Place:Knoxford, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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Knoxford is a rural community in Wicklow Parish, Carleton County, New Brunswick. There are two parts to Knoxford: Upper Knoxford (agricultural) and Lower Knoxford (residential). It is located 3.16 km NE of Royalton. The community was settled by its namesake, George Knox, and originally was to be named Knoxville.

In 1866 Knoxford was a farming settlement with approximately 18 resident families, including the family of George Knox. In 1898 Knoxford had 1 post office, 2 churches and a population of 200. A post office branch was established there in 1866, and was removed in 1915. (Source:Place Names of New Brunswick)

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".