Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Angelo Morry

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1895 - Italy ⁶⁸² Christening: Death: Bef 1985 - Rhode Island, United States of America ⁵³ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Immigration: From Italy, 1909, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
• Occupation: Salesman In Lumberyard, 1930, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.

Spouses and Children

1. Living 2. *Pasqualena Lombardi ⁶²⁹¹ Marriage: Cir 1912 - Rhode Island, United States of America ⁶⁸² Children: 1. Leonard Morry 2. Margaret Morry 3. Francis Morry 4. Living 5. Father Matthew Flavian Morry 6. Sister Lina Morry 7. Living 8. Emily Morry

Notes
General:

010113:

This is one of several families that I have found that share our surname only by accident. Evidently when this family arrived at Ellis Island from Italy they wound up having the spelling of their name altered to "Morry" and it stuck. There is no blood relationship between them and us and I only retain information on the family as a matter of curiousity, especially due to the similarities in names (e.g. Matthew Morry, Emily Morry, etc,)

Anna Victoria Morry

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 6 Mar 1891 - British Columbia, Canada ⁷⁴⁵ ^,3253 ^,3841 Christening: Death: 6 Dec 1965 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ( at age 74) ²³⁴⁸ Burial: Cause of Death: Heart Attack ²⁷⁴⁸
Events
• Residence: Age: 40; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head, 1891, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (Occupant)
• Alt. Birth: 28 Oct 1891, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. I suspect that this is the christening date.
• Census: Household of William George Morry, 1901, Inverness, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada. (Household Member)
• Residence: Age: 10; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Niece, 1901, Inverness, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada. Staying with uncle at his farm on Cedar Hill Rd. while attending school and parents and elder sister were in Inverness.
• Occupation: Dressmaker, D. Spencer Ltd., 1909, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Residence: 634 Battery St., 18 Oct 1910, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (Occupant)

Parents

Father: William George Morry ¹⁶⁸ ^,745 ^,2773 ^,2774 ^,2908 ^,3840 ^,3841 Mother: Anna Jennings Windsor ⁶ ^,168 ^,282 ^,283 ^,745 ^,3840 ^,3841

Spouses and Children

1. *George Herbert Pottinger ¹⁶⁸ ^,745 ^,749 ^,1830 ^,2327 ^,2746 ^,2749 Marriage: 18 Oct 1910 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ²³²⁷
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Rev. E. G. Miller, St. Barnabas C of E Church, 18 Oct 1910, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Alt. Marriage: 28 Oct 1910. Marriage Notes

MRI records for Victoria:

Groom Name: GEORGE HERBERT POTTINGER Bride Name: ANNA VICTORIA MORRY Event Date: 1910 10 18 (Yr/Mo/Day) Event Place: VICTORIA Reg. Number: 1910-09-019098 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B11369 GSU Microfilm Number: 1983526

061125:
From Newspaper announcement on Ancestry and Newspapers.com:

George Herbert Pottinger & Anna Victoria Morry
Name
George Herbert Pottinger
Spouse
Anna Victoria Morry
Parents
Mr. James Pottinger, Mrs. Pottinger, William Morry
Wedding Date
October 18, 1910
Marriage Venue
St. Barnabas' church
Honeymoon Place
Sooke Lake
Officiant
Rev. E. G. Miller
Names Mentioned
Siblings
Mrs. J. M. Newcombe
Other Details
Parent Residences
634 Battery stre
Children: 1. Anna Clare Pottinger 2. James Herbert Pottinger 3. Enid Rosemary Pottinger 4. Living

Notes
General:

1901 census information, shows her date of birth as 6 March 1891, and the information in Ross Cemetery, which is close to that:

Morry Anna Caroline 64 y 3 m 1956.05.02 Canada Victoria, BC Victoria, BC H 83 W 23

