Entries to Bell Island Guestbook July 07, 1999 to September 17, 1999

Name: Michael Nicholl
Email: mnicholl@ns.sympatico.ca
From: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Referred_by: Netscape Magazine

Comments

Saw the article in Netscape and it sparked my intrest as my father grew up on Bell Island and worked in the mines as a time keeper in the late 30's before leaving for a life at sea as a marine engineer. Great site!! Thanks


Name: Paula Beckett
Email: Habfans5@sympatico.ca
From: Ayr, ON
Referred_by: Sympatico Netlife Magazine

Comments

Great site! Parents are Gen Lahey & Ben Bartlett. Haven't been there since '76. Hope to visit soon....


Name: John Parsley
Email: Parsley@Sympatico.ca
From: Sudbury, Ontario
Referred_by: Yahoo

Comments

My folks grew up on the island, I believe their parents (the Healey's, and the Parsley's spent most of their adult lives there as well). I've been to this island 3 times, and am as overwhelmed by the people today as I was in my youth. Thanks to all.


Name: Randolph Slawinski
Email: rrlhs@gru.net
From: Gainesville Fla.
Referred_by: Roving

Comments

Fantastic page. I have been to the island many times but still learned more at your site.


Name: Kirk Gosse
Email: jettegosse@sympatico.net
From: Bancroft Ontario
Referred_by: sympatico netlife

Comments

I visited my father's and great grandfather's home on Bell Island in '68, but have no real memories. It's nice to finally see where my ancestors are from.


Name: Bob Woodman
Email: pipe.doc@ns.sympatico.ca
From: Originally from G.Falls Nf.
Referred_by: Netlife

Comments

Good Page: I'm looking for Patrick Hearn presently married to Brenda and last heard of daround Oshawa Ont


Name: anna buffett
Email:
From: st johns
Referred_by: millie rees bell island

Comments

the view overlooking little bellisland was excellent.great job done


Name: Duane
Email: Ring
From: Moncton, NB (Originally from Lab. City, NF)
Referred_by: Sympatico NetLife Magazine

Comments

Very nicely done site! I really should make an effort to get over to Bell Island next time I'm home, (I have family in St. John's). Keep up the great work!

Regards, Duane F. Ring ringdf@auracom.com


Name: Cecilia le'Templier/marshall
Email: cletem@idirect.com
From: Toronto/&Blanc Sablon/QUE.
Referred_by: my sister in montreal.

Comments

If Gladys hoskins or Terrylinn .would like to hear from you .My number is in the yellow pages .I enjoy your page.


Name: mr durtle
Email: rdurtle@bellisland.net
From: prees
Referred_by: my teacher

Comments

tell me do you have a computer at home can i have my homework at home.


Name: Kevin Stoyles
Email: Kevin_Stoyles@yahoo.com
From: London, Ontario
Referred_by: Parents

Comments

Good site


Name: Mike Ethridge
Email: joann.ethridge@sympatico.ca
From: Waterloo,On.
Referred_by: sympatico netlife

Comments

I was born in west mines in 1959. I have always been interested in how much the Island had changed since we left in 1964. I really enjoyed your site more so the pictures. Thank you


Name: mike ethridge
Email: joann.ethridge@sympatico.ca
From: waterloo,on.
Referred_by: netlife sympatico

Comments

I was born West mines Bell Island in 1959 I have always had an interest in how the Island since we left in 1964 when the mines closed. I enjoyed visiting your site. thank you


Name: TODD PEDDLE
Email:
From: RAISED: THE ROCK/ NOW: ST.PHILIPS
Referred_by: MY MOM!

