Jersey emigrants to Canada W

Emigrants to Canada - W

Channel Islanders, and particularly Jerseymen, emigrated in large numbers to Canada in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Most were attracted by well-paid, secure jobs with the companies established
in Newfoundland and New Brunswick, on the Canadian Atlantic
Coast, to trade in cod, which abounded in offshore waters.

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Annan Waggonear, farmer at Saint-Gilles-de-Lotbinière in 1825. Married Elizabeth Unknown, died in 1825 and buried at Québec. Probably from Channel Islands.

William Wales. From Jersey to Douglastown about 1881, as farmer, then cook at Port-Daniel and Pabos. Married Esther Athot.

Rev George Raddley Walters. From Channel Islands to Barachois, Gaspésie in 1878 and Québec in 1880, minister, married in 1880, E S de Mouilpied.

George Jacob, baker at Québec. Daughter married R S Sheppard in 1812. Probably from Channel Islands

Harold E Warne to Gaspé in 1855.

Benjamin Warry, ropemaker at Québec. Died in 1819. Probably from Channel Islands..

Alfred P Weary. From Jersey to Percé about 1881, bookkeeper at Montréal about 1891.

John S Weary, 1879-1956, and Elizabandh Assels, his wife, born in 1883 are buried at St Andrew, New Carlisle.

Herbert John Weary. From Jersey to Caraquand about 1871, for Robin, then to Paspébiac, and Montréal about 1880. Married in 1879 to Ann Gallie at Paspébiac.

Herbert Weary, to Montréal in 1881. Married. Born in Jersey in 1855.

William C Weary. From Jersey to Percé about 1871, then merchant at Newport. Married in 1880, Emily Hamon at Cape Cove. Died in Québec in 1925.

George Weary. From Jersey to Paspébiac about 1857, for Robin, then to New Carlisle, Percé and to Grande-Rivière. Married Elisabeth Forsyth.

George Weary, to New Carlisle in 1881, as bookkeeper. Married. Born in Jersey in 1844.

Fredericq Wesbrook. From Jersey to Grande-Rivière about 1858, for Robin, then to Paspébiac.

Henry Weston Wandherall. Probably from Channel Islands to Québec, married Harriett Goodwin Le Lièvre.

Arthur H Wandherall. From Jersey to Paspébiac about 1889, then to Cascapédia. Married B A La Brecque.

Rev Charles A Wandherall, protestant minister in Québec region in about 1871. Probably from Channel Islands.

Philip Weaton/Whitton. England and Jersey to Paspébiac about 1778, as navigator for Robin, captain of brig "Otter" captured by American pirates at Paspébiac in 1778. Married. Descendants Whittom and Whitton at Sept-Îles.

Jean Wilmandt, to Pointe-aux-Esquimaux, Québec, in 1881. Born in 1841, in Jersey, cook. Lived with E J Le Marquand.

John Fredericq Wilson. From Jersey to Percé as advocate in 1843.

John Francis Wilson to Gaspé in 1831.

Will John Withall. From Jersey to Québec, married E Le Vallée, died in 1882.

George Jacob Wittet (1822-1893) lived in Middleton Township, Norfolk County, Ontario. Farmer. Married (1846, Ontario), Jane Lade, daughter of John Lade and Jane Fenner of England.