Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

William Anthony Morry

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 30 Aug 1922 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴² ^,1443 ^,5937 ^,5938 Christening: Death: 30 May 1989 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America ( at age 66) ¹⁴⁴³ ^,5938 ^,6878 Burial: Cause of Death: Accidental death
Events
• Census: Household of John Henry Morry in 1935 Newfoundland Census, 1935, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)
• Medical Condition: Light complexion, black hair, blue eyes, three tattoos on each arm, 1939, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. At time of joining the RN.
• Military: Able Bodied Seaman Royal Navy, Between 1941 and 1945. Arrived in LIverpool aboard the SS BALTROVER, 21 Nov 1941, North Atlantic Oceanvia Halifax from St. John's.
• Military: Home on leave, 13 Mar 1944, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. March 13 1944:
Willie Morry arrived home on leave yesterday. He looks well.
• Census: John Henry Morry family in 1945 Newfoundland Census, 1945, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)
• Occupation: H. M. Navy - Royal Navy, 1945, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Religion: RC, 1945, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Member)
• Residence: House valued at $2000. This was the house originally willed to my father., 1945, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Occupant)
• Occupation: Fisherman, 1952, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Social Security Number: 140-28-4838 NJ, Between 1952 and 1954, New Jersey, United States of America.
• Immigration: 26 Nov 1952, New York, New York, New York, United States of America.
• Residence: Fifth Avenue, Bef May 1989, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America.
• Documentation: Profiles of World War II 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
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Parents

Father: John Henry Morry ¹⁶⁸ ^,316 Mother: Mary Elizabeth Sesk ⁹¹⁹

Spouses and Children

1. *Bertha Keough ⁵⁹³⁷ Marriage: 2 Aug 1952 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵⁹³⁷ Children: 1. Robert J. Morry 2. Living 3. Living 4. Living 5. Living

Notes
General:

Much information on this branch of the family provided in confidence by Mary J. Morry in a series of emails in July 2000.

1. -----Original Message----- From:Morry, Mary J. [mailto:Mmorry@MorganFinnegan.com] Sent:July 11, 2000 10:33 AM To:'Chris Morry' Cc:Linda Morry (E-mail 2) Subject:RE: The Morrys of Newfoundland

Dear Chris,

My father was William Anthony Morry, born August 21(?), 1922 in Ferryland [August 30 according to Roberta Sullivan in email 24/05/01], died1989 in Brooklyn, NY. He was the first born son of 14 children of John Morry and Elisabeth Seske. You only have four listed: Robert, Doug, Ursula and Edgar. There are others, e.g., Sheila (in Ferryland), Margaret (in Maryland, US), John, etc. Robert's children should be able to give you the information about them. If not, my sisters or I would be able to obtain at least some of the relevant information about them, if they don't mind giving it out. Also, before you make anything publicly available on the web, you should make sure that the peopleinvolved agree to it. This is especially important at present, sincethere is an increasing amount of "identity theft" occurring, in which people are able to get or use credit cards, etc., knowing a person's mother's maiden name (let alone other personal information), and itis extremely expensive and almost impossible to get such matters cleared up. Therefore, this information is for your personal use only, and not for posting on the web, unless you are specifically informed otherwise by the involved party. I'm sorry that I can't agree at present to a public listing. I personally know someone who was the victim of "identity theft" and am very sensitive to these issues).

My father married Bertha Keough (b. August 25, 1921 in Calvert) on August 2, 1952 in St. John's, Nfld. They had five children, of which I am one:

1) Robert J. Morry, b. June 11, 1954 (lives in Virginia, US) 2) James W. Morry, b. January 23, 1956 (lives in Brooklyn, NY) 3) Linda M. Morry, b. April 24, 1957 (lives in Brooklyn, NY) 4) Mary J. Morry, b. April 24, 1957 (married James P. Demers on May 23, 1992; have a daughter Alexandra D. Demers, born August 26, 1993; live in New York, NY ) 5) Elaine K. Morry, b. June 29, 1960 (currently lives in Washington,DC)

Linda and James also have children. Linda's children are Jessica L. Morry (born May 8, 1980) and Kristen Ann Walsh (born July 10, 1996).

My brother Robert may know some Morry relatives in the UK or Scotland. I seem to recall him saying he visited relatives there when he wasabout 18 years old.

Again, this is for your personal use only, unless you are informed otherwise by the involved parties.

Mary J. Morry Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P. 345 Park Avenue New York, NY 10154 Tel: 212-415-8721 Fax:212-751-6849

2. From:Morry, Mary J. [Mmorry@MorganFinnegan.com] Sent:July 13, 2000 11:07 AM To:'Chris Morry' Cc:'lmmorry@aol.com' Subject:RE: Privacy considerations Chris,

That seems okay to me, if you hide my mother's maiden name. I can't speak for everyone else, though. You should contact them directly. Ihad the wrong e-mail address for Linda the other day, but I think this one is okay. Linda may have e-mail addresses for everyone else.

I don't know who Bryan Morry is, but I would suspect that he is related to THOMAS GRAHAM MORRY IV, b. June 30, 1887, Ferryland, Newfoundland; d. July 31, 1967, Medford, Massachusetts, USA.

My mother often mentioned that one of my grandfather's brothers moved to Massachusetts, and I have noticed (from web searches) that there is a cluster of people named "Morry" there. Again, my brother may know more, since he had greater contact with the people in Ferryland and has traveled quite a bit. I will try to find out what he knows, but it will probably have to wait until sometime in August, since I will be away the next week and a half.

In the meantime, you may want to look for Morrys in Scotland and/or check out back issues of National Geographic. There was a National Geographic article that I saw shortly after my father died that interviewed some relatives in Ferryland, and I believe that it said that the Morry family was the only Scottish family in Newfoundland. I know I wassurprised by that. If you locate a copy of the article, let me know. I'd like to get a copy, if possible. I saw it at my mother-in-law's, and she may have kept all of her back issues, but I'm not sure. I think the article may have been about the collapse of the fishing industry.

Mary

3. From: Morry, Mary J. [Mmorry@MorganFinnegan.com] Sent: July 13, 2000 4:08 PM To: Chris Morry (E-mail) Subject: My brother's address and phone number

Chris, Here is my oldest brother's address and phone number, in case you want it.

If you'd like, I'll try to see if I can find the National Geographic article. I searched their web page and it's not clear to me which article it may be, but my husband remembers seeing it as well.

Mary

Robert J Morry 6 Kemper Ave Newport News, VA 23601 Phone: 757-595-2428

4. From: Morry, Mary J. [Mmorry@MorganFinnegan.com] Sent: July 13, 2000 9:16 PM To: Chris Morry (E-mail) Cc: 'rjm298@aol.com' Subject: My brother's e-mail address

Hi,

I spoke with my brother. He confirmed that he met a Morry relative in Scotland, named Howard Morry, who he thinks is probably dead by now. He also has a copy of the National Geographic article which I was thinking of. It's from May 1986 and entitled "Newfoundland, the Enduring Rock". It quotes a William Morry of the fishing industry as saying that our family is originally from Scotland. Robert says that Mary Baron (nee Morry, one of my father's sisters) in St. John's probably knows more about the Scottish history. He didn't tell me why he chose her as the source.

His e-mail address is rjm298@aol.com (which will be on your cc).

I'm sorry that you didn't get to meet my father. He was a great guy. He wasn't home much in Ferryland. I think he left for the war when he was 17, and went to Baffin Island for a while when he got back.Some of his own brothers and sisters barely knew him. However, a cousin on my mother's side remembers him from the time shortly before he got married and came here to the U.S. It was a little shocking for me to find out that a cousin who is only a little bit older than me knew him before I was born, but of course it made sense once I thought about it.

Good luck in your quest. Let me know if I can be of any more help.

Mary

130807: Downloaded his immigration record from Ancestry.com. On it he indicates that he is moving to take up permanent residence. He arrived in NewYork City on TCA from Montréal on November 26, 1952. He references as a point of contact a Wakeham at 5612 6th Ave. in Brooklyn. This would have been his sister Lillian and her husband Vincent Wakeham but I had no idea they preceded him to New York. They ultimately returned to Newfoundland evidently.

020610 from SSDI on Worldvitalrecords.com:

MORRY, WILLIAM A Birth Date: 30 Aug 1922 (Historical Events) Death Date: 30 May 1989 (Historical Events) Issuing State: NJ Residence at Death: BROOKLYN, KINGS, NY 11220 SSN: 140-28-4838

William Clarence Morry

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1 Oct 1893 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ⁷⁴⁴ Christening: Death: 1 Oct 1893 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ⁷⁴⁴ Burial: After 1 Oct 1893 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ⁷⁴⁴ ^,3531 Cause of Death:
Events
• Residence: Age: 40; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head, 1891, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (Occupant)
• Alt. Death: 2 Oct 1893, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: William George Morry ¹⁶⁸ ^,745 ^,2773 ^,2774 ^,2908 ^,3840 ^,3841 Mother: Anna Jennings Windsor ⁶ ^,168 ^,282 ^,283 ^,745 ^,3840 ^,3841 Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

From Ross Bay Cemetery records: Morry , William Clarence , 1 day , died 1893.10.01, born Canada, Victoria, BC, died Victoria, BC, buried Block B, Plot 52 E 35

William Douglas Morry

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 23 Apr 1922 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ⁴⁴ ^,5651 ^,7100 Christening: Death: 5 Feb 2006 - Surrey, British Columbia, Canada ( at age 83) ⁵⁶⁵¹ ^,7101 Burial: 9 Feb 2006 - Surrey, British Columbia, Canada ⁴²⁴⁰ Cause of Death: Cancer
Events
• Occupation: Manager, Municipal and Federal Governments, British Columbia, Canada.
• Occupation: Real estate including teaching, British Columbia, Canada.
• Census: Household of William and Jessie Morry & Family, Doncaster Drive, 1931, South Saanich, Nanaimo District, British Columbia, Canada. (Household Member)
• Military: Sergeant Wireless Air Gunner in Royal Canadian Air Force in WWII; Sidney, Winnipeg, Britain, Between 1939 and 1945, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. (Dartmouth, Carlisle).
• Residence: 559 Kickham Rd., 1970, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• Living: 2004.
• Alt. Death: 5 Feb 2006, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 5 Feb 2006, White Rock, British Columbia, Canada.

