Henry Thomas Morry
Sex: MAKA: Henry Thomas Moray, Henry Thomas Morey 6973, Harry Morry
Individual Information
Birth Date: 23 Aug 1892 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 6973,6974 Christening: 24 Aug 1892 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 5688,6973 Death: 16 Jul 1960 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 67) 6975 Burial: After 16 Jul 1960 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 6975 Cause of Death: Cerebral Haemorrhage/ArteriosclerosisEvents
• Baptism: 24 Aug 1892, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Godfather: Thomas Savage, Constable, Fort Townshend, 24 Aug 1892, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Godmother: Byrdie Savage, 24 Aug 1892, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: W Forristall, 24 Aug 1892, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Religion: Baptised twice in the RC and Anglican Churches, 24 Aug 1892, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: Household of Henry Morry, 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Head of Household)
• Occupation: Cutter, N,F,& V.S. (?) Factory, 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: 36 Brine St, 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Occupant)
• Residence: 36 Brine St., 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Labourer, Municipal Council, 1936, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: 12 Gilmour, 1936, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: 8 Brazil St., 1944, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Election: President Trades and Labour Council, 16 Sep 1955, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As provided to me in an email from Enid O'Brien, May 18, 2025:
Daily News 1955/09/21
Officers of |Trade and Labour Council
John Cochrane - President
Harry Morry - Vice President
GC Garland - Secretary
Daily News 1955-01-11
Union of Municipal Workers #569
President - Harry Morry
Vice President -Thomas Murphy
Recording Secretary-Leo Crotty
Financial Secretary -Michael Power
Treasurer-William Miller.• Election: President of the Municipal Workers Union, 9 Jan 1956, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was also the President in the Directory for 1954
As provided to me in an email from Enid O'Brien, May 18, 2025:
Daily News 1955/09/21
Officers of |Trade and Labour Council
John Cochrane - President
Harry Morry - Vice President
GC Garland - Secretary
Daily News 1955-01-11
Union of Municipal Workers #569
President - Harry Morry
Vice President -Thomas Murphy
Recording Secretary-Leo Crotty
Financial Secretary -Michael Power
Treasurer-William Miller.• Alt. Death: After 1956, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: 4 Mill Bridge, Bef 16 Jul 1960, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Religion: RC at the time of his death and burial at Belvedere Cemetery, 16 Jul 1960, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents
Father: Constable Henry Morry RNC 5 Mother: Ann Neville 4516
Notes
General:
03/05/00
Enid O'Brien: "I don't know what happened to him but he did volunteer for WW1. He was alive in 1948 when his brother died."
Still single and living at home in 1921 according to census that year.
190202
Left $200 by his uncle John Morry in 1946 so he was still alive at that time.
091207 from NGB website: Anglican Cathedral Baptisms 1892
Record #Baptism Name Surname Date Of Birth Parents Names Residence Date Of Baptism Baptism Performed By God Parents Additional Information
224Henry Thomas Moray 23 Aug Henry Moray Mounted P 24 Aug W Forristall Thomas Savage Anne Neville constable Byrdie Savage Fort Townsend Note that the name was misspelled Moray
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240121
From: Enid O'Brien <enidobrien@yahoo.com>
Sent: January 24, 2021 1:39 PM
To: Chris Morry <cjmorry@ncf.ca>
Subject: Henry Morry
Hi Chris,
I came across the following
Daily News Sept 21, 1955, p.3
Officers of Trade and Labour Council
John Cochrane President
Harry Morry Vice President
SG Garland Secretary
Daily News 1955-01-11
Union of Municipal Workers #569
President Harry Morry
Vice President Thomas Murphy
Recording Sec Leo Crotty
Financial Mike Power
Treasurer Wm Miller
I guess this is the grandson Henry Morry/Mary Devereaux?
Enid
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260122
His death certificate was released by The Rooms according to Provincial policies and there it is said that he was married at the time of his death. I have no information on this marriage and will probably have to await further data releases to get that.
Henry Winsor Morry
Sex: MAKA: Henry Windsor Morry 744,745,2233,2559
Individual Information
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1852 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 282,3043 Christening: 22 Aug 1852 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 282,1688,3043,3835,6976 Death: 30 Dec 1939 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ( at age 87) 744,745 Burial: 3 Jan 1940 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 53,744 Cause of Death:Events
• Occupation: Planter & Merchant Caplin Bay (now Calvert), Between 1844 and 1852, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Witness)
• Alt. Birth: 1852.
• Alt. Birth: 14 Jun 1852, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: 20 Jun 1852, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Christening: 20 Jun 1852, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: H. H. Hamilton, 22 Aug 1852, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Carpenter, Netman, Cunningham Cannery,, Between 1891 and 1898, Port Essington, British Columbia, Canada.
• Census: 1891 Census of Canada, 13 May 1891, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Living with brother William and his family.
• Emigration: From Newfoundland, 1893, British Columbia, Canada.
• Residence: 9 Humboldt St,, 1898, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Property: Elizabeth and Henry Morry sell "Lower Grove" to Dr. James McCullock, Mar 1900, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Party)
• Census: BC Census - Henry Winsor & Daria Louisa Morry, 1901, Cassiar, Skeena, British Columbia, Canada. Peter Frederick Morry is with them though he is also on a different census return with his whole familyin Victoria. This was where he was working.
• Religion: C of E, 1901.
• Residence: Cassiar (Skeena), 1901, Inverness, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada.
• Residence: 1901, Port Essington, British Columbia, Canada.
• Marriage: 5 Mar 1901, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Census: Census of Henry Winsor & Daria Louisa Morry & Walter Payne, 1911, Port Essington, British Columbia, Canada. Note Walter is shown as "brother-in-law" in the transcript on FindMyPast but his surname is incorrectly inerpreted as Parsons. The quality of the image from the National Archives is very poor.
• Residence: He gave away the bride at wedding of niece Elsie Leone Morry, 24 Oct 1913, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada.
• Residence: Working as a cannery labourer for $1000 per year, 1921, Port Essington, British Columbia, Canada.
• Residence: 638 Hillside Avenue,, Dec 1939, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 30 Dec 1939, British Columbia, Canada.
