New article: "I didn’t understand until recently that not spending time in this area is like going to Toronto and only going to the CN Tower. Port aux Basques, the Valley and the coast have a heck of a lot to offer." Read
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"PAB" is where it all happened. It's the place where Butteries married Kettles and Lomonds (Lowmans.) It's where my great grandparents were married exactly 100 years ago.
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| A "W. Buttery" still lives on Buttery Lane. |
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| Elizabeth Lomond (Lowman) Buttery Pike |
I know. Looks like a man in a dress. She signed the back of this photo to her daughter Eliza Buttery Scott. She's a strong, hardy, Newfoundland woman. I admire that! She's my great great grandmother. (Hardly any of the photos I've found have been dated.)
Many Butteries, Kettles and Lomonds have been buried in the cemetery of St. James Anglican. Here is a list
Interesting Factoid
In 1942, the SS Caribou, a passenger ferry between Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and North Sydney, Nova Scotia, was sunk by a German sub. Of the 137 people who perished, 1 was a Lomond, another was a Kettle. Watch a video about the event here or read about it here.
I found another person who is in my database who died on the S.S. Caribou. His name is William Robert Butler of Trinity Bay, NL born on September 1917. Diane Zeck
ReplyDeleteAre you able to answers questions about the Blackmore family of PAB?
ReplyDeleteHi! Are you related to the Blackmore family? My info is limited partly to their common names. I have conjecture, mostly, but not solid proof of their fate. Please see: http://newfieroots.blogspot.com/2013/12/reopening-blackmore-investigation.html
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