Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Thomas Costello ⁶⁶⁵ Mother: Mary Maciver ⁶⁶⁵

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Wilfred Costello ⁶⁶⁵ Mother: Mary Sullivan ⁶⁶⁵

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Kevin Costello ⁶⁶⁵ Mother: Mary Moore

Spouses and Children

1. Living

John Costello

Sex: M
AKA: John Costelloe ¹⁹
Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1810 ³⁷⁹³ Christening: Death: 1 Dec 1883 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 73) ³⁷⁹³ Burial: After 1 Dec 1883 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁷⁹³ Cause of Death:
Events
• Property: Crown Land Grant #1671 at Siles Meadow, Southside, 12 Dec 1860, Ferryland, Newfoundland. Costelloe John Ferryland. South Side at Siles Meadow 1 - 2 - 11 1860 12-Dec 1671 8 21.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 3 Oct 1864, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 7 Oct 1867, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 8 Oct 1868, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 4 Oct 1870, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Grand Jury for Southern Circuit of Supreme Court, 3 Oct 1876, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Posted on Newfoundlanders and Genealogy Facebook by Edward Chafe on Feb. 19, 2021.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 3 Oct 1877, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Spouses and Children

1. *Mary Curran ⁴² Marriage: Children: 1. William Costello 2. Mary Ann Costello 3. Joseph Costello 4. Thomas Costello 5. Mary Ellen Costello

Notes
General:

310707:

He is most likely the John Costello mentioned in the following story:

This story is found on the Ferryland Municipal website: http://www.publib.nf.ca/CAP/east/Ferryland/heather.htm

The Rescue of The Heather

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Late in March 1865, the brigantine Heather in charge of Captain Ash was returning to St. John's from a foreign voyage when she became jammed in ice off Cape Spear. Fearing the vessel would be crushed, four ofthe crew abandoned ship against their master's wishes.

It turned out their foreboding was right and about 1:30 on Mar. 26, Captain Ash and the three remaining crew members noticed that the ice was carrying the vessel onto the rocks. They too abandoned ship just minutes before she hit the cliffs. The vessel did not sink however, but the ice had broken up and they were minutes before she hit the cliffs.The vessel didn't sink however, but the ice had broken up and they were unable to get back to her.

On individual pans of ice, Capt. Ash and his three companions driftedsouth during the night and all the next day. By nightfall Tuesday they were without food and shelter of any kind and were concerned for the worsening weather. Mate Morris and the two seamen managed to get onone large ice pan but were separated from the captain by a large lakeof water.

By Wednesday morning they were as far south as Ferryland and realisedthe chances of being spotted beyond this point would be very slim. Asluck would have it however, a Mrs. Carter of Ferryland happened to glance out her window as she went about her work and spotted the men drifting by on the ice floe. She immediately spread the news and Father Murphy, the parish priest, called for volunteers to go into the ice filled seas to attempt a rescue.

Ten brave fishermen of Ferryland manned a boat and steered it throughthe ice to the rescue. They were Francis Geary, John Costello, William Morry, Marmaduke Clowe, Henry Morry, Richard Sullivan, Thomas Moore, James Sweeney, Peter Kelly and John O'Keefe.

They picked up the mate and seamen from the nearest pan first, and returned to shore with them. Again they put out to sea and headed in thedirection of Captain Ash, however a storm was beginning to whip up and no sooner had they taken the captain on board when the storm broke.A strong gale drove their boat off to the sea, much to the horror of their families and friends looking on from the shore.

The gale raged all night and by daylight Thursday, the boat was fullyforty miles out to sea. By Thursday afternoon the wind abated and they somehow managed to make land at Witless Bay, after suffering greatly from exposure.

Captain Ash was in particularly bad condition, after three days and nights in the open. He was taken to St. John's by a crew from Witless Bay and lost no time in commending the ten men for their bravery

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John Costello

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Christening: Death: Bef 6 Mar 2008 ³⁷⁰ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Rupert J. Costello ³⁷⁰ ^,586 Mother: Elizabeth M. Sullivan ³⁷⁰ ^,586 ^,665

Spouses and Children

1. Living

John William Costello

Sex: M
AKA: John Will Costello ³⁰¹⁰
Individual Information

Birth Date: 31 Jan 1876 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹³⁵ ^,3795 Christening: Death: 20 Nov 1927 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 51) ⁵ ^,2900 ^,3795 Burial: After 20 Nov 1927 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁷⁹⁵ Cause of Death: Pneumonia ⁶⁶⁵ ^,2900
Events
• Occupation: Assistant Lighhouse Keeper and then Lighthouse Keeper At Ferryland, 1894-1927, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Honors: Commended by the Danish Government, 3 Dec 1903, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. For their role in recovering the bodies of the crew of the SIGRID (James Keefe, John W. Costello, James Keough).

