The Chaulk Line from Devon to Bonavista to Bird Island Cove to St.Johns to Buchans to Pasadena
John Chaulk was born at Devon, England in 1753. He emigrated to Bonavista, Newfoundland and was married to Mary Flinn on Oct.11 1786 at the Bonavista Anglican church. They are credited with being the first family to settle at Bird Island Cove which has been renamed Elliston, NFLD. about 1805. John died there July 16 1838.
Their children are; John Chaulk Jr. bap. Dec.24 1797 at Bonavista and buried there in 1801. William Chaulk bap. Dec.24 1797 at Bonavista. He married Ann White (1792-1896) there Dec.18 1817.
Mary Chaulk bap. Dec.24 1797 at Bonavista. She married Philip Way Jr. ( -1808) there Oct.27 1804.
Joseph Chaulk born in 1798 at Bonavista and bap. there on Nov.26 1806. He married Ann Faulkner (1805-1879) of Joseph Faulkner, in 1823. He died in 1888 at Elliston.
Thomas Chaulk ( stats unknown) married Nov.10 1810 to Sarah Butler
Robert Chaulk bap. April 29 1800 at Bonavista.
John Chaulk Jr. ( a second one ) born at Bonavista in 1801. He married Catherine Carpenter (1805-1898) of Thomas Carpenter, there Feb.10 1825.
Elizabeth Chaulk bap. June 29 1806 at Bonavista. She married William Barnes there Jan.1 1822.
Henry Chaulk bap. Jan.29 1809 at Bonavista. He first married Elizabeth Clouter (1815-1843) of Thomas Clouter, there Nov.18 1834. Henry remarried the widow of John Hill. She was Hannah Baker (1821- ) of Henry Baker and Sarah Hobbs. Henry Chaulk died at Elliston in 1870. Their children were;
Mary Jane Chaulk who married William Pye.
Mariah Chaulk who never married and died a spinster.
Henry George Chaulk born at Elliston in 1857. He married Elizabeth Jean Stead (1858-1936) of William Stead and Marie Hobbs, there in 1882. They eventually left Elliston and settled in Brooklyn, NFLD. where I believe Henry George died. Elizabeth died in her sons home in St.Johns. Their children were;
Mavis Jane Chaulk born 1890. She married Thomas Noseworthy and they lived out their lives in St.Johns NFLD.
Phyllis Chaulk born Apr.9 1894 and died in 1938 of tuberculosis. She married John Fry.
Lewis Chaulk born in 1892 and died at his sisters house in St.Johns from wounds received while fighting in Europe in WW1.
Albert Chaulk born in 1885 but died young of Polio.
Percival Pye Chaulk born in 1899, married Agatha Porter and they lived out his life with her in St.Johns, NFLD.
Tryphena Chaulk born Mar.6 1888 in Elliston but grew up in Brooklyn. She married Henry Theophilus (Thomas) Wells ( 1886-1978) of Robert Wells and Rebecca Moss nee Turner, in Jamestown, NFLD. on Dec.20 1910. From there they lived in St.Johns, Buchans, Pasadena and finally Middleton, Nova Scotia where Tryphenia died on Sept.16 1977. They were among the first settlers of Pasadena Nfld. which is between Corner Brook and Deer Lake. They lived there from the 1940s to the 1970s and were commomly known as Mom and Pop Wells by the local community.Their house is still there and occupied.
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