Parents

Father: Sapper Pte. William Sweetland Morry ⁷⁴⁵ ^,2233 ^,2559 ^,3534 Mother: Jessie Darling Henderson ²³²⁷

Spouses and Children

1. *Jeanne Marianne Humphries ⁵⁶⁵¹ Marriage: 24 Jan 1942 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ⁴⁴ ^,5652 ^,5653 Marriage Notes

061125:

Newspapers.com

Times Colonist

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada · Monday, January 26, 1942
Marriage
W. D. Morry & Jeanne Humphries
Name
W. D. Morry
Spouse
Jeanne Humphries
Parents
Mr. A Humphries, Mrs. Humphries
Wedding Date
January 31, 1942
Marriage Place
Cedar Hill
Marriage Venue
St. Luke's Church
Honeymoon Place
Montreal
Other Details
Residences
R.C.A.F, 1038 Vista Heights
Parent Residences
1038 Vista Heights
Occupations
Sergeant Wireless Air Gunner, Sergeant Wireless Air Gunner

071125:

Times Colonist

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada · Monday, January 19, 1942
Marriage
Jeanne Marion Morry & William Douglas Morry
Name
Jeanne Marion Morry
Spouse
William Douglas Morry
Parents
Mr. A. C. Humphries, Mrs. Humphries, Mr. W. S. Morry, Mrs. Morry
Wedding Date
January 24, 1942
Marriage Venue
St. Luke's Church
Officiant
Rev. F Pike
Bride Attire
floor-length gown of, air force blue dress, veil of net, overdress of net, train-length, gold and silver lace, tan coat, red hat, coronet, beaver, baby blue satin, veil
Flowers
bouquet, chrysanthemums, snapdragons, pink and white carnations, pink and white carnations, carnations, orange blossoms
Names Mentioned
Wedding Party
Miss Doris Humphries, Miss Lois Morry, Mr. Kenneth Campbell, Messrs. Howard Sedgman, Jack Harper
Siblings
Miss Doris Humphries, Miss Lois Morry
Other Names
Miss Betty Townsend, Mrs. Humphries, Mrs. Morry, Mr. Reginald Lachine, Mrs. Lachine
Other Details
Residences
Victoria, R.C.A.F
Parent Residences
1038 Vista Heights, 3209 Doncaster Drive
Children: 1. Living

Notes
General:

130312:

I discovered his obituaries online.

William "Bill" Morry

MORRY, William "Bill " Age 83 years, passed away at Peace Arch Hospital on February 5, 2006. Bill is survived by his beloved and devoted wife Jeanne; one daughter Donna (Richard) Baspaly; grandson David (Mirjana) and great-grandson Austin; and grandson Dane (Veronika). He will be dearly missed by all his family and friends. A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, February 9, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at Victory Memorial Park Funeral Centre, 14831 28th Avenue, Surrey. In lieu of flowers donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated. Victoria Memorial Park Funeral Centre 604-536-6522 203984 Published in The Times Colonist on February 7, 2006

William Douglas (Bill) Morry

MORRY, William Douglas (Bill) 1922-2006 Born and raised in Victoria, BC, Bill passed away February 05, 2006 at Peace Arch Hospital in S. Surrey. Predeceased by his sisters Shirley Coulthart of Sacramento, California and Lois Moss of Birch Island, BC. Survived by his wife Jeanne, daughter Donna Baspaly (Richard), grandsons David (Mirjana) and great-grandson Austin, Dane (Veronika) of Greater Vancouver. Brother Michael Morry (Val) of Victoria, BC. Funeral was held February 09, 2006 in S. Surrey. Loved and always remembered. 216327 Published in The Times Colonist on March 11, 2006

140312: Information from Donna [Morry] Baspaly:

Douglas Morry

Service record: Served as an officer in WW 2. He was stationed in Sidney, B. C. He flew overseas when he was stationed out of Winnipeg. He was also stationed in Dartmouth, England and Carlyle, Scotland.

Worked: Municipal and Federal Government Managerial positions throughout B. C. Worked in Real Estate and taught the course

Bill loved cartooning and excelled at it. He was self taught. Many of his cartoons were published.

The actual date of when he died was February 5th not 7th.

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

William George Morry

Sex: M
AKA: William Morey ³⁰⁰⁶ ^,7102, William Morry ¹⁶⁸⁸ ^,3835
Individual Information

Birth Date: 20 Jun 1850 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,283 ^,745 ^,1688 ^,2361 ^,2774 ^,3253 ^,3835 ^,3840 ^,3841 Christening: 30 Aug 1850 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,1688 ^,2361 ^,3835 Death: 18 Jul 1910 - Inverness, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada ( at age 60) ¹³⁴ ^,744 ^,7103 Burial: 27 Jul 1910 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ⁷⁴⁴ ^,3531 ^,7104 ^,7105 Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: Planter & Merchant Caplin Bay (now Calvert), Between 1844 and 1852, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Witness)
• Alt. Birth: 1850, Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England.
• Minister/Priest: H. H. Blackman, 30 Aug 1850, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: Occupation not given, 1871, Aquaforte, Newfoundland. From Lovell's Province of Newfoundland directory, 1871
Page 221
Found on MUN DAI, 250325.
• Occupation: Planter, Athlone, Caplin Bay, 2 Oct 1886, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Planter, Athlone, Caplin Bay, 18 Aug 1888, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Property: Lands on the North Side sold to John Swain, Bef 1890, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. According to Kevin Reddigan in Courageous Souls, Page 129, lands that were once the property of Mrs. Anne Morry (whom he surmises to be Anne [Carter] Hill-Sweetland-Morry) on the Northside of Calvert adjacent to the Reddigan property was sold by her grandson William George Morry before he departed for BC.
• Immigration: From Newfoundland, 1890, British Columbia, Canada.
• Occupation: Cannery man, After 1890, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Occupation: Fisherman, Between 1891 and 1898, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Residence: Age: 40; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head, 1891, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Census: District 4, Johnson Street Ward, 13 May 1891, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Occupation listed as Fisherman.
• Residence: 1898, Rivers Inlet, British Columbia, Canada.
• Residence: Fernwood, 1215 Pembroke Street (ex-15 South Rd), 1900, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Census: Household of William George Morry, 1901, Inverness, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada. Record Transcription:
Canada Census 1901
Household Members
Members that resided in the household at the time of the census.
First name(s)Last nameSexBirth yearBirth placeRelationship to head of household
Wm.MorryMale1850NewfoundlandHead
AnnaMorryFemale1852NewfoundlandWife
MurielMorryFemale1886NewfoundlandDaughter
ElizaMorryFemale1888NewfoundlandDaughter
AnnaMorryFemale1891British ColumbiaDaughter
DouglasMorryMale1895British ColumbiaSon
IsabellaMorryFemale1896British Columbia-
Wm. Morry's Census Details
Details taken from the original census record.
First name(s)Wm.
Last nameMorry
SexMale
Age51
Birth year1850
Birth date20 Jun 1850
Birth placeNewfoundland
Race or TribeEnglish
Marital statusMarried
Relationship to head of householdHead
Year1901
Family number17
Division9
Subdistrict nameCassiar (Skeena)
Subdistrict numberC
District nameBurrard
District number1
ProvinceBritish Columbia
CountryCanada
FilmT-6428
Page number2
Image source
Image at Library and Archives Canada
Record setCanada Census 1901
CategoryCensus, Land & Substitutes
SubcategoryCensus
Collections fromCanada, Americas
© MyHeritage.
• Occupation: Fisherman, 1901, Inverness, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada.
• Residence: Age: 50; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head, 1901-1910, Inverness, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada.
• Occupation: Mechanic and Foreman and then Net Boss, Inverness Cannery, After 1901, Inverness, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada.
• Residence: 15 South Rd., 8 Mar 1903, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. However, noted in obituary of his wife that he was employed on the Skeena River at the time of her death.
• Occupation: Netman, Inverness Cannery, Inverness, BC, 1909, Inverness, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada.
• Residence: 1215 Pembroke St., Chambers Intersects; Netman, 1909, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Parents

Father: Matthew Morry III ¹⁶⁸ ^,497 Mother: Elizabeth Coulman ¹⁶⁸ ^,2773 ^,2774

Spouses and Children

1. *Anna Jennings Windsor ⁶ ^,168 ^,282 ^,283 ^,745 ^,3840 ^,3841 Marriage: 30 Nov 1885 - Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁶ ^,141 ^,4926 ^,7102
Marriage Events
• Witnesses: Peter Windsor, H. C. Windsor, Sarah H. Windsor, Henry Morry, Mary Emma Eugenie Windsor., 30 Sep 1885, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: Rev. Arthur.C.F. Wood, Rector of St. Thomas's, St. John's, 30 Nov 1885, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Peter Winsor, H. C. Winsor, 30 Nov 1885, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

200806:

BDM record on CD-ROM records his name incorrectly as William Athlone Morey. The second name was propably inadvertently transcribed from the location block to the name block in the database. But the spelling of the surname is probably how this family preferred to be known, based upon consistent useage in documents I have seen for the Caplin Bay Morrys (Moreys), at least in this era.

The BDM notes the appearance of the marriage notice on 08 Dec 1885 in: 1) Gazette (Royal Newfoundland Gazette) 1807- 2) Times and General Commercial Gazette 1832-1895

Bride was the fifth daughter of Peter Windsor.

060119:

Note that he signed his name as William Morry in the marriage register, though in fact it was sloppy and looked more like Mory.
Children: 1. Muriel Morry 2. Baby Morry 3. Elsie Leone Morry 4. Anna Victoria Morry 5. William Clarence Morry 6. Dvr. Douglas Windsor Morry C.F.A. 7. Isabelle Windsor Morry

Notes
General:

Email from Helen Steinke 29 July 2000:

"WILLIAM MORRY married ANNA JENNINGS WINDSOR, another daughter of Peter and Anna (Winsor) Windsor. Gert Crosbie has him born at "ATHLONE COTTAGE" Caplin Bay, Nfld 1850 and died 1911. Marriage was at St. Phillip's C of E in Aquaforte on 30 Nov 1885. Does he fit in anywhere in your family tree. His birth place would tell me that perhaps he does." [Note that the place of birth conflicts with the cemetery information below which shows him born in England; also his date of death was actually 1910]

I made this link to a William Morry son of Matthew Morry and Elizabeth Coleman from LDS website. Not absolutely sure but it seems likely. July 3, 2000.

27/09/01: DRI records for Victoria

Name: WILLIAM MORRY Event Date: 1910 7 18 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 60 Gender: Male Event Place: INVERNESS Reg. Number: 1910-09-217526 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13113 GSU Microfilm Number: 1927141

Note that "Inverness" does not exist anymore as an incorporated area. It was between Prince Rupert and Port Essington in Northern BC: Formerly Official : Query Record Details Name : Inverness Province/Territory : British Columbia Feature type : Unincorporated area Location : Range 5 Coast Latitude - Longitude : 54° 12' 00" N - 130° 16' 00" W

NTS Map : 103J01 CGNDB Unique Identifier: JADJC

Ross Bay Cemetery Records: Morry , William , 60 y, died 1910.07.18 , born England , died Victoria, BC , buried Block B, 52 E 35

This suggestion of his being born in England undoubtedly resulted from the fact that Newfoundland was still viewed as a colony of England at that time. He definitely was born in Caplin Bay, Newfoundland.

Obituary Records: Morry, William, died 1910.07.18, age 60, in Inverness

03/11/02: 1901 Census for Burrard District, BC: Morry, William B: 20 Jun 1850, NFD 1901 CEN Location: Cassair (Skeena) T-6428-9-2-43-17Immigration:1890 head

Morry, Anna B: 01 Nov 1852, NFD 1901 CEN Location: Cassair (Skeena) T-6428-9-2-44-17Immigration:1890 wife

Morry, Murial B: 12 Sep 1886, NFD 1901 CEN Location: Cassair (Skeena) T-6428-9-2-45-17Immigration:1890 daughter

Morry, Eliza B: 16 Nov 1888, NFD 1901 CEN Location: Cassair (Skeena) T-6428-9-2-46-17Immigration:1890 daughter

Morry, Anna B: 6 Mar 1891, BC 1901 CEN Location: Cassair (Skeena) T-6428-9-2-47-17 daughter

Morry, Douglas B: 26 Jan 1895, BC 1901 CEN Location: Cassair (Skeena) T-6428-9-2-48-17son

Morry, Isabella B: 27 Mar 1896, BC 1901 CEN Location: Cassair (Skeena) T-6428-9-2-49-17 daughter

Oddly enough, Elsie and Anna, the daughters of William Morry and Anna Jennings Windsor, also appeared on the 1901 census with William's first cousin Peter Frederick Morry and with Jacob Augustus Windsor (Anna Jenning's brother) and his wife Charlotte as well. So they really got around in 1901 at census time!

