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Hi Patricia,
My 3rd great-grandfather was John Byrne born approx 1822. He married Mary Dooling I believe and they had 3 children that I can confirm;
John 1840-1918 married Mary Simmonds
James 1843-1870 (unknown if married, family story says he was thrown over a cliff in Conche by the French, they later realized they had the wrong guy)
Mary Ann 1946-1918 who I believe married a McGrathI have come across two other children Timothy (b.1837) and Catherine (b.1844) no other info on them ..perhaps died as young children.
John died approx. 1855 and his widow married a George Roffe/Ralph and they gave birth to my Great great grandmother Annie Ralph whom married Joseph Emberly in Conche. Annie died from a fall through a fish flake.
If any of this links into the Byrne families you are aware of in your research would love to hear back from you.My 3rd great grandmother was Ellen Dormity (..lol..another new spelling of possibly Darmody/Dormody. She was born somewhere between 1826-1832. She married John Emberly in the Argentia Parish in 1851. They lived in Conche. Perhaps your Elizabeth & my Ellen are related somehow. Ellen’s marriage record was located in Argentia – unable to get all of their childrens records as a fire destroyed a lot of records
I also noticed an Elizabeth “Simmonds” – married into the Snow family. The Simmonds from the Conche area are specifc about their name spelt with a “d” and they were RC unlike the Simmons who were from other areas and not RC.