Comments

I JUST LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYBODY.STILL "LOVE" "LOVE" "LOVES" THE ISLAND.EXCUSE THE STUDDERING! YOUR'S PEDDLE


Name: Paul Kelland
Email: pkelland@comnet.ca
From: Newfoundland
Referred_by: search on Internet

Comments

I like the changes done to this site, It has been a while since I visited it


Name: charlotte desjardins
Email: desjardins_charl@hotmail.com
From: lasalle,ontario
Referred_by: sympatico netlife

Comments

Great site. My father is from Belle island. My maiden name is Earle, I am also related to the Carters


Name: Stephanie Fleming
Email: stephanie.fleming@sympatico.ca
From: Conception Bay South (now in Ottawa, ON)
Referred_by: from Sympatico Net Life

Comments

This is a very professional site!

Both my parents - Ray and Margaret (nee Gauci) Fleming grew up on Bell Island.

 


Name: Shirley Pitre
Email: shirley.pitre2@sympatico.com
From: Montreal (formally Pouch cove)
Referred_by: Sympatico

Comments

Very interesting site.I visited Bell Island many years ago and i have some great memories of the place


Name: Bill Cramm
Email: william.cramm@sympatico.ca
From: Botwood
Referred_by: NetLife Magazine

Comments

Nice site.My grandfather and grandma were from Bell Island. His name was Fred Swyers hers was Minnie (oak) . Maybe someone out there may know the name if so email. Lets talk Thank Bill


Name: Chris Hammond
Email: ham@iaw.com
From: St.Catharines
Referred_by: Sympatico Netlife

Comments

Of special interest to me because although I was born in Ontario, my parents are originally from the island. It never ceases to amaze me when I hear or see what it was like for my Grandparents to work in the mine.


Name: Mildred
Email: h_letemplier@hotmail.com
From: Chateauguay, Quebec
Referred_by: Sympatico netlife

Comments

I enjoyed your site


Name: Pat Neary
Email: pat.neary@pei.sympatico.ca
From: Charlottetown,P.E.I.
Referred_by: Sympatico NetLife Magazine

Comments

I am from Bell Island and I appreciate the web site very much. I also would like you for the excellent content. Keep up the great work. Thanks.


Name: Gale Thornhill
Email: 2thornhill@home.com
From: Cambridge
Referred_by: Friend

Comments

Great


Name: David N. Parsons
Email: dnparsons@hotmail.com
From: Bell Island, NFLD
Referred_by: Sympatico Netlife Magazine

Comments

Excellent site - It makes me home- sick.


Name: Anne Owens
Email: anne.owens@sympatico.ca
From: Toronto, Ontario
Referred_by: NetLife Magazine

Comments

I was born & raised in Newfoundland until I was eleven.My sister Kay was born on Red Insland,I was born in Brown;s Arm.Our Maiden names was Carroll.My day was Jim & my mom who died at age 26, i never knew her was named Mame.


Name: Dave Rideout
Email: davenine@netcom.ca
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: Friends

Comments

Super work.keep up the good work. felt like i have never been away. cheers to all


Name: Clarke Harris
Email: clarke_harris@dcf.state.fl.us
From: Punta Gorda Florida USA
Referred_by: through NFLD-GEN listserv

Comments

Lovely page...just missed getting over to Bell Island this summer, but other obligations in St John's. I am a friend of Ms Mary Stoyles (originally from Bell Island).


Name: DEBBIE GOSINE
Email: ggosine@firstcity.net
From: bell island
Referred_by: just browsing

Comments

great idea


Name: Helen Jaffray
Email: hjaffray1@home.com
From: Stoney Creek, Ontario
Referred_by: Sympatico NetLife

Comments

Didn't get to finish other comment so I will continue. Beautiful island, but all of Newfoundland is. We liked the cemetery that overlooked the Bay.


Name: Debbie vokey nee Skanes
Email: puffbum@hotmail.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: surfing

Comments

keep up the good work


Name: Margaret DesRochers (Fitzpatrick)
Email: desnmargdesrochers.@sympatico.ca 
From: Prescott, Ontario
Referred_by: sympatico, net life

Comments

None at present


Name: Lisa Burke
Email: heavenlydream69@hotmail.com
From: Cambridge, ontario
Referred_by: I looked for it

Comments

I thought it was great to view where my family is from .. Thanks


Name: Joe Bowdring
Email: jbowdring@home.com
From: Ajax, ON
Referred_by: Verbal

Comments

Nice look at it, to see what's going on on Bell Island


Name: anne newton
Email: joeyra@escape.ca
From: winnipeg
Referred_by: brother

Comments

it makes me homesick to see the old place. I can't wait to come back.


