Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Ernest Henry Canning

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1912 - Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Christening: Death: Burial: in Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁷⁷⁷ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Thomas Joseph Canning ¹⁴⁹ ^,542 ^,1685 Mother: Mary Josephine Jones ¹⁴⁹ ^,542

Eugenia Canning

Sex: F
AKA: Jean Canning ²⁷⁷⁶
Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1920 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁵⁴³ Christening: Death: Bef 2 Dec 2022 ²⁷⁷⁶ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Census: 1945 Newfoundland Census of Household of Leonrd Canning, 1945, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)

Parents

Father: Leonard Joseph Canning ³³ ^,1685 Mother: Marcella Clancy ³³ ^,493

Spouses and Children

1. *Cliff Kenny ²⁷⁷⁶ Marriage:

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Thomas Joseph Canning ¹⁴⁹ ^,542 ^,1685 Mother: Mary Josephine Jones ¹⁴⁹ ^,542

Ida J. Canning

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 23 Mar 1928 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁷⁷⁶ Christening: Death: 2 Dec 2022 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 94) ²⁷⁷⁶ Burial: 6 Dec 2022 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁷⁷⁶ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1928, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: 1945 Newfoundland Census of Household of Leonrd Canning, 1945, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)
• Living: 5 Nov 2007.
• Living: 12 Feb 2008.
• Living: 3 Oct 2014, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Living: 21 Dec 2015.
• Living: 6 Jul 2016.
• Living: 1 May 2017.
• Living: 25 Jul 2019, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Leonard Joseph Canning ³³ ^,1685 Mother: Marcella Clancy ³³ ^,493

Spouses and Children

1. *Thomas Patrick Sullivan ⁵³ ^,379 ^,2780 ^,2781 Marriage: 27 Dec 1949 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁷⁸¹
Marriage Events
• Alt. Marriage: Cir 1950, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Children: 1. Jean Anne Sullivan 2. Lorraine Sullivan 3. Living 4. Len Sullivan 5. Living 6. Living 7. Living 8. Living 9. Living 10. Living 11. Craig Sullivan 12. Living 13. Living 14. Living 15. Living 16. Living 17. Living

Notes
General:

Database online. DATA TEXT Record for Alfred Fred Canning _FOOT Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network

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05 12 2022 from David Wells:

From David Wells 051222:

From - Website - Fahey's Funeral Home, Fermeuse, Newfoundland. Accessed December 5, 2022
Ida J Sullivan (nee Canning) - (March 23, 1928 - December 2, 2022) - It is with great love, respect and deep sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our Mother, Mother-in-Law, Nanny (Nan) and Nanny Ida; Ida J Sullivan age 94 of Calvert on Friday December 2, 2022.
Predeceased by her husband Tom (2014), daughter Lorraine (2017), son Len (2019); her parents Len and Marcella Canning, her five sisters - Mary (Frank) Walsh, Jean (Cliff) Kenny, Mena Brophy, Alfreda (Mike) O' Neil and Anita Kelland and members of the Sullivan family.
Leaving to mourn and forever in our hearts her children Jean Anne (Bob) Gollop, Doris, Shirley (John) O'Brien, Jimmy (Michelle), Monica (Desi) Paul, Colin (Louise), Fabian (Bernice), Tommy (Darlene), Craig (Carol), Rhoda (Edward) Keough, Denise (Mikie) O'Brien, Patrice, Blair (Betty), Rodney (Rita), Ross (Annette); daughter-in- law Diane, 32 grandchildren, 18 great-grand-children. Also leaving her sister-in-law Joan Costello, brother-in-law Mike Brophy, cousins, many nieces, nephews, friends and neighbours and her home care workers Jeanie and Sylvia.
Our mother was a very modest and humble woman who wholeheartedly devoted her life to her family and community.
Visitation will be on Monday December 5th at Fahey's Funeral Home from 12:00 - 9:00pm.
Funeral Mass on Tuesday December 6th at Immaculate Conception Church, Calvert at 10:00am. Inurnment following Mass at Holy Family Cemetery.
Flowers gratefully accepted or donation to Calvert Hall Committee (email for e-transfer: calvertcommunity@outlook.com <mailto:calvertcommunity@outlook.com>)
The family requests that Masks be worn at the Funeral Home and Church.
"A Mother's Love is a Blessing "

