Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Dougald Vincent Gillis

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 19 Feb 1874 - The Highlands, St. George's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸⁸ Christening: 14 Mar 1874 - The Highlands, St. George's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸⁸ Death: 1 Oct 1968 - Powell River, British Columbia, Canada ( at age 94) ²⁶⁷⁶ Burial: 4 Oct 1968 - Powell River, British Columbia, Canada ²⁶⁷⁶ Cause of Death: Bronchial Pneumonia/Cancer of Spleen Metasystized ²⁶⁷⁶
Events
• Minister/Priest: Right Rev. Monsignor T Sears, 14 Mar 1874, The Highlands, St. George's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Immigration: from Newfoundland, 1910, British Columbia, Canada.
• Occupation: Carpenter, 23 Oct 1912, Lytton, British Columbia, Canada.
• Religion: Roman Catholic, 23 Oct 1912, Lytton, British Columbia, Canada.
• Occupation: Retired Mill Worker, Saw Mill, Bef 1930, Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.
• Residence: 6831 A Alberni St., Bef 1 Oct 1968, Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. Unk ¹²²¹ Marriage: 2. *Bessie McTaggart ²⁶⁷⁶ Marriage: 23 Oct 1912 - Lytton, British Columbia, Canada ¹²²¹
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Rev. Jas. Wagner, O.M.I., 23 Oct 1912, Lytton, British Columbia, Canada.
• Witnesses: Fred Coward and Mrs. B. Keys, 23 Oct 1912, Lytton, British Columbia, Canada.

Elizabeth Gillis

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Oct 1882 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁸¹⁰ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
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

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Osborne Gillis ¹⁷⁵ Mother: Ellen Sophia Giovannetti ¹⁷⁵

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. Living

John Roderick Gillis

Sex: M
AKA: John Gillis ⁴⁸¹¹ ^,4812, John R. Gillis ⁴⁸¹³
Individual Information

Birth Date: 21 Jan 1858 - St. George's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁸¹² Christening: Death: 30 Apr 1944 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ( at age 86) ⁴⁸¹¹ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1854, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: 1911, Bonanza Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. Record Transcription:
Canada Census 1911
Household Members
Members that resided in the household at the time of the census.
First name(s) Last name Sex Birth year Birth place Relationship to head of household
Archie McVitoc Male - Scotland Head
John Gillis Male - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Lodger
James Demesmay Male - France Lodger
Thomas Ryan Male - Quebec, Canada Lodger

John Gillis's Census Details
Details taken from the original census record.
First name(s) John
Last name Gillis
Sex Male
Birth year -
Birth date Jan
Birth place Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Birth place as transcribed Newfoundland
Race or Tribe Scotch
Marital status Widowed
Relationship to head of household Lodger
Year 1911
Family number 51
Subdistrict name Bonanza Creek - Upper Bonanza Creek, Ogilvie Bridge, Grand Forks, Eldorado
Subdistrict number 2
District name Yukon
District number 217
Province Yukon
Country Canada
Film T-20459
Page number 4
Image source Image at Library and Archives Canada
Record set Canada Census 1911
Category Census, Land & Substitutes
Subcategory Census
Collections from Canada, Americas.
• Census: 1106 13th Ave. W, Ward 6, 1921, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Household Member)
• Occupation: Logger, lumber, $800 PA, 1921, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 1944, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. *Mary Morrissey ¹⁴⁵⁵ Marriage: Cir 1885 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁴⁵⁵ Children: 1. Anna Mary Gillis

Notes
General:

150116:

From Rick Morry's family history:

"Also invariably present at Morry family events were Kay and Bill Devereux, children of William Devereaux the son of Mary Devereaux's brother John. They lived together single in Victoria for the whole of their adult lives. They had an older brother Hugh who also lived in Victoria, married and with several children. Curiously, Hugh never accompanied his siblings to Seattle for Morry events."

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.

010720:

There is some doubt that his middle name was Roderick. This never appears in any formal document I have seen. He is generally referred to simply as John Gillis though in one instance I have seen it as John R. Gillis.