Name: John and Anne Dwyer
Email: john.dwyer2@sympatico
From: Cambridge, Ont.
Referred_by: Surfing

Comments

Son of Dan and Vera Dwyer of the Front. Left Bell Island in 1973. I go back for a holiday every year.

Hi to all my old friends. Keep in touch!


Name: Shirley King Reid
Email: Shirley_Reid@Yahoo.com
From: Bell Island and proud of it!
Referred_by: surfing the web

Comments

Hi, to all past, present and future Bell Islanders. I now live in Dildo, Trinity Bay. My parents were Christine (Rose) and Jim King. We lived up in Butler's Marsh and later in Fitzgerald's Lane.


Name: Eileen ( Newton ) Stadler
Email: bstadler@epud.com
From: Elmira, Oregon, USA
Referred_by: just stumbled on it.

Comments

Very good, nice to hear from the Island. I was back there this summer. Really enjoyed NFLD again.


Name: Shirley King Reid
Email: Shirley_Reid@yahoo.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: Search

Comments

Just browsing for old cronies.


Name: Rodney Clarke
Email: clarke_rodney@hotmail.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: Looked it up.

Comments

Great Job.


Name: William Joseph Somerton
Email: joey@golden.net
From: Cambridge,Ontario
Referred_by: Internet

Comments

Ilike the pictures,and it brings back a lot of old memories.


Name: PATRICK BYRNE
Email: PRIVATE
From: BELL ISLAND
Referred_by: YAHOO

Comments

NONE AT THIS TIME


Name: Donna Delaney
Email:
From: the front of bell island
Referred_by: through family

Comments

The best place to grow up on the island


Name: Patrick Byrne
Email: joey@golden.net
From: Cambridge,Ontario
Referred_by: Pamphlet

Comments

I Havent Been Home In 7YRS It's Nice To Look At Old Pictures Brings Back Memories


Name: Rozwadowski family
Email:
From: Victoria, BC
Referred_by: Pat O'Neill

Comments

Beautiful place with interesting history...must be absolutely incredible because Pat O'Neill was born there!


Name: Roxanne Bartlett
Email: rbartlet@home.com
From: Kitchener. Ontario
Referred_by: surfing

Comments

Great site. I will visit it often.


Name: April M. Neary
Email: amneary@julian.uwo.ca
From: London, ON
Referred_by: friends

Comments

Great webpage! I was there in July and had a terrific time!!!!


Name: Marlene Lankin (Yetman)
Email: yetman@execulink.com
From: Bell Island, Nfld
Referred_by: Through a friend

Comments

I left the Island in 92 I would love to hear from friends from the past.


Name: Elizabeth Butler
Email: Elizb_1999@Yahoo.com
From: Bellisland
Referred_by:

Comments

Nice Page!


Name: Roger Gendreau
Email: RGENDRE@golden.net
From: Cambridge, Ontario
Referred_by: relatives

Comments

I visit the site quite often. Looking for familiar names. I left in 1976 and am sorry to say I have only been home a couple of times since but still miss the old rock. Would like to hear from anyone who still remembers me. Friend or foe.


Name: Kevin Kent
Email: kkent@cancom.net
From: Labrador City
Referred_by: Bell Island Web Site

Comments

very enjoyable site


Name: Sharon Connelly
Email: i12b12@home.net
From: Deptford, NJ, USA
Referred_by: genealogy research

Comments

Anyone know how to contact the Addison Brown, the author of the article The Early History of Bell Island? He mentions a John Power, I believe is my father's descendant. I would like to know if Addison has any additional information available.


