Saint John Area Irish Memorials
As the largest port in New Brunswick, Saint John experienced the largest numbers of immigrants to arrive from Ireland during the 19th century. The influence these immigrants had on the development of St. John and Kings counties in the early years was great indeed.
In the Saint John area, memorials to these intrepid souls include Celtic Crosses, a plaque, and a granite marker located in various places within the counties.
Click on the name of the monument below to learn more about the circumstances behind the erection of each one including a description, picture, location and historic details:
Dr. James Collins Memorial Plaque
St. Peter’s Church, Douglas Avenue, Saint John
St. Mary’s Cemetery Celtic Cross
Lochlomond Road, Saint John
Conjunction of Water Street, Prince William Street and Broad Street in Saint John
Fredericton Area Irish Memorials
The Capital Area (Fredericton) encompasses the counties of York, Sunbury and Queens. Just as Irish immigration to other parts of New Brunswick had a lasting, and in some cases profound, influence on the development within their chosen settlement area, Irish settlers of York, Sunbury and Queens counties also left their mark.
Currently, only one Irish memorial has been documented for inclusion in this site (below), however if anyone has information about others within this area which should be added, we would welcome the addition. Please contact us with the details.
Woodstock Road, Fredericton
Bathurst Area Irish Memorials
Covering the counties of Gloucester and Restigouche, the Bathurst Area currently includes two Celtic Crosses erected in recognition of the contribution that Irish settlers made to this part of the province.
Follow the links below to learn about the circumstances behind the erection of these memorials including a description, picture, location and historic details surrounding each one:
Bathurst Celtic Cross
Located in Richelieu Park, Bathurst, NB
Jacquet River Celtic Cross
Located in the Heritage Park at the top of Jacquet River Hill.
Grand Falls Museum
By Anne Côté
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Located near the waterfall, the Grand Falls Museum has many pioneer and early Victorian artefacts as well as a considerable archival collection referring to the Sons of Temperance and genealogies of the Victoria County region.
Grand Falls Museum
68 Madawaska Road
E3Y 1C6
Contact person: Anne Côté
Phone: (506) 473-5265
Fax : (506) 475-7755
Out-of-Season, by appointment, phone: (506) 473-4881 or (506) 473-5940
Hours of Operation:
The Museum is open from the 3rd week in June to the last week of August from Monday to Friday from 10AM to 5PM. To access it, take exit 75 from the Trans Canada Highway.
The museum contains several references of genealogical interest:
Jean-Guy Poitras, “Répertoire des marriages au Nord-Ouest du Noveau-Brunswick, Canada pour les comtés de Madawaska, Restigouche (partiellement) et Victoria”. This compilation of marriages for northwestern NB is from 1792-2001 and includes mostly Catholic marriages.
Early marriages and baptisms of Van Buren, Maine (most early marriages for this region were recorded in the Van Buren register)
A collection of obituary and mortuary cards
Several local histories
Genealogical anthologies and family trees – not well-documented but still of interest. If anyone wants a copy made of this material, they should contact the compiler. Visitors are welcome to write out by hand information from these resources.
The following families are included:
Albert, Armour, Baker, Barriault, Blunden, Boucher, Boyer, Briggs, Brown, Budrow, Burgess, Butterfield, Caldwell, Carroll, Chase, Costigan, Côte, Cowett, Curless, Curran, Currier, Currier-Duston, Davis, DeMerchant, Desjardins, Dixon, Everett, Fraser, Gagnon, Gamble, Gaunce, Gauvin, Gillespie, Godbout, Goguen, Grant, Green, Gueret dit Dumont, Hallett, Hartsgrove, Hartt, Hathaway, Hianvew, Hillman, Hitchcock, Holmes, Horseman, Hudson, Jean, Jenson, Jovin, Kinney, Koven, Labrie, Lagacé, Lebel, Leclerc, Levesque, Long, Lynch, McCann, McCluskey, McCooey, McCormack, Mclaughlin and Allingham, McLaughlin and Campbell, McLaughlin and Delahenty, McLeod, McManus, McMillan, McQuade, Michaud, Mockler, Mulherin, Murphy, Newcomb, O’Neill, O’Regan, Ouellet, Ouellette, Page, Pelletier, Pine, Poitras, Powers, Price, Quigley, Rasmussen, Reed, Rideout, Rossignol, Rouleau, Roy, Sisson, Slye, St-Laurent, St-Pierre, Stroupe, Tompkins, Toner, Turcotte, VanderBilt, Vandine, Warnock, Watson, Wharton, White, Williams, Wiswall, Woodward and Woolsey.
There are also materials of interest at the local Grand Falls Public Library:
Transcriptions of Census Records for Victoria and Madawaska Counties – 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901
Transcriptions of baptisms and deaths for several Madawaska parishes
The Pierre-Albénie Collection (for south-eastern Québec and north-western NB (with a few Irish entries)
Donations are welcome.
Stake Family History Centre
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Saint John NB
177 Manchester Avenue
Saint John, NB
(506) 672-0864
Website: www.familysearch.org
Hours of Operation:
Thursday, 10am-2pm
Saturday, 10am-4pm
Closed on holidays, two weeks at Christmas and in bad weather
Telephone before coming if unsure of weather conditions
Directions:
Take exit 193, Catherwood Street off Saint John thruway (Highway 1). Turn left onto Fairville Blvd, then right onto Kierstead Road. At the top there are traffic lights. Proceed straight ahead, crossing Manawagonish Road onto Mancester Avenue. The chapel is on the left. The entrance to the Family History Centre is at the back of the building. Please ring the bell for admittance.
The Family History Centers are found throughout the world and are privately funded by the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints.
The Family History Center website provides access to the largest collection of free family history, family tree, and genealogy records in the world. It also provides research guidance, forms, and an opportunity to preserve and share your family history.
A list of materials available are on the website. Some materials are on-site and are card indexed. Materials not on-site can be acquired on inter-library loan for a small fee. We have several sources for Irish research.
Materials at the Centre are available free of charge to the public. There is a fee for copy services and ordering microfilms and microfiche from the main Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Some family history forms are available for pennies a copy. We are not a lending library.
We have two voluntary staff on duty.
There are washroom facilities, free parking, no stairs to climb and area to eat lunch if you bring one from home. Library rules are posted on the bulletin board as you enter and include: please maintain a quiet atmosphere; smoking is not permitted in the building or on the church grounds; and no food and drinks are permitted in the library.
Paper photocopies: 15 cents a copy
Microfiche/microfilm copies: 25 cents a copy
Computer print-outs – 25 cents a page