Others who assisted: Thomas Sullivan, Daniel and Robert Keefe. Also James Kavanagh, James Reid, Peter Barnable and Robert Shanahan.
• Medical Condition: John died quite suddenly on a trip to St. John's, 20 Nov 1927, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Documentation: Article on the Lighthouse Keepers of Ferryland, 2019, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From "Treasured Memories - Then and Now", the Ferryland 2019 Come Home Year Book
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Parents

Father: William Costello ⁸¹¹ Mother: Ann Williams ¹³⁵

Spouses and Children

1. *Clara Isabella Carew ⁵ ^,2235 Marriage: 6 Apr 1913 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵ ^,159 Marriage Notes

Residence of Sir Michael Cashin,
Children: 1. Mary E. Costello 2. Esther A. Costello 3. Vincent V. Costello 4. Leo J. Costello 5. Mercedes Costello 6. Bernadette Costello

Notes
General:

Enid O'Brien 03/05/00:

"They lived in the lighthouse in Ferryland. They had 6 children."

Enid O'Brien emailed me on June 19, 2002 and I revised and reported her findings to Uncle Bill who thought that Clara Carew's maiden name should have been Carey:

"In regard to Clara, even though the correct name is Carew some people in that area called them Carey. Maybe because Carey is an Irish variation of Carew. However, the Carews are of English descent. There isno doubt about this. It is correct. John Will and Clara still have two children living and there wouldn't be any problem in verifying this. Clara's birth record is on the Newfoundland's Grand Banks website for Ferryland and it shows she was baptised at Ferryland 9/1/1889, Clara Isabella to Henry Carew/Esther Morry.

Another reference: Evening Telegram Jan 11, 1913. On Sunday April 6,1913 a very pretty wedding took place at Cape Broyle when JW Costello,the general lighthouse keeper of Ferryland was united in Hymens bondsto Miss Clara Isabella Carew of Cape Broyle. Miss Carew was assisted by her cousin, Molly Carew, Mr. John Devereaux supported the groom.

Gus Costello was the younger brother of John Will and became lighthouse keeper when John died in 1927. I believe he married Helena Sliney of Ferryland. Please see following reference: The Last Landfall, by David J. Molloy, Breakwater Press, 1994.

A bill was passed in the House of Assembly in 1859 "to provide for the erection of a lighthouse at Ferryland". This wasn't erected for 10 years, ie. 1869. The first lighthouse keeper was 36 year old Michael Kearney with assistant keeper William Costello. There were problems and Costello was sent to Cape Pine as assistant keeper to George Hewitt. Philip Keough was appointed assistant keeper. He also had problems with Kearney and there was an inquiry and Kearney was asked to retire in 1887. William Costello came back to Ferryland as head lighthouse keeper and Keough stayed on as assistant. When Keough died John Will Costello was assistant to his father, William. William Costello died in1905 having served for 30 years and his son, John Will, was appointedchief/head lighthouse keeper and his younger brother Gus was appointed his assistant. When John Will died in 1927 Gus was appointed head keeper. He retired in 1939 and his son William Costello took over until1970.

If you need another reference (one which can be looked up on the computer) you can go into the wills that are shown on the Newfoundland's Grand Banks website and find one for Ann Costello, wherein she states that John Will Costello, lighthouse keeper, was Executor of her estate.Ann is John Will's mother). Interestingly, her estate was something like $112,000. - a goodly sum in 1917 (or even now for that matter!)."

030907: John W. Costello was called to give testimony at the hearing following the sinking of the FLORIZEL according to Cassie Brown in her book 'A Winter's Tale". At the time he was the lightkeeper at Ferryland Head and could have given a first hand account of the weather that wouldhave contributed in some measure to the sinking.

