Place:Wilmot, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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NameWilmot
Alt namesBeckim Settlementsource: settlement in parish
Bradley Cornersource: settlement in parish
Brookvillesource: settlement in parish
Carvellsource: settlement in parish
Charlestonsource: settlement in parish
Deervillesource: settlement in parish
Digby Cornersource: settlement in parish
Good Cornersource: settlement in parish
Long Settlementsource: settlement in parish
McKeaghansource: settlement in parish
Westonsource: settlement in parish
TypeParish
Coordinates46.31°N 67.615°W
Located inCarleton, New Brunswick, Canada     (1869 - )
Wilmot is a parish in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada. The parish was established in 1869 from Simonds Parish and named for Lemuel Allan Wilmot (1809-1878), a long-time Member of the Legislative Assembly for York County, a judge and the first native-born Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, from 1868-1873. (Source:Place Names of New Brunswick)


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The area of the parish is 191.45 km2 (73.92 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 1,085, a decrease of 5.1% from 2006. There were 444 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 5.7/km2 (15/sq mi). The population was more than 99% English-speaking.

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

Image:Carleton County ital3.png
AvondaleCharlestonLower Bloomfield
Beckim SettlementDeervilleMcKeaghan
BloomfieldDigby CornerWeston
Bradley CornerGood CornerWilmot (hamlet) (see Simonds Parish)
BrookvilleLakeville
CarvellLong Settlement

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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