03/11/02: BC Marriage Index: POTTINGER, GEORGE HERBERT bride:MORRY, ANNA VICTORIA M: 18 Oct 1910 N: B11369 1983526 TWN: VICTORIA Reg:1910-09-019098

290819:

Anna and James witnessed the wedding of her sister, Isabelle Windsor Morry and Bruce Edward Sterling

Annie Hutchings Morry

Sex: F
AKA: Annie Morey ⁶⁸⁶⁷, Annie Le Messurier Morry ¹⁴² ^,213
Individual Information

Birth Date: 12 Jul 1843 - St. John's, Newfoundland ⁴⁸¹ ^,602 Christening: 13 Aug 1843 - St. John's, Newfoundland ⁴⁸¹ ^,602 Death: 2 Nov 1916 - St. John's, Newfoundland ( at age 73) ⁶⁸⁶⁷ Burial: 4 Nov 1916 - St. John's, Newfoundland ⁶⁸⁶⁸ Cause of Death: Pneumonia/Complications from years of rheumatism ⁶⁸⁶⁷
Events
• Alt. Birth: 1841, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Teacher, Private tutelage at 202 Gower St., 1890-1908, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She was actually a music teacher according to Dad Morry in a letter to Aunt Jean sometime in 1958.
• Living: 8 Willicott's Lane, South Side, 1908, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: 8 Willicott's Lane, South Side, 1908, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: After Feb 1915, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: Gower St., 2 Nov 1916, St. John's, Newfoundland.
• Alt. Death: Event Description: From her obit in the St. John's Daily Star on that date, Bef 4 Nov 1916, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Thomas Graham Morry II ¹⁰⁹ ^,168 ^,213 Mother: Eliza Shirley Hutchings Le Messurier ⁹³ ^,213 Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

Information on CD #118 Canadian Genealogy Index 1600s - 1[Brøderbund Family Archive #118, Ed. 1, Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s - 1900s, Date of Import: Jul 26, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.118.1.61990.2]

Individual: Morry, Miss Annie Event: Living Year: 1908 Place: St John's

Province of record source: Newfoundland County of record source: St John's

Comments: Teacher.

Source: McAlpine's St. John's City Directory for 1908. Publisher: McAlpine's Publishing Company Publication place: Halifax, NS Publication year: 1908

Volume/Page(s): 338

Please note: The province and county are associated with the locationof the record source and in some cases may not be the same as the place where the event occurred.

The only information I have on the relationship between our line and Annie Morry comes from Clive LeMessurier's family tree file. This needs to be cross-checked with other data.

041006: I have now the necessary cross-referencing. She is shown on the Carter family Tree believed to have been researched by Joey Smallwood as a daughter of Thomas Graham Morey [sic], though she is referred to as Annie LeMessurier on the Carter Family tree, which I take to mean her second name was LeMessurier since I am sure in those days she would have taken her father's name, Morry, even if she were illegitimate.

111109 from NGB: Ann Hutchings MURRY Thomas Graham & Eliza Hutchings b July 12 1843 bap Aug 13 1843 St. Johns acting agent

This transcript is so badly botched (as are many from the Anglican Cathedral register as recorded on NGB) that it is almost impossible to identify as being the same person, but evidently it is. However, in this instance in any event, the person responsible for this mess is the person who transcribed the church register for the Vital Statistics. A copy of that original transcript is enclosed in the Media here and it reflects exactly what is shown above.

181018:

Her obituary (see media folder) indicates that she was buried on 4 November 1916 but does not say where she was to be buried. I should imagine it was in the Forest Rd. Cemetery but I have never found her grave or those of her parents. The obit appeared in the St. John's Daily Star which only existed from 1915 to 1921. It was sent to me by Gloria Bruce.
Medical:

030317:
Suffered from debilitating arthritis that confined her to her bed late in life according to Dad Morry in a letter to Aunt Jean sometime in 1958

181018:

Her obit said it was rheumatism, not arthritis. ⁶⁸⁶⁸

Arthur Morry

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1858-1859 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵ ^,141 ^,6869 ^,6870 Christening: Death: 11 Mar 1887 - Montreal, Québec, Canada ( about age 29) ⁶⁸⁷¹ ^,6872 Burial: After 11 Mar 1887 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1860, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 5 Apr 1887, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
• Alt. Death: Jun 1888, Montreal, Québec, Canada.

