Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry




Wilhelmina Jane Campbell 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1881 - New Brunswick, Canada 557
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          Death: Cir 1920 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 39) 557
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Parents 
         Father: Archibald H. Campbell 1282
         Mother: Sophia Von Spreckleson 97
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
William Campbell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Mar 1901 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 20
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Events

•  Residence: Hamilton Ave., 1912, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: William Campbell 45
         Mother: Maria Hiscock 45,2755
William Campbell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 2 Jun 1823 - Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1282
    Christening: 
          Death: 4 Apr 1886 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 62) 97,557
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Events

•  Occupation: Architect and Master Builder and owner of Campbell's Building Supplies, 1860, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Alt. Death: 1886, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: Archibald Campbell 1282
         Mother: Susannah Beaumont 1282
Spouses and Children 
1. *Jane Judith Cole Hearder 1282 
       Marriage: 30 Sep 1850 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1282,2771

Marriage Events

•  Minister/Priest: Charles Blackmore, Minister of St. Thomas's Church, 30 Sep 1850, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Witnesses: John Hillman, P. Majorsom?, 30 Sep 1850, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 
Marriage Notes 





St. Thomas's Anglican Church


       Children:
                1. Henry Daniel Campbell
                2. Archibald H. Campbell
                3. Colin Campbell
                4. Susanna Sarah Beaumont Campbell
                5. Judith Campbell
                6. Margaret Jane Campbell
Notes
General:
From the Newfoundland Quarterly website 291111:

William Campbell (1823 - 1886)

More is known about William Campbell who, by 1873, was a well-established contractor, builder, and sometime architect. He was born in Bonavista, the son of Archibald and Susanna Beaumont Campbell, and moved to St. John's when he was young.13 After learning the builder's trade, Campbell operated a workshop on Allen Square while living nearby at 88 Queen's Road. Although he would later open a lumber yard in the West End (Campbell Lumber Company) and, a few years before his death, expand his interests to include building supplies (Campbell's Builders' Supply Store),14 Campbell is best remembered for his participation in the building of the George Street church, The New House on the Southside, the penitentiary, and a number of lighthouses.

Some of Campbell's earliest building contracts were in conjunction with the stonemason Alexander Smith.15 Together the two formed a successful partnership which included the building of the lighthouses at Dodding Head (or Great Burin) at Burin (1856)16 and Offer Wadham Island, Hamilton Sound, Bonavista Bay (1858).17 While most accounts of lighthouses concentrate on the light towers or the lives of the lighthouse keepers and their families, few tell much about the dwellings and outbuildings which were associated with the lighthouses. It was these buildings that would have been the responsibility of William Campbell. Unfortunately, the houses at both Dodding Head and Offer Wadham Island have been removed; but an excellent example of Campbell's later work exists at the Ferryland Head lighthouse that he built in 1871 in conjunction with the stonemason Thomas Burridge.18 The house, a two-storied wooden structure, has been designated a municipal heritage site by the town of Ferryland. In addition to being of historical value, it is also considered to be a good example of a typical light keeper's dwelling along the Avalon Peninsula.

Campbell and Smith also worked together on an entirely different project, the building of the penitentiary in St. John's. The lighthouse projects must have posed many difficulties, not the least of which would have been getting supplies and workers to the sites which were, in the instances of Dodding Head and Offer Wadham, islands. However, these problems paled next to the complexities of building the penitentiary.

Discussion concerning the need for a penitentiary began in 1851, when the House of Assembly appointed a select committee. In April of that year, the Committee recommended that a penitentiary be erected in St. John's. A tender for lumber and other goods was posted in the September 21, 1852 issue of The Royal Gazette. The Journal of the House of Assembly records the debates on what type of penitentiary system to institute, the legislation needed to authorize a board of commissioners to supervise the construction and eventual management of the penitentiary, and the architectural plan. Amongst themselves, the commissioners debated whether it was best to advertise for the work to be done by one contractor, to have several contractors, or to become purchasers of the materials themselves and contract for the labour only. They finally decided on the last option, and reimbursements for labour were reported in the year-end report of the Board of Works for 1852. However, by June 1853, with the land cleared and the basement built to ground level, work stalled. Construction did take place off and on and provisional purchases continued. Having worked on other government projects, Campbell and Smith may have been used to the vagaries of bureaucracy; however, the building of the penitentiary would surely have exceeded all past experiences. When the penitentiary finally opened on August 24, 1859, it still was not completely finished. In 1861, Campbell was still receiving payment for carpentry work on the structure.19

