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New Brunswick Emigration and Immigration (view source)
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Irish immigrants in New Brunswick taught in one-third of New Brunswick schools by the mid nineteenth century, the majority quickly becoming licensed teachers shortly after their arrival and remaining in the profession. Teachers’ petitions from Irish immigrants requesting a license or payment for teaching services contain biographical information including '''names, country of birth, education, teaching experience, church affiliation, samples of handwriting and certificates from local school trustees or clergymen verifying the character and abilities of the petitioner.''' | Irish immigrants in New Brunswick taught in one-third of New Brunswick schools by the mid nineteenth century, the majority quickly becoming licensed teachers shortly after their arrival and remaining in the profession. Teachers’ petitions from Irish immigrants requesting a license or payment for teaching services contain biographical information including '''names, country of birth, education, teaching experience, church affiliation, samples of handwriting and certificates from local school trustees or clergymen verifying the character and abilities of the petitioner.''' | ||
The records gathered here comprise 509 of these petitions and copies of licenses or certifications '''from 1816-1858 declaring the petitioner’s country of birth to be Ireland.''' These Irish records represent a small portion of the 6645 teachers’ petitions which exist in RS655 Teachers’ Petitions and Licences, 1812-1882. Researchers should be aware that documentation on other Irish teachers no doubt exist in RS655 but only those records which state that the individual originated from Ireland are included here. | The records gathered here comprise 509 of these petitions and copies of licenses or certifications '''from 1816-1858 declaring the petitioner’s country of birth to be Ireland.''' These Irish records represent a small portion of the 6645 teachers’ petitions which exist in RS655 Teachers’ Petitions and Licences, 1812-1882. Researchers should be aware that documentation on other Irish teachers no doubt exist in RS655 but only those records which state that the individual originated from Ireland are included here.<ref>"Teacher Petition Database", PANB, https://archives.gnb.ca/Irish/Databases/TeachersPetition/Default.aspx?culture=en-CA, accessed 13 November 2020.</ref> | ||
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