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

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NameCambridge (parish)
Alt namesCherry Hillsource: small settlement in parish
Lower Cambridgesource: small settlement in parish
Lower Jemsegsource: small settlement in parish
Robertson Pointsource: small settlement in parish
Scovilsource: small settlement in parish
TypeParish
Coordinates45.82°N 66.07°W
Located inQueens, New Brunswick, Canada     (1852 - )
See alsoWickham (parish), Queens, New Brunswick, Canadaparish from which it was formed in 1852
Waterborough (parish), Queens, New Brunswick, Canadaparish from which it was formed in 1852
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Cambridge Parish was created from Wickham Parish and Waterborough Parish in 1852. It was named for Prince Adolphus-Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850) and uncle of Queen Victoria.

The area of the parish is 113.97 km2 (44.00 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 651, a decrease of 4.5% from 2006. There were 618 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 5.7/km2 (15/sq mi). In 2006 the population was more than 96% English-speaking with the remainder evenly split between French-speaking and other languages.

'Wikipedia lists the following settlements in Cambridge Parish. Cambridge Narrows is an incorporated municipality with an additional population of 717 in 2011. 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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Cambridge NarrowsLower Jemseg
Cherry HillRobertson Point
JemsegScovil
Lower CambridgeWhites Cove
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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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