Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Louisa Winsor

      Sex: F

Individual Information

     Birth Date: 20 Apr 1869 - Exploits, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁷⁰
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Thomas Avery Winsor ¹⁴¹^,1218
         Mother: Louisa Menchinton ¹⁴¹^,4087

Louisa Maria Winsor

      Sex: F

AKA: Louisa Maria Windsor ²⁸²

Individual Information

Birth Date: 27 Oct 1843 - Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,3275 ^,3276 Christening: 7 Apr 1844 - Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,3276 ^,8747 Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Residence: 27 Oct 1843, Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Minister/Priest: J. S. Wood, 7 Apr 1844, Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Minister/Priest: John Stowe Wood, 7 Apr 1844, Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

         Father: Capt. John Jennings Winsor ¹⁶⁰
         Mother: Alvina Chafe ³²⁷⁰^,3271

Spouses and Children

1. *Jonathan Scott ⁷⁹⁶² 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. John Seymour Winsor Scott
                2. Elvina Maud Scott

Notes

General:

170113 from NGB Vital Stats.:

27, 1843 Petty Harbour WINDSOR, John & Elvina Louisa Maria J.S. Wood Apr. 7, 1844 CHAFE (VS Vol 31)

090914:

Not sure whether they actually lived in Petty Harbour or it is just the place where their christening and marriage events were recorded as that was the registry centre for both Anglican and RC records on the Southern Shore for some time.

Living

      Sex: F

Parents

         Father: Washington Hill Winsor ²³
         Mother: Elizabeth Ann Mercer ²³

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Maria Jane Winsor

      Sex: F

AKA: Jennie Winsor ⁸⁷⁴⁸, Myra Jane Winsor ⁸⁷⁴⁹

Individual Information

Birth Date: 21 Feb 1880 - Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁶ Christening: 2 Mar 1880 - Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁸⁷⁵⁰ Death: 28 May 1959 - Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada ( at age 79) ⁶ Burial: After 28 May 1959 - Abbey, Saskatchewan, Canada ⁶ Cause of Death:

Events

• Education: Aquaforte Anglican School, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Minister/Priest: Dan Henry Winsor, Lay Reader, 2 Mar 1880, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Received into Church: Ambrose Heygate, 6 Jan 1881, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Residence: 23 Jan 1904, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

         Father: Jacob Winsor ⁶^,282^,283
         Mother: Susan Hall ¹⁴⁹^,283

Spouses and Children

1. *Capt. Nils Ludvig Nilsen ⁶ ^,7213 Marriage: 23 Jan 1904 - Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁹²⁶

Marriage Events

• Minister/Priest: H. Kilmer Woodward, Priest in charge of mission at Petty Harbour, 23 Jan 1904, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Witnesses: Jacob Winsor, James Jennings Winsor, Blanche I. Carter, 23 Jan 1904, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Alt. Marriage: Feb 1904, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Children: 1. James Torstein Nilsen

Maria Jean Winsor

      Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 20 Feb 1846 - Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,283 ^,1688 ^,4865 Christening: 17 May 1846 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,1688 ^,4865 Death: 6 Dec 1913 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 67) ⁸⁷⁵¹ Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Minister/Priest: H. H. Hamilton, 17 May 1846, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

         Father: Capt. Daniel Henry Winsor ¹⁶⁰
         Mother: Caroline Winsor ⁶^,168^,282^,283

Spouses and Children

1. *Arthur Scott ⁶ 
       Marriage: 6 Dec 1881 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Marriage Notes 



The Kirk, St Andrew's Manse,

       Children:
                1. Laura Marion Scott

Maria Victoria Matilda Winsor

      Sex: F

AKA: Vic Morry ⁸⁷⁵², Maria Victoria Matilda Windsor ¹⁴⁹ ^,168 ^,278 ^,282, Victoria Windsor ¹⁵³⁹ ^,6123

Individual Information

Birth Date: 23 Oct 1837 - Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,5795 Christening: 29 Sep 1838 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁸⁷⁵³ Death: 21 Dec 1906 - Kilbride, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 69) ¹⁰⁹ ^,1539 ^,2558 ^,8754 Burial: 24 Dec 1906 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁵⁵⁸ Cause of Death:

Events

• Alt. Birth: 29 Sep 1834, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 111019:

The Minister/Priest who made the transcriptions for the DPHW (Frank Severn) was very careless and made many errors. This was one of them. She was recorded in the Petty Harbour register as being born on 23 oct. 1837 and Christened on 29 Sept. 1838. He got both years wrong.