James Joseph Canning

Sex: M
AKA: James Canning ⁵⁴²
Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 16 Sep 1876 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁶⁸⁶ Christening: 16 Sep 1876 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁶⁸⁶ Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1875, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Sponsors: Peter Barnable, Veronica Mountain, 16 Sep 1876, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Matthew Canning ⁹⁸⁷ Mother: Ellen Barnable ⁵⁴² ^,987

Notes
General:

190422:

I cannot be absolutely certain that this is the same man as Dad Morry mentioned in his second diary written in 1939-1940 but it seems likely to be he. Here is the story in any event. It took place apparently in November 1914 when Dad Morry was in training to join the Newfoundland Regiment:

I can see the ponds & rivers & woods
as they lay before me from the top of the Eastward
Look Out. When taking a look from there I
saw Ambrose Williams & Jim Cannon shoot a
bear. I saw the two of them run down over
the side of a bare Hill & get behind a
big rock. I wondered what they were
looking at, & just then I saw a big black
Bear moving up the hill towards them. He was
eating berries, & the sun shone on him, & he
glistened like glass. I saw them put up their
guns & fire. The bear gave a great jump, made
two or three bites at his side, & fell over &
lay still. Both of these chaps are long since
dead; they died young. Ambrose served the full
term in the Navy & died about five years ago
of Blood poisoning or something. Jim went to the
States to go winter fishing, & the ^^first night he
stayed in a boarding house, he blew out the gas
instead of turning it off & was dead when they
found him.

Living

Sex: M

Spouses and Children

Children: 1. Catherine Matilda Canning

John Canning

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 27 Jun 1901 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁶⁸⁵ Christening: 27 Jun 1901 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁶⁸⁵ Death: Jun 1943 - Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America ²⁷⁸³ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Jun 1901.
• Alt. Birth: Jun 1901, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: Household of Elizabeth Morey [sic], 1921, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)
• Occupation: Fisherman, cod fishery, 1921, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Emigration: From Newfoundland, 1924, Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America.

Parents

Father: Alfred Canning ³³ ^,493 Mother: Mary Swain ³³ ^,493

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Leonard Joseph Canning

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 16 Sep 1897 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³³ ^,2784 Christening: 21 Sep 1897 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁶⁸⁵ ^,2785 Death: 12 Sep 1984 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 86) ³³ ^,2784 Burial: After 12 Sep 1984 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁷⁸⁴ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Caplin Bay (now Calvert), Sep 1897, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: Household of Elizabeth Morey [sic], 1921, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)
• Occupation: Fisherman, cod fishery, 1921, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: 1945 Newfoundland Census of Household of Leonrd Canning, 1945, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Downloaded from FamilySearch and corrected so that right and left pages match

All family members RC.
• Occupation: Fisherman, cod fishery, 1945, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Alfred Canning ³³ ^,493 Mother: Mary Swain ³³ ^,493

Spouses and Children

1. *Marcella Clancy ³³ ^,493 Marriage: Cir 1925 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁹³ Children: 1. Eugenia Canning 2. Mary Anne Canning 3. Ida J. Canning 4. Philomena Canning 5. Alfreda Canning 6. Anita Mary Canning

Notes
General:

230318 from Kevin Reddigan's draft book on the families of Caplin Bay:

"Leonard and Marcella Canning had seven daughters but no sons so Leonard was the last male at Calvert with that surname. He died there in 1984."

161019:

This is how Kevin Reddigan describes the presence of the Morry family and their associates at Athlone starting about 1844:

