Couple had six children (e-mail from David (or John) Inglis, 6/3/1999).
The Rev. T.F.H. Bridge was married to Caroline's sister Sarah Christiana. E-mail from John Inglis dated 6/3/1999 states the marriage date as 9/13/1838. Canadian references from John Inglis are from St. John the Baptist Cathedral (St. John's, Newfoundland) registers and memorial inscriptions on an old photograph taken at the Forest Road Cemetery, St. John's. UK deaths are from UK civil registers.
Married at St. John's Church, Newfoundland by Rev. T.F.H. Bridge.
Clara Hallett, Bermuda genealogist, cites his name as "Crowdie" and wedding date as 9/27/1838 (Bermuda Royal Gazette, 10/23/1838). The 9/9 date from 9/13/1838 St. John's Newfoundlander must be correct. Catherine Dunscomb Colt notes in Dunscombe Bible have his name as "Carondy" as best as it can be read.
James was the Colonial Secretary & Speaker of the General Assembly. He was granted administration of the estate of John Dunscomb 6/9/185 (The Registry, Supreme Court, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1C 5M3)(Wilkinson, Henry. Bermuda from sail to steam : the history of the island from 1784 to 1901. London : Oxford U. Press, c1973, pg. 445). (Newfoundland's Grand Banks web site, http://ngb.chebucto.org/Vstats/vs-26b-ang-bap-10-stj.shtml, accessed June 14, 2008).
The Crowdy family came from Swindon in Wiltshire, England and their ancestors from the city of Gloucester (e-mail from John Inglis dated 6/12/1999. Mr. Inglis is conducting a one-name study on the Crowdy family).
Colonial Secretary of Nova Scotia and Administrator of Newfoundland (Correspondence from Henry Mosle Winter to William Zuill, March 23, 1936).
From Wikipedia, accessed 1/16/2010:
James Crowdy (1794 – April 17, 1867) was an English-born official in Newfoundland. He was Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1843 to 1848.