They Worked Hard For The Family: Gaspesian Fishermen
When most people think of Quebec’s ethnic make-up, they think first of French-speaking, Catholic Quebeckers – and theycertainly makes up the overwhelming majority of early settlers. However, Quebec also had settlers of British origin (English, Scottish and Irish), and among these there was a substantial group of Anglo-Normans from the Channel Islands. These Channel Islanders settled on the Quebec and New Brunswick coasts of the Baie des Chaleurs (Chaleurs Bay) and they were there to get something that the Europeans of the time desperately wanted – codfish!
One of these Channel Islanders was my ancestor - Philippe Luce of Jersey – and as I don’t have any photographs of him I’ve decided to share this vintage postcard of fishermen on the beach splitting codfish near the now famous tourist destination of Perce Rock.
Splitting Codfish, Perce, Quebec
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Hello: I think this postcard is the next best thing to having family pictures. I have done the same thing with my ancestors who quarried gypsum near Windsor, Nova Scotia. I came across a postcard of that activity and was delighted.
Very interesting and a great postcard. Thanks!
Thanks for this postcard of the Perce fishermen. I’d like to think I could be related to one of them! My great x 3 grandfather, Thomas William Martin (1847-1875), was a Gaspe fisherman who married at Perce, where two of his children were born, but I can find no concrete information about him. Searching the net and coming across pictures like this postcard makes me feel a bit closer to them. Thank-you!
Hi Jeanne,
I’ll take a look at my sources and get back to you this weekend.
Hi i want to comment on this postcard because it looks like the people are cutting food for the people in that town. I think the food is fish maybe maybe not i think its fish. I wonder why they cutting fish for I thought they had mini grocerie stores? And that’s my comment for today.
You have an excellent eye for detail, silly billy! Perhaps I should have explained that the people you see on the beach are the fishermen – or their relatives – and they are preparing the fish that they have just brought in from the sea. Also, you might be amazed to know that in those days they didn’t have that many stores in the Gaspesie.
Thank you for commenting,
Mrs. Theriault