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Hoping someone can help me to find information on my gggrandparents John Butler & Mary (Luby) Butler. Mary Luby was born c1805 but not sure of John's DOB. They were married c1827 and had 6 children..Mary, Pierce, Julia, Margaret, John & James. I have found baptismal records for Mary (1829) & James (1838) in Bansha Parish. Unfortunately, neither record lists an address or occupation for their parents, John & Mary Butler. Family stories passed down say Mary Luby was from Clonmel & was possibly a lady in waiting or some similiar position in a household. She was shunned by her family when she married John who was Catholic. Supposedly, we are somehow connected to the Butlers of Kilkenny but not exactly sure how. It is said John was murdered, crucified to a barn door by British soldiers and this was witnessed by the family. Mary then came, as a widow, c 1840 with her six children to Ontario, Canada. I have been successful in locating several relatives in Canada & the US but really need to find our Irish roots. Thanks....Kathy