Parents
Father: Matthew Morry III 168,497 Mother: Elizabeth Coulman 168,2773,2774
Spouses and Children
1. *Daria Louisa Payne 2327,3038 Marriage: 5 Mar 1901 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 2327Marriage Events
• Marriage License: 1901-09-010119, 5 Mar 1901, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Marriage Notes
27/09/01 MRI records:
Groom Name: HENRY WINSOR MORRY Bride Name: DARIA LOUISA PAYNE Event Date: 1901 3 5 (Yr/Mo/Day) Event Place: VICTORIA Reg. Number: 1901-09-010119 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B11368 GSU Microfilm Number: 1983525
Notes
General:
27/09/01 from DRI in Victoria, B.C.:
Name: HENRY WINDSOR MORRY Event Date: 1939 12 30 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 87 Gender: Male Event Place: VICTORIA Reg. Number: 1939-09-567170 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13167 GSU Microfilm Number: 1953627
Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, BC entry: Morry , Henry Windsor , 87 y 6 m , died 1939.12.30 , born Canada , Newfoundland , died Victoria, BC , buried Block S, Plot 14 E 34
03/11/02: Burrard District, BC Census 1901: Bennett & Atlin, Cassiar (Stikine), Cassiar (Skeena)
Morry, Henry W B: 14 Jun 1852, NFD 1901 CEN Location: Cassair (Skeena) T-6428-8-8-5-70 head
Morry, Daria L B: Sep -- 1858, NFD 1901 CEN Location: Cassair (Skeena) T-6428-8-8-6-70 wife
Also notes his profession as a netman (on salmon fishing boats presumably) working 11 months a year and earning $600/yr.
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Email from Enid O'Brien 100104: "Evening Telegram Jan 17/1940-5 Henry Winsor Morry. There passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital, Victoria BC, Henry Winsor Morry, age 87 years, 638 Hillside Avenue. He was born in Calvert, Newfoundland and was a resident of BC for over 60 years, for many years being net boss at Cunningham Cannery at Port Essington. Besides his widow he leaves 4 nieces, 1 nephew. He was buried January 3, 1940. Interment in the family plot Ross Cemetery, BC."
280208: Vital Event Marriage Registration Groom Name: Henry Winsor Morry Bride Name: Daria Louisa Payne Event Date: 1901 3 5 (Yr/Mo/Day) Event Place: Victoria Reg. Number: 1901-09-010119 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B11368 GSU Microfilm Number: 1983525
140813:
I cannot account for why there are two different but very close dates for both birth and Christening on the two transcripts of church regsiters on the NGB website and have no idea therefore which is more credible. I'm leaving the ones I had first as the "Preferred" for now until I have had an opportunity to check this out against primary sources.
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: LivingHonora Morry
Sex: FAKA: Honoria Morry 282,2993, Nora Morry 2716,3842,6977, Norah Morry 6978
Individual Information
Birth Date: 27 Jan 1894 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 282,283,493,1873,2993 Christening: 26 Feb 1894 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 5,1873,2993 Death: 22 Jul 1972 - West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ( at age 78) 44,345,6979 Burial: After 22 Jul 1972 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 23 Cause of Death:Events
• Alt. Birth: 27 Jan 1893, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Christening: 27 Jan 1894, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: Augustus C. Bayley, 27 Jan 1894, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: Augustus C. Bayley, Priest of St. John's, 26 Feb 1894, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Emigration: From Newfoundland, 1900, British Columbia, Canada.
• Census: Census of Canada - Peter Morry household, 1901, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (Household Member)
• Census: Census of Canada, 1901, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Occupation: Dressmaker, D. Spencer Ltd., Living at father's home, 2202 Spencer St., 1909, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Occupation: Saleslady, dry goods; $720, 1921, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Religion: C of E, 1921, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (Member)
• Residence: 423 Luxton Ave., Residence of Peter Frederick Morry, 1921, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Parents
Father: Peter Frederick Morry 5,1216,2233 Mother: Bridget Mary Coady 5,745,2233
Spouses and Children
1. *Walter Leonard Woodhouse 44 Marriage: 27 Nov 1923 - Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada 44,2327 Marriage Notes
03/11/02:Children: 1. Living 2. Living
BC Marriage Index: WOODHOUSE, WALTER LEONARD bride: MORRY, HOWARD M: 27 Nov 1923 N:B13745 2074227 TWN: OAK BAY Reg: 1923-09-255270
Note error in name of bride.
Notes
General:
Name spelled Honoria and Honora in some records, the former includingthe church record of birth but this may be an error.
According to Enid O'Brien in an email dated 29/04/02: "Honorah (b. Jan 27, 1894, baptised 26 February 1894 on vital stats, vol 31 place of residence is given as Ferryland (although) on Petty Hrrec on computer it is given as Caplin Bay."
In an email from Bridget Smith on April 28, 2002: "Honorah is the name my grandmother (her sister) gave me as well as her daughter. We always called her Nora."
In an email from Bridget Smith on April 30, 2002: " Honora's daughter ... has spelt it as Honora. The way it was written appeared to have an "h" at the end but after looking at it again I see there is no "h". I will contact another of her children and see if I can confirm this. The BC Archives actually show Walter Leonard Woodhouse married Howard Morry so we could have a whole new concept here."
03/11/02: BC Census of 1901 has date of birth wrong by a year (it shows she andher sister born 3 months apart! Both she and her sister Jane's names are also misspelled in the records: Morry, Nora B: 27 Jan 1893, NFD 1901 CEN Location: Victoria City T-6430-11-21-37-227daughter
17/12/02: BC Archives incorrectly identifies bride as Howard Morry.
Howard George Morry
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 14 Dec 1934 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 2948,6980 Christening: Death: 8 Nov 2016 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 81) 6981 Burial: After 8 Nov 2016 - Kilbride, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Cause of Death:Events
• Census: Howard Morry and family (2 pages), 1935, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)
• Census: Howard Morry and family (2 pages), 1935, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: 14 Dec 1935, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Medical Condition: Mumps, 5 Mar 1943. Junior & Kay have the mumps.
• Medical Condition: Elsie, Catherine & Junior Innoculated for diphtheria, 12 May 1943, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Witness)
• Census: Household of Howard Morry, 1945, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)
• Medical Condition: Innoculation for Diphtheria, 30 Apr 1945, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. April 30 1945: The kids were inoculated for diptheria.
May 2 1945: Howard got inoculated for diptheria on Monday and he is still miserable.
.• Confirmation: 12 Oct 1946, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Confirmed along with 100 children of the parish by Bishop Flynn.
• Medical Condition: Bad case of Measles, 2 Jul 1949, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Applied to join the RCMP but never went through with it., 27 Feb 1953, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Education: Attending Agricultural College, Sep 1953, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Interesting: Article in Daily News about Howard Morry Agriculture Technician, 22 Dec 1969, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From DAI.
