The Marriage of Edward Butler and Mary Crowley
In the past, I had found this record at the NEHGS Library:
I had this as 1 May 1855. I looked at FamilySearch.org in May 1855 for marriages at the Church of the Imaculate Conception in St. John, New Brunswick and found this:
I assume that the first image was the original and that the one I just found was the transcription. It is more clear and the date of the marriage is more clearly the 31st of May 1855. It appears that Elizabeth Scott was at two weddings in the same day in this entry directly below:
This is on Film # 008127870, Image 1002 of 1146:
A Look at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral Index
I have that Julia Ann Butler was born on 11 June 1857. It would make sense to look for her baptism at the same Church. I checked around this date and could find no baptismal record for a Butler. However, in the index, I found a Julia A Butler on page 222:
Here is the index image reference:
Here is the index cover page:
While I am in the index, I will look for Ellen Butler. I’ll note other Butlers as I go along:
Unfortunately, I found no page number. Probably close to or after page 297.
I cannot make out this name. Again no page number, but it would be in the 300’s.
Here is a William and the marriage of Edward:
This appears to be a second Catherine Butler:
And yet another Catherine:
This could be our Ellen:
This appears to be the last Butler in the index for 1855-1861:
Julia A Butler
Here is Julia Ann:
Julia Ann was baptized on the 26th of April 1857:
The godparents appear to be Michael Cody and Julia Kennedy. I assume that Cody is the same surname that Walter Coody had in the Butler/Crowley marriage. Julia Ann appears to have been named for Julia Kennedy. Julia is listed as twelve days old, so that would put her birth at about the 14th of April 1857.
Ellen Butler
Unfortunately, the records do not appear to be online for Ellen:
The records only go up to 1858. Here is more information:
Possibly this microfilm would have Ellen:
This record may be helpful:
Other Butlers from the Index
Page 300 is the last page I can see online:
This baptism was January 24, 1858. Catherine was the daughter of Thomas Butler and Mary Mahoney.
Here is the page 60 Catherine:
This baptism was on October 28, 1855.
Here is the baptism of William Butler:
He was baptized May 27, 1855 and was the brother of Catherine.
Summary and Conclusions
It was helpful going through the online records of FamilySearch.org for the Church of the Immaculate Conception in St. John, New Brunswick. From this I was able to find a more accurate marriage date for Edward Butler and Mary Crowley. I also found a more accurate birth date for Julia Ann Butler.
- A more extensive review would have looked more at witnesses and godparents. It appears that the Coady family was close to this Butler family. Whether this family was friend or family relation to the bride or groom is not clear.
- A look at the records for other names in the index would be interesting. That would take looking at the films in a library.