Pte. Thomas Graham MORRY III ^{1,54,185,186,187,188}

   Other names for Thomas were Foxy Tom,¹⁹⁴ Thomas MOREY ¹⁹⁵ and Thomas Graham MORREY.¹⁹⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Interesting: He did not smoke or drink. ¹⁹⁶

2. Religion: Church of England. ¹⁹⁷

3. Minister/Priest: H. H. Hamilton, 9 Feb 1850, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^185,190,191

4. Court: Grand Jury Member - Merchant - Water St, 20 May 1852, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹⁹⁸

5. Residence, 1865, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹⁸⁸

6. Residence: According to his statement on immigration form in 1930, Jun 1872 to Jun 1876, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. ¹⁹⁹

7. Military: Private # 716, Provisional Battalion of Infantry of Active Militia, Between 12 Sep 1872 and 17 Nov 1874, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Sent to Fort Garry, Northwest Territory (formerly), Canada

8. Residence: House in Ferryland built for him by a SWain from Calvert, Cir 1877, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ²⁰⁰ Laura mentions the article by Jean Edwards Stacey in the Telegram on February 25, 1997 that outlined the view of how this house came into the possession of John Henry Morry according to his family members. But she says the house was built in 1870. That is impossible as that would be before he departed for Montreal and Fort Garry.

9. Occupation: Trader, Jun 1881, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^185,201

10. Property: Deed in Trust to Holdsworth property from Ann Coulman Winsor, 15 Dec 1881, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ²⁰² This event was shared with Ann COULMAN.

11. Property: V-41, F-55, 29 Aug 1890, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

12. Occupation: Postmaster for Ferryland, Between 1896 and 1919, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^{203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210} He was actually the Postmaster for many years. This is just one record of the fact. He had even built an extension to his house to serve as a post office.

13. Occupation: Commissioner of Oaths, Between 1903 and 1917, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^{205,207,210,211}

14. Occupation: Farmer and Merchant, as declared on son Howard's marriage registration, 2 Jun 1915, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ²⁷

15. Census: Household of Thomas Morrey [sic], 1921, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ²¹² Of the four family members shown, he is the only one shown as C of E, the rest are all RC. But Catherine is shown as being of English, not Irish, descent. This event was shared with Beatrice Mary MORRY, Catherine Frances WHITE, and Thomas Graham MORRY IV.

16. Occupation: Farmer according to census, 1921, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹⁴

17. Will: Will of Thomas Graham Morry, 13 Jun 1930, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ²¹³

18. Departure: On board the SS ROSALIND with sister Frances, 14 Jun 1930, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹⁸⁶

19. Arrival: En route to British Columbia, 18 Jun 1930, Montreal, Québec, Canada. ¹⁸⁶

20. Immigration: From Newfoundland to Canada, 18 Jun 1930, Montreal, Québec, Canada.

21. Residence: Palo Alta Drive at Kisber Rd, Jan 1934, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. ²¹⁴

22. Will: Codicil to Will of Thomas Graham Morry III, 23 May 1935, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ²¹³

23. Residence: 1339 Stanley Ave, 18 Jul 1935, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ²¹⁵ Last letter sent to Phyllis Morry by her grandfather was from this address and his obituary gave it as his last known address.

24. Property: Sale of John Henry Morry II property to Thomas Grant, 12 Jun 1936, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷⁹ Registry of Deeds. Vol. 137. Folio 136-138
Registered 12^th of June 1936 at 12:00 Noon
This is the official sale of John Morry's old house and lands at the junction of the Barkhouse Meadow Rd. (back lane) and the Main Highway (Hwy 10). He was required to give this up for sale by the executor of the will of his father, Thomas Graham Morry III, in return for receiving the house and lands of the latter left conditionally in his Will This event was shared from Pte. Howard Leopold MORRY RNR who also shared it with John Henry MORRY (Party), Tommy GRANT (Party), and William Nichols GRAY (Executor).

25. Documentation: Laura's fictional account about how her father received her grandfather's house, 2019, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ²¹⁶ 071219:

Laura's latest book, self-published in 2019, is entitled "On The Edge". It is essentially a collection of biographical notes including excerpts from her daily diary.