• Living: 29 Aug 1979, Goulds, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Living: 1996, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Living: 30 Jul 2010, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Living: 28 Apr 2014, Kilbride, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Living: 5 Jun 2015, Kilbride, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Documentation: Bill and Pat Morry Biography, 2019, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents
Father: Pte. Howard Leopold Morry RNR 23,168,6693 Mother: Fredris Marion Powdrell Minty 23,109,168,673,1251,6685,6686
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Perpetua Carroll Marriage: 9 Nov 1957 - Outer Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1108Marriage Events
• Marriage Fact: Reception at the Crystal Palace in the Goulds, 9 Nov 1957, Goulds, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Bill Morry was best man; one of Mary's sisters was bridesmaid., 9 Nov 1957, Outer Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes
From Dad Morry's diary for 1957:Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Jamie Francis Morry 4. Living 5. Baby Morry 6. Living 7. Living 8. John Joseph George Morry 9. Living 10. Living
Nov 8. A lovely morning. Arose at 6 am, to catch a car for St. John's
to attend Howard's wedding tomorrow. Had a nice time. Went to the Legion
at night and met some men off a British submarine.
Nov 9. Went to Outer Cove to Howard' s wedding. 'Twas a lovely ceremony.
Howard and Bill who was his best man, looked so nice and 'twas nice to
see them there together. The bride, Mary, looked lovely, dressed in
white and also her sister who was Bridesmaid was dressed in blue. There
were almost a hundred guests and the reception was held at the Crystal
Palace where we sat down to a nice Turkey Breakfast and lots of liquid
refreshments. And after the speeches, etc. and the guests got down to
dancing, we had a real nice time and I had quite a few dances which I paid
up for later (what odds you're only young once). Came back to Phyl's
and went to bed at eight o'clock.
Notes
General:
Here are Uncle Howard's Children, their spouses and Grandchildren in 2002 as enumerated in ane email to Glen from Karen Morry (Jamie's widow) on October 02, 2002:
Here are the family groupings and years of the kids birth: 1) Gerard & Michele (Carter) -- Bradley (82), Blaine (87) , Clark (90) 2) Brenda & Russ (Fillier) -- Christopher (92), Meghan (98) 3) Jamie and Karen (Clark) -- Kirsten (91), Jeanie (92), Alicia (94) 4) Sandra and Derek (Lushman) -- Mark (99) 5) Howie and Jackie (Woodfine) -- Matthew (94), James (99) 6) Keith and Karen (King) -- Shannon (97), Erin (98) 7) Phyllis -- engaged to Bernie St. Croix 8) Jeannie and Mike (Reddy) -- Michael (2000)
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29/12/02 from http://www.cansheep.ca/csf_dir.html:
Howard Morry
Sheep Producers Association of Newfoundland and Labrador
Morry?s Sheep Farm
381 Bay Bulls Road, Kilbride, NFLD. A1G 1C2
Tel: 709-368-3651
Main Fax: 709-739-3824 (Howard Morry Junior)
Alternate Fax: 709-747-3029/ 747-8827 (Mark: Attention Howard Morry)
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Email from Uncle Howard on March 31, 2009: "RE THE LAST LOT OF PICTURES , WHILE LYING SLEEPLESS IN BED, I MULLED THINGS OVER IN MY MIND. HOWIE AND VI WERE MARRIED AHEAD OF ME BUT THEY ONLY HAD A BIT OF A HOUSE PARTY WITH NO RECEPTION AT A CLUB OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WHEN MARY WAS SINGLE I WAS TOLD THAT SHE WAS CALLED THE PRIDE OF OUTER COVE ON ACCOUNT OF HER GOOD LOOKS.SHE HAD A FEW STEADIES BEFORE ME BUT WHEN I MET HER AT A DANCE SHE HAD NO BOY FRIEND AND WAS AVAILABLE FOR A DATE. WE WENT OUT TOGETHER FOR 3 AND A HALF YEARS BEFORE WE GOT MARRIED, I CAN SAFELY SAY THAT SHE NEVER CAUSED ANY HARD FEELINGS IN THE MORRY FAMILY AND THOSE WHO MET HER AND GOT TO KNOW HER HAD NOTHING BUT PRAISE FOR HER. THE PICTURE OF THE BABY ON THE BLANKET IN OUR FRONT YARD IS MORE THAN LIKELY ME ,BECAUSE I WAS JEANS PET AND SHE TOLD ME SO MANY TIMES WHEN I VISITED HER TWICE IN UTAH.FROM THE TIME I STARTED TO REMEMBER I WAS ALWAYS WITH HER . I REMEMBER HER BRINGING ME TO SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND HAULING HAY HOME FOR DAD, ONE NIGHT ABOUT TEN O,CLOCK WE TURNED OVER A LOAD OF HAY COMING OUT FROM THE FARM, NEITHER OF US GOT HURT GOT THE LONG CART UP RIGHTED AND RE LOADED THE HAY. DAD WAS IN THE STAGE AT FISH, AND I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER THAT WE HAD THE BIGGEST KIND OF A RAIN STORM THAT NIGHT AFTERWARDS AND DAD WAS DELIGHTED AS THE HAY WAS IN THE BARN. ALSO THE HORSE IN THE PICTURE WAS LASSIE THE LAST ONE WE EVER HAD. WHEN DAD QUIT THE FARMING BIT HE GAVE OR SOLD HER TO VIC DEVEREAUX AS HE KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO A GOOD HOME, AND HE COULD SEE HER EVERYDAY AS VIC LIVED ACROSS THE ROAD FROM US.HE KEPT HER TILL SHE DIED OF OLD AGE WELL UP IN HER THIRTIES. