Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Evelyn Mary Wheeler

      Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 6 Nov 1917 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰⁵¹ ^,2147 ^,2148 ^,2149 ^,8430 Christening: 9 Dec 1917 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰⁵¹ ^,2149 ^,8430 ^,8431 Death: 2 Aug 2009 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ( at age 91) ³³¹ ^,2146 ^,2148 ^,8432 Burial: 7 Aug 2009 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ³³¹ Cause of Death: Complications associated with dementia

Events

• Residence: 6 Nov 1917, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Baptism: 9 Dec 1917, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Enrolled on Font Roll on December 11th, 1917.

• Minister/Priest: Rev. C. A. Moulton, St. Thomas's Anglican Church, 9 Dec 1917, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Alt. Birth: 1918, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Residence: 12 Quidi Vidi Rd., Information from St. Thomas Parish Bulletin,, Jan 1918, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. January 1918.

• Church: One Year Anniversary of enrollment on Font Roll, 11 Dec 1918, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Census: 64 Quidi Vidi Rd., 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)

• Residence: 64 Quidi Vidi Rd., 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Education: Council of Higher Education Grade VI Passing Certificate, Oct 1929, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Education: Council of Higher Education Grade VII Passing Certificate, Oct 1930, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Education: Council of Higher Education Grade VIII Passing Certificate, Oct 1931, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Education: Council of Higher Education Grade IX Passing Certificate (2 Versions), Oct 1932, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Graduation: Bishop Spencer College Secretarial Class, Jun 1933, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Occupation: Clerk at Customs Department, 3 May 1934, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Census: Household of John Wheeler, 64 Quidi Vidi Rd., 1935, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)

• Occupation: Checker, Customs; $516 a year, 1935, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. No doubt the census taker could not accept that she was an accountant so put her down as a "checker"!.

• Occupation: Comptometrist - Government, 1935, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Residence: 64 Quidi Vidi Rd., 1936, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Occupant)

• Medical: Had 2 teeth and one already broken one removed under anaesthesia, 29 Feb 1936, St. John's, Newfoundland. Dr. Kavanagh, whom she refers to as "Tubby". A few days later in March she had a tooth filled and he charged her $7.50 for that procedure which took two sittings.

• Medical: Got eye glasses for the first time - Dr. Murphy, 25 Apr 1936, St. John's, Newfoundland.

• Occupation: First pay raise after two years of employment, 30 May 1936, St. John's, Newfoundland. Saving the full amount of the raise for her first trip out of Newfoundland but it took her two years to save enough to make the trip.

• Interesting: First flight of Hindenburg over Newfoundland, 4 Jul 1936, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. July 4 1936 may not mean anything to anyone today but it sure was a red letter day in my mother's life and that of the people of St. John's. This was what she recorded in her diary on that date:
"Saturday, 4 July 1936. I saw the most thrilling sight I think I ever saw in all eighteen years this afternoon. The giant airship , the German "Hindenberg" [actually spelled the "Hindenburg"] passed over the city very slowly and very low. I really think it was wonderful to think it could be the work of man."

An article on February 8, 2015 on the CBC Newfoundland website (which of course I cannot link to here because the petulant child who runs Facebook has forbidden us to share news on this platform) tells the story of the Hindenburg and the 13 voyages it made across Newfoundland, starting with this one. The last one in 1937 preceded by one day its fateful explosion in New Jersey.
To read the story just search for "The Hindenburg's final flight took it right over Newfoundland" on the CBC website.

• Interesting: Shopping List for Robert Simpson Eastern Store, 1938-1940, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Note clear whether this was for her first trip out of Newfoundland headed for Boston in 1938 or her second trip en route to New York.

• Departure: On board the NOVA SCOTIA, 28 Sep 1938, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Arrival: On board the NOVA SCOTIA, 3 Oct 1938, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America.

• Occupation: Custom-Clerk, 3 Oct 1938.

• Occupation: Department of Customs, 28 Feb 1939, St. John's, Newfoundland. From Pay Stub and Civil Service Credit Union Deposit Slip dated 28 Feb 1939.

• Military: War Savings Certificate (Newfoundland) Booklet, Cir 1940, St. John's, Newfoundland.

