Presented by the
Newfoundland's Grand Banks Site
to assist you in researching your Family History

Click on the graphic below to return to the NGB Home Page
Newfoundland's Grand Banks

To contribute to this site, see above menu item "About".

These transcriptions may contain human errors.
As always, confirm these, as you would any other source material.

District Photo Album
Harbour Main

Villa Nova c1886

Manuels
c1886

A photo of the St Thomas of Villa Nova Orphanage, Manuels, CBS.  The premises
were built by Father Michael Morris as a church and orphanage.  He was the older
brother of Prime Minister Edward P.Morris ( l908 to December 31, l9l7) and
then lst Baron of St John's and Waterford. Father Morris was my first cousin
thrice removed (first cousin to my great grandfather Edward Emberly of
of Joe Batt's Arm). My gg grandmother Bridget Emberly (nee Morris)
was his paternal aunt. His dad was Speaker of the House of Assembly
in l855 when NL gained Responsible Government. He was also
Edward Morris and MHA for St. John's West too. He was
born in Waterford, Ireland and came to Newfoundland
at age l8 and married Catherine FitzGerald
in St John's, NL.

The orphanage's history is chronicled under
"Priests of the Archdiocese of St John's".

Contributed by Michael Laurie (2008 02)

The Category Search Engines have been Discontinued
Due to Technical Problems
Please use the "Google Search" below,
pre-configured for the NGB Site

Page Revised by Craig Peterman (March 14, 2008)

Newfoundland's Grand Banks is a non-profit endeavor.
No part of this project may be reproduced in any form
for any purpose other than personal use.

JavaScript DHTML Menu Powered by Milonic

© Newfoundland's Grand Banks (1999-2008)

Hosted by
Chebucto Community Net
Your Community, Online!

NOTE:
You can search the entire NGB site
by using the [Google] search below.

Be aware that the 1921 files have been reorganized and may not return a valid address until Google catches up.
If you get an error message, go back through the menus and access the files through them. Files are all there and available for use.

Google
WWW ngb.chebucto.org
[Recent] [Contacts] [Home]