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Margaret Jane Hill (Mayo) Chancey (1871/2-1941), diarist, was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, the daughter of Rebecca (Butler) and William Mayo, and the youngest of three children. On 8 August 1901 Margaret married Lloyd Tocque Chancey of St. John's, a barber. They had three sons and one daughter. Lloyd Chancey died on 26 September 1931. Margaret Mayo Chancey died on 19 September 1941.

The Mayo family lived at 31 Cookstown Road, a middle-class residential area in St. John's and attended Gower Street Methodist Church. There is little information for Margaret Mayo's life, beyond the activities detailed in her diary. It is likely that she attended the Methodist Academy on Long's Hill. There is no indication in the diary that she worked following the completion of school. Her days, as recorded in her diary, were typically filled with shopping, visiting and attending church services and other church- related functions.

Following her marriage in 1901, Margaret and Lloyd Chancey lived at Richmond Cottage on Freshwater Road, but following the death of her father, the family moved in with Margaret's mother, Rebecca. She also began attending her husband's church, the Congregational Church, Queen's Road, where she sang in the choir. She died in 1941, following a lengthy illness.

CBC Northern Service is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation serving northern Canada. Initially radio transmission in Happy Valley, Labrador began in 1946/47 and was operated by the Canadian Armed Forces. On February 23, 1959 it was taken over by the CBC in order to reach a civilian audience and integrated into the Northern Service. In 1970 it ceased to be part of the Northern Service and became part of Newfoundland regional radio. CBC continues to broadcast to the residents of Labrador through their studio in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

CBC Northern Service is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation serving northern Canada. Initially radio transmission in Happy Valley, Labrador began in 1946/47 and was operated by the Canadian Armed Forces. On February 23, 1959 it was taken over by the CBC in order to reach a civilian audience and integrated into the Northern Service. In 1970 it ceased to be part of the Northern Service and became part of Newfoundland regional radio. CBC continues to broadcast to the residents of Labrador through their studio in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

Formed in June 1896. Its purpose and functions are best described in minute book, which contains the inaugural address by the Bishop.

George Cartwright (1739-1819) was a trader and explorer born in Marnham, England, the second of ten children of William Cartwright and Anne Cartwright. He was one of Labrador's best-known early settlers. He voyaged to Newfoundland while a captain in the British army and explored its interior. He foresaw the extinction of the Beothuk people and the Great Auk due to the assault of Europeans. By 1770, Cartwright had quit his position in the army and joined a partnership with Lieutenant Lucas Perkins and Jeremiah Coglan to trap, hunt, fish, and trade with the Inuit of Labrador. Cartwright had friendly relations with the Inuit and when he returned to England in 1772, a party of seven Inuit went with him, six of whom died of smallpox. While residing in Labrador Cartwright wrote "A Journal of Transactions and Events during a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador" which contains more information about the environment of Labrador and his daily hunts rather than his business transactions. In 1784, George Cartwright went bankrupt and returned to England and it is unknown if he ever returned to Labrador. He spent his latter years in Nottingham, employed as a barrack-master known as "Old Labrador". he died unmarried in 19 May 1819 in nearby Mansfield. For a more complete biography see Dictionary of Canadian Biography http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cartwright_george_5E.html