• Military: Women's Patriotic Association (Newfoundland) Knitting of Helmet Liners, 1940, St. John's, Newfoundland.

• Departure: On board the NERISSA, Cir 21 May 1940, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Arrival: On board the NERISSA, 24 May 1940, New York, New York, New York, United States of America.

• Residence: 24 May 1940, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Departure: From St. John's aboard BACCALIEU, en route to Montreal, 27 Aug 1941, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

• Arrival: Return on FT. TOWNSHEND from Halifax after visit to Montreal, 14 Sep 1941, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Military: Defence National Registration, 23 Nov 1942, St. John's, Newfoundland. Home address given: 64 Quidi Vida Rd.

Signed by Thomas Murphy.

• Census: 34 William St., East End, 1945, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)

• Occupation: Accountant - Government, 1945, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Witness)

• Residence: 34 William St., 1945-1946, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Residence: 1947-1948, Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Property: Promissory Note from Fred Smallwood for $10 loan due, 8 Feb 1948, St. John's, Newfoundland. Note that it is made out to Evelyn Wheeler persumably meaning the loan was made before her marriage in 1945.

• Residence: 62 LeMarchant Rd., 1949-1951, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Residence: 3 Millbank St., 1951-1953, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Tel. 5652A.

• Residence: 835 Archibald St., Apartment number unknown, 1953-1954, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Occupant)

• Living: 12 Dec 2007, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

• Alt. Burial: Ashes buried alongside brother Otto and sister Muriel, 7 Sep 2009, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From Evening Telegram: Evelyn Mary (Wheeler) Morry Passed away peacefully on August 2nd, 2009 at the Carlingview Manor, Ottawa, in her 92nd year. Predeceased by her husband Thomas Graham Morry, her son of the same name and her grandson, Ian Thomas Graham Morry. Leaving with many fond memories of a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, her daughter Lanny and grandson Mick Morry; loving daughter-in-law Marietta and grandchildren Pete and Em; son Chris, wife Jamie and grandchildren Bryan, Gill and Nicola, as well as Great-Granddaughter Oonagh; and son Glen, wife Randi and grandchildren Lauren, Will and Holly. Evelyn was a staunch womens advocate, serving on the Canadian Council of Women and as a Commissioner in the Girl Guides. The daughter of John Thomas Carr Wheeler and Sarah Minnie (Bishop) Wheeler, Evelyn was also a proud Newfoundlander and has made her final journey home to rejoin her brother and sister, Otto and Muriel, who predeceased her. A service in Evelyn's honour will be held at graveside at the new Anglican Cemetery on Kenmount Rd. at 2 p.m. on September 7. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alzheimer Society of Canada would be most appreciated by the family..

• Alt. Burial: 7 Sep 2009, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Ashes buried in family plot with brother Otto and Sister Ruth.

Parents

         Father: John Thomas Carr Wheeler ²⁴^,168^,2141^,2142^,2143
         Mother: Sarah Minnie Bishop ¹⁴⁶^,168^,660

Spouses and Children

1. *Thomas Graham Morry V ¹⁶⁸ ^,867 ^,2148 ^,6695 Marriage: 6 Sep 1945 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁷⁰⁸⁷

Marriage Events

• Engagement: First weekend visit to Ferryland, 24 Jun 1943, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is not known if they were formally engaged at this time but it is the first time that they visited Ferryland together for the weekend according to Dad Morry's diary for this day:
"Tom & Ev came yesterday afternoon to spend
the week end with us. We were very glad to see
them."

• Engagement: Announced their planned wedding to Mom and Dad Morry, 28 Aug 1945, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Jack came up yesterday for Jean and brought down Tom & Ev who came up to announce their wedding on the 6^th of Sept. All the boys except Howard will then be married.

• Marriage Fact: Tom's parents were in attendance, 6 Sep 1945, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Fredris & I went to St. John's to attend Tom's Wedding at St. Pat's. We had a very nice time at the wedding, which was held at the Cochrane Hotel. They received many valuable presents & left for Corner Brook after the wedding supper.

