Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry




Paul Francis Johnson 
      Sex: M
AKA: Paul Johnson 776
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 8 Jul 1955 - Renews, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 3335
    Christening: 
          Death: 26 Mar 2012 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 56) 3335
         Burial: 29 Mar 2012 - Renews, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 3335
 Cause of Death: Heart attack

Events

•  Alt. Death: Bef 9 Feb 2023.
Parents 
         Father: William Johnson 776
         Mother: Mary Kenny 776
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
       Children:
                1. Living
                2. Living
                3. Living
Notes
Medical:
From - The Telegram, St. John's, Newfoundland. March 28, 2012
Paul Francis Johnson - July 8, 1955 - March 26, 2012 - It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Paul Francis Johnson of Renews, age 56. Predeceased by his father William Johnson, brother Reg Johnson, and father-in-law James Chidley Sr. He leaves to mourn his loving and devoted wife of 29 years, Paula (nee Chidley); sons Darcy (Deirdra), Darnell (Julia), and Nathan (Jody); mother, Mary Johnson, mother- in-law Angela Chidley; sisters and brothers Patsy Downey (John), Jerry Johnson (Josephine), twin sister Christine Burke (Bill), Carl Johnson (Mercedes), Brendan Johnson (Paula), Ann Marie Johnstone (Stewart), Doreen Pond (Kelly), Colleen Johnson, Linda Baker (Keith), and Scott Johnson (Cathy); brothers and sisters-in-law: Gerard Chidley (Ann); Leroy Chidley (Bev); Clarence Chidley; Jim Chidley Jr. (Evelyn); David Chidley (Teresa); Paul Chidley (Rosie); Dianne Hartery (Andy); Special friends Heather Chidley, Mike Hartery and Christopher Boland. He is also survived by a large circle of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. In lieu of flowers, we ask that you make a donation to the Ronald McDonald House or Heart and Stroke Foundation in Paul's memory. "To the world he was one-but to us he was the world. We will miss your laughs, precious." Remains resting at Fahey's Funeral Home, Fermeuse. Visitation on Wednesday, March 28 from 6-9 p.m. and Thursday, March 29 from 2-9 p.m. Mass of Christian burial on Friday, March 30 at 11:00 a.m. from Holy Apostles Church, Renews. Interment to follow at Holy Apostles Cemetery. To express condolences on-line please visit www.faheysfuneralhome.ca <http://www.faheysfuneralhome.ca>.

Research note - Paul was home from Alberta for the funeral of his father-in-law. He had started a fire to burn some grass which got out of control. While attempting to put the fire out he had an heart attack


Reg Johnson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 
          Death: Bef 9 Feb 2023 - Renews, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 776
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Alt. Death: Bef 9 Feb 2023.
Parents 
         Father: William Johnson 776
         Mother: Mary Kenny 776
Living 
      Sex: M
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
       Children:
                1. Living
Living 
      Sex: M
Parents 
         Father: William Johnson 776
         Mother: Mary Kenny 776
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
Sybil Frances Carrington Johnson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 19 Nov 1887 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 2278
    Christening: 
          Death: 14 Dec 1973 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 86) 2278
         Burial: After 14 Dec 1973 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 4359
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Departure: Leaving St. John's on SS SIBERIAN, 1902, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. 

•  Education: Cheltenham Girls School, 1902-1904, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. 

•  Education: Music Conservatory, Violin, 1904-1909, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany. 

•  Departure: USMS ST. LOUIS to England, 1916, New York, New York, New York, United States of America. 

•  Education: Nursing at Queen Mary's Hostel for Nurses, 1916, London, Greater London, England. 

•  Military: VAD Nurse, Western Military Hospital, Between Dec 1916 and Jul 1918, Fazakerley, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. 

•  Residence: Arcady, 173 Waterford Bridge Road, After 1918, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: Hon. George Macness Johnson 172,2278
         Mother: Elizabeth Ann Bown 168,172
Spouses and Children 
1. *Sir Brian Edward Spencer Dunfield KT. 1230 
       Marriage: 8 Aug 1918 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1230
       Children:
                1. Dorothy Helen Dunfield
                2. Dr. Anthony Henry Dunfield
                3. John Brian Macness Dunfield
Notes
General:
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Here is her bio by Bert Riggs:

