Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry




Living 
      Sex: F
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Faye Edgar 331,1467
Spouses and Children 
       Children:
                1. Living
                2. Living
Living 
      Sex: M
Parents 
         Father: 
         Mother: Living
James Saunders 
      Sex: M
AKA: James Sanders 7931
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Bef 10 Nov 1818 - Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 2864
    Christening: 
          Death: Bef May 1858 - Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 2789
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Court: GN-5-1-C-1 50-53 Robert Sanders Gift to Children, 10 Nov 1818, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.  (Party) 

•  Residence: North Side - notation "Dead", 1859, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 1859 - North Side

Note that he died in 1858 yet his name was still listed on the 1859 Voters List but with the notation "Dead". This was the first and obviously the last time that he appeared on a Voters List.
Parents 
         Father: Robert Sanders 305
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
Capt. James Saunders 
      Sex: M
AKA: James Sanders 305,4493
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1785 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 7909
    Christening: 
          Death: 22 Oct 1852 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ( about age 67) 311,7932
         Burial: After 22 Oct 1852 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 1300
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Alt. Birth: Cir 1786, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Census: Household of John and Catherine Sanders, 1800, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Census: Household of John and Catherine Sanders, 1800, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.  (Household Member) 

•  Occupation: Fisherman working for Matthew Morry & Co., Caplin Bay, 1800, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Information from 1800 Census. 

•  Occupation: Master of several vessels, 1815-1826, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Kevin Reddigan found several references to James Saunders being the master of vessels in the Keith Matthews Name File including the NANCY, the FANNY (owned by Robert and James Howe Carter) and the SEAL (owned by Ewen Stabb). 

•  Court: Declared insolvent, 1817, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Royal Gazette, St. John's
September16,  23, and 30 1817 - Saunders, James - Declared insolvent. Of Ferryland, planter. Trustee Thomas Congdon. Effective date November 7 1816. 

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

•  Immigration: From Newfoundland, Cir 1830, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 

•  Occupation: Ran a tavern, After 1830, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 

•  Census: Household of James Saunders, 1838, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. James Saunders - Tavern Keeper - Halifax, Halifax County.
Total number in family: 6 - 1 female under fourteen years of age, 4 above fourteen of age. 

•  Obituary: 1) Gazette (Royal Newfoundland Gazette) 1807-, 13 Nov 1852, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Alt. Death: Cir 1859, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: John Sanders 305
         Mother: Catherine 305
Spouses and Children 
1. *Joanna Evoy 1300 
       Marriage: Cir 1814 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 4496
       Children:
                1. William Saunders
                2. Johanna Saunders
                3. Eleanor Saunders
                4. Catherine Saunders
                5. Alice Saunders
                6. Sarah Anne Saunders
Notes
General:
280520:

Kevin Reddigan explains why James had to declare insolvency and his brother John William had to give up his premises:

"It would appear that James had tried to establish himself as a merchant?, and like many during the latter part of that decade, his enterprise failed. (It appears the same thing happened to John William Saunders who was established at Fermeuse but then he had to sign over his fishing rooms at Rumney's Cove to: Carter, Samuel and Co.)"

Pte James Henry Saunders Cef 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 31 Jul 1865 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 493
    Christening: 1 Aug 1865 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 493
          Death: 23 Jun 1950 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 84) 7933
         Burial: After 23 Jun 1950 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 493
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Occupation: Ship's carpenter, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Alt. Birth: Falsified age on attestation papers, 44 years, 31 Jul 1871, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Military: Enlistment Canadian Army in WWI; Regt. # 716182, 106th Battalion, NS Rifles, 3 May 1916, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. 

•  Physical Description: From attestation papers, 3 May 1916, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. 5' 2"; 36"chest with 3" expansion; dark complexion; brown eyes; black and grey hair. 

•  Residence: 56 Ashby Rd., 3 May 1916, Sydney, Cape Breton, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. 

•  Medical Condition: Influenza; General Hospital, Between 17 Jun 1916 and 23 Jun 1916, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. 

