Darrigan, Maurice

1877 - 1955  (77 years)

• Name	Darrigan, Maurice  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	27 Sep 1877
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Jan 1955	Frenchmen's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  Person ID	I3730	Loder
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Darrigan, John,   b. Abt 1850,   d. 29 Jun 1889  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Mother	Payne, Amy (Emma),   b. 1853, Bonne Bay, District of St. Barbe, Newfoundland ,   d. Unknown Location
  Married	13 Jul 1874
  Family ID	F1969	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rowe, Leah,   b. Oct 1883, Cupids, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Darrigan, Lillian,   b. Aug 1904, Bay of Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Darrigan, Clayton,   b. Aug 1906, Bay of Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Darrigan, Rosana,   b. Aug 1908, Bay of Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Darrigan, Effie,   b. Jun 1910, Bay of Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Darrigan, James,   b. Aug 1912, Lark Harbor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Darrigan, Elizabeth,   b. Sep 1914, Lark Harbor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Darrigan, Stanley,   b. Oct 1916, Lark Harbor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Darrigan, Walter,   b. 1918, Lark Harbor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Darrigan, John,   b. Jun 1920, Lark Harbor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2018
  Family ID	F1188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  DERIGAN; Maurice M Head Married 1877 Sep 44 Bay of Islands DERIGAN; Leah F Wife Married 1883 Oct 38 Cupids DERIGAN; Lillian F Dau Single 1904 Aug 17 Bay of Islands DERIGAN; Clayton M Son Single 1906 Aug 15 Bay of Islands DERIGAN; Rosana F Dau Single 1908 Aug 13 Bay of Islands DERIGAN; Effie F Dau Single 1910 Jun 11 Bay of Islands DERIGAN; James M Son Single 1912 Aug 9 Lark Harbour DERIGAN; Elizabeth F Dau Single 1914 Sep 7 Lark Harbour DERIGAN; Stanley M Son Single 1916 Oct 5 Lark Harbour DERIGAN; Walter M Son Single 1918 3 Lark Harbour DERIGAN; John M Son Single 1920 Jun 1 Lark Harbour

  
  