Parents

Father: Henry Sweetland Morry ¹⁶⁸ ^,283 ^,316 Mother: Mary Devereaux ³¹⁶

Notes
General:

According to NLGS records on their website, His gravestone in the old Ferryland non-denominational cemetery reads: ERR BY JOHN MORRY FOR HIS FATHER HENRY, DIED 11 AUGUST 1897 AGED 76 YRS. ALSO, YEARS, AND HIS BROTHER ARTHUR, DIED 1898 AGED 28 YEARS AND HIS BROTHER FREDERICK 1890 AGED 29 YEARS.

According to Enid O'Brien email 03/05/00: "Arthur Morry (1860-June 1888) His headstone in the old cemetery in Ferryland says he died in June 1888 but the Evening Telegram says he died Mar. 11, 1887 in Montreal. He was 28 years old but I know nothing else about him. I don't know if he was married."

06/08/00 I will verify discrepancies on dates concerning website information with Enid but her information is usually reliable. This makes me wonder about how accurate the information on the NLGS site may be.

07/08/00 Enid O'Brien email:

"Re: Arthur Morry (son of Henry Sweetland Morry). When I looked at Arthur's headstone some years back I took a picture of it. I just had another look at it and it says that he died June 1888,age 28 years. (which would mean he was born 1859/1860) However, I believe the newspaper over the headstone because they couldn't put it in the Gazette before the event had taken place. "Arthur, 3rd son of Henry Morry of Ferryland, died at Montreal, age 20 years", April 5, 1887, G, E.(which would make his birthdate 1867). So, take your pick? I couldn't find a baptismal certificate. I thought maybe they would have gotten his age correct on the headstone but I felt the Gazette would have the year correct. The NLGS website which shows it to be 1898 is definitely an error."

On the basis of all this conflicting information I conclude the following: The NLGS data was transcribed wrong; not June 1898, Age 28, but rather 1888, Age 20. Moreover, the 1888 (if that is what it truly shows) is an outright mistake and should have been 1887, as in the Gazette. Enid's report of the death notice in the Evening Telegram lends credence to the 1887 year of death, though the specific day and month are in disagreement still. Therefore, On balance I am now prepared to accept the evidence of the Gazette and make him 20 at the time of death, thus born in 1867.

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Photographed his headstone in the Ferryland old non-denominational cemetery 15 July 2005. It is almost buried in the ground and I could not even see the text below his name which refers to his brother Frederick.

200806:

BDM transcript on CD-ROM reports death notice appeared on 05 Apr 1887 in: 1) Gazette (Royal Newfoundland Gazette) 1807- 2) Evening Telegram (Telegram) 1879-

It reported that Deceased was the third son of Henry Morey, Ferryland. The date of death was given as 11 Mar 1887, the place Montréal and the age 20. I'd say it is fairly definite now that he was born in 1868 and died 20 years later in Montréal, though the specific dates are still in doubt.

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220213 Here we go again! Geoff Martin found the obit in the digital archive initiative at MUN from the Evening Telegram on April 1, 1887. It states: "At Montreal, on the 11th ult., Arthur, third son of Mr. Henry Morey, Ferryland, aged 29 years. --R.I.P."

What this shows is that a number of people who have cited this entry in the past misread it, possibly because of a poor quality copy or microfilm. He died on 11 March 1887 and was 29 years old at the time, hence born ca 1857 or 1856 depending on when his birthday fell. I will make the corrections today. The gravestone is completely in error in every respect.

