Synopsis
A Door-to-Door History of North Devon (1831-1945). Just over 1,200 acres in size, the former Town of Devon is situated on the northern banks of the St. John River across from Fredericton, the Capital City of New Brunswick. Devon became a Town in 1917 when the communities of St. Mary’s Ferry (North Devon) and Gibson (South Devon) united. St. Mary’s Ferry was so named because ferries used to leave Fredericton and cross to the north side of the Saint John River and land at the end of St. Mary’s Street. This area was a center of stores and services for many residents on the north side. For Volume 3 we chose the date 1831 as the beginning of settlement at St. Mary’s Ferry, although there undoubtedly were dwellings in the area before that time belonging to the Acadians and later the Loyalists. The year 1831 was the founding year of the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company who established their offices on the river bank near the ferry landing and would have been one of the oldest buildings in the commercial area we have studied for this book. The business sector of St. Mary’s Ferry before 1885 included mostly St. Mary’s Street. The ferry to Fredericton at the end of the street was the drawing card for travellers to stop over at this location. The construction of a permanent link with the building of a bridge in 1885 meant a loss of business for the merchants at St. Mary’s Ferry although at this time Bridge/Cliffe Street began to grow. The great fire of 1893 levelled the businesses on the block closest to the river and made way for a renewal. After 1893 the businesses gradually returned and again the community prospered with hotels, taverns, dry good shops, pharmacies, grocery stores, shoe stores, butcher shops, the Foundry and the railway connections. Union Street between St. Mary’s and Bridge Street also saw the growth of business. This entrepreneurial spirit was strong until the post Second World War period and gradually began to slide after that time. Chapters include: Transportation, Balsa Street, Bowlen Street, Cliffe Street, Hayes Street, Jaffrey Street (#81-#97), St. Mary’s Street (#69-#138), and Union Street (#432-#489). The houses and businesses are arranged numerically on their particular streets. The streets are presented alphabetically in individual chapters. The introductory photos of each address are placed on either the left or right side of the page, depending on their civic house number. .All surnames featured in this volume are listed with their appropriate street name. Each family is featured only once. The surnames listed with each address are those chronicled in that particular house, even though those families may have lived elsewhere during their life in Devon. In 1945 North Devon, along with South Devon (Vol.1 & 2), amalgamated with the City of Fredericton and thus Devon ceased to exist, except in the hearts and memories of its residents.
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Devon Remembered: Transportation - Fires - Commerce (Volume 3)
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