Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Living

Sex: M

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Mary Albro

Living

Sex: M

Spouses and Children

Children: 1. William Alderdice

Doris May Alderdice

Sex: F
AKA: Doris M. Alderdice ¹⁰
Individual Information

Birth Date: 18 Feb 1906 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹³³¹ Christening: Death: 22 Mar 1994 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ( at age 88) ¹³³² Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1905, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Arrival: From Newfoundland on the SS SILVIA, 9 Jul 1931, Montreal, Québec, Canada. (Travelling together)
• Census: Darroch MacGillvray Household, 1935, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)
• Residence: Circular Rd., 1935, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Occupant)

Parents

Father: Frederick Charles Munro Alderdice ¹³³³ Mother: Harriett Maria Skinner Carter ¹³³⁴

Spouses and Children

1. *Henry Darroch Macgillivray ¹³³⁵ ^,1336 Marriage: Cir 1933 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Marriage Events
• Alt. Marriage: Bef 9 Jul 1931, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Commodore Darroch Norman Macgillivray RCN

Edith Maude Alderdice

Sex: F
AKA: Dolly Alderdice ¹³³⁸
Individual Information

Birth Date: 19 Jul 1873 - Belfast, Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland ²⁰⁶ Christening: Death: 14 Jul 1963 - Londonderry, Londonderry, Ulster, Northern Ireland ( at age 89) ²⁰⁶ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: William Alderdice ¹²¹⁸ ^,1329 Mother: Rachel Kathleen Monroe ²³ ^,1339

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living

Edith Skinner Alderdice

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Sep 1900 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Christening: Death: 1976 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 76) Burial: 1976 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²³ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Frederick Charles Munro Alderdice ¹³³³ Mother: Harriett Maria Skinner Carter ¹³³⁴ Marriage Did Not Marry

Frederick Carter Alderdice

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1903 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²³ ^,1340 Christening: Death: 17 Dec 1905 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 2) ²³ ^,1340 Burial: After 17 Dec 1905 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²³ ^,1340 Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Frederick Charles Munro Alderdice ¹³³³ Mother: Harriett Maria Skinner Carter ¹³³⁴

Frederick Charles Munro Alderdice

Sex: M
AKA: Sir Frederick Charles Alderdice ¹²¹⁸
Individual Information

Birth Date: 10 Nov 1871 - Belfast, Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland ¹³⁴¹ Christening: Death: 26 Feb 1936 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 64) ²³ ^,1342 Burial: 28 Feb 1936 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²³ ^,1338 ^,1342 Cause of Death: Stroke (after 3 days) ¹³³⁸
Events
• Alt. Birth: 1870.
• Alt. Birth: 10 Nov 1872, Belfast, Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland. 160418 from FindMyPast:

Ireland Births 1864-1958 Transcription
First name(s)Frederick Charles Munro
Last nameAlderdice
Registration year1872
Registered quarter/year1872
Registration districtBelfast
Volume1
Page404
Mother's last name (original)
CountyAntrim, Down
CountryIreland
Record setIrish Births 1864-1958
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryCivil Births
Collections fromIreland
copyright Family Search.
• Occupation: Accountant at Colonial Cordage, his uncle Moses' company, 1899, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Accountant, Le Marchant Rd., 25 Oct 1899, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: At time of marriage a bachelor, LeMarchant Rd., 25 Oct 1899, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: 185 LeMarchant Rd., 2 Sep 1914, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: 185 Lemarchant Rd., 1 Oct 1914, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: 4 Park Place, Rennies Mill, 21 Sep 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Election: Prime Minister of Newfoundland (Liberal-Conservative), 1924-1928, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Election: Prime Minister of Newfoundland, Aug 1928, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Election: Prime Minister of Newfoundland, Jun 1932, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Appointment: Commissioner for Home Affairs and Education in Commission of Government, 1934, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Interesting: Article in the Argus (Melbourne) and Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) mentioned his death, 28 Feb 1936, Australia. The death occurred to-day of Mr. Frederick Alderdice, the New foundland Commissioner for Home Affairs, at the age of 63 years.
• Medical Condition: Had 14 operations and lost both legs, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Medical Condition: Possibly an alcoholic, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Said to have had a "fondness for the bottle" by his daughter, Doris MacGliivary in interview with Jean Carter Stirling in 1994.

Parents

Father: William Alderdice ¹²¹⁸ ^,1329 Mother: Rachel Kathleen Monroe ²³ ^,1339

Spouses and Children

1. *Harriett Maria Skinner Carter ¹³³⁴ Marriage: 25 Oct 1899 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹³⁴³
Marriage Events
• Marriage Fact: Wedding reception at home of F.B.T. Carter, 25 Oct 1899, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: Henry Dunfield AND Godden, 25 Oct 1899, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: F.B. Clift, ? Martin, E. Shea, E Butler, Lucretia Weston Carter, Mildred Clift, 25 Oct 1899, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

Both listed as previously unmarried.

