Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Violet Maud Ostler

      Sex: F

Individual Information

     Birth Date: Cir 1872 - Norwich, Norfolk, England ³⁷³⁴
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Charles Henry Ostler IV ³⁷³⁴
         Mother: Cordelia Copperwheat ³⁷³⁴

Living

      Sex: M

Parents

         Father: Flying Officer Robert Victor Ostler ⁴⁴
         Mother: Lorraine Cecilia Hall ⁴⁴

Spouses and Children

1. Living
       Children:
                1. Living

Lieut. William Leonard Ostler

      Sex: M

AKA: Leonard William Ostler ⁷⁴¹⁶

Individual Information

Birth Date: Dec 1915 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ⁴⁴ Christening: Death: After 1 Jan 1986 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ⁷⁴¹⁷ Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Census: Household of Leonard Ostler, Doncaster Drive, 1921, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The Census is for the Nanaimo region but the street address is in Saanich Municipality near Victoria.

• Military: Lieutenant in RCN, Second in command of HMCS Peterborough, Between 1941 and 1945.

• Occupation: Clerk of the Victoria City Police Department, 1941, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

• Residence: 3001 Mc Anelly Rd. (more likely MacAulay Rd, in Esquimalt), 1970, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

• Alt. Death: Cir 1984, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Parents

         Father: Leonard Cyril Charles Ostler ²³²⁷^,3734^,3737
         Mother: Jane Windsor Morry ⁵^,282^,493^,745^,2327

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Living

      Sex: M

Spouses and Children

1. Living
       Children:
                1. Living
                2. Living

Catherine O'Sullivan

      Sex: F

AKA: Catherine Sullivan

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1813 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³³ ^,109 Christening: Death: 3 Feb 1890 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 77) ³³ ^,109 ^,7418 Burial: After 3 Feb 1890 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴² Cause of Death:

Events

• Court: Indenture "gifting" all his property to wife Catherine and son John Henry, 14 Dec 1883, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Party)

• Alt. Death: Event Description: From Aunt Jean's Research Notes, 8 Feb 1890, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

         Father: Const. Richard O'Sullivan ¹⁰⁹^,168^,2202
         Mother:

Spouses and Children

1. *John William White J. P. ³³ ^,168 ^,618 Marriage: 20 Jan 1838 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³³

Marriage Events

• Alt. Marriage: 20 Jan 1838, Renews, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Children: 1. Richard Henry White 2. Phillip D. White 3. George G. White 4. John William White 5. Alfred A. White 6. Elizabeth Mary White 7. Maude White 8. Annie Irene Mary White 9. Catherine Frances White 10. Mathilda F. White

Notes

General:

Note that her surname was O'Sullivan according to Roberta Sullivan in email dated May 24, 2001:

Notes for CATHERINE O'SULLIVAN: Catherine O'Sullivan buried in Ferryland Cemetery grave 125ii stone broken and almost gone.inscription illegible. Gert Crosbie Books = 1890 Feb 3 age 77

211008: In a letter written to Aunt Jean on March 11, 1961 Dad Morry said that he was there when she died and that it was on the 9th of March 73 years prior and that she was 93 at the time. Neither the date, nor the year nor the age conform with information from other sources. It may have been bad memory on his part, or it is possible the other sources were wrong. We will never know.

071017:
Kevin Reddigan redid the cemetery transcriptions for Ferryland on the Newfoundland's Grand Banks websites in 2016 and corrected many errors that he found there, a large number of which were the result of careless entry of data by Roberta Sullivan. For Catherine [ O'Sullivan ] White, this is what he wrote:

"14c (O'SULLIVAN) WHITE Catherine 3 Feb 1890 age 77 The (piece of) headstone lying on the ground to the right of John White's headstone is no longer legible but it may be part of the headstone for his wife, Catherine. A 1972 transcription, provided to Roberta Sullivan by the late Jean (Morry) Funkhouser, states the inscription said "Catherine O'Sullivan wife of John White, J.P., age 77 Feb 3 1890".

171022:

In fact, there is reason to believe that the transcripts taken from the old and worn gravestone by Roberta and Jean were mistaken and that the date of death was actually 8 Feb, 1890 as Aunt Jean recorded it elsewhere. A 3 and an 8 can easily be mistaken on an old gravestone.

In a letter to Aunt Jean dated March 11 1961, Dad Morry said she died on the 9th, 73 years before. That would make it March 9, 1888 and that certainly is not correct. Why he believed that it was is uncertain.

