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Bay Bulls/Witless Bay Parish Marriages
1876 - 1880

Ferryland District

During this era, Bay Bulls Parish, with its church center at Witless Bay, ministered to all settlements in the northern region of Ferryland District.
The parish included the settlements of Lamanche (La Monche, etc.), Bauline (Baleen), Seals Cove (Soils Cove), Ship Island/Cove, St. Michael's
(Caplin Cove), Burnt Cove (Burn Cove), Tors Cove (Toads Cove), Mobile, Witless Bay, Bay Bulls, and other areas along the road to St. John's.

NOTE: Information contained in   [square brackets]   has been provided by the transcriber. Spelling of surnames, names etc.
tends to vary greatly in the parish registers, but they have been recorded here as they appear to be spelled in the originals.
Be aware that some surnames were recorded under their variant spellings eg. Carew/Carey, Carney/Kearney, even by the same priest.

In January 1876, it appears that a second marriage register was started for Bay Bulls/Witless Bay parish. This register, with entries recorded on preprinted Latin forms, is part of the surviving marriage records for this area. The Rooms Archives Finding Aids indicate that this document was copied from the holdings of Sts. Peter & Paul Parish at Bay Bulls. Although the old parish register at Witless Bay was still being used from 1876 - 1880 (inclusive), there were a number of unique marriage entries recorded only in the new marriage register. Likewise, the new marriage register recorded some marriage entries that were already entered in the old parish register. The reason for the creation of this second register may be explained by information gleaned from the Diary of the Rev. M. P. O'Driscoll, who was the junior curate in the parish at that time. By 1876, the Rt. Rev. Dean Patrick Cleary, the long-time parish priest, was 80 years old and in failing physical and mental health. Father O'Driscoll's diary notes that he and the senior curate, Father Nicholas Roche, usually had to assist Dean Cleary with most of his priestly duties. However, his diary also indicated that Father Roche was single handedly administering to the parish region north of the Holyrood Line (today's Witless Bay Line). We don't know if Father Roche actually moved to Bay Bulls, but there is mention in the diary of a house being constructed for him at Bay Bulls. It is quite possible that the new register was initially created and maintained by Father Roche for the recording of marriages in his region of the parish. However, it appears that eventually it was used as the ongoing record for the entire parish. The entries in this new marriage register are unique after 1880, the old Witless Bay marriage register appears to have been discontinued after that year. This observation may be incorrect, but no other parish registers have been found to date. Based on the handwriting, it appears that Father Roche was the main scribe for most of the new records. His spellings for many common surnames of the area were often different than those used by Father Cleary and Father O'Driscoll. For example, the surname Carew, recorded almost exclusively as such by Father Cleary, was generally recorded as Carey or Cary by Fathers Roche and O'Driscoll. Another odd thing noted was that Father O'Driscoll surname appears to be spelled as O'Driscole, even though his relatives were usually being recorded just as Driscoll.
Yr/Mth/Day	Married at	Groom's Name	From	Bride's Name	From	Witnesses	Priest	Remarks