• Minister/Priest: Rt. Rev. Monsignor Murphy, 6 Sep 1945, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Witnesses: John Funkhouser and Mary Foley, 6 Sep 1945, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

Although the marriage certificate states that the marriage took place in St. Patrick's Parish, while that may be true, in point of fact family lore says that it took place in the chapel at the Mercy Convent because as a mixed marriage it could not be celebrated at the church itself in those days. This is what I was told by Mom. I have not seen it recorded as a fact anywhere else. And Dad Morry's diary contradicts this:

Fredris & I went to St. John's to attend Tom's Wedding at St. Pat's. WE had a very nice time at the wedding, which was held at the Cochrane Hotel. They received many valuable presents & left for Corner Brook after the wedding supper.

Children: 1. Living 2. Thomas Graham Morry VI 3. Living 4. Living

Notes

General:

Minister at Baptism was C. A. Moulton.

Viewed copy of birth/baptismal records at NLGS on 27/08/01 and Vital Statistics record (Pg. 74, Line 17) at PANL on 28/08/01. Gives place of residence as 28 Quidi Vidi Rd. Birth Nov. 6, 1917; Baptism Dec. 9, 1917.

071009: From Ancestry.com:

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Evelyn Mary Wheeler Name: Evelyn Mary Wheeler Arrival Date: 24 May 1940 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1918 Age: 22 Gender: Female Port of Departure: St Johns, Newfoundland Place of Origin: Custom-Clerk Ship Name: Nerissa Search Ship Database: Search the Nerissa in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database Port of Arrival: New York, New York NATIVITY: Newfoundland Line: 10 Microfilm Serial: T715 Microfilm Roll: T715_6469 Birth Location: Newfoundland Birth Location Other: st johns Page Number: 88 Friend's Name: Mrs. J Martin

[NB: This was Mom's second visit to the US. In 1938 she sailed to Boston and visited Washington and New York City on the same trip. In 1941 she flew to Montreal to visit her aunt Maud and family there.]

130512:

From Evening Telegram: Evelyn Mary (Wheeler) Morry Passed away peacefully on August 2nd, 2009 at the Carlingview Manor, Ottawa, in her 92nd year. Predeceased by her husband Thomas Graham Morry, her son of the same name and her grandson, Ian Thomas Graham Morry. Leaving with many fond memories of a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, her daughter Lanny and grandson Mick Morry; loving daughter-in-law Marietta and grandchildren Pete and Em; son Chris, wife Jamie and grandchildren Bryan, Gill and Nicola, as well as Great-Granddaughter Oonagh; and son Glen, wife Randi and grandchildren Lauren, Will and Holly. Evelyn was a staunch womens advocate, serving on the Canadian Council of Women and as a Commissioner in the Girl Guides. The daughter of John Thomas Carr Wheeler and Sarah Minnie (Bishop) Wheeler, Evelyn was also a proud Newfoundlander and has made her final journey home to rejoin her brother and sister, Otto and Muriel, who predeceased her. A service in Evelyn's honour will be held at graveside at the new Anglican Cemetery on Kenmount Rd. at 2 p.m. on September 7. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alzheimer Society of Canada would be most appreciated by the family.

Frederick Wheeler

      Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Sep 1921 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹²¹⁸ Christening: Death: 3 Apr 1922 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁷³¹ ^,1218 ^,1428 Burial: 4 Apr 1922 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁷³¹ ^,1218 ^,1428 Cause of Death: Pneumonia ¹⁴²⁸

Events

• Alt. Birth: 1919, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Census: 34 Duckworth St., Arthur Wheeler Household, 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)

• Religion: C of E, 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Member)

• Residence: Upper Battery Rd., 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Residence: 34 Duckworth St., Apr 1922, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Residence: 46 Duckworth St., 25 Apr 1925, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Occupant)

Parents

         Father: Arthur John Wheeler ²⁴^,168^,220^,730^,4889
         Mother: Catherine Hammond ²⁰^,1218^,3657
        Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes

General:

140414 from NGB transcript of Civil Registrations:

Apl 3 Duckworth St Pneumonia WHEELER Fred Church of England 8 mo Church of England Cemetery