Name: teddie brown
Email:
From: bell island
Referred_by:

Comments

great place


Name: Jeanette Kwiatkowski ( Parsons)
Email: phoenixi@sprint.ca
From: Kitchener, Ontario
Referred_by: Relative

Comments

Excellent joy done on the web site, enjoyed the mine tour, sure do miss Bell Island, try to get home every chance I get. thanks for the memories. I recoganized some of the names on the guestbook.


Name: Janet B.
Email:
From: Holyrood, NF
Referred_by: web search

Comments

Even though I live nearby and am a "townie" I have only visited Bell Island once, several years ago. I am planning a weekend trip and this site was incredible help to me in planning my mini excursion. Looking forward very much to visiting your island!


Name: sandra Kerver ( Hammond)
Email:
From: Mississauga , Ontario
Referred_by: Brother (David)

Comments

wonderful to see the familiar names and pictures of the places i remember growing up ...Keep up the great work ...


Name: amy cobb
Email: amy98ac@hotmail.com
From: corner brook
Referred_by:

Comments

great homepage!!


Name: amy cobb
Email: amy98ac@hotmail.com
From: corner brook
Referred_by:

Comments

who's me by?


Name: debbie joy
Email: joydebbie@hotmail.com
From: bell island
Referred_by: my daughter

Comments

very interesting!


Name: debbie joy
Email: joydebbie@hotmail.com
From: bell island
Referred_by: my daughter

Comments

very interesting!


Name: Leanne Joy
Email: leanne_joy@hotmail.com
From: Leanne Joy
Referred_by: just surft on.

Comments

hey, I like this site very much. Write back soon people!

 

Leanne.


Name: Edward Hunt
Email: Mr Insurance@sprint.ca
From: The Front-Bell Island
Referred_by:

Comments

Reg,thanks for this and minor hockey.Hello to George&family, Gerald&family,fud,Arron,Jason,NorbertDavey,Ronny,Chris,Rose,Tuckers,Bill& Evlyn,Michelle&Granville,Gary,Greer, Glennie&Terry.There are so many good people in such a small place. Ed


Name: Bernie Dwyer
Email: bdwyer@edu.gov.nf.ca
From: St. John's
Referred_by: A friend

Comments

Excellent photos. They bring back some good memories


Name: me by
Email: right here
From: me mother
Referred_by: found it by

Comments

HI I'M LOOKING FOR AMY COBB

 


Name: RON BROWN
Email: brownr@town.saugeenshores.on.ca
From:
Referred_by:

Comments

very good


Name: John Dwyer
Email: sixdwyers@hotmail.com
From: Cambridge Ont.
Referred_by: Through interest and family.
Date: 8/5/99

Comments

My Grandmother is from Bell Island as well as my Father and we really enjoyed going through some of the information that you have given on this web page and we will certianly visit you again.Thanks for the history and memories.


Name: Gerry Skanes
Email: gskanes@thezone.net
From: Originally Bell Island;now living in St.John's
Referred_by: Surfing the net
Date: 8/4/99

Comments

Great site!Nice seeing names of people I haven't seen in years.Good place to find old friends.Please feel free to E-Mail me anytime.Take care!Will look back again soon.


Name: Wally Crane
Email: ludlow@golden.net
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: surfed on it
Date: 8/4/99

Comments

just checkin' around.


Name: kayla jackman
Email: newfie_chick12@yahoo.com
From: bell island,nfld
Referred_by: i thought your web page was excellent .
Date: 8/3/99

Comments

your web site is good


Name: Pamela Skanes
Email: pskanes@ececanada.com
From: Originally from Bell Island, now living in Brampton, Ontario
Referred_by:
Date: 8/3/99

Comments

Great site! Keep up the good work Reg. Hi to everyone back home. Miss it very much.


Name: Ed Butt
Email: I.C.Q. # 44225998
From: Calgary, Alberta
Referred_by: Internet Explorer
Date: 8/2/99

Comments

I was born on Bell Island, my parents are the late Samuel Butt and Elizabeth( nee: Fitzgerald ). You have done a great job on the site.


