Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Joseph Allan Bishop ²⁰¹⁸ Mother: Greta Legge ²⁰ ^,2018 ^,2019

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Soloman Harvey Bishop ²⁰¹³ Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: William Soloman Bishop Sr. ²⁰⁰⁹ Mother: Esther Freda Bryant ²⁰¹⁰

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Walter Bishop

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 1 Sep 1887 - Cavendish, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁰³⁶ Christening: 1 Sep 1887 - Cavendish, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²¹⁶⁰ Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Elias John Bishop ⁴³⁷ ^,2045 Mother: Esther Critch ²⁰⁴⁵

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Walter Llewelyn Jerrett Bishop ¹⁹⁹⁹ Mother: Violet Etta Jackson ²⁰⁰⁰

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living 4. Living

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Walter Llewelyn Jerrett Bishop

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 26 Dec 1913 - Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁹⁹⁹ Christening: Death: 13 Oct 1978 - Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 64) ¹⁹⁹⁹ Burial: After 13 Oct 1978 - Cavendish, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²¹⁶¹ ^,2162 Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: Ran a grocery store, Cavendish, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: Dec 1914, Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Construction, 1968, Churchill Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: William Bishop ²⁰³⁵ Mother: Emma Gertrude Wiltshire ²⁰³⁵

Spouses and Children

1. *Violet Etta Jackson ²⁰⁰⁰ Marriage: 2 Mar 1940 - Cavendish, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁰⁰⁰ ^,2163
Marriage Events
• Church: Church of the Good Shepherd (C of E), 2 Mar 1940, Cavendish, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: Rev. J.E. Morgan, 2 Mar 1940, Cavendish, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: John 'Jack' Bishop, Lizzie George (who later married Jack), and Ernest Jackson (no immediate relation)., 2 Mar 1940, Cavendish, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Children: 1. Living 2. Albertha Florence Bishop

Notes
General:

110608:Notes from Jennifer Bishop's website: Walter Llewelyn Jerrett BISHOP [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3 on Dec 26 1913 in Cavendish, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. He died 4 on Oct 13 1978 in Carbonear General Hospital, Carbonear, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and was buried 5 in Anglican Cemetary, Cavendish, Trinity Bay, NF. Walter married 6 Violet Etta JACKSON on Mar 02 1940.

BIOGRAPHY: My memories are of "Poppy Bishop" working in the little shop (grocery store) that he and Violet ran in Cavendish, just forward of Ray Marchand's summer home, the store has since been taken down and has been replaced by a shed.

His wife, Violet, reports that at a very young age, Walt had a job carrying water to the men building roads in nearby communities. And many years later (1968), Walt worked on construction in Churchill Falls. She says that life was always a struggle for them. Although they never went hungry, they often had to do without. Violet once said "we never did without the essentials, we did without some wants, we didn't have many luxuries, but we had what we needed to survive." Violet recalls that the "back house", a leanto building, where the porch and downstairs bedroom are now located, housed lumber and other basics. She recalls one year counting a dozen 100 pound sacks of flour that were put up for the Winter. Violet made bread every day, except Sunday. Feeding such a large family, the dozen sacks did not last the season and they had to buy more flour that Winter. Violet always says that although she raised ten children of her own, it was often more like twenty. Even as their children grew and had families of their own, it might have been a few years before they moved out on their own. And Violet and Walt always generously took in children whose parents were ill or had to be away for periods of time.

Walt and Violet were very social and often had a 'house full', as recounted in this humourous tidbit from the Bishop Family Bible.

"Summer 1978 - house is full, no vacancies for overnight guests. Guest List: Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Marchand and family of 3; Mr. and Mrs. T.T. Dobbie and family of 3; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Legge (Corner Brook); Mr. and Mrs. John Bishop. Total 20 humans, 5 cats, 2 dogs." [Not mentioned are Walt and Violet, their youngest children Terry and Donna who were living at home, and John Bishop's oldest children - Tim and Jennifer (me). ]

Keep in mind that they only had four bedrooms, a pull out couch in the living room and a daybed in the kitchen. So us kids were relegated to sleeping on the floor in the upstairs hallway. Fortunately, we weren't forced to sleep in the barn loft with the animals!