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260104:

William Morry Event:Living Year:1901 Place:Victoria

Province of record source:British Columbia County of record source:City of Victoria

Comments: Mechanic.

Source: Henderson's British Columbia Gazetteer and Directory and Mining Companies for 1900-1901.

Volume/Page(s): 1122

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

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150410: Collections Canada has the full 1891 Census including an index and images of the pages in PDF and JPG format. In that Census (a copy of which is in the pictures here) William is shown living in Victoria with his wife "Hannah", two daughters, Muriel and Eliza, his brother Henry and a border named Henry O'Neill from Québec.

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From Enid O'Brien 230115:

Heritage Register
Fernwood
1215 Pembroke Street (ex-15 South Rd)

Built 1890
Heritage-Designated 1977
For: Frederick & Sarah Adams

Builders: Frederick S. Adams, likely with sons John, Fred, Ambrose & Albert Adams

ARCHITECTURE:

This is a 1½-storey brick Second Empire-style house. It has a symmetrical façade and a Mansard roof with five flat-roofed dormers. There are two dormers on the front, one on each side, and one on the rear. They all have two-over-two windows and are shingled, with four courses of scalloped shingles continuous with that of the Mansard. There is a chimney on either side in front of the side dormers. All of the details, including the chimneys and lintels, are parged in a fine-grained grey stucco giving the impression of stone. On the right side there is a square bay and on the front, two angled bays. They flank the brick-arched entry porch with its chamfered posts. All the bays and the porch are flat-roofed. The basement openings at the rear have brick segmental arches.

It was built for $1,500 by Fred Adams and his sons, all of whom were bricklayers and masons except John, a carpenter. It is believed to be one of the earliest houses wired for electricity in Victoria.

ORIGINAL OCCUPANTS:

1890-97: Frederick Adams (1842-1895) and Sarah Brown (b. Wheatley, ENG, c.1844-1896) married in England, and their sons were born there as they moved around for Fred's jobs. They emigrated to Perth, ON, then came to Victoria c.1889. Their sons: John Henry (b. Worksop, Notts, c.1863; see 1449 Pembroke St <http://www.victoriaheritagefoundation.ca/HReg/Fernwood/Pembroke1449.html>); Frederick Jr. (b. Framlingham, Suffolk, c.1867-1896); Albert Norton (b. Grimsby, Lincs c.1870); Ambrose (b. Bradford, Yorks, c.1872). In 1892 the sons were all employed by contractor William J. Smith (Smith Hill, Hillside/Quadra), co-founder with John P. Elford (1442 Elford St <http://www.victoriaheritagefoundation.ca/HReg/Fernwood/Elford1442.html>, Fernwood) of Victoria Brick and Tile Co. In 1893 Fred Adams Sr. won the contract for construction of the BC Parliament Buildings; Fred Jr. and Albert were bricklayers on the project, and John was a draughtsman in his father's office.

Adams and the architect, Francis Mawson "Frank" Rattenbury, frequently clashed, and other problems arose: "Adams [fired] a stone worker named Durat for breaking a piece of stone in June 1894, an action which resulted in a labour dispute as Adams then deducted the cost of the stone from the discharged worker's pay. [This precipitated BC's first official construction labour dispute when the stonecutter crew and masons walked off the job. It was settled by the first piece of labour legislation to be enacted in the province.] Adams struck the Clerk of Works for the new buildings, E.C. Howell, when he visited Haddington Island in March of 1895....Adams was charged, convicted of assault, and fined $25. On Friday, March 22, 1895, after having made out his last will and testament, Adams sailed on the Velos for Haddington Island. Encountering a storm off Trial Island that evening, the vessel went down with the loss of five lives including Adams. Adam's body was never found [so no death certificate was issued]. Adam's will left everything to his wife and, under the terms of the contract for...the new Parliament Buildings, his wife became responsible [for completing] the project. His eldest son John Henry...took over the family business but the contract was completed by friends of Adams, McGregor, Jeeves and Baker, who entered into an agreement with Sarah Adams in April of 1895."*
*Quote from Ken Johnson

In 1896 Sarah and Fred Jr. drowned in the Point Ellice bridge disaster. Their funeral was held from their home, with that of Annie Heatherbell (1417 Pembroke St <http://www.victoriaheritagefoundation.ca/HReg/Fernwood/Pembroke1417.html>). The two Adams and Annie are buried together in Ross Bay Cemetery; the memorial includes Fred Sr. John, Arthur and Ambrose left Victoria with their families in 1897, John to Ontario, Albert to California and Ambrose to South Africa, then Detroit.

OTHER OCCUPANTS:

1898: Civil engineer Arthur and Mina Yarwood Wheeler married here in 1896. Arthur was a journalist, piano music dealer, printer, and in 1908 the superintendent of Monarch Mine at Field, BC. Their son Arthur "Lloyd" Shotter Wheeler was born while they lived in this house. Mina was a school teacher and later the principal of Fisgard School; their daughter Helena Mina "Nellie" remained single and was a teacher all her life. When Lloyd signed up for WWI in 1916 they lived at 1609 Richmond Av. [Note: Arthur's parents Capt. Arthur and Harriet Wheeler lived at 1605 Richmond. Arthur's brother Herbert lived with Arthur and Mina at 1215 Pembroke in 1898 and at 1605 Richmond in 1965. Herbert Wheeler was president of White Pass & Yukon Rwy Co when he retired in 1945.]

Owners: 1900-45: William Morry (b. Nfld, c.1850-1910) and Anna Jennings (née Windsor, c.1853-1903) and their offspring lived here on and off. He was a foreman for Inverness Cannery, then a net boss on the Skeena River. In 1901 their school-age daughters Elsie Leone and Anna Victoria were living with their mother's brother Jacob Windsor, a farmer on Cedar Hill Rd, while she and William were in Inverness. William died there and his remains were returned to Victoria on the SS Venture. The Morry family then rented the house out, although in 1912 Elsie Morry, a steno with W.A. Jameson Coffee Co, lived here. In 1913 she married Capt. James Ewing Noel, a master mariner from Newfoundland. Her sister Muriel married Capt. John Morley Newcombe, a master mariner from New Brunswick, in 1908. Anna married printer George Herbert Pottinger, the son of James and Clara Pottinger ( 634 Battery St <http://www.victoriaheritagefoundation.ca/HReg/JamesB/Battery634.html> , James Bay) in 1910. Another daughter, telephone operator Isabelle Windsor, married wharfinger Bruce Edward Sterling in 1914. He was an E&N brakeman, then conductor when they lived in the house in 1921.

Tenants: 1900-02: Victoria Daily Times editor Robert Broadfoot and Mary Isabel Dunn (102 South Turner St <http://www.victoriaheritagefoundation.ca/HReg/JamesB/STurner102.html>, James Bay; 437 Stannard <http://www.victoriaheritagefoundation.ca/HReg/Fairfield/Stannard437.html> St <http://www.victoriaheritagefoundation.ca/HReg/Fairfield/Stannard437.html>, Fairfield). Robert later wrote the Note and Comment column under his initials R.B.D. for the Daily Colonist from WWI until a few months before his death in 1938.

1914-20: Painter and decorator Harold "Thomas" Rendell (b. Victoria, 1885-1960) never married. He served with the 22nd Battalion CEF during WWI.
1923: Bertram Garrow and May Cooper; Bertram was an agent for Colliers, and later an accountant for Collins & Collins.
1925-29: Annie Trotter (née Duke, b. London, ON, 1884-1969), widow of CPR employee John Trotter. They married at Albert Head near Victoria in 1906, where Annie's parents Thomas and Ann Duke had farmed since c.1890. Annie's son, Victoria Normal School student Charles, lived with her.

Tenants, then Owners: 1929-2012: Annie Underwood (née Comber, b. Surrey, ENG, 1890-1982), widow of Peter, and her family. Annie bought the property in 1944-45. [Annie's son A.B. John Comber Underwood, RCN, (b. Stettler, AB, 1920-1940) was lost with the destroyer HMCS Margaree when it collided with the merchantman Port Fairy on October 22nd, 1940 during WWII. They were in a convoy of five ships coming to Canada from Britain, and in a blinding squall they crossed paths. The Port Fairy cut the Margaree in half at the bridge: no one on the bridge or in the front of the ship was saved. Cmdr. Joseph Wilton Rouer Roy, RCN, also from Victoria, and 140 seamen died.]

Annie's son Peter James Underwood (b. Medicine Hat 1926-2012), his wife Dorothy and family still owned the house in 2012. In 1960 a 100+ year-old cabin at the back of the property was demolished. It was believed to have been used by farm workers tending cows which provided dairy products for Fort Victoria.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & IMAGES:

• Fernwood History <http://www.victoriaheritagefoundation.ca/Neighbourhoods/fernwoodhistory.html>

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Fernwood Heritage Register <http://www.victoriaheritagefoundation.ca/Neighbourhoods/fernwoodproperties.html> Hallmark Heritage Society Archives <http://victoriahistory.ca/single.php?sec=property&id=2294>

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This Old House, Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods,Volume One: Fernwood & Victoria West <http://www.victoriaheritagefoundation.ca/TOH/tohvol1.html>

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.

250717:
The obituary for his wife in the Victoria Times on the day after her death indicates that he was on the Skeena River at the time of her death and might not have been able to make it back in time for the funeral three days later.

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110819:

Today Barb Prescott at St. Luke's sent me a copy of the death certificate of Douglas William Morry. Only the informant, his sister, mistakenly referred to their father as William Sweetland Morry, the name of her second cousin who was then and much later very much alive. It seems that she somehow believed that her father and her cousin shared the same time, perhaps believing that her cousin was named after her father. I will not give this error new life by using William Sweetland Morry as an alias as it was clearly nothing more than a mistake on her part.

Sgt. William Minty Morry Royal Artillery

Sex: M
AKA: Bill Morry
Individual Information

Birth Date: 21 Feb 1918 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁶² ^,7106 Christening: Death: 11 Oct 2004 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 86) ⁶² Burial: 13 Oct 2004 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁶² Cause of Death:
Events
• Appointment: President, Branch 34 and Provincial Command, Royal Canadian Legion, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Member of National Exedcutive.
• Religion: Baptised Catholic; Converted to Presbyterian and attended The Kirk, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: 22 Feb 1918, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: Household of Howard Morrey [sic], 1921, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)
• Medical Condition: Suffered from Rheumatic Fever as a child, Cir 1925, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• 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.
• Occupation: Fisherman - Cod Fishery, 1935, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Reported income as $150.
• Occupation: Newfoundland Constabulary, Between 11 Sep 1939 and Feb 1940, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Mentioned in Gary Browne's book To Serve and Protect as one of the members of the constabulary who joined the Royal Artillery in WWII.

