NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
In 2019 I was contacted by a James Lake in Canada who thought we may have some connection. The best way to confirm this was through a Y111 DNA test which James organised. 6 Feb 2020 came the result which showed we are definitely related. James ancestory goes back to a Solomon Lake born 1775 who had two children with his wife Jane Willis. They had two sons John & Solomon who themselves married and started families in Oderin, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland.
To date my Lake tree has never featured a Solomon, so the search begins to try and find the connecting link between my Lake tree, James and Solomon. This page is a work in progress and will continue to be updated as information becomes available.
BRIEF HISTORY OF NEWFOUNDLAND
Newfoundland & Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. About 92% of the Provinces population live on the island of Newfoundland, which is the insular region, with Labrador being the continental region. 97% of the population reported that Newfoundland English is their mother tongue on their 2016 census, but Newfoundland was also home to unique varieties of French and Irish as well as the extinct Beothuk language. In Labrador the indigeneos languages of Innu-aimum and Inuktitut are also spoken.
Newfoundland was a former colony of the United Kingdom and gave up it's independence in 1933 following economic distress caused by the Great Depression and the aftermath of the their participation in World War 1. It became the 10th Province of Canada on 31 March 1949 as just Newfoundland.
On 6 December 2001 a constitutional change altered the name to Newfoundland & Labrador.
