Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry




Elizabeth Viola Uphill 
      Sex: F
AKA: Viola Uphill 3458
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 5 Dec 1910 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 11,142
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Documentation: Letter from Rev James Carter Rendell to Viola Uphill, 21 Jul 1941, Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England.  (Recipient) 

•  Residence: 21 Jul 1941, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
Parents 
         Father: Rev. Henry Uphill 10,142
         Mother: Grace Goodridge Carter 10,142,573
Notes
General:
21/7/1941, to Viola Uphill, Salisbury. (This copy received from Viola's estate by John Carter, Mount Scio, St. John's, NL, her nephew.)
Dear Viola,
Many thanks for your kind letter telling me the sad news from Newfoundland. I am very sorry to hear of the death of Gladys Carter. The last I heard about her was two years ago when she had an operation. I do not know the nature of this but I suppose it to be the result of the trouble there was then. I am writing to Viola Carter by this post. I think I never met Gladys. Her two sisters Viola and Susanna came over with George* when we were living in London and I remember them. It is difficult to keep in lively touch with Newfoundlanders unless one meets them now and then. My sister Alice who went to Nfld for a visit used to write about them. But she has been dead now many years. You will feel the loss keenly I expect, and also your father. He is I hope well. You seem to have had more than one move in your district. My address book has alterations. Is the address on this correct? My grandson you remember, Ronald John had his 22nd Birthday last week. His brother is in the R.A.F. and they have sent him to the University of Cambridge for a half year free of cost, which is very good for him. He is called Michael. The youngest, Rex, is still at Highgate School, which has been transferred to Westward Ho. You speak of "Katie", do you mean your Aunt? Or is there another of this name. Here are some notes from my pedigree table. Let me know if you agree the names and dates, or if you have any alterations or additions to make to it. I expect you know it all. My wife, I am sorry to tell you, is quite an invalid; and to add to her trouble had a bad fall on the cement floor of the passage of this cottage and damaged her knee badly. It is bandaged so that she can only hobble about. But the Doctor thinks it is getting better a little. And in this beautiful summer, too! You came to see us at N. Bovey I remember. Perhaps you may be coming West again. We have no guess room in this cottage however, to which we could invite you. These are no days for travel. I want to get to Clifton, only travel is too difficult. I have an old cousin there who is ill. I hope you are free from air alarms. We get frequent sirens, for we are on the way to Bristol & Wales. But we have had bombs only two or three times. One however destroyed the Hospital across the river at Teignmouth and several houses there and in Torquay. Sleepless nights do not suit us at all. My wife joins me in sending you all kind wishes and to your Father also.
Yours affectionately,
(signed) J. Carter Rendell [Rev. James Carter Rendell of Teignmouth]
I remember Edwin Carter -- what became of him?
*George Carter, St. John's, was the father of Grace, Viola, Katie, Susanna, Gladys and Alan Carter. The above letter is addressed to Viola, the daughter of Rev. Henry Uphill. Viola's mother was George Carter's daughter Grace. (SEE Carter Tree)


Viola was only 12 when her mother died in 1922, and she remained wit h her
father, later on taking over the housekeeping, and training as a nurse . She
lives at present (1995) in Devises, Wiltshire and often pays a summe r visit
(including 1994) to her relatives in St.John's, visiting the summer ho me at
Mount Scio where her parents' wedding reception was held in 1908 (see
photograph).
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Eric Uphill 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 14 Nov 1911 - Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England
    Christening: 
          Death: 16 Aug 1984 - Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England ( at age 72)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Edwin Robert Uphill 10
         Mother: Kate Laura Dolman 10
Spouses and Children 
1. *Ivy Hickson 10 
       Marriage: 23 Apr 1949 - Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England
Notes
General:
Eric had a twin sister, Olive, who married Kibble
Eric had no children.
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Ethel Mary Uphill 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 28 Jan 1889 - Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 11
    Christening: 
          Death: 15 Sep 1935 - Topsail, Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 46) 11
         Burial: Cir Sep 1935 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Alfred Uphill 10,4307
         Mother: Mary Ann Lailey 10,11,3552
Spouses and Children 
1. *Weston Edgar Stirling 10,70 
       Marriage: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 11
       Children:
                1. Bruce Alfred Stirling
                2. Geoffrey William Stirling
                3. Living
                4. Living
Notes
General:
Ethel Uphill and her brother (Rev) Henry Uphill both came from U.K. an d married
in St. John's. She visited him in 1911, as did another brother, George , who was
living then in Boston. She went by sea with George to visit Boston, an d they
reached there after being shipwrecked in the S.S.Bruce (see account el sewhere).
She returned to the UK, and then came out again around 1914 to marry.
She and her husband ran the Cochrane Hotel, and later the Sterling Res taurant
in St.John's. She was only 46 when she died in a car accident.

!DEATH: Gravestone, In loving memory Ethel Mary Stirling
died Sept.29, 1935.
Birthdate received from Stephen Uphill, grand nephew, from family file s
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Evelyn Elsie Austin Uphill 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 2 Feb 1898
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Fred Uphill 10
         Mother: Edith Mary Austin 10
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
       Children:
                1. Living
                2. Living
Fred Uphill 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1874 - Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
    Christening: 
          Death: 21 Mar 1938 - Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ( at age 64)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Alfred Uphill 10,4307
         Mother: Mary Ann Lailey 10,11,3552
Spouses and Children 
1. *Edith Mary Austin 10 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Frederick Harold Uphill
                2. Evelyn Elsie Austin Uphill
Notes
General:
According to audiotape made by his bro.Rev.Wm, he died a year after hi s brother
Edwin, of a spinal illness, probably 1942. He was the only one of th e children
to follow in his father's path and be a gardener.
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Frederick Harold Uphill 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 27 Jun 1893
    Christening: 
          Death: 1944 -  ( at age 51)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Fred Uphill 10
         Mother: Edith Mary Austin 10
Notes
General:
Bachelor
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George Uphill 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 18 Feb 1868 - Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
    Christening: 
          Death: 11 Apr 1938 -  ( at age 70)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Alfred Uphill 10,4307
         Mother: Mary Ann Lailey 10,11,3552
Spouses and Children 
1. *Laura Uphill 10 
       Marriage: United States of America
       Children:
                1. Marjorie Uphill

2. Living
Notes
General:
From an audiotape made by his brother Rev. William, George went to Ant igua to a
government job, then moved to work on a weekly newspaper there,"The Le eward
Island Budget"; then moved to Boston as manager for a firm of bookbind ers. He
married there, and moved back to England with wife Laura and daughter ,settling
just north of Salisbury in Stratford sub Castle. After Laura died, h e married
Ida, a teacher. When George died in 1936, his two brothers Revs Wm an d Henry,
conducted the Burial Service.
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Living 
      Sex: M
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Living 
      Sex: M
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Living 
      Sex: F
Parents 
         Father: Edwin Robert Uphill 10
         Mother: Kate Laura Dolman 10
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
       Children:
                1. Living
                2. Living
                3. Living

2. Thomas Alec Thorne 10 
       Marriage:

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