Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Irene Bishop

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Oct 1903 - Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁰ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Census: 1921, Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Samuel Bishop ¹⁹⁹⁶ Mother: Emily Jane Jerrett ¹⁹⁹⁷

Jacob Bishop

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 3 Jun 1853 - Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁹² ^,2071 Christening: Death: 3 Jan 1933 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 79) ¹²⁶² ^,2072 ^,2073 Burial: 5 Jan 1933 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁸⁶² ^,2073 ^,2074 ^,2075 Cause of Death: Arteriosclerosis ¹⁸⁶² ^,2076
Events
• Occupation: Wharf & Breakwater Builder (Government Job). 050821:
This information from Mom is not supported by any evidence in records. It was also said that the was eventually a senior public servant inspecting public works and that he travelled widely on the job, not just in Newfoundland but elswhere, even bringing back a parrot, seen in a number of photos, from one of his trips. This is all hearsay from Mom and may or may not be true.
• Alt. Birth: 1853, Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: Jun 1853, Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: 3 Jun 1855, Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Shoal Harbour, now Cavendish, according to Mom but the marriage record says Heart's Delight. I think that may have referred to the parish more than the specific location.

150318:
1921 Census gives Jacob Bishop's birth place as Heart's Delight (not specifying Cavendish) whilst it shows Jane Chislet as being from Islington specifically. This is odd since I was always of the impression that he was from Cavendish proper. Perhaps it had not yet been so named in 1921.
• Occupation: Fisherman, 1871, Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Fisherman, 13 Apr 1886, Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Interesting: Description of the sinking of the Lily, 16 Sep 1889, Point Amour, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. For reasons unknown, Jacob Bishop inscribed this note inside the front cover his personal bible:
"September 16 1899
The Lily lost at the
Sholop an Seven men
Save by roapes from the
Land on the 17 except
33 that got on shore in the night"

It seems likely that he had some personal involvement in this incident but he does not explain how that might be.

Here is a brief accoung of the same incident on a provincial website associated with the Point Amour Lighthouse:

"On September 16, 1889, the 720 ton British Naval vessel, HMS Lily, was attempting to intercept a mail ship en-route from Montreal to Great Britain. Powered by sails and engines, the Lily had left Brig Bay, Newfoundland, and was steaming into Forteau Bay in a thick blanket of fog when it ran aground near Point Amour. The nearby fog horn could not be heard above the roar of the sea and the noise of confusion aboard the boat. Thomas Wyatt, the light-keeper at the time, along with his assistants, heard the firing of the guns from the distressed ship, and ran to assist with the rescue. Although the ship was only 150 feet from shore, seven men lost their lives in the heavy sea. As the Lily sank to the bottom, with only its masts above the ocean, Thomas Wyatt got a line to the ship and rescued four men who were clinging on to the gear. The British Admiralty credited Mr. Wyatt as being a hero, and presented him with a clock in appreciation of his help with the rescue, and his care of the survivors of HMS Lily."
http://www.pointamourlighthouse.ca/home/10.
• Occupation: Carpenter, 13 Sep 1895, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: 109 Cabot St., 13 Sep 1895, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Agriculturist, 20 Sep 1916, Cavendish, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage record of daughter Minnie.
• Residence: According to son, Ralph's entry into US, Dec 1918, Cavendish, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: 64 Quidi Vidi Rd., 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)
• Occupation: Shipwright, 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: 64 Quidi Vidi Rd.,, 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 2 Jan 1933, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Registry Number 261954.
• Residence: Quidi Vidi Rd., 2 Jan 1933, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Will: Probate To Executor Joseph Bishop, 28 Sep 1945, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Documentation: Bible of Jacob Bishop (now with John Paul Wheeler), Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Contains dates of birth, marriage and death of some family members.

Parents

Father: Joseph Bishop Sr. ⁶⁵⁸ Mother: Hannah ¹⁶⁸ ^,657

Spouses and Children

1. *Jane Chislett ¹⁴⁶ ^,168 ^,437 Marriage: 6 Dec 1881 - Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁸⁷³ ^,2077 ^,2078
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: C. Ernest Smith, Rector, 6 Dec 1881, Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Lydia Bishop (his sister), John Legge, 6 Dec 1881, Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

Dec 6, 1881, Hearts Delight, Jacob Bishop, 28, Bachelor, Fisherman, Hearts Delight and Jane Chislett, 18, Spinster, ____, Island Cove, C. Ernest Smith, Lydia Bishop and John Legge
Children: 1. Susannah Muriel Bishop 2. Edward Ithial Bishop 3. Mary Eliza Bishop 4. Joseph James Bishop 5. Sarah Minnie Bishop 6. Jacob Alexander Bishop 7. Lewis Ralph Bishop

Notes
General:

There were an unknown number of other children who died in childhood.

