LAST NAME, First Name (Initials) | Canadian Railway - Known Stations and Years |
Brushett, EE | CNR Clarenville /d67 |
Crowell, FR | CNR Twillingate yrs? /r67 |
Currie, A | CNR Port aux Basques yrs? /r67 |
Dawe, W | NFLDRwy Whitbourne 1938 |
Duggan, J | CNR St John's TD yrs? /r67 |
Halley, Edward (aka 'Big Ned') | my grdfa worked for Postal Telegraph - He worked on the lines in winter time from St. John's to Holyrood, walking on snowshoes and fixing wires etc. In the summer time he took a crew of men & went off on the train (which picked him up anywhere he wished) with supplies for the summer. They lived in tents & worked on the pole lines |
Harvey, Lilly (nee Davis) | worked for Dept of Posts and Telegraphs of the Nfld Gov't (railway line did not pass through her community but a short distance away betn Carbonear & Victoria - telegraph opr Freshwater (pop 200 near Carbonear, Conception Bay) . born 1899, passed away 1997 . customary in small communities when she became older she was know to all as "Aunt Lilly" . taught music also . submitted by Frank Davis, VO1HP |
Hopkins, HG | CNR Bonavista yrs? /d67 |
Hoskins, G | CNR Carboneau yrs? /d73 |
Kane, TJ | CNR Stephenville Crossing yrs? /d73 |
Martin, Mrs FM | Newfoundland Postal Telegraph, CNR years? |
Reid, Wilfred John | telegrapher for Reid & Newfoundland Railroad sometime bet'n 1890-1900 / telegrapher between 1915-30 stn mstr AB |
Ryan, D | Newfoundland Postal Telegraph 1921-1949 / CNT 1949-1972 |
Weber, ES | CNR Clarenville /d72 |
Whalen, Ella (Mrs) | opened first Postal &d Telegraph Office, Baie Verte 1939 |