Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Archibald Joseph Prior

      Sex: M

AKA: Archibald Prior ⁷⁶²²

Individual Information

     Birth Date: 22 Oct 1851 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²²²³^,7622
    Christening: 
          Death: 1913 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America ( at age 62) ²²²³
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Capt. Edward Prior ⁷⁶²²^,7623
         Mother: Esther Williams ⁷⁶²²^,7624

Capt. Edward Prior

      Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 7 Sep 1807 - Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁸¹ ^,2223 Christening: Death: Bef 1891 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁷⁶²³ Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Alt. Birth: Cir 1821, Bay Bulls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Occupation: Master Mariner, 29 Jun 1849, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Spouses and Children

1. *Esther Williams ⁷⁶²² ^,7624 Marriage: 11 May 1842 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²²²³

Marriage Events

• Marriage Fact: Edward was shown as a widower and Esther as a spinster, 11 May 1842, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Minister/Priest: Thomas J. H. Bridge, M. A., 11 May 1842, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Witnesses: Ann Prefect and Robert Blackwood, 11 May 1842, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Children: 1. Capt. Richard Thomas Prior 2. Mary Prior 3. Esther Maria Prior 4. Archibald Joseph Prior

Notes

General:

020722:

Note that there is conflicting evidence on this person regarding his date and place of birth. I had him born in Bay Bulls ca 1821 solely based on a family tree on FamilySearch that I failed to properly identify at the time.

But Bernard Kanagah's (of Kingston, ON) Ancestry family tree shows that he was born in Mosquito, near Harbour Grace, in 1807 and he has a vital record attached that confirms this so I am going to make this change provisional upon further investigation.

It is possible that there were two men named Edward Prior and one or the other of these family trees picked the wrong one.

Edward John Prior

      Sex: M

AKA: Edward Prior ⁷⁶²⁶

Individual Information

Birth Date: Jan 1879 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England ²²²² ^,7627 Christening: 14 Jan 1879 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England ²²²² Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Alt. Birth: Cir 1879, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.

• Census: Richard Prior Household, 5 Beatrice St., 1881, Seacombe, Cheshire, England. (Household Member)

• Census: Household of Richard Prior, 43 Elm Rd., Litherland, 1891, Seaforth, Lancashire, England. (Household Member)

Parents

         Father: Capt. Richard Thomas Prior ¹⁰⁹^,2222
         Mother: Mathilda F. White ⁴²^,168

Notes

General:

151119 in a message on Ancestry.com from Bernard Kavanagh formerly of Newfoundland but now living in Kingston.

"Another story we had was that his son, Mary Louise's brother, was killed in Alexandria by anti-British mobs. I don't know what year, but there were major riots in 1919 against the British."

Esther Maria Prior

      Sex: F

Individual Information

     Birth Date: 10 Dec 1848 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵⁸⁵^,2223^,7622
    Christening: 3 Jun 1849 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵⁸⁵
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Capt. Edward Prior ⁷⁶²²^,7623
         Mother: Esther Williams ⁷⁶²²^,7624

Maria Louisa Prior

      Sex: F

AKA: Mary Prior ⁷⁶²⁶, Mary L. Prior ⁷⁶²⁵, Mary Louise Prior ⁴²

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1 Nov 1876 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁶³³⁹ Christening: 3 Nov 1876 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁶³³⁹ Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Alt. Birth: 31 Oct 1875, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Alt. Birth: 31 Oct 1876, Al Iskandariyah, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt.

• Minister/Priest: Father W. Forristall, 3 Nov 1876, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Sponsors: Aiden Driscoll [sic] and Agnes Power, 3 Nov 1876, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Alt. Birth: "British America", Cir 1877, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Alt. Birth: Cir 1878, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Census: Richard Prior Household, 5 Beatrice St., 1881, Seacombe, Cheshire, England. (Household Member)

• Census: Household of Richard Prior, 43 Elm Rd., Litherland, 1891, Seaforth, Lancashire, England. (Household Member)

Parents

         Father: Capt. Richard Thomas Prior ¹⁰⁹^,2222
         Mother: Mathilda F. White ⁴²^,168

Spouses and Children

1. *William Henry E. Quintana ¹⁸⁹¹ Marriage: 24 Apr 1905 - Al Iskandariyah, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt ⁷⁶²⁸

Marriage Events

• Alt. Marriage: Egypt.

