and PATRICK FRIGALET, fisherman, aged 35 years, who inform us of the death of a lifeless male child born, son of JAMES DAVIS and LUCY FUER (FEWER, FARRELL?), his wife, aged 43 years. The child died at nine in the morning.
Marriage 20 November 1879 at eight o'clock in the evening Before us, Louis Tourdan, first adjunct to the mayor, appeared Baptiste Nicolas Duquesnel, trader, aged 29 years, born at Saint-Pierre on November 24, 1849, lawful son of the late Nicolas Duquesnel, died at sea on November 26, 1851, and Thérèse Victorine Legoas, his widow, on the first part; and MARY MITCHELL, aged 30 years, born at St. John's, Newfoundland, on July 25, 1849, daughter of the late TIMOTHY MITCHELL who died on September 13, 1871, and ELIZABETH SMITH, his widow. The couple were married by a Roman Catholic priest at St. John’s, Newfoundland on the 7 August 1879. They request of us to proceed with the civil celebration of the planned marriage between them. The witnesses to this marriage are John Mitchell, telegraph employee, aged 26 years, and Louis Ozon, store keeper, aged 38 years.
Death 24 November 1879 at half past ten in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared Auguste Foliot, carpenter, aged 34 years, and Rene Collett, police commissioner, aged 27 years, who inform us of the death of FRANCIS MICHAEL SLANEY, aged one. The child was born at Saint-Pierre on April 6, 1878, son of ROBERT SLANEY, sailor, and MARGARET POWER, his wife. He died this day at two o'clock in the morning.
Death 24 November 1879 at nine o'clock in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared Jules Hacala, sailor, aged 26 years, and GEORGE BURTON, carpenter, aged 22 years, who inform us of the death of THOMAS MARTIN, aged two and a half years. The child was born at Saint-Pierre on May 14, 1877, son of LIZA MARTIN, servant. He died at HENRY QUIRK's home on the twenty-second of the month at midnight.
Birth 27 November 1879 at four o'clock in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared ISAAC CLARK, sailor, aged 27 years, who inform us of the birth of his daughter, born on the twenty-fifth of this month at seven o'clock in the evening, to Marie Louise Boisgireault, his wife, aged 23 years. He declares the child to have the name of CLARA CHARLOTTE MARIE CLARK. This declaration made in the presence of Edouard Victor Cauchard, carpenter, aged 48 years, and Paul Delaroche, cooper, aged 38 years.
Death 30 November 1879 at four o'clock in the evening Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared Jean-Baptiste Duhart, aged 30 years, and Pierre Duhart, aged 33 years, both sailors , who inform us of the death of HENRY FITZPATRICK, sailor, aged 25 years, son of HENRY FITZPATRICK and ANNE BONNELL, his wife. He was born in St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, in 1854, and died at the home of JEAN-BAPTISTE DUHART at two o'clock this evening.
Death 9 December 1879 at half past nine in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared Jean-Baptiste Goutiere, merchant's clerk, aged 29 years, and James Hagen, telegraph employee, aged 24 years, who inform us of the death of MONICA BRIDGET BENNING, aged one years and three months, daughter of JOSEPH BENNING and EMMA WALSH, his spouse. The child was born at Saint-Pierre on February 12, 1878, and died this day at three in the morning.
Death 9 December 1879 at ten in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared Mathurin Deschamps, typographer, aged 29 years, and Rene Collett, commissioner of police, aged 27 years, who inform us of the death of MARY JOSEPH FLANIGAN, aged nine months, daughter of EDWARD FLANIGAN, sailor, and RACHEL SPENCER, his wife. The child was born in Saint-Pierre on March 19 , 1879, and died at two o'clock in the morning.
Death 16 December 1879 at eleven o'clock in the morning Before us, Jean Louis Calais, officer of the civil registry, appeared Louis Ozon, storekeeper, aged 38 years, and Pierre Duhart, fisherman, aged 33 years , who inform us of the death of MATILDA MARY FITZPATRICK, aged 27 years, wife of Fortuné Benoît Cormier. She was born in St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, on August 15th, 1852, daughter of HENRY FITZPATRICK and ANNE BONNELL, her wife, and Matilda died yesterday at one o'clock in the evening.

Translated and Contributed by Edward-Vincent Chafe (2022)

Page Revised by Craig Peterman (June 01, 2023)

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