Mary Catherine Gillis

Sex: F
AKA: Mary Gillis ⁴¹⁷⁵, Mary Gyllis ⁴¹⁹² ^,4814
Individual Information

Birth Date: 1 Sep 1863 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴¹⁷⁵ ^,4815 Christening: Death: 25 Jan 1951 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ( at age 87) ²³⁴⁸ ^,4175 ^,4815 Burial: 29 Jan 1951 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ⁴⁸¹⁵ Cause of Death: Generalized Arterio Sclerosis/Fractured Right Femur ⁴⁸¹⁵
Events
• Census: 1911, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. William Devereaux and Mary Gillis had 3 children, as far as I know, re 1911 Census . This census is a bit 'mixed up". It gives the head of the household as Joan (unless Mary was called Joan) as follows:
Victoria City, BC
Joan? Devereaux head female 44 yrs NL
Hugh Devereaux son male 11 yrs BC
Mary K Devereaux dgt female 8 yrs BC
William Devereaux son male 5 yrs BC
Catherine Gilles sister female 28 yrs NL
Elizabeth Gilles Lodge female 28 yrs NL.
• Residence: 1112 Johnson St., 1911, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Residence: 1112 Johnson St., Feb 1922, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Residence: 1110 Johnson St., 25 Jan 1951, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. Joseph Hall ⁵ Marriage: 12 Nov 1893 - Grand Codroy River, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵
Marriage Events
• Witnesses: Dugald Gillis/Ellen Hall, 12 Nov 1893, Grand Codroy River, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Marriage: Bef 1899. Marriage Notes

Event Description: St. Anne's Parish

Stats for this Marriage 1892-1897, Volume 2
Md 12 Nov 1893 Joseph Hall (26 yrs, bachelor) Seal Hunter, British Columbia
to Mary Gillies (19 yrs) (Spinster). Witnesses Dugald Gillis/Ellen Hall

2. *William Devereaux ⁴¹⁷⁵ ^,4187 ^,4192 Marriage: 26 Dec 1899 - Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada ⁵ ^,4192
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Joseph Nicolaye, RC Priest, 26 Dec 1889, Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada.
• Witnesses: Frank Henerley [?] and Christina Gyllis [sic], 26 Dec 1889, Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada. Children: 1. Hugh John Devereaux 2. Mary Catherine Devereaux 3. William Joseph Devereaux

Notes
General:

150116:

From Rick Morry's family history:

"Also invariably present at Morry family events were Kay and Bill Devereux, children of William Devereaux the son of Mary Devereaux's brother John. They lived together single in Victoria for the whole of their adult lives. They had an older brother Hugh who also lived in Victoria, married and with several children. Curiously, Hugh never accompanied his siblings to Seattle for Morry events.

William Devereaux's wife Mary was a Gillis. She had a brother John Roderick Gillis whose wife had died in childbirth. He went to the Klondike, at first taking his daughter Ann Mary with him but when she got older sent her to the Devereaux cousins in Victoria. Ann Mary's daughter Frances Stafford (called "Bib") married Paul Cantwell. The Cantwells raised their family in Vancouver, B.C. and were the Morrys' closest Newfoundland connections. Paul Cantwell was best man for George Joseph Morry when he married. Bib was lifelong friends with George William's daughters Rose and Ellen."

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

Osborne Gillis

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada ¹⁷⁵ Christening: Death: Cir 1992 ¹⁷⁵ Burial: Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. *Ellen Sophia Giovannetti ¹⁷⁵ Marriage: Children: 1. Living 2. Living

Living

Sex: M

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. John Roderick Gillis 3. Mary Catherine Gillis 4. Dougald Vincent Gillis 5. Elizabeth Gillis 6. Catherine Gillis

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: John Gilmore ⁴²⁰ ^,1826 Mother: Esther Battcock ⁶¹¹

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. Living

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Capt. William Gilmore R. N. Companies ⁵ ^,10 ^,142 ^,481 ^,1429 Mother: Elizabeth Jane Buchan Carter ¹⁴² ^,292 ^,1429 ^,1864 ^,1870

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Capt. William Gilmore R. N. Companies ⁵ ^,10 ^,142 ^,481 ^,1429 Mother: Elizabeth Jane Buchan Carter ¹⁴² ^,292 ^,1429 ^,1864 ^,1870

Spouses and Children

1. Living

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