Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry




James Mclea Prowse 
      Sex: M
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     Birth Date: 12 Apr 1860 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 4309
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•  Living: 1905.
Parents 
         Father: Robert Henry Prowse 141,172,983
         Mother: Jeanie Catherine McLea 141,142,983,2527
Jane Prowse 
      Sex: F
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Isaac Winser 168,3615 
       Marriage: 22 May 1813 - West Teignmouth, Devon, England
Jane Woodley Prowse 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1832 - Port De Grave, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 23
    Christening: 
          Death: 18 Apr 1858 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 26) 23
         Burial: After 18 Apr 1858 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 23
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Parents 
         Father: Robert H. Prowse 172,7159
         Mother: Jane Woodley 172,4525
Living 
      Sex: M
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
       Children:
                1. Samuel Prowse
Kenneth Robert Prowse 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 10 Mar 1854 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 481
    Christening: 19 Apr 1854 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 481
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•  Living: 1905.
Parents 
         Father: Robert Henry Prowse 141,172,983
         Mother: Jeanie Catherine McLea 141,142,983,2527
Spouses and Children 
1. *Rosalie Macdonald-Mclea 1881 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Kenneth Robert John Prowse
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140312 from NGB Vital Statistics:

(PROWSE), Kenneth Robert Robert H. PROUSE Jeannie C. McLEA b Mar 10 1854 St. Johns bap Apr 19 1854

Kenneth Robert John Prowse 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 10 Apr 1907 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1881
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          Death: Mar 1996 - Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 88) 1881
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Parents 
         Father: Kenneth Robert Prowse 4120
         Mother: Rosalie Macdonald-Mclea 1881
Spouses and Children 
1. *Helen Bayly 1881 
       Marriage: May 1937 - Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1881
       Children:
                1. Living
Living 
      Sex: F
Parents 
         Father: Kenneth Robert John Prowse 1881
         Mother: Helen Bayly 1881
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
       Children:
                1. Living
                2. Living
Robert H. Prowse 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 17 Oct 1798 - Torquay, Devon, England 7632
    Christening: 
          Death: 12 Feb 1873 - Lee, London, Greater London, England ( at age 74) 7633
         Burial: After 12 Feb 1873 - Lee, London, Greater London, England 7159
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Events

•  Residence: Tormohun, Devon, England. 

•  Alt. Birth: Cir 1798, Torquay, Devon, England. 

•  Emigration: Junior clerk in John Hill and Co,, 1808, Port De Grave, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Occupation: Brown, Hoyles and Company later R Prowse & Co., 1810, Port De Grave, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Suppliers to the Newfoundland Fishery. 

•  Membership: Inducted as a member of the St. John's Benevolent Lodge, Freemasons, 5 Nov 1821, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Wm Hart Gaden
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Name:Wm Hart Gaden
Gender:Male
Initiation Age:23
Birth Year:abt 1800
Initiation Date:3 Feb 1823
First Payment Year on Register:1823
Year Range:1813-1836
Profession:Merchant
Lodge:Benevolent Lodge
Lodge Location:Newfoundland
Folio Number:38
A Lodge Number:312A
B Lodge Number:220B. 

•  Occupation: Merchant, 5 Nov 1821, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Occupation: Owner, R. Prowse and Son, Between 1846 and 1854, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Court: Depositions to Supreme Court regarding lunacy of Elizabeth Hutchings, Nov 1846, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Retirement: 1854, Kent, England. 

•  Alt. Death: Cir 1856, Kent, England. 

•  Emigration: Return from Newfoundland with wife and younger children, 1856, Kent, England.
Parents 
         Father: Samuel Prowse 595
         Mother: Gertrude Mudge 595,1799
Spouses and Children 
1. *Jane Woodley 172,4525 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Robert Henry Prowse
                2. Jane Woodley Prowse
                3. Judge Daniel Woodley Prowse CMG
                4. Gertrude Prowse
                5. Samuel Saxby Prowse
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140312 from Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador on Center for Newfoundland Studies website:

