Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Ernest Le Messurier

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 29 Jun 1864 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁹² ^,511 ^,596 Christening: 30 Jul 1864 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Death: 30 Jul 1864 - St. John's, Newfoundland ³⁹² Burial: 1 Aug 1864 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵⁹⁶ ^,6087 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Death: Bef 1 Aug 1864, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: William Warner Le Messurier ⁷²⁸ ^,1292 ^,4264 Mother: Priscilla Ann Morry ¹⁶⁸ ^,282 Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

020312 from NGB Ang Cath Burial Registers

Earnest LEMESSURIER St Johns 1 mo Aug 1 1864 Son of William W. LeMessurier & Priscilla Ann Morry.

100918:

Actually his baptism was reported at St. Mary's, southside:

LEMESSURIERErnest LEMESSURIERWilliam Warner & Priscilla b June 29 1864 St Johnsbap Jul 30 1864not given

Ernest Frederick Le Messurier

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 27 Jan 1890 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁴¹ ^,2770 Christening: Death: 3 Jun 1890 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁴¹ Burial: 5 Jun 1890 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁷⁷⁰ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: 28 Jan 1890, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Documentation: Birth announcement; Jan 28 at Springdale Terrace, 12 Feb 1890, Harbour Le Cou, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. LEMESSURIER, Born to wife of Frederick LeMessurier a son at Springdale Terrace, January 28th
1890, Feb. 12. T.C.
• Residence: New Gower St., 3 Jun 1890, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 4 Jun 1890, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Obituary: in multiple newspapers, 10 Jun 1890, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. LEMESSURIER, Ernest Frederick youngest son of Fred and Emma on 3rd age 4 months 1 week
1890 June 10. G. T. .

Parents

Father: Peter Frederick Le Messurier ²¹³ ^,279 Mother: Emma Mary Seraphina Long ⁹³ ^,213 Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

Nov 12, 2002 email from Enid O'Brien indicates that she can find no record of this individual's existence in various family records. I only knew of his existence from one source - Clive LeMessurier.

Enid said: "Ernest Frederick LeMessurier - I don't have an Ernest Fred. The only info given on your list is that he died "unknown". There is no reference as to how he was placed on the tree. If he is a son of Peter LeMessurier/Emma Long he must have died young because he wasn't mentioned when his father, mother, Edith or Archibald died.

180806: I found the record of his death in the CD-ROM version of Gert Crosbie's BDM records. He was only 4 months and 1 week old at the time of his death.

Death was reported on 10 June 1890 in: 1) Gazette (Royal Newfoundland Gazette) 1807- 2) Times and General Commercial Gazette 1832-1895 Deceased was the youngest son of Fred and Emma Lemessurier. Died aged 4 months, 1 week.

Note that Peter Frederick was referred to as "Fred".

190912 - Jill Marshall's transcript of burial record at St. Mary the Virgin:

"Ernest Frederick LeMESSURIER, New Gower Street, June 4, 1890, June 5, 4 mo."

040715:

Craig Le Messurier's family tree notes confirm that he died in infancy.

Esther Graham Le Messurier

Sex: F
AKA: Esther Graham Lockwood ⁶⁰⁹⁶
Individual Information

Birth Date: 24 Dec 1849 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁷⁹ ^,6105 ^,6106 Christening: Death: 2 May 1927 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ( at age 77) ¹⁷⁸ ^,6106 ^,6107 Burial: 4 May 1927 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ¹⁷⁸ ^,6106 ^,6107 Cause of Death: Cardio Renal Disease/Arteriosclerosis ⁶¹⁰⁶
Events
• Residence: Likely an error based on husband's birthplace, Bermuda.
• Alt. Birth: 1845, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: Dec 1849, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1850, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1860, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Gives her age as 61. A very common practice to understate ones age on a census.
• Immigration: From Newfoundland, 1878, New Brunswick, Canada. (Immigrant)
• Immigration: From Newfoundland, 1878, New Brunswick, Canada.
• Immigration: From Newfoundland, 1880, New Brunswick, Canada.
• Census: Household of John Lockward and family, 1881, Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada.
• Residence: 1891, Port Medway, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Census: 1901, Clementsport, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Census: Household of Rev. John Lockward, 1911, Clementsport, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. (Household Member)
• Residence: 1911, Upper Clement, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Residence: 125 1/2 Edward St., 1921 to 1927, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Interestingly, they gave French as her racial origin. One wonders if she supplied this information or if they made the assumption from her maiden name.
• Alt. Death: After 1921.