050513:

Just to correct some imperfections in the abbreviated transcription of the gravestone as recorded by Roberta Sullivan and contributed to the NGB website years ago, here is an exact transcription taken by me from the Stonepics photograph of the stone which shows every word. At present the stone has slipped further into the ground and the reference to Frederick is no longer visible:

"Erected by John Morry In Memory Of His Beloved Father Henry, Who Died Augt 11 1897 Aged 76 Years _____________ Also His Brother Arthur Died June AD 1898 Aged 28 Years _____________ Also His Brother Frederick Who Was Lost At Sea March 1890 Aged 29 Years"

Capt. Arthur Kemp Morry

Sex: M
AKA: Arthur Kimp Morry ⁶⁸⁷³
Individual Information

Birth Date: 9 Feb 1823 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁶⁸⁸ ^,2974 Christening: 12 Oct 1823 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,1688 ^,2962 ^,2974 ^,3835 Death: 16 Dec 1907 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 84) ²⁸² ^,481 Burial: 18 Dec 1907 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,481 ^,2958 ^,2962 ^,3005 Cause of Death: Old Age
Events
• Alt. Birth: 9 Feb 1822, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: Charles Blackman, Episcopal Missionary at Ferryland, 12 Oct 1823, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: Charles Blackman, 12 Oct 1823, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Able Seaman then First Mate, # 266585, Between 1840 and 1846, Waterford, Waterford, Munster, Ireland. No record of his ever having attained rank of Captain. The reference to Waterford pertains to when he received his "ticket" as a First Mate on 14 August 1845.
• Physical Description: 5'10 3/4", Light hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, 14 Aug 1845, Waterford, Waterford, Munster, Ireland. AM tatoo on right arm and anchor on left hand.
• Appointment: Functioned as Messenger to carry the election results to St. John's, 18 Nov 1848, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland.
• Residence: at time of marriage, 1852, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: Ferryland Voters List First Mention Of Arthur Morry, 1859, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: List of Grand Jurors in SDC, Between 11 Oct 1859 and 12 Oct 1859, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Juror)
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 3 Oct 1864, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 3 Oct 1864, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 4 Oct 1865, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, Oct 1866, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, Oct 1866, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 7 Oct 1867, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 8 Oct 1868, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 5 Oct 1869, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Fisherman, Gentleman, Between 1870 and 1871, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 4 Oct 1870, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Arthur R. Morry v. Mary Power et al: ejectment, 1876, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Newfoundland and Labrador probate, estate and related records
Reel 110
Supreme Court: Arthur R. Morry v. Mary Power et al: ejectment
Series GN 170, File Reel 110, frames 903-907
1876

Level of descriptionFile

Extent 5 p.

Forms part ofReel 110, 1865, 1875-1877

Record typeGovernment Records

Scope and content File consists of judgment in ejectment for non-appearance.
• Court: Grand Jury for Southern Circuit of Supreme Court, 3 Oct 1876, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Posted on Newfoundlanders and Genealogy Facebook by Edward Chafe on Feb. 19, 2021.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 3 Oct 1877, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Trader, 1894, Old Perlican, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Gentleman, 1898, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Gentleman, Bef 16 Dec 1907, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: H. C. Winsor, Lay Reader, 18 Dec 1907, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Military: Merchant Seaman, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Arthur Morry
Military • United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
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Collection Information
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
Learn more about this collection through the FamilySearch Wiki.
Cite This Record

"United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC3W-KTS : 10 December 2017), Arthur Morry, ; From "Merchant Navy Seamen1835-1941," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing BT 112-116, 119-120, series BT113, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
NameArthur Morry
Event TypeMilitary Service
Event PlaceUnited Kingdom
BirthplaceCanada
Birth Year1825.

