John Joseph Swain

Abt 1859 - 1894  (~ 34 years)

• Name	John Joseph Swain
  Born	Abt Dec 1859	Caplin Bay, Newfoundland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	30 Dec 1859	Holy Apostles Parish, (Fermeuse/Renews), Newfoundland   [2]
  There appears to be two entries in the Holy Apostles baptisms for this individual - Dec 30 1859 and July ?? 1860. The godfather is listed the same, but one says the godmother was Sarah Kehoe and the other entry says Catherine Kehoe.
  Residence	1894	Little Bay, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland   [3]
  Swain, John - fisherman - Little Bay Harbour.
  Died	27 Feb 1894	Little Bay, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland   [4]
  Cause: mine accident
  It appears that John left Caplin Bay in the 1880s and went to work in the copper mines at Little Bay, on the western shores of Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. Little Bay, once called Indian Bight, is a community 16 kms north of Springdale, Newfoundland. When the copper reserves started to deplete in the early 1890s, many of the miners who had settled there, also worked at their previous livelihood - fishing. This appears to have been John's situation. However, John was killed in a mining accident in 1894. His occupation at the time of his death was listed as a smelter. His widow, Mary, is listed as still living in Indian Bight (Little Bay) in 1898. VITAL RECORDS (CIVIL REGISTRATION): NEWFOUNDLAND DEATH REGISTER - PART 2 (from 1892/1893 - TWILLINGATE DISTRICT. John SWAYNE d Feb 27 1894 Little Bay killed in mine, 36 years, RC, smelter, Caplin Bay, Little Bay. A St. John's newspaper says his death was on Feb 28, 1894 but make no mention of the cause of death.
  Buried	Abt 1 Mar 1894	Little Bay, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland
  Person ID	I4312	Families of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Robert Swain,   b. Abt 1830, Stone Island, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 9 Jan 1909, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Mother	Ellen Evoy,   b. Bef 1840, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Aft 1869, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 30 years)
  Married	Abt 1857
  There may have been other children in this marriage, but only four have been identified so far. It is curious that the baptisms for two of their four children, (Mary and John), were recorded in Holy Apostles RC Parish, but no records were found for the other two,(Catherine and Elizabeth), in the parish baptism records in the Ferryland area. However in the 1921 Newfoundland Census, both Catherine and Elizabeth indicated that they were born at Caplin Bay in the 1870s.
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary McLean,   b. Abt 1865,   d. Aft 1906  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Married	7 Nov 1888	Little Bay Mines, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Catherine Swain,   b. 17 Jul 1889, Little Bay, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 1922, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 32 years)   2. James Bernard Swain,   b. 18 Apr 1891, Little Bay, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 5 Jul 1913, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 22 years)   3. Ellen Swain,   b. 30 Oct 1892, Little Bay, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 1 Nov 1893, Little Bay, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland  (Age 1 years)   4. Mary Gertrude Swain,   b. 16 Dec 1893, Little Bay, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 8 Apr 1906, Maynard, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 12 years)
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F1260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt Dec 1859 - Caplin Bay, Newfoundland Baptism - 30 Dec 1859 - Holy Apostles Parish, (Fermeuse/Renews), Newfoundland Married - 7 Nov 1888 - Little Bay Mines, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland Residence - 1894 - Little Bay, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland Died - Cause: mine accident - 27 Feb 1894 - Little Bay, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland Buried - Abt 1 Mar 1894 - Little Bay, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S90] Approximate date based on another recorded event, Reddigan, Kevin, (A date calculated by using a recorded date and a person's age, or by estimating the most likely date, based on other recorded life events). [S74] Holy Apostles RC Parish (Fermeuse/Renews) Baptisms 1857 - 1919, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, (Online: Transcribed records of photocopied parish records held at The Rooms Archives for Fermeuse to Cape Race area, Ferryland District). [S26] McAlpine's Directory - 1894-97, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, (Online: http://ngb.chebucto.org/M1894/index.shtml). [S61] Vital Statistics Division - Newfoundland Death Records, (Online: (http://ngb.chebucto.org/Vstats/1dist-vstats-idx.shtml ) Transcribed records, posted by district, from the Registry Books of the Vital Statistic Division of the Government of Newfoundland). [S33] Births, Deaths and Marriages in Newfoundland Newspapers 1810-1890, Maritime History Archives, Memorial University of Newfoundland, (Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, 2004. A fully searchable CD containing more than 40,000 transcribed entries for births, deaths and marriages). Swain, John - married Mary McLean at Little Bay Mines by Rev. S. O. Flynn 7 Nov./88G.