Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Stephen Yard ⁴⁹³ Mother: Living

Kathleen Yard

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 13 Oct 1910 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Christening: 13 Oct 1910 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵ Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Ordination: RC Nun.

Parents

Father: Capt. Peter Yard ⁴⁹³ Mother: Gertrude Irene Carew ³⁷⁸ ^,2235

Mary Ellen Yard

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1870 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³¹⁵ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Stephen Yard ³¹⁵ Mother: Mary Prendergast ³¹⁵

Mary Ellen Yard

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 15 Aug 1904 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Christening: 15 Aug 1904 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵ Death: 1958 - New York, New York, New York, United States of America ⁸⁷⁹⁷ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: Teaching Sister Then Director of Hospital, New York, New York, New York, United States of America.
• Ordination: Sister but Later Left Convent and Married, New York, New York, New York, United States of America.
• Residence: New York, New York, New York, United States of America.

Parents

Father: Capt. Peter Yard ⁴⁹³ Mother: Gertrude Irene Carew ³⁷⁸ ^,2235

Spouses and Children

1. *Michael J. Aylward ¹³⁶⁹ ^,1370 Marriage: Children: 1. Living 2. Living

Notes
General:

Enid O'Brien email 06/09/00

Mary Ellen (Yard) Irene Carew's daughter was going out with Michael Alyward in Cape Broyle when some nuns from the USA came to Cape Broyle and she, along with her two sisters, joined the convent. The night before she was to go to the US Michael begged her not to go. They told her she could be a nursing sister. After she joined and was officially a nun she was told she had to teach - which she hated. She stayed for a number of years when she got sick and they told her she had to leave. She got as far as New York and couldn't go any further. They sent her sister with her and she nursed her back to health in New York. Eventually she followed her dream and became a nurse. Michael, who was living in Montreal by this time and was engaged to someone else, heard she was out of the convent and went to New York and found her. To make a long story short they eventually got married and Mary Ellen (over time) became Director of Nursing at one of the larger hospitals in New York. Her dgt plays the organ at St. Patrick's Cathedral there. She has another dgt married to a policeman. Irene went to live with Mary Ellen.

Norah Yard

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1872 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³¹⁵ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Stephen Yard ³¹⁵ Mother: Mary Prendergast ³¹⁵

Capt. Peter Yard

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 21 Oct 1873 - Witless Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵ Christening: 21 Oct 1873 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰⁶⁴ Death: Jul 1959 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁹³ Burial: Cir Jul 1959 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁸⁷⁹⁸ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: 1872.
• Godfather: Thomas Brien, 21 Oct 1873, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Godmother: Ellen Brien, 21 Oct 1873, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: John Conway, Holy Trinity RC Church, 21 Oct 1873, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Stephen Yard ³¹⁵ Mother: Mary Prendergast ³¹⁵

Spouses and Children

1. *Gertrude Irene Carew ³⁷⁸ ^,2235 Marriage: 13 Jul 1904 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸³⁹
Marriage Events
• Alt. Marriage: 11 Jul 1904, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. "3/ Gertrude Irene Carew - Generation 11 - b. 10 October 1886. As far as I can decipher from my notes on Cape Broyle, Irene married Peter Yard - b. abt 1873 at Admiral's Cove, Cape Broyle, NF - d. 1959 at Calvert. They were married on July 11 1904

Admiral's Cove.
• Minister/Priest: L. K. Vereker, 13 Jul 1904, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Gregory Bluff [?] and Mary Ellen Doyle, 13 Jul 1904, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Children: 1. Mary Ellen Yard 2. Stephen Yard 3. Henry Yard 4. Esther Yard 5. Kathleen Yard 6. Major Arthur Yard

Notes
General:

From Kevin Reddigan in email dated 09/12/00:

"3/ Gertrude Irene Carew - Generation 11 - b. 10 October 1886. As far as I can decipher from my notes on Cape Broyle, Irene married Peter Yard - b. abt 1873 at Admiral's Cove, Cape Broyle, NF - d. 1959 at Calvert. They were married on July 11 1904"

And then in email dated 11/12/00:

"My note re Peter and Irene Yard was poorly formated. As far as I can remember Mr. Peter Yard was living in Calvert with his daughter Essie Ledwell on or about the time of his death in 1959. I don't know any information on his wife Irene. She may very well have died in th U.S.A."

Kevin didn't know of a daughter named Mary Ellen. I received that information from Enid O'Brien.