Parents

Father: Matthew Morry II, JP ⁷⁸ ^,105 ^,109 ^,168 Mother: Ann Sanders

Spouses and Children

1. *Mary Oxenham Carter ¹⁰ ^,983 Marriage: 5 Nov 1852 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁸⁶⁵ ^,3145
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Charles Blackman. Minister of St. Thomas's Church, 5 Nov 1852, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: illegible, 5 Nov 1852, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

150113 from NGB:

5-Nov 1852 St Johns Arthur Kemp MORRY, bach, Caplin Cove, Ferryland. [Arthur was born at Caplin Bay in 1822, the son of Matthew Morry (II) and Anne Saunders.] Mary CARTER, spinster, Ferryland. [Mary, known as Mary Oxenham Carter, was born in 1829, the daughter of James Howe Carter of Ferryland.] not legible STTH [Mary died in 1895, and is buried at Caplin Cove, Conception Bay]

Notes
General:

Was read, recorded and transcribed by DEBBIE GEROW, 1998. While I have endeavoured to be as correct as humanly possible, there could be some typographical errors.
NAME OCCUPATION
Morry, Arthur Trader

This seems to provide an explanation for why Mary Oxenham Carter was over that way when she died but not why she would have been planted there rather than in her ancestral home in Ferryland.

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15/5/99 According to Enid O'Brien: > Arthur Kemp Morry (1823). Arthur married Mary Oxenham Carter (not > Graham Carter). They were childless.

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According to McAlpine's 1904 Directory for Ferryland, Arthur Morry was listed as a fisherman. In that year he would have been 81 years of age and not likely to be fishing.

Arthur shows up for the first and only time in the Voters List for Caplin Bay 1840 - 1859 in the 1855 list and has "Beach" shown as his specific domicile area.

No Morry shows up in the Voters List for Ferryland 1840-1859 until John's name appears in 1849 with "North Side" given as his specific domicile. In 1855 and 1859 he is joined on the list by his brothers Henry (South Side) and Arthur (North Side) in that order, who evidently moved from Caplin Bay at that time (Arthur's name appeared on the list for Caplin Bay before that but not Henry's).

Vital Statistics records for Ferryland District show that he died of old age on 16 December, 1907. Earlier indication of date of death on 18 December, 1907 is probably burial date. These records also indicate his place of birth as Caplin Bay but his place of death as Ferryland as we surmised.

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April 5, 2004:

Church of England Ferryland Burial Record on Newfoundland's Grand Banks website:
December 18, 1907 Morry, Arthur KempFerrylandGentleman 84H. Winsor

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130312:

From information found on Findmypast.com pertaining to his entry in the register of British merchant seamen, it appears he was at sea most of the time before 1850 explaining why he would not have shown up in the voters' lists at that time.

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090812:

Information provided by George Cull:

NL GenWeb 1894 Directory Data Trinity Bay Region

In a letter ( a transcript of which was provided to me by Brigid Davies Smith in Sept. 2002) to Bill (Willam) Morry, son of Peter Frederick Morry, on March 26, 1938, Dad Morry (Howard Leopold Morry) had this to say about Bill's uncle Arthur:

"Uncle Arthur was also a sea captain; he courted a girl whose father was wealthy and did not want his daughter to marry him so Arthur having a load of fish for the Mediterranean, stole her through the window and married her and brought her across with him, but it wasn't a very happy marriage as he, poor man, was an awful man for drink."

This helps explain why his wife died and was buried in Conception Bay, not Ferryland.

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160916:
Well not completely ....!
It turns out that Arthur was a trader in Old Perlican in the 1894 McAlpine Directory. So it wasn't that his wife ran off to Conception Bay to escape an unhappy marriage, because he went there as well. No one knows why.

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020317:
In one of many letters written to Aunt Jean when they were collaborating on researching the Morry Family History in the late 1950s and 1960s, Dad Morry wrote that: "Arthur married Mary Oxenham Carter, Sheriff Carter's sister. No Family. Great Uncle Arthur was a great stepdancer. He had his own vessel when he was young. Carried on business in Old Perlican afterward. His wife is buried there."