1876/01/09		Driscole, John	Tors Cove	Brothers, Mary	Tors Cove	Michl Ronayne Ellen Nagle	M. P. O'Driscole	[Duplicate record. Surnames recorded as Driscoll and Broaders and Neagle in old parish register.]
1876/01/10		Glynn, William	Bay Bulls	Drew, Mary	Bay Bulls	Matthew Dea Mary Furlong	N. Roche
1876/02/13		Gordon, John	Witless Bay	Skain, Ellen	Kilbride	John Norris Margaret Gorden		[Duplicate record. Priest's name given as N. Roche in old register.]
1876/05/13		Tobin, Michael	Witless Bay	Moloney, Mary	Witless Bay	Henery Tobin ? Madigan	P. Cleary	[Duplicate record. Bride recorded as May Mullowney in old register.]
1876/05/21		O' Donnell, Richard	n/g	Maher, Johanna	Mobile	John Maher Anastia Maher	N. Roche
1876/10/08		Carey, George	Witless Bay	Armstrong, Mary	Witless Bay	John Murphy Elizabeth Norris	P. Cleary	[Duplicate record. Groom's surname recorded as Carew and priest's name given as N. Roche in old register.]
1876/10/12		Scott, Martin	Bay Bulls	Dea, Ann	Bay Bulls	Richard Williams Jane Furlong	M. O' Driscole	[Duplicate record.]
1876/10/25		Roche, Stephen	Branche	Carey, Mary	Witless Bay	Peter Tobin Catherine Tobin	N. Roche	[Duplicate record. Bride's name recorded as Carew in old register.]
1876/10/26		Williams, George	Bay Bulls	Getheral, Mary	Bay Bulls	Cornelius Brien Teresa Getheral	N. Roche	[Duplicate record]
1876/10/29		French, Stephen	St. John's	Fortune, Joanna	Tors Cove	William Ronayne Mary Heartwell	M. O' Driscole	[Duplicate record. Stephen given as being from Mobile, Joanna as being from Toads Cove, and Heartwell spelled Hartwell in old register. ]
1876/11/05		Carey, Michael	St. John's	Shine, Mary	St. John's	Patrick Calligan Bridget Egan	P. Cleary
1876/11/10		Power, James	Tors Cove	Driscoll, Ann	Bay Bulls	Ambrose Ronayne Esther Driscoll	N. Roche	[Duplicate record. Tors Cove spelled Toads Cove, Ronayne spelled Ronan in old register.]
1876/11/12		Mokeler, Michael	Bay Bulls	Coady, Esther	Bay Bulls	John D. Lacey Alice Moloney	N. Roche
1876/11/12		Carey, David	Witless Bay	Yard, Ann	Witless Bay	Philip Carey Bridget Conners	N. Roche
1876/11/13		Shelly, William	Big Pond	Dinn, Mary	Big Pond	James Dinn Mary Jane Butler	N. Roche
1876/11/13		Ryan, John	Bay Bulls	Mokeler, Margaret	Bay Bulls	Matthew Dea Mary Mokeler	N. Roche
1876/11/21		Walshe, James	Bay Bulls	Jordan, Mary	Bay Bulls	Joseph Burke Elizabeth Jordan	N. Roche
1876/11/28		Drew, Laurence	Bay Bulls	Power, Mary Ann	Harbor Main	John Furlong Johanna Drew	N. Roche
1876/11/28		Delaney, Andrew	Witless Bay	Norris, Mary J	Witless Bay	Philip Madigan Mary Butler	N. Roche
1876/11/28		Neill, Michael	Fermeuse	Tobin, Elizabeth	Witless Bay	Owen Neill Bridget Egan	N. Roche
1876/12/2		Yard, John	Witless Bay	Carey, Esther	Witless Bay	Thomas Delaney Margaret Yard	N. Roche
1877/01/07		Carey, Andrew	Witless Bay	Yard, Ann	Witless Bay	Thomas Carter Margaret Carey	N. Roche
1877/05/19		Glynn, Cornelius	Bay Bulls	Hyde, Ann	Bay Bulls	Thomas Williams Agnes Hyde	N. Roche
1877/06/03		Donavan, William	Petty Harbor	Brien, Bridget	Bay Bulls	Richard Howlet Jane Brien	N. Roche
1877/11/25		Maher, John	Mobile	Blackler, Elizabeth	Mobile	Patrick Maher Ellen Murphy	N. Roche
1877/11/26		Madigan, Charles	Witless Bay	Carey, Mary	Witless Bay	Michael Carey n/g	N. Roche
1877/11/27		Tobin, Benjamin	Witless Bay	Carey, Ann	Witless Bay	Philip Tobin Mary A. Tobin	N. Roche
1878/01/07		De Lacy, John	Little Placentia	Mokeler, Margaret	Bay Bulls	Joseph Colbert Margaret Moloney	N. Roche
1878/01/09		Delaney, Thomas	Witless Bay	Carey, Margaret	Witless Bay	Henery Carey Mary Murphy	N. Roche
1878/01/12		Cotton, James	Witless Bay	Butler, Mary	Witless Bay	Joseph Norris Catherine Vickers	N. Roche
