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- ↑ "Howley Family". Memorial University.
- ↑ Kirwin, W.J.; O'Flaherty, P.A., eds. (May 2009), Reminiscences of Forty-two Years of Exploration in and about Newfoundland (PDF), St. John's, Newfoundland: Memorial University of Newfoundland, p. 2158, retrieved August 6, 2016