030208: John Will and his father are also mentioned in "For a decent Burial" an account of a daring recovery of the bodies of crewmembers of the ill-fated Danish vessel, Sigrid, which sank off Ferryland in 1903. The story appears in Sea Stories of Newfoundland by Michael Harrington. John Will and other Ferryland men risked their lives to recover the bodies of the seamen from the rocks off Ferryland Head in heavy seas in mid-winter. A copy of the story is included here in the Media folder.

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John died quite suddenly on a trip to St. John's on Nov. 20, 1927. Apparently he left Ferryland in good health, came to St. John's, contracted pneumonia, and died a few days later in hospital.

DATE 20 NOV 1927 PLAC St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

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FROM: Sea Stories from Newfoundland, Edited by Michael Harrington, 1958, given to me as a Christmas present in 1962 by Peter Morry:

12 For a Decent Burial by Michael Harrington the greatness of the human spirit is never better demonstrated than when people go to extraordinary lengths to make sacrifices for the sake of others. The God-like qualities that all men created in His image are said to possess are never more clearly revealed than when men show themselves ready to lay down their lives for their friends\emdash and often for their foes. In war and peace men and women of every nationality display unmatched courage and self-sacrifice by tossing their very existence into the scale to save another from death or injury. But to what heights of nobility can men be said to have climbed when they risk life and limb with no thought or award or recognition, not to rescue men from drowning, but simply to give drowned men a decent burial? This has happened not once but several times in Newfound-land. Perhaps the most thrilling occasion was in December, 1903. On Friday, December 3rd, the little Danish schooner Sigrid was coming "up the Southern Shore" heading for St. John's. The 80-ton Sigrid, in command of Captain N. Petersen, was well-known in the Newfoundland trade, her agents in the capital being the firm of A. S. Rendell & Company. Already that year she had brought a load of sugar to the firm of A. H. Murray, and a month later went to Bonavista to take a salt fish cargo to Europe for the firm of P. Templeman. She had a good run across the Atlantic, had finished with her fish cargo in September, and sailed again to Carthagena, Spain. She left there on November 7th in ballast and three days later was reported at Gibraltar en route to Newfoundland for a second charter. From Gibraltar to Cape Race in something over twenty days is good sailing for a fore-and-aft schooner westward across the Atlantic Ocean in late autumn and Captain Petersen must have been pleased with his little ship. She was seen in several places as she cruised along, and the lightkeeper at Ferryland Head, William Costello, reported seeing the lights of a vessel going past offshore about eleven o'clock the same night. He saw the lights when the haze lifted a few moments as the vessel was passing on the back of Crow Island, which lies between Aquaforte and Freshwater, Ferryland. About the same time residents of "The Pool," near Ferryland, said they distinctly heard the noise of slatting canvas and the bracing of yards, as a vessel altered course coming out of the haze with Ferryland light in view. People judged she was then not more than a half or three-quarters of a mile from the mainland, in which case she must have passed quite close to Crow Island. Since the vessel was not hailed, and made no signals, it was merely presumed from what later transpired, that she was the ill-fated Sigrid. Northeast winds had prevailed on the coast from the end of November, but suddenly between ten and eleven o'clock that Friday night, the wind veered to the south-southeast and blew a hurricane. It is assumed\emdash an assumption based on knowledge of tides, wind and weather and deductions made by fishermen and ocean-going mariners\emdash that the little Danish schooner was caught on the bad leeshore by the sudden gale and flung into a gulch in Ferryland Head by the mountainous seas that quickly rose. At eight a.m. Saturday, lightkeeper Costello was disturbed to see a number of barrels and other evidence of a wreck tossing about in the waters of Ferryland "Motion." At once he spread the alarm through the settlement and very soon every able-bodied man in the vicinity was hurrying to the edge of the cliffs over-looking Flat Point, south-southwest of the light, where the wreck had been located. They brought lines and other lifesaving equipment to aid possible survivors, but as they looked down they could see no sign of people in the wreck or on the rocky ledges of the precipitous cliffs. The seas were surging in, buffeting the hulk, and striking the rocks with a force that sent spray flying over the watchers on the clifftop and drenching them to the skin. Wind and sea blew and roared with such force and din that the would-be rescuers could scarcely hear one another speak. Suddenly one man began to make vigorous gestures and point below. The others craned forward and, as a particularly big wave receded, they saw a body. It was wedged-between some boulders about halfway between high- and low-water mark, and was evidently the body of one of the crew of the ill-starred vessel. The foreshore on which the body lay sloped gradually upward for about three-quarters of its distance, then began a steep and rugged ascent. From the surface of the water to the summit of the cliff the distance and height was roughly eighty feet, and the seas as they thundered ashore would surge up the incline, sometimes as far as sixty feet, making a frightening turmoil below the watchers. Since the man was obviously dead, and no living survivors could be seen, the Ferryland men might well have been excused for turning their backs on the sad scene and going home till the weather improved. But not the Ferryland men! There and then they agreed an effort should be made to recover the body and give it a decent, Christian burial. Volunteers were called for the incredibly dangerous task, and were readily forthcoming. James Keefe, John W. Costello, son of the lightkeeper, and James Keough, son of the former assistant lightkeeper, instantly stepped forth. All three were strapping, young fishermen, in the prime of their physical strength and manhood. Costello and Keough were both single men, but Keefe was married with a young family. They fully realized the risk involved in the undertaking, yet they did not shrink from the attempt which they plainly regarded as a sacred Christian duty\emdash to bury the dead. To avoid being hampered in the performance of that duty they stripped off their coats and vests in the freezing, December morning, and with ropes fastened about their waists by their neighbours, prepared to make the perilous descent. The ropes used were second-hand, half-inch bass, the only kind available; but the knowledge