William Anstey b. 1817 Twillingate, Nfld. d. 11 Jan 1910 Little Bay Islands, Nfld.: Family Trees

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1817 - 1910 (93 years)

Name	William Anstey
Birth	1817	Twillingate, Nfld.
Gender	Male
Death	11 Jan 1910	Little Bay Islands, Nfld.
Person ID	I65	Rowsell-Anstey
Last Modified	18 Apr 2023

Father	Thomas Anstey, b. 1769, Twillingate, Nfld. d. 1847 (Age 78 years)
Family ID	F170	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Hannah Wiseman, c. 14 May 1823, Tizzard's Harbour Nfld. d. Yes, date unknown

Marriage 15 Sep 1840 Twillingate, Nfld.

Also spelled Anna sometimes.

Children

	1. Abel Anstey, b. 1840 d. Yes, date unknown
	2. Virtue Anstey, b. Jul 1842, Twillingate, Nfld. d. 1925 (Age 82 years)
	3. George Anstey, b. 30 Sep 1844, Bluff Head Cove, Nfld. d. 18 Jan 1917, Little Bay Islands, Nfld. (Age 72 years)
	4. Esther Anstey, b. 8 Jul 1847, Purcell's Harbour, Nfld. d. 17 Jul 1888, Little Bay Islands, Nfld. (Age 41 years)
	5. Lydia Anstey, b. 14 Feb 1850, Purcell's Harbour, Nfld.
	6. Priscilla Anstey, b. Aug 1852, Little Bay Islands, Nfld. d. 4 Apr 1898, Little Bay Islands, Nfld. (Age 45 years)
	7. Susannah Anstey, b. May 1855, Little Bay Islands, Nfld. d. Aft 1921 (Age 66 years)
	8. Richard Anstey, b. Jan 1857, Little Bay Islands, Nfld. d. 1921 (Age 63 years)
	9. Henry Anstey, b. 14 Dec 1860, Little Bay Islands, Nfld. d. Bef Jun 1866 (Age 5 years)
	10. Peter Anstey, b. 29 Nov 1862, Little Bay Islands, Nfld. d. 26 Sep 1884, Little Bay Islands, Nfld. (Age 21 years)
	11. Thomas Anstey, b. 1864, Little Bay Islands, Nfld. d. Yes, date unknown
	12. Henry Charles Anstey, b. 23 Jun 1866, Little Bay Islands, Nfld. d. 6 Apr 1936, Pilley's Island, Nfld. (Age 69 years)

Family ID F40 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 9 Feb 2012

Notes

Dates (1807-1900) were what I got from RNR's papers. Dates 1817-1910 from David Anstey. Death date from Nfld death registers at St. John's Other notes I have give dates: 1807-1900 (source unknown) William Young's diary (from Jill Marshall) has born bd 1820. Lived in Bluff Head Cove, Purcell's Harbour. source: Jill Marshall

From the Little Bay Islands United Church Magazine (1942 issue, history of LBI) he moved to LBI c 1851/1852: the magazine article said there were 14 children. Don Moore (Zeke848@cs.com) says there were 10 children (Virtue, George, Esther, Lydia, Priscilla, Susannah, Richard, Peter, Thomas, and Henry Charles, his gf). Don Moore also noted that both Hannah and William was bc 1820). From church records, Hannah Wiseman was baptized May 14 1823 Tizzards Hr, the daughter of Philip Wiseman & Virtue UNK.

May have been the William Anstey who mastered the vessel Garfield (42 tons) with 9 men and 1 woman aboard when it cleared through Twilligate customs house in July 1888 for the cod fishery. Supplier: E. DUDER. Source: Twillingate Sun - 1888 July 28, 1888.

From Reg Rowsell's diary, written at Hooping Harbour, July 29, 1929:
I went visiting in the afternoon but didn't finish all my visiting until six o'clock this evening Saturday 3/8/29. Last evening I got another surprise. Mrs. Randell the woman with whom I stay gave me a five D. gold piece. God was again wonderfully good to me. I cannot thank him for the half. Mrs. Randell is relation to me. Mrs. Randell's mother's sister was married to William Anstey, my great grand father. I met today a Mr. George Burton who claims to be related to me. Says he and I are third cousins. And met a Mr. Ben Rideout who is also my third cousin.

In RnR's diary for Little Bay Islands, Jan 28, 1941:
Living at the Island when Mr. Grimes arrived [in 1854] were William Mersell & Philip Wiseman (at Mersell's Cove), Wm. Anstey (my great grandfather) and John Locke (these two families lived at Anstey's Cove).

From an article in the Evening Telegram, May 4, 1970, entitled "The first settlers in Green Bay"
"Thomas Grimes, who was 94 years old in 1940, told how he came to Little Bay Island in 1854. He said he had already been there several winters with his father before the family followed them. When Grimes arrived, he found the following families: Campbells, George Mitchell, Thomas Tuffin, George Tucker, William Richmond, James Wiseman, his son Willie Wiseman, and John Wellman. All were located at Mursell's Cove. William Anstey and John Locke lived at Anstey's Cove while John Marshall and Jerry Roberts lived in Ben Batt's Cove."