Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Thomas Joseph Carew ⁵ ^,411 ^,2235 Mother: Lucy Duggan ⁵ ^,20 ^,411

Agnes B. Carey

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1845 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ⁸⁹⁶ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Religion: RC.
• Census: 1871, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Census: Living at home with father and other family members unmarried, 1891, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Parents

Father: William Carey ⁸⁹⁶ Mother: Margaret ⁸⁹⁶

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Lawrence Carey ²⁷⁶ Mother: Caroline ²⁷⁶

Spouses and Children

1. *Janet Power ²⁵⁰ Marriage: Children: 1. Living 2. Living 2. Living

Alice Beatrice Carey RN

Sex: F
AKA: Alice Mary Carey RN ¹⁰⁶⁴ ^,1251 ^,2506
Individual Information

Birth Date: 29 Aug 1884 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹²⁵¹ ^,1686 ^,2885 Christening: 12 Sep 1884 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰⁶⁴ Death: 3 Apr 1971 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 86) ⁵⁷⁶ ^,578 Burial: 5 Apr 1971 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵³ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Christening: 29 Aug 1884, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Godfather: Alfred White, 12 Sep 1884, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Godmother: Josephine Morry, 12 Sep 1884, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: L. K. Vereker, Holy Trinity RC Church, 12 Sep 1884, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: 1886, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Christening: 13 Apr 1894, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Graduation: 1909, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Nurse, 1909, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Registered Nurse.
• Military: Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, Between 1916 and 1919, Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England.
• Departure: en route to St. John's after service in WWI on the Furness SS DIGBY, 2 May 1919, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
• Military: VADs and Nurses were only awarded the Victory medal, Cir 1920, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Documentation: Profiles of World War I Veterans in the 2019 Come Home Year Book, 2019, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From "Treasured Memories - Then and Now", the Ferryland 2019 Come Home Year Book
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Parents

Father: Dr. Robert Hillary Carey ⁴⁹³ ^,899 Mother: Mary Le Messurier Morry ¹⁶⁸ ^,282 ^,283

Spouses and Children

1. *Dr. Robert Almon Brehm ⁵⁷⁶ ^,578 Marriage: 26 Mar 1919 - Holborn, Camden, Middlesex, England ²⁴⁵²
Marriage Events
• Alt. Birth: 26 Mar 1919, Brighton, Sussex, England. From FindMyPast 030621:

England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription
First name(s)Alice B
Last nameCarey
Marriage quarter1
Marriage year1919
Registration month-
MarriageFinder™Alice B Carey married
Robert A Brehm
Spouse's last nameBrehm
DistrictSt. Giles
District number-
CountyLondon
CountryEngland
Volume1B
Volume as transcribed1B
Page number835
Record setEngland & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryCivil Marriage & Divorce
Collections fromUnited Kingdom, England
Â© brightsolid online publishing ltd

Note that the location is given as St. Giles, which is in the heart of London, but I suspect that is where she was living at the time of her marriage, likely in a nurses' residence attached to a hospital there. Marriage Notes

Event Description: Christ Church
Children: 1. Mary Emma Brehm 2. Robert Almon Brehm

Notes
General:

Enid O'Brien email 27/02/02: When her husband died there was no mention of children.

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071206: Received this email from Mary Frances Philpott:

" am writing a book on Newfoundland Graduate Nurses and VADS who served overseas during World War 1. The above named , 1910 graduate of theSt. John's General Hospital Nurses Training School, served with the Q.A.I.M.N.S [R] Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service. Length of Overseas Service: 3 + years. The British War Office has her War Medal Card listing her as a member of the Q.A.'s I have material regarding her war record. Question: Would you have a photograph of the above in her Uniform? Would you know whether she kept a war diary?

Interestingly, Frances Morry's neice, Alice Beatrice Carey [Brehm] [1886-1971], daughter of Mary "Minnie" LeMessurier Morry [Carey] and Dr. Robert Hillary Carey [1838-1905], graduate of Harvard Medical School and veteran of the American Civil War, also served overseas. Alice was a 1909 graduate of the St. John's Gen Hospital, and served overseas with the Q.A..I.M.N.S[R]. I have two formal pictures of Alice. Both these women were born in the Ferryland/Trepassey area. While overseas Alice married Dr. Robert Almon Brehm. In 1926 they had a son, Robert Almon Brehm Jr. The latter was living in Ontario per Alice's obit of 1971 .Again I am interested in whether you have any info regarding this relative of yours.

