Place:Cambridge Narrows, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada

Cambridge Narrows is located on the Washademoak Lake, a widening of the Canaan River, 6.78 km northeast of McDonald Corner in Cambridge Parish and Johnston Parish in Queens County, New Brunswick. In 2011 it had a population of 717.

There was a post office named Narrows 1855-1969; in 1866 Narrows was a farming community with about 90 families, including 9 Belyea and 7 Hamm families. In 1871 Narrows had a population of 150 and in 1898 Narrows had 1 post office, 1 store, 1 hotel, 2 churches and a population of 125.

Another post office was named PO Cambridge from 1860; in 1866 Cambridge was a farming community with about 65 families, including 7 Black and 5 Wilson families. In 1871 it had a population of 150 and in 1898 Cambridge had 1 post office, 1 store, 1 hotel, 1 mill, 1 church and a population of 150. The two communities were merged into Cambridge Narrows and incorporated as a village in 1966. (Source:Place Names of New Brunswick)

The two settlements of Cambridge and Narrows were on opposite sides of the Canaan River.

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".