St Patrick's Pro-Cathedral is located in Newark, New Jersey. It is the parish from which my great-great grandmother Mary Anne Thompson was baptized (1853) as well as her brothers and sisters. Records begin about 1850. Many of the people listed below were married at St. Patrick's but then moved to Harrison, so that their children were baptized at St. Pius. The records of St. Pius begins in 1872.
Transcribed below are selected records pertaining to my family as well as those records which have caught my fancy. I have tried to transcribe all records that pertain to the surname Kennedy, Conway, and Butler. Additionally, there are records for Thompson, Flynn, Hoey and sundry other surnames. I have dates for both the baptism and birth, i have listed the birth date, although i may occasionally have misread my notes and transcribed the baptismal date.
| Birth Date | Child's Name | Father's Name | Mother's Name | Sponsor | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 7, 1853 | Mary Anne | George Thompson | Mary Battinore (?) | Thomas O'Connor | Ann O'Connor |
| May 7, 1854 | James | Patrick Conway | Mary Flinn | James Flinn | Maria Kelahar (?) |
| July 16, 1854 | Francis Xavier | John Butler | Mary Reed | Joseph Clarke | Elizabeth Reed |
| August 3, 1854 | Margaret | George Thompson | Mary Battinore (?) | Patrick Walsh | Deborah Battinore (?) |
| November 13, 1855 | John | Patrick Conway | Mary Flinn | Matthew O'Brien | Mary Conway |
| March 4, 1856 | George | James O'Brien | Catherine Thompson | John Thompson | Margaret Thompson |
| March 28, 1856 | Ann | John Conway | Mary ..... | Thomas Farley | Bridget Market (?) |
| April 2, 1856 | Johanna | George Thompson | Mary ..... | Patrick Kerrigan | Margaret Buttamer (?) |
| April 5, 1856 | Catherine | Francis Nugent | Mary McClean | Arthur Conway | Ellen Conway |
| December 13, 1856 | Thomas | Patrick Conway | Mary ..... | Patrick Conway | Bridget Donnelly |
| January 29, 1857 | Patrick Francis | James Flynn | Ann ..... | Jerome Caulfield | Mary Conroy |
| February 16, 1857 | Rosanna | Thomas Mackin | Rosanna .... | Patrick McDonnel | Ann Cunningham |
| June 27, 1857 | Margaret | John Flynn | Ann ..... | John Connaught (?) | Ann Kelly |
| October 5, 1857 | Margaret | Patrick Ryan | Ellen Mullen | Patrick Kennedy | Catharine Mullen |
| October 6, 1857 | Thomas Francis | Patrick Conway | Sabina Fitzpatrick | Martin Oakley | Susan Higginson |
| December 18, 1857 | Alice | George Thompson | Mary Butler | Michael Wallace | Ellen Holland |
| May 18, 1858 | James Thomas | Richard Nagle | Mary Branigan | Joseph Branigan | Margaret Nagle |
| September 11, 1858 | Edmund | Patrick Kennedy | Alice Mackin | William Clary | Margaret Nugent |
| May 8, 1859 | John | George Thompson | Mary Butler | John Holland | Margaret Butler |
| September 11, 1859 | Mary | Patrick Conway | Mary Flinn | John Conway | Rose Brady |
| October 13, 1860 | John | Patrick Conway | Mary Flinn | John Smith | Ann Flynn |
| November 18, 1860 | James | William Dwyer | Catharine Kennedy | Matthew Wallace | Mary Kennedy |
| November 27, 1860 | James | Dennis Keegan (?) | Mary Kennedy | Peter Dunn | Mary Dunn |
| January 1, 1861 | Richard | John Butler | Rose Menie (?) | John Kenny | Rose Brien |
| February 10, 1861 | John | John Flynn | Mary Kearns | Peter McGergan (?) | Catharine Guerin (?) |
| March 21, 1861 | Bridget | Lawrence Kennedy | Alice Sheridan | Richard Tighe | .... McDermott (?) |
