The cast of characters at the beginning:
According to information in an old family bible and records I have received from the Provincial Archives in St. John's, this is how it began:
In St. John's Jeremiah KAVANAGH ship's pilot, married Jane Mary Hucknell/Hucknill/Venel ( records show variations on the spelling of her name) on 9/21/1837 at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist.
Children of this marriage:
Anne Teresa, born 10/11/1838
John, 1/26/1841
Elizabeth Mary Josephine, 2/12/1842
Mary Jane Stanislaus, 8/16/1844
Mary Louisa Catherine, 5/19/1847
Matilda, 8/31/1849
Francis Harriet, 9/17/1850
Jeremiah Joseph, 6/15/1853
John Henry, 5/1/1856
Morgan, 11/24/1858 or 1859
Jane Mary, 12/30/1881
James Barnabus, 6/11/1864 or 1866