I'm only just reading this for the first time today, though these notes were passed to me 15 years ago by Karen Chapman!

In another letter dated March 11, 1958, Aunt Jean transcribed what he wrote as follows:
Dad's great uncle
"Matt's son Arthur stole Judge Carter's daughter, Mary, out through her bedroom window. He had a load of fish for the Mediterranean and he came up at night and hove to off the narrows and sent the boat ashore with a note for her. She had a servant girl called Brennan and she got her to get the men (as her father had locked her in). She got Jim Brennan, Martin Kelly and Billy Bryan to take her out the window and remove the trunks and Mary (her name was Mary Oxenham Carter - a name well known in English history with Drake and Hawkins). The girl Brennan spent her lifetime with Mary O, as they called her, and had many trips to England with them. (Sheriff Carter was her brother)."

!Children: no issue

Augusta Winsor Morry

Sex: F
AKA: Priscilla Morry ⁶⁸⁷⁴
Individual Information

Birth Date: 20 Jun 1862 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵ ^,141 ^,282 ^,283 ^,3835 ^,5143 Christening: 21 Jun 1862 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰⁹ ^,3835 ^,5143 Death: 17 Jan 1878 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 15) ¹⁴¹ ^,6875 Burial: 21 Jan 1878 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰⁹ ^,282 ^,2962 ^,2986 Cause of Death:
Events
• Received into Church: Robert Temple, 14 Sep 1862, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 17 Jun 1873, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 21 Jan 1878, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: Dan H. Winsor, Lay Reader, 21 Jan 1878, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: John Henry Morry ¹⁶⁸ Mother: Elizabeth Sarah Winsor ¹⁶⁸ ^,282 ^,283 Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

According to Roberta Sullivan's transcribed notes (Nfld. GenealogicalSociety), her headstone in the Ferryland Anglican Cemetery reads:

"Elizabeth Sarah, wife of John Morry, died 13 February 1879 ages 51 years. Also, Augusta Windsor, died 17 June 1873 aged 15 years 7 months "

Note that date of Augusta's death is way off from our records of her birth (20 June, 1862) and death (21 January, 1878). Also spelling of second name is in dispute. I'm inclined to believe our date of death since it conforms with the stated age at death from our presumed birth date.

In an email dated 7/8/00 Enid O'Brien wrote:

"Re: Augusta Windsor Morry. The Petty Harbour Church of England Records state the birth 20/6/1862 and date of death as 21 Jan 1878. However, Elizabeth Sarah's date of burial is listed as 16 February 1878, age 15 years. (She probably died on the 13th as on the headstone but I would think the year on the headstone is wrong, because I don't think they would list her as dead in the records a year before she died)."

From this it appears to me that the headstone data on the NLGS site is mis-transcribed. It is easy to imagine that someone could have mistaken 21 Jan 1878 for 17 Jun 1873, either on a badly eroded headstone or in reading the handwriting of another person who took down the data, possibly on a frigid, rainy day in November! Aunt Jean's data also say 21 Jan 1878. Therefore I am accepting the Petty Harbour Church dates rather than the NLGS.

Minister at Christening was Robert Temple according to C of E records in Ferryland.

150703: Having seen and photographed the gravestone, it is clear that it indicates Augusta's date of death as June 17th 1878 and her age at that time as 15 years and 7 months. Thus Roberta did take down the year incorrectly. However, this still does not explain the discrepancy with the Church records which have her dying on 21 January 1878. I suspect that was mistranscribed too and actually read 21 Jun 1878 and was mistaken as 21 Jan 1878.

April 5, 2004: Church of England Ferryland Burial Record on Newfoundland's Grand Banks website: January 21, 1878Morry, Augusta WinsorFerryland15Dan Henry Winsor

200806: Just to complicate matters, the Gert Crosbie BDM information has now been transcribed onto CD-ROM and gives different information again.