Parents

Father: Peter Paint Le Messurier ⁷⁸ ^,213 ^,279 Mother: Mary Morry ¹⁶⁸ ^,278 ^,728 ^,983

Spouses and Children

1. *Rev. John Lockward ²¹³ ^,278 Marriage: 6 Jul 1870 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁴¹ ^,481 ^,1429 ^,6108
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Edward Newfoundland (Bishop Field), Rev. Johnson And Rev. Wood, 6 Jul 1870, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: W. LeMessurier, Henry LeMessurier, Christopher Meek, Sarah E. LeMessurier, Priscilla M. LeMessurier, 6 Jul 1870, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

180806:

According to BDM marriage was reported on 09 Jul 1870 in: 1) Times and General Commercial Gazette 1832-1895 2) Newfoundlander 1827-1884

Bride was the third daughter of P. P. Lemessurier, St. John's. Groom was Rev. John Lockward, Missionary at Tilt Cove, Notre Dame Bay. Marriage performed by the Bishop, Rev. Johnson, and Rev. Wood.

160112: It seems that this may have been another of many marriages performed at St. Thomas's but recorded also at the Cathedral, which was under repair for many years following the great fire.
Children: 1. Jane A. Lockward 2. Lilian Lockward 3. Mary Le Messurier Lockward 4. Capt. Henry Hooper Lockward Bvrc 5. Emily Lockward 6. William N. Lockward 7. Gertrude Lockward 8. Grace E. Lockward 9. Helen Lockward 10. Reginald H. Lockward

Notes
General:

040715:

According to Craig Le Messurier's family tree notes: "Esther Graham married the Reverend John Lockwood. They resided in Bermuda and had six children."

Ezibald Le Messurier

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Hon. Henry William Le Messurier CMG ²¹³ Mother: Elizabeth Arnott ²¹³

Spouses and Children

1. *Celema Henley ¹⁴³¹ Marriage:

Notes
General:

As far as Anne Brown .. her parents were Thomas Brown and Celima ( Celema? ) Brown , I believe her maiden name was Henley. I am not sure the correct spelling but it was pronounced Cell e may. They had five children, Anne ( my great grandmother ) Thomas, Marie, Mary and Jane. When Thomas Brown died apparently Celema remarried to John LeMesuriers brother Ezibald that I mentioned earlier(Zoz) . I have a few other names on Anne Browns side if you need it.

Flora Le Messurier

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Christening: Death: United States of America ¹⁵⁴⁰ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Residence: 93 Cabot St., 14 Nov 1907, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Occupant)
• Living: 27 Jul 1962.

Parents

Father: Sgt. Francis Ernest Le Messurier ²¹³ Mother: Elizabeth Isabella Hutchings Stevenson ¹⁷⁶ ^,1292 ^,5698

Notes
General:

Email from Anne LeMessurier Lilly 10/03/03:

Aunt Avis married William Kent, a magistrate in Corner Brook. Aunt May married Percy LeMessurier, a distant cousin. She lived in Curling, just outside Corner Brook. Both of these aunts lived to be quite elderly. Flora moved to the "Boston states" as so many Newfoundlanders did back then; I don't know any more about her and I never met her.

