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Ezekiels from Harbour Main, Newfoundland to NY & Boston, MA

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Re: Ezekiels from Harbour Main, Newfoundland to NY & Boston, MA

Posted: 24 May 2012 9:59AM GMT
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Hi Laura,

Gert & Marion who visited you is my mom's sister, my mom's name is Christina Rosemarie Ezekiel-White but she was known as Rose. Todd, Debbie and Sheila and Klaus are my cousins.
Here is an except from the history of Harbour Main that you will find interesting that I mentioned to you about the Ezekiels - http://ngb.chebucto.org/Articles/history-hm.shtml

In an 1805[5] survey taken by Governor Sir Erasmus Gower, we get a full account of the town with its coast boundaries, who claimed it, the people occupying it at the time etc. A close study of the names has aided us in discovering that the majority of inhabitants of Harbour Main are English or Irish descendants, but there are a few exceptions.

The LaCours and Fureys are French. They, at one time, were referred to as the “Joisey Birds.” Ezekiel is also a prominent name in the community. However, the first Ezekiel has been claimed as being an Arab. The first Woodford is said to have come to Harbour Main when a servant by that name was left the entire possessions of a Frenchman named Leroche who had no children.

Other English names in Harbour Main at this time were: Walls, Hicks, Barrett, English, Baker and Mason. Irish names were Terry, Gorman, Joy, Sullivan, Mullowney and Kennedy. Today the majority of these names still exist.
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