Sir Ambrose SHEA ^4414,8101

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Alt. Christening, 15 May 1815, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁴⁴¹⁵ 190918:

Note the discrepancy between the birth and baptism dates which seem inverted. They come from two different online sources, both normally reliable, yet obviously one is in error.

2. Occupation: Took over operation of The Newfoundlander from brother John, 1836, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁴⁴¹⁵

3. Election: Member of Legisltative Assembly for Placentia-St. Mary's, 1848, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁸¹⁰¹

4. Appointment: Member of Grand Jury, 23 Apr 1849, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷⁸⁵

5. Occupation: Gentleman, Duckworth St, 23 Apr 1849, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷⁸⁵

6. Occupation: Journalist on The Newfoundlander, Bef 1850, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁸¹⁰¹

7. Occupation: Merchant - Shea and Co., Insurance and Shipping, After 1850, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁸¹⁰¹

8. Court: Grand Jury Member - Gentleman - Duckworth St, 20 Apr 1852, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹⁹⁸

9. Election: Member of Legislative Assembly for St. John's West, 1855, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁸¹⁰¹ Also Speaker of the House

10. Court: Member of Grand Jury, 20 Oct 1858, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³²⁴⁹

11. Occupation: Gentleman, Water St, 20 Oct 1858, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³²⁴⁹

12. Election: Member of Legislative Assembly for Burin, 1859, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁸¹⁰¹ Also Speaker of the House

13. Election: Member of Legislative Assembly for Placentia, 1861, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁸¹⁰¹

14. Interesting: One of two members from Newfoundland to Québec Conference, 1864, Québec, Québec, Canada. ⁸¹⁰¹ The other representative being F B T Carter

15. Appointment: Newfoundland representatives to the Québec Conference on Confederation, 23 Sep 1864, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁴⁷⁵¹ Frederick Bowker Terrington Carter and Ambrose Shea departed for Québec on this date. This event was shared from Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington CARTER KCMG

16. Election: Member of the Legislative Assembly for Harbor Grace, 1874, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁸¹⁰¹

17. Honours: Knighthood, 1883, London, Greater London, England. ⁸¹⁰¹

18. Appointment: Governor, Oct 1887-Dec 1894, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. ^4414,8101

Ambrose married Isabella NIXON on 24 Jun 1851 in New York, New York, New York, United States Of America ⁴⁴¹⁵.^,8101 (Isabella NIXON died in 1877 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁸¹⁰¹.)

Ambrose next married Living