Courageous Souls, Chapter Six, Pages 173-175
Morry and Locke - Athlone circa 1844
As mentioned earlier, the property at Athlone that belonged to John Rossiter might have become the home of Matthew Morry (III) about 1844. Matthew was born in August 1813 on the South Side of Caplin Bay, the second son of Matthew Morry (II) and Anne Saunders/Sanders. Matthew Morry (III) was married twice. On August 18th, 1838, he married Elizabeth Chafe of Petty Harbour, who was terminally ill. Elizabeth died four days later at her family's home in Petty Harbour.
Matthew did not marry again until February 19th, 1844. His second wife was Elizabeth (Eliza) Coleman from Ferryland, one of the first schoolteachers mentioned for Caplin Bay under Newfoundland's initial non-denominational school system. Matthew Morry established his fishing enterprise in the small cove on the north shoreline, just below his home referred to as Athlone Cottage. He and Elizabeth had five children over the next ten years. Matthew Morry (III) died at the age of forty, in 1854, when all his children were still very young. His eldest son, Matthew Jr. died several years later when he was just 12 years old. We do not know who ran the fishing enterprise at Athlone after Matthew's death. I can only speculate that some of his brothers and a servant, James Locke, operated it until his sons, William and Henry, came of age.
Sometime before Matthew Morry died, he had hired James Locke. It appears that James lived in the Morry family household since his name never appeared in any of the Caplin Bay Voters Lists. There are no surviving records to tell us what duties James performed for the Morry family, but his name appears in two Crown Land grants at Caplin Bay. Although both grant documents were destroyed in the Great St. John's Fire of 1892, the general location of these properties are shown on Edward ''Kehoe" Sr.'s Crown land grant #2893, of 1869. The associated survey showed James Locke's two properties abutting the land granted to Edward Keough.
James Locke's Newfoundland Vital Statistics death record for December 3rd, 1896, stated that he was born in England, about 1806. Although I found no evidence of a will in James Locke's name, it appears that my great-grandfather, Thomas Meaney, came into possession of his properties, adjacent to the Morry estate at Athlone Caplin Bay.
Matthew and Elizabeth (Coleman) Morry's sons, William and Henry, survived to manhood and eventually immigrated to British Columbia. William died there in 1910 and Henry died there in 1939. Their only surviving daughter, Elizabeth (Lizzie) never married, but lived out the rest of her life at Athlone. Records indicated that in addition to Athlone this branch of the Morry family also had property directly across the Bay, at Lance Cove, near the southern headland of Caplin Bay. It was obtained by Matthew Morry (III) in 1851 under Crown Land grant #961. Elizabeth and her brother, Henry, eventually sold this property in March 1900 to Dr. James Walker McCullock.
In addition to the property at Athlone, Elizabeth Morry held possession of part of the old Nash/Morry property on the South Side of Caplin Bay. In Gerald L. Pocius' book, A Place to Belong - Community Order and Everyday Space, in Calvert, Newfoundland, the late Clarence O'Toole explained that before his father, James O'Toole, bought the old Morry property, fishermen who needed shore space in that area had to rent it from Miss Lizzie Morry.
He stated that "a trapman paid ten dollars a year and a trawlman paid five dollars a year'' for access to the shoreline. He also indicated that the rent money, which was due before the fishing season started, was collected on Miss Lizzie's behalf by a man named LeMessurier who ''came up" from St. John's. Family researcher, Christopher Morry, identifies this person as likely being William Warner LeMessurier, the husband of Miss Lizzie's aunt, Priscilla Ann Morry. The Newfoundland Registry of Deeds indicates that Miss Morry eventually sold this property to James O'Toole on November 10th, 1928.
Miss Elizabeth Morry died at Calvert in 1930, the last of the Morry family living there. Miss Morry left a will, but after her death, there was a dispute between the descendants of Alfred Canning and relatives of Miss Morry, as to who would, or who should inherit her estate.
Alfred Canning was born at Ferryland about 1865. It appears that after Alfred Canning's mother died at Ferryland, Miss Lizzie Morry's mother took him in at Caplin Bay. In those days, there was no formal adoption process, and even though the Morry's were still Anglican at that time, Alfred was raised as a Roman Catholic, his mother's religion. He continued to live in the same household with Miss Lizzie Morry even after his marriage to Mary Swain in 1892.
The 1921 Newfoundland Census shows they were all still living together in Athlone Cottage. A few years after Alfred Canning's death in 1923, his son Leonard took over the care of Miss Morry. Even though Leonard eventually married and started a family of his own, he continued to care for Miss Morry, the last of her family at Calvert, until she died in 1930, at the age of 85 years.

Mary Canning

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 27 Sep 1904 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³³ ^,2786 Christening: 29 Sep 1904 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁶⁸⁵ Death: 5 Jan 1909 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 4) ³³ ^,2786 Burial: After 5 Jan 1909 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁷⁸⁶ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Alfred Canning ³³ ^,493 Mother: Mary Swain ³³ ^,493

Notes
General:

Database online. DATA TEXT Record for Alfred Fred Canning _FOOT Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, I

Mary Anne Canning

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1926 - Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁵⁴³ Christening: Death: Bef 2 Dec 2022 ²⁷⁷⁶ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Census: 1945 Newfoundland Census of Household of Leonrd Canning, 1945, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)

Parents

Father: Leonard Joseph Canning ³³ ^,1685 Mother: Marcella Clancy ³³ ^,493

Spouses and Children

1. *Frank Walsh ²⁷⁷⁶ Marriage:

Notes
General:

Database online. DATA TEXT Record for Alfred Fred Canning _FOOT Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, I

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