Gary also corrects his date of appointment to the Constabulary. It was Sept. 11, 1939, not Oct. 1938, as I had been told by Dad.

But I believe he also served for a while after the war before getting back into the fish business.
• Military: Sgt., 166th (NFLD.) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Ser # 970271, Between Feb 1940 and Feb 1946. Second WW (North Africa, Italy) 166Th NFLD. Heavy Reg., Royal Artillery, Sergeant #1, Exemplary Military Conduct.
• Military: Enlisted in British Army, 15 Feb 1940, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Had a phone message
from Bill asking permission to join
the Royal Artillery & I asked told
him to please himself, so he joined.
People say he was foolish to leave his
job. But thank God for fools like
that. It's them kind of fellows keep
our Freedom for us.
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• Military: Military Tracer Card, #970271, 57th & 166th Royal Artillery, Between 1 Apr 1940 and 6 Feb 1946, Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. William Minty Morry
in the UK, World War II Royal Artillery Tracer Cards, 1939-1948
Detail Source
Name:William Minty Morry
Enlistment Date:1 Apr 1940
Discharge Date:6 Feb 1946
Regiment:Royal Artillery
Military Unit:57 Hvy Regt RA
Service Number:970271.
• Military: Serving in North Africa, 6 Feb 1943, Africa. Also news that Bill's Regt. is in N. Africa.
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• Military: Newfoundlanders invaded Siciliy as part of Operation Husky, 10 Jul 1943, Sicilia, Italy.
• Census: Household of Howard Morry, 1945, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)
• Occupation: 166th Regiment, British Army, 1945, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Departure: On board the QUEEN ELIZABETH returning from WWII, 2 Dec 1945, Southampton, Hampshire, England. Name:William M Morry
Gender:Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality:English
Marital status:Married
Age:27
Birth Date:abt 1918
Birth Place:Newfoundland
Other Birth Place:Ferryland
Last Known Residence:Beconthee, England
Departure Port:Southampton, England
Arrival Date:7 Dec 1945
Arrival Port:New York, New York, USA
Years in US:Transit
Citizenship Intention:No
Height:6 Feet, 3 Inches
Hair Color:Fair
Eye Color:Blue
Person in Old Country:Wm Sparks
Person in Old Country Residence:14 Sale St. Becontree, Essex.
Ship Name:Queen Elizabeth.
• Arrival: On board the QUEEN ELIZABETH returning with family from WWII, 7 Dec 1945, New York, New York, New York, United States of America.
• Customs and Immigration: On board the QUEEN ELIZABETH returning with family from WWII, 7 Dec 1945, New York, New York, New York, United States of America.
• Arrival: Bill and Pat Morry to return to Ferryland - Daily News article, 10 Dec 1945, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Military: Captain, Canadian Militia Reserve, Between 1946 and 1988, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: William Morry Fisheries, 1946 to 1987, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Owner: Took ownership of the longliner Betty S. L. or Betty. L., 21 Sep 1952, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Medical Condition: Fall from the roof; concussion and broken back; cast for four months, 19 Nov 1952, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Election: Vice President of newly established Legion Branch, 11 Dec 1954, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Medical Condition: Seriously injured his hand while cutting wood, 10 Feb 1958, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Feb 10. Wind N.E. Mild. Hauled a load of manure. Bill cut his hand badly and had to go to the hospital. He was down in the grove and had to come right up and turn the truck on the road and drive to the doctor.
Lucky he did not black out as he was nearly bled dry by the time he got to the doctors. He had cut a main artery and two tendons.
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• Residence: Voters List; Businessman, 1974, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980
Residence Date: 1974
Residence Place: Saint John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Street Address: Ferryland
Electoral District: St. John's West
Reference Number: M-6281.
• 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.
• Appointment: President of Newfoundland Fish Trades Association and Director, Fisheries Council of Canada for 14 years, Bef 1987, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Living: 1996, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Documentation: A Great Game of Hockey on Morrys Pond, by Rita Johnston, 2019, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From "Treasured Memories - Then and Now", the Ferryland 2019 Come Home Year Book

I copied this here because it reminded me of the lost history of the Morrys. Features like "Morry's Pond" and "Morry's Lane" are unheard of today. The latter was given the name Holdsworth's Lane when the Town of Ferryland put up street signs some years ago. As appropriate as that name is, this having been originally the lands of the Holdsworth enterprises, it does undermine and devalue the importance of the Morry family in Ferryland after the Holdsworth took their fortune and left.
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• Documentation: Bill and Pat Morry Biography, 2019, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From "Treasured Memories - Then and Now", the Ferryland 2019 Come Home Year Book. This biographical information includes some limited mention of all of Bill's family members
.
• Documentation: Profiles of World War II 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
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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. Living 2. Living Marriage Notes

030622:

According to information given to me years ago by Peter, Bill met a very young Italian girl when he was in Italy during the war and there was some sort of a relationship between them but it ended when he returned to his wife, Pat, in England after the war ended.
3. *Mary Sutherland Sparks ⁷⁰¹¹ Marriage: 5 Nov 1942 - Ilford, Essex, England ⁷¹⁰⁷ ^,7108
Marriage Events
• Alt. Marriage: 2 Nov 1942, Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England.
• Alt. Marriage: 8 Nov 1942, Ilford, Essex, England. 140818 from FindMyPast:

England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

First name(s)MARY S
Last nameSPARKS
Marriage quarter4
Marriage year1942
Registration month-
MarriageFinder™MARY S SPARKS married
William M Morry
Spouse's last nameMorry
DistrictIlford
District number-
CountyEssex
CountryEngland
Volume4A
Volume as transcribed4A
Page number878
Record setEngland & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryCivil Marriage & Divorce
Collections fromUnited Kingdom, England
© brightsolid online publishing ltd.
• Alt. Marriage: Entry in the RC Church register, Cir 1945, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This register has not yet been made public for recent marriages but the index is available online and shows that Bill and Pat were married (remarried) in the RC Church in Ferryland though it does not show the date. The full information is on page 75 and will probably not be made public for decades to come. Later in life Uncle Bill was a member of the Kirk in St. John's. Marriage Notes

200620 from FindMyPast:

Record Transcription:
England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

First name(s)MARY S
Last nameSPARKS
Marriage quarter4
Marriage year1942
Registration month-
MarriageFinder ™

MARY S SPARKS married one of these people

William M Morry

Spouse's last nameMorry
DistrictIlford
District number-
CountyEssex
CountryEngland
Volume4A
Volume as transcribed4A
Page number878
Record setEngland & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryCivil Marriage & Divorce
Collections fromGreat Britain, England
© brightsolid online publishing ltd

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090522:

There has been a good deal of confusion over the exact date of their marriage. Marriage records online from the government registers in those days only give the quarter in which the marriage took place and one cannot get an exact date from those sources. I have also shown dates I found in Bruce Camerons's family tree (Nov. 8), though how he would have known the date is a mystery. And I also included a date from Treasured Memories - Then and Now, the Ferryland 2019 Come Home Year Book (November 5) assuming they would have gotten the date from Peter and Paula and that it would have been correct.

However, today I was transcribing Dad Morry's diary for November 1942 and there he states without amplification that Bill married on November 2, 1942. It is possible that he was given that as a possible date in a letter from Bill or Pat and that they had a change of plans. So I don't know whether to take this as the best date or not.
Children: 1. Living 2. Dr. Peter John Morry 3. Unk Morry 4. Joyce Charlotte Morry

Notes
General:

Uncle Bill began to correspond with me via email in early 2002. Several bits of information were exchanged during this time.

From: william morry [william.morry@nf.sympatico.ca] Sent: March 29, 2002 11:16 AM To: Chris Morry Subject: Reg and Bill morry war service

Bill joined NFLD Police autumn 1938 enlisted in British Army Feb 1940resigned from police and sailed for Britian on ship Duchess of Richmond April 14,th 1940 met by Sir Anthony Eden Foriegn Sec. went to Wollich Depot to be equipped with uniforms and other necessary small gear then without training to coast of Norfolk on Coastal Defence equipped with artillery guns rifles etc., condemmed in 1918 and more dangerous to us than to the enemy remained there until Dunkirk with some training until relieved by a British Regt. then to Larkhill where we were given much better equipment nem 25 pounder guns still in use today and new rifles and machine guns from there to Scotland for training on Landing Craft from there to North Africa where we took part in several major battles until the surender of the German Africa Corps from there across the Mediteranian landing on toe of Italy took part in most major battles of that campaign such as Cassino Foggia Lnnciano Ortona ending at Po valley when war in Europe ended eventually returned to England and helped organize drafts to Nfld until returning myself December 1945 rejoined police discharged from army Feb 1946 with rank of sergeant no 1 exemplary military conduct joined Canadian militia reserve rank captain until age seventy. Regards William Morry

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October 11, 2004:

I spoke with Dad this morning (Thanksgiving Monday, ironically) to tell him about Jamie's accident in PEI resulting in a broken pelvis only to learn that he had just heard Uncle Bill died this morning. He had been in bad condition and in hospital for at least a month or more (complications related to his heart condition among other things) and had been just holding on by virtue of medications which he asked to be discontinued so that his suffering would come to an end. Dad was audibly distressed as one can imagine under the circumstances. The funeral will be on Wednesday or Thursday and the burial will be in the Field of Honour with full military honours.

October 13, 2004:

Received copies of the obituary first as a scan of the newspaper from Enid O'Brien last night and then from the Internet provided by Roberta Sullivan and Raelene Earle today:

MORRY, William M. (Bill) (Feb. 21, 1918-Oct. 11, 2004)- Passed peacefully away after a long illness at the Health Sciences Complex on Monday, Oct. 11, 2004, Bill Morry, World War II, First 500, 166th Heavy Artillery, serving in England, North Africa, Sicily and Italy. Predeceased by his wife Pat. Leaving to mourn are his companion and soul mate Masie Rowe and her family, his daughter Paula Kruk and husband Ron of Montreal, PQ, his son Dr. Peter and wife Jo of Houston, B.C., grandchildren Sonja and Stephen Kruk and Jonathan, Rebecca and Nathan Morry, brothers Tom (Evelyn) of Ottawa, Ont., Reg (Gladys) of Penticton, B.C., and Howard (Mary) of Kilbride, sisters Elsie Ranger (Rennie) of Sudbury, Ont., and Catherine Kay, sister-in-law Brad Sparkes of England, nephews, nieces, other relatives and friends. Resting at Carnell's Funeral Home, 329 Freshwater Rd., on Tuesday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. andWednesday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. The Funeral service will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004 at 2 p.m. from St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (The Kirk), not the Carnell Memorial Chapel with interment to follow at The Field of Honour, Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Flowers gratefullyaccepted or donations in his memory may be made to The Heart and Stroke Foundation. - 10/12/04

An article was written to supplement the above obituary:

Obituary October 13, 2004 Morry followed father's military example BY: JEAN EDWARDS STACEY, THE TELEGRAM William Morry, a respected veteran of the Second World War who was discharged from duty in 1945 with exemplary ser-vice, has died at age 86. He passed away at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's Monday after a long illness. The second eldest of nine children, he was born in Ferryland on Feb. 21, 1918, the son of Howard Morry, a First World War veteran who survived Gallipoli and Beaumont Hamel, and Fredris (Minty), Howard's war bride.