Animals always had a special place in their home. The family always had chickens running around the yard, used mainly for their eggs, but they kept the chickens even after store-bought eggs became cheap. Over the chicken coup was a small hayloft, also home to several barn cats. Walt and his daughter, Donna, were well known for rescuing stay cats or dogs and bringing them into their home. In fact, the family was often contacted when a stray of any kind was found. On one occasion, Violet's half-brother, Albert Jackson came looking for young Terry. Albert had come across a young seagull with a broken wing and thought Terry might like to have it as a pet. It was common in those days to have gulls and other seabirds as pets. Fetching the gull and putting it into a cardboard box, Terry looked after that gull as if he was its mother. He gave the poor gull what Violet calls 'a good stong name'. He called the gull Tom. Stopping by the wharf everyday on his way from school, Terry would get fresh fish (mackeral, flounder or cod) to hand-feed his gull. By now, everyone had grown to love the little gull and everyone around would ask how Tom was doing. Soon enough Tom had regained some strength and could go out in the garden to waddle and hop about. Before long he felt well enough to test his healing wing, jumping up on a rock in the centre of the garden, he would try to fly, getting in a few flaps more each time before finally collapsing, exhausted from his efforts. One fine afternoon, Violet watched poor Tom as he again hopped up on the rock. He seemed a little stronger that day and the wind was light, Terry would soon be home from school, maybe his gull would fly to him as he walked up the lane with his bit of fresh fish. But almost as quick as Tom hopped up on the rock, he hopped off again and soared into the air, down across the garden, over the road, over another garden, a house, some woods, towards the open water... and soon out of sight completely. When Terry returned and found his gull had gone, he couldn't believe it, quickly he ran down to the cove, where the falls ran into the ocean, and many flocks of gulls could be found, desperately calling...Tom...Tom... seeking even the slightest final glimpse... but Tom never came to him and among so many gulls, Terry could not tell which one was his Tom.

2. Article from "The Compass" written by Denise Pike:

Confederation Tree: A Living Tribute

There's a tree in Cavendish that stands as a historical monument, marking the fight leading up to Confederation in 1949. Known as the Joey / Confederation Tree, it was planted in 1947 by Walter Bishop as a way of acknowledging Joey Smallwood's contribution to the Confederation effort.

Although Bishop passed away in 1978, his wife Violet, 81, can clearly recall the day when her husband set it into the ground. "It was on a Friday Afternoon. I was coming home from cleaning the school," she said. "In those days the mothers in the community would go to the school after the week was finished and clean it up. When I came up the lane with my bucket in hand, Walter was in the garden planting three trees. He said he was naming them after the three fellers who were going to Ottawa to try and join us into Confederation. Their names were Gordon Bradley, Joey Smallwood and John McEvoy." At first all three trees grew. However after some time, the McEvoy and Bradley trees withered away. The Joey tree remained strong. A couple of years after it was planted, Newfoundland became a part of Canada.

During the years that followed, the Bishops raised a family of ten children. As they grew, so did their Joey tree. "The Children wold play around the tree but were never allowed to climb up in it," Violet said. "Walter always said Joey was the feller that got Confederation for us and his tree was a symbol of that. It was sacred."

However, there were some times when necessary changes to the tree had to be made. Because it was located close to the house, on occasion the Bishops had to carefully trim its branches in order to allow a truck up their driveway. "We didn't have a choice. In order to bring something into the house or carry something away, the tree had to lose a few branches," Violet said.

Towering over their house the Joey / Confederation tree has withstood many tests of time. And there were a few times Violet feared it might be destroyed. During stormy weather, she would stand at the window and watch the tree bend and thrash beneath the fury of the wind, rain and snow. "Sometimes I wondered how in the world it could hold up," she said. But like the ground it was planted in the tree stood firm. "It's a healthy tree with good strong roots. It will take a lot to bring it down," Violet said. Also, several years ago - during what Violet refers to as a silver thaw - a thick layer of sleet built up on the branches and the top cracked off. "I thought it would probably die then," she said. "But it didn't damage it at all. It just grew out again."