PROWSE, ROBERT (1798-1873). Merchant. Born Torquay, Devon. Married Jane Woodley; father of Daniel W. and Robert H. Prowse qqv. Prowse came to Newfoundland at the age 10 as youngest clerk in the firm of John Hill and Company. He later joined the firm of Brown, Hoyles and Company under John Duriscombe, head of the Port de Grave branch. Prowse was to wind up the Company's business at Port de Grave. He then took over the business himself, becoming a large dealer with the main St. John's firm, primarily in supplying the bank fishery. In 1837, after a fire destroyed his premises, stock and home in Port de Grave, Prowse moved to St. John's, re-establishing the business on Water Street. These premises were lost in the lire of 1846 but rebuilt soon afterward. His eldest son, also Robert, took an increasing role in the firm. which became known as R. Prowse and Son after 1850. In 1854 the senior Prowse retired to England. He died in Kent. D.W. Prowse ( 1895), George Story (1970), ET (Feb. 13, 1873). ACB

Robert Henry Prowse 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 19 Apr 1828 - Port De Grave, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 983
    Christening: 
          Death: 28 Dec 1904 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 76) 23,362,4003,4120
         Burial: After 28 Dec 1904 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 23,362,4003
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Events

•  Honors: Chamber of Commerce., St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Election: Member for Burgeo-Lapoile, Between 1855 and 1859, Burgeo, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Occupation: Commission merchants, 227 Water St., Between 1864 and 1865, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. PROWSE
 . Robert & Sons, comm. merchants, 227 Water
. Robert H. commercial merchant, 227 Water


. 

•  Property: Henry W and siblings acquiring title of property near Kings Bridge, 10 Feb 1886, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.  (Trustee) 

•  Occupation: Robert Prowse & Sons, General Commission Agents, 3 Queen St., 1894, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Also German Consul. 

•  Residence: 75 Le Marchant Road, 1894, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Will: 1905, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Alt. Death: 1924, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: Robert H. Prowse 172,7159
         Mother: Jane Woodley 172,4525
Spouses and Children 
1. *Jeanie Catherine McLea 141,142,983,2527 
       Marriage: 22 Jun 1853 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 141
       Children:
                1. Living
                2. Kenneth Robert Prowse
                3. James Mclea Prowse
                4. Ida Edith Coventry Prowse
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140312 from Wikipedia quoting Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador:

Robert Henry Prowse (1828 - 1924) was a merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Burgeo-LaPoile in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1855 to 1859. He was born in Port de Grave, the son of Robert Prowse and Jane Woodley, and was educated at Acadia College and the University of Edinburgh. Prowse married Jean McLea. He served as consul for Germany in Newfoundland. He was also a director for the St. John's Gas Light Company and president of the Chamber of Commerce. His brother Daniel Woodley also served in the Newfoundland assembly.

140312 from NGB Wills collection:

Will of Robert Henry Prowse from Newfoundland will books volume 7 pages 453 & 454 probate year 1905 In re the Estate of Robert Henry Prowse deceased This is the last will and Testament of me Robert Henry Prowse of St. John's in the Island of Newfoundland, Merchant. Firstly: I give and bequeath to my sons Kenneth R. Prowse and Algernon Henry Prowse all and singular the estate of which I shall die possessed. Upon Trust (as my directions) to realize the same and the same being realized to dispose of and distribute the same according to this my final disposition of my affairs. Under the Trusts above created I require my executors to assign to my son James McLea Prowse the farm known as Richmond Farm at Alexander in Manitoba in the Dominion of Canada and I require my said executors to give to my said son James McLea Prowse a full and complete release discharge and aquittance from all moneys that may be due to me by him or to my estate Secondly to my son and executor Algernon Henry Prowse I give and bequeath the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars. Thirdly I devise and bequeath to my daughter Ida Edith Coventry Davis the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars less the amount advanced to her as loan previous to her first marriage by John J. Langley of Liverpool in England which amount I require my executors to be a charge on this fund and legacy. Fourthly to my four living children I give and bequeath share and share alike my one undivided third part of the estate of the late Kenneth McLea known as "Flower Hill". Fifthly to all my surviving children share and share alike I bequeath my interest in the stock of the St. John's Gas Company and in a debenture of the Government of Newfoundland which I hold. Sixthly to my son Kenneth Robert Prowse I give devise and bequeath all the interest that I have in the firm of Robert Prowse and Sons and all the goods and chattels of the said concern and all the moneys due or accruing to the said concern and also lastly to the said Kenneth R. Prowse I give devise and bequeath all the rest residue and remainder of my estate not hereby distributed. Robert H. Prowse. Signed sealed published and declared by the said Robert H. Prowse as and for his will and Testament in the presence of us who in the presence of the Testator have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses hereto Geo. A. Hutchings Alex. J. W. McNeily I certify the foregoing to be a correct copy of the last will and testament of Robert H. Prowse deceased. D. M. Browning Registrar (Listed in the margin next to this will the following) Fiat Mar 8. 05 Emerson J. Probate granted on the 10th day of March A.D. 1905 to Kenneth R Prowse and Algernon H. Prowse. $25380.82