| June 23, 1861 | Mary Ann | Thomas Butler | Eliza Gaffney | James Gallagher | Bridget Kennedy |
| July 21, 1861 | Catharine | James Kagan | Ann Kennedy | Peter Quinn | Margaret Kagan |
| August 19, 1861 | Elizabeth | Edward McNamara | Margaret Butler | Andrew Gillen | Bridget McNamara |
| October 19, 1861 | Catharine Ann | John Van Zandt | Ann Flynn | Margaret Kennedy | |
| November 25, 1861 | Francis | Patrick(?) Hoey | Ann Casey | Thomas Daley | Maria Johnson |
| December 17, 1861 | John | John Garrigan | Ann Boyle | John Boyle | Frances Curran |
| May 27, 1862 | Edward | George Thompson | Mary Ann Cronley | James O'Connor | Jane Ann Cronley |
| October 14, 1862 | Eugene | Lawrence Kennedy | Eliza .... | Bernard McGovern | Margaret McDermott |
| May 5, 1863 | Ann | James Flynn | Mary .... | Patrick Devine | Ann Kane |
| June 4, 1863 | John Francis | Michael Kennedy | Susan Coyle | John Ryan | Margaret Costello |
| June 20, 1863 | Joseph | Edward McMackin | Ann .... | George Thompson | Jane Callaghan |
| August 11, 1863 | George Henry | William Butler | Hannah Dover | Stephen Nostrand | Mary Ann Maxwell |
| August 16, 1863 | Mary Jane | Francis H. Kennedy | Ann E. Drumigold | Margaret Burns | William Nolan |
| October 18, 1863 | Mary Ann | John Flynn | Mary Kearns | Susan McDonald | |
| October 20, 1863 | Sarah Elizabeth | James Keegan | Ann Kennedy | Dennis Keegan | Margaret Dunne |
| November 3, 1863 | Alice | William Dwyer | Catharine Kennedy | Daniel McNamara | Catharine Corrigan |
| February 10, 1864 | James Thomas | Myles Butler | Bridget Ashford | Thomas Sweeney | May Albertson |
| March 30, 1864 | Charles | Edward McMackin | Ann Molloy | John McMackin | Sarah A. McMackin |
| June 21, 1864 | George Francis | George Thompson | Mary Ann Cronley | Thomas Cronley | Ellen McEvery (?) |
| June 25, 1864 | Mary Ann | Lawrence Kennedy | Alice Sherlock | Thomas McDermott | Mary McMackin |
| November 22, 1864 | Isabella | William Butler | Ann McDevitt | James Mulrey | Maria Mulrey |
| December 3, 1864 | Francis | Patrick Conway | Mary Flinn | John Conway | Catherine Conway |
| January 3, 1865 | Elizabeth | William Thompson | Elizabeth Quinlan | Michael McKee | Catharine McKee |
| January 7, 1865 | John | John Thompson | Mary A. Sweeney | James O'Brien | Julia Ford |
| January 7, 1865 | Michael | John Thompson | Mary A. Sweeney | Michael O'Brien | Honora Keller |
| February 18, 1865 | Michael | Owen Flynn | Mary Breheny (?) | Dominick Breheny | Catharine Kane |
| June 27, 1865 | Ann | Frances Kennedy | Ann Drumigold | Thomas Carroll | Elizabeth Knowles |
| August 5, 1865 | Julia | Michael Kennedy | Susan Coyle | John Kennedy | Anastasia Kennedy |
| February 23, 1866 | George | George Thompson | Ann Butler | Patrick Kerrigan | Ann Bennet |
| March 9, 1866 | Elizabeth | Lawrence Kennedy | Alice Sherlock | Christopher Clark | Eliza McDermott |
| May 27, 1866 | Patrick Francis | Michael Conway | Ann Cooney | John Cooney | Johanna Long |
| June 13, 1866 | Thomas Hugh | James Conway | Bridget Smith | Peter Conway | Margaret Smith |
| October 24, 1866 | William Henry | James Conway | Catharine Patterson | Matthew Patterson | Mary Farley |
| March 19, 1868 | Jane Agnes | George Thompson | Ann Butler | James Gaffney | Catherine Egan |
| March 21, 1869 | John Cornelius | Cornelius Higgins | Johanna Murphy | Martin Murphy | Anna Jackson |
| June 20, 1869 | Thomas | Thomas Conroy | Susan Kelly | John Dowling | Mary Ann Thompson |