Remembering Another Group of War Volunteers
From the files of The Gazette <http://www.mun.ca/gazette> November 13, 1997.
Very often when we take time to remember the First World War, it is the young soldiers who come readily to mind. They are the ones who fought and died, the ones whose stories are told in newspapers, books and motion pictures, the ones whose names are inscribed on war memorials, the ones it is easiest for us to remember. Their exploits live on in the retelling of their heroic deeds.
However, there is another group of volunteers who are often overlooked. They were the young women who joined the Volunteer Aid Detachment (VAD). They were the young women who received a few weeks of nurse's training and were then assigned to the casualty and battlefield hospitals in England and on the continent. They were the young women who cared for and nursed the wounded. They would clean and bandage their wounds, try to comfort and cheer them, feed, wash and dress them, write letters home for them and, in some cases, sit holding their hands until they died. Theirs was not an easy lot, but hundreds of them came from all over the British Empire to do what they could for the war effort. Their lives were permanently changed by their experiences.
One such volunteer from Newfoundland was Sybil Johnson. She was born in St. John's on Nov. 19, 1887, the eldest of three daughters born to Elizabeth Bown and George M. Johnson. They also had one son, Macness. George Johnson was a St. John's lawyer who was junior partner with Sir William Whiteway in the law firm Whiteway and Johnson. He also served a number of terms as member of the House of Assembly for Trinity before being appointed a judge of the Supreme Court in 1902. His father was the Rev. George M. Johnson, a native of Warwickshire, who served as a Church of England clergyman in Newfoundland from 1848 to 1867.
Sybil Johnson
Courtesy of Archives and Special Collections (Coll - 201), Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL.
The same year her father was appointed to the bench, 1902, Sybil Johnson left Newfoundland for Liverpool, England, on board the S. S. Siberian. After visiting with her uncle, she travelled to Cheltenham Girls School where she would spend the next two years. Then, shortly before her 17th birthday, she left England for Germany, where she enrolled in a music conservatory in Leipzig to study the violin. She was at Leipzig until 1909 when she returned to St. John's. Her sister, Jill, who had entered Cheltenham the year Sybil left, joined her in Leipzig in 1906 and her youngest sister Dorothy joined them in 1908.
Little is known of Sybil Johnson's life between 1909 and 1916. She did perform as a concert violinist at charity functions in St. John's, especially in aid of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of which her father had been a founder. She was also a strong supporter of the war effort, volunteering with various groups involved in patriotic endeavors. In December 1916 she left St. John's for England where she joined the VAD's. After the mandatory training period, she was assigned to the 1st Western Military Hospital at Fozakerley, Liverpool, where she would stay until July 1918. Jill also served at the same hospital.
After her VAD service ended, Sybil Johnson returned to St. John's where she married lawyer Brian Dunfield on August 8, 1918. They had three children, Dorothy, Anthony and John. The family resided at Arcady, 173 Waterford Bridge Road. In addition to raising her family and running a large household, Sybil was very involved in charities, often providing violin music at special events. When her husband was knighted in 1949, she became Lady Dunfield. She died in St. John's on December 14, 1973.
In 1992, Dorothy Dunfield presented her mother's papers to the Centre for Newfoundland Studies. They include her almost daily correspondence home to her parents during the years she spent in Cheltenham and Leipzig and her correspondence to them during the war. There are two of her diaries, one covering Christmas 1906 to March 1908, and the other December 1916 to July 1918. Both her letters and her diary for the war years give vivid accounts of her life and experiences as a VAD.
The papers also include letters her father wrote to her grandfather between 1865 and 1880, her sister Jill's letters to their parents from Cheltenham and Leipzig (1904-1911) and her sister Dorothy's letters from Leipzig (1908-1910). There is a photograph of her brother, Macness Johnson, in his uniform as a member of the Highland Regiment.
Johnson family members have been noted for their contribution to the clerical, political and judicial life of Newfoundland. Sybil Johnson's role as a VAD has often been overlooked. It is time she, her sister Jill, and all the other Newfoundland women who served as members of the Volunteer Aid Detachment received the recognition they are long overdue.
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©2000, Bert Riggs

Thomas Johnson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: in North Shields, Devon, England 1798,3434
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Events

•  Alt. Birth: Cir 1721, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
Spouses and Children 
1. *Rebecca Churchwill 109 
       Marriage: 10 Dec 1745 - Dartmouth, Devon, England 109,1798,3434
Living 
      Sex: M
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
       Children:
                1. Mary Johnson
                2. Living
Living 
      Sex: M
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
William Johnson 
      Sex: M
AKA: Francis Conway 5810
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 
          Death: Bef 26 Mar 2012 - Renews, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 3335
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Alt. Death: Bef 9 Feb 2023, Renews, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: Francis Johnson 776
         Mother: Johanna 776
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Kenny 776 
       Marriage: Renews, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 776
       Children:
                1. Reg Johnson
                2. Paul Francis Johnson
                3. Living
                4. Brendan John Johnson
                5. Patsy Johnson
                6. Living
                7. Living
                8. Living
                9. Living
                10. Living
                11. Living
                12. Living
Living 
      Sex: M
Spouses and Children 
1. *Jean Paterson 5067 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Janet Johnston

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