10/09/14:
The above note is odd because I have no other information in support of this.

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170821

Marriage notice as transcribed by Jean Carter Stirling
ALDERDICEYesterday's wedding, Alderdice-Carter
Yesterday afternoon Mr. F.T. Alderdice of the Colonial Cordage Company offices was united in holy matrimony to Miss Harriet Carter at St. Thomas' Church. The Reverends Dunfield and Godden officiated. Misses L. Carter and M. Clift attended the bride, while Messrs. F.B. Clift and E. Shea supported the groom. After the ceremony had ended and a sumptuous repast had been partaken of at Mr. F.B.T. Carter's, the bride and groom boarded the train for Whitbourne for their honeymoon trip.
26 Oct. 1899,Evening Telegram

Children: 1. Edith Skinner Alderdice 2. James Monroe Alderdice 3. Frederick Carter Alderdice 4. Doris May Alderdice 5. Harold William Alderdice

Notes
General:

240213 from Find a Grave website:

Birth: Nov. 10, 1872 Death: Feb. 28, 1936

Newfoundland Prime Minister. He served as the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from August 1928 to November 17, 1928, as a Member of the Liberal-Conservative Party and from June 1932 to January 30, 1934, as a Member of the United Newfoundland Party. He was also a prominent businessman, and a Member of the 1924 Newfoundland Legislature Council.

Burial: Mount Pleasant Cemetery Saint John's Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

From Wikipedia:

Frederick Charles Alderdice (November 10, 1872 - February 26, 1936) was a Newfoundland businessman, politician and the last Prime Minister of Newfoundland. A prominent St. John's businessman, Alderdice was appointed to the Legislative Council of Newfoundland (the Upper House of the legislature) in 1924 and became leader of the Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party and the dominion's Prime Minister when his cousin Walter Stanley Monroe retired from the post in 1928. Alderdice's first term as Prime Minister was short-lived, however, as his government lost that year's general election to the Liberals led by Sir Richard Squires.

Alderdice joined with Liberals dissatisfied with Squires to form the United Newfoundland Party with himself as leader. The Great Depression embroiled the dominion in a severe economic crisis which was compounded by corruption in the Squires government taking the dominion to the brink of bankruptcy. Widespread unemployment added to the crisis and resulted in an anti-government riot in St. John's on April 5, 1932. The Squires government collapsed and Alderdice swept to power in the ensuing June election on the promise that if elected, his government would examine the possibility of suspending the constitution and having a commission administer the country until conditions improved. His United Newfoundland Party won 24 seats to only two for the Liberals.

The Alderdice government was unable to deal with the economic crisis and proposed a partial default on the dominion's debts. Britain and Canada (whose currency was shared by Newfoundland) agreed to give the dominion financial aid in exchange for the creation of an Imperial Royal Commission to investigate the dominion's future. The Commission recommended the suspension of responsible government and the institution of an appointed Commission of Government to rule the colony.

Alderdice was pressured by the British to accept the recommendations without calling a new election or submitting the proposals to a referendum. Alderdice agreed and, at the end of 1933, the legislature voted to accept the recommendations and voted itself out of existence. Alderdice was appointed to the Commission of Government when it was established in February 1934 and served as Commissioner for Home Affairs and Education in the new Commission of Government as well as Vice-Chairman until his death in 1936.

From Canadian Encyclopedia:

Alderdice, Frederick Charles Frederick Charles Alderdice, businessman, politician (b at Belfast, Ire 10 Nov 1872: d at St John's 26 Feb 1936). He was twice prime minister of Newfoundland, August-November 1928 and June 1932-February 1934, and the last person to hold that office before confederation with Canada. A prominent St John's businessman, he entered the Legislative Council in 1924 and assumed the Liberal-Conservative Party leadership and the prime ministership on the retirement of Walter MONROE in 1928. Alderdice was defeated by Richard SQUIRES in the ensuing general election but remained leader of the opposition United Newfoundland Party.

Newfoundland had been in financial difficulties since WWI and by 1932 international credit had all but disappeared. On 5 April 1932, in a climate of unemployment, widespread distress and accusations of government misconduct, there was rioting in St John's outside the legislature. The House was subsequently prorogued, and in the June elections Alderdice's party defeated Squires' 25 seats to 2.

With Newfoundland facing imminent bankruptcy, Alderdice appealed to Britain for financial aid and the appointment of a royal commission to consider Newfoundland's future. The resulting Amulree Report of 1933 recommended the temporary suspension of responsible government. The Newfoundland legislature agreed, and on 16 February 1934 a COMMISSION OF GOVERNMENT composed of 3 Newfoundlanders, 3 Britishers and the governor was instituted and continued for 15 years . Alderdice was appointed a commissioner.

