Notes:
Located at the mouth of the Eel River, 7.59 km NE of Skiff Lake: Canterbury Parish, York County: established in 1825 and named Howard Settlement after Sir Howard Douglas (1776-1861), lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick from 1823-1831: renamed Canterbury in 1859 for Sir John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton (1814-1877), third Viscount of Canterbury and the lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick from 1854-1861: PO Canterbury Station 1859-1969: included Shangallee: in 1866 Canterbury was a farming community with about 93 families, including 6 Dickinson families: in 1871 it was a station on the New Brunswick and Canada Railway and had a population of 150: in 1904 Canterbury was a station on the Canadian Pacific Railway and a settlement with 1 post office, 5 stores, 3 hotels, 3 churches and a population of 400: PO Canterbury from 1969: Canterbury was incorporated as a village in 1966.
Matches 1 to 3 of 3
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Birth | Person ID | ||
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1 | WRIGHT, Caroline | 11 Jul 1866 | Canterbury, York, New Brunswick, Canada | I42848 |
2 | VAUGHAN, Vernard Lee | 20 Oct 1895 | Canterbury, York, New Brunswick, Canada | I42849 |
3 | GRAHAM, Margaret Bessie | Abt 1922 | Canterbury, York, New Brunswick, Canada | I112053 |
Matches 1 to 1 of 1
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Death | Person ID | ||
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1 | VAUGHAN, Vernard Lee | 22 Jun 1968 | Canterbury, York, New Brunswick, Canada | I42849 |