Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
J. Small
Parallel form(s) of name
- Magistrate Joseph H. Small
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1845-1933
History
Businessman; magistrate. Born Massachusetts. Small moved to Lower Burgeo in 1861 to work in his family's fishery supply business. By 1870 he was manager of the firm, and in 1877 was appointed justice of the peace for the community. in 1890 he was appointed district magistrate for Burgeo and LaPoile. After his retirement, in 1915, Small compiled what he called "vital statistics of Burgeo", concerning the early history of the area. After his death a local clergyman, the Rev. John Cunningham, edited the material and submitted it to the Newfoundland Quarterly, which published it in instalments in 1940 and 1941.
Places
Burgeo