Flora Morry Le Messurier

Sex: F
AKA: Flora Morey Kirby ⁶¹¹⁰, Flo Le Messurier
Individual Information

Birth Date: 24 Aug 1883 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁷⁶⁶ Christening: 6 Jun 1886 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁷⁶⁶ Death: 26 Aug 1968 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 85) ⁶¹¹⁰ Burial: After 26 Aug 1968 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵⁹⁸⁸ Cause of Death: Myocardial and cerebral infarction/Coronary & Cerebral Arteriosclerosis ⁶¹¹⁰
Events
• Occupation: Registered Nurse, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: Darling St., 30 Mar 1886, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: 31 Mar 1886, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: Henry Dunfield, 6 Jun 1886, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: 7 Dartmouth Place, Bef 26 Aug 1968, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 28 Aug 1968, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 31 Aug 1968, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: John Henry Le Messurier ²¹³ ^,2559 Mother: Margaret Jane Campbell ²¹³

Spouses and Children

1. *Rev. Hubert Frederick George Distin Kirby ¹⁷⁶ Marriage: 1 Jan 1909 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁷⁶ Children: 1. Rev. Frederick George Kirby 2. Herbert Maxwell Kirby 3. Kenneth Lancelot Kirby 4. Norman S. Kirby 5. Cyril Le Messurier Kirby 6. Ellen Margaret Kirby 7. Oswald William Kirby 8. Mary Kirby 9. Alexander Kirby

Notes
General:

Cynthia Margaret Kirby Deede emails 2006: "Flora Morry LeMessurier

Flora Morry LeMessurier was born March 31,1886 in St. John's, and died Aug. 31, 1968 in St. Johns. Hugh F.G.D. Kirby married Flora Morry LeMessurier on Jan. 1, 1909. They were to be married for fifty years. To me it is a very old memory of visiting my grandmother's home at 9 Dartmouth Place in St. John's. Though at the time the house and neighbourhood were very new there was a sense of simply "being home" when visiting. We would come to Newfoundland from the New England town of Calais, Maine. Travelling by car to North Sidney, Nova Scotia, we would leave it there to take the ferry across the Cabot Strait to Port Aux Basques, and then by train (The Bullet) to St. John's. Grandmother Kirby's home was set in a new cul de sac with the smell of new concrete hardly dry and the smoothest pavement I had ever seen.To ride a bicycle here was simply a dream, compared to the rutted asphalt found in Calais. Granny would sit and make that personal contact,reaching into her purse and showing a stone you had given her years or months earlier, letting you know that she thought of you and that you were special to her. Of course one of the most special times for me was when you could smell yeast rising, and you knew that bread was being made. I'm sure we all had to be put off the scent for many moments until it was ready. But then, to sit down with a heel of warm bread at any time in life isa delight. Granny also showed me here the added treat of a snack withbuttered bread sprinkled with sugar. I thought this a real invention. Another memory, shared only by the more adventuresome, is going into the basement, first smelling the concrete and then the fuel oil. In my experience it had to be one of the cleanest basements I have ever seen, yet it held a possibility of tunnels, and passages if you dared to venture further into the darker corners. Of course you'd return quickly enough to the warmth found above. Grandmother Kirby was an important figure in the life of her community as well as her family. She seems to have played the role of minister's wife with commendation. Again in Hugh's Bible I have found a eulogy written, I think, by my father at the time of her death.

