Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry




Living 
      Sex: F
Parents 
         Father: Captain George W. Herald 5,146,5373
         Mother: Mary Ann Herald 146
Mary Ann Herald 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 13 Sep 1849 - Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 4677
    Christening: 1 Oct 1849 - Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 146
          Death: Cir 1924 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 75) 4677
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Alt. Birth: 13 Sep 1849, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: John Herald 146
         Mother: Sarah Dawe 146
Spouses and Children 
1. *Captain George W. Herald 5,146,5373 
       Marriage: 18 Jan 1873 - Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 4127

Marriage Events

•  Alt. Marriage: Cir 1873, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 
       Children:
                1. Living
                2. Samuel Herald
                3. Sarah Herald
                4. William Henry Herald
                5. Capt. Norman Herald
                6. Lizzie Herald
                7. Isabella Herald
Notes
General:
141113:

Apparently the bride and groom really did have the same surname.


270216:
Today I copied over a lot of information from the Ancestry family tree of a person named Ann Clarry which I now think is bogus. The marriage information she was using for this couple was in Ontario and the man was from England and was not the same person so all the rest of the information on the siblings of Isabelle Herald take from that family tree is suspect.

Capt. Norman Herald 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 20 Sep 1880 - Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 4677
    Christening: 
          Death: Cir 1956 -  ( about age 76) 4677
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Immigration: From Canada, Cir 1899, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America. 

•  Living: 1900, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America. Living with brother Samuel & family. 

•  Occupation: Pottery Worker, 1900, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Parents 
         Father: Captain George W. Herald 5,146,5373
         Mother: Mary Ann Herald 146
Samuel Herald 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1 Nov 1873 - Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
    Christening: 
          Death: 29 Apr 1909 - Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America ( at age 35) 4677,5374
         Burial: After 29 Apr 1909 - Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America 5374
 Cause of Death: Multiple Fractures, Contusion to Brain, Accidental Fall 5374

Events

•  Alt. Birth: Cir 1873, Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Alt. Birth: 1 Nov 1873, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Immigration: From Canada, 1892, United States of America. 

•  Occupation: Day Laborer, 1895-1900, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America. 

•  Living: 1900, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America. 

•  Occupation: Carpenter, Bef 29 Apr 1909, Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America. 

•  Residence: 200 Broadway, 29 Apr 1909, Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Parents 
         Father: Captain George W. Herald 5,146,5373
         Mother: Mary Ann Herald 146
Spouses and Children 
1. *Elizabeth Fry 1123,1124 
       Marriage: 26 Sep 1895 - Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America 1124

Marriage Events

•  Minister/Priest: Rev. C. F. Beattie, 26 Sep 1895, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America. 
       Children:
                1. Lillian Herald
                2. George Albert Herald
                3. Frank F. Herald
                4. Isabell Herald
                5. Ernest William Herald
Sarah Herald 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 6 Sep 1877 - Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 4677
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Captain George W. Herald 5,146,5373
         Mother: Mary Ann Herald 146
William Henry Herald 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 6 Jun 1878 - Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 4677
    Christening: 
          Death: Cir 1960 - Saugus, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America ( about age 82) 4677
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Alt. Birth: Jan 1874, Canada. 

•  Immigration: From Canada, Cir 1898, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America. 

•  Living: 1900, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America. Living with brother Samuel & his family. 

•  Occupation: Day Laborer, 1900, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Parents 
         Father: Captain George W. Herald 5,146,5373
         Mother: Mary Ann Herald 146
Living 
      Sex: F
Spouses and Children 
1. *Ernest Ehlers 114 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Living
Mary Herbert 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Thomas Conway 29 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Catherine Conway
2nd Lieut. Arthur John Herder RNR 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1885 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1728
    Christening: 
          Death: 1 Dec 1917 - Cambrai, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France ( about age 32) 1727
         Burial: After 1 Dec 1917 - Tincourt, Somme, Centre, France 1727
 Cause of Death: Died of gunshot wounds to abdomen suffered in battle at Cambrai in WWI 1727

Events

•  Occupation: Lawyer, Bef 1915, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Religion: Attended Cochrane St. United Church, Bef 1916, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Military: RNR Regt. # 1863, 4 Feb 1916, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Alt. Death: 3 Dec 1917.
Parents 
         Father: William James Herder 292,806,1153,1154
         Mother: Elizabeth Barnes 292,806
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
Notes
General:
140615:

Sydney Frost's memoirs contain only this one reference to Arthur:

