Place:Brunswick (parish), Queens, New Brunswick, Canada

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NameBrunswick (parish)
Alt namesAlwardsource: settlement in parish
Brookvalesource: settlement in parish
Brunswicksource: settlement in parish
Cherryvalesource: settlement in parish
Forks Streamsource: settlement in parish
Hunters Homesource: settlement in parish
New Canaansource: settlement in parish
TypeParish
Coordinates46.1°N 65.55°W
Located inQueens, New Brunswick, Canada     (1816 - )

The parish of Brunswick was established in 1816 and possibly named for Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick, who died at Quatrebras (Battle of Waterloo) in 1815: Brunswick included most of Chipman Parish until 1835. (Source:Place Names of New Brunswick)

the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

The area of the parish is 704.05 km2 (271.84 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 192, a decrease of 20.7% from 2006. There were 190 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 0.3/km2 (0.8/sq mi). In 2006 the population was almost 85% English-speaking.

'Wikipedia lists the following settlements in Brunswick Parish. None of them are incorporated municipalities. Those in italics are small and redirected here. The others have their own pages in WeRelate. Each settlement has a page in Place Names of New Brunswick.

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AlwardCherryvale
BrookvaleForks Stream
BrunswickHunters Home
Canaan Forks wpNew Canaan
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Research Tips

  • New Brunswick Provincial Archives. This is the introductory page. The tabs will lead you to more precise material.
  • The FamilySearch wiki. This lists the availability of vital statistics indexes for New Brunswick.
  • New Brunswick GenWeb. A round-up of a lot of genealogical information at the province, county and parish level. Lists of cemeteries and monumental inscriptions can be found here.
  • The Provincial Archives website titled The Placenames of New Brunswick has maps of all of its parishes and descriptions of some communities within them. This site contains "cadastral" maps for each parish illustrating the grantee’s name for land granted by the province. These maps are cumulative, showing all grants regardless of date.
  • Microfilm images of all Canadian censuses 1851-1911 are online at Library and Archives Canada, as well as at FamilySearch and Ancestry. The 1921 census appears to be available only at Ancestry.
  • The CanGenealogy page for New Brunswick. An overview of available online sources with links written by Dave Obee.
  • More possibilities can be found by googling "New Brunswick province family history" and investigating the results.
  • The word "rencensement", found in Sources, is French for "census".
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