| December 14, 1869 | James | George Thompson | Ann Butler | Michael Garrigan | Mary Boyle |
| May 6, 1871 | Joseph | George Thompson | Ann Butler | Patrick Clark | Bridget Smith |
| August 11, 1873 | Sarah | John J. Conaway | M. McCormack | Pat Mulligan | Annie Malloy |
| January 25, 1875 | Ann Elizabeth | John W. Conway | Mary A. King | Phoebe Sheridan (?) | Susan Morley |
| February 10, 1875 | Mary | James Conway | Ann Dwyer | Andrew King | Maggie Mahan |
| August 23, 1875 | George Aloysius | Robert F. Kennedy | Maria McCloskey | James Marker (?) | Martha Phillips |
| January 13, 1878 | Peter | John Higgins | Elizabeth Kennedy | Patrick McGarrison | Ann Gilmartin |
| April 28, 1878 | Mary | Robert Kennedy | Maria McCloskey | Bernard J. McGuire | Mary Knaseborough |
| May 2, 1878 ** | Bertha Maria | Edward Goeller | Frieda Ockenreid | Ellen Feeling | |
| November 3, 1878 | Bertha Maria | Thomas Conway | Bertha Goeller | James Donnelly | Bridget Kennedy |
| November 22, 1878 | George | Michael Kennedy | Susan Coyle | James McEvoy | Sarah Doyle |
| December 19, 1878 | Mary | Patrick Kennedy | Anne Gallagher | Thomas W. Connelly | Ellen Gallagher |
| February 16, 1879 | William E. | Thomas W. Conway | Mary Peckingham | Michael Mulvaney | Claribel Conway |
| March 10, 1879 | Fred | William Thompson | Catharine Moran | John Moran | Ann Burns |
| April 2, 1879 | Joseph | John Galvin | Julia Kennedy | James Kennedy | Ann Nolan |
| July 13, 1879 | Joseph | John W. Conway | Mary A. King | James Mooney (?) | Mary Hagan |
| July 13, 1879 | Mary | John W. Conway | Mary A. King | James P. Murphy | Ann Croker |
| August 21, 1879 | Anastasia | James Kennedy | Ann Nolan | Thomas Nolan | Lizzie Heron |
| November 12, 1879 | George William | Charles Conway | Sarah Davis | Peter Conway | Sarah Gilmore |
| July 24, 1880 | Frances Maria | Robert Kennedy | Maria McCloskey | William Banks | Ellen McCloskey |
| June 8, 1883 | William Patrick | John Thompson | Mary Dunleavy | William Donahue | Mary Ann Kennedy |
| January 31, 1886 | Thomas | Thomas Conway | Bertha Goeller | John Conway | Mary A. Nagle |
| March 3, 1886 ** | James John | James Atwell | Margaret Wright | Thomas Walsh | |
| June 3, 1886 | Mary | John Conway | Jane Nagle | Patrick Conway | Mary Nagle |
| December 26, 1886 | James Stephen | James J. Atwell | Alice Thompson | Hugh O'Connor | Mary A. Kennedy |
| March 23, 1887 | Elizabeth | John Conway | Elizabeth Brady | James Boyle | Rose Brady |
| September 9, 1887 | Jane | John Conway | Jane Nagle | James Conway | Mary A. Nagle |
| February 5, 1888 | Robert Francis | James J. Atwell | Alice Thompson | George Thompson | Grace Guidara |
| August 17, 1890 | Joseph | John Conway | Jane Nagle | Joseph Nagle | Bridget Kelly |
| December 20, 1891 | Richard | John Conway | Jane Nagle | Thomas F. Conway | Ann Keefe |
| Marriage Date | Spouse | Father's Name | Mother's Name | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 6, 1852 | James Flinn | Michael Flinn | Catherine ..... | John Ryan |
| Margaret Heyden | Edmund Heyden | Elizabeth ..... | Ann Ryan | |
| July 12, 1853 | Patrick Nugent | Patrick Nugent | Anna ..... | Owen Brady |
| Eliza Campbell | Peter Campbell | Elizabeth ..... | Mary Kennedy | |
| July 6, 1854 | Bryan Dowd | James Dowd | Ann .... | Patrick Brady |
| Catharine Hoey | James Hoey | Catharine .... | Mary Brien | |
| September 19, 1854 | William Kennedy | .... .... | .... .... | Hugh Hart |