Morry was predeceased by his wife, Pat, and is survived by his companion Masie Rowe, his and Pat's children Peter and Paula, brothers Tom, Reg and Howard, sisters Elsie and Catherine, as well as grandchildren, nieces and nephews. "I respect him for his honesty and integrity and the fact he wouldn't back down from something if he thought he was right," Peter said of his father. Choking back tears, Peter said his lasting memory -of his father is the wish he expressed as he lay dying and barely able to breathe. "He gave me three directives. One, he wanted me to know a man has the right to decide his own destiny, and neither church, state or person has the right to interfere with that. Two, he wanted me to know that all veterans should have counselling after a conflict, and he said if he had had it he would have been a better person. "Thirdly, he said Quidi Vidi was a gift from God and a crown jewel in the City of St. John's and should be left as a park. he said money should never be an issue in the matter." Morry also mentioned Masie, his companion, and he said he was worried about not being there to look after her. He said when he met Masie it was love at first sight, and she told him she had been waiting for him all her life. Peter said his father's last words were succinct: "Get me out of here as quickly as possible," referring to his desire to end therapy for congestive heart failure. Morry joined the Newfoundland Constabulary in St. John's at age 18 and served with the police force until the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. At age 21, he was one of the first 500 Newfoundlanders to volunteer to sign up to serve overseas. As a member of the 166 Heavy Artillery, he served in England, North Africa, Sicily and Italy. After the war, he arrived back in Newfoundland accompanied by Pat, his bride from Lon- don, England. Following a few more years as a police officer, he went into the fishery business and operated William Morry Ltd. in Ferryland for 40 years. His hobbies included hunting and walking, and he was an avid fan of the St. John's Maple Leafs. "He was a cracker-jack shot," said Peter. "He liked walking, and walked 10 to 15 kilometres a day up until he was 80. And his favourite place on the planet for walking was around Quidi Vidi Lake." At age 69, Howard Morry is the youngest of the Morry children, and while he barely recalls the day Bill went off to war, he vividly remembers how his big brother was always willing to take him trouting and hunting. The funeral will take place today at 2 p.m. at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (the Kirk) in St. John's, with interment to follow at the Field of Honour, Mount Pleasant Cemetery. The funeral was originally to be held at Carnell Memorial Chapel but a new location was announced Tuesday. jes@thetelegram.com

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Voices of World War II: A Collection of Oral Histories. 2006. By Gene Quigley. Jesperson Publishing, St. Johns, NL, Canada. ISBN: 1-894377-21-4

WILLIAM MINTY MORRY DATE ENTERED SERVICE: April 1, 1940 CAMPAIGNS: North Africa, Italy DECORATIONS:. Service Star 1939-1945, Newfoundland Volunteer Service Medal, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, Victory Medal, Canadian Centennial Medal, Queen's Jubilee 25-year Medal, Canadian Decoration, Queen's Jubilee 50-year Medal REGIMENT: 166th (Newfoundland) Field Regiment R.A. DRAFT: 1st. SERIAL #: 970271

I was born in Ferryland, Newfoundland, on February 21, 1918, to Howard and Fredris Morry. My middle name was Minty, which was my mother's name. She was a war bride and came from Scotland as my father served in the First World War. Before the war I did some fishing, but I worked on the land mainly. I then joined the police force, which I was in three years before I joined the army. 1 remember hearing Hitler when he started to rant and rave. He used to send chills up my back. When the war broke out, my brother Reginald had already gone in the navy. I never had a feeling for the sea at all. I said right from the start I was going, but I was waiting for the army to start recruiting. This is why I was part of the First Four Hundred.

One reason I joined the army was because it was in my background. My father and my two uncles were in the First World War. Some of the places my father served were Gallipoli and Beaumont Hamel. My grandfather was a member of the British Army that captured Louis Riel. I also had an uncle who went in the forestry unit in the Second World War as he was too old to get in anything else. In addition, I felt a duty to go. Some people say we went for the adventure, but I don't think that really came in, not with me, nor with a lot of the others. We certainly didn't go for the pay. If you were working at all, you were getting five or six times the pay that you were getting in the army. Our pay was two schillings a day, 48 cents a day. Even though I was interested in joining, my father was always telling me not to go. He said, "Your brother is gone and you shouldn't go." When I enlisted, I didn't say a word, but I did call him and tell him.

We left St. John's on April 14, 1940, and landed in Liverpool on April 25. We started our training, but it was not like you would get in peacetime, because there was a war on. We did marching, route marches, but I would say that the training was what the circumstances permitted. It wasn't steady training, but you did get used to the basics of training, wearing your boots, your uniform, anti-gas training, small arms training, and things like that. Another part of our training was the coastal defence of Norwich and Norfolk.

Before long, as a result of my initial training on the police force I received a stripe. A short while after, I received two more and was promoted to sergeant. Some of us who had left the police force were even given men to put them through their basic training. We had no idea how to train people so we were not very successful. At first we were the 57th and I was part of A Battery, and then we formed the 166th andI was in Q Battery or Queenie as it was called for a while. Then I was promoted to P Battery where I spent the rest of the war. When we became the 166th, we became a field regiment which was a completely different thing altogether. We went to Salisbury Plain and this is where we took our training. We were put on the 25-pounders because the colonel felt that as long as we were on the heavies, we would just be on coastal defence in England. He was a veteran of the first war and he wanted to get in on the action. This is why we went into the field artillery.

Our first stop was in North Africa. The action here was more like a naval war between ships. For the most part there were very few hills ormountains, only sand hills. As a result tanks played a major role as they could come from any direction. We landed up in a little town called Setif, which was in Tunisia where there were some hills.

The first casualty that we had, or that I was aware of, was a fella Flynn. We were in the hills and he did what he was supposed to do when we were receiving enemy shells. He jumped into his slit trench, and the shell went right in with him. It was not very often that this happened. We were there in those hills in Tunisia for a while and then we were moved farther south down toward Tunis where we were on the sand. While in North Africa, we had quite a few casualties. Had our rate of casualties been the same for the full time as we had in North Africa, we would have had very high casualties because of the circumstances. We had several men killed on mines and other forms of action. The weather was terrible there, because it wasn't fit to live in during the day, as it was so hot, and during the night we froze to death. The fluctuation in the weather between day and night was unbelievable.

While in North Africa, we fought against the Germans and Italians. The Germans were very good soldiers and had a very good general. Rommel[German field marshal] was so popular with us that the powers-that-bewere a little leery of it. He was such a fair man, a great general, and he was on the front lines. He believed in the Geneva Conventions. He did not allow anything to be done to the prisoners. Once you were taken a prisoner, you were treated as a prisoner of war.

The Italians, on the other hand, were not very good soldiers and werehappy-go-lucky types. For instance, when we took prisoners, the Italians would line up for food with us, whereas with the German prisoners,they had to be always under guards armed with machine guns or they would run away.

When [General] Montgomery came along, he was very popular with us also. He did not get along well with his equals because of the kind of person he was, but he got along extremely well with the men in the lowerranks.

I remember being in a slit trench with Bern Lannon of Grand Falls, and we were having a chat while under shellfire. It was not heavy but we were right open from Longstop Hill in view of the Germans. They were popping at us and we were popping at them. We were keeping our heads down but I heard Bern say, "Look at the man in the air." I heard him say this but I don't know who else did. When I looked up, he was sitting there with his face all bashed in. He looked up just as a big cloud of earth came down and hit him in the face and killed him. A little while after, they came around looking for the gun mechanic because a gun had been damaged. Nobody had seen him but I thought about what Bern had said. I told them what Sergeant Lannon had told me and they found him. He was an Englishman who was killed, and there was not a mark on him. He was blown up in the air by a shell and a concussion had killed him. Bern had seen him going up in the air.

Overall, the campaign in North Africa was a tough one. There were no lines or strong points. This is why the Germans were on top for so long, they had an extremely good general and they were more mobile than we were. They had better tanks in the beginning, much better. They hadbetter training and were better equipped, generally speaking. Then the Americans started to arm us, we got General Grant tanks, which weremuch better than the Matilda or Waltzing Matildas as we called them. The Matilda had thin armour and very small guns. Finally we had betterequipment, more manpower, and better lines of supply. That is why we eventually beat the Germans in North Africa. It was supply more than anything. After North Africa, we landed in Sicily but we did not take part in any action because there was no room. We made our way down to Taranto in southern Italy in the heel of the boot and came up that way. In Italy there was a lot of slogging, heavy work, going up mountains and crossing rivers. During fighting in Cassino, my second-in-command, Reg Freeman, who came from Norris Arm, was killed right beside me. I will never forget that.

I had a couple of injuries during the war. I had a wood splinter from a shell. I did not even know it happened until one of the men told me. I lifted up my arm and it was bleeding. I went back, had it sewn up, and I had to go around in a sling for a while. I did not lose any time. Another time I dropped a box of 25-pounder ammunition on my rightfoot and crushed it. It gives me a little trouble today, but not much. When D-Day was on, we were still righting in Italy. I remember Lady Astor referring to us as the D-Day Dodgers. She came out on the platform and talked about the scruffy lot, our boys in Italy, an untidy dirty looking bunch, not like our nice clean boys that went over on D-Day. We had more than two years of active service and action in bad weather and circumstances you would not wish on a dog. It did not go over very well and there was also a song made up about it.

We were in action a long time, and we didn't recognize this syndrome that they talk about today. We had fellas that came back and became drunks, and some others went in the mental asylum and never got out again. They cracked up mentally under the strain. Others, their stomachs gave out like mine, but that was something you could live with. When you came out, unless you lost a leg or something, they gave you a GradeA discharge. Later on, you found out you had problems, you had to go before a medical board.

In February 1946 I was discharged and on my discharge certificate it said: "Military Conduct Exemplary." This war the highest you could get. After that I went back in the police force for a couple of years, and then I went back to Ferryland and took over the family business.

Bill Morry passed away in St. John's on October 11, 2004.

090312

NGB Mount Pleasant Cemetery Field of Honour: Morry, Royal Artillery - Sergeant WW II 11 Oct 2004 age 86
Medical:

Heart condition most likely a result of the Rheumatic Fever he suffered from as a child. ⁶⁹³³

Capt. William Sweetland Morry

Sex: M
AKA: William Sweetland Morey ³⁰⁰⁶ ^,6876 ^,7109
Individual Information

Birth Date: 8 Sep 1814 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁹³ Christening: Death: Bef 20 May 1892 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,2372 ^,2958 ^,3197 Burial: 20 May 1892 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,2962 ^,3197 Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: Apprentice, Mate & Master of sailing vessels, Between 28 Jul 1828 and 1 Aug 1855. From his Masters Certificate of Service which is dated, 8 August 1855

His first voyage as Apprentice when he was under 14 was on the Brig Martha out of Topsham.
• Arrival: Just returned from voyage to China, 1 Aug 1834, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Friday, 1 August 1834
"William Morry, son of Matthew Morry, Jr., returned a day or so since from a voyage to China during which, he says he was not out of the ship from his leaving London to his return to it again. What a want of curiosity, he lay three days at St. Helena and could have gone on shore if he chose."

