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Brunette Island is an island in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, the
largest island in the Fortune Bay.
A fishing community was
established on the island in the 1800s, and at one time there were about
300 residents living primarily at two locations: Mercer's Cove, and
Forward's Cove. In 1865 a 30-foot high lighthouse was built on the
island.
The entire village was resettled off the island in the
1950s.
Brunette Island was one of the first communities to take
advantage of resettlement — a financial program introduced by Premier
Joey Smallwood in 1954 to encourage residents of small, coastal
communities to move to larger towns.
By the end of 1955 over half
of Brunette's population had moved, most of them to Grand Bank(1)
and Fortune. Some of the families tried to hang on, but being unable to
attract a teacher for their four-room school proved to be too much. In
December 1957, the last 18 families left.
Douglas families
Note: there is conflicting
material in these notes.
One of the earliest residents of Brunette was
Thomas Douglas c1836, possibly "Old Tom Douglas"
See below
Garfield
Douglas, father of Gary (Garfield) Douglas
Charmaine Douglas,
daughter of Wesley Douglas (below?), who grew up on Brunette Island as
did all his family.
Rev.
Philip Carlton Douglas (1922 - 2011) was a son of Louis Richard Douglas
and Ethel (Johnson) Douglas of Brunette
Island.
Wesley James Courage grandparents were James and Eva
Douglas who had 16 Children
Wesley's mother Una (
Douglas ) Courage; 2nd youngest of the 16, aged 77 in 2021
Wesley
Rose Douglas lost at sea at the age of 32
Phyllis Douglas died aged 15
Alma Douglas age unknown
Alice Douglas age unknown
Julie Douglas age unknown
Emily Douglas age unknown
Aaron Douglas
lost at sea at the age of 20
James Douglas Jr died aged 76
John Douglas died aged 74
Kenneth Douglas, aged 79 in 2021
Sandy Douglas died at 9 months of age
4 further sons?
Aaron Keeping Douglas, born 9th March 1893 on Brunette Island, was
the son of
Andrew and Sarah Jane Douglas. He was a fisherman who served in the 1st
Bn. Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the 1st World War. He was gassed
and Hospitalised 15th August - 3rd September 1917 and also was admitted
into the 89th Field Ambulance for treatment to a severe gun-shot injury
to his left arm.
He was admitted into the 89th Field Ambulance
for treatment to a severe gun-shot injury to his left arm. On the same
day he was then transferred to 4th General Hospital at Dannes, Camiers
on the French west coast and from there to Etaples. The next day he is
recorded as being put on a hospital ship bound for England. It appears
he was then a patient of the 1st London General Hospital. Around New
Year's Eve he was given the customary 10 day leave. He was then posted
to H company still in Ayr (?) on 9 January 1918, before moving south
again.
During his time with the Battalion further south he was
treated in hospital in February for a veneral disease. He was treated
again for a veneral disease (or more treatment) in August 1918 in Rouen.
He was back with 1st Battalion on 6 September. Aaron was supposedly
killed in action by an exploding shell by Kielberg Ridge on 29th
September.
Andrew, a fisherman aged 25, married Sarah Jane, also 25
on 21 Oct 1888 at Harbour Breton. His place of residence was Brunette,
hers St Jaques. James Frederick Douglas was a witness.
George Thomas Douglas was born in Brunette Island,
Newfoundland, Canada on April 1857. He married Mary Penwell and had
Maxwell, Lewis (born on Brunette Island) and 4 further children. He died
on 30 March 1931 in Grand Bank, Newfoundland, Canada.
But see the
following:
George Thomas Douglas, b. 1857 Brunette Island, son
of James Douglas and Elizabeth Mary King,
Family 1:
He married:29
SEP 1882 Hr. Breton, NF Elizabeth Ann: Bonnell, b. 14 MAY 1862 Lamaline,
NF, d. BEF 1891 Brunette Island, NF
She was the daughter of Richard
Bonnell and Frances King,
Children:
Arthur James Douglas,
Louis Richard Douglas,
Thomas William Douglas,
Frances Elizabeth
Douglas See below,
Family 2:
Marriage:29 APR 1891 Hr. Breton, NF to Mary Tibbo
Smart, b. JAN 1861 Grand Bank, NF
Children:
Frederick Albert
Douglas,
George Henry Douglas, But see this>>>
Maxwell Douglas.