The lighthouses and penitentiary were major government-funded projects and it is probable that Campbell was involved in the construction of other public buildings. The best record of a construction undertaken by Campbell is that of The New House which was built in 1876-1878. On this house, as with the Ferryland project, Campbell was teamed with the mason Thomas Burridge. He was also reunited with John Hallett, a mason who had worked on the George Street church. The New House was built for Captain Edward White, also of the George Street project, who kept precise information concerning dates, builders, materials, and costs.20 A reading of the construction materials and basic furnishing for The New House shows other George Street connections, including: timber from Ayre and Marshall, fireplaces made at Angel's foundry and purchased from George Gear, and oil and paint from Steer Bros.

While much of Campbell's professional life showed connections with other well-known Methodists, Campbell's personal life moved outside this sphere. On September 30, 1850,21 Campbell married Jane Cole Hearder in St. Thomas' Anglican Church. Jane was the daughter of Captain Henry and Judith Hearder of Carbonear. According to various records, William and Jane had at least two sons and three daughters. Their sons Archibald and Colin were active in the building supply business for a while. Colin was married to Rachel C. Dicks and was the father of Ella Campbell who was well known for her work in the crusade against tuberculosis. She was the first nursing superintendent and matron of the sanatorium that opened in 1917.

One daughter, Susan Beaumont, married the Rev. William Kendall in 1879 and spent the rest of her life raising a large family as they moved from one outport posting to another. William and Jane's second daughter, Judith Nina, married William W. Watson in 1885. They had one child, Leonard Campbell Watson, who died in 1909. The Campbell's third daughter, Margaret Jane, was married to the commission merchant John H. LeMessurier who was a partner of Colin Campbell. She was living in Vancouver in 1917 and possibly stayed there the rest of her life.

After William's death, Colin and Archibald together managed the builder's supply store that was located at the east end of Water Street. Its loss in the Fire of 1892 is graphically described in W. J. Kent's A directory containing names and present addresses of professional men, merchants and shopkeepers, burnt out by the general conflagration of July 8th, 1892 (1892): "William Campbell's builders' supply store caught fire early in the evening. It was a wooden building erected as a shed after the great fire of '46, and, being filled with inflammable materials — paints, oils, tar, amp;c., — did not stand above a few minutes."23 The business relocated to 434 Water Street where, according to a contemporary report, there was "in stock a full supply of paints, oils, tar, pitch, nails, roofing felt and all kinds of builders' requisites. Mr. C. carries the largest stock in this line in the city, and, owing to the large quantity of goods he handles, is enabled to sell at a small profit. He also buys in the best markets, and, as he has made this line of business his especial study, he is in a position to supply the best material obtainable at the lowest possible figure. His store is now fully stocked and he will soon be carrying on as extensively as before the fire."24 The Mr. C. referred to in the advertisement is probably Archibald as Colin was working as a commission merchant in 1892. But the business never did fully recover from the Fire. By 1894 Archibald was in business with William F. Horwood under the name of Campbell's Lumber Company.25 Between 1894 and 1915, Colin and Archibald sold many of the Campbell family land holdings and business interests. In 1915 Archibald moved to Tennessee.

In life, William Campbell was a successful builder and building supplies merchant. While none of his businesses have survived in the Campbell name, both he and Richard Atwill deserve to be remembered. Their legacy is the buildings such as the George Street church that continue to grace the city of St. John's.

Suzanne Sexty is Honorary Research Librarian, Memorial University of Newfoundland Libraries.

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091211 from Paul Kirby on the Kirby Family website:

From a publication dated 1901 called NEWFOUNDLAND MEN there is a photo and article on William Campbell. The article reads; "The late William Campbell was a native of Bonavista, born June 2, 1843, he removed at an early age to St. John's, where he was educated and thoroughly mastered the trade of contractor and builder, to which, a few years before his death in 1886, he added the kindred business of "builders' supplies", afterwards known as "Campbell's Supply Store..."