This William was William Sweetland Morry who later became a sea captain in his own right sailing the seven seas. At this time he was approaching his 20^th birthday in September and would more likely have been a Mate on the vessel in question, though it is possible he was a Master even then. The purpose of such a voyage is unknown but it would have had nothing to do with the Newfoundland codfish trade.
• Occupation: Master of Merchant Vessels, Between 1840 and 1856, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Master of the "Hope" (Brooking Bros., 1847-1848, St. John's, Newfoundland.
• Occupation: Master of merchant vessel, Caplin Bay, 25 Jan 1850, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Captain of sealing vessel Anna, 12 Mar 1851, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. I believe the vessel name may have been Ann as I know he sailed that ship for Ewen Stabb.
• Occupation: Master of the Anna (McBride & Kerr) sailing to the front in search of seals, 12 Mar 1851, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Arrival: 2 Nov 1855, Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England.
• Military: Merchant Seaman, Cir 1856, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. William Morry
Military • United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
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"United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC3V-ZFB : 10 December 2017), William Morry, ; From "Merchant Navy Seamen1835-1941," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing BT 112-116, 119-120, series BT116, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
NameWilliam Morry
Age40
Event TypeMilitary Service
Event PlaceUnited Kingdom
BirthplaceCanada
Birth Year1816.
• Occupation: Mate, 1863, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Anglican Cathedral Parishioners List Q - M.
• Residence: Georgestown, 1863, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From the parishioners list of the Anglican Cathedral that year.
• Occupation: Master Mariner James', Monkstown (I assume James is the street name), Between 1864 and 1865, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. MORRY
. Thomas G. merchant & Insurance Agent, 442 Water
. William, master mariner James', Monkstown

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• Occupation: Mate on the Eliza to Swansea, Between 11 Aug 1865 and 3 Oct 1865, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: 1871, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Supreme Court: William Morry v. William T.S. Carter: trespass, 1872, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. NOTE: There is no way of knowing with absolute certainty which William Morry was involved. It seems on balance to be this one.

Newfoundland and Labrador probate, estate and related records
Reel 100
Supreme Court: William Morry v. William T.S. Carter: trespass
Series GN 170, File Reel 100, frames 51-52, 55-56
1872

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Extent 4 p.

Forms part of Reel 100, 1847-1848, 1850, 1852, 1855-1856, 1860-1878, 1893

Record type Government Records

Scope and content File consists of appearance and pleas, joinder of issue and replication.

Copyright Copyright resides with Crown.
• 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: Master Mariner, 1890-1891, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Farmer, Bef 20 May 1892, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 20 May 1892, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Note that the vital records which were made from the church register in which date of burial is more often given than date of death mistakenly gives that date.
• Minister/Priest: John J. Winsor, 20 May 1892, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

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

Spouses and Children

1. *Jane Winsor ¹⁶⁸ Marriage: 29 Apr 1845 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁵¹¹ ^,2962 ^,7109 ^,7110
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: W. J. Hoyles, 29 Apr 1845, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: John Morry, Mary Le Messurier, Henry S. Morry, Caroline Winsor, 29 Apr 1845, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

Witnesses were John Morry, Mary LeMessurier, Henry S. Morry, Caroline Winsor and Minister was W.J. Hoyles (NLGS electronic copy of C of E Ferryland records.

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090621: From Jean Carter Stirling's transcript of Petty Harbour records

1845Morry, William Sweetland, bachelor of Capelin Bay and Jane Winsor spinster of Aquaforte, married by me in the Church at Ferryland, 29 April 1845. W.J. Hoyles. Witnesses: John Morry, Mary LeMessurier, Henry S. Morry, Caroline Winsor.

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071123:

From Robert Carter's Journal on April 29, 1845"
"W^m Morry & Jane Winser
married at the Church this day privately"

The last word is a bit of a mystery as he does not explain why that is significant. Perhaps this marriage was not condoned by the parents of the groom or the bride.

Children: 1. Esther Graham Morry 2. Capt. William Sweetland Morry 3. Peter Frederick Morry

Notes
General:

Check date of marriage[Brøderbund Family Archive #118, Ed. 1, Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s - 1900s, Date of Import: Jul 26, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.118.1.61990.10]

Individual: Morry, William Event: Living Year: 1871 Place: Aquaforte, Ferryland

Province of record source: Newfoundland County of record source: Ferryland

Source: Newfoundland Directory for 1871. Publisher: The Genealogical Research Library Publication place: Toronto Publication year: 1984

Volume/Page(s): 1

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

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William shows up for the first and only time in the Voters List for Caplin Bay 1840 - 1859 in the 1852 list and has "Pond Head" shown as his specific domicile area.

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This story is found on the Ferryland Municipal website: http://www.publib.nf.ca/CAP/east/Ferryland/heather.htm

The Rescue of The Heather

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Late in March 1865, the brigantine Heather in charge of Captain Ash was returning to St. John's from a foreign voyage when she became jammed in ice off Cape Spear. Fearing the vessel would be crushed, four of the crew abandoned ship against their master's wishes.

It turned out their foreboding was right and about 1:30 on Mar. 26, Captain Ash and the three remaining crew members noticed that the ice was carrying the vessel onto the rocks. They too abandoned ship just minutes before she hit the cliffs. The vessel did not sink however, but the ice had broken up and they were minutes before she hit the cliffs.The vessel didn't sink however, but the ice had broken up and they were unable to get back to her.

On individual pans of ice, Capt. Ash and his three companions drifted south during the night and all the next day. By nightfall Tuesday they were without food and shelter of any kind and were concerned for the worsening weather. Mate Morris and the two seamen managed to get onone large ice pan but were separated from the captain by a large lake of water.

By Wednesday morning they were as far south as Ferryland and realised the chances of being spotted beyond this point would be very slim. As luck would have it however, a Mrs. Carter of Ferryland happened to glance out her window as she went about her work and spotted the men drifting by on the ice floe. She immediately spread the news and Father Murphy, the parish priest, called for volunteers to go into the ice filled seas to attempt a rescue.

Ten brave fishermen of Ferryland manned a boat and steered it through the ice to the rescue. They were Francis Geary, John Costello, William Morry, Marmaduke Clowe, Henry Morry, Richard Sullivan, Thomas Moore, James Sweeney, Peter Kelly and John O'Keefe.

They picked up the mate and seamen from the nearest pan first, and returned to shore with them. Again they put out to sea and headed in the direction of Captain Ash, however a storm was beginning to whip up and no sooner had they taken the captain on board when the storm broke. A strong gale drove their boat off to the sea, much to the horror of their families and friends looking on from the shore.

The gale raged all night and by daylight Thursday, the boat was fully forty miles out to sea. By Thursday afternoon the wind abated and they somehow managed to make land at Witless Bay, after suffering greatly from exposure.

Captain Ash was in particularly bad condition, after three days and nights in the open. He was taken to St. John's by a crew from Witless Bay and lost no time in commending the ten men for their bravery

A followup 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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Also, this anecdote from the diary of Robert Carter III, may have been in relation to this William or the William (born 1791, died 1851) to whom I have attributed relationship as son of Matthew II. This information was found on the Colony of Avalon website:

"Morry, William. Robert Carter III's diary, as transcribed by Jean Carter Stirling reads: "1834 - August - Fri. 1: Wind SSW tolerably fine., fog occasionally moderate - only 3 salmon this morning - considerable quantities of herring caught today - Wm Morry son of Mw Morry Jr. returned a day or two since from a journey to China during which he says he was not out of the ship from his leaving London to his return to it again - what a want of curiosity, he lay 3 days at St. Helena and could have gone on shore if he chose. Rain in the afternoon; wind changed to NE."

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This article in the Royal Gazette (transcript on NGB website) probably relates to William rather than one of his brothers:

"July 3, 1855: Barry, John; Inquest at St. Mary's Bay on the body of this resident of Caplin Bay. He was one of the crew of the boat belonging to Mr. Morry of Caplin Bay which capsized."

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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 grandfather Bill (William) and his uncle Bill:

"Your grandfather Bill was an old seadog. He was around the Horn six times in sailing vessels before he was 20. I remember him fine. He was a very big man and was a sea captain for many years. His son Bill, your uncle, was also a sea captain and was lost with all hands bringing a cargo of copper ore from Betts Cove, Nfld. to Swansea Wales. Your grandfather was strung up to a pole in Boston the time of the civil war in America; he was drinking with a bunch there and some to them said something about the green [NB: in point of fact this was "the Queen", which makes more sense; the Morrys were Protestant and had no affinity for "the green"] which he would not stand for so he started a fight which wound up when they lynched him. Some women cut him down and brought him around; he was a great booze fighter and a hard man in a row. He did not live so old as he fell over a wharf when he was about seventy and never got over the fall...."

He also recounts this story about Bill Morry's (the eldest one) brother Harry but neglects to mention that Bill was one of the others involved in this incident too. Perhaps he did not know that:

"Uncle Harry also figured in the rescue of a shipwrecked crew a year or so after that time, when he & seven other men went to rescue a crew whose ship was stuck in the ice and sunk. It came to snow and blow but a crew from the shore went out in an open boat; they were two days & nights out in an open boat in all the frost and snow & tough they were frost bitten they saved the crew and brought them into Bay Bulls thirty miles from here."

180703: On George LeMessurier's family tree it shows this William as residing at "The Beach" (Caplin Bay).

April 5, 2004: Church of England Ferryland Burial Record on Newfoundland's Grand Banks website: May 20, 1892Morry, William SweetlandCaplin Bay76John J. Winsor

April 15, 2004: In the "Ships and Seafarers of Atlantic Canada" CD Database there are two references to vessels captained by William Morey (the HOPE and the MERMAID), one reference to a vessel captained by William Sweetland Morey (the CREOLE), one reference to a vessel captained by Wm. S. Morey (the ANN), two references to vessels captained by William Morry (the GEM and the GEORGE), and one reference to a vessel captained by William S. Morry (the HOPE, once again). I believe that all these references pertain to William Sweetland Morry (1814-1892). This is partly because the dates the vessels were in charge of the person in question makes it impossible for it to have been his son, William Sweetland Morry (1852-1877). But there was at least one other William Morry (1791-1851) whose middle name was evidently not Sweetland, who was born early enough and lived long enough to have been the captain of at least some of these vessels. He was William Sweetland Morry Sr's cousin. I know very little about that person and cannot say if he was also a ships captain. William Sweetland's son, who was also named William Sweetland Morry, was also a ships captain and could fit the bill except that he was born in 1852 and was lost at sea in 1877. Thus his years as a sea captain would have been between about 1872 and 1877 and none of the vessels named was registered as being in charge of any Morry during that period. There were many other Moreys and Morrys named as captains of vessels in the database: David, Edward, James, John, Joseph, Richard. Like William, in some cases their names were spelled Morey and in other cases Morry, but they seem to have been the same individuals regardless. Most of those names are not traditional Christian names among Matthew Morry's descendants and I don't have anyone by those names in my database who was alive at the appropriate time. The only one that I am sure was one of our Morrys was John Morey, who captained the vessel E. M. DODD. The reason I am sure he was one of our John Morrys was because the vessel was owned at the time by Peter Germon Tessier, who was of course related by marriage to this family (married to Anne Catherine Weston Carter). This could be my 2 g grandfather, John Henry Morry (1818-1897), because he was definitely the right age at the time this vessel was in charge of Captain John Morey (sometime between 1853 and 1867) but I cannot prove this because I never had any evidence before this that he was a sea captain. I believe there were other John Morrys alive at this time too, though I am uncertain of their years of death, and it could equally have been one of them.

