Joseph West

1884 - 1955  (71 years)

• Name	Joseph West
  Birth	30 Mar 1884	Ladle Cove, Newfoundland   [1]
  Christening	23 Mar 1885  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1935	Ladle Cove, Newfoundland   [2]
  Residence	1945	Ladle Cove, Newfoundland   [3]
  Death	30 May 1955	Ladle Cove, Newfoundland   [4, 5]
  Notes	Never married, worked as a fisherman until at least 1945 (census) then was an invalid for an unknown period before his death due to influenza DOB is 2 days before sister Caroline Charlotte as listed in Vital statistics. Could this be a transcription error on one of the years of birth or were they twins born 2 days apart?! Both baptized on the same day.
  Person ID	I1497	West & Park Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	William West,   b. 18 Mar 1839, Cat Harbour (Lumsden), Newfoundland d. 5 Mar 1920, Ladle Cove, Newfoundland (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Hannah Shelley,   b. 1849   d. 5 Mar 1931, Ladle Cove, Newfoundland (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	aft. 1877
  	Birth record states that the two oldest children were born out of wedlock. William and Hannah must have married between 1877 and 1880.
  Family ID	F453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Mar 1884 - Ladle Cove, Newfoundland Residence - 1935 - Ladle Cove, Newfoundland Residence - 1945 - Ladle Cove, Newfoundland Death - 30 May 1955 - Ladle Cove, Newfoundland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Joseph West death certificate
  		Joseph and Caroline West births

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Newfoundland Vital Statistics, Fogo District-Musgrave Harbour-Methodist-Birth 1874-1891 Volume 84. [S4] Census of Newfoundland. 1935 Census of Newfoundland [S4] Census of Newfoundland. 1945 Census of Newfoundland [S1] Parish Records, Ladle Cove Church records. [S33] The Rooms , https://gencat1.eloquent-systems.com/webcat/systems/panl_public/resource/1955-death-002166-reg-0-12.jpg.