230813:

Will from the NGB website courtesy of Judy Benson and Ivy F. Benoit

Will of William Campbell from Newfoundland will books volume 5 pages 42-43 probate year 1886

Last Will and Testament of William Campbell late of St. John's Architect. This is the last will and Testament of me William Campbell of St. John's Architect. First - I hereby revoke and cancel all wills by me heretofore made and declare this to be my last will. Second - I desire that the business now carried on in my name shall be continued and that the profits thereof shall be equally divided between my wife Jane Judith my son Colin and my son Archibald who shall be copartners in the said business. Third - The whole of the balance of my property outside my said business whatsoever the same may be and wheresoever situate I devise and bequeath to my said wife for her maintenance and support during her natural life with power to my said wife to sell or otherwise dispose of any portion thereof upon obtaining the consent in writing of my son Colin so to do. Fourth - Having perfect confidence in my wife and my said son Colin that they will in all respects deal with my estate justly and prudently, I hereby appoint them as the Executors of my will. April 16th 1886 - William Campbell - Signed published and declared by the Testator as and for his last will and Testament in our presence who in the presence of the testator and of each other signed as witnesses thereto - Julia Styles - J.K. McNeily -

I Certify that the foregoing is a correct copy Prescott Emerson Regr


William Campbell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Jan 1875 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 20,45,1154
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          Death: 23 Sep 1932 -  ( at age 57) 45
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Events

•  Residence: 12 Convent Square; clerk at post office, 1894, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Occupation: Inspector of Postal Service, 1905, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Residence: Hamilton Ave., 1912, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Occupation: Assistant Deputy Minister of Posts and Telegraphs/Department Secretary, Between 1926 and 1932, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Occupation: Justice of the Peace, 1931, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Inspector in the Postal Service in 1905 and a JP in 1931.
Parents 
         Father: Daniel Campbell 45
         Mother: Sarah Locke 45
Spouses and Children 
1. *Maria Hiscock 45,2755 
       Marriage: 12 Sep 1895 - Topsail, Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 2755
Marriage Notes 




230813 from NGB website:

Sep 12 1895 William Campbell, 21, St John's West & Maria Hiscock, 19 St John's West. At Topsail, METH. W: A S Shano, Jessie Reid


Methodist Parish of Fox Trap, Harbour Main


       Children:
                1. Isabelle Campbell
                2. William Campbell
                3. Harry Campbell
                4. Florence Campbell
                5. Donald Campbell
                6. Albert Campbell
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according to Giles Muir's research he designed several Newfoundland stamps including the Cod fish issue in green and grey-black. according to Giles Muir's research he designed several Newfoundland stamps including the Cod fish issue in green and grey-black.

280513 from Dictionary of Newfoundland and Labrador Biography:

CAMPBELL, WILLIAM (1875-1932). b St. John's; assistant deputy minister of Posts and Telegraphs 1926-32; d St John's 23 Sept. Campbell was a civil servant with the Department of Posts and Telegraphs. In a career spanning 40 years he rose through the ranks from letter carrier to assistant deputy minister. Campbell has been credited with designing many of the distinctive Newfoundland stamps issued in the 1920s and 1930s. PFK

William Arthur Campbell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 13 Apr 1935 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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          Death: 1989 -  ( at age 54)
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Parents 
         Father: Neil Ernest Campbell 10
         Mother: Living
Spouses and Children 
1. *Susan Oland 10 
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                1. Living
                2. Living
William Stephenson Campbell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 6 Jan 1871 - Montreal, Québec, Canada 454
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          Death: 6 Dec 1941 - Montreal, Québec, Canada ( at age 70) 454
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Events

•  Alt. Birth: New Glasgow (formerly), 6 Jan 1871, Sainte-Sophie, La Rivière-Du-Nord Regional County Municipality, Québec, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: Christopher Campbell 534
         Mother: Lodivia Stephenson 534
Spouses and Children 
1. *Emily Hildah Butteris 454 
       Marriage: 14 Oct 1903 - Montreal, Québec, Canada 534
       Children:
                1. Lorne Butteris Campbell
                2. Grace Helen Campbell
                3. Herbert Noel Campbell
                4. Mary Lodivia Campbell
Living 
      Sex: M
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Angus Murray F. Canaan 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Dec 1882 - Prestwick, Northumberland, England 935
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         Father: Henry Angus Canaan 935
         Mother: Grace Charlotte Molette Wright 2424
Gilbert Eric Canaan 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Sep 1884 - Salford, Lancashire, England 935
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         Father: Henry Angus Canaan 935
         Mother: Grace Charlotte Molette Wright 2424
Henry Angus Canaan 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Sep 1862 - Manchester, Lancashire, England 935
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Grace Charlotte Molette Wright 2424 
       Marriage: Mar 1882 - Chorltonville, Lancashire, England 935
       Children:
                1. Angus Murray F. Canaan
                2. Gilbert Eric Canaan

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