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN SHE WAS BORN AND OUR HORSE KIT OWNED HER. SHE DIED AT 17 OR 18 YEARS OLD FROM A DISEASE CALLED BLACK WATER CAUSED BY TOO GOOD FOOD AND NOT WORKED ENOUGH. IT HAPPENED ON A SUNDAY AND DAD DIDN,T HAUL WOOD ON SUNDAYS.THAT BABY ON THE BLANKET IS NOT MERCER AS HE NEVER CHANGED IN LOOKS EVEN TO THIS DAY. JUST COMPARE THE ONE WITH HIM WITH THE SAILOR HAT ON AND THE ONE ON THE BLANKET, AS YOU WILL SEE THERE IS NO COMPARISON. ALSO [I STAND TO BE CORRECTED ]I THINK HE WAS BORN IN HUDSONS BAY WHEN PHYLLIS AND BERT WORKED FOR THE HUDSONS BAY COMPANY IN FACT A FEW YEARS AGO HE HIRED A PLANE FLEW TO HUDSONS BAY AND VISITED HIS GOD PARENTS. THE GOD FATHER WAS DAN BURSEY THE GOD MOTHER I DON,T KNOW IF I EVER HEARD HER NAME.KEEP SENDING THE PICTURESAS I ENJOY THEM JUST AS MUCH AS YOU. I GOT TO FIND OUT THE OWNERS AT THAT TIME OF THE 2 BIG HOUSES UP ON SUNNY HILL ONE OF THEM IS FARRELS AND THE OTHER I GOT TO FIND OUT. WHO EVER THEY ARE MUST HAVE HAD MONEY TO BUILD MANSIONS LIKE THAT IN THOSE HARD TIMES.IF I ONLY HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER I WOULD HAVE WRITTEN DOWN ALL THIS HISTORY THAT DAD TOLD ME, BUT AS YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ARE A TEENAGER YOUR MIND WAS THEN ON THE FINER THINGS OF LIFE [CHASING GOOD LOOKING GIRLS]AND THERE WAS LOTS OF THEM ON THE GO THEN.DID YOU KNOW THAT I COURTED SHANNY DUFF FOR A LONG WHILE [BEFORE MARY]SHE THOUGHT I WAS THE NEXT BEST THING SINCE ICE CREAM ,IF YOU EVER MEET HER ASK HER AND SHE WILL TELL YOU.HER PARENTS WERE BOTH DRS BUT THEY LIKED ME A WHOLE LOT. I WENT AWAY TO WORK AND WE LOST CONTACT AND WHEN I CAME BACK AFTER A FEW YEARS SHE WAS A NURSE BY THEN AND HAD A STEADY[DR DUFF] AND I DIDN,T WANT TO INTERFERE. SHE TOLD ME AFTER ONE TIME AT A CHANCE MEETING IN OTTAWA THAT I SHOULD HAVE. SOME BODY TOLD ME SHE HAS A HALL OF FAME PICTURE OF ME HUNG IN HER OFFICE AT CITY HALL. IN THE MEANTIME I THINK SHE MADE A BETTER CHOICE WELL IT IS NOW 3 AM AND I MUST GO TO ROOST REGARDS HOWARD"
081116 from Jeannie's Facebook and Caul's Funeral Home:
Passed peacefully away in the presence of his loving family. Predeceased by his son Jamie (1999); parents Howard and Fredris; brothers Bill, Tom and Reg; sisters Phyllis, Jean, Elsie, Catherine, Priscilla; son-in-law Bernie St. Croix (2011).
Leaving to mourn with loving memories, his wife of 59 years, Mary (nee Carroll); his children Gerard (Michele), Brenda Fillier, Sandra (Derek) Lushman, Howie (Jackie), Keith (Karen), Phyllis St. Croix, Jeannie (Mike) Reddy; daughter-in-law Karen Morry; 19 grandchildren Bradley (Cassandra), Blaine and Clark Morry, Chris and Meghan Fillier, Kirsten, Jeanie and Alicia Morry, Mark and Katelyn Lushman, Matthew and James Morry, Shannon, Erin and Liam Morry, Ian and Eva St. Croix, Micheal and Kathleen Reddy; great-grandchild Elijah Morry and a huge circle of friends of all ages.
A special thanks to Dr. Kathleen Halley, the Community Health Nurses (Mount Pearl Square) and all his caregivers for taking such good care of Dad.
Resting at Caul's Funeral Home, LeMarchant Road on Thursday November 10 from 12 Noon '96 9 p.m. and on Friday November 11 from 10 a.m. '96 9 p.m. Funeral Mass to take place from Corpus Christi Church on Saturday November 12, 2016 at 1:30 p.m.
Flowers gratefully accepted or donations may be made in Howard's memory to the Children's Wish Foundation or Ronald McDonald House.
091116 from the Telegram, courtesy David Well:
From - The Telegram, St. John's, Newfoundland. November 9, 2016 (with photo)
Howard G. Morry - (December 14th, 1934 - November 8th, 2016) - Passed peacefully away in the presence of his loving family. Predeceased by his son Jamie (1999); parents Howard and Fredris; brothers Bill, Tom and Reg; sisters Phyllis, Jean, Elsie, Catherine, Priscilla; son-in-law Bernie St. Croix (2011). Leaving to mourn with loving memories, his wife of 59 years, Mary (nee Carroll); his children Gerard (Michele), Brenda Fillier, Sandra (Derek) Lushman, Howie (Jackie), Keith (Karen), Phyllis St. Croix, Jeannie (Mike) Reddy; daughter-in-law Karen Morry; 19 grandchildren Bradley (Cassandra), Blaine and Clark Morry, Chris and Meghan Fillier, Kirsten, Jeanie and Alicia Morry, Mark and Katelyn Lushman, Matthew and James Morry, Shannon, Erin and Liam Morry, Ian and Eva St. Croix, Micheal and Kathleen Reddy; great-grandchild Elijah Morry and a huge circle of friends of all ages. A special thanks to Dr. Kathleen Halley, the Community Health Nurses (Mount Pearl Square) and all his caregivers for taking such good care of Dad. Resting at Caul's Funeral Home, LeMarchant Road on Thursday, November 10 from 12 Noon - 9 p.m. and on Friday, November 11 from 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Funeral Mass to take place from Corpus Christi Church on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. Flowers gratefully accepted or donations may be made in Howard's memory to the Children's Wish Foundation or Ronald McDonald House.
Living
Sex: M
Parents
Father: Thomas Graham Morry V 168,867,2148,6695 Mother: Evelyn Mary Wheeler 168,868,1051,1108,2145,2146,2147,2148,2149
Spouses and Children
1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. Ian Thomas Graham Morry 3. Living 4. LivingLiving
Sex: M
Parents
Father: Howard George Morry 867 Mother: Mary Perpetua Carroll
Spouses and Children
1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. LivingPte. Howard Leopold Morry RNR
Sex: MAKA: Leonard Howard Morey 6849, Leopard Howard Morey 6982
Individual Information
Birth Date: 24 Jul 1885 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 23,918,6693,6983 Christening: 30 Jul 1885 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 918,6849,6982 Death: 8 Feb 1972 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 86) 23,109,6983 Burial: 10 Feb 1972 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 23,282,6983 Cause of Death: Cardiac Failure (Aortic stenosis)Events
• Religion: Anglican and Roman Catholic, 1885, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: L. K. Vereker, 30 Jul 1885, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Sponsors: Alfred White and Margaret Connolly, 30 Jul 1885, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Employment: Working for farmers during harvest time in Carberry District, Between Sep 1906 and Oct 1906, Brookdale, Manitoba, Canada.