Key facts on the captains and the vessels for which they had responsibility are:

Morey, John, vessel E.M. DODD, owner Peter Germon Tessier and Lewis Tessier, built 1845, registered 1853, closure 1867 Labrador
Morey, William, vessel HOPE, owner Ewen Stabb, constructed 1850, registered 1856, closure 1862 Truro
Morey, William, vessel MERMAID, owner William Thomas, built 1835, registered 1835, closure 1842 place not given
Morey, William Sweetland, vessel CREOLE, owner Ewen Stabb, built 1829, registered 1835, closure 1838 Demerara
Morey, Wm. S., vessel ANN, owner Ewen Stabb, built 1844, registered 1856, closure 1859 London Morry, William, vessel GEM. owner Phillip Hutchins, built 1876, registered 1879, closure 1890 Caplin Bay
Morry, William, vessel GEORGE, owner Ewen Stabb, built 1839, registered 1839, closure 1841 St. John's
Morry, William S., vessel HOPE, owner George Thomas Brooking, George Richard Robinson, Thomas Brooking, built 1846, registered 1846, closure 1853 St. John's

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030317:
Contrast the information below, taken from a letter from Dad Morry to Aunt Jean in 1958, with that in the letter he sent to William Sweetland Morry in BC twenty years before. A few changes in details!

"Uncle Bill was around the Horn 3 times before he was 21. [NB: in another letter he said 6 times] He was Shanghaied in Boston once and put on board an American Clipper. The mate was giving him a hard time. He stood it for a long time. She was a Hell ship, a bully skipper, a bully mate. One day the mate called him a Limey son of a bitch and Uncle Bill hit him and they fought a long time. The mate grabbed a belaying pin & struck him & knocked him out & left him unconscious on the deck. But when he came on deck next day the skipper told the mate to strip and fight fair if he was a man. They did and Bill beat the dust [?] out of him and was mate for the rest of the voyage. He was hung to a light pole in Boston in 1863 or 1864 when he was filibustering. Someone in the bar made an insulting remark about the Queen and he hit him. In the row he was beat up and the crowd hung him to a pole and went back to the bar. Some women took him down before he was dead and he sure hated the Yanks for the rest of his life.

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020318:
Note that for years (since 2000 in fact) I had mistakenly included a fourth child in this family whom I had named John James Morry, born in Ferryland ca 1849. This person never existed. I traced the source of the error back to a transcription error I made in 2000 when copying over information from Helen Steinke's database on the Windsors. Specifically, the husband of Clara Isabelle Morry was John James Windsor, born in 1849. Somehow I got her surname and his Christian names connected to one another and added his birth year but had him born in Ferryland rather than Aquaforte. How he wound up being connected to William Sweetland Morry and Jane Winsor is a mystery. In any event, I have deleted him from the family tree file today. Several people have copied my family tree with or without my permission and this ghost will continue to haunt the internet forever unfortunately.

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101218:

Examining some photos I took from the microfilm of the Anglican Cathedral register last July, I discovered that in 1863 William Morry, his wife and two surviving children were living in the Georgestown area of St. John's and he was not then a ship's captain but rather a mate at that time. ⁷¹¹¹

Capt. William Sweetland Morry

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 18 Mar 1852 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,283 ^,1688 ^,3043 ^,3835 ^,4340 Christening: 30 May 1852 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,1688 ^,3043 ^,3835 Death: After 3 Sep 1877 - Atlantic Ocean ³⁹³⁹ ^,7112 Burial: After 3 Sep 1877 - At Sea Cause of Death: Drowned on voyage between Betts Cove, Nfld. to Swansea Wales
Events
• Occupation: Sea captain and master mariner, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: H. H. Hamilton, 30 May 1852, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: Georgestown, 1863, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Occupant)
• Residence: listed as a Planter in Lovell's Directory, 1871, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: William Morry and Philip Kough sue William Carter in Supreme Court, 18 May 1872, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Newfoundland and Labrador probate, estate and related records
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Supreme Court: William Morry v. William T.S. Carter:
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• Civil: Official date of death, After 15 Jun 1877, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: Caplin Bay, now Calvert, 3 Sep 1877, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Member of Grand Jury, Southern Circuit Court, 3 Oct 1877, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Capt. William Sweetland Morry ¹⁶⁸ ^,282 Mother: Jane Winsor ¹⁶⁸

Spouses and Children

1. *Clara Isabelle Windsor ²³ ^,168 ^,6488 ^,6489 Marriage: 3 Sep 1877 - Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁰⁰⁶ ^,4926
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Edward Botwood, Rector of St. Mary's, St. John's, 3 Sep 1877, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Anna J. Winsor, Peter Winsor, John J. Winsor, Matilda F. White, Grace D. Winsor, 3 Sep 1877, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Kate J. White, Grace D. Winsor, 3 Sep 1877, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Notes
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Helen Steinke email 29/06/00

"THOMAS GRAHAM MORRY, son of Thomas Graham Morry - you have his second wife the same person as his father's 2nd wife. CLARA ISABELLE WINSOR, and CLARA ISABELLE McCOUBRY whatever, are one andthe same person. Clara Isabelle was married 3 times. 1st husband: William Sweetland Morry - lost at sea. 2nd husband: McCoubrey, from whom she had a son, Alex McCoubry. 3rd marriage Thomas Graham Morry. They had been childhood sweethearts, and she was a bridesmaid for Catherine White, Thomas's 1st marriage. They were in their 80's when they married." H.H. Hamilton was Minister at Christening

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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 Bill:

"Bill, your uncle, was also a sea captain and was lost with all hands bringing a cargo of copper ore from Betts Cove, Nfld. to Swansea Wales."

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260104: William Morry Event:Living Year:1871 Place:Aquaforte, Ferryland

Province of record source:Newfoundland County of record source:Ferryland

Source: Newfoundland Directory for 1871, The Genealogical Research Library, Toronto, 1984.

Volume/Page(s): 1

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.

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April 15, 2004:

In the "Ships and Seafarers of Atlantic Canada" CD Database there are two references to vessels captained by William Morey (the HOPE and the MERMAID), one reference to a vessel captained by William Sweetland Morey (the CREOLE), one reference to a vessel captained by Wm. S. Morey (the ANN), two references to vessels captained by William Morry (the GEM and the GEORGE), and one reference to a vessel captained by William S. Morry (the HOPE, once again). I believe that all these references pertain to William Sweetland Morry (1814-1892). This is partly because the dates the vessels were in charge of the person in question makes it impossible for it to have been his son, William Sweetland Morry (1852-1877). But there was at least one other William Morry (1791-1851) whose middle name was evidently not Sweetland, who was born early enough and lived long enough to have been the captain of at least some of these vessels. He was William Sweetland Morry Sr's cousin. I know very little about that person and cannot say if he was also a ships captain. William Sweetland's son, who was also named William Sweetland Morry,was also a ships captain and could fit the bill except that he was born in 1852 and was lost at sea in 1877. Thus his years as a sea captain would have been between about 1872 and 1877 and none of the vessels named was registered as being in charge of any Morry during that period. There were many other Moreys and Morrys named as captains of vessels in the database: David, Edward, James, John, Joseph, Richard. Like William, in some cases their names were spelled Morey and in other cases Morry, but they seem to have been the same individuals regardless. Most of those names are not traditional Christian names among Matthew Morry's descendants and I don't have anyone by those names in my database who was alive at the appropriate time. The only one that I am sure was one of our Morrys was John Morey, who captained the vessel E. M. DODD. The reason I am sure he was one of our John Morrys was because the vessel was owned at the time by Peter Germon Tessier, who was of course related by marriage to this family (married to Anne Catherine Weston Carter). This could be my 2 g grandfather, John Henry Morry (1818-1897), because he was definitely the right age at the time this vessel was in charge of Captain John Morey (sometime between 1853 and 1867) but I cannot prove this because I never had any evidence before this that he was a sea captain. I believe there were other John Morrys alive at this time too, though I am uncertain of their years of death, and it could equally have been one of them.

Key facts on the captains and the vessels for which they had responsibility are:

Morey, John, vessel E.M. DODD, owner Peter Germon Tessier and Lewis Tessier, built 1845, registered 1853, closure 1867 Labrador
Morey, William, vessel HOPE, owner Ewen Stabb, constructed 1850, registered 1856, closure 1862 Truro
Morey, William, vessel MERMAID, owner William Thomas, built 1835, registered 1835, closure 1842 place not given
Morey, William Sweetland, vessel CREOLE, owner Ewen Stabb, built 1829, registered 1835, closure 1838 Demerara
Morey, Wm. S., vessel ANN, owner Ewen Stabb, built 1844, registered 1856, closure 1859 London
Morry, William, vessel GEM. owner Phillip Hutchins, built 1876, registered 1879, closure 1890 Caplin Bay
Morry, William, vessel GEORGE, owner Ewen Stabb, built 1839, registered 1839, closure 1841 St. John's
Morry, William S., vessel HOPE, owner George Thomas Brooking, George Richard Robinson, Thomas Brooking, built 1846, registered 1846, closure 1853 St. John's

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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.

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020317:

In a letter written to Aunt Jean by Dad Morry which is transcribed into her research notes, Dad Morry said:

"Bill Morry left Tilt Cove [NB: he said Bett's Cove in another letter] with a load of copper ore [NB: in the other letter it was coal, which made no sense - coal to Newcastle! Coal was never mined in Newfoundland] for Swansea, Wales and was never heard from again. Only 21 years old. 6 ft. 6" & dark haired (a lovely man). When he saw the vessel he knew she was not seaworthy, so he paid off the three fellows from up here who were with him. A letter to his wife saying goodbye. Cannon, Croft were two of their names. He was too much of a man to back out tho he knew was going to his death."
(Aunt Jean's notes: Above from a letter from Howard Morry Nov. 11, 1958..)

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140321:

Note that his name appeared on a grand jurors list on 3 Oct 1877, once month after his loss at sea. This suggests that his death was still not known about at this time.

