James Dodge

1869 - 1908  (39 years)

• Name	James Dodge
  Born	1869	Heart's Ease, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland   [1]
  Christened	Church of England
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Feb 1908	Northern Bight, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland
  Buried	18 Feb 1908
  Person ID	I21	Thomas Langher and Mary Baker
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Robert Dodge,   b. Abt 1833, Heart's Ease, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 20 Jun 1905, Northern Bight, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	Mary Langer,   b. 1837, Gooseberry Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 20 Jan 1924, Island Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland  (Age 87 years)
  Married	Jun 1861	Gooseberry Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland
  Family ID	F5399	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jessie Jean Critch,   b. 1876,   d. 13 Jun 1921, Gooseberry Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland  (Age 45 years)
  Married	29 Dec 1898	Northern Bight, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland   [2]
  	29 Dec 1898 James Dodge 29 Bachelor Fisherman Northern Bight Father: Robert Dodge Fisherman
  Children	1. William Thomas Dodge,   b. 10 Sep 1900, Northern Bight, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Feb 1975, Adeytown, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland  (Age 74 years)   2. Violet Mary Dodge,   b. 9 Sep 1903, Northern Bight, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 17 Aug 1988, Carbonear, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, Canada  (Age 84 years)   3. Eli Maxwell Dodge,   b. 16 Nov 1906, Northern Bight, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 1 Dec 1952, Hillview, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland  (Age 46 years)   4. Hannah Lucretia Dodge,   b. 6 Jun 1908, Hillview, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2019
  Family ID	F940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From church records 17 Feb 1908 James Dodge Northern Bight 18 Feb 1908 39 yrs Rev. M. K. Gardner Drowned Evening Telegram, 18 Feb 1908 Mail Courier Drowned. The hardships and dangers of our mail couriers which have to be faced by these hardy men in their arduous duties, are illustrated again by the sad accident which is announced in the following message, for which we thank Acting Inspector General Sullivan : BRITANNIA COVE, Feb. 7. 1908. To John Sullivan, J.P., Acting Inspector General : James Dodge, mail courier, was drowned this morning at Northern Bight while carrying the mail. The body was recovered. CONSTABLE WAY.

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] Headstone. [S3] Newfoundland Vital Records, 1840-1949, Family Search, (\i Family Search\i0 . https://familysearch.org : February 2017.), "Newfoundland Vital Records, 1840-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQF-6F4L : 10 June 2015), James Dodge and Jessie Critch, 1898. (Reliability: 3).