• Alt. Marriage: 1901-1905, Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt. British armed forces and overseas banns and marriages Transcription

SourceGro Consular Marriages (1849-1965)
Archive referenceMCON
Records year range1901-1905
Record setBritish Armed Forces And Overseas Banns And Marriages
First name(s)Mary Louisa
SexFemale
Last namePrior
Marriage year1901-05
TypeConsular/Overseas
CountryEgypt
Marriage placeAlexandria
Page542
MarriageFinder™Mary Louisa Prior married one of these people
William Henry Quintana, Aurelio Greco
Place typePlace
Volume11
Line number22
ArchiveGeneral Register Office
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryCivil Marriage & Divorce
Collections fromUnited Kingdom, Overseas / Unknown
© Findmypast

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211119:

Bernie Kavanagh directed me to a newspaper resource online, th Digital Egyptian Gazette ( https://dig-eg-gaz.github.io/post/17-analysis-meixner/ ) which used as an example of the kinds of marriages found in the pages of this newspaper the announcement of the intended marriage between William H. E. Quintana and Mary Prior thus:

"The marriage arranged between Miss Mary Prior and Mr. William H. E. Quintana will take place at St. Catherine's Cathedral Alexandria, on Monday, 24th inst., at 2 p.m."

UNfortunately they did not indicate in what edition or what year or month this announcement appeared.

• Alt. Marriage: Cir 1905, Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt. 020722:

Found by Bernard Kavanagh (Kingston, ON) in his search for information on the Prior family from which is a descendant.

This is from the Egyptian Gazette dated April 26, 1905:

QUINTANA-PRIOR.

The marriage of Mr. William H. Quintana, third son of Mr. J. Quintana, late British Consul and Eastern Telegraph Superintendent at Chio, Turkey, to Miss Mary Louisa Prior, only daughter of the late Commander R. T. Prior, took place at St. Catherine's Cathedral, Alexandria, on Monday last [i.e. April 24, 1905] at 2 p.m. The bride, who was given away by her brother, wore a handsome gown of white satin trimmed with mousseline de soie and real lice. Her court train was of satin and mousseline de soie, and her wreath of orange blossoms was arranged over her long embroidered tulle veil. The bridegroom was supported by Mr. F. R. Acheson, as best man. The principal bridesmaid was Miss Mabel Lamb, who looked very pretty in a beautiful robe of pale pink chiffon silk. She wore a white chiffon hat trimmed with white ostrich plumes and ospreys and carried a bouquet of pink and white roes. The two little bridesmaids who acted as train-bearers were the Misses Lily and May Ablitt. They both looked very sweet in white accordian-pleated silk frocks, and white picture hats of chiffon. The bride's mother looked charming in a mauve silk gown and mauve hat to match, and carried a lovely bouquet of red and white roses.

After the ceremony at the church the guests were invited to a reception held by Mrs. Prior at the New Khedivial Hotel. The newly-married couple left shortly after 4 o'clock for the Beau-Rivage Hotel, Ramleh, where they are staying until their departure for Liverpool to-day by the 8.8. "Anatolia."

• Witnesses: Mr. F. R. Atcheson and Miss Mabel Lamb, 24 Apr 1905, Al Iskandariyah, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt. Marriage Notes

Event Description: From the Egyptian Gazette, April 26, 1905
020722:

Found by Bernard Kavanagh (Kingston, ON) in his search for information on the Prior family from which is a descendant.

This is from the Egyptian Gazette dated April 26, 1905:

QUINTANA-PRIOR.

The marriage of Mr. William H. Quintana, third son of Mr. J. Quintana, late British Consul and Eastern Telegraph Superintendent at Chio, Turkey, to Miss Mary Louisa Prior, only daughter of the late Commander R. T. Prior, took place at St. Catherine's Cathedral, Alexandria, on Monday last [i.e. April 24, 1905] at 2 p.m. The bride, who was given away by her brother, wore a handsome gown of white satin trimmed with mousseline de soie and real lice. Her court train was of satin and mousseline de soie, and her wreath of orange blossoms was arranged over her long embroidered tulle veil. The bridegroom was supported by Mr. F. R. Acheson, as best man. The principal bridesmaid was Miss Mabel Lamb, who looked very pretty in a beautiful robe of pale pink chiffon silk. She wore a white chiffon hat trimmed with white ostrich plumes and ospreys and carried a bouquet of pink and white roes. The two little bridesmaids who acted as train-bearers were the Misses Lily and May Ablitt. They both looked very sweet in white accordian-pleated silk frocks, and white picture hats of chiffon. The bride's mother looked charming in a mauve silk gown and mauve hat to match, and carried a lovely bouquet of red and white roses.