• Sources

  [S70] 1921 Census - Newfoundland-Bottle Cove, (Name: http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1921/804439-stg.shtml Transcribed by Glynn Porter, Nicholsville, NF, Canada Posted May 30, 1998 Updated July 5, 1999 by Bill Crant;). [S66] A historical survey of the settlement of Lark Harbor, York Harbor in the outer Bay of Island, Newfoundland, Stuart L. Harvey, (Name: http://www.geocities.com/terreneuvien/forgottn.htm July 1997 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Author wishes to thank all of the following individuals and groups who willingly and in a variety of ways gave their assistance in the preparation of this bo ok. Gordo;), Petition of Heads of Families to Rev Curling for Assistance, December1879 (Reliability: 3). QUAY 4 Petition of Heads of Families to Rev Curling for Assistance, December 1879 The cod and herring fisheries during 1879 and 1880 were unsuccessful, and many families were in danger of starvation unless they received assistance. There was no government assistance readily available in those days, so the men addressed the only source of help that they knew: their Church. In early December 1889 the following letter was addressed to Rev J J Curling, Anglican Priest of the Bay of Islands Mission, by the heads of thirty-two families faced with starvation in the dead of winter. To the Revd J J Curling Revd Sir Owing to the entire failure of the Herring fishery and partial failure of the Cod fishery and our inability to procure w ork we are now in absolute want of the Bare necessities to Sustain life and viewing the present prospects we must some of us long ere the coming long winter is over Succumb to Starvation. We gratefully acknowledge your individual efforts in our behalf in the past and the knowledge that the good you may volunteer may not be Sufficient to carry us through Therefore we humbly beseech you to represent our case to the Government to come to our aid (as individual efforts cannot save us) to g ive us work so we can earn ever so little to give us Bread. With many grateful thanks for your past benefices we pray you will do all in your power to assist us through the proper authorities. Yours in necessity John Bailey Michel Compagnon Mo ris Derigan Michael Companion Jr Richard Parsons John Derigan Edgar Bennett John Parsons Thomas Willer Samuel Batt Thomas Derigan James Cole James Mitchell John Park Edward Margen Jesse Clarke Joseph Park Thomas Leih Joseph Henwood John Beverley William Beverley James Willer Thomas Lovel Edward Tucker Richard Park Alexander Wight Thomas Edmins Henry Becorkney John McLeod Henry Edmins James Park ???? Dimond (first name illegible) Response of Rev Curling to the Petition A short time lat er, Rev Curling, attentive and concerned as always to the needs of his parishioners, wrote the following reply from the mission station at John's Beach : To John Bailey, M. Compagnon Jr and others who addressed me early in December 1879. My frie nds, It grieved me very much to hear of your distress owing to the failure of the herring fishery, & the partial failure of the Cod fishery. I at once represented the case to the Magistrate, who wrote to the Government requesting them to send pr ovisions and to authorize some public work being undertaken during this winter. A petition was also forwarded to the Government from some of the fishermen residing in the upper part of this Sound stating their distress; the Rev. P. Doe???? & the Rev D. Creelman, I believe, as well as myself certify the truth of this petition. Before the last mail steamer left St. John's the Government heard by Telegraph that some herring were being caught in the B. of Islands and on that account refrain ed from sending any provisions. We are therefore thrown upon our own resources, and the Magistrate has summoned a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Bay to be held at the Co. Ho [Community House] next Wed. 30th inst to consider how best to provid e for those in distress. Some relief work will certainly be given. Meanwhile I would exhort you to be in... prayer to our Heavenly FATHER that it would please Him to provide for His Children, and if He see fit, to send a sufficient supply of Her ring. 'Put thou thy trust in the LORD and be ... Good. Dwell i.e. (live righteously) in the land and verily thou shalt be fed. Your faithful servant in CHRIST, J. J. Curling John's Beach, Bay of Islands. 19 December 1879. [S109] A historical survey of the settlement of Lark Harbor, York Harbor in the outer Bay of Island, Newfoundland, Stuart L. Harvey, (Name: Name: http://www.geocities.com/terreneuvien/forgottn.htm July 1997 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Author wishes to thank all of the following individuals and groups who willingly and in a variety of ways gave their assistance in the preparation of this book. Gordo;;), Petition of Heads of Families to Rev Curling for Assistance, December1879 (Reliability: 3). QUAY 4 Petition of Heads of Families to Rev Curling for Assistance, December 1879 The cod and herring fisheries during 1879 and 1880 were unsuccessful, and many families were in danger of starvationunless they received assistance. There was no g overnment assistance readily available in those days, so the men addressed the only source of help that they knew: their Church. In early December 1889 the following letter was addressed to Rev J J Curling, Anglican Priest of the Bay of Islands M ission, by the heads of thirty-two families faced with starvation in the dead of winter. To the Revd J J Curling Revd Sir Owing to the entire failure of the Herring fishery and partial failure of the Cod fishery and our inability to procure wor k we are now in absolute want of the Bare necessities to Sustain life and viewing the present prospects we must some of us long ere the coming long winter is over Succumb to Starvation. We gratefully acknowledge your individual efforts in our be half in the past and the knowledge that the good you may volunteer may not be Sufficient to carry us through Therefore we humbly beseech you to represent our case to the Government to come to our aid (as individualefforts cannot save us) to give us work so we can earn ever so little to give us Bread. With many grateful thanks for your past benefices we pray you will do all in your power to assist us through the proper authorities. Yours in necessity John Bailey Michel Compagnon Moris Derigan Michael Companion Jr Richard Parsons John Derigan Edgar Bennett John Parsons Thomas Willer Samuel Batt Thomas Derigan James Cole James Mitchell John Park Edward Margen Jesse Clarke Joseph Park Thomas Leih Joseph Henwood John Beverley Wil liam Beverley James Willer Thomas Lovel Edward Tucker Richard Park AlexanderWight Thomas Edmins Henry Becorkney John McLeod Henry Edmins James Park ???? Dimond (first name illegible) Response of Rev Curling to the Petition A short time later, R ev Curling, attentive and concerned as always to the needs of his parishioners, wrote the following reply from the mission station at John's Beach : To John Bailey, M. Compagnon Jr and others who addressed me early in December 1879. My friends, It grieved me very much to hear of your distress owing to the failure of the herring fishery, & the partial failure of the Cod fishery. I at once represented the case to the Magistrate, who wrote to the Government requesting them to send provis ions and to authorize some public work being undertaken during this winter. A petition was also forwarded to the Government from some of the fishermen residing in the upper part of this Sound stating their distress; the Rev. P. Doe???? & the Rev D. Creelman, I believe, as well as myself certify the truth of this petition. Before the last mail steamer left St. John's the Government heard by Telegraph that some herring were being caught in the B. of Islands and on that account refrained f rom sending any provisions. We are therefore thrown upon our own resources, and the Magistrate has summoned a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Bay to be held at the Co. Ho [Community House] next Wed. 30th inst to consider how best to provide fo r those in distress. Some relief work will certainly be given. Meanwhile I would exhort you to be in... prayer to our Heavenly FATHER that it would please Him to provide for His Children, and if He see fit, to send a sufficient supply of Herring . 'Put thou thy trust in the LORD and be ... Good. Dwell i.e. (live righteously) in the land and verily thou shalt be fed. Your faithful servant in CHRIST, J. J. Curling John's Beach, Bay of Islands. 19 December 1879.