Documents
Lists of Settlers (click on the links below to see copies of documents listing settlers and maps):
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Report of L. A. Wilmot, 2 November 1842, "Return of Crop, Teetotal Settlement, 1842" British Parliamentary Papers, Colonies Canada (1970), 16, p. 152 and page 153.
- Report of L. A. Wilmot, 25 January 1844,"Teetotal Settlement" British Parliamentary Papers, Colonies Canada (1968-71), 18, p. 24 and page 25.
- Report of W.M. G. Colebrooke, Lt. Gov. to House of the Assembly, February 28, 1844 in "Journal of the House of Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick from 1 February to 13 April 1843, introduction, p. lxvii, p. lxviii.
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William F. Ganong, "A Monograph on the Origins of Settlements in the Province of New Brunswick,"(stating that he references the Royal Gazette of Aug. 13th. 1847, Royal Society of Canada, Transactions (Sect. 2, 1904; page 154).
- Sir W. M. G. Colebrook to Earl Grey, "Copy of a Dispatch, No. 75, published in the Royal Gazette [Supplementary] of Aug. 26th, 1847, No. 306, pp. 3453-3457 of which pp. 3453, and pp. 3456, and 3457 deal with Cork Settlement. NOTE: Pages 3456 and 3457 are an enclosure from Thos. Baillie to Sir W. M. G. Colebrooke dated 12th. Aug. 1847.
- Crown Land Office, New Brunswick, "RS 108, Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick (PANB), F4255, pp. 1372-1375.
- Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS686, Land Grand Index (.pdf format). For information about ordering land grants see: http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/RS686/?L=EN
Historical Notes Regarding the Settlement - This section is under construction.
"Teetotal Settlement" was viewed as a successful endeavor by Mr. Perley, Emigration Agent, because the settlers opened up a road and made the land productive. Mr. Pereley described "Teetotal" as being "...an Irish settlement, formed by people from Cork and Kerry [emphasis added]. It was formed in 1842, under the same commissioner [referring to Commissioner Wilmot] by a party of destitute emigrants from the south of Ireland" (Colonization, Edinburgh Review Vol. 9I, 1850, pp. I-62 as cited in Emigration in the Victorian Age: Debates on the issue from 19th. century critical journals. Gregg International Publishers Ltd.: Westmead, 1973, p. 50-51).
Perley's description of the settlers is consistent with the land petition submitted by them in which they described themselves as being "thrown out of work" and agreed to open the road in exchange for land. Perley's introduction to Wilmot's 25 Jan 1844 report (see British Parliamentary Papers, Colonies Canada (1968-71), 18, p. 24 and page 25) also stated that the settlers were from Cork and Kerry.
The early history of Teetotal Settlement as documented in British Parliamentary Papers by Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons, 1842, v. 31. Digitized by Google Books, see: Parliamentary papers - Google Book Search beginning with p. 312 of original document (391/633 digitized) through ___.
NOTE: Wm. Colebroke wrote, "The spirit of these parties in undertaking the labours of a first settlement in the winter season, is highly creditable to them and will afford example to others of the advantages which the province holds out to the enterprize of settlers from Europe.
The petition by O'Leary and others as reported to the Parliament can be read here (I don't believe I did this link yet).
*I'm still working on this section........it is not right. I downloaded .pdfs to my desktop. go back and read them and then import them and link them here. I am correct about. p. 391-420 being the section I need above.
NOTE: I saved the entire book to my desk top. Read the first several pages because they describe what is there for the whole volume for the year including what settlement was like in 1841 and 1842.
NOTE: I should try to find the volume before this one, for 1840 because that is when the Kennedy's arrived. That would be volume V I tried that and found nothing of interest.
The new settlement of Teetotal was described in the Journal of the House of Assembly of New Brunswick, published 1844. Click to open the cover page, then use the arrow at top left to navigate through the selection.
From the Scrapbook by Dr. William Randall
The Settlement of Cork, 1842 - reprinted from the Harvey Lionews, September 1993 with permission of Tim Patterson, The New Brunswick Land Company and the Settlement of Stanley and Harvey
Cork Settlement School, 1905 - reprinted from the Harvey Lionews, December 1993 with permission of Tim Patterson, The New Brunswick Land Company and the Settlement of Stanley and Harvey