1878/01/13		Norris, Christopher	Witless Bay	Quirke, Mary	Witless Bay	Benjamin Carey Frances Carey	N. Roche
1878/05/20		Brien, Cornelius	Bay Bulls	Walsh, Mary Ann	Bay Bulls	Michael Glynn Ellen Deign?	N. Roche
1878/07/11		Butt, George	Carbonear	Dinn, Elizabeth	Witless Bay	Joseph Dinn Emelia Carey	N. Roche	Husband Protestant
1878/11/03		Walsh, Patrick	Bay Bulls	Brien, Jane	Bay Bulls	Patrick Dea Mary Mokeler	N. Roche
1878/11/29		Tobin, Peter	Witless Bay	Yard, Margaret	Witless Bay	Laurence Carey Mary Tobin	N. Roche	[Duplicate record. Laurence Carey given as Lawrence Cary in old register]
1878/11/30		Madigan, Ambrose	Witless Bay	Healy, Sarah	Witless Bay	Gregory Carey Bridget Neil	N. Roche	[Duplicate record. Gregory Carey given as Gregory Cary in old register.]
1879/01/12		Brien, Patrick	Bay Bulls	Williams, Susanna	Bay Bulls	Richard Williams Teresa Getheral	N. Roche
1879/01/12		Carter, Thomas	Witless Bay	Driscoll, Mary	Bay Bulls	Benjamin Carey Harriet Driscoll	N. Roche
1879/01/13		Luby, Patrick	Tors Cove	Driscole, Margt	Tors Cove	Michael Hearn Margaret Aspel	M. O' Driscole	[Duplicate record. Driscole recorded as Driscoll and Hearn recorded as Hearne in old register.]
1879/01/26		Brien, Jeremiah	Bay Bulls	Drew, Johanna	Bay Bulls	Michael F Williams Ellen Furlong	N. Roche
1879/02/02		Glynn, James	Bay Bulls	Jordan, Elizabeth	Bay Bulls	Martin Williams Jane Glynn	N. Roche
1879/02/23		Denine, Samuel	Cape Broyle	Howlet, Mary J	Tors Cove	Martin Furlong Ann Howlet	M. O' Driscole	[Duplicate record. Howlet spelled Howlett in old register.]
1879/02/23		Power, Philip	Mobile	Reily, Ann	Mobile	Thomas Fitzgerald Margaret Fitzgerald	P. Cleary	[Duplicate record. Prient given as M. O'Driscoll in old register.]
1879/02/23		Moloney, Gregory	Witless Bay	Neill, Mary J	Witless Bay	Martin Moloney Ann Madigan	N. Roche
1879/05/18		Maher, Patrick	Mobile	Power, Anastatia	Mobile	Gerald Brien Mary Brien	M. O' Driscole	[Duplicate record. Anastatia spelled Anastasia in old register.]
1879/06/02		Chaffe, Edward	Petty Harbor	Williams, Lucy	Bay Bulls	Andrew Everett Mary Sarah Scott	N. Roche
1879/11/18		Carey, Philip	Witless Bay	Maders, Mary	Tors Cove	Philip Carey Ann Quirke	M. O' Driscole	[Duplicate record. Carey spelld Cary, Tors Cove as Toads Cove, Ann Quirk as Anne Quirke in old register.]
1879/11/29		Ronayne, Edward	Tors Cove	Howlett, Alice	Tors Cove	James Ronayne Frances Ronayne	M. O' Driscole	[Duplicate record.]
1880/01/08		Gatheral, Stephen	Tors Cove	Howlett, Frances	Tors Cove	Patrick Burke Margaret Howlett	M. O' Driscole	[Duplicate record.]
1880/01/08		Driscoll, John	Tors Cove	Aspel, Margaret	Brigus S.	Martin Driscoll Mary J Driscoll	M. O' Driscole	[Duplicate record. Mary J. Driscoll given as Margaret Driscoll in old register.]
1880/01/09		Kehoe, Thomas	Bay Bulls	Healy, Bridget	Witless Bay	James Brien Esther Lundergan	N. Roche
1880/01/11		Carey, Martin	Witless Bay	Maloney, Amelia	Witless Bay	Joseph Carey Mary Maloney	N. Roche
1880/01/11		Carey, John	Witless Bay	Tobin, Mary Ann	Witless Bay	Henry Carey Ann Tobin	N. Roche
1880/10/10		Cuddihy, Thomas	St. John's	Burke, Ann	Bay Bulls	William Hearn Catherine Williams	N. Roche
1880/11/08		Murphy, William	Witless Bay	Howlet, Mary	Witless Bay	Thomas Power Bridget Power	N. Roche
1880/11/25		Tobin, Luke	Witless Bay	Vickers, Ann	Witless Bay	Michael Vickers Margaret Norris	N. Roche
1880/11/25		Brien, John	Bay Bulls	Mulcahy, Catherine	Bay Bulls	Samuel Hearn Mary Murphy	N. Roche

This page transcribed by Kevin Reddigan ( October 2012)

Page Last Modified: Monday November 25, 2013 (Kevin Reddigan)

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