Living

      Sex: M

Parents

         Father: Living
         Mother:

James Francis O'Sullivan

      Sex: M

Individual Information

     Birth Date: 28 Mar 1919 - Athea, Limerick, Munster, Ireland ⁷⁷⁹
    Christening: 
          Death: 1 Aug 1985 - Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom ( at age 66) ⁷⁷⁹
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. *Catherine B. Liston ⁷⁷⁹ 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Living

Const. Richard O'Sullivan

      Sex: M

AKA: Richard Sullivan ⁷⁴¹⁹

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1781 - Wexford, Leinster, Ireland ⁴² ^,7420 ^,7421 ^,7422 Christening: Death: 12 Apr 1865 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 84) ⁴² ^,7420 ^,7421 ^,7422 ^,7423 Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Court: Constable; Inaugural Sitting of the Southern Circuit Court, 12 May 1826, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Hon. Augustus Wallet DesBarres, Presiding Judge of Supreme Court
Benjamin Greer Garrett Esq., Clerk and Registrar (appointed 2 January 1826)
Robert Carter, Esq. R.N., Deputy Sherrif (appointed 2 January 1826)
Magistrate William Carter, C.R.
Justices of the Peace, Rev. Charles Blackman, John Preston and Andrew Morrison
Gaoler, Richard Gorman
Constables Richard Sullivan, Michael Devereaux and Sisk, William Maher.

• Court: Robert Pitt v. Richard Sullivan, 20 May 1826, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Sullivan ordered to pay £3.10.0 owed.

• Court: Constable, Second Sitting of the Southern Circuit Court, 30 Oct 1826, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Officers of the Court:

B. G. Garrett, Esq., Clerk and Registrar
Robert Carter, Deputy Sheriff
A. Morrison, Magistrate
G. Garet [sic], W. Maher and R. Sullivan, Constables
R. Gorman, Gaoler.

• Court: Constable, Third Sitting of the Southern Circuit Court, 2 Oct 1827, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Presiding: The Honourable Richard Alexander Tucker, Esq., Chief Judge of the Supreme Court

B. G. Garrett, Clerk and Registrar, SCC

John Bulger, Deputy Sheriff
William Carter, Magistrate & Custos Rotulorum (Keeper of the Rolls)
Andrew Morrison, Magistrate
John Preston, Magistrate
Richard Sullivan and John McLennan, Constables
Peter Gorman, Gaoler

Grand Jury:
Charles Hutchins (FOreman); Thomas Congdon, G. Brown; James H. Carter; Matthew Morry; John Morry; John Row; W. Richards; N. Stabb; P. Winsor; Thomas Norris; Thomas Norris, Jr.; John W. Saunders; M. Brazil; E. Stabb; A. Clift; B. Sweetland; Phillip Wright; Robert Evans; William Goff.

• Court: King v. William Williams, Third Sitting of the Southern Circuit Court, 3 Oct 1827, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Witness)

• Court: Member of officials at 4th sitting of Southern Circuit Court, 4 Nov 1828, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Witness)

• Court: John Morry v Richard Sullivan at 4th sitting of Southern Circuit Court, 8 Nov 1828, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Party)

• Court: John Goff v Richard Sullivan at 4th sitting of Southern Circuit Court, 12 Nov 1828, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Action to recover £0.16.0
Mr. Morry asked to arbitrate
Awarded to Plaintiff.

• Court: Member of officials at 6th sitting of Southern Circuit Court, Between 26 Oct 1830 and 6 Nov 1830, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Constable)

• Court: Valentine Huffman v Richard Sullivan at 6th sitting of Southern Circuit Court, 1 Nov 1830, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Action to recover £27.14.8. Referred to Mssrs. Richards and Wright for arbitration who found no cause for the complaint and awarded Defendant £0.14.2 expenses.

• Court: Richard Sullivan v James Hearn at 6th sitting of Southern Circuit Court, 6 Nov 1830, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Action to recover £2.7.8. Defendant did not appear despite notice being handed to him. Plaintiff stated debt was actually £2.7.9 and this amount was granted to him.

• Court: Member of officials at 7th sitting of Southern Circuit Court, 10 Oct 1831, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Constable)

• Court: Finn, Michael a.t.s of the King (on prosecution of Magistrates) 1832 Southern Circuit Court, Between 15 Sep 1832 and 19 Sep 1832, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Finn, Michael a.t.s of the King (on prosecution of Magistrates) 1832 Southern Circuit Court

15 Sep 1832 to 19 Sep 1832

Ferryland

Battery on Const. Richrd Sullivan. True Bill returned by Grand Jury, Thomas Congdon, Foreman.

Pleaded guilty and fined 20 shillings and costs. Paid and released.

• Court: Member of officials at 1833 sitting of Southern Circuit Court, Between 19 Oct 1833 and 30 Oct 1833, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Constable)

• Occupation: Constable, 30 Oct 1833, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Occupation: Bailiff for the Sherrif, sworn by Robert Carter, 1 Sep 1836, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Court: Member of officials at 1836 sitting of Southern Circuit Court, Between 1 Nov 1836 and 10 Nov 1836, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Constable)

• Court: Walsh, William a.t.s. The King. at 1836 sitting of Southern Circuit Court, Between 1 Nov 1836 and 10 Nov 1836, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Walsh, William a.t.s. The King. at 1836 sitting of Southern Circuit Court

Between 1 Nov 1836 and 10 Nov 1836

Ferryland

Indictment for obstruction and for assaulting Constable Richard Sullivan. Petty Jury reports verdict of not guilty for obstruction but guilty of common assault.

