Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry




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         Father: Living
         Mother: Andrea Renouf 5
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      Sex: M
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Anna Mary Gillis 
      Sex: F
AKA: Ann Mary Gillis 4808, Anna Gillis 4809
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 24 Aug 1886 - St. George's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 4808
    Christening: 12 Sep 1886 - Highlands, Bay St. George, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 2723
          Death: 11 Sep 1967 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ( at age 81) 4808
         Burial: 14 Sep 1967 - Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada 4808
 Cause of Death: Ruptured Aorta Aneurism/Arteriosclerosis of Aorta 4808

Events

•  Alt. Birth: Cir 1886, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Occupation: Nurse, Graduate of St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing, Cir 1908, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 

•  Immigration: From Newfoundland, 1912, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 

•  Census: 1106 13th Ave. W, Ward 6, 1921, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  (Household Member) 

•  Alt. Death: 1967, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 

•  Residence: 1445 Marpole St., Bef 11 Sep 1967, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: John Roderick Gillis 286
         Mother: Mary Morrissey 1455
Spouses and Children 
1. *Charles Francis Stafford 286,1455 
       Marriage: 23 Jan 1912 - Seattle, King, Washington, United States of America 4738

Marriage Events

•  Alt. Marriage: Cir 1911, British Columbia, Canada. 220819:

Either Victoria or Vancouver. 

•  Minister/Priest: J. G. Stafford, 23 Jan 1912, Seattle, King, Washington, United States of America. 

•  Witnesses: H. Neil Byrne and Pauline Keken, 23 Jan 1912, Seattle, King, Washington, United States of America. 
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First name(s)Anna
Last nameGillis
SexFemale
Father's first name(s)-
Father's last name-
Mother's first name(s)-
Mother's last name-
EventMarriage
Year1912
Event date23 Jan 1912
Location-
CountyKing
StateWashington
CountryUnited States
Spouse's first name(s)Charles F
Spouse's last nameStafford
Spouse's sexMale
Spouse's father's first name(s)-
Spouse's father's last name-
Spouse's mother's first name(s)-
Spouse's mother's last name-
FamilySearch film number004208861
Record setUnited States Marriages
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryCivil Marriage & Divorce
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First name(s)Anna M
Last nameGillis
SexFemale
Father's first name(s)-
Father's last name-
Mother's first name(s)-
Mother's last name-
EventMarriage
Year1912
Event date23 Jan 1912
Location-
CountyKing
StateWashington
CountryUnited States
Spouse's first name(s)Chas F
Spouse's last nameStafford
Spouse's sexMale
Spouse's father's first name(s)-
Spouse's father's last name-
Spouse's mother's first name(s)-
Spouse's mother's last name-
FamilySearch film number004197985
Record setUnited States Marriages
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryCivil Marriage & Divorce
Collections fromAmericas, United States
FamilySearch

Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

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United States Marriages Transcription

First name(s)Anna M
Last nameGillis
SexFemale
Father's first name(s)-
Father's last name-
Mother's first name(s)-
Mother's last name-
EventMarriage
Year1912
Event date23 Jan 1912
Location-
CountyKing
StateWashington
CountryUnited States
Spouse's first name(s)Chas F
Spouse's last nameStafford
Spouse's sexMale
Spouse's father's first name(s)-
Spouse's father's last name-
Spouse's mother's first name(s)-
Spouse's mother's last name-
FamilySearch film number004197985
Record setUnited States Marriages
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryCivil Marriage & Divorce
Collections fromAmericas, United States
FamilySearch

Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl


       Children:
                1. Frances Anne Stafford
                2. Mary Helen Stafford
Notes
General:
220819:

Further information from Rick pertaining to this family line and its remote connection to the Cantwells of Newfoundland:

Our connection to the Cantwells is a bit confusing. We are related by marriage and not by blood. As simple as I can put it, John Roderick Gillis son of Roderick Gillis had a daughter Ann Mary Gillis. He took her to the Klondike with him but decided that was no place for a young lady. He thus took her to Victoria (when she was12 or so) where his sister Mary Gillis lived. She had married William Devereaux who was the son of my grandfather's mother Mary Devereaux's brother John Devereaux. William Devereaux was thus my grandfather's first cousin.

Ann Mary attended nursing school in Victoria where she met and married Charles Stafford and they moved to Vancouver. Their daughter Anna Frances Stafford (known as "Bib") married Francis Paul Cantwell ("Paul") in Vancouver. They had three children, Mike being the eldest. Our families were always close. Paul Cantwell was best man at my father's wedding. Bib Cantwell was a lifelong friend of my aunts Rose and Ellen.

As for the Cantwells, they say that they are connected with the lighthouse folks. Paul Cantwell moved to Vancouver when he was five where his CPR employee father was transferred from Winnipeg. I do not know how they originally migrated from Newfoundland.

Catherine Gillis 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Nov 1883 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 4810
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Events

•  Alt. Birth: Cir 1889. 

•  Census: 1911, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.  (Household Member) 

•  Residence: 1112 Johnson St., 1911, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.  (Occupant)
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Notes
General:
070720:

There is something odd about her listing in the 1911 Census. She is shown as married but it gives her surname as her maiden name. Unless her husband's name was the same as hers perhaps.

Living 
      Sex: F
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Living 
      Sex: F
Parents 
         Father: Osborne Gillis 175
         Mother: Ellen Sophia Giovannetti 175
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       Children:
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