The rebuilding of St John Newfoundland

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Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	Howard	Report	20 Jan 2005 12:54
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	Hello, I have discovered that my Great Grandfather Renton Wright went, with 27 other artisans, to St John , Newfoundland after it burnt down in the 1880's. They were a gang of stonemasons, bricklayers etc. My ggf married into the Oliver Family from the same village Hurworth-on-Tees, Co.Durham and I presume that as three of these were Brickies that they were part of this gang. Several of them never came back, and at least one of the Oliver brothers migrated to California, as my grandmother cont'd a correspondence with the family branch until her death in the 1960's. My Aunt Olive cont'd that correspondence but did not leave info for it to continue, sadly. Have anyone any hint of this effort in their FH. I'd be interested to learn more. Howard Wright
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 427 Send Message	Barbara	Report	20 Jan 2005 13:09
	Would the online Canadian phone book be any help to you? www(.)canada411.ca Barbara