It reports her death notice appeared on 29 Jan 1878 in: 1) Gazette (Royal Newfoundland Gazette) 1807- 2) St. John's Free Press and Semi-Weekly Advertiser, 1877-1878 and that Deceased was the fifth daughter of John Morey, postmaster. Note the spelling of the surname. This is very common in the database and I'm not sure if it represents transcription errors when converting it to a CD-ROm, errors by Gert Crosbie in copying it from the newspapers, errors in the newspapers themselves or the actual way that the families in question spelled their name at the time.

The date of death is given as 17 Jan 1878. This is quite possible. the way the headstone read it could have been Jan or Jun. If the transcriber got the date of the newspaper correctly then the date of death was probably in January, not June. She was reported to have died in Ferryland and to have been 15 at the time.

From all of the above I now conclude that she died on January 17, 1878, she was buried on Jan. 21, 1878 and the death record appeared in the newspapers on Jan. 29, 1878. She was definitely 15 (or 15 and 7 months to be precise according to the headstone). So she was born in June 1862 as we had previously agreed.

080116:
I have added St. Luke's as the place of Christening of the children in this family because it is most logical since the events were recorded at Petty Harbour C of E registry, not at the Cathedral in St. John's.

Augustus William Morry

Sex: M
AKA: Agustus William Morey ¹⁶⁸⁸ ^,6876
Individual Information

Birth Date: 20 Oct 1890 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,283 ^,1688 ^,2993 ^,3835 Christening: 12 Jul 1891 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,1688 ^,2993 ^,3835 Death: 21 Aug 1892 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 1) ⁶⁸⁷⁶ Burial: 21 Aug 1892 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,2962 ^,3196 ^,3197 Cause of Death:
Events
• Minister/Priest: Theo. R. Nurse, 12 Jul 1891, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: Bef 21 Aug 1892, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 300112: In the NGB transcript of the church record the dates of burial are sometimes mistakenly given as the date of death. It is not known if this is one of those cases.
• Minister/Priest: Theodore R. Nurse, 21 Aug 1892, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Peter Frederick Morry ⁵ ^,1216 ^,2233 Mother: Bridget Mary Coady ⁵ ^,745 ^,2233 Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

According to Enid O'Brien in email on 29/04/02: "When Augustus William was baptised on Oct 20, 1890. Peter was listed as "farmer" from Ferryland. "

April 5, 2004: Church of England Ferryland Burial Record on Newfoundland's Grand Banks website: August 21, 1892Morry, Augustus WilliamCaplin Bay2Theodore R. Nurse

300112: The church record of birth and death evidently give Ferryland as the address. This would have been where the baptism and burial took place but the actual birth and death were in Caplin Bay where the family lived before moving to BC. I have corrected these mistakes here. Bridget Smith believes that the family lived in St. John's briefly running a store at this time and that it was in St, John's where Augustus was born and died. However the church record gives no support to this and I believe it is more important to indicate where the family's substantitve residence was rather than a temporary one they may have briefly occupied.

080116:
I have added St. Luke's as the place of Christening of the children in this family because it is most logical since the events were recorded at Petty Harbour C of E registry, not at the Cathedral in St. John's.

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Baby Morry

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 24 Sep 1964 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁹⁵¹ Christening: Death: 24 Sep 1964 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁹⁵¹ Burial: Cause of Death: Respiratory Failure/Immaturity

Parents

Father: Howard George Morry ⁸⁶⁷ Mother: Mary Perpetua Carroll

First Baby Morry

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 6 Jun 1887 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁴¹ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Constable Henry Morry RNC ⁵ Mother: Ann Neville ⁴⁵¹⁶

Notes
General:

200806:

BDM reports the birth of a male child to Henry Morey (sic) appeared on o7 Jun 1887 in: 1) Times and General Commercial Gazette 1832-1895 2) Evening Telegram (Telegram) 1879-

The place of birth was Fort Townsend so it was definitely our Henry, who was a constable there. This is the only record I have of this child.

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