| Ann Traynor | .... .... | .... .... | Mary Murray | |
| June 22, 1855 | Roger Kennedy | William Kennedy | Bridget .... | William Flannigan |
| Mary Mullery | Patrick Mullery | Bridget .... | Bridget McGovern | |
| July 24, 1855 | James Flynn | Patrick Flynn | Bridget ..... | Patrick Conway |
| Mary Conway | Patrick Conway | Bridget ..... | Catherine Conway | |
| August 1, 1858 | Thomas Butler | William Butler | Mary .... | William Brady |
| Eliza Gaffney | John Gaffney | Honora .... | Margaret Logan (?) | |
| September 26, 1858 | James Kennedy | Terrence Kennedy | Mary Ledwich | John Maren (?) |
| Mary Daugherty | James Daugherty | Mary Flinn | Sarah Healy | |
| June 2, 1859 | Michael Kennedy | John Kennedy | Anastasia .... | ..... .... |
| Susan Coyle | James Coyle | Bridget .... | .... .... | |
| September 20, 1860 | John VanZandt | Catherine Delaney | ||
| Ann Flynn | Mary O'Donnell | |||
| January 6, 1862 | Henry Hoey | Owen Hoey | Mary Dowdy (?) | Thomas Daly |
| Catharine Byrne | Thomas Byrne | Rose Harmon | Rose Byrne | |
| March 3, 1862 | George Thompson | Robert Thompson | Teresa Sinnott | Henry Dura (?) |
| Mary Ann Cronley | Thomas Cronley | Catharine O'Connor | Mary T. Rudy (?) | |
| September 30, 1862 | Francis H. Kennedy | William Kennedy | Mary McLaughlin | Thomas Carroll |
| Ann Drumigold | Peter Drumigold | Bridget McConnell | Sarah Welsh | |
| April 26, 1863 | Joseph Kavanaugh | Joseph Kavanaugh | Bridget Ferien (?) | Whitfield Mix |
| Catharine McNamara | Edward McNamara | Margaret Butler | Sarah Slevin (?) | |
| November 24, 1864 | Patrick Branigen | Patrick Branigen | Mary Wyre | John Fagin |
| Catharine Kennedy | Michael Kennedy | Margaret Clarke | Bridget Reddy (?) | |
| January 1, 1865 | John Fagin | Terence Fagin | Mary Glennon | Christopher Kennedy |
| Ann Kennedy | Michael Kennedy | Margaret Clarke | Catharine Fagon | |
| May 14, 1865 | John Galvin | James Galvin | Catharine Roberts | William Connelly |
| Julia Ann Kennedy | John Kennedy | Anastasia Moore | Ellen Farmington (?) | |
| August 28, 1865 | James Conway | John Conway | Mary Brogan | Peter Conway |
| Bridget Lynch | Hugh Lynch | Bridget Smith | Ellen Cronan | |
| August 29, 1865 | George Thompson | Matthew Thompson | Alice Ford | John Egan |
| Deborah A. Butler | John Butler | Johanna Welsh | Catherine Egan | |
| February 4, 1866 | John Barry | John Barry | Ellen Brady | Matthew McManus |
| Mary Kennedy | James Kennedy | Alice Ready | Alice Landrigan (?) | |
| April 13, 1866 | Henry Hoey | Alexander Hoey | Catharine Geary | Thomas Lynch |
| Margaret Daly | Terrence Daly | Catharine Callan | Mary Daly | |
| May 10, 1866 | Patrick McMarron | Peter McMarron | Ann McCaffrey | Hugh Gilday |
| Bridget Kennedy | Owen Kennedy | Jane Reynolds | Mary McCabe | |
| July 24, 1866 | William Kershaw | William Kershaw | Eliz Morrison | Edward Fitzpatrick |
| Ellen Butler | William Butler | Mary McKane | Margaret Mullen | |
| March 22, 1867 | Robert G. Kennedy | John Kennedy | Anastasia Moore | Walter Healey |
| Mary L. Costello | Thomas Costello | Mary Merryman (?) | Maria Malady | |
| July 21, 1867 | Michael Byrne | Michael Byrne | Mary Conway | James Cooke |
| Catharine Clarke | Patrick Clarke | Catharine .... | Mary Moore | |
| April 23, 1868 | Patrick Kennedy | John Kennedy | Mary Connolly | William Connolly |
| Anne Gallagher | Michael Gallagher | Mary Dyer | Ann Enestor (?) | |