that this was not the strongest material on which to rest their limbs and lives in no way deterred them from going ahead with their humane resolve. They were also well aware that, even if the ropes held, they might easily be caught by the inrushing seas and dashed to death against boulders or cliffs; they realized the ropes could be cut through by sharp rocks, and they could be carried away and drowned; they knew the ropes might burst under their weight and the weight of the corpse while being hauled up the cliff-face, and the rescuers be killed in the fall. But they did not hesitate. Not even the thought of the mangled remains they would have to carry up daunted their bold hearts. So their noble resolve is implemented, and on the wild, cliff-edge almost a hundred feet above the storm-tossed ocean the three young men, with ropes of inferior material under their armpits, wait to be let down into the abyss. Below them, intermittently buried by the white-lathered surf is the object of their chivalrous essay\emdash a body\emdash not of a living man\emdash but a shattered corpse. Their Christian conscience and sensibilities have spurred them on to recover the corpse so that it may be decently interred. The body, which they discover later is the captain of the Sigrid, lies jammed between some boulders, almost midway on the incline of the seascoured landwash that slopes over fifty feet from cliff-face to low water. The men could only be lowered as the seas receded. They had to depend on the alertness and strength of their friends on the cliff-top to gauge the speed and power of the waves, and pick the right time. When they reached the slope below the cliff they had to creep down it over slippery rocks and run back up again as the waves rushed in. The Ferryland men made over fifty attempts to reach the body wedged in the crevice, and frequently they were submerged in the icy water. Sometimes when they could not move fast enough to escape the reach of the sea their helpers had to haul up the ropes and hold the men suspended in mid-air above the surf. But at length the body was secured and brought up. It was in a dread-ful state. Costello, Keefe and Keough were completely exhausted after their prodigious efforts, and the great risks run, and had to be taken to their homes to recuperate. Apparently most of the Ferryland men went home after this recovery, but a number remained at the scene in the event that other bodies should come ashore from the wreck. The patience of these watchers was rewarded about three o'clock in the after-noon. A huge sea tumbled aboard the Sigrid and as it swept on into the cove, the men saw a body shoot about twenty feet in the air, and fall in upon the rocks where it remained. Obviously another following sea might just as easily carry it off again, and the men on the cliff-top made a quick decision to go down and recover it. The new crew of volunteers numbered Thomas Sullivan, Daniel and Robert Keefe who clambered down the treacherous incline in awesome danger, and reached the body. Just as they were about to grasp it, another immense wave sluiced up the landwash and for a fearful moment it seemed that all four\emdash the living and the dead\emdash would be hurled willy-nilly to their doom. Apparently they went down without even the doubtful security of the bass ropes for the account says that a rope was hurriedly flung to them. They seized it, then clutched the body and held it firmly, as another sea smothered them. Four other men, James Kavanagh, James Reid, Peter Barnable and Robert Shannahan, fearing the three heroic rescuers would be lost, scrambled down the cliff to their aid. With the added assistance they brought up the second corpse which like the first was horribly mangled. Time passed, the watch on the cliff continued, and about an hour later a third body was thrown ashore from the wreck. It was actually only a part of a body that could be seen rolling around in the surf. It was impossible for the intrepid men to reach it and they had to use jiggers with great patience for more than an hour till it was also secured. Handling the remains was a gruesome task and they had to be wrapped in canvas before being brought up the cliff. Most of the Ferryland men had been on the cliff since eight o'clock that Saturday morning without a morsel of food, and drenched and frozen in the December weather. When darkness closed in and nothing further could be done they returned home. Early Sunday morning, however, they went out again to the scene of the wreck where they remained during that day. Late that afternoon they discovered another body\emdash the fourth\emdash but had to wait till Monday to try and secure it. Jiggers and grapnels were used but all the lines burst and William Carter went back into Ferryland and got new Manila rope and more grapnels. The body was afoul of some wreckage, and they had managed to get it free when darkness fell and they had to quit. Tuesday they tried again and succeeded in bringing up the dead seaman. It was generally believed that body was the last of the vessel's complement; but there was one more to come which brought the recovery of the bodies from the Sigrid to an unparalleled high point of heroism. The fourth and fifth bodies were located at a different point- of the shore where the cliff was well over two hundred feet high, and almost sheer, and the fifth corpse was secured by almost superhuman measures on the part of Daniel Keefe. Jiggers had hooked into the body but the lines were too frail to bear the weight and it was then that Keefe showed the kind of man he was. It was simply awe-inspiring to look down the precipice with the tumultuous ocean beneath, but Keefe volunteered to go. With a rope under his armpits and a boat-hook in his hands to fend himself off from the cliff, he boldly went down. He took a jigger with a light Manila rope attached which, with the lines already attached to the body, should be able to bear the weight. Keefe was let down the cliff-face and hooked the jigger into the body which was that of a coloured man. He was then drawn up with the battered remains using the boat-hook to save himself and the body from being dashed against the cliff. At last he stood in safety on the top and the task was pronounced finished. During the recovery of the bodies, which covered a period of four days, there were many times when the older and less agile men v/ere of the opinion that the rescuers were far too bold, that they were headstrong and even rash. But fortune favours the brave, or more truthfully Providence watched over the Ferryland men in their truly Christian\emdash almost sacrificial\emdash undertaking. Except for a column in the St. John's newspapers the Ferryland heroes received no recognition for their incomparable feat. Their descendants may find some satisfaction in this belated tribute and all readers cannot help but be moved deeply by the tale of these noblemen (and for once that is the right use of the word) who risked certain death not to rescue living men from the sea but to give drowned men decent burial.

