POWER and BUTLER
This is a very, very long shot in the hopes of finding my great-great grandparents origins, as I have almost no information about their lives in Ireland - except they both came from Waterford. They both migrated (probably separately) to Blackburn in Lancashire, which is where I think they met.They married in St Anne's Catholic Church, Blackburn on 4 Oct 1856. James POWER (b:1833) was a Masons Labourer at the time; his father's name was Patrick POWER and deceased by then. His wife-to-be was Margaret BUTLER (b: 1838),whose father was named as Thomas BUTLER, also deceased. One of the witnesses was an Ellen POWER - sister? - or may be no relation at all - which begs the question, did more of his family settle in Lancashire?. It is only through the English Censuses that I found'Waterford' as the place they were born. James disappeared sometime between 1871 and 1877 after which Margaret remarried, and whenshe then gave her father's name as 'Dominick' BUTLER !!?? As you can see, there is not much to go on. But perhaps one of your experienced helpers knows where and how to dig! Here's hoping.........