This might be of help, check out the web page link below Heather http://www.doak.ws/compton.htm A record of the earliest beginnings of Compton are yet to be found. It is a small community that is just across the Vermont border about 25 miles north of Newport, Vt. where Interstate 91 enters Canada. It undoubtedly was founded because of the needs of farmers in the area to have a central place to buy and exchange the goods that they were producing. In the early days, there were no good roads, railroads or vehicles capable of transferring goods quickly from one place to another. So the farmers of the area founded a place that was easy to get to and where one could find general stores, mills and trade shops. Other towns were established, but did not develop and now no longer exist. One such place was Hillhurst, Que. the mailing address for one Doak family. The village of Compton was never very large. It generally had less than 500 residents. The entire Township of Compton reached a peak population of 3,013 souls in 1861 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 5:21 AM Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] Re: Where in the ETs is Newport? > Hi Geoff, > > My ancestors, Robert and Elizabeth (HENDERSON) KERR, were living in New > Port, Compton County, just before they came down to Massachusetts. > > I have seen at least one reference to the town being spelled, New Port, > rather than Newport, so that is perhaps why you are having trouble finding > information. > > FYI .. from LDS web site www.familysearch.org > > Census Place New Port, Compton, Quebec > Family History Library Film 1375835 > NA Film Number C-13199 > District 54 > Sub-district U > Division 1 > Page Number 16 > Household Number 75 > > > > The above is on the page for my ancestors in 1881 Census: > > Robert KERR M Male Irish 55 Quebec Farmer Weslyan Methodist > Eliza KERR M Female Irish 55 Quebec Weslyan Methodist > Robert KERR Male Irish 18 Quebec Weslyan Methodist > Joseph KERR Male Irish 14 Quebec Weslyan Methodist > > > They seemingly migrated down to New England in the late 1880's or early > 1890's. > > By the way, I would like to find out whether their teen-age sons had > already married by the time they came down to Everett, MA, USA. I tend > to think that they were already married or they had girlfriends / fiance's > who traveled down to Massachusetts with them. Shortly after 1900, both > Robert and Joseph KERR left Everett, MA, to migrate to Everett, WA ... and > they traveled with their wives. > > (I know the wives' first names, but not their maiden names. I also know > that neither couple had children.) > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geoffrey Trivers" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 8:36 PM > Subject: Where in the ETs is Newport? > > >> I have some info on my ancestors living in Newport PQ Canada. Vol 138 of >> the NEHGS page 136 lists "Vital Records form the Proprietors Records of >> Newport, Lower Canada". These records were deposited at Bishops > University >> in Lennoxville. >> >> I can't find Newport on any on-line atlas. I presume that this town is >> somewhere near Lennoxville or Sherbrooke in Quebec. I don't believe that >> this is Newport Vermont. Mapquest tells me that Newport is on the Gaspe >> Penninsula but I don't believe that this is the same town. My ancestor >> married in Eaton and later moved to Sherbrooke. >> >> Can anyone tell me where this Newport, Quebec? >> R//geoff >> >> ______________________________ > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >