Memories
of Kedgwick River
B. M. Broderick
Once the meal was finished,
the adults sat around the table drinking their tea and talking. Cliff
and I took off to play hide and seek.
When Cliff was hiding behind the commode, Gramp came into the bedroom,
pointed to him and barked, “Stowaway with a five dollar price on his
head!”
We thought we had done something terrible. We ran down the stairs
as fast as we could.
Nineteen year old, Michael Bernard Broderick, a native of Cappoquin,
County Waterford, Ireland, was a stowaway on the Stormy Petrel
as
it sailed out of Galway Bay on Friday, September 6, 1899. On the
third day at sea, he was discovered and he became a member of the crew.
Upon arriving in Campbellton, the vessel took on a cargo of lumber. In
the middle of the night, Michael lowered himself by a rope, over the
side
of the ship and hid in the woods, as there was a price to be paid for
returning
a deserting crew member. Thus began a lonely new life in a strange
land.
He was taken on as a farmhand with the MacDougal family in Broadlands
near Matapedia and later found employment as a handyman with the
Restigouche
Salmon Club.
In 1900, he married Isabella MacDonald. They became the caretakers for
the Roger’s property on the Kedgwick River. Here they raised their nine
children. The door of their home was always open. A yearly event was
the
visit of the owners of the property accompanied by guests who enjoyed
the
angling season. This was followed by the lumber crews who needed to be
fed
and lodged.
‘Memories of Kedgwick River’ by their son, the Rev.
Bernard
Michael Broderick, presents interesting insights into the history of
northern
New Brunswick but first he takes the reader on a journey to discover
the
life his father left behind in Ireland.
Father Broderick also explores the opening up of the area of the
province that was at the turn of the century, a wilderness known only
to the trapper, the hunter, the angler, and the lumberjack.
Fascinating stories of characters who shared and participated in its
development are related. You will meet Isaac Farrar, Uncle John
MacDonald, W. C. Teagle, Clyde Hynes, James Michael MacDonald and
others in the pages of this 1994 publication which is available in
several libraries in New Brunswick.
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Query 1071
Given - Orr - Carr: James Given was born in Ireland about
1829
and married Margaret Mary Orr, the daughter of Thomas Orr and Margaret
Carr,
in Saint John on 01 March 1851. They purchased a farm in Bloomfield,
Norton
Parish, Kings County in 1861. Their family consisted of 15 children.
James
died on Erin Street in Saint John in 1901. Margaret was residing on
Erin
Street at the time of her death in 1920. I would like to determine the
place
of origin in Ireland for both James Given and Margaret Orr as well as
the
names of their parents, siblings and descendants.
Paul Given
Email pagiven@gmail.com
Query 1072
Sharp-Marshall: Arthur Busby Sharp married Margaret Marshall 1883
in
Sussex, New Brunswick. He died in 1914 in British Columbia. His
children
were Elizabeth, John and Sarah. Who were his parents?
-Roberta Kincaid, 365 Shackelton Pt. Rd.,
Bridgeport,
NY, 13030, USA. E-mail
Rkinc61940@aol.com.
Query 1073
Maria - Ballard: Isaac Marsh was a private in the 76th Regiment
with
the British Army serving in Nova Scotia in 1855 when he met and married
Maria
Ballard in Halifax. The following year they had a son, Isaac George
born
in New Brunswick. I am looking for any information concerning the
family
or any references to the regiment’s service in Nova Scotia.
-Robert Marsh, 38 Sandalwood Ave., Woodlands, 6018,
West
Australia. E-mail redcar@iprimus.com.au.
