Pasher / Mathews marriage

[J.J.]

There is no excuse for sheer ability!!!     Right J.J.   

Thanks again.   Rob.

Forgot to say...absobloominlutely correct.    J.J.

[Janice M]

Here are some links that might help with further research.

Quebec Archives
http://www.banq.qc.ca/portal/dt/genealogie/genealogie.jsp

Mary's Genealogy Treasures
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/quebec.htm

That's my Family
http://www.thatsmyfamily.info/Metamoteur/explications_en.html

Newfoundland Genealogy
http://ngb.chebucto.org/index.html

Canadian Genealogy - Newfoundland
http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/newfoundland.html


Hutchinson's Newfoundland Directory for 1864-65

John Pasher - St. John's Newfoundland
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=278802

Charles Pasher - Harbour Grace, Newfoundland
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=278892

Google Books (Surnames)
http://tinyurl.com/2wvp65

Janice

[Janice M]

An article from a newspaper in Newfoundland

Harbour Grace Standard - May 30, 1866

[Robneve]

Janice and J.J.

Thanks a million to both of you.  This is great.

I knew a little about a Nfndlnd connection but had not got beyond
family legend so had nothing to bring up here.

This helps a lot.

[Robneve]

J.J.

I forgot to say that I had noticed the immigration date in the census. I took that to mean that Newfoundland was not part of Canada at that time, so anyone moving from Newfoundland to (say) Quebec would be an immigrant.

Is this right?

By the way, I'm still wandering through all the sites you and Janice sent. I feel like a kid in a candy store!!  It's great!!

Thanks again.

Rob.

[J.J.]

Oh, absolutely, I keep forgetting how late they came to be part of Canada... 
  Would someone PLEASE send me back to school?    what a nincompoop

( knowing and remembering are fine lines that cross often at this stage of life)
 J.J.

[lcaron]

I have quite a bit of info on the Pasher family, at least on the Cape Breton/Newfoundland lines.  I was able to trace back Robert Samuel Pasher and Elizabeth Matthews to the Newfoundland line.  I don't have much on their descendants, but here's link to my family tree online, starting at the page of Robert and Elizabeth's son, Robert Charles Pasher, born in Montreal in 1901:

http://www.caronkin.ca/caron/53/25781.htm

Hope you find the info here helpful.

Regards,
Laurie

[amazon510]

From "Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland", Seary 1977:

"Pasha, Pasher, ? Newfoundland variants of the surname of the Channel Islands Perchard.  Early instance: Charles Parshar, servant of Clowns Cove (Carbonear), 1820 (vital statistics).  Modern status: rare, at Corner Brook and Harbour Grace."

There are also Perchards in Newfoundland, the Seary entry for this name also notes it is a Channel Island name, possibly a variant of Perchaud.  There are early instances of Perchards in Newfoundland going back to the 18th century. 

Jennifer