• Alt. Christening: 23 Oct 1834, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 111019:

The Minister/Priest who made the transcriptions for the DPHW (Frank Severn) was very careless and made many errors. This was one of them. She was recorded in the Petty Harbour register as being born on 23 oct. 1837 and Christened on 29 Sept. 1838. He got both years wrong.

• Minister/Priest: Thomas J. Bridge, 23 Oct 1834, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Minister/Priest: Thomas J. H. Bridge, B.A., 29 Sep 1838, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Alt. Birth: 23 Oct 1838, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Residence: At time of marriage, 19 Jun 1858, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Interesting: Letter from Eliza A. Le Messurier to Vic (Maria Victoria Matilda [Winsor] Morry, 11 Jun 1867, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Residence: Kilbride Rd., 21 Dec 1906, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 1906 Dec 24Morry, Victoria68 yrs Dec. 21 Kilbride Rd.
.

Parents

         Father: Capt. Henry Winsor ³⁰⁰⁰^,3825
         Mother: Ann Coulman

Spouses and Children

1. *Robert Morry ¹⁶⁸ ^,282 ^,283 Marriage: 19 Jun 1858 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁶⁹ ^,278 ^,1429 ^,1539 ^,1865

Marriage Events

• Minister/Priest: H. M. Lower, M.A., Incumbent, 19 Jun 1858, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. St. Thomas's as temporary cathedral during restoration after fire.

• Witnesses: Robert Morry, M.N. Le Messurier, 19 Jun 1858, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Witnesses: W. W. Le Messurier, Sarah Mary Ball Windsor, Priscilla Ann Le Messurier, 19 Jun 1858, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

030816 from NGB website transcribed by Jill Marshall/Kevin Reddigan:

19-Jun 1858 St. Johns Robert MORRY, bach, merchant, Caplin Bay Maria Victoria Matilda WINSOR, spin, Ferryland Robert Morry, M.N. LeMessurier STJB Maria V.M. Winsor was bapt Oct 23 1834, the dau of Henry WINSOR of Aquaforte & Ann COULMAN of Ferryland.

NB: It is possible but unlikely that another Robert Morry witnessed this marriage but I think not as I know of no other in this area at the time. Most likely this is a transcription error and the witness was a Robert Carter.

More likely the error results from there being two entries one in the St. Thomas register where the marriage was actually performed and one in the Cathedral register. St. Thomas served as a termporary stand in for the Cathedral whilst it was being restored following a fire and there were often double entries and also often errors were made. The version recorded by Nimshi Crewe from the Anglican Cathedral register on 14 Nov. 1966 (MG281) seems to be more plausible with no mention of Robert Morry as a witness.

140916:
Here is my transcript of the original record in the Cathedral register:
"N^o. 28 Robert Morry, Merchant, of Caplin Bay, bachelor
and Maria Victoria Matilda Windsor, spinster of Ferryland,
were married in this Church, this ninteenth day of June, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight (1858)
by me
H. M. Lower, M.A.
Incumbent

{ W.W. Le Messurier
In the presence of { Sarah Mary Ball Windsor
{ Priscilla Ann Le Messurier

This marriage was { Robert Carter
solemnized between us { Maria Victoria Matilda Windsor

281218:

Nimshi Crewe transcribed the register entry for this wedding and his version is almost identical to mine (see image in media folder)

Children: 1. Matthew Morry V 2. Eugenie Laura Morry 3. Robertha Ann Morry 4. Charles Augustus Morry 5. Ellen Gillard Morry 6. Priscilla Ann Morry 7. Maud Ophelia Morry 8. Ina Morry 9. Ethel Mary Morry 10. Helena Morry

Notes

General:

In an email dated 3/11/ 99 from Enid O'Brien: "Robert and Victoria Morry lost most of their children in a diptheria epidemic, I believe Victoria had a nervous breakdown and her children were brought up by an uncle."