Look forward to hearing from you at your convenience. Mary Philpott B.A., B.Sc.N, LLB.

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300811 from NGB website:

BREHM, Alice - Passed away at the General Hospital on Saturday, April 3, 1971, Alice, widow of Dr. R. Almon Brehm, aged 87. Leaving to mourn one son Robert A. at Timagami, Ontario; one sister Mrs. Margaret Eagan at Yakami, Washington; one brother, Ernest C. Carey at Montreal, niece Mrs. Edward Thompson at Falmouth, Mass. Resting at the Carnell Memorial Chapel, Freshwater Road. Private funeral from St.Thomas' Church at 11 a.m. today, Monday. Interment at the General Protestant Cemetery, Waterford Bridge Road. (No flowers by request).

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110613:

Terry Bishop-Stirling, Head of the History Department at MUN, met with me today to discuss our mutual interest in the early nurses in Newfoundland including Alice. She provided me with a page out of the ledger set up to tabulate all of the service of each of the nurses from Newfoundland and on this page Alice's service was listed as was that of Fanny Morry.

Funnily enough there is no mention of Wandsworth hospital in the places of service of either of these ladies or any of the others on the page. It was my understanding that, that being the place Newfoundland soldiers were sent to convalesce, it would also have been the place where Newfoundland nurses were sent to serve, but apparently not, or at least not in the case of the nurses on this list. According to Terry, there were about 75 Newfoundland nurses who served oveseas so it is possible some of them served at Wandsoworth.

Alice's service was noted as follows: York Hill Pavilion Military Hospital, Brighton from Feb 2 1917 to Jan 26 1919 Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton from January 2 1919 to March 21 1919

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310716:
Alice was christened Alice Mary. But every reference I have ever seen to her as a result of her war service as a nurse (Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve) refers to her as Alice Beatrice. I don't know whether she chose to change her name or if there is a mistake in one source pertaining to her military record and it has been repeated by subsequent sources.

130717:
The Legion's book, "Lest We Forget, Vol. 16" had this to say about her: "CAREY-BREHM, Alice Beatrice, RN Served with the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service 1916-1919. Born on August 29th, 1884 in Ferryland,
Newfoundland. Deceased: April 3rd, 1971.

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201119:

I have just re-examined the notes by Anna Elton Morris of an interview she had with Tom Goodyear in 1985 in which they discussed Aquaforte and the Winsor/Windsor family in particular. On page 4 of that interview Tom retells a story he heard from Alice [Carey] Brehm:

"Alice recalls her great grandmother, Ann Coulman, telling how she hid a boy deserter from the navy until his ship sailed and then released him. He had been severely and ill-treated on the ship. His name was Quirk. Alice Brehm said Ann Coulman did not like her because she was a Tomboy."

This account clearly relates to the same incident that wound up with Ann and Peter Winsor and Elizabeht Morry being summoned to appear before the Magistrate to answer charges of interfering with the duties of Constable Samuel Cose in arresting a deserter from a vessel but the details are somewhat different and confused, as is always the case with oral history.

I had previously assumed that Anna had heard this story from Dad Morry, who also told of the event but with differing details.

Here is my rendition of the court case which was brought to my attention by a posting by Edward Chafe on Newfoundlanders and Genealogy earlier this month:

Action by Constable Samuel Cose against Anne Winsor, Peter Winsor Jr. and Elizabeth Morry

This action was precipitated by Constable Samuel Cose in Aquaforte, acting on orders from Constable Richard Sullivan in Ferryland pursuant to a warrant, attempting to arrest a boy (not named) who had run away from his apprenticeship on the Schooner HIRAM in England. He was evidently hiding out in Aquaforte with the collusion of many of the local residents.

From the ferry across Aquaforte Harbour, Cose spied the boy on the other side entering Croft's house and took the boy in charge while he was eating breakfast. As he attempted to conduct his charge by ferry to take him to Ferryland he was stopped by Henry Winsor and his son (not named) who told him he was doing wrong to take the boy in custody. He explained he was only doing his duty and that Richard Sullivan had a warrant for the boy's arrest.