After the ceremony at the church the guests were invited to a reception held by Mrs. Prior at the New Khedivial Hotel. The newly-married couple left shortly after 4 o'clock for the Beau-Rivage Hotel, Ramleh, where they are staying until their departure for Liverpool to-day by the 8.8. "Anatolia."

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030722 from FMP:
British armed forces and overseas banns and marriages Transcription
First name(s) Mary Louisa
Last name Prior
Sex Female
Marriage year 1901-05
MarriageFinder™ Mary Louisa Prior married one of these people
William Henry Quintana, Aurelio Greco
Marriage place Alexandria
Place type Place
Country Egypt
Type Consular/Overseas
Source Gro Consular Marriages (1849-1965)
Records year range 1901-1905
Archive reference MCON
Volume 11
Page 542
Line number 22
Archive General Register Office
Record set British Armed Forces And Overseas Banns And Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
Collections from United Kingdom, Overseas / Unknown

Â© Findmypast

Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Yoland Quintana 4. Vernon Howard Quintana 5. Gerald Douglas Prior Quinn

Notes

General:

Email from John Quinn (john.quinn@ns.sympatico.ca) to Roberta and Richard Sullivan, cc to me dated 28/05/01:

Dear Richard and Roberta Sullivan and Chris,

Thank you very much for all the information that you sent me.Yes, I am the grandson of Mary Louise Prior and William Quintana. I am sorry, but I don't have any information on Catherine's parents,Thanks to LDS I was able to obtain information on the White family. Here is some information on my grandmother Mary Prior. Richard and Matilda (White) Prior retired to Alexandria Egypt when Mary was a young girl. Mary Prior married Willim Quintana and they lived in Alexandria, Egypt. In 1939 the name was changed by deed poll from Quintana to Quinn. They had five children all now deceased. My father, Gerald, John, Vernon (killed in the war), May and Yoland. My great grandfather, John Quintana, lived on the island of Syra, Greece, where he was the British Vice Consul. He was married to Eugenie Rosier. They had fourteen children, all born on the island. Do you have any further information on Richard Prior? I believe he was a sea captain who owned his own ship. Do you know where he was born? Was John White a weathy merchant and shipowner in ferryland? Do you have a gedcom file of the information that you sent me so that I can import it into FTM. Again thanks for everything. Hope to hear from you soon,

Regards, John.

Mary Prior

      Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1845 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²²²³ Christening: 12 Aug 1845 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²²²³ Death: 1913 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 68) ²²²³ Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Residence: 273 Duckworth St., 12 Apr 1891, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Occupant)

Parents

         Father: Capt. Edward Prior ⁷⁶²²^,7623
         Mother: Esther Williams ⁷⁶²²^,7624

Spouses and Children

1. *James Kieley ²²²³ 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. John Kieley

Notes

General:

020722:

Note that there is a problem with how this person winds up being included as a member of the same family as Capt. Richard Prior.

I never previously had a sister name Mary for him. And it does appear that the family tree for Bernard Kavanagh has added her as a child of Edward Prior and Esther Williams on the strength of a bapism entry for the RC Basilica that shows a daughter named Mary being the child of Richard BRIEN (or possibly but unlikely BRIER), not PRIOR and his wife Esther Williams. And in fact this record on Ancestry shows Mary as Mary BRIER, not PRIOR.

Based on this, I believed that they had chosen to include this Mary as a child of Edward Prior and Esther Williams based upon a misreading or misinterpretation of this baptism record and that this is not her family at all.

But then I discovered an obituary for Esther , the relift of Capt. Prior, on their website and sure enough it showed that she would be waked at the home of her son-in-law, James Kieley. So it seems that one of the daughters of Capt. Prior and his wife Esther Williams was indeed named Mary and did indeed marry a James Kieley. The error lay in the priest spelling the name of the father incorrectly in the Basilica record because it was a Protestant name and he was not familiar with the spelling.

Capt. Richard Thomas Prior

      Sex: M

AKA: Commander R. T. Prior ⁷⁶²⁸, Richard Thomas Prior ²²²²

Individual Information

Birth Date: 14 Aug 1843 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁷⁶²⁴ Christening: Death: Bef 1905 - Al Iskandariyah, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt ²²²³ Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Occupation: Captain with P&O Line.

• Residence: Al Iskandariyah, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt.

• Alt. Birth: 1843, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Alt. Birth: Cir 1848, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Alt. Birth: "British America", Cir 1845, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Alt. Birth: Cir 1852, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Occupation: Sea Captain, Telegraph Hill, 1 Nov 1876, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Census: Richard Prior Household, 5 Beatrice St., 1881, Seacombe, Cheshire, England.