• Occupation: Waatchman and Cannery Worker, 1907, Rivers Inlet, British Columbia, Canada.
• Property: Purchased lot and built shack with brother Howard on Shakespeare St., 1907, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (Party)
• Occupation: City Employee, Victoria. Living with cousin Peter Morry family at 2202 Shakespeare St., 1909, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Military: Pvt. Regt. # 726, Eleven Platoon, "C" Company, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, Between 17 Dec 1914 and 26 Jan 1917. Turkey (Gallipoli), Egypt and Europe (France and Belgium).
• Departure: Departure for overseas on the Dominion, 7 Feb 1915, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. On this day 26 years
ago, we of C Company sailed for overseas
We were put on board of the Dominion
about 20 miles off St. John's & our
Steamer, the Algerine, had to cut
rings around the Dominion to break
her out of the ice & it was a very frosty
winter & not much snow up to that time.
.• Arrival: From St John's, on the DOMINION, 17 Feb 1915, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
• Occupation: Farmer and Merchant, 2 Jun 1915, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: The Castle (Newfoundland Regiment Garrison), 2 Jun 1915, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. In point of fact, by the time the wedding took place the regiment had left Edinburgh and was at Stobs Camp for training.
• Documentation: Anecdote concerning 3 cousins meeting in English hospital in WWI, 1916, London, Greater London, England. From the research filed of Anna Elton Morris at the Centre for Newfoundland Studies.
• Interesting: Anecdote about 3 cousins meeting at Wandsworth in 1916, Cir Aug 1916, Wandsworth, Surrey, England.
• Military: St. Johns Daily Star Notification of Pte Howard Morry invalided, 29 Aug 1916, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From the MUN Digital Archives initiative, courtesy Gloria Bruce.
• Military: Pte Howard Morry returned to Newfoundland, 2 Nov 1916, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Arrival: Return from WWI. On board the SCANDINAVIAN, 6 Nov 1916, Québec, Québec, Canada. Returned with other Newfoundland and Canadian sick and wounded on board the SCANDINAVIAN.
• Military: Medal Card, Cir 1919, London, Greater London, England. From National Archives. Note error in surname given as Morse but Regt. Number is correct. I informed them today (060821).
• Military: British War Medal and Victory Medal, Cir 1920, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: Household of Howard Morrey [sic], 1921, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Note that all the surnames are misspelled "Morrey"; also they are all shown as being of English heritage including Mom Morry and also she as well as they is shown as an RC.
• Census: Howard Morry and family (2 pages), 1935, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In this census he reports his occupation as Storekeeper - Grocery; there is no mention of his involvement in the fishery, as if that were a lower occupation. His declared his home had 12 rooms and was valued at $2000, much higher than his neighbours who were fishermen. But his income was $300, not much more than those involved in the fishery full time. Note that Dr. Joseph Louis Giovanneti is staying with them as a lodger.
• Occupation: Fish Merchant and Shopkeeper, 1935, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Storekeeper - Grocery, 1935, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: Ferryland; General Store, 1936, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Election: Member of the Board of the Ferryland Fisheries Coop, 6 Mar 1936, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Property: Sale of John Henry Morry II property to Thomas Grant, 12 Jun 1936, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Registry of Deeds. Vol. 137. Folio 136-138
Registered 12th of June 1936 at 12:00 Noon
This is the official sale of John Morry's old house and lands at the junction of the Barkhouse Meadow Rd. (back lane) and the Main Highway (Hwy 10). He was required to give this up for sale by the executor of the will of his father, Thomas Graham Morry III, in return for receiving the house and lands of the latter left conditionally in his Will.• Interesting: Gave speech at Coronation Day celebrations - Evening Telegram notice, 26 May 1937, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: Household of Howard Morry, 1945, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. "Newfoundland Census, 1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Z-85B6 : 30 June 2016), Howard L Morry, Ferryland, Ferryland, Newfoundland, Canada; citing Ferryland District, p. 76, household ID 21, line 48, Department of Tourism, Culture, and Recreation, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; FHL microfilm 2,167,047.
Note that the census taker made numerous mistakes. He had them all as of Irish extraction, including Mom Morry, even though he had her place of birth as Scotland! He had Dad Morry listed as "housewife" where his occupation should be instead of Mom Morry. But the information on him is found in the line above and shows him as a cod fisherman earning $600/yr. He also had her listed as an RC. Then on the next page he has Uncle Bill and Uncle Reg listed as being of English extraction even though they are in the same family as the others.
.• Occupation: Store Keeper, 1945, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Interesting: Stories told by Laura (Agnes) Morry, After 1945, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She says that he and Charlie Freebairn used to come to their house and sing the old songs that soldiers like them sang in WWI. She mentions "I belong to Glasgow" but I think that was more likely one of Mom Morry's favourite songs. She also says that he claimed to have a spyglass that could look beyond the islands to Scotland. I suspect this was after Mom Morry died in 1948 when he was feeling lonely and nostalgic. She also said he smoked cigars, which I never knew before.
• Property: Permission to occupy land where St. Luke's Anglican Church once stood, 1 May 1948, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Departure: With Howard Jr. on a lengthy visit with children in Canada, Oct 1953, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Arrival: From lengthy visit with Howard Jr. with children in Canada, Feb 1954, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Departure: On the Nova Scotia to Boston, Feb 1956, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Visiting his children in the USA and Canada. He went from Boston to Chino, California to Sudbury and Chapleau, to Belleville, to Ottawa and then back to Boston to take the Nova Scotia home again via Halifax.
• Arrival: From Boston via Halifax on the Nova Scotia, 11 Apr 1956, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Interesting: Howard Morry donates 2 bricks from Baltimore site to NL Museum, 16 Nov 1960, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Interesting: Article by Michael Harrington on the visit to Beaumont Hamel by veterans, 1 Jul 1961, Beaumont-Hamel, Picardie, France. In the Western Star, July 4, 1961 found on DAI.
