Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry




William Thomas 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1810 - Tiverton, Devon, England 501,502,1472
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Events

•  Census: Silver St., St. Clement Townstal,, 1851, Dartmouth, Devon, England. 

•  Census: 89 Clarence St., 1861, Dartmouth, Devon, England. 

•  Census: 1871, Dartmouth, Devon, England. 

•  Occupation: Blacksmith, Between 1871 and 1891, Dartmouth, Devon, England. 

•  Census: Living with Son-In-Law, 1891, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
Spouses and Children 
1. *Elizabeth 501,502 
       Marriage: Cir 1845 - Dartmouth, Devon, England 502
       Children:
                1. Mary Thomas
                2. Lavenia Thomas
                3. Sarah Thomas
                4. William Thomas
                5. Emma Thomas

2. Eliza Prinn 224 
       Marriage: 1860 - Dartmouth, Devon, England 503
       Children:
                1. Mary Eliza Jones
                2. Emma Thomas
                3. Maria Thomas
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1851 Census

Head: THOMAS, William NameRelationshipMarAge SexOccupation Birthplace William THOMASHeadM42MBlacksmithTiverton-Dev Elizabeth THOMASWifeM38FBlacksmiths WifeModbury-Dev Mary THOMASDaur-13FScholarModbury-Dev Lavenia THOMASDaur-8FScholarTopsham-Dev Sarah THOMASDaur-5FScholarTownstal Dartmouth-Dev William THOMASSon-10mM---Townstal Dartmouth-Dev William JARMANVistM33MMarinerExerer-Dev Address:Silver Street, Totnes Census Place:Townstal Totnes, Devonshire PRO Reference:HO/107/1873Folio:478Page:18FHL Film:0221021

Living 
      Sex: F
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
       Children:
                1. George Campbell
Living 
      Sex: M
Spouses and Children 
1. *Maud Isabella Ellis 1206 
       Marriage:
Living 
      Sex: F
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
       Children:
                1. Margaret Sabina McInnerney
Catherine Ada Thompson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1863 - Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding Of Yorkshire, England 399,522
    Christening: 
          Death: Feb 1916 - Kensington & Chelsea, Greater London, England ( about age 53) 224
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: Cancer of Uterus

Events

•  Residence: 1891, St. Pancras, Greater London, England. 

•  Residence: 1901, St. Pancras, Greater London, England. 

•  Residence: Stoke Newington, 1911, London, Greater London, England.
Spouses and Children 
1. *Philip Henry Downing 224,399,501,522 
       Marriage: 8 Dec 1881 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England 224
       Children:
                1. Ethel May Downing
                2. Edgar Millward Downing
                3. Lillian Downing
                4. Catherine M. Downing
                5. Mabel G. Downing
                6. George Ernest C. Downing
                7. Percy Leonard Downing
                8. Owen Cyril V. Downing
Notes
General:
DATE FEB 1916 PLAC Kensington, London, England

Cecilia Ann Thompson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
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Parents 
         Father: Joseph Thompson
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Henry Thomas Lewis Tessier
       Marriage: 18 Jun 1840
       Children:
                1. Louis Edward Tessier
                2. Henry Joseph Tessier
                3. Herbert Alexander Tessier
Notes
General:
Probably died before the 1881 census.

Living 
      Sex: F
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
Doris Jane Thompson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 16 Apr 1899 - Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire, England 474,4328,5713,5721
    Christening: 
          Death: Between Oct and Dec 1983 - East Retford, Nottingham, England 1161,5713
         Burial: 
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Events

•  Census: Household of George Thompson, Polic Constable,, 1901, Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire, England.  (Household Member) 

•  Census: Household of George Thompson, Police Constable, 33 Regent Terrace,, 1911, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England.  (Household Member) 

•  Residence: 95 Catherine St., 8 Dec 1921, Elland, Yorkshire, England.  (Occupant) 

•  Census: Kelsey Household, 3 Woodbeck, East Redford R.D., 1939, Nottingham, Nottingham, England.  (Household Member)
Parents 
         Father: George Thompson 5912
         Mother: Faith Middleton 474,1119
Spouses and Children 
1. *Robert Harold Kelsey 4328 
       Marriage: 8 Dec 1921 - Elland, Yorkshire, England 1223,5912

Marriage Events

•  Minister/Priest: Robert A. Taylor, representing the chapel, 8 Dec 1921, Elland, Yorkshire, England. 

•  Witnesses: George Thomson and Ann Beardsell Hinchcliffe, 8 Dec 1921, Elland, Yorkshire, England. 
Marriage Notes 




101220 from Ancestry.com:

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Elland, Halifax in the counties of Yorkshire, W. R. and Halifax C. B.

8 Dec. 1921

Robert Harold Kelsey, 27 Years, Bachelor, Prison Warden, Rampton State Institution, Rampton, Father - John Thomas Kelsey (Deceased), Father's Profession - Master Builder

and

Doris Thompson, 22 years, Spinster, 95 Catherine St., Elland, Father - George Thompson, Father's Profession - Police Constable

Witnesses: George Thomson and Ann Beardsell Hinchcliffe

Robert A. Taylor, representing the chapel.


       Children:
                1. Sidney Kelsey
                2. George R. Kelsey
Dame Eleanora Barbara Macleod Thompson OBE 
      Sex: F
AKA: Dame Eleanor Barbara Thompson OBE 6349, Eleanora B. Thompson 557,2570
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1874 - Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada 557
    Christening: 
          Death: Cir 1964 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 90) 172,557
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Events

•  Honors: Dame of the Order of St. John, Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England.
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Lt. Col., Dr. Cluny Macpherson CMG 557 
       Marriage: 16 Sep 1902 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 172

Marriage Events

•  Alt. Marriage: 1902, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 
       Children:
                1. Emma Allison Macpherson
                2. Hon. Campbell Leonard Macpherson OBE
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090622 from Wikipedia:

Colonel Cluny Macpherson CMG FRCS (March 18, 1879 - November 16, 1966) was a physician and the inventor of an early gas mask.[1] After World War I he served as the president of the St. John's Clinical Society and the Newfoundland Medical Association.