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Kevin Costello ⁶⁶⁵ Mother: Mary Moore

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Joseph Costello

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1914 - Ferryland, Newfoundland ³⁷⁹⁰ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Living: 1921, Ferryland, Newfoundland.

Parents

Father: William J. Costello ⁶⁶⁵ ^,3791 Mother: Mary Martha Devereaux ⁶⁶⁵ ^,1502

Joseph Costello

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1846 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁷⁹⁶ Christening: Death: 22 Feb 1902 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 56) ³⁷⁹⁶ Burial: After 22 Feb 1902 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁷⁹⁶ Cause of Death:
Events
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 3 Oct 1877, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: John Costello ⁴² Mother: Mary Curran ⁴²

Spouses and Children

1. *Marion Williams ¹⁰⁶⁴ Marriage: 5 Mar 1873 - Bay Bulls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁷⁹⁷
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Rev. Nicholas Roche, 5 Mar 1873, Bay Bulls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Children: 1. Mary Joseph Costello 2. Joseph Francis Costello 3. Angela Costello

Notes
General:

100308: I am guessing that he is the brother of William since he was the witness at the wedding.

Joseph Francis Costello

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 24 Feb 1888 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰⁶⁴ Christening: 24 Feb 1888 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰⁶⁴ Death: 7 Feb 1943 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁷⁹⁸ Burial: 8 Feb 1943 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁷⁹⁹ Cause of Death:
Events
• Godfather: Frederick J. Costello, 24 Feb 1888, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Godmother: Esther Costello, 24 Feb 1888, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: Joseph Kearney, 24 Feb 1888, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Joseph Costello ¹³⁵ ^,1064 Mother: Marion Williams ¹⁰⁶⁴

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