• Interesting: Report on the July 1961 RNR visit to Beaumont Hamel in Western Star, 22 Jul 1961, Curling, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Interesting: Donation of parts of Benger gravestone to Provincial Museum, 5 Oct 1961, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Mr. Howard Morry, Ferryland, has recently presented
to the Museum three large fragments of the headstone of
Robert Benger of Ferryland.
Neither the date of his birth
nor of his death appears on
any of the fragments, but he
was a member of the old Benger family of Ferryland. Two
of his forebears, Robert and
John Benger were among the
signatories of a petition sent
in the year 1709 to Joesph Dudley, Governor and Captain General in and over His Majesty's
Colonies of New England and
New * Hampshire, by residents
of the Isle au Bois, Ferryland
requesting that they be allowed to remain on the island.
Subsequently one of the Benger family is believed to have
lived in Lord Baltimore's house
at Ferryland. Later members
of the Benger family carried
on business in Ferryland for
many years. The Curator of
the Newfoundland Museum is
most grateful \\o Mr. Morry for
having recovered the parts of
the headstone, and for having
presented them to the -Museum.• Destination: Visit to the Old Blacksmith Shop, 1965, Gretna Green, Scotland.
• Interesting: Made donation to Newfoundland Museum of 150 year old Jail Cell Hinges, 15 Feb 1965, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Documentation: Last Link With the Fishing Admirals - the Holdsworth House, 1976, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. An excerpt from "Pathways Through History" by Michael P. Murphy in which he mentions Dad Morry and Uncle Bill's association with the Holdsworth House but seems to have not known the roles played by John Henry Morry and Peter Paint Le Messurier in purchasing the house and Thomas Graham Morry in being unable to occupy it due to conditions made on his grandmother gifting it to him.
• Interesting: A Daylily in his name was cultivated by Mick and Lanny Morry, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• Documentation: Profiles of World War I Veterans in the 2019 Come Home Year Book, 2019, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From "Treasured Memories - Then and Now", the Ferryland 2019 Come Home Year Book
.• Documentation: Quote in Ferryland Come Home Year Book, 2019, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From "Treasured Memories - Then and Now", the Ferryland 2019 Come Home Year Book
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Parents
Father: Pte. Thomas Graham Morry III 168,282,283,749,2274,6854 Mother: Catherine Frances White 42,168,6855,6856,6857,6858,6859,6860
Spouses and Children
1. *Fredris Marion Powdrell Minty 23,109,168,673,1251,6685,6686 Marriage: 2 Jun 1915 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 673,1108,1251,6694Marriage Events
• Marriage Fact: Marriage performed at 1 Ardmillan Terrace, the Union Hall near their home, 2 Jun 1915, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
• Minister/Priest: Rev. Alexander Aitken, Minister Dalry United Free Church of Scotland, 2 Jun 1915, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
• Witnesses: Wilfred Montgomery Windsor and Helen Minty, 2 Jun 1915, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
• Marriage Fact: Registration, John J. Eckford, Registrar, 4 Jun 1915, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Marriage Notes
280216:Children: 1. Phyllis Mary Morry 2. Sgt. William Minty Morry Royal Artillery 3. Thomas Graham Morry V 4. CPO Reginald James Morry Royal Navy 5. Jean Catherine Morry 6. Elsie Frances Morry 7. Catherine Frances Morry 8. Priscilla Anne Morry 9. Howard George Morry
The Minty family were not Church of Scotland, though their marriage license suggests they were members of St. Michael's Church of Scotland. It just happens that this is the Parish in which the wedding took place and thus for registration purposes only, they were married in St. Michael's Parish, but not in the church. In fact the family was United Free Church of Scotland, a much less conservative body. The church they attended, now long since torn down, was on Dalry Rd. a mile or more from their house on Ardmillan Terrace. Because Dad Morry was AWOL on the day of the marriage and for the honeymoon, they could not risk going to the church to be wed. So they were married just three doors down the street at 1 Ardmillan Terrace, which was then the Labour Hall. This is confirmed from both their wedding invitation and the official marriage certificate.
Notes
General:
Regiment: Royal Newfoundland Regiment Regimental Number: 726 Name and Rank: PTE MORRY, Howard Draft: 2 Enlist Date: 12/17/1914 Age on enlistment: 29 Address: Ferryland Service Record: British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, August 20, 1915; British Expeditionary Force, March 14, 1916; Roll call following attack, Beaumont Hamel, July 1, 1916; Admitted field ambulance (fever), September 10, 1916; Invalided to England, September 25, 1916; Attached depot, October 25, 1916; Furlough to Nfld, October 28, 1916; Arrived Newfoundland, November 11, 1916; Discharged (medically unfit), St. John's, January 26, 1917. [Source: Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, Royal Newfoundland Regiment WWI Service Records (microfilm)]
300609: Found Dad Morry's landing record for his return from overseas on Ancestry.ca See notes.
