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Manuels
A community in southeast Conception Bay at the mouth of the Manuels River, on the banks of which is an important fossil bed. Since 1971 Manuels has been a part of the Local Improvement District (later the Town of Conception Bay South. There are several traditions concerning the origin of the name. One is that the name is a corruption of man o' war -- from a deserting sailor who took refuge in the
area. It has also been suggested that Manuels River was named by the explorer Gaspar Corte-Real, after his patron, King Manuel of Portugal. A third suggestion, perhaps the most likely, is that the river takes its name from the English name Manuel, a family name associated with Lower Island Cove. (Transcribed from Harry Cuff - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland )
Mary Tobin Squires
After the death of Mary Tobin Squires, proprietor of the Bellevue, a land (in 1991 the site of Villa Nova Plaza Shopping Centre) was sold to the Roman Catholic Church for the construction of an orphanage and industrial school and a deanery, Powers Court. Villa Nova orphanage opened in 1886, but was struck by a typhoid epidemic in 1889 which claimed the life of Father Michael Morris and some of the orphans. After
the opening of Mount Cashel orphanage Villa Nova was closed. The 1891 Census recorded 194 residents at Manuels (the largest number before Confederation), including 39 orphans. After Confederation farming and tourism both decreased in importance; Manuels became a residential area for people working in St. John's or employed in local services. With the completion of an arterial road in 1985, Manuels became one
of the fastest growing residential areas in Conception Bay South. (Transcribed from Harry Cuff - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland )
On a personal note, I often visited the grave sites of the orphans who died in 1889 with my father. It was a mass burial site. Personal note from Sis.
E.R. Seary's Book of Newfoundland Names
- this is what he writes.
Smith, Smyth
Surnames of England, Scotland, Ireland and Guernsey (Channel Islands) from Old English smith - smith, blacksmith, farrier, metal worker, or smiththe - (worker at the ) smithy; in Ireland also a synonym of Gow and McGowan. "The primate and patriarch of our surnames, its form unchanged for over 1,000 years; forms with medial -y and final -e are usually both ignorant
and affected, though the first may sometimes have been used for clarity next to the minim letter m, and - e may rearly represent 'smithy' ... Easily the commonest surname in England and Wales (though Jones is far ahead in Wales alone), Scotland and U.S.A., and the fifth in Ireland in 1890 ... It is thus a frequent victim of hyphenation, either in a sincere effort to avoid ambiguity or in an insincere one to
sound distingué; and it has recently gathered to itself many changed foreign surnames. Yet it remains primitive: a smith smites, and his honoured name rings down the ages like an anvil." (Cottle, Turk)
Smith found widespread by Guppy in England and Scotland, especially south of the Forth and Clyde and by MacLysaght in Co. Cavan; Smyth traced by Guppy in Devon and Suffolk and by Cottle in Northern Ireland.
In Newfoundland
Family traditions:
 | John George Smith, from England, settled at Dildo, Trinity Bay before 1844 (MUN Folklore) |
| Smith, from England, settled at Bishop's Cove about 1710 (MUN Geog.) |
| Smith, from England, one of the earliest residents of Twillingate, settled at The Point, Twillingate in the late 17th century, (NFld. Quarterly Dec 1905) |
| John Smith, from Chance Cove, Trinity Bay was the first Smith to settle at Norman's Cove in the early 1800s (MUN Hist.) |
| John Brown, from England, deserted ship, changed his name to Smith, and became the first settler of Rock Harbour, Placentia Bay about 1800 (MUN Hist.) |
| Margaret Smith, of Irish Descent, of Calvert, 1818 (MUN Geog.) |
| Charles Smith, from England, was one of the earliest settlers of Flat Island (now Port Elizabeth). |
| Elizabeth Smith (about 1801-74), born at Argentia (MUN Geog.) |
| Robert C. Smith, from Nairn, Scotland, emigrated to Newfoundland in the mid-19th century; some of the family later settled at Gander (MUN Geog.) |