• Occupation: Mariner, 1881, Seacombe, Cheshire, England.

• Census: Household of Richard Prior, 43 Elm Rd., Litherland, 1891, Seaforth, Lancashire, England.

• Occupation: Master Mariner, 43 Elm Rd., Litherland, 1891, Seaforth, Lancashire, England.

• Occupation: Leyland Line, Between 1896 and 1905, Al Iskandariyah, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt.

Parents

         Father: Capt. Edward Prior ⁷⁶²²^,7623
         Mother: Esther Williams ⁷⁶²²^,7624

Spouses and Children

1. Elizabeth Mary Bogan ⁴² Marriage: 16 Sep 1873 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²²²³ 2. *Mathilda F. White ⁴² ^,168 Marriage: 27 Jan 1876 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴² ^,1719

Marriage Events

• Witnesses: Rodolphus Hanrahan and Maria Winser [sic], 27 Jan 1876, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Note that Maria was most likely an Anglican though some in her family had converted to RC.

• Alt. Marriage: Date fouund in Gert Crosbie, 29 Jan 1876, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Minister/Priest: Rev. M. A. Clancey, 29 Jan 1876, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

Name: Matilda F. White
Gender: Female
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 29 Jan 1876
Marriage Place: Ferryland, Newfoundland
Spouse : Richard Prior
Spouse Residence: St. John's, Newfoundland
Father: John White
Cleric 1 Name: Rev. M.A. Clancey
Reference Date 1: 2 Feb 1876
Source: Times and General Commercial Gazette 1832-1895
Notes: Bride was the youngest daughter of John White, J.P., Ferryland. Groom was Capt. Richard Prior. Marriage performed at the residence of the bride's father.

290120 from NLGenweb:

27Jan1876PRIOR, Richard St. John'sWHITE, Matilda FerrylandMA ClancyRudolph HanrahanMaria Winsor

Marriage took place at the house of the father of the bride, not in the church.

Children: 1. Maria Louisa Prior 2. Edward John Prior

Notes

General:

Email from John Quinn (john.quinn@ns.sympatico.ca) to Roberta and Richard Sullivan, cc to me dated 28/05/01:

Richard and Matilda (White) Prior retired to Alexandria, Egypt when Mary was a young girl. Mary Prior married William Quintana and they lived in Alexandria, Egypt.

16/03/03:

In Dad Morry's war memoirs written on August 3, 1957 he writes: "When we came to Suez, it was different. I had an Aunt living there - Mrs. Captain Richard Prior of P&O line. When I asked for a pass to go on shore to see my Aunt, I was brought before the Colonel to make my request. He laughed and said "it's surprising what a number of you chaps have relations here in Suez". Anyway, I got Captain George Carty, a friend of my mother's to tell the Colonel I really had an Aunt there. So my cousin Mont Winsor and I got a twenty-four hour pass and away to go.

We wandered around for hours and then a British Officer directed us to the European quarter. She was delighted to see us. Her daughter Mary was married to the Chief Censor (?) there, a real gentleman named Quintani. As it happened, they had a big party there that night, and Mont and I were ushered into a large room with about 80 guests, all in evening clothes. We felt very uncomfortable, as neither one of us was used to mixing in high society. Especially when we saw the array of knives and forks and spoons beside our plates - and lots of liquor, which we had never seen or known the name of. But they had lots of whisky, and we did very well after a few drinks. When we were leaving in the morning they gave us ten thousand cigarettes. These were very welcome to all the boys as we gave them away to them, as we did not smoke much.

Sarah Priston

      Sex: F

Individual Information

     Birth Date: Cir 1775 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ⁷⁴³
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. *John Morry ⁷⁴³ 
       Marriage: 27 Dec 1796 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ⁷⁴³

Bela Pritchett

      Sex: M

Individual Information

     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 
          Death: Bef 4 Apr 2016 ⁴⁵¹
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. *Gladys Julia Vater ⁴⁵¹ 
       Marriage:

Emma Pritchett

      Sex: F

Individual Information

     Birth Date: Cir 1851 - Freshwater, Bay Bulls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰³⁵
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: James Pritchett ¹⁰³⁵
         Mother: Susannah Honeyburn ¹⁰³⁵

Spouses and Children

1. *Joseph Daw ²¹^,933 
       Marriage: 25 May 1877 - Greenspond, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰³⁵
       Children:
                1. Ann Daw
                2. Jessie Beatrice Daw
                3. Arthur Lewis Martin Daw
                4. Susannah Daw
                5. Elsie Jane Daw
                6. Jacob Daw

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