In one of the first pages she explains her version of how her father wound up getting the house built by his father, Thomas Graham Morry. Since she was not alive at the time she can be excused somewhat for getting the facts wrong, but she should have had access to her grandfather's will, since that is how her father actually did wind up owning the house, and that tells a completely different story than the fiction she has created in her own mind or has been told by other family members:

"When grandfather, in his later years, wished to sell the house
and move to Alberta [should be British Columbia], he knew he would have difficulty getting a buyer because of the house's size [he had no intention of selling the house; he had left it to my father in his will, written shortly before leaving Newfoundland]. He approached my father, who had recently built a two storey house at the end of the lane, close to the road [actually John had built that house years before when he first married].

Grandfather felt it would be easier to sell a new house so he arranged with my father to swap the old homestead and land in exchange for his dwelling [absolutley untrue].

Grandmother Morry, nee White, from the south side of Ferryland, had been deceased then. After the house exchange, Grandfather sold the newer house to Tommy Grant who was married to Philomena Barnable, the daughter of Jim Barnable, my mother's first cousin [this all took place after John had convinced his father to change the will and leave the house to him; Tom had a codicil to this effect made out in Victoria and the transfer of the house and sale of John's old house took place after his death and was faciliated by William Gray acting as his executor].

Following the deaths of Tommy and his wife, the house became the property of their niece, Sheila, daughter of Philomena's brother, Henry. After moving away, Grandfather Morry married a woman he had known from his childhood. His second wife had been married twice before.

My brother, Robert, was a baby when the family moved down the lane into the big house, around 1935 [only this part of the story is correct as the timing coincided with the death of her grandfather, not his move to BC]. Robert married a Calvert girl, Jeanie Kavanagh, in the 1970's, and they spent the rest of their days in the old homestead raising their two girls, Shelly and Susan."

The above story bears only a slight resemblance to the story told to a Telegram reporter years ago by Shelly and Susan about the history of the house and how they came to be living there. That story was a fiction as well.

26. Documentation: The Oldest Home Still Standing in Ferryland, 2019, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ²¹⁷ From "Treasured Memories - Then and Now", the Ferryland 2019 Come Home Year Book

The author is not given but is probably Shelly or Susan Morry and it contains the same errors in fact that an earlier Telegram article from interviews with them contained pertaining to how their grandfather came to own their great grandfather's house.

Thomas married Catherine Frances WHITE, daughter of John William WHITE and Catherine O'SULLIVAN, on 1 Jun 1880 in Renews, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ^{63,180,181,182}.^,183 (Catherine Frances WHITE was born on 20 Aug 1852 in Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada,^47,218 died on 27 Aug 1927 in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ^47,218,219 and was buried on 1 Sep 1927 in Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ^54,131,218.). The cause of her death was Flu or Food Poisoning.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Minister/Priest: Rev. M.A. Clancey, P.P, 1 Jun 1880, Renews, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^183,220

2. Witnesses: Florence Morry and Alfred White, 1 Jun 1880, Renews, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^63,183,221

Thomas next married Clara Isabelle WINDSOR, daughter of Peter WINDSOR and Anna Jennings WINSOR, on 24 Jun 1930 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.¹⁸⁴ (Clara Isabelle WINDSOR was born on 22 Sep 1851 in Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ^{49,54,185,190,192,222,223}, christened on 19 Oct 1851 in Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada,^54,190,223 died on 2 Jan 1934 in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada ^49,192 and was buried on 4 Jan 1934 in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada ²¹⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Minister/Priest: S. Ryall, St. Luke's Rectory, 24 Jun 1930, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ¹⁸⁴

2. Witnesses: Emily Frances Victoria Morry and Sarah Bradshaw, 24 Jun 1930, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ¹⁸⁴ Marrirage took place at St. Luke's Anglican Church, Mt. Tolmie

3. Marriage Fact: Registration Number 30-09-366419, 12 Nov 1963, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ¹⁸⁴ Apparently this copy of the marriage certificate was obtained directly by Aunt Jean as part of her research given the date, which was when she was most actively researching.