Contents
1Early life
2World War I
3Later life
4Family
5References
6Bibliography
7Further reading
8External links
Early life
Cluny Macpherson was born in St. John's, Newfoundland to Campbell Macpherson and Emma Duder. He had a brother, Harold.[2]

Macpherson received his early education at Methodist College and at the McGill University Faculty of Medicine from 1897-1901 where he earned his degree in Medicine.[2] He also volunteered with the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, which later became known as the Grenfell Mission. Macpherson began his medical career at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.[2] In 1902 he returned to Newfoundland joining the Labrador Mission begun by Dr. Wilfred Grenfell and ran the hospital in Battle Harbour. Remaining there until 1904. He also served as a special constable and justice of the peace. Macpheron later became a director of the Newfoundland and the International Grenfell Associations.[3] He later helped develop the Seamen's Institute (later called the King George V Institute), another Grenfell project.[2] Returning to St. John's, Macpherson opened a private practice,[2] and eventually became the leading practitioner in Newfoundland.[3]

Macpherson started the first St. John Ambulance Brigade in Newfoundland after working with the St. John Ambulance Association.[2] The Brigade had three divisions in St. John's. When World War I broke out, members enlisted in the Newfoundland Regiment. Macpherson organized the volunteers into an Ambulance Unit, which continued throughout the war.[2]

World War I

Macpherson in Egypt, September 1915
At the outset of World War I in August 1914 Macpherson was commissioned as a captain and Principal Medical Officer of the newly formed 1st Newfoundland Regiment. He served as the principal medical officer for the St. John Ambulance Brigade of the first Newfoundland Regiment during World War I. He saw on active service in Belgium and France, at Salonika and later at Gallipoli, and in Egypt. His work was mentioned in despatches twice.[3]


Cluny's gas mask, which came to be called the British Smoke Hood was used between June and September 1915, during which time some 2.5 million were produced
The German army used poison gas for the first time against Allied troops at the Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium on April 22, 1915.[4] As an immediate response, cotton wool wrapped in muslin was issued to the troops by 1 May and followed by the Black Veil Respirator, a cotton pad soaked in an absorbent solution which was secured over the mouth using black cotton veiling.[5] Seeking to improve on the Black Veil respirator, Macpherson created a mask made of chemical absorbing fabric and which fitted over the entire head.[6] A 50.5 cm × 48 cm (19.9 in × 18.9 in) canvas hood treated with chlorine-absorbing chemicals, and fitted with a transparent mica eyepiece.[7][8] Macpherson presented his idea to the War Office Anti-Gas Department on May 10, 1915, with prototypes being developed soon after.[9] The design was adopted by the British Army and introduced as the British Smoke Hood in June 1915; Macpherson was appointed to the War Office Committee for Protection against Poisonous Gases.[3] More elaborate sorbent compounds were added later to further iterations of his helmet (PH helmet), to defeat other respiratory poison gases used such as phosgene, diphosgene and chloropicrin.

After suffering a war injury in Egypt, Macpherson returned to Newfoundland in October 1916. He served as the Director of Medical Services for the Militia.[2] For his wartime services, he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1918.[10] He retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.[3]

Later life
Following the war Macpherson had various medical roles including president of the St. John's Clinical Society and the Newfoundland Medical Association. In 1937 he was vice-president of the Newfoundland St. John Ambulance Association in 1937, and later became assistant commissioner of the St. John Ambulance Brigade overseas. Macpherson was also the Registrar of the Newfoundland Medical Board.[2]

During World War II he served in ship convoys in the North Atlantic. He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 1st Company, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1957, and was awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration in 1964.[2]

At various times he was chairman of the Lunacy Commissioners, president of the St John Ambulance Council, and vice-president of the Newfoundland Division of the Canadian Red Cross Society. He was a member of the Medical Council of Canada from 1950 and its president in 1954-55. He was appointed a Knight of the British Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1913 and a Knight of Justice in 1955. He was chairman of the Clan Macpherson Association and president of its Canadian branch.[3]

Family
Macpherson married Eleanora Barbara Macleod Thompson, daughter of William Macleod Thompson,[2] of Northumberland County, Ontario on September 16, 1902.[3] They had two children, Emma Allison (1903-1971) and Campbell Leonard (1907-1973).[2] Eleanora was later created OBE and became a Dame of the Order of St John. She died in 1964.[3] Their son, Campbell Leonard, became the third Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland in 1957, and in 1965 served as president of the Macpherson family business, Royal Stores, Ltd., after the death of his uncle, Harold Macpherson (1884-1963), a breeder and world authority on Newfoundland dogs.[11] Cluny Macpherson lived in St. John's until his death on November 16, 1966.[2]

The family home at 65 Rennie's Mill Road, where he served as secretary, treasurer and registrar for the Newfoundland Medical Society[12] now has historic designation.[13]

Elizabeth Thompson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1806 - Lincolnshire, England 5663
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Events

•  Census: Household of Phineas Hussey, Bridge St., Castlethorpe, 1841, Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England.  (Household Member)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Phineas Hussey 5664 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Susannah Hussey
                2. Phineas Hussey
                3. Walter Hussey
                4. Betsey Hussey

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