Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada - General Index
Westmorland Co., New Brunswick, Canada

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FAMILY HISTORIES:
  • Please use the search engine to find your surname of interest.
  • Beginnings | A collection of gathered materials on individuals and families. Unproven - a place to start.
  • Chandler Family | A family early from England to Mass, and later generations came to NB as Loyalist and settled in Westmorland County - by Margaret Tuttle (file prepared from her gedcom)
LOCAL HISTORIES: - See the Westmorland County GenWeb site for Cemetery, Church and Marriage Records, as well as numerous other Westmorland County items.
PARISHES: Westmorland Coutny is one of the original eight counties in New Brunswick. It contained the land now set apart as Albert County, in 1845. Much of the land which went into these two counties were taken from the old Nova Scotia townships, in the County of Cumberland. There were important changes in the parish lines in 1827 and 1896, when the line between the northern and southern parishes came closer to the old township lines.
  • Westmorland Parish* - Was made up of the greater portion of the old township of Cumberland, NS. It had changes in 1827 with part of its land going toShediac Parish, and Sackville Parish in 1896.
  • Sackville Parish* - Was made up from the old township of Sackville, NS. It included a small portion of Botsford Parish (1805) and a part of Shediac Parish (1827) and was enlarged by parts of Westmorland, Shediac and Botsford Parishes in 1896.
  • Moncton Parish* - An old township, enlarged to present limits (of early 1900's) in 1835.
  • Dorchester Parish - set off in 1787 from unassigned lands between Sackville and Moncton Parishes, and included most of Shediac Parish and part of Moncton Parish.
  • Botsford Parish - set off in 1805 from Sackville Parish and unassigned lands nearly as at present. In 1851 it gained and in 1895 lost lands that were part of Sackville Parish.
  • Shediac Parish - set off in 1827 from Dorchester, Sackville and a small part of Westmorland Parishes.
Parishes that were in Westmorland County at one time, but have been reassigned over the years to Albert County.
  • Hopewell Parish* - Part of Albert County after 1845.
  • Hillsborough Parish* - Part of Albert County after 1845.

    • Salisbury Parish - set off in 1787 from unassigned lands west of Hopewell and Hillsborough Parishes also including what are now Elgin and Alma Parishes in Albert County.
PHOTOS:camera.gifThose linked with this camera must be contacted before use, as photos are copyrighted to the photographer(s) and cannot be used without persmission. All others may be freely used with credit to the photographer.
  • Church Photos - see separate listing The listings on that page will try and identify all churches in this county. It will then list links to photos of the churches, either as new photos, or as links to photos on another site. For records of some of the Churches listed - see the County Guides from the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.
  • C.N.R. Railway Station, Sackville, NB (5*)
  • View of Bridge Street, Sackville, NB (6*)
  • Brunswick Hotel, Sackville, NB (7*)
  • Intercolonial Hotel, Sackville, NB (11*)
  • The Charles Fawcett Foundry, Ltd, Sackville, NB (9*) 
  • Residence of Senator F. B. Black,  Sackville, NB (8*) 
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    * Pictures numbered 1 to 11, were donated by Marlene Lawrence, who supplied the following information about them. - They are from a booklet, titled: SACKVILLE, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA.  It was printed by Photogelatine Eng. Co., Ltd., Ottawa. In size it is 4x6 and has no other printed words than the caption for each picture. Since there was no date on the publication, it would appear the photos were taken before 1929, when Church Union would have changed the Methodist Church, to the United Church. Also, the cars in some of the photos would appear to be from before that date. There was no indication as for whom these pictures were taken, or what their purpose was, but it seems they were intended as a overview of some of the important points of Sackville, on the date they were taken. If anyone can shed some light on the publication or the purpose of it, I would be please to add this information. Also, some of the churches do not have names, just denominations. If you can supply these it would be most helpful. (Items 1 to 4 have been placed on the Church Page.)
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    Began: July  2000
    Updated:Thursday, 25-Sep-2003 03:54:18 MDT