•  Departure: To Liverpool, England on SS Empress of Britain, Between 25 Jul 1916 and 15 Jul 1917, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 

•  Arrival: SS Metagama, 15 Sep 1917, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. 

•  Military: Discharged Medically Unfit, 11 Oct 1917, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. 

•  Alt. Death: 1950, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: Peter Saunders 493
         Mother: Anastasia Barry 493
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Coady
       Marriage: 29 Oct 1891 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 493
Notes
General:
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Email from Kevin Reddigan dated 8 May 2020:

I have stumbled across some more information for James Henry Saunders, son of Peter Saunders, grandson of William Saunders. These three were all ship carpenters/shipwrights. I thought that I had found most of James Henry's family details but I discovered that he likely had at least two more children than I found in the online church records, which end in 1899. I twigged to this individual's 'full' story when I stumbled across a James Henry Saunders from Newfoundland who enlisted in the Canadian Over-seas Expeditionary Forces (CEF) in Truro, Nova Scotia in 1916. When I checked James Henry (of Peter), I figured he would be 51, so he would likely not have been eligible to enlist so I initially dismissed this reference. Then I remembered a marker in Belvedere Cemetery for a CEF veteran. Sure enough, after a little more research, it all came together. It appears James Henry Saunders became 6 or 7 years younger when he enlisted. However, my findings show that he was born in 1865, not 1871 - just a little white lie of 6 years??

James Henry Saunders and Mary Coady had 8 or 9 children. At least four of them died as children, and Mary died, during child birth, when they were all quite young. James' service records indicated that he had four boys in Mt. Cashel Orphanage in 1916. He was forwarding his army pay to support them. He went overseas, but just over a year later, he was dismissed as being medically unfit for duty and sent home. His commemorative war service stone in Belvedere Cemetery says he was born in 1864 and didn't die until 1968??. However, he actually died in 1950, per his CEF service records, and per another headstone at Belvedere which also includes his son Nicholas (the second) and daughter-in-law Helen.

See this ancestry.ca link: <https://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=yZQ1&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&dbid=61084&gsfn=james&gsln=saunders&gsln_x=1&cp=0&new=1&rank=1&uidh=ey2&redir=false&msT=1&gss=angs-d&pcat=39&fh=16&h=893490&recoff=&ml_rpos=17&queryId=1645a95f12ef162773dfce3a2611a34a>

You'll have to use the side arrows to move from page to page, and you may also have to rotate the pages, left and right, etc. to be able to read all of his personnel papers.

Living 
      Sex: F
Parents 
         Father: John Saunders 10
         Mother: Living
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
       Children:
                1. Living
                2. Living
Living 
      Sex: M
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Living 
      Sex: F
Parents 
         Father: Capt. Herman Rupert Saunders 1492
         Mother: Matilda Mary O'Reilly 1492
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
Joanna Saunders 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 8 Jan 1866 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 3702
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Alt. Birth: Cir 1866, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 

•  Census: West Halifax, 1871, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.  (Household Member)
Parents 
         Father: Robert Saunders 2789
         Mother: Ellen Connors 3699,3700
Johanna Saunders 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1820 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1300
    Christening: 
          Death: 26 Oct 1890 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ( about age 70) 1300
         Burial: After 26 Oct 1890 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 1300
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Census: Wm. Devine, wife and four children; Ward 5, 1881, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.  (Household Member)
Parents 
         Father: Capt. James Saunders 312,313,314
         Mother: Joanna Evoy 1300
Spouses and Children 
1. *William Devine 1300 
       Marriage: 13 Aug 1850 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 1300,1301

Marriage Events

•  Witnesses: William Saunders and Sarah Saunders (brother and sister), 13 Aug 1850, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 13 August 1850M55William Devine NewfoundlandWilliam Saunders, Sarah Saunders
  Joanna SaundersJames Saunders, Joanna EvoyNewfoundland. 
Marriage Notes 




13 August 1850M55William Devine NewfoundlandWilliam Saunders, Sarah Saunders
  Joanna SaundersJames Saunders, Joanna EvoyNewfoundland
Notes
General:
210520:

Kevin has pursued the family further through their five children. I have not bothered to follow this beyond this generation.

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