| George Frederick Smith, died 1892, sea-captain from Southampton, settled at St. John's about 1885. (P.E.I.Smith) |
Early Instances:
| Humphrey Smith, of Witless Bay, 1765, of Toads (now Tors) Cove, 1681 (CO 1) |
| Pierce Smith of Bay de Verde, 1675 (CO 1) |
| William Smith, of Harbour Main, 1676 (CO 1) |
| Peter Smith, of Torbay, 1676 (CO 1) |
| J. Smith, of St. John's, 1705 (CO 194-22) |
| William Smith of Bread and Cheese Cove (now Bishop's Cove), 1785, property "in possession of the Family for more than 80 years," that is, before 1705 (CO 199.18) |
| William Smith, fisherman of Trinity, Trinity Bay,1757 (DPHW 64) |
| Elizabeth Smith, of (Upper) Island Cove, 1776 (CO 199.18) |
| John Smith, planter of Fogo, 1792 (MUN Hist.) |
| Thomas Smith, proprietor and occupier of fishing room, Heart's Delight, Winter 1800-01 (Census Trinity Bay) |
| Thomas Smith, proprietor and occupier of fishing room, New Perlican, Winter 1800-01 (Census Trinity Bay) |
| Isaac Smith, of Cooper's Head (Bishop's Cove), 1801 (CO 199.18) |
| James Smith, of Placentia, 1803 (D;Alberti 13) |
| Nath Smith of Greenspond, 1804 (D'Alberti 14) |
| Thomas Smith of Burin, 1805 (D'Alberti 15) |
| James Smith, from Londonderry (Co. Derry), married at St. John's, 1807 (Nfld. Archives BRC) |
| Abraham Smith, of Carbonear, 1810 (DPHW 48) |
| Caleb Smith, of Twillingate, 1811 (D'Alberti 22) |
| Francis Smith, one of 72 impressed men who sailed from Ireland to Newfoundland , ?1811 (CO 194.51) |
| Elizabeth Smith or Smyth, of Harbour Grace Parish, 1814 (Nfld. Archives HGRC) |
| George Smith, of Gasters, 1816 (D'Alberti 26) |
| Jane Smith, of Ferryland, 1817 (Nfld. Archives BRC) |
| Caleb Smith, planter of Merritt's Harbour, 1820, of Moreton's Harbour, 1822 (USPG) |
| James Smith, planter of Scilly Cove (now Winterton), 1823 (DPHW 64B) |
| Samuel Smith, of Keels, 1825 (DPHW 70) |
| Robert, planter of Cupids, 1826 (DPHW 34) |
| John Smith, from Co. Tipperary, married at King's Cove, 1828 ( Nfld. Archives KCRC) |
| Thomas Smith. planter of Hants Harbour, 1831 ( DPHW 59A) |
| Robert Smith, of Manuels, 1832 (DPHW 30) |
| Captain Alfred Smith, of Brigus, 1833 (Nfld. Archives KCRC) |
| Hartwich Mansell Schmidt, from Deptford, England, married at St. John's, 1835 (DPHW 26D) |
| John Smith, fisherman of Blow-me-down (Carbonear), 1836 (DPHW 48) |
| Robert Smith, planter of New Harbour, Trinity Bay, 1836 (DPHW 64B) |
| George Smith, of Deadman's Bay, Bonavista Bay, 1837 (DPHW 76) |
| Juliana Smith, of Topsail, 1838 (DPHW 26D) |
| ? Smith, on the Nelson in the seal fishery out of Port de Grave, 1838 (Newfoundland 29 Mar 1838) |
| George Smith, planter of Chamberlains, 1841 (DPHW 26B) |
| Thomas Smith, of Open Hole, (now Open Hall), 1847 (Nfld. Archives KCRC) |
| Job Smith, of South Harbour, Fortune Bay, 1849 (DPHW 102), of Greeps Head, Fortune Bay, 1851 (DPHW 102) |
| William Smith, of Dog Cove, Bonavista Bay, 1850 (Nfld. Archives KCRC) |
| John Smith, of Triton Harbour (now Triton), 1851 (DPHW 86) |
| Benjamin Smith, fisherman of Fox Harbour, Trinity Bay, 1855 (DPHW 59A) |
| Catherine Smith, of Pichers (? for Pinchards) Island, 1856 (Nfld. Archives KCRC) |
| Isabella Smith, of Heart's Ease, 1856 (DPHW 59) |
| Edward Smith, of Spaniard's Bay, died 1856 (Newfoundlander 19 Sep 1856) |
| Susanna Smith, of Hayward's Cove, Bonavista Bay, 1857 (Nfld. Archives KCRC) |
| Charles Smith, of Stockholm, Sweden, married at St. John's, 1858 (Newfoundlander 19 Jul 1858) |
| Charles Smith, of Petty Harbour, 1859 (DPHW 31) |
| John Smith, of Garia, 1860 (DPHW 99) |
| William Smith, of Gooseberry Island, Bonavista Bay, 1861 (Nfld. Archives KCRC) |
| George Smith, of Little Harbour, Twillingdate district, 1861 (DPHW 88) |
| Emmanuel Reed Smith, of Chance Cove, 1862 (DPHW 62) |
| Maria Smith or Smyth, of Chapel Arm, 1866 (Nfld. Archives KCRC) |
| Samuel Smith, of Cottell's Island, Bonavista Bay, 1867 (Nfld. Archives KCRC) |
| Maria Smith, of Harbour Grace, 1868 (Nfld. Archives HGRC) |
| Richard Smith, fisherman of Robin Hood (now part of Port Rexton) 1869 (DPHW 65) |
| From family, relatives and friends. |
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