Since the Joey / Confederation tree was first planted, many changes have come to the community of Cavendish and to the Province. "When we first joined Confederation, it was for the best," Violet said. "It improved everyone's way of life. There were many difficult times before and families had to work very hard just to stay alive. Most people had to grow vegetables and keep a few animals just to feed their families. When the baby bonus, UIC, old age pension and welfare came into effect, it really changed things. However, in some situations today, the system is abused and the hand is out to the government. We tend to forget sometimes that we have to do for ourselves first."

(Caption for accompanying photo: 'Joey Tree - This tree was planted by the late Walter Bishop in acknowledgement of former Premier Joey Smallwood's contribution to Confederation. Bishop passed away in 1978. His wife Violet says though he planted two other trees the same day, only the Joey Tree has stood the test of time.)

CENSUS:

1. The 1921 Census of Cavendish lists Walter Llewelyn Jerrett Bishop's birth as December 1914. He was actually born in 1913.

NOTES:

1. Walt and Violet visited Cecile and Joyce and their families during Christmas 1976. And on several other occasions as well.

2. On December 4, 1940, Violet and Walter moved into their house. Violet lived there until September 24, 2000, when she moved into her son Gordon's house across the street. She kept the house open and spent most of her days there until the late fall of 2001 when she moved into an apartment in Islington, Trinity Bay. Her youngest daughter Donna and family are in the process of renovations on the house. In October of 2006 Violet was living at the senior citizen's manor in Whiteway, here she had a fall and shattered her femur. Subsequent to surgery Violet died on October 20, 2006.

MARRIAGE:

1. Walt and Violet (as recorded in the Bishop Family Bible) were married on March 3, 1940 by Rev. J.E. Morgan at the Church of England in Cavendish (now the Church of the Good Sheppard - Anglican). Their marriage ceremony was attended by John 'Jack' Bishop, Lizzie George (who later married Jack), and Ernest Jackson (no immediate relation). Their wedding reception was held at Walt's home in Cavendish.

BURIAL:

1. Per headstones in Anglican Cemetery, Cavendish, Trinity Bay, NF:

(etching of a lamb) 'Our Little Girl' Albertha Florence Daughter of Walter and Violet BISHOP Jan 18 1942 - May 20 1942

BISHOP In Loving Memory Of A Dear Husband And Father Walter L. Dec 26 1913 - Oct 13 1978 'To Live In Hearts We Leave Behind Is Not To Die' Erected By Wife And Family

(two stones in a large 'triple' plot - located near the left-side fence - opposite the Cemetery Gate)

2. Per NGB's list of the index of Stonepics Database Version 4.0 for Surnames "Billett to Bradbury":

"NF111 : CAV02 BISHOP, Walter L (1978) - 1 photo"

NF= Newfoundland, CAV = Cavendish

Violet Etta JACKSON [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3 on Dec 24 1917 in Cavendish, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. She died 4 on Oct 20 2006 in Health Science Centre, St. John's, Newfoundland. Violet married 5 Walter Llewelyn Jerrett BISHOP on Mar 02 1940. BIOGRAPHY: 1. Per her Generations CanConnect Profile (edited for grammar) published circa 1999:

"Mrs. Violet Etta Bishop was born on December 24, 1917, in Cavendish, Newfoundland. She was a resident of Cavendish for 82 years. Apart from owning a store, Mrs. Bishop was a housewife and a loving mother of ten children. Mrs. Bishop did a lot of hard work such as, attending to vegetable gardens, wheeling caplin from the beach to her garden which was a mile or two down the road, she also had to raise ten children on top of all the hard work. Mrs. Bishop loves to talk about the past, and about her children whom she loves very much, she also enjoys gardening and knitting. Mrs. Bishop says she doesn't use the Internet but some of her family do.

