Place:Saint Stephen, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada

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NameSaint Stephen
Alt namesSt. Stephen Parishsource: from redirect
TypeParish
Coordinates45.192°N 67.277°W
Located inCharlotte, New Brunswick, Canada     (1786 - )
Contained Places
Cemetery
Saint Stephen Rural Cemetery
Parish
Dufferin ( - 1873 )
Saint James ( - 1823 )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
NOTE: There are a variety of ways of spelling the town and its parish. By using St. Stephen for the town and Saint Stephen for the parish, it is hoped that WeRelate users can distinguish one from the other. Redirects are in place.
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Saint Stephen was a parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada established in 1786. It included Saint James parish until 1823 and Dufferin parish until 1873. It is located in the southwest corner of both Charlotte County and of New Brunswick Province.

Saint Stephen includes the town of St. Stephen and the former incorporated municipality of Milltown (amalgamated with St. Stephen in 1973) as well as a number of local service district based on unincorporated communities.

The area of the parish is 492.91 km2 (190.31 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 1,986, a decrease of 6.0% from 2006. There were 827 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 19.2/km2 (50/sq mi). The population was more than 97% English-speaking.

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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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