• Court: Member of officials at 1837 sitting of Southern Circuit Court, Between 3 Nov 1837 and 10 Nov 1837, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. George Simms, Acting Clerk & Registrar
Philip Wright, Deputy Sheriff
Peter Gorman, Gaoler
Richard Sullivan and John Cummins, Constables.

• Occupation: Constable earning £3 per quarter, 1839, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Court: Member of officials at 1839 sitting of Southern Circuit Court, Between 28 Oct 1839 and 8 Nov 1839, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Constable)

• Court: Butler, James v Arthur Carter, Richard Sullivan and Samuel Cose at 1840 sitting of Southern Circuit Court, Between 21 Oct 1840 and 31 Oct 1840, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Court: Member of officials at 1840 sitting of Southern Circuit Court, Between 21 Oct 1840 and 31 Oct 1840, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Constable)

• Occupation: Petition for compensation in The Newfoundland Vindicator, 6 Mar 1841, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Mr. Sol. Gen. presented a petition from Richard Sullivan of Ferryland, praying remuneration for attending last year as a Witness before the Committee of Audit.
.

• Documentation: Refusal by The Patriot to publish letter of "Richard Sullivan, Bailiff of the Southern District", 28 Apr 1841, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. To Correspondents. The letter of "Richard Sullivan, Bailiff for the Southern District," has reference to too old an affair to be worthy
of insertion. Its publication would do no good.

• Court: Member of officials at 1841 sitting of Southern Circuit Court, Between 26 Oct 1841 and 3 Nov 1841, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Constable)

• Property: Grant V 1, F 49, No 823, 13 Apr 1850, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Scan of original grant and a re-registration to an unnamed person in February 2019 was given to me by Steve Barnable during my 2019 visit to Newfoundland.

According to Dad Morry in an interview he gave to Nimshi Crewe in the 1967 which Nimshi converted into an article in the Evening Telegram on February 23 of that year, this property later belonged to Richard's son of the same name, the school teacher. dad Morry referred to the area as "the Lookout" though the grant refers to by the predominant local feature, the Quarry River. It is near where the Foodland is located today.

• Appointment: Appointed as Constable to the Southern Circuit Court, 10 Oct 1861, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Spouses and Children

       Children:
                1. Catherine O'Sullivan
                2. Mary Sullivan
                3. Constable John Sullivan
                4. Richard F. Sullivan

Notes

General:

Surname was O'Sullivan according to email from Roberta Sullivan dated May 24, 2001.

150104: In Richard and Roberta Sullivan's detailed family tree: "Notes for RICHARD (1) O'SULLIVAN: This person is a mystery!!!". They go on to give a great deal of information on all possible Richard Sullivan references in the time frame but cannot establish with certainty which of these is their man.

111208: From Dad Morry's 1965 memoirs: "My mother's [NB: this was an error on his part; he meant to say his "grandmother's"] father was John White from King's Bridge, Devon, her mother was daughter of Richard Sullivan, an Irishman who came over here in the 1840s. I'll just break off here to tell of my grandfather Sullivan.

His brother had a haberdashery over in Dublin and he was out here some years when he had a letter telling of his brother's death and that there were two large crates of goods left to him. They were being sent to him by the first boat coming to Newfoundland and calling at Waterford on the way over. Eventually he got word they arrived in St. John's. Then a long wait. None of the boats calling here could get the bales down their hatches, so one brought it on deck. On the day of arrival all the harbour that could walk went down on Carter's wharf to see what Sullivan got from Ireland.

Well there was another problem, there wasn't any horse or cart big enough to get the crates on to bring it to his home so he decided to open them on the wharf. First one, the biggest one was filled with - of all things, 10 dozen tall silk hats, so he knew he wouldn't sell them. He gave then around to the neighbours as they came along and his son told me, for years afterwards you'd see fellows fishing; with Beaver hats (he called them) and when it came to the squidding ground, to look around and see maybe 20 or 30 men squidding away and now and then get their hats knocked off by someone with a squid. For the squidding ground was always a place for jokes."

020317:
In Aunt Jean's research notes, copies of which were sent to me by Karen in 2002, it seems that she believed, and she got this from a letter from Dad Morry, that John White was born in Dublin and his unnamed wife in Dublin or Waterford. It is all much of a mystery.

040322:
The information on Richard Sullivan's place of origin came from Richard and Roberta Sullivan. It was stated that he was from Wexford and this has been frequently repeated in family trees but not verified to my knowlege. Originally that information was found in the newsaper account of this death transcribed by Gert Crosbie from the Newfoundlander 1827-1884. It could have been based on a lack of information and knowledge of the geography of Ireland by the unnamed informant who provided that information to the newspaper.

Living

      Sex: F

Parents

         Father: Living
         Mother: Living

Living

      Sex: M

Parents

         Father: James Francis O'Sullivan ⁷⁷⁹
         Mother: Catherine B. Liston ⁷⁷⁹

Spouses and Children

       Children:
                1. Living

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