140312 from Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador on Centre for Newfoundland Studies website:

PROWSE, ROBERT HENRY (1828-1904). Merchant, politician. Born Port de Grave, son of Jane (Woodley) and Robert Prowse qv. Educated Acadia College; Edinburgh University. Married Jean McLea. Prowse was a partner in the family firm of Robert Prowse and Son, and assumed full control of the business after his father retired to England. A supply business, the firm had extensive interests in the bank fishery. In 1855 Prowse was elected MHA for Burgeo-LaPoile, and in the next election was succeeded by his brother. Prowse was German consul in Newfoundland for many years. and was director of the St. John's Gas Light Company_ He was sometime president of the St. George Charitable Society and president of the Chamber of Commerce. H.Y. Mott (1894) D.W. Prowse (1895). George Story (1970). ACB

Samuel Prowse 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 13 Nov 1766 - Kingskerswell, Devon, England 459
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•  Alt. Birth: Cir 1766, Torquay, Devon, England. 

•  Residence: 13 Nov 1766, Kingskerswell, Devon, England.  (Occupant) 

•  Census: Household of Samuel Prowse, George St., 1841, Tormoham, Newton Abbott, Devon, England. 
1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
George Street, Tormoham, Newton Abbot, Devon, England

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Computed relationship First name(s) Last name Sex Age Birth year Birth place  
HEAD Samuel Prowse Male 75 1766 Devon, England 
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WIFE Gertrude Prowse Female 75 1766 Devon, England 
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- Thomas Rossiter Male 45 1796 Devon, England 
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Census details
First name(s) Samuel
Last name Prowse
Sex Male
Age 75
Birth year 1766
Birth county Devon
Birth county as transcribed DEVON
Birth place other England
Occupation -
Full address George Street, Tormoham, Newton Abbot, Devon, England
Street George Street
Parish or township Tormoham
Town Torquay
County Devon
Country England
Registration district Newton Abbot
Sub district Torquay
Family member first name(s) Thomas, Gertrude
Family member last name Rossiter, Prowse
Archive reference HO107
Piece number 229
Book number 9
Folio number 9
Page number 13
Schedule 757
Record set 1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Category Census, Land & Substitutes
Subcategory Census
Collections from United Kingdom, England

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•  Election: Electors supporting the nomination (failed) of Thomas Bennett for the 3rd General Assembly, 6 Oct 1842, St. John's, Newfoundland. As published in Star and Newfoundland Advocate, 6 Oct. 1842. Posted on Facebook by Blaine Dooley from DAI, 230224

Included amongst others:
Kenneth McLea
Nicholas Mudge
Walter Grieve
Monier W. Hutchings
William Grieve
Peter Rogerson
Thomas Duder
James McLarty
Henry Simms
C. T. Bowring
Nicholas Stabb
Samuel Prowse
Gilbert Clapp, Jr.
John M. Rendell
Andrew McCoubrey, Sr.
John W. McCoubrey
James Clift, Sr.
Thomas W. Gaden
.
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Spouses and Children 
1. *Gertrude Mudge 595,1799 
       Marriage: 18 Jan 1791 - Torquay, Devon, England 595,1799

Marriage Events

•  Minister/Priest: Thomas Kitson, Tormohan, 18 Jan 1791, Torquay, Devon, England. 

•  Witnesses: Nicholas Mudge, John Prowse, 18 Jan 1791, Torquay, Devon, England. 
       Children:
                1. Robert H. Prowse

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