Place:Derby (parish), Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

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NameDerby (parish)
Alt namesBryentonsource: settlement in parish
Davidsonsource: settlement in parish
Elmtreesource: settlement in parish
Mandervillesource: settlement in parish
Millertonsource: settlement in parish
Parker Roadsource: settlement in parish
Renous Quarryvillesource: settlement in parish
TypeParish
Coordinates46.89°N 65.655°W
Located inNorthumberland, New Brunswick, Canada     (1859 - )
See alsoNelson, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canadaparish of which it was part until 1859
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Derby is a very small parish north of Nelson Parish in Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada. The parish was established from Nelson Parish in 1859. It was named for Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley (1799-1869), the 14th Earl of Derby and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

The area of the parish is 61.01 km2 (23.56 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 998, a decrease of 6.6% from 2006. There were 466 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 16.4/km2 (42/sq mi). The population was 2.8% French-speaking and 97.2% English-speaking.

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

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BryentonMillerton
DavidsonNorthwest Bridge
DerbyParker Road
Derby JunctionRenous Quarryville
ElmtreeSouth Nelson Road
Lower DerbyUpper Derby
Manderville
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  • 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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