230310: Geoffrey Williams extracted the 1945 Newfoundland Census from NGB. Note the error in Mom Morry's name and age (should be 50). Note also that it shows Uncle Reg was married at the time but Uncle Bill was not; in fact he was married first in 1942. All other children were living elsewhere by then except Howard:Howard L. M M 60 Ferryland Morry Fredais ? Wife F M 20 Scotland Morry Howard G. Son M S 10 Ferryland Morry William M. Son M S 27 ' Morry Reginald Son M M 24 '
1935 Census: 1935 Census of Ferryland NAMESTATUS It was a lovely morning and pretty quiet, but the very minute they got over the top, the very minute they started, well you wouldn't know what had happened. You couldn't see anything, only dust and smoke and shell bursting, and bits of rag and sticks and everything going up in the air. You couldn't see a thing, not a thing.AGE VALUE OF HOUSE OR RENT PAID NUMBER OF ROOMS IN HOME OCCUPATION INCOME Since June 1934 READ OR WRITE COMMENTS
Morry, HowardHead 50 2000 12 Storekeeper 300 W Has Radio Morry, Fredris Wife 40 Homemaker No Pay W Born in Scotland Morry, Phyllis Daughter 19 At Home W Morry, William Son 17 Fisherman 150 W Morry, Thomas G. Son 15 Student W Morry, Reginald Son 13 Student W Morry, Jean Daughter 12 Student W Morry, Elsie Daughter 9 Student W Morry, Catherine Daughter 7 Student W Morry, Howard ( Jr.) Son 7 Months Hayden, Alice Domestic 24 Domestic 96 W Giovannetti, Joseph L. Lodger 30 Physician 2400 W Father born in Nova Scotia
220111: THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me Howard Leopold Morry ofFerryland in the Province of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Canada, Retired. I hereby revoke all wills and testamentary dispositions heretofore made by me and declare this to be my last Will and Testament. I appoint my son William of Ferryland aforesaid Manager sole Executor of this will. I direct my Executor to pay all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses as soon after my decease as possible. I give devise and bequeath ALL THAT triangular piece or parcel of land situate at Ferryland aforesaid measuring One hundred and twenty five feet (125') by the middle lane; One hundred and forty feet (140') by the back lane; and Two hundred and eight three feet (283') by property of my Executor, the said William Morry, TOGETHER WITH the bungalow erected thereon and the contents thereof onto my son Howard G. Morry to be his absolutely. I give and bequeath and monies payable under any Policy or Policies of Life Insurance and any monies to my credit in any bank or banks unto my son the said Howard G. Morry to be his absolutely. I give devise and bequeath ALL THAT piece or parcel of land situate On the waterside of the Highroad between Calvert and Ferryland unto my sons the said William Morry and the said Howard G. Morry to be theirs absolutely as Tenants in Common. All the rest residue and remainder of my estate of every kind Whatsoever and wheresoever situate I give devise and bequeath unto my son the said William Morry to be his absolutely. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto my hand subscribed and set at St. John's in the Province of Newfoundland aforesaid this 19th Day of December Anno Domini One thousand nine hundred and sixty-three. ) SIGNED by the above named ) Howard L. Morry as his ) Last Will in the joint presence ) Sgd. of himself and us, who at his ) William L. Morry [sic] request and in such joint presence ) have hereunto subscribed our names ) as witnesses. ) Sgd. H.B. ???? ) Eleanor McLeod )
210512: This is a transcript of Dad Morry's gravestone as found on FindAGrave:
Inscription: Sacred to the memory of Pte. No. 726 Howard L. Morry, Royal Nfld. Regiment, born July 24, 1885, died Feb. 8, 1972 A gallant soldier rests here, his battle over, his peace won
250615:
Dad Morry was interviewed among many other survivors of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment for an episode of the CBC's documentary, "In Flanders Fields" in 1964. Only two of the comments he made have been preserved in the text of the video that was broadcast but the full text and possibly the sound recording of his interview still exists as Brian McKenna had a copy of it when I went with him to Beaumont Hamel this year in May. Unfortunately I did not get a copy from him at that time and he does not respond to my emails.
Here are the two comments that wound up on air. I also have sound clips of these that were used last year in the much briefer CBC production, "The Bugle and the Passing Bell".
Charlie Parsons and I we went out after night picking up the wounded and dead, you see. In the day you could hear fellows calling out for help out of the shell holes but once night fell they weren't calling out any more. An occasional fellow was off his head. You'd hear him moan, but most of the fellows kept very quiet, afraid the Germans would come over and shoot them, you see, and you had to crawl down the shell holes and feel around, feel whether a fellow was dead or living.
111015:
In his book, The Royal Newfoundland Regiment in the Great War, Frank Gogos quotes Dad Morry's memoirs on a number of occasions and also mentions many of the same men Dad Morry knew and who show up in his memoirs. On page 270 of this book, Frank also describes the conditions in the billets at Ypres where Dad Morry spent his final days and nights of terror whilst dilerious with fever before being evacuated to England and then home:
"..."C" Company took up positions in the cellar of an old school east of Ieper and "D" Company too position in what was known as the Hornwerke on the opposite bank of the canal across from the south rampart at Menin Gate. The first recorded casualties came on August 4 when five men from "C" Company were shelled while in the cellars of the school. Four days later, the entire area of Ieper was covered in a large cloud of gas released by the Germans...It was here in September that the Regiment was fitted, tested, and issued the box respirator gas mask for the first time, replacing Cluny MacPherson's modified hood gas mask."
These events are described in harrowing personal detail by Dad Morry in his memoirs.
161015:
In the MUN Digital Archives Initiative there is a Royal Newfoundland Scrapbook (compiled by person unknown) which contains an obituary from a newspaper column in the Evening Telegram by Herb Wells (Vets' Corner) for Dad Morry. This is how it reads:
"Through the co-operation of Comrade Edgar Pike, secretary of Ferryland branch of the Royal Canadian Legion we are able to give you the details on the passing of Comrade Howard Morry of Ferryland who passed away Feb. 8. He served with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the First World War, C Company. He was wounded on two occasions and was a survivor of the epic attack by the Royal Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont-Hamel July 1, 1916. On the 50th anniversary of that Battle, Comrade Morry was honored to be able to attend the anniversary at Beaumont-Hamel and to go over the grounds which he and his comrades fought so valiantly on during that engagement. Comrade Morry often told me that one of the most memorable moments in his life was when he read all the names on the grave markers of his friends who died on that tragic day. Comrade Morry was a life-long member of the old G.W.V.A. and its successor, Ferryland branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. Members of Ferryland branch and nearby Branches attended the funeral in a body. The Guard of Honor was made up of members of Ferryland branch. Funeral mass was celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church at Ferryland by Rev. Father Corrigan who also said the prayers at the graveside. The Legion Ritual was recited at the graveside by Comrade Stan Brazil, past president of Ferryland branch. Comrade Morry's son, Bill, is president of Ferryland branch and also a member of Provincial Command of the Royal Canadian Legion, while his wife Pat is also a veteran and is treasurer of the branch." This is followed with a few words of poetry:
"0 Valiant hearts, who to your glory came
Through dust of conflict and through battle flame;
Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved,
Your memory hallowed in the land you loved."
also this article:
"Old soldiers: How true is the saying "old soldiers never die" and this could be applied to Howard Morry of Ferryland, who passed away recently, for he will always be alive in memory in his community and among his friends all over our Province, for he truly exemplified all that was noble and good whilst serving in the first world war and after in his business and family life. Comrade Morry had reached the wonderful age of 88 and was active practically right up to the last. He was a member of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment "C" Company, wounded on two occasions and a survivor of the July Drive. When the Newfoundland Government honoured the survivors of the July Drive in 1966, Comrade Morry was one of the Veterans chosen to represent Newfoundland at the Ceremonies in Beaumont Hamel. He was one of the original members of the Great War Veterans Association, a life member of Ferryland Branch No. 34 (of which Branch his son Bill is President and his daughter-in-law Pat is Treasurer). A Guard of Honor was present from Branch No. 34, with Comrade Stan Brazil reading the Legion Ritual, Officiating Priest Rev. Father Corrigan. The high esteem in which Comrade Morry was held in evidence in the large turnout of Veterans and friends from all over the Province. To the grieving family we offer our sincerest sympathy and if it is any consolation to them, may we say our lives were enriched by being privileged to know him."