The Regiment entered the Cambrai battles with a strength of 553. Two-thirds of our numbers became casualties, of which 115 were killed or died of wounds. Officers killed were Captain Rupert Bartlett, MC and Bar; Lieutenants Walter M. Greene, DCM; Arthur J. Herder; George Langmead; James J. Tobin; John F. Edens; and Second Lieutenant Vincent Cluett, all of whom were my close friends. Twenty-nine decorations were awarded, including a DSO to Captain Bert Butler, MC and Bar, who was wounded for the fourth time; MCs to Lieutenant Gerald Whitty, Captain Herbert Rendell, and Lieutenant James Mifflin; a Bar to the MC for Captain Grant Paterson; and three DCMs, eighteen MMs, and three Bars to MM. Besides these well-merited individual honours, high praise came from GHQ [General Headquarters] Despatches and war correspondents's reports at the time and, after the War in official histories, lauded the gallant conduct and soldierly performance of the Newfoundland Regiment in the Cambrai battles. Greatest of all, however, was the award to the Regiment itself, which came two weeks later. A passage in The Fighting Newfoundlander reads: . . . Two weeks after the battle had ended, Governor Harris [who had succeeded Davidson as Governor of Newfoundland] was notified by the Secretary of State for the Colonies that "His Majesty the King has been pleased to approve the grant of the title 'Royal' to the Newfoundland Regiment." It was a signal mark of the Royal favour in recognition of the splendid performance of the men of Newfoundland in the Ypres and Cambrai battles. This was a unique honour, for no other regiment of the British Army was to have such a distinction awarded to it during the First World

Frost, Sydney (2014-11-10). A Blue Puttee at War: The Memoir of Captain Sydney Frost, MC (Kindle Locations 4765-4778). Flanker Press. Kindle Edition.

140615:
His military file downloaded from The Rooms shows that he was previously with the Canadian Army but was courtmartialed and dismissed for repeated incidents of drunkeness. He was once again tried and convicted on such a charge while with the RNR but was not dismissed.

Arthur John and Hubert Herder are memorialised on a plaque on the right front pillar at the Cochrane Street United Church. The memorial reads:
RIGHT FRONT PILLAR (facing the pulpit): World War I Memorial Tablet

The service bulletin for the unveiling gives the following description: "The Memorial Tablet is of alabaster decorated in Gold, with various devices, and in the centre, a representation in Mosaic of Sir Galahad in his search for the Holy Grail, after the picture by Watts.
The inscription reads:
"To the Glory of God and in Grateful memory of the Men of This Church Who Fell in the Great War, 1914-1918."
The tablet was unveiled by His Excellency Sir C. Alexander Harris, K.C.M.G., C.B., C.V.O., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, on Sunday, December 4, 1921 at 11 AM. He also read the names of those inscribed:
George Abbott
Stanley Abbott
Frank H. Chown
James L. Day
Arthur Driscoll
Ronald Grimes
2nd Lt. Arthur J. Herder
Lt. Hubert C. Herder
L. Cpl. Robert P. King
George S. Knight
Walter LeGrow
Cpl. Herbert G. Luscombe
Alexander Martin
Simeon Morris
Walter Morris
Wilfred Raynes
Carl Reid
L. Cpl. E. Clayton Rowsell
John C. Snelgrove
Douglas K. Snow
L. Cpl. E. Frederick Taylor
2nd Lt. George H. Taylor
Richard H. Taylor
Donald Templeman
Gordon Tizzard
Frank P. Tuff
Cpl. James R. Tuff
Wreaths were placed at the base of the tablet by the Hon. Sir. R. A. Squires of behalf of the Government, by Mr. J. G. Higgins, B.A., President, on behalf of the Great War Veterans' Association and by Mr. A. C. Peters on behalf of Cochrane Street Centennial Church.
The minister of the church was Rev. C. H. Johnson, M.A., B.D., with the Preacher being Rev. Dr. George J. Bond, B.A., LL.D. The Chaplain to the Forces and senior curate at St. Thomas Anglican Church was Capt. the Rev. A. Clayton, C.F. The organist and choirmaster for the service was the church's organist, Arthur Mews, C.M.G.

The Memorial Committee was comprised of the following:
Rev. C. H. Johnson, chairman, Major J. W. March, M.C., C. de G., Major B. Butler, D.S.O., M.C. & Bar, Major J. St. P. Knight, O.B.E., Lieut. A. Noseworthy, Lieut. H. C. Janes, M.S.M., Sgt. A. M. Wilson, Rev. L. Curtis, B.A., D.D., M.B.E., Mr. Arthur Mews, Mr. John Maunder, Mr. Edwin Parsons, Mr. Wilson Clark, Mr. H. N. Burt, Secretary. On Dec 2, 1919, the Board of Trustees reported that the cost of tablet was £72.

130717:
The Newfoundland Legion's "Lest we forget - Vol. 15" has his photo and this brief note: "HERDER, Arthur Lt., 1863 Served with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Hometown was St. John's, Newfoundland. DECEASED: DECEMBER 3, 1917" Note the slight discrepancy on the date he died. Not sure which is correct.
Medical:
Died at the 5th Casualty Clearing Station, France

Living 
      Sex: M
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. Living

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