The Byrne (2) Family
The Byrne
(2) Family represents my wife's maternal Byrne ancestors that
eventually married into the Doody family of Mosquito, St. Mary's
Bay, Newfoundland. These Byrnes hail from the Holyrood and Harricot
areas of St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland where they first settled
with the arrival of John Byrne (below) from Ireland in about 1821
and his subsequent marriage to Ellen Wall. It is not known if
John arrived in Newfoundland with parents or any siblings but
it is probably that he met up with family already in the area
or was joined by them within the next 15 or so years as the exodus
from Ireland began to wind down.
John emigrated
to Newfoundland in the middle of a 50 year period that saw Ireland's
largest wave of immigration to North America (from 1785 to 1835)
as Ireland's population doubled in a relatively short period of
time. This resulted in the country's economy plummeting, jobs
becoming scarcer and English-rule land reforms disgruntling many
Irish land owners and farmers. In Newfoundland, however, the cod
fishery and seal industries were booming and employment was fairly
easy for these immigrants to obtain. Many also probably felt that
both the political and religious climate would be much more favourable
than it had been back in Ireland where these Catholics had been
living under English Protestant rule.
Most of the
Irish that immigranted during this period where originally inhabitants
of very specific regions of Ireland. These areas included southwest
Wexford, south Carlow, south Kilkenny (where John originated from),
southeast Tipperary and southeast Cork. The vast majority of these
immigrants arrived from county Waterford which was a port city
centralized among several shipping and trading routes.
Father:
John Byrne: b. abt 1793 (HsI), Thomastown, County
Kilkenny, Ireland (KD); d. Jan. 1, 1858, Holyrood (?), NFLD.
Note:
John is buried in the Irish Cemetery in Holyrood, NFLD.
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m.
1821, Holyrood (KD), NFLD.
Mother:
Ellen Wall (KD) b. abt 1800
Generation
One
Special
thanks to Karen Dahle for filling in many blanks in the following
data and for making various corrections to my older records. Data
supplied by Karen is noted with a "(KD)".
Children:
1.
Peter Byrne: Fisherman;
b. abt 1821, Holyrood, NFLD.
Married:
to Susan Davis (William & Bridget Peddle) (KD):
b. abt 1824.
Children:
2.
Patrick Byrne: Fisherman/Farmer
(DR-3 & 7) ; b. abt 1836, Holyrood, NFLD; d. Nov.
11, 1917, Holyrood (HsI), NFLD.
Note:
is listed with a John Byrne (probably his brother) in the 1870 Directory
for Holyrood, Harbour Main, as a Fisherman. Is listed again (as
"Patrick Byrne Sr.") in the 1894-97 Directory for Holyrood
along with a number of other Byrnes. Last listed in McAlpine's
1904 Directory for Holyrood, Harbour Main, NFLD as a Farmer (DR-7).
Note
2: Headstone inscription reads "Also his father Patrick Byrne
died Nov. 11, 1917, 81 yrs" (the stone had been erected by
son Michael first for his mother, "Annie") (HsI-KD).
Married:
Nov.
25, 1869 (KD), Holyrood, NFLD to Anne "Annie"
Scott (KD): b. abt 1841; d. Nov. 8, 1917 (KD).
Children:
Michael (other children not known at this time).
3.
Ellen Byrne: b. abt 1824, Holyrood, NFLD.
4.
John Byrne: Fisherman (DR-3);
b. abt 1825, Holyrood, NFLD; d. Harricot (?), NFLD.
Married:
Dec. 1, 1866, St. Mary's (KD), NFLD to Sarah Davis (William
& Bridget Peddle) (KD).
Children:
Joseph, James, Michael, Catherine and Mary.
Married
2nd: bet 1880-1887 (KD), NFLD, to Johanna
unknown.
Children:
Mary Agnes and John.
5.
James Byrne: Fisherman
(DR-3); b. abt 1827, Holyrood, NFLD.
6.
Margaret Byrne: b. abt 1829, Holyrood, NFLD.
7.
Elizabeth Byrne: b. abt 1831, Holyrood, NFLD.
8.
Catherine Byrne: b. abt 1833, Holyrood, NFLD.
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