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Family Names of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
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 Abt 1770 - Aft 1844 (~ 74 years)
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| Name |
Elenor [-?-] |
- Maiden name undetermined.
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| Nickname |
Nelly |
 Born |
Abt 1770 |
Ireland?  [1] |
- Nelly's birth place is speculative. It is possible that she was born in Newfoundland.
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| Gender |
Female |
| Research Overview |
1794 - 1844 |
Ferryland, Newfoundland |
- Elenor's maiden name is not known. She was first married to Michael Evoy who died in 1798. Census records indicate that she was married again ( to James Walsh) by the end of 1799. The court records show that she ran a pub at Ferryland for at least ten years in the late 1790s and the early 1800s. It would appear that Elenor was the main proprietier of the pub and when the "going got rough", she didn't step aside and let the men handle things. Elenor's prominence in the court records leaves no question as to who was in charge of the business.
Surrogate Court Records: December 29, 1794 - Evoy, Elenor - Charged this person with assault: Rowe, Moses.
A presentation by Willeen Keough at the Family History Seminar, Newfoundland & Labrador Genealogical Society on October 16, 1999 sheds further light on the boisterous nature of Elenor's occupation. She wrote:
"We can also see from the court records that women provided hospitality to the fishing servants and travelers in public houses in the district, because we see their names on liquor licenses in the records. Elenor Evoy was one such woman, and this overhead shows her name on the list of liquor licenses for 1799."
"Elenor's occupation actually caused her to be involved in a couple of disturbances that were taken up before the magistrates in the late 1790s and early 1800s. In 1795, she brought Michael Ryan to court, claiming he had assaulted her, abused her and defamed her character. Two witnesses for Elenor stated that they had seen some girls outside Elenor's establishment throwing rocks at Michael. He had, in turn, told them to "leave it off" and threatened to beat Elenor, accusing her of keeping a bawdy house.
Later, in court, Michael explained that he had spoken "from passion" because the girls were tormenting him, but he was fined £5 nonetheless and ordered to keep the peace. Several years later, Elenor's husband, Michael Evoy, died and she married James Walsh. The new couple continued to run the public house. As this next overhead shows, one night in late March 1803, Elenor and James, his brother? Sylvester, and Elenor's son (by her first husband) Patrick Evoy broke into the house of another publican family in Ferryland - Adam and Ann McLarthy - and assaulted and "ill-used" them."
District Court Records: April 1, 1803 McLarthy, Adam: Charged this person with assault: Welsh, James. McLarthy, Ann: Charged this person with assault: Welsh, Sylvester. McLarthy, Ann: Charged this person with abusing her: Evoy, Patrick.
"The records are not specific about the cause of the assault, but it looks to me like a "turf war" between two rival firms, and the womenfolk - Elenor and Ann - were right in the thick of the fray. (This time, Elenor and her cohorts were fined and ordered to keep the peace)."
Elenor eventually left behind the rowdy pub environment at Ferryland for a quieter life as the wife of fisherman/ farmer James Walsh at Caplin Bay. However, even later in life, she was not easily intimidated nor afraid to "stand her ground". In 1829, she was back in court after an altercation with a neighbour at Caplin Bay. By this date, Elenor (Nelly) was probably over 60 years old.
District Court Records: September 28, 1829 - Walsh, Nelly. This Caplin Bay woman was charged with assaulting: Congdon (sic), Catherine.
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| Died |
Aft Apr 1844 |
Caplin Bay, Newfoundland [1] |
| Buried |
Aft Apr 1844 |
Non-denominational Cemetery, Ferryland, Ferryland District, Newfoundland, Canada [1] |
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No Headstone/Marker - Ferryland - Non-Denominational Cemetery
Individuals for whom no headstone or marker is visible. |
| Person ID |
I71 |
Families of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland |
| Last Modified |
8 Dec 2024 |
| Family 1 |
Michael Evoy, b. Abt 1750, Co. Wexford, Ireland? , d. Abt 1798, Ferryland, Newfoundland (Age ~ 48 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1786 [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Patrick Evoy, b. Abt 1787, Ferryland, Newfoundland , d. Abt 1861, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland (Age ~ 74 years) [Birth] |
| | 2. John Evoy, b. Abt 1789, Ferryland, Newfoundland , d. Jun 1825, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland (Age ~ 36 years) [Birth] |
| | 3. Mary Evoy, b. Abt 1791, Ferryland, Newfoundland , d. Aft 1831 (Age ~ 41 years) [Birth] |
| + | 4. Joanna "Joan" Evoy, b. Abt 1793, Ferryland, Newfoundland , d. 27 Dec 1861, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Age ~ 68 years) [Birth] |
| | 5. Elenor Evoy, b. Abt 1796, Ferryland, Newfoundland , d. Aft 1831 (Age ~ 36 years) [Birth] |
| | 6. Catherine Evoy, b. Abt 1798, Ferryland, Newfoundland , d. Between 1857 and 1872, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland (Age ~ 59 years) [Birth] |
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| Last Modified |
23 Aug 2021 |
| Family ID |
F57 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
James Walsh, b. Abt 1770, Co. Wexford, Ireland? , d. Abt 22 Mar 1849, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland (Age ~ 79 years) |
| Married |
1799 |
Holy Trinity RC Parish, Ferryland, Newfoundland [1] |
- The Ferryland Court Records state that Elenor Evoy, a widow, renewed her liquor license for the pub in January 1799. However, in January 1800, the pub's license was renewed under the name of James Walsh.
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| Children |
| | 1. James "Jim" Walsh, b. Aft 1800, Ferryland, Newfoundland , d. Aft 1884, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland (Age ~ 84 years) [Birth] |
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| Last Modified |
2 Dec 2019 |
| Family ID |
F56 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S90] Approximate date based on another recorded event, Reddigan, Kevin, (A date calculated by using a recorded date and a person's age, or by estimating the most likely date, based on other recorded life events).
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