FLORA MORRY LEMESSURIER KIRBY "We give gladsome thanksgiving for the life of thy faithful servant, Flora Morry Kirby." This quotation from one of the prayers given in her memory to God's Glory tells in part the tale of the life of Mrs. Kirby. She was the daughter of John Henry and Margaret Jane Campbell LeMessurier, born in the year 1886 in the City of St. John's, Newfoundland. Her continuing education included the full course in the School of Nursing in the General Hospital. In 1909 she married the Rev. Hugh Frederick George Distin Kirby; thus his life and ministry took ona new dimension that began to leave a continuing impact upon the Church in this Diocese, an influence that may still be seen in such diverse areas as Herring Neck, Cartwright, Labrador, Trinity East, Port Rexton, Harbour Grace and St. John's. Here she laboured for her Lord andHis church that she loved. In her early days her ministry of healing had a very ecumenical relationship. Many of these places had no doctors or nurses available. There was never a question creed or colour. If her nurses training could give healing and aid, it was given freely and willingly in answerto a call from the sick. How many times she was called, early and late to render aid. How often she sought advice from the medical proffession for guidance and direction. Many a letter to her cousin Cluny Macpherson, brought answers to particular problems to people who never knew of this greater concern. When the question is asked, " Did ye visit the sick?" how easy for her to give the answer, "Yea Lord." In the life of the church she fully gave the service that all Christian women should give, and to this was added many times of going the second mile. The C.E.W.A. had a very warm place in her heart. Here shehelped develop the type of leadership that would continue long after her labours were in another field. Many young girls started in the life of Service to our Lord in the Girls Friendly Society, to which she gave her full support and interest. How often we have seen her on Saturday gathering flowers and leaf, and taking with her other ladies ofthe church to prepare the House of God for the services next day. Andoften in the early days she would play the organ for the services. Many years later in St. Mark's Church, Baine Harbour, her son heard the organ playing and recognized the feel and tone of his mother's playing, learned that the organist had been trained by a former pupil of hismother. It is so easy to talk of this woman of good works with the spirit of Mary and the hands of Martha. To the life of the parish she gave fully, in the spirit of love, her life and service. How well she enjoyed life. How fully did she share that joy, no matter where it was, the barrens in the Fall, the trout stream, or in the warmth and friendliness of her home with her family, gathered around her. We see them as they gather; Fred, Rector of the Church of the Redeemer, Providence, Rhode Island; Lance, such a help to her in latter days;North, from Gander; Cyril, Puck and Mary Kirby Martin from St. John's; Margaret Kirby Peck, from Regina, Saskatchewan, sixteen grandchildren, and now as the generation extends, we add two great-grandchildren. To Flora Morry Kirby we pay this inadiquate tribute, knowing that shehas heard her Lord say, "Well done good and faithful servant, "as we in turn, giving gladsome thanksgiving, "rise up and call her blessed."

Florence Varlow Le Messurier

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 23 Oct 1881 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁹³ ^,511 Christening: 15 Jan 1882 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁹³ Death: 23 Sep 1882 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁴¹ ^,213 ^,6111 Burial: 25 Sep 1882 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁶¹¹¹ Cause of Death:
Events
• Baptism: Aug 1881, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Obituary: In several newspapers, 20 Sep 1882, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. LEMESSURIER, Florence Varlo, only daughter of Peter W. LeMessurier. d ied 23rd in St. John's age 11 months
20 Sept. 1882 G S T.

Parents

Father: Peter Wilson Le Messurier ²¹³ Mother: Frances Mary Hutchings ²¹³ Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

180806:

BDM records that the death was reported on 23 Sept. 1882 in: 1) Gazette (Royal Newfoundland Gazette) 1807- 2) Harbor Grace Standard ( also known as Standard and Conception Bay Advertiser) 1859-1936 3) Times and General Commercial Gazette 1832-1895

Deceased was the only daughter of Peter W. Lemessurier [still living at that time].

020914:

It appears that the Christening and Birth information may have been reversed on the transcript on NGB

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Robert William Le Messurier ⁹⁷ ^,176 ^,5011 Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Francis Le Messurier

Sex: M
AKA: Frank Le Messurier ¹⁹ ^,213
Individual Information

Birth Date: 20 Nov 1862 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³²⁹¹ Christening: 14 Dec 1862 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³²⁹¹ Death: Bef 23 Aug 1863 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁹ ^,213 Burial: 23 Aug 1863 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁹ ^,1780 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Dec 1862, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Henry Corbin Le Messurier ¹⁹ ^,213 ^,728 ^,1292 Mother: Sarah Eliza Magill ²¹³ Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

050703: According to grave in Church of England Cemetery, St. John's, Newfoundland he died at 9 months of age.

060310: From NGB Ang. Cath Bur. Registery: LeMESSURIER St Johns 10 mo Aug 23 1863 Son of Harry Corbin LeMessurier & Sarah Elizabeth McGill

Francis Le Messurier

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 26 Nov 1905 ²¹³ Christening: Death: Cir 1964 - ( about age 59) ²¹³ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Archibald Francis Le Messurier ²¹³ ^,1431 Mother: Anne Brown ²¹³ ^,1431

Spouses and Children

1. *Belle Carter ²¹³ Marriage: Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living 4. Living 5. Living 6. Living 7. Living 8. Living 9. Living 10. Living

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