Jane Chislett forced the family to move to Cavendish and back to St. John's during the war so that her sons would not be conscripted.

NFGenWeb 1889 Voter's List Trinity Bay Region - Upper Trinity Bay District Heart's Delight The information was transcribed by EVERETT BISHOP ~ November 2001. While I have tried to be careful, there could be errors - my errors, interpretive errors or errors existing in the actual document. If you would like to note an error - no matter how small - please use the error report form at the bottom of this page. If you would like to contact me, then I am among the list of contributors.

Name Age WhereBorn Occupation Father
Bishop, George 55 Heart's Delight Fisherman George
Bishop, John 42 Heart's Delight Fisherman George
Bishop, William 61 Heart's Delight Fisherman George Bishop
Bishop, Jacob 35 Heart's Delight Fisherman Joseph Bishop
Bishop, William 57 Heart's Delight Fisherman Joseph Bishop
Bishop, Corbet 33 Heart's Delight Fisherman Joseph Bishop

270407: From Julie Mathieson, Diocesan Archivist, ENL who read the records of the Anglican graveyard on Forest Road for Lanny: "Jacob Bishop, died 2 January 1933, buried 5 Jan. 1933, age 80, Sec. K, Lot 2, Plot 1"

CENSUS:
1. Per the NGB's transcription of the 1921 Census of St. John's East:
BISHOP, Jacob M head Marr 1855 June 66 Hearts ???
BISHOP, Jane/June F wife Marr 1862 Mar 59 ???
BISHOP, Joseph M son board 1888 Sept 33 Hearts ???

050909:
His gravestone reads:
In Loving Memory of
Jacob Bishop
Born June 3rd 1855 Died Jan. 3rd 1933
Also His Son
Jacob Alexander
Born April 15th 1893 Died July 24th 1893
And His Wife
Jane Bishop
Born March 24th 1862 Died Jan. 17th 1950
Also His Son
Joseph James
Born Sept. 6th 1887 Died July 26th 1964
Peace, Perfect Peace
BISHOP

Found in Section K, Lot 2, Plot 1
Anglican Cemetery, Forest Rd.
47 34 31.1 N 52 41 53.9 W

021009:
I transcribed the following from the bible of Jacob Bishop, which I only discovered one month ago was in the possession of John Wheeler in Newfoundland:
"Transcribed from the Bible of Jacob Bishop, Born 3 June, 1855 in Heart's Delight, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland:

Inside front cover:
September 16 1889
The Lilly lost at the
Sholop and fi seven men
Lost out of 107 and the rest
Save by roapes [sic] from the
Land and the 17 except
33 that got on ^shore In the night

Jacob Bishop was
Married December 6 1881
To Jane Chislett Dauter [sic]
Of James and Susannah
Chislett
Born 1862

[There are some figures scribbled on the page calculating Jane's age at her death in 1955, presumably added by Nan or Muriel. Also the year 1882 is written there, the year of birth of their first child, Aunt Sue. Sue was conceived out of wedlock, not uncommon in outports in those days, since there were no preachers in residence in most of them. But it seems someone was doing the math and realised she was born only one month after her parents were married!

Facing page (Front of Fly Leaf):
Joseph James Bishop Born
In the year of our Lord In
September 6^th 1887 aged 2 years
and 3 months and 5 days December 11
Sarah Minnie Bishop
Born in the year of ^Our Lord
In November 13^th 1890 age
8 months and 6 days August 19 1891
Jacob Alexander Bishop
Born in the year of our
Lord In April 15^th 1893

Other Side of Page (Fly Leaf):
Died July 19^th 1893 aged
3 and a half months 3 ½
Lewis Ralph Bishop Born
In the year or our Lord In
September 13^th 1895 Aged
5 months and 18 days
March 2^nd 1896

[Note: there is a word scribbled at the end of the second last line - wrote. It looks like someone was correcting the spelling of the word for someone]"

Bible presently (2009) in the possession of his great grandson, John Wheeler, in Flatrock, Newfoundland.