Name: Diana Durdle
Email: ddurdle@stement.nf.ca
From:
Referred_by:
Date: 7/31/99

Comments

Just checking in on the page.


Name: Marcel Elliott
Email: happygolumpy@yahoo.com
From: Kentville, Nova Scotia
Referred_by: My brother, Emile
Date: 7/31/99

Comments

Great page!


Name: Murnell MacKenzie
Email: murnellmack@yahoo.com
From: Brampton, On
Referred_by: soon to be sister -in- law
Date: 7/31/99

Comments

great web page, i have relatives on the island, my soon to be father in law, mr.kevin [kev]cole soon to be sister & brother in-law Cindy & Perry Foley


Name: Jim Davis
Email: JRD2CAN@hotmail.com
From: Joppa  Maryland USA
Referred_by: cousin Dee Smith ( Clark )
Date: 7/30/99

Comments

this web site is one of the best i have seen keep up the good work


Name: Maureen Rose (Pitts)
Email: majer@island.net
From: Port Alice, BC
Referred_by:
Date: 7/28/99

Comments

Great to visit this page, it keeps getting better and better, Great Job! It makes me homesick when I visit this page, would love to go home next summer. Would love to hear from anyone who went to school with me or childhood friends.


Name: kevin foucher
Email: kingcurfou@aol.com
From: byfield mass usa
Referred_by: i visit the island often
Date: 7/27/99

Comments

MR and MRS KING on Main ST.(relatives)


Name: Mike Raymond
Email: Mikelr7723@aol.com.
From: Freshwater/ now in Toronto
Referred_by: surfing
Date: 7/24/99

Comments

very good site well put together needs more pictures


Name: Marie
Email: bunnyhot@hotmail.com
From: Ontario
Referred_by: Surfing
Date: 7/23/99

Comments

Has to be one of the best community sites that I have visited! Kudos to the creators and those that maintain it. Anyone remember a Barbara Miller? I think she is from Bell Isle and maybe has a sister still there.


Name: Carl Power
Email: wabana@easynet.ca
From: Cambridge.ON
Referred_by: Froggie Warren
Date: 7/21/99

Comments

Great place to party!!!


Name: Marilyn (Skanes) King
Email: chris.jenn@thezone.net
From: Grand Falls/Windsor
Referred_by: Family
Date: 7/20/99

Comments

Great work guys. Hi to my brother Joe, sisters : Pam & Cynthia in Ont. Love to hear from St.Boniface classmates 1976


Name: Jake Squires
Email: galwayrm@sprint.ca
From: Bell Island
Referred_by:
Date: 7/20/99

Comments

Hi to all the boy's here haveing a berr at Fox's. See you in two weeks. Great page Reg.


Name: Kathi Flynn
Email: kathib@cgocable.net
From: Hamilton,Ont.
Referred_by: surfed
Date: 7/20/99

Comments

Dad Patrick Flynn was born here. Flynns were miners on the island. Would like more info about Belle Island and the mines. Also related to Laheys, Murphys, Whalens.


Name: David Hammond
Email: dm4j@home.com
From: Bell Island / Now living in T.O.
Referred_by: Doesn't everyone have this page...lol
Date: 7/20/99

Comments

G©¿©D WORK!!! You guys just keep on getting better. Keep up the excellent work!! Oh yeah..I am from West Mines, son of Cyril and Loretta Hammond. I Would like to hear from anyone who knew me growing up.

 


Name: David Hammond
Email: dm4j@home.com
From: Bell Island / Now living in T.O.
Referred_by: Doesn't everyone have this page...lol
Date: 7/20/99

Comments

G©¿©D WORK!!! You guys just keep on getting better. I can't believe the amount of pictures you have now. Keep up the excellent work!! Oh yeah..I am from West Mines, son of Cyril and Loretta Hammond.I Would like to hear from anyone who knew me growing up.