Frederick E. Wheeler

      Sex: M

Individual Information

     Birth Date: Cir 1914 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ⁹³²
    Christening: 
          Death: Cir 1915 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ( about age 1) ⁹³²
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Herbert John Wheeler ²¹
         Mother: Viola Matilda Cleveland ²¹^,1912^,3486
        Marriage Did Not Marry

Living

      Sex: M

Parents

         Father: Kenneth William Wheeler ⁵³^,340
         Mother: Greta Mae Russell ⁵³^,2241^,7151

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Gillian Wheeler

      Sex: F

Individual Information

     Birth Date: 29 Mar 1963 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁶²
    Christening: 
          Death: 20 Aug 1969 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 6) ³⁶²
         Burial: After 20 Aug 1969 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁶²
 Cause of Death: Killed by car

Parents

         Father: Douglas J. Wheeler ³⁴⁰
         Mother: Joyce ⁷⁹⁴
        Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes

General:

200710: Found on Stonepics at The Rooms -- NF056-STJ34-5195

Buried in Section B of the Forest Rd. Cemetery (same as her grandparents and Nan and Daddy Jack)

Grace Wheeler

      Sex: F

Individual Information

     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 
          Death: Bef 21 Apr 2008 ⁹³³
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Herbert John Wheeler ²¹
         Mother: Viola Matilda Cleveland ²¹^,1912^,3486

Spouses and Children

1. Living
       Children:
                1. Living

2. Living

Grace Wheeler

      Sex: F

Individual Information

     Birth Date: Jan 1917 - Silverdale, Green Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²¹
    Christening: 
          Death: 31 Jan 1937 - Jackson's Cove-Langdon's Cove-Silverdale, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 20) ²¹
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: William Francis Wheeler ²¹
         Mother: Caroline Penninah Osmond ²¹

Grace Gertrude Wheeler

      Sex: F

AKA: Grace Wheeler ⁵³

Individual Information

Birth Date: 9 Oct 1924 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁷⁶³ Christening: Death: 13 Aug 2001 - Welland, Ontario, Canada ( at age 76) ²⁷⁶³ Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Alt. Birth: Event Description: at the Grace Hospital, 1924, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Alt. Birth: Cir 1925, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Residence: 46 Duckworth St., 25 Apr 1925, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Occupant)

• Residence: 46 Duckworth St., 1935, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Departure: From St. John's, After 1946, Welland, Ontario, Canada.

• Living: 1999, Welland, Ontario, Canada.

• Alt. Death: Aug 2001, Welland, Ontario, Canada.

• Residence: 2016, Welland, Ontario, Canada.

Parents

         Father: Arthur John Wheeler ²⁴^,168^,220^,730^,4889
         Mother: Catherine Hammond ²⁰^,1218^,3657

Spouses and Children

1. *Joseph Peter Pious Campbell ²⁷⁶³ Marriage: 16 May 1946 - Nova Scotia, Canada ²⁷⁶³

Marriage Events

• Alt. Marriage: 1946. Children: 1. Living 2. Peter Arthur Campbell 3. Living

Hazel Isabel Wheeler

      Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 3 Feb 1911 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁰ ^,5185 Christening: 19 Mar 1911 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵¹⁸⁵ Death: 9 Jun 1927 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 16) ⁷³¹ ^,1218 ^,1428 Burial: 11 Jun 1927 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁷³¹ ^,1218 ^,1428 Cause of Death: Pul. Tuberculosis

Events

• Census: St. John's East (no specific address given, 1911, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Arthur and Catherine living with several of their still living children.

• Minister/Priest: Geo. O. F. Hewitt, 19 Mar 1911, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Census: 34 Duckworth St., Arthur Wheeler Household, 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)

• Religion: C of E, 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Member)

• Residence: Upper Battery Rd., 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Residence: 46 Duckworth St., 25 Apr 1925, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Occupant)

• Residence: 46 Duckworth St., Jun 1927, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

         Father: Arthur John Wheeler ²⁴^,168^,220^,730^,4889
         Mother: Catherine Hammond ²⁰^,1218^,3657
        Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes

General:

200710: Not found on Stonepics

140414 from NGB transcript of Civil Registrations:

June 09 The Sanatorium Pul. Tuberculosis WHEELER Hazel F C.O.E. 16 C.O.E.

Living

      Sex: F

Parents

         Father: Living
         Mother: Living

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