Arthur James Douglas,, b. 17 APR 1883
Brunette Island, NF; d. 21 JAN 1960 North Sydney, NS was the son of
George Thomas Douglas and
Elizabeth Ann Bonnell,
Family 1:
He
Married:17 NOV 1903 North Sydney, NS
Esther Rebecca Cluett, b. 23 AUG
1873 Belleoram, NF, d. 24 SEP 1911 North Sydney, NS
Children:
George James Douglas,
Ena Lacrutia Douglas,
Clarence Douglas
Family 2:
He remarried 8 JUN 1912 North Sydney, NS, Susan
Elizabeth Keeping,
b. CA 1887 Newfoundland d. 1973 North Sydney, NS
Frances Elizabeth Douglas, b. 10 MAY 1888
Brunette Island, NF, d. 27 FEB 1955 Halifax, NS
Family1:
She
married:1 DEC 1913 Halifax, NS Thomas Pitts, b. ABT 1873 Halifax, NS, d.
23 FEB 1915 Halifax, NS
Family 2:
She married 2ndly :5 JUN
1918 Halifax, NS, Austen Eisenhauer, b. 22 MAY 1882 Lunenburg, NS d. 30
NOV 1943 Halifax, NS
Children:
Edna Georgina Eisenhauer,
Richard Eisenhauer,
John William Eisenhauer
Thomas Douglas, b. ABT 1805 and Mary
Birthwistle, b. ABT 1805
Children:
James Douglas, b. 1830 Brunette
Island, NF
Jane Douglas, b. 1832 Brunette Island, NF, d. FEB 1865
Lamaline, NF
Harriet Douglas, b. ABT 1834 Brunette Island, NF
George Henry Douglas was born in Brunette
Island, Newfoundland, Canada on 30 June 1895 to George Thomas Douglas
and Mary Penwell. George married Elizabeth Mitchell Williams and had 4
children:
Leslie Walter Douglas 1917 - 1983
Fred Douglas 1922 -
1924
Frederick Albert Douglas 1930 - 2007
John James Douglas 1916
- 2009
George died on February 1982 in Grand Bank, Newfoundland,
Canada.
Thomas Douglas witnessed a marriage in 1874 in
Harbour Breton
George Thomas Douglas, a fisherman aged 24 of
Brunette, married Elizabeth Bonnal, a servant on Brunette on 29 Sep
1882. Witnesses were Stephen and James Douglas
Ann Douglas, a widow
of Brunette married Ambrose Thornhill on 1 May 1888 on Brunette.
George Douglas, a fisherman aged 34, married Mary Smart on 29 April 1891
in Harbour Breton. Both were residents of Brunette.
Stephen J.
Douglas born Apr 1875 - Brunette Island, Newfoundland died after 1945 -
Burin, Newfoundland, Canada had two children, Minnie Elizabeth 1912-2000
and Velma Irene 1916-2009; both were born at Stepaside, Burin.
Thomas Douglas born August 1885 - Brunette Island, Newfoundland,
Canada;; died October 1932 - Grand Bank, Newfoundland, Canada was the
son of George Thomas Douglas born 1858, Thomas had two children, Ronald
M. Douglas born 1921 in Fortune, Newfoundland and died in 1984 and
Thomas Douglas 1925-1973.
Stephen Douglas was born before 1886 on
Brunette Island, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was
he son of Stephen Douglas
who was born in Brunette in 1859 and died
in 1886, and his wife Hannah (Ann) Price who was born in 1860
Notes:
1. Douglas is a small
community located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
It is situated near the town of Grand Bank, which is known for its
fishing industry and scenic beauty.
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