| May 3, 1868 | John W. Conway | Morris Conway | Helen Walsh | J. W. Conway |
| Mary A. King | Thomas King | Margaret Murphy | Mary Sweet | |
| August 15, 1869 | James Murphy | Patrick Murphy | Mary Kennedy | Peter Muldoon |
| Margaret Carlin | Thomas Carlin | Catharine McLaughlin | Margaret McGoren (?) | |
| February 21, 1870 | Michael Bowen | Martin Bowen | Mary Lamb | Michael Phelan (?) |
| Bridget Conway | Michael Conway | Margaret Lane | Margaret Flanangan | |
| September 24, 1871 | Michael Kennedy | Michael Kennedy | Mary Moore | Charles McFadden |
| Helen Reilly | Robert Reilly | Anne Murray | Helen Reilly | |
| November 21, 1875 | John Flynn | Patrick Flynn | Mary Gillen (?) | John Duggan (?) |
| Ellen Rush | John Rush | Margaret Moran | Anne Hurt | |
| June 15, 1876 | Thomas Butler | James Butler | Catharine Sullivan | |
| Bridget Hally | ||||
| November 7, 1877 | James Gleason | James Gleason | Catharine Fitzgerald | Patrick Long |
| Mary Ann Long | Michael Long | Bridget Winters | Mary McKiernan | |
| November 7, 1877 | Patrick Long | Michael Long | Bridget Winters | James Gleason |
| Mary A. McKiernan | Andrew McKiernan | Bridget Welsh | Mary A. Long | |
| March 5, 1878 | Thomas Conway | John Conway | Mary Folster (?) | .... |
| Mary Peckingham | William Peckingham | Bridget Mulvaney (?) | Maggie Day | |
| March 25, 1878 | Abraham Menchin | John Menchin | Mary Tierney | Patrick Kennedy |
| Ellen Reddy | Martin Reddy | Mary Strange | Kate Caroline | |
| May 15, 1878 | Thomas Conway | Patrick Conway | Mary Flynn | Patrick Kennedy |
| Bertha Goeller | Edward Goeller | Frieda Aukenried | Mary O'Connell | |
| June 3, 1878 | Patrick Kennedy | Patrick Kennedy | Mary Flynn | Morris Gleeson |
| Mary A. Thompson | George Thompson | Mary Butler | Bridget Kennedy | |
| August 1, 1878 | Michael Kennedy | Andrew Kennedy | Bridget Daley | .... .... |
| Ann Green | James Green | Mary Flynn | .... .... | |
| November 11, 1878 | James Kennedy | John Kennedy | Anastasia Moore | Thomas Nolan |
| Ann Nolan | William Nolan | Emilia Reilly | Emilia Nolan | |
| September 30, 1879 | James J. Kennedy | John Kennedy | Mary J. Dow (?) | .... .... |
| Eliz Shelton | David Shelton | Margaret O'Connell | Annie Kispert (?) | |
| November 26, 1879 | Michael Kennedy | James Kennedy | Mary Evart (?) | Patrick Reilly |
| Bridget Reilly | James Reilly | Margaret Gerrity | Sarah Collins | |
| July 24, 1880 | William Bannon | Michael Bannon | Katharine Brennan | .... .... |
| Delia Dunleavy | Patrick Dunleavy | Bridget Gillen | Mary Dunleavy | |
| October 20, 1881 | Joseph Burke | Patrick Burke | Elizabeth Brady | James McGrath |
| Bridget Kennedy | Patrick Kennedy | Mary Flynn | Alice Thompson | |
| August 8, 1882 | Peter Kennedy | Owen Kennedy | Bridget Woods | |
| Bridget Theran | John Theran | Ellen Speer | Mary Mullen | |
| August 22, 1882 | Thomas Kennedy | Michael Kennedy | Bridget Kelly | John Heffern (?) |
| Mary O'Brien | Michael O'Brien | Honora Carroll | Kate Foley | |
| April 20, 1885 | John Conway | Patrick Conway | Mary Flynn | William Nolan |
| Jane Nagle | Richard Nagle | Mary Branigan | Ann E. Clifford | |
| February 22, 1886 | James J. Atwell | James Atwell | Margaret Wright | Hugh O'Connor |
| Alice Thompson | George Thompson | Mary Butler | Jane Thompson | |
| February 20, 1889 | Anthony Conway | Patrick Conway | Mary Flynn | Christopher Coombs |
| Agnes King | Thomas King | Margaret Murphy | Catherine Sweet |