Placentia is a town on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, consisting of the amalgamated communities of Jerseyside, Townside, Freshwater, Dunville and Argentia. Common family names include Caul, Nolan, Power, O’Keefe, Collins, O’Reilly, Murphy, Williams, Gambin, Hatfield, Wyse, Barry, Mooney, and Careen.
It is unclear when Placentia was first settled by Europeans, but Basque fishermen were fishing in the area as early as the beginning of the 16th century, using Placentia as a seasonal centre of operations. “Placentia” may be derived for the a very similar name of an old basque villa called Placencia, or Placencia de las Armas – or Soraluze in basque language – located in the middle of the Basque Country, in the province of Guipúzcoa. Placentia, also, comes from the Latin placentia and is probably a name given by the Basques. Placentia’s large, rocky beach meant that fish could be salted and dried on the beachrocks rather than on a constructed wooden fishing stage, saving both time and effort.
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