180916:
In his book, "My Fight For Newfoundland", Peter Cashin doesn't mince words about Alderdice. He considered him a traitor to Newfoundland and also a self-serving politician who feathered his own nest whilst giving away Newfoundland sovereignty in return for a personal appointment to the new Commission of Government. Cashin's opinion is very biased, as were all of his opinions expressed in the book. Nevertheless, there is an element of truth to what he said in this regard. Neither Alderdice nor any of his confederates who took part in this sad affair ever attempted during the next 15 years to return Responsible Government to Newfoundland and when the time came to decide what to do with Newfoundland after WWII he and they did not stand by their commitment made at the time of dissolution of Responsible Government to put to a plebicite or referendum the matter of its return when Newfoundland's finances were once again stable. Ed Roberts, who edited these memoirs, had a somewhat more even handed view of Alderdice in the appendix which gave brief bios of the people mentioned in the book:"

"Alderdice, Frederick Charles (1872-1936). Alderdice, born in what is now Northern Ireland, came to Newfoundland in 1886 to work at the Colonial Cordage Company, owned by his uncle Moses Monroe. Appointed to the Legislative Council in 1924 by his cousin Walter Monroe, qv, then the Prime Minister, he became Prime Minister upon Monroe's resignation in August 1928. Alderdice led the newly renamed United Newfoundland Party (UNP) into the October 1928 General Election, and won a seat in St. John's West, although the UNP lost the election. Alderdice then became Leader of the Opposition.

In 1932, Alderdice and his Conservative colleagues won twenty-four of the twenty-seven seats in the House of Assembly, and he became Prime Minister for the second time. He accepted the British Government's offer to appoint a Royal Commission under the Chairmanship of Lord Amulree, qv, to examine the affairs of Newfoundland, and subsequently accepted its recommendations. Alderdice presided over the demise of Responsible Government, which was brought about by a favourable vote by the Members of the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council, and served as Commissioner for Home Affairs and Education in the Commission of Government after it was instituted in February 1934".

Harold William Alderdice

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1908 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²³ Christening: Death: 1976 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 68) ²³ Burial: 1976 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²³ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Frederick Charles Munro Alderdice ¹³³³ Mother: Harriett Maria Skinner Carter ¹³³⁴

Spouses and Children

Children: 1. Living

James Monroe Alderdice

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1902 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²³ Christening: Death: 1975 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 73) ²³ Burial: 1975 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²³ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Frederick Charles Munro Alderdice ¹³³³ Mother: Harriett Maria Skinner Carter ¹³³⁴

Norma Monroe Alderdice

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 24 Jul 1913 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²³ ^,1340 Christening: Death: 22 Aug 1999 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 86) ²³ ^,1340 ^,1344 Burial: 25 Aug 1999 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²³ ^,70 Cause of Death:
Events
• Residence: 6 Exeter St., 1965, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Telephone number 579-1609.

Parents

Father: Lt. Norman Harvey Alderdice RNR ²⁰⁶ Mother: Dorothy Rendell ¹³⁴⁵

Spouses and Children

1. *Cyril Weston Mainwaring ¹³⁴⁰ ^,1346 Marriage: 24 Jan 1947 - Montreal, Québec, Canada ¹⁰ Marriage Notes

170821

ALDERDICEMarriage Mainwaring - Alderdice - Norma Monroe, daughter of the late Norman Harvey Alderdice and Dorothy Alderdice, to Cyril Weston, son of the late William Mainwaring and Mrs. Ida Mainwaring of London, England - in the Church of St. John Evangelist in Montreal today. Attendants: Miss Pamela Johnson and Mrs. R.W.White, cousin of the groom. The groom's aunt, Mrs. J. White. Hon. Harold McPherson father giver, ushers Doug Cook and James Chalker. Evening Telegram, Jan. 24 1947
Children: 1. Living 2. Living

Notes
General:

210616 from NGB website:

Mainwaring, Norma Munroe (nee Alderdice)
Passed peacefully away at the Health Sciences Center on Sunday, August 22^nd, 1999, Norma M. Mainwaring, aged 86 years. Predeceased by her husband Cyril Weston Mainwaring. Leaving to mourn with fond and loving memories, son Johathan (Barbara Richardson), Toronto and daughter Pamela, with whom she resided; other relatives and friends. Resting at Carnell's Funeral Home, 329 Freshwater Road on Tuesday, August 24^th, 1999 from 7-9 pm.. Funeral Service to take place on Wednesday August 25^th, 1999 at 2 pm from St. Thomas Anglican Church. Donations in her memory may be made to a charity of one's choice.**

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