Before discovering these notations I had no idea of the names of Jane's parents.
I am not aware at this time of the significance of the notation concerning the shipwreck. I assume Jacob was somehow involved.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

1945 Census from NGB website

297 335 BISHOP Jane F W 86 Trinity B St. John's
BISHOP Joseph J Son M M 57 Trinity B St. John's
BISHOP Victoria M Daughter-in-law F M 43 St.

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250515:

I was always under the impression, presumably based upon what Mom told me, that Jacob was from Shoal Bay, now Cavendish, and Jane was from Island Cove, later Islington, and now part of Islington-Heart's Delight. But the Vital Statistics record for their marriage places him in Heart's Delight and she in Island Cove. In those days Heart's Delight was quite distinct and was a village on the other side of Island Cove (Islington) from Shoal Bay (Cavendish), so there should have been no confusing the two. At this stage I don't know how to sort this out but thought I had better record this doubtful information in hopes of sorting it out later.

160715:

Further to the above, while Jacob Bishop appears on the Voters List of 1889 as being a resident of Heart's Delight, when this same Voters List was edited and added to the book The History of Islington and Heart's Delight (which carefully avoids any reference whatsoever to the nearby village of Cavendish, formerly Shoal Bay or Harbour) Jacob's name does not appear on their list and neither does his brother Corbett. This seems to imply that someone edited him out as a non resident of either Islington or Heart's Delight. The mysery remains unsolved.

Jacob Alexander Bishop

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 15 Apr 1893 - Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁹² ^,2081 ^,2083 ^,2084 Christening: Death: 29 Jul 1893 - Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁹² ^,2083 ^,2084 ^,2085 Burial: After 29 Jul 1893 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁹² ^,2081 ^,2083 Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Jacob Bishop ¹⁴⁶ ^,168 ^,437 Mother: Jane Chislett ¹⁴⁶ ^,168 ^,437

Notes
General:

050909:

Although we knew there were other children who did not survive to adulthood, the discovery of this name on Jacob and Jane Bishop's gravestone came as a surprise. Nothing was known of him prior to this and it may be that he was born and died in Islington (Heart's Delight). Even that is not certain since there is no record of this in the parish transcript at PANL, which is extremely sporadic.

James Carey Bishop

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 17 Mar 1853 - Blanchester, Clinton, Ohio, United States of America Christening: Death: 1 Feb 1936 - Franklin, Warren, Ohio, United States of America ( at age 82) ²⁰⁸⁷ Burial: After 1 Feb 1936 - Lebanon, Monroe, Ohio, United States of America ²⁰⁸⁷ Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. *Sarah Fogarty ²⁰⁸⁶ Marriage:

Notes
General:

190714 from Find A Grave:

Birth: Mar. 17, 1853
Blanchester
Clinton County
Ohio, USA Death: Feb. 1, 1936
Franklin (Warren County)
Warren County
Ohio, USA

Family links:
Spouse:
Sarah Fogarty Bishop (1859 - 1940)

Children:
Thomas Lee Bishop (1891 - 1922) *

*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Lebanon Cemetery
Lebanon (Warren County)
Warren County
Ohio, USA
Created by: Richard Schultheiss
Record added: Feb 06, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 47650081

Jane Bishop

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: Servant Girl, 1890, Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Spouses and Children

Children: 1. Dora Bishop

Notes
General:

150705:

Feb. 14, 1890, Hearts Delight, Bishop, Jane, Dora, F, William Weaver (priest of Trinity West), July 15, 1890, C of E, Servant Girl

Apparently unmarried

191213:
Still have not found the connection to mom's Bishop line but am holding onto this information until it can be proven one way or the other.

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Jesse Bishop

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 10 May 1885 - Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴³⁷ Christening: 10 May 1885 - Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁰⁸⁸ Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Minister/Priest: C. E. Smith, 10 May 1885, Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Corbett Bishop ⁶⁴ ^,168 ^,659 Mother: Leah Worthman ⁴³⁷ ^,659

Notes
General:

1885, Hearts Delight, Bishop, Corbett and Leah, Jesse, M, C. E. Smith, May 10, 1885, C of E, Fisherman, DOB not recorded.

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Leslie Newman Bishop ²⁰¹⁹ Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Hayward Bishop Mother:

Spouses and Children

1. Living

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