The name is often shown as Victoria Maria Mathilda Winsor. On Aunt Jean's records it shows Marie, but this is evidently a transcription error on her part.

An email from Anne LeMessurier Lilly on August 28, 2001 confirms and adds to this information:

"My great-grandfather Robert was a sea captain and was gone for months at a time. A diphtheria epidemic broke out in Ferryland. Robert andVictoria's children were stricken with the disease. Once one child had the disease, the family was quarantined in their home, because it was so contagious. There was no medical help. My great-grandmother nursed her 7 children as best she could, but in the space of one week, 6 died. People in the community passed a coffin in through the window of her home. She would have to place her child in the coffin and push it out the window. This happened 6 times. Because of the quarantine, she was not even permitted to go to their funerals. I wonder how she maintained her sanity! My great-grandfather returned from a voyage to a wife and one child - when he had departed, he had 7 children! I've known this story for years but it still moves me profoundly that they survived such a terrible tragedy. Would we be able to do so today?! What a strong woman my great-grandmother must have been. Dad remembers her as an old lady wearing a lace cap on top of her head and sitting ramrod straight in her chair, even into her nineties. Only their eldest daughter, Bertha survived the illness. Helena, my grandmother, was born afterwards."

261106: George LeMessurier family tree shows she went by the name Victoria

020713:

Victoria is the name by which she is most often referred in various sources.

030713:

Although the family did live in Kilbride for a time it is not certain that she died there. The entry in the bible is incomplete (the date given is 21 Dec. 19--) so it is possible the location is not certain either.

[NB: I noted later from a transcript of the obituary in the newspaper found in the Nimshi Crewe Fonds (MG281) that she did indeed die in Kilbride at the home of G. W. Le Messurier, her son-in-law]

030713:

Note that this record in the family bible is attributed to "M. A. L. M." , presumably a Le Messurier but I do not know which one. Like almost all the dates in the bible, it conflicts with dates for the events found elsewhere and is highly questionable.

100916:
The transcript of the Petty Harbour birth/baptism record on NGB shows that the original inverted the dates of these two events so I am reversing them now.

080818 from Nimshi Crewe papers MG281:
"Daily News 22 December 1906:
Morry. On Friday, December the 21st, at the residence of Mr. G. W. Le Messurier, Victoria, widow of Robert Morry, Esq. of Caplin Bay"

Mary Winsor

      Sex: F

Individual Information

     Birth Date: Bef 20 Jun 1699 - Denbury, Devon, England ⁹⁵²
    Christening: 20 Jun 1699 - Denbury, Devon, England ⁹⁵²
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: John Winsor ⁴⁶¹
         Mother: Living

Mary Winsor

      Sex: F

Individual Information

     Birth Date: Bef 8 May 1659 - Denbury, Devon, England ²⁶⁸⁴
    Christening: 8 May 1659 - Denbury, Devon, England ²⁶⁸⁴
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Henry Winsor ²⁶⁸⁰
         Mother: Joan Butchers ²⁶⁷⁹

Living

      Sex: F

Parents

         Father: Rev. Alfred Samuel Hill Winsor ¹⁶⁸^,282^,283^,2221^,3182
         Mother: Eleanor Emma Stirling ²²²¹

Mary Winsor

      Sex: F

Individual Information

     Birth Date: Bef 12 Apr 1726 - Denbury, Devon, England ⁸⁷⁵⁵
    Christening: 12 Apr 1726 - Denbury, Devon, England ⁸⁷⁵⁵
          Death: in Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England
         Burial: in Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Henry Winsor ⁹⁹⁶
         Mother: Mary ⁹⁹⁴

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