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From: Enid O'Brien [enidobrien@yahoo.com] Sent: December 14, 2000 11:54 PM To: Kevin Reddigan; Chris Morry Subject: E-Mails of Dec. 10 & 13th

Hi Kevin/Chris:

Further to your email of Dec. 10th re Gertrude Irene Carew Yard, called "Irene" my notes show the following. They had six children

Mary Ellen, bap. FD RC Records on 15/8/1904 Stephen Bap (FD RC Rec) on 3/9/1905 Henry born 1907 - died 4/6/1940 (Ref. hdstone) Esther Bap (FD RC Rec) 10/10/1909-29/7/1964 (Ref hdstone. Kathleen, bap FD RC Recs 13/10/1910 Arthur (June 1915)

Three of these girls joined the convent, Kathleen stayed in, Mary Ellen became a nurse and eventually was Director of Nursing at one of the larger hospital in New York. She married Michael Alyward from Cape Broyle. Esther was sent out of the convent because she developed rheumatic fever. She married Wm Ledwell from Calvert and had the three dgts you mentioned: Rosalie, Ethel and Mary Ellen. Esther was cautioned not to have children and this took a great toll on her health. Therefore, Irene had a daughter, Mary Ellen, and a granddaughter Mary Ellen.

Stephen, as you mentioned, was killed in World War 11. He married Catherine Hayse from Brigus South. After Stephen's death "Kitty" married Alphonsus O'Brien.

Henry didn't marry.

Arthur married Bridget King and he is still living in the USA. He had planned to come back to Newfoundland last year for a visit but he had surgery which wasn't successful. He didn't feel well enough to travel.

The Yards were from Witless Bay. I have also seen this name written "Culyard" which I suspect is correct but has been shortened over the years.

Peter Yard went over to Ferryland in May 1959 because of ill health. As his daughter, Esther, was herself an invalid he was tended by his sister-in-law, Clara (Carew) Costello. He died the summer of 1959 in Ferryland but was buried in Cape Broyle. Irene and Peter were separated and she lived with her daughter, Mary Ellen, in Brooklyn where she died with Alzeiheimer's disease.

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Email from Mary Abbass dated 7/12/01 giving her O'Brien Ancestry includes several links to the Carews including this one:

.............................. 4 Mary Prendergast 1845 - .................................. +Stephen Yard 1845 - ......................................... 5 Mary Ellen Yard 1870 - ......................................... 5 Norah Yard 1872 - ......................................... 5 Captain PeterYard 1873 - 1959 ............................................. +Gertrude Irene Carew 1886 - .................................................... 6 Stephen Yard 1905 - 1940 .................................................... 6 HenryYard 1907 - 1944 .................................................... 6 Esther Yard 1909 - .................................................... 6 Kathleen Yard 1910 - .................................................... 6 Arthur Yard 1915 - ......................................... 5 Anne Yard 1871 -

Stephen Yard

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 3 Sep 1905 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁸⁷⁹⁶ Christening: 3 Sep 1905 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵ Death: 1 Nov 1940 - North Atlantic Ocean ⁴⁹³ ^,8796 Burial: 1 Nov 1940 - North Atlantic Ocean ⁸⁷⁹⁶ Cause of Death: Lost at Sea

Parents

Father: Capt. Peter Yard ⁴⁹³ Mother: Gertrude Irene Carew ³⁷⁸ ^,2235

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living

Notes
General:

Email from Kevin Reddigan 09/12/00:

Stephen lost his life at sea on the Empire Bison when she was torpedoed Nov. 1 1940 - World War II - He was married to Kitty ?? and they had a dau. Josephine.
Medical:

Lost At Sea On EMPIRE BISON WW II North Atlantic Ocean

Stephen Yard

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1845 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³¹⁵ Christening: Death: in Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Property: North of Admiral's Cove, 29 Dec 1868, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Yard
Stephen
North of Admiral's Cove, Cape Broyle
4 - 3 - 9 (A-R-P)
1868 29-Dec
2786
15
27
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Spouses and Children

1. *Mary Prendergast ³¹⁵ Marriage: Children: 1. Mary Ellen Yard 2. Anne Yard 3. Norah Yard 4. Capt. Peter Yard

Donald Joseph Yarger

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 19 Sep 1922 - Madison Township, Butler, Ohio, United States of America ⁶⁵² ^,1100 Christening: Death: 8 Apr 1988 - ( at age 65) ¹¹⁰⁰ Burial: Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Living

Sex: F

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. Living

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