Conne was a community in Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 located on the Northern shore of Fortune Bay

Fortune Bay

Fortune Bay is a fairly large natural bay located on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland, Canada. The Bay is bounded by Point Crewe on the Burin Peninsula and Pass Island at the entrance to Hermitage Bay to the northwest for a distance of 56 kilometers...

. It was first reported to be settled in 1836, in the first Census of Newfoundland with sixteen inhabitants. It was a severely isolated settlement, which had no church or school and very little land for growing crops, and it based its existence on the inshore fishery, of Cod, Lobster, Salmon and Herring.

History

Conne's first inhabitants were the family of Edward Hatch. Hatch's family lived in the area from about 1835, his descendants living on in the area for at least another 70 years. By the 1870s the Dodge Family had also moved into the community and stayed for at least 20 years, before leaving for an unknown reason. Other family names later included Barnes, Fudge, and Giles

Giles (surname)

The surname Giles comes from the given name Giles, for which multiple origins have been suggested.People with the surname Giles include:-Real people:* Annabel Giles , Welsh model, panellist and novellist...

A small number of Lobster Factories operated between 1901 and 1921, and large amounts of salmon were reported to have been tinned in those years.