Early Inhabitants and Ancestry Photos

Some but not all of the names common to this area are: Corscadden, Mawhinney, Lomax, Waycott, Ellis, Wenn, Shaw, Boyne, McGowan, Brown and Small however, ancestry photos and information was not available for all families.

Most Maces Bay citizens are noted for extreme sufficiency that has stemmed from shared knowledge, work, and resources, and a deep loyalty within its boundaries

Brown

Charles Brown, his wife Mary and their home

Horace & Marnie Brown Mary & Charles Brown , Fred Flynn & Horace Brown

Charlie Brown & Del Trynor collecting wood for the winter

This is the mail wagon that Charlie Brown drove for years to collect the mail at Lepreau and took it to the Dipper Harbour Post Office. It was built so that you could lift the box off and put it on a sleigh for winter driving.

Etta (Brown) (Snider) & Jim Somerville

Camick

Muriel & Herb Camick -

They bought and lived in the first home owned by Joe Ellis. In later years they moved into the Shaw home.

Leora Kenny

Corscadden

Home of James Corscadden and family

Back Row L/R – Grace, Elva, Rhoda;

Front Row – Hilda, Annie, James & Ethel

Sandy Corscadden, his wife Myrtle and their home

Edgar & Faye Corscadden with Mary Brown in the centre

John Corscadden and his wife Beulah

Ansel Marven Ray

Audley Elvin 'Bush' Lyda & Elsie Mona

Fred Corscadden, his wife Florence and their home

Ervin

Ellis

Their home - in the foreground we see Brenda Camick

Row 1 - Joseph & Clara Ellis

Row 2 – Ella, Roberta & Ruth Ellis

Row 3 – Richard Stumcke, Harvey Ellis, Muriel Ellis & John Clinton

Row 4 – Arnold & Mona Ellis

Janes

Sam Janes, his wife and their home

Maretta, Viola, Vera, Delbert & George

Harry

Mawhinney

Mawhinney: Robert (Robin) Mawhinney, one of four siblings who came to Canada from Ireland in 1831. The other siblings were John, James and Margaret and her husband James Ellis

Wilson Mawhinney & Eliza Thompson

Their home and later the home of their son Wilson, shown below

Robert T. & Annie Franklin Crewdson

Their home. They operated a store in the building on the right

Arthur T. Mawhinney and his wife Sadie

Blair & Sammy Lizzie, Lulu, Kathleen & Irene

Roy Mawhinney, his first wife Mildred and their home.

Roy's second wife Mary

Dolphene (above_

Connie (below)

Daryl

Melvin Mawhinney and his home

Weldon

Lena

Robert John Mawhinney, his wife Margaret and their home

John Mawhinney, his wife Annie and their home

Ralph

Leonard Mawhinney, his wife Carrie and their home

Isobel

Ellis

George

Harold

McGowan

William McGowan came from Ireland in 1837. He married Catherine Ellis. They settled in Maces Bay and had seven children – Elizabeth, Mary, Charlotte, Ellen, John (Long John), William and Thomas