Name: Art Mayo
Email:
From: Pennsylvania
Referred_by: yahoo canada
Date: 7/19/99

Comments

Great page! Been to Newfoundland 5 times in the last 7 years! Love the place and the people.


Name: dave turnbull
Email: turnbull@cyberus.ca
From: ottawa
Referred_by: family from bell island
Date: 7/18/99

Comments

want to retire there?


Name: HAILEY DONELLE
Email: hailey@mgl.ca
From: Cambridge
Referred_by: My best friend STACY
Date: 7/18/99

Comments

Hey Whatz Up


Name: mike galway
Email: fitty@golden.net
From: bell island  west mines
Referred_by: surfing the net
Date: 7/16/99

Comments

left bell island at 20 years young to seek my fortune , and sitll looking


Name: Christine
Email:
From: Oil City Pennsylvania
Referred_by: A friend who lives there
Date: 7/15/99

Comments

very fasinating and a beautiful place


Name: Christine
Email:
From:
Referred_by:
Date: 7/15/99

Comments

Very facinating


Name: Bob Stone
Email: Stonek@hotmail.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: Just searching
Date: 7/15/99

Comments

Hello everyone, just thought I would drop a line and say what a great job! Keep up the good work. My parents are Kevin and Vera(jackman)Stone from the lighthouse area, nice seeing all of the familiar names.


Name: Bob Stone
Email: Stonek@hotmail.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: Just searching
Date: 7/15/99

Comments

Hello everyone, just thought I would drop a line and say what a great job! Keep up the good work. My parents are Kevin and Vera(jackman)Stone from the lighthouse area, nice seeing all of the familiar names.


Name: Noel Vokey
Email: noelv@home.com
From: Bell Island
Referred_by: just browsing
Date: 7/14/99

Comments

to change my email address


Name: SANDRA WETTLAUFER (PORTER)
Email: robertw1@idirect.com
From: BELL ISLAND ,( WHITBY, ONT )
Referred_by: JUST BROWSING
Date: 7/13/99

Comments

HI TO ALL THE NAMES I RECOGNIZE, WISH I WERE HOME FOR THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS. MY DAUGHTER ALLISON IS THERE NOW VISITING GRAND PARENTS FOR 6 WEEKS!MISS HER TERRIBLY! WE ARE GOING HOME FOR XMAS.


Name: Dexter Higgins
Email: drdexterhiggins@sprint.ca
From: Whitby, Ontario
Referred_by: Surfing
Date: 7/10/99

Comments

I visit the home page from time to time to see if any old friends have been added. Too my delight I find some. Thanks for all the services you provide on the website.


Name: Sheri Ford
Email: Jpower@cadvision.com
From: Living in Calgary, AB - but home will always be Bell Island
Referred_by: Just hoping something like this was here - a little homesick
Date: 7/10/99

Comments

It's comforting to know that no matter how far away from home you go there are always ways to keep in touch


Name: delaney, teddie
Email: delaney_teddie@yahoo.com
From: bell island nfld
Referred_by: sister
Date: 7/10/99

Comments

Bell Island is Home. there's no place like home.


Name: jody tarrant
Email: jwk97@hotmail.com
From: cambridge,ontario
Referred_by: JUST LOOKING AROUND
Date: 7/7/99

Comments

i enjoyed looking at cell island mostly because i have visited there on many different occassions, also because my grandmother still lives there along with some other family members


Name: Paula (Gunn) Paul
Email: paulfp@sympatico.co
From: Acton, Ontario
Referred_by: Family
Date: 7/7/99

Comments

Very nicely done it is nice to look back at the place i am from and learn about it


Name: Ray Clements
Email: rclements@sprint.ca
From: Bell Island now living near Halifax
Referred_by: surfing the web
Date: 7/7/99

Comments

Great site, visit often to see how many names I recognize.Left home summer of 69,been back a few times and hope to get back in the near future. Best Wishes to All


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