Cose again proceeded to land on the other side from the ferry and took the boy into his own house. When he set out again 10 minutes later, he was by the Store across from "Mr. Winsor's" gate when the boy stopped and would go no further. He said he would throw himself in the harbour to drown because if he returned to the HIRAM, they would throw him overboard before he was half passage.

They started out again and when they were between Condon's and Whelan's houses "Mrs. Henry Winsor" (Anne Coulman, my 3^rd great grandmother) came running up to them and put her arms around Cose and told the boy to run, which he did. Cose then pushed "Mrs. Winsor" to the ground and attempted to chase the boy but her son Peter Winsor Jr. intervened (NB: He was only 14 at the time). Cose pushed him away and was about to begin his pursuit again when Elizabeth Morry (wife of John Henry Morry and daughter of Anne Coulman and Henry Winsor) successfully prevented him from doing so and the boy escaped.

Cose went to see Peter Winsor, Esq. to complain of what had happened but he took no action. This would be another Peter Winsor, actually Peter Ford Winsor, who was an MHA and perhaps not coincidentally had been charged with assaulting Catherine Cose in 1835.

Samuel Cose informed Robert Carter, who was the J. P. in Ferryland at the time and took this deposition that, in the tussle with "Mrs. Henry Winsor", she tore his shirt and damaged his clothing.

Three summonses were issued the following day pursuant to this deposition: to Anne Winsor, wife of Henry Winsor of Aquaforte, Master Mariner; to Peter Winsor "the younger" of Aquaforte (this would be the son of Henry Winsor and Anne Winsor above; and to Elizabeth Morry, wife of John Morry of Ferryland, Trader.

The outcome of the case is not known. ²⁸⁸⁶

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Janet Power ²⁵⁰

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Lawrence Carey ²⁷⁶ Mother: Caroline ²⁷⁶

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Lawrence Carey ²⁷⁶ Mother: Caroline ²⁷⁶

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Beverly Ann Carey

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 5 Feb 1961 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁷³⁷ Christening: Death: 6 Feb 1961 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁷³⁷ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Robert Hillary Carey ¹⁷³⁷ Mother: Bridget Theresa Rickert ¹⁷³⁷ Marriage Did Not Marry

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Robert Hillary Carey ¹⁷³⁷ Mother: Bridget Theresa Rickert ¹⁷³⁷

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Bridget Anne Carey

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 12 Feb 1949 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁷⁷ Christening: Death: 20 Nov 2016 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 67) ²⁷⁷ Burial: 22 Nov 2016 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁷⁷ Cause of Death: Alzheimer's ²⁷⁷

Parents

Father: Lawrence Carey ²⁷⁶ Mother: Caroline ²⁷⁶

Spouses and Children

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

Notes
General:

21 nov 2016 from David Wells:

From - The Telegram, St. John's, Newfoundland, November 21, 2016
Bridget Anne Doyle (nee Carey) - (February 12th, 1949 - November 20th, 2016) - Passed peacefully away surrounded by her family on November 20, 2016, age 67 years. Predeceased by her parents Caroline and Lawrence Carey as well as her new born baby boy. Leaving to mourn her loving husband Raymond, three sons Dwayne (Lois), Christopher (Trina) and Brian (Melissa), and six grandchildren Ryan, Christian, Taryn, Lynelen, Gracie and Connor, as well as nine brothers and sisters Isabelle, (Lar), Mary (Wilfie), Ann (Ted), Lawrence (Doreen), Ronnie (Denise), Alban (Maria), Thomas (Ros), Harry (Donna), and Aloysius (Carolyn), and a large circle of extended family and friends. Special thanks to Dr. Porter and the staff at the Waterford Hospital, for everything, especially for their compassion through Bridie's battle with Alzheimers. Resting at Ryan's Funeral Home, Bay Bulls on Monday, November 21st from 4-9 pm, and Tuesday, November 22nd from 2-9 pm. Mass of Christian Burial to take place from Immaculate Conception RC Church, Cape Broyle on Wednesday November 23rd at 10 am. Cremation to follow.

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