The following Anderson information is conjecture and genealogy detective work from the writings of Joseph H. Small.
As for a time frame of the Anderson family coming to Burgeo: Small was friends with the Matthews family and they new from there family history that the Matthews family arrived in Burgeo around 1800. The Andersons were already in Burgeo and believe to be the first family. Oral history from the Matthews family states the Andersons came from Burin (Peninsula) I.E. Fortune.
"Now we come to Upper Burgeo. That place was settled by Anderson's before old Mr. Matthews came here in 1796. How many of them came and when I do not know, nor have I ever heard any person say in the first years that the writer has been here. I think it is understood that this family or families came from Burin and that there were two brothers. The Great Grandsons say they were of Scotch descent."*
At this time, 1835, there were living at West Burgeo the following families: John Anderson, Frederick Cox, Thomas Anderson, John B. Cox (merchant), Samuel Cox, Henry Strickland, James Matthews, Augustus Chevalier, Robert Rose, Richard Skeard, George Dicks, George Keeping, Lambert Forward, William Anderson, Jonathan Rose, Thomas Skeard, Francis Read, Robert Harris, James Blumpied, Christopher Dicks, William (Major) Mauger, and William Meade. However, by 1861 many of these families had moved on west to LaPoile and West Point.*
So to sum up the para's above: We have two Andersons that were brothers of Scotch descent (maybe meaning their father was Scotch) and they came from Fortune to Burgeo before 1796.
Edward Anderson (Ester) born 1786 (Where?) brother of William
Daughter Susan Anderson born 1815
1835 list of Andersons
John Anderson
Thomas Anderson
William Anderson
The first Andersons built on the Sandbanks (part of Burgeo)
To be continued.....
*Joseph Small's Diary of Burgeo
As for a time frame of the Anderson family coming to Burgeo: Small was friends with the Matthews family and they new from there family history that the Matthews family arrived in Burgeo around 1800. The Andersons were already in Burgeo and believe to be the first family. Oral history from the Matthews family states the Andersons came from Burin (Peninsula) I.E. Fortune.
"Now we come to Upper Burgeo. That place was settled by Anderson's before old Mr. Matthews came here in 1796. How many of them came and when I do not know, nor have I ever heard any person say in the first years that the writer has been here. I think it is understood that this family or families came from Burin and that there were two brothers. The Great Grandsons say they were of Scotch descent."*
At this time, 1835, there were living at West Burgeo the following families: John Anderson, Frederick Cox, Thomas Anderson, John B. Cox (merchant), Samuel Cox, Henry Strickland, James Matthews, Augustus Chevalier, Robert Rose, Richard Skeard, George Dicks, George Keeping, Lambert Forward, William Anderson, Jonathan Rose, Thomas Skeard, Francis Read, Robert Harris, James Blumpied, Christopher Dicks, William (Major) Mauger, and William Meade. However, by 1861 many of these families had moved on west to LaPoile and West Point.*
So to sum up the para's above: We have two Andersons that were brothers of Scotch descent (maybe meaning their father was Scotch) and they came from Fortune to Burgeo before 1796.
Edward Anderson (Ester) born 1786 (Where?) brother of William
Daughter Susan Anderson born 1815
1835 list of Andersons
John Anderson
Thomas Anderson
William Anderson
The first Andersons built on the Sandbanks (part of Burgeo)
To be continued.....
*Joseph Small's Diary of Burgeo