Note that Dad Morry was never wounded but was twice invalided out to hospital for illnesses (Trench Fever, Rheumatic Fever) before finally being sent home as no longer fit for service. Also the anniversary on which he visited Beaumont Hamel was the 45th, not the 50th.
220816:
According to Richard Cramm in "The First Five Hundred", Captain Herbert Rendell and Lieutenant Cecil B. Clift and 30 men were the last Newfoundlanders to leave Suvla. There is no mention of the names of the enlisted men or the fact that Dad Morry was one of them. Similarly, he says that Capt. Rendell and Capt. Joe Nunns along with four men of the RNR were the last to leave Cape Helles and again Dad Morry is not mentioned.
190916:
Peter Cashin, in his memoirs, "My Fight for Canada", expressed surprise and disappointment that "Howard Morey [sic]", who had been a Cashin supporter voting for Sir Michael, his father, as did Howard's father, "Thomas Graham Morey [sic]", would no longer support him in the 1928 election and afterwards. He attributed it to an explanation. He said that, at Dad Morry's request, he had sent down a bull to Ferryland to inseminate the livestock in the area but that the bull proved to unruly to perform and had to be destroyed. This "cock and bull" story seems highly unlikely to be the cause, which was more likely emnity carried over from Cashin's role as an officer in WWI or the belief by some people on the shore that Cashin was not the man his father was and was not worthy of their vote.
Edward Roberts, who edited the memoirs, also misspelled Dad Morry's name in the brief entry in his appendix identifying people mentioned by Cashin. He says:
Morey [sic], Howard (1885-1972)
A member of a well-known family that operated a fishery supply and export
business in Ferryland. He was son of Thomas Morey [sic]. PJC describes
Thomas Morey [sic] as "a real old gentleman ... [and] certainly a noble character.
He was a great personal friend of my father" (My Life and Times, 175).
Active in the 1928 election campaign.
010317:
A transcript of Dad Morry's obituary as it appeared in the Evening Telegram and was originally copied for Aunt Elsie by Aunt Jean:
MORRY Passed peacefully away at Ferryland in his 88th year, Howard L. Morry, leaving to mourn four sons and four daughters, Phyllis at St. John's, Bill at Ferryland, Tom at Ottawa, Reg at Belleville, Ont., Jean at Utah, Elsie at Sudbury, Ont., Catherine at Los Angeles, U.S.A., and Howard at Kilbride; also one sister Trix at Dartmouth, N.S.; 28 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren. Remains resting at Carnell's Funeral Home. Burial to take place at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, January 10th, at the R.C. Parish, Ferryland. Howard Morry served in the Royal Nfld. Regiment during World War I and was a survivor of the July Drive.
130717:
The Legion's book, "Lest We Forget, Vol. 16" had this to say about him: "MORRY, Howard L., Pte 726 Served with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment December 17th, 1914 - January 26th, 1917. Born in Ferryland, Newfoundland on
July 24th, 1885. In the 1950's, Howard wrote his memories of the Great War which have been of great historical interest. Deceased: February 8th, 1972. Buried: Ferryland RC Cemetery."
190318:
The 1945 Census form completed by Fred Johnston showed the first three members of the family, including Dad Morry, Mom Morry, and Howard Jr. to be of Irish ancestry. He was too lazy to enquire and simply carried this information down from the Devereaux family above. He also showed all three as RC although Mom Morry was Reformed Church of Scotland. Bill and Reg appeared at the top of the next page and he correctly identified them there as being of English origin, though English-Scottish would have been more precise.
210319:
Found on the Digital Archives Initiative (MUN):
In the Atlantic Guardian, vol. 14, no. 04 (April 1957)
The following letter from Howard Morry of Ferryland refers to
M. F. Harrington's story of a shipwreck-"Heather in the Ice" -
published in our March/ 1957, issue:
"I was much interested in the story of the loss of the
Heather. Wm. Morry and Henry Morry were my father's
uncles. There was one name omitted from the crew of the
rescuers-Wm. Morry. The lady who saw the men on the ice
was Mrs. Wm. Carter, mother of Mrs. Alderdice. The man
Marmaduke Clow, I think, was an Englishman. He was a
Church of England man, I know. He married a Miss
Johnston of Ferryland. Her father was Blacksmith there. I
think their name was formerly spelled Clough and was
corrupted to Clow and now Clowe. There are several families
of relations of his here now by that name."
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010619:
This from the Daily News on May 2, 1963 (MUN DAI)
Donate
2 Bricks
A. M. Fraser, curator of the
Newfoundland Museum, said
Wednesday two bricks from
Lord Baltimore's mansion at
Ferryland were recently donated to the museum.
The bricks were donated by
Howard Morry of Ferryland.
They will be added to the brick
collection at the museum.
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260722:
NOTE FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
One of several lengthy gaps in Dad Morry's diaries occurs between August 17, 1951 to June 1, 1952. I believe that this represents a missing diary. But it also may cover his first major trip to visit his children who are by this time living on the mainland and in California. There may be evidence of this in other letters etc. 1529
Living
Sex: M
Parents
Father: Living Mother: Shirley Slotnikov 1144,1145
Spouses and Children
1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. LivingIan Thomas Graham Morry
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 5 Apr 1997 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Christening: Death: 24 May 2000 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ( at age 3) Burial: Cause of Death: Brain Cancer
Parents
Father: Living Mother: Living
Notes
General:
060318 from MyHeritage, via Drouin Genealogical Institute website:
In Canadian Obituaries, 1997-2017
Ian Thomas Graham Morry
Death:May 24 2000
Published:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Published By:The Citizen
Obituary:MORRY, Ian Thomas Graham At home on Wednesday, May 24, 2000 after a valiant fight with cancer age 3. Cherished son of Glen and Randi (nee Saunders) and dear little brother of Lauren. Beloved grandson of Thomas and Evelyn Morry of Ottawa, and Faye Edgar and Jack Saunders of Fredericton. Friends may call a the home of Ian's parents, 33 Wycliffe Street on Friday, May 26, from 2 to 4 pm. A Memorial Service will be held at Trinity United Church, 1099 Maitland Road on Saturday, May 27 at 11 am. Ottawa Citizen, May 25/00
Source:View the full obituary on the Drouin Genealogical Institute's Website
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