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| Stephen Huxter b. Jan 06--1833 d.-May 31-1905 Im. Rachael Brown Nov. 23--1857 IIm. Jane Bell b. 1848--d.--Jun. 22--1913 |
| William Huxter b. 1858--d.--1860 |
Annie M. Huxter b. Jun. 17-1861 d. in California m. James MacVicar Nov. 24-1881 b. May 15-1853 d. 1930 |
Elizabeth E.
Huxter b. 1863--d.1937 m. James W. Ferguson Nov. 16-1880 b.--1850 |
Priscilla Huxter b. Jun. 08--1865--d. 1946 m. Addington Hutt--1890 b. 1866--d. Nov. 24--1912 |
| Tryphnena Huxter b. Mar. 18-1869 d.1947 m. Kenneth Mckenzie Oct. 18--1893 b. Aug. 15--1852 d. Apr. 17--1926 |
Nathaniel Huxter b. Sept. 08--1870 d. Dec. 15--1956 m. Hannah Clarke Oct. 19--1893 d. June 21--1933 |
Samuel Huxter b. Sept. 06--1872 d. Jan 18--1950 Im. Irene Penny Sept. 26--1899 d.--1901 IIm. Sarah Hiscock May 13--1903 b. Sept. 29--1886 d. Jan 02--1959 |
Stephen E. Huxter b. Feb. 24--1875 |
| Margaret Belle Huxter b. Aug.31-1885--d. June 22-1949 m. Theodore Wells--m. Feb. 20--1913 |
Stephen was born
at Catalina and Rachael at Herring Neck. Stephen worked in the
mines at Little Bay or
Coffee Cove and had one son William and two daughters Annie and
Elizabeth. The Mines closed and they
moved to Catalina and had two more daughters Priscilla and
Tryphnena. The family then moved to Seldom
Come By and had three sons, Nathaniel, Samuel and Stephen. In
1880 Stephen moved his family to the mine
at Bett's Cove. Rachael died about 1882. In 1884 Stephen married
Jane Bell at Bett's Cove. Jane was a governess.
She was brought over from England to care for the children of the
mine manager. Stephen and Jane had one
daughter. In 1886 four of Stephen's daughters left the shores of
Wolf Cove, waved goodbye to their three brothers
and never return to Nfld. Stephen's younger son Stephen died
shortly after the sisters left for Nova Scotia.
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Bett's Cove
In 1857 Bett's
Cove had a population of six, in 1874 a large mass of copper ore
was discovered. The
population increased in 1878 to 2000 individuals and a hospital,
three churches, wharves, two schools,
a smelter and many homes were erected. By 1880 the settlement was
one of the largest in Notre Dame Bay.
In 1884 a hill standing over the main shaft tumbled in on the
mine on a Sunday when the miners weren't
working. It buried with it all of the equipment in the
underground, that is still buried there today. It's believed
within six months the once booming mining community of Bett's
Cove had turned into a ghost town
Stephen moved his house with the help of 40-50 lassie barrels by
schooner to Wolf Cove.
It would have taken them two to three days to move the house.