Belyea, George

  • From “The Loyalists – Pioneers and Settlers of the West”: See full biography at UELAC Biography: https://www.uelac.org/education/WesternResource/414-Bulyea.pdf
    • In 1905, when Alberta became a province, someone who could combine executive ability with diplomacy and tact was needed as its first Lieutenant Governor. Tolerant, dignified and capable, the Commissioner of Public works for Regina, George Hedley Vicars Bulyea qualified for the important position. He served for ten years from September 1905 until October 1915.
    • George Bulyea was born 17 February, 1859, in Gagetown, Queen’s County, New Brunswick. He was of good Loyalist stock. His father James Albert Bulyea was the son of James Albert Bulyea and Jemima Purdy who had come to New Brunswick in 1783 with the first fleet of twenty ships carrying 7,000 Loyalists from New York City to Nova Scotia following the American Revolution. George’s great grandfather, Henry (Hendrick) Bulyea and his sons were tenant farmers in Philipsburg Manor in Tarrytown, New York. The five sons served with the British Army during the revolution, one of them being taken prisoner. The family lost all its property in New York because it sided with the losing forces and moved north to Belyea’s Cove in the St. John River Valley. Belyea Point in New Brunswick is named after them.
    • Besides his father, George’s mother, Jane Blizard was also of Loyalist descent through William Blizard who signed a 1782 New York Loyalist Petition.
  • Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=1007
  • Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65300015/george_hedley_vicars-bulyea