I don't have information on your Moreys, but I do recognize the names. I was in Carbonear last week and spent a couple days in the archives. I wish I had seen this post before I went and I would have checked it.
You can contact The Rooms in St john's and they will do a search for you for a small fee.
If it helps you at all, I have found a Mary Mory/Morry married to John Fortune 5 Mar 1832 in Harbour Grace and their witnesses were Timothy Morry and Mathilda McGrath. They had 3 daughters in the 1830s: Ann (married Charles Southwell), Margaret (married Cornelius Murphy) and Mary (married Edmund Brennan). There was no church in Carbonear prior to about 1841 and all marriages/baptisms were in Harbour Grace prior to that.
Hopefully this helps you in some way. Since there are no names listed on the marriages, there doesn't appear to be a way to connect the families concretely. There are some very common names in Carbonear and if you have one of those, it's difficult.
Finally, I just scanned my notes from my time in the archives and I found a Julia Clarke was a sopnsor on a baptism: Edmund, 19 May 1863, son of John George/Lucy Leahy,Lehay. I also have another baptism for a George Leahy, 30 Apr 1857, son of Michael Leahy/Margaret George and the witnesses were Thomas Phelan and Julia Clarke.
According to burial records, Clark/Clarke was a Mathodist name in Carbonear. So, there may be a way to trace Julia Clarke since there were few Clarke baptisms in the RC church. I have a Julia Clarke in my tree, but she was born in 1863, so she's too young. But, since they're both RC and their name is Clarke, there's a good chance for a connection.
My family has 3 daughters of Matthew Fortune/Johanna Butler: Catherine (married Robert George), Johanna (I cannot find a trace of her) and Mary Ann (married Robert Clarke).
Given the marriages of Mary Morry/John Fortune and Mary Ann Fortune/Robert Clarke and the scracity at the time of RC Clarkes, we may have a connection. I don't know how to figure it out. Maybe these names will have some meaning to your friend.
If there is a connection, some of these folks are also Irish.
Good luck!
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