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In 1814, George Chamber became a permanent settler at Pushthrough. He moved there from Gaultois to establish a fishing room and later a mercantile premises. By 1836, there were 12 families, 82 people, living in Pushthrough and 11 of whom were fishing servants for the Chamber's firm. The Chambers had a large schooner trading operation to the nearby fishing stations. They were involved in the bank fishery and had a lobster factory at Pushthrough. The probable connection of the Chambers firm to Bay d'Espoir can be made due to the resettlement in the 1960's of Pushthrough. At that time, many families resettled to Bay d'Espoir communities, some of whom had the surname of Abbott, Ball, Cooper, Dewland, Ingram, Kendell, King, Lee, Lilly, McDonald, Priddle, Roberts, Rose, Sutton, and Wells.

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The Newman & Company, Nicoll & Company and Chamber were fishing merchants and although the fishery trade is gone, the Newman name is still part of Newfoundland's history. The Newman wine vaults, in St. John's, were purchased by the provincial government in 1986 and in 1997, it was designated a Registered Heritage Structure by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador.