Cassidy People

From its beginnings at Cassidy Lake in 1825, the Cassidy family grew and rapidly settled throughout Canada and the United States. Only a few branches of the family have remained in the New Brunswick area. Scanning the genealogies of William’s descendants, one is struck by how mobile these people were from the very beginning. We can see that New England (Boston area) was a common destination especially in the winter when there was little employment in New Brunswick. Cassidys also soon found their way west to British Columbia. This appears to have been a destination of choice from New Brunswick as we have found no sign that they settled anywhere in between. By the late 1800s we find Cassidy Lake descendants in Minnesota and Montana. By the early 1900s they are in California and Washington State on the west coast, and Washington, DC and Florida on the east coast.

The Cassidys have shown themselves to be energetic, entrepreneurial, and benevolent. In the early days, they were master craftsmen in furniture and cabinet making. This skill has been passed to several generations, though not widely exploited commercially. Occupations in later years do not follow any particular pattern. You will find Cassidys in all fields of endeavor.

In addition to the biographies of notable family members found here, Anne Renwick has written bios on people buried in the Cassidy Lake cemetery. These make for fascinating reading not only into the life of many more Cassidy family members and Cassidy Lake community people, but also the relationships with people we find in the family genealogy. Cassidy Lake Cemetery – bios as of 4 May 2025