Sapper Pte. William Sweetland Morry

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 26 Aug 1897 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁴ ^,745 ^,2233 Christening: Death: 10 Jul 1952 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ( at age 54) ⁵³ ^,2559 ^,7113 Burial: After 10 Jul 1952 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ²³ ^,3531 Cause of Death: Lung Cancer/Gassed in WWI ⁶⁹⁰⁵
Events
• Alt. Birth: 26 Aug 1891, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: 1898, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: 1901, 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.
• Residence: 1901, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Emigration: From Newfoundland, 1904, British Columbia, Canada.
• Immigration: From Newfoundland, 1904, British Columbia, Canada.
• Religion: Church Of England, 1915.
• Medical Condition: 1 Nov 1915, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Chest 37 in.; range of expansion 4 ins.; complexion - fair; eyes - blue. Appendectomy scar.
• Military: Sapper In Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force; 67th Western Scots Battalion, Between 1 Nov 1915 and 20 Jun 1919, Europe. Formerly 50th Gordon's

Regt. # 103241

Served overseas with 2 Company, 67th (Western Scots), 124th and 10th Battalions.
• Occupation: Apprentice Plumber, 1 Nov 1915, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Residence: 121 South Turner St., 1 Nov 1916, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Arrival: Returning from war out of Southampton on board OLYMPIC, 13 Jun 1919, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Census: 1921 Census - Doncaster Drive, 1921, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.
• Occupation: House Plumber, 1921, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.
• Religion: C of E, 1921, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (Member)
• Residence: Doncaster Drive, Ward 1, 1921, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.
• Census: Household of William and Jessie Morry & Family, Doncaster Drive, 1931, South Saanich, Nanaimo District, British Columbia, Canada. They are shown to have a servant. The house is rented and has only five rooms.
• Occupation: Warehouseman, Liquor Store, 1931, South Saanich, Nanaimo District, British Columbia, Canada.
• Residence: 3337 Richmond St., Bef 28 May 1948, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Parents

Father: Peter Frederick Morry ⁵ ^,1216 ^,2233 Mother: Bridget Mary Coady ⁵ ^,745 ^,2233

Spouses and Children

1. *Jessie Darling Henderson ²³²⁷ Marriage: 4 Mar 1921 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ²³²⁷ Marriage Notes

Registration Number: 1921-09-230707 BCA Number: B12906 GSU Number: 2032869

061125 from Newspapers.com:

Times Colonist

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada · Monday, May 28, 1962
Marriage
Valerie Ann Quested & Michael James Morry
Name
Valerie Ann Quested
Spouse
Michael James Morry
Parents
Mr. L Quested, Mrs. Quested, Mrs. Jessie Morry, Mr. W. S. Morry
Wedding Date
Friday, June 29
Marriage Venue
St. Luke's Anglican Church
Officiant
Rev. T. D. B. Ragg
Other Details
Parent Residences
1512 Myrtle Avenue, 2100 Cadboro Bay Road

Children: 1. William Douglas Morry 2. Virginia Lois Morry 3. Shirley Joan Morry 4. Living

Notes
General:

27/09/01:

I am not absolutely sure who's son this William Sweetland Morry is but he is definitely one of ours with a name like that. I only know of his existence so far from the information on the vital statisitics in Victoria. From this it would seem most likely that he is the son of Peter and Bridget since he is listed along with them and their other children in the 1901 census

Name: WILLIAM SWEETLAND MORRY Event Date: 1952 7 10 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 54 Gender: Male Event Place: VICTORIA Reg. Number: 1952-09-007218 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13212 GSU Microfilm Number: 2032861

The transcript of the letter below was sent to me by Bridget Davies Smith in September 2002.

THIS IS A COPY OF A LETTER THAT WAS WRITTEN TO WILLIAM (Bill) MORRY, SON OF PETER FREDERICK MORRY, BY HOWARD LEOPOLD MORRY ON MARCH 26, 1938.

Dear Bill.

Ferryland March 26, 1938

Its quite a while since I wrote you but its not often the spirit moves me but however it is a stormy day here, wind North and snowing hard, with Arctic coming in. The boys and I were out duck shooting a few times but I was not out very often this year, as I'm not able to stand the cold before day in the mornings as I was a few years back, it is great sport though. I expect you often heard your father talk of it. Our boy Tom is doing fine in Pittsburgh, he is studying engineering, he is a great boy to be able to educate himself. Down here now its not like old times, formerly I made from $1000 to $2000 a year from the fishing but this last eight years its only a bare existence and the work is hard. Bill and Reg are at it. Reg is only sixteen but he is strong and big. Phyllis our girl gave birth to a baby boy on the 11th she'd had to get a doctor and nurse by plane, as she is married to a H.B.C Factor on the Northern Labrador. She is a great kid, her letters are so cheery, its a tonic to one to read them. You fellows out there will have to look to your defences now as there seems nothing in store for the world but trouble and you have lots of Japs among you as it is. I expect we will have a few war ships and planes down here now because of the air base for Trans Atlantic flights. The Germans and Italians seem to have put one over on Britain. I wonder what time things will come back to normal again.

Do you see anything of Bert's family or the Bradshaws, remember me to them if you do. Is there any of the Campbells around now. Maggie & Francis I think were the girls names & Emma Casinave, she was very tall & dark & poor old Corbett that lived across the street, the old woman made it pretty tough for him, They were all friends of Janes. How is Harry Morry? Is he still alive? These old Morry's were a long lived crowd, there are three of them still alive down here yet. John is 84, Henry 87, his sister 85, and Aunt Florence and Aunt Minnie must be well over eighty. Your grandfather Bill was an old seadog. He was around the Horn six times in sailing vessels before he was 20. I remember him fine. He was a very big man and was a sea captain for many years. His son Bill, your uncle, was also a sea captain and was lost with all hands bringing a cargo of copper ore from Betts Cove, Nfld. to Swansea Wales. Your grandfather was strung up to a pole in Boston the time of the civil war in America; he was drinking with a bunch there and some to them said something about the queen which he would not stand for so he started a fight which wound up when they lynched him. Some women cut him down and brought him around; he was a great booze fighter and a hard man in a row. He did not live so old as he fell over a wharf when he was about seventy and never got over the fall. I guess your mother could tell you of him. Your maternal grandfather was a great smart old man too. I saw him dance a step dance when he was well over eighty. He too was fond of his grog. Well they were great old men, we of the younger generations live quieter lives I guess because the opportunity is not there, for I know the wild reckless strain is still in us, but things have changed. You better not let your boys know what devil may care ancestors you had for its easy to become a rover even in these modern times. Uncle Harry your grandfather's brother was a very strong man over six feet tall and almost 240 pounds of bone & gristle, he got as lazy as could be in his old days, but he was a very interesting man to spin a yarn. He and another man called Ryan went to a wreck one time and Uncle Harry passed one hundred barrels of flour over his head from the lower deck to Ryan who pitched them on to the top deck (a barrel of flour 196 pounds), that happened over eighty years ago and it is spoken of to this day as the wreck that Morry and Ryan salved all the flour from. I don't know if this is interesting to you or not, but there is not much else to write about. Uncle Harry also figured in the rescue of a shipwrecked crew a year or so after that time, when he & seven other men went to rescue a crew whose ship was stuck in the ice and sunk. It came to snow and blow but a crew from the shore went out in an open boat; they were two days & nights out in an open boat in all the frost and snow & tough they were, frost bitten they saved the crew and brought them into Bay Bulls thirty miles from here. 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. Well boy that's that. Next time I'll tell you some more of your ancestors if you are interested. If things ever get better, I'd like to be able to get some of our kids out there, as it is a grand place to live. I don't expect to ever get out there myself as I'm getting old and with my complaint, heart trouble, I can't look too far ahead, although I feel pretty good most days. I expect out there now everything is in bloom, well picture us here. A raging storm of wind and snow, the fjords and rivers all ice and the ocean covered with Arctic ice, the worst and longest for many years. We are all here by the fire on a Sunday afternoon listening to the radio.

How are all your brothers and sisters? Remember me to them and ask them to write. Ask your mother if she remembers the Sunday evening that she and Pete and I were going to St. Barnabas Church and she took a strangers arm, thought it was your father, he and I stayed back to see how far she would go before she discovered her mistake. We had a good laugh. I was going back there again after the war but father asked me to stay home, then I got a family & the depression came and here we are. Its a poor place compared with Victoria.

I will close now for the present. Goodbye for the present.

Yours truly,

Howard

03/11/02: BC Census of 1901: Morry, William B: 26 Aug 1897, NFD 1901 CEN Location: Victoria City T-6430-11-21-39-227 son

17/12/02: Name misspelled William Swetland Morry on BC Archives website.

02/03/03: Regimental Number 103241 in Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force (National Archives website)

270208: Viewed actual military record at National Archives

War Veterans Allowance form: Canada-Britain-France Militia 1 November 1915, Victoria, BC 20 June 1919, Demobilization Born 26 Aug 1896, St. John's, Nfld. Single C of E

Proceedings of Discharge: June 20 1919, Toronto, Ont.

Peter Morry listed as father which dispels any earlier uncertainty.

Dental records showed he had all his teeth and only a few fillings. Vision was poor 6/60 both eyes DATE 22 MAY 1919 _MDCL: CONC e; hair - M. brown _MDCL: DATE 01 NOV 1915 _MDCL: PLAC Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

290609: Ancestry.ca had free access to landing records for Canada Day. Found William Sweetland Morry's return from overseas on the OLYMPIC.

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211215:

By a chance search I discovered online ( on the Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group website -- http://www.cefresearch.ca/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13295) an interesting story of a man in France who discovered the name disc of William Sweetland Morry in a field behind his house. He made contact with William's son Mike through the internet group on the Canadian Expeditionary Force and returned the disc to him. Here is his story in the local newspaper online:

Région Hazebrouck et ses environs Hazebrouck

Hazebrouck : il retrouve l'insigne d'un soldat canadien de 14-18 et le remet au fils de ce dernier

Publié le 26/09/2015
PAR VIRGINIE DUBOIS

http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/hazebrouck-il-retrouve-l-insigne-d-un-soldat-canadien-ia18b47651n3068083

Nicolas Goudefroye n'a jamais trouvé de gros trésor dans le champ près de sa maison, au lieu-dit Les Cinq Rues. C'est là qu'il se promène avec son détecteur à métaux, avec l'aval de l'agriculteur propriétaire. < J'ai trouvé tout ça, quand même, révèle-t-il en ouvrant une boîte emplie de pièces de monnaie, petits objets liés à la guerre, boutons… Et ce que j'ai là, c'en est un, de trésor ! > Il nous montre cette petite plaque, encore en très bon état. Il suffit de l'humidifier un peu pour que les inscriptions qu'elle porte deviennent tout à fait visibles. On y lit notamment le nom du soldat auquel elle a appartenu : W. S. Morry.

Nicolas Goudefroye a décidé que cet insigne n'allait pas finir enfermé avec le reste de ses trouvailles. Grâce à Internet, il a pu se rapprocher du groupe d'étude de la Force expéditionnaire du Canada. L'organisme a très vite entamé des recherches et répondu à son courriel. De fil en aiguille, l'Hazebrouckois a pu entrer en contact avec le dernier enfant vivant de William Sweetland Morry : Mike Morry.

< l'histoire de notre famille >

L'homme qui vit au Canada, en Colombie-Britannique précisément, lui a ainsi écrit par mail : < Je suis très heureux que vous ayez découvert la petite plaque. C'est magnifique et presque miraculeux qu'elle soit encore intacte après 100 ans ! Je suis heureux que vous m'ayez trouvé avant que je meure. C'est presque comme si mon père me disait bonjour depuis sa tombe, c'est très émouvant. Cela deviendra une partie précieuse de l'histoire de notre famille. >
Nicolas Goudefroye a voulu partager cette aventure, et nous permettre de prendre en photo cette plaque, avant qu'il ne l'envoie à Mike Morry. À la suite de cette trouvaille extraordinaire, le groupe d'étude de la Force expéditionnaire du Canada a retracé le parcours de ce soldat passé par Hazebrouck. Il n'est pas mort à la guerre. Il est rentré du front en 1919 et, en 1921, a épousé Jessie Darling, à Victoria.

William Sweetland Morry a travaillé comme < homme d'entretien de chantier naval >. Il est décédé en 1952. Cette histoire fait dire à l'Hazebrouckois : < Nous, détectoristes, on est pris pour des pilleurs… ou sauveteurs de l'histoire de France ! >

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Susan Morry ⁶²⁵

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