Thanks Allan. Cheers, Dan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan B. Costello" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [NFLD-LAB] GORMAN/ EZEKIEL from Conception Bay > Hey Dan... I'll have a boo and see what I have. I'm actually waiting on > some Gorman info from a contact I made... if I find something on Maria, > I'll pass it along. > > All the best... > > ABC > > At 03:16 PM 12/11/2006, you wrote: >>Hi Allan >>I have a Maria Gorman in my tree and have not be able to find her birth or >>parents or much else. Here is what I have on her and her husband. I would >>appreciate it if you see anything on her to let me know. Cheers, Dan. >> >> >>John Breen was born 14 Aug 1805 in St. John's, NF. Sponsors were Laurence >>Kitty/Bridget Fitzgerald. >> >>7 Feb 1829 >> John Breen and Maria Gorman were baptised in St. John's, >> Newfoundland, >>in the Roman Catholic Basilica of St. John the Baptist by Bishop M.A. >>Fleming. Sponsors were James Kennedy and Catherine Breen. They were both >>adults. >> I was not able to find the marriage record for John Breen and Maria >>Gorman. They had children up to 1852. Maria was listed as a widow as early >>as 1864. So he would have died between 1852 and 1864. >> I was not able to find the birth record for Maria Gorman. However, >> Paul >>Doherty found a death record that we believe to be our Maria. >> >>It stated: >> >> "Maria Breen, died 29th May 1908. Age 97. Place of residence was >> Signal >>Hill Road. Funeral from St. Mary's Church to Forest Road Cemetery. Service >>performed by Rev. Mosdell". >> >> A check with the cemetery records revealed that there was no >> headstone. >>Maria was 97 at the time of her death so she would have been born in 1811. >>She was living on George Street up until 1897-98 with her son and >>grandson. >>The 1904 Directory for St. John's showed two families of FARRELLs living >>on >>Signal Hill Road. These families could have been descendents of >>GGGGrandmother Mary Breen whose maiden name was FARRELL. Maria may have >>gone >>to live with them when she got older and couldn't care for herself. >> Uncle Frank said that a Bert Gorman lived near him on Stephen Street. >>Bert Gorman told him that they were cousins. Frank objected because Bert >>was >>a Protestant. Bert had a son Bert and a daughter Ella. Ella married a John >>Ryan. >> Frank tells a story about a Gorman woman who was a housekeeper at the >>Government House while Governor LaMarchand lived there. The Governor >>imported a side-saddle and invited his housekeeper to try it. She fell >>from >>the horse without much injury. Great Uncle Peter told Frank that she was >>our >>Great Grandmother. >> Frank says that there was a Gorman Lane behind the Basilica. >> >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> I also found marriages recorded in the Basilica that might be related >> to >>Maria Gorman. They stated: >> >>MICHAEL GORMAN married Grace LeCour. Sponsored by Michael McNamara and >>SIMON >>GORMAN. The date was 18th May 1799. >> >>SAMUEL BRIEN married MARY GORMAN. Sponsored by Michael McNamara and Mary & >>JOHN BRIEN. The date was 30th Jul 1799. >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.3/530 - Release Date: 11/11/2006 > >

As appeared in today's edition of the Edmonton Journal (www.edmontonjournal.com). There is also a picture. ************************** BURKE, Clarence Michael On Sunday, November 19, 2006, Clarence Burke of Flowers Cove, Newfoundland passed away suddenly at the age of 41. Clarence is survived by his mother, Mary Alice Burke; three brothers and six sisters, Pius, Terry, Patrick, Bernice, Eileen, Julia, Annette, Agnes, and Maria; numerous nieces and nephews and many friends. He was predeceased by his father Patrick; his brother Terry; his sister Anne, and his close buddy, Ryan Penny. Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, November 22 at 3:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Howard & McBride Westlawn Chapel, 16310 Stony Plain Road, Edmonton. Clarence will be laid to rest in Nameless Cove, Newfoundland. CANADIAN ALTERNATIVES CREMATION AND BURIAL SERVICES 963-0920.