One of Mrs. Bishop's most important memories was when her father-in-law's barn burned down and they had to try and save the animals, this took place about 30 years ago in Cavendish. She said, "My father-in-law owned the barn and he tried to save all of the animals, but he could only save the horse out of all he had (horse, goats, sheep, etc...). "I love animals very much, and that is why I will never forget it", she said, "I will never forget how the animals suffered in the fire."

Mrs. Bishop's most favourite object is her wind up clock, which her husband had bought for her about 35 years ago, which he purchased in a store. Mrs. Bishop said when she winds it up it reminds her of her late husband. One day, it will be passed on to one of her children, she hopes that they will treasure it as much as she has.

Good Luck and Best Wishes to Mrs. Bishop and the rest of her Family."

CENSUS DATA:

1. The 1921 Census of Cavendish lists Violet's birth year as 1918, this is an error. In a discussion with Violet on September 24, 2000 she said, "I may not know everything, but I know what year I was born and that's 1917."

NOTES:

1. Violet was 12 when her mother Bessie died. Amos married Ethel F. (Critch) Jackson when Violet was 15.

They had the following children: F i Bessie Jean BISHOP F ii Cecile Gertrude BISHOP F iii Albertha Florence BISHOP 1, 2 was born 3, 4 on Jan 18 1942 in Cavendish, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. She died 5, 6 on May 20 1942 in Cavendish, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and was buried 7 in Anglican Cemetery, Cavendish, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. BURIAL:

1. Per NGB's list of the index of Stonepics Database Version 4.0 for Surnames "Billett to Bradbury":

"NF111 : CAV02 BISHOP, Albertha Florence (1942) - 1 photo"

NF= Newfoundland, CAV = Cavendish

F iv Ruby Eileen Sophia BISHOP F v Florence Joyce BISHOP M vi Walter Amos BISHOP M vii Lemuel Roy BISHOP M viii Wilson Gordon BISHOP F ix Marie Elaine BISHOP M x David Terrance BISHOP F xi Edna Donna BISHOP

Wesley Bishop

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Jun 1904 - Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁰ Christening: Death: Burial: in Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²¹⁶⁴ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1904, Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: Living at home with father and step-mother Annie ?, 1921, Heart's Delight-Islington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Eleazer Bishop ¹⁹⁰ Mother: Sarah Chislett ¹⁹⁰

William Bishop

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 8 Mar 1772 - Cattistock, Dorset, England ⁴³⁸ ^,2165 Christening: 8 Mar 1772 - Cattistock, Dorset, England ²¹⁶⁵ Death: Bef 19 May 1803 - New Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²¹⁶⁶ Burial: 19 May 1803 ²¹⁶⁷ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1770, Dorset, England.
• Alt. Birth: 1770, New Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Fisherman, 1800, New Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. *Mary Hillier ²⁰⁵⁹ Marriage: 16 Oct 1799 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁰⁵⁹ Marriage Notes

040909:

The PANL transcript is sketchy not giving details like their age, whether they were previously single, his occupation, who married them, who witnessed the marriage or the name of the registering officer. The original record may give these additional details and should be examined.
Children: 1. Joseph Bishop 2. George Bishop 3. Henry Bishop

Notes
General:

Houses, Inhabitants, Fishings Rooms, Rents of Rooms etc. etc. in the District of Trinity, Newfland in the Winter of 1800 and 1801 with the Number of Servants, Boats, etc. employed in the Fishery in the Summer 1800 and the Totals of Wages given" DATA INCLUDED HERE: H - Number of Houses; R - No. of Fishing Rooms; Sta - Married or Single; Me - Men; Wo - Women; Ch - Children; Ser - Servants & Dieters; Pr- Protestants; RC - Roman Catholics; SL - No of Servants in the Fisheries Last Season; B - No. of Boats in.. DATA EXCLUDED HERE: Annual Rent; Totals of Religons; Total of Wages; Number of Bankers;
The census information was transcribed by STEPHEN BAKER, March 2000. While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, the handwriting was difficult to translate thus there could be some typographical errors. If you should find any errors or would like to suggest an alternate interpretation, then please contact me among Trinity Bay Region

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