Island Post Offices

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updated October 19, 2000       
Compiled from data from Canadian Gov't Archives
http://www.archives.ca
Name of  Office Postmaster Date of Date of Cause of
Appointment Vacancy Vacancy
Kentvale` F B Kent April 20, 1901 January 4, 1905 change of location
John Rousseau January 28, 1905
Gawas Wm. Pollock Dec 1, 1895 April 4, 1904 resignation
Mrs. Mary Archibald February 16, 1905 May 21, 1909 resignation
Mrs.Janet Bryden October 15, 1909 October 13, 1914 death
Mrs. Robert Gingles November 19, 1914 April 20, 1923 resignation- closed
Harmony FB Kent April 20, 1901 January 4, 1905 change of location
John Rousseau January 28, 1905 February 22, 1928 closed - moved to Richards Landing
Marksville John Marks July 1,1878 1893- death
ST Bowker January 1,1894 March 12,1898 death
Herbert Duncan May 12,1898 August 22, 1904 resignation
Mrs. Mary Duncan October 22, 1904 July 12, 1909 resignation
Miss Mabel Duncan September 1, 1909 1912- resignation
Mrs. Mabel Trainor August 30, 1912
Hilton Beach John Marks July 1,1878 1893- death
ST Bowker January 1,1894 March 12,1898 death
Herbert Duncan May 12,1898 August 22, 1904 resignation
Mrs. Mary Duncan October 22, 1904 July 12, 1909 resignation
Miss Mabel Duncan September 1, 1909 1912- resignation
Mrs. Mabel Trainor August 30, 1912 February 19, 1923 resignation
Wm Walton May 7, 1923 August 16, 1958 retirement
Mrs. Florence Walton August 23, 1958 acting
Mrs. Florence Walton November 7, 1958 October 14, 1965 retirement
Lorne McCarty October 14, 1965
Outlook Philip Mansfield November 1, 1908 April 10, 1909 resignation
Charles Mansfield July 1, 1909 October 31, 1922 closed
St Joseph Island John Richards October 1,1876
Richards Landing  John Richards October 1,1876 June 29,1895 resignation
Thomas Foster September 1,1895 August 10,1899 resignation
WJ Smith October 1,1899 March 6, 1900 resignation
Wm Ferguson April 1, 1900 June 21, 1912 resignation
Mrs. Alice Ross July 6, 1912 August 17, 1923 resignation
Mrs. Gladys Ross October 22, 1923 May 20, 1945 death
Mrs. Mabel Trainor May 20, 1945 acting
Roy Bishop September 1, 1945 June 21, 1978
Mrs. Carla Richardson June 21, 1978 acting
Jack Swann September 6, 1978
Sea Gull JM Ross March 1,1884 October 31,1895 death
Miss Helen Ross February 1, 1896 1896- death
Thomas Williams May 1, 1900 September 11, 1906 resignation
Owen Rains March 1, 1907 February 22, 1928 closed- moved to Richards Landing
Tenby Bay JW Linton July 1, 1881 June 23,1886 resignation
BP Fuller August 1, 1886 1887- left the place
Ben Fuller Jr October 1,1887 February 14, 1893 resignation
Isaac Gibbs September 1,1893 July 1, 1902 resignation
John Sheldon September 1, 1902 July 24, 1903 resignation
Isaac Gibbs October 1, 1903 March 20, 1908 resignation
Francis Bolt May 1, 1908 February 26, 1909 resignation
WJ Jessop April 1, 1909 November 30, 1911 dismissal- political partisanship
Isaac Gibbs December 30, 1911 February 8, 1922 death
Reg Gibbs June 16, 1922 February 5, 1951 resignation
July 18, 1951 closed- moved to Hilton Beach
Carterton Daniel McPhail June 1, 1883 August 22, 1886 resignation
John Kirk January 1 , 1887 May 12, 1898 change
George Fish July 1,1898 August 30, 1943 closed
Milford Haven Wm Struthers April 1, 1904 August 2, 1904 resignation
Charles Murphy August 1, 1904 October 5, 1908 resignation
David Guiney December 1, 1908 April 16, 1912 change of site
Walter Cooper August 14, 1912 February 16, 1922 resignation
CE McQueen November 7, 1922 July 8, 1924 resignation
William Smith April 11, 1925 August 1, 1925 resignation
Mrs. Dolly Ward December 17, 1925 June 2, 1930 resignation
Mrs. Ruby Garside June 30, 1930 acting closed
Jocelyn Christopher Young July 1, 1881 February 2, 1898 death
Mrs. Jane Young Jun 1,1898 July 23, 1912 resignation
July 23, 1912 closed
Neebish Evan Rains Aug 1, 1880 Oct 31, 1881 closed