Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Hon. Donald Morison

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 22 Apr 1857 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹¹⁷⁷ ^,1518 Christening: 8 Oct 1857 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁵¹⁸ Death: 24 Apr 1924 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 67) ¹¹⁷⁷ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Minister/Priest: Rev. Francis Nicol, 8 Oct 1857, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 110621 From Jean Carter Stirling's Transcripts of the Presbyterian Church (The Kirk) Records:

MORISON, Donald, son of Wm. D. Morison & Bessie Withall his wife born 22 Apr 1857; Baptised by Rev. Francis Nicol 8 Oct.1857.
.
• Occupation: Lawyer, admitted to bar 1881, 1881.
• Election: Member House of Assembly for Bonavista, Between 1887 and 1897, Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Attorney General, 1894, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Judge of Supreme Court, Between 1898 and 1902, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Election: Member of House of Assembly for Bonavista, Between 1906 and 1913, Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Between 1909 and 1913, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Hon. William Downie Morison ¹⁰ ^,806 Mother: Bessie Blake Withell ¹⁰ ^,806

Spouses and Children

1. *Catherine Elizabeth Trapnell ¹⁰ ^,1177 Marriage: Cir 1883 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Children: 1. Marjory Morison 2. Mary Morison 3. Donald Morison 4. Robert Morison 5. Jane Morison 6. William Morison 7. McIver Morison

Notes
General:

170113:

Information courtesy Geoff Martin:

Morison, Donald (1857-1924), lawyer, was born on April 22, 1857. He was admitted to the bar of Newfoundland in 1881. He was a member of the House of Assembly for Bonavista (1888-97 and 1906-13), was a judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland (1898-1902), and was Attorney-general in 1894 and again from 1909 to 1913. In 1910 he was a counsel for Great Britain in the North Atlantic fisheries arbitration at the Hague. He died on April 24, 1924. In 1883 he married Catherine Trapnell of Donegal, and by her had one son and one daughter.

<http://www2.marianopolis.edu/nfldhistory/Newfoundland%20biographie s%20K-P.htm>

271015:

Bert Riggs notes in an article he wrote for the Telegram that as Minister of Justice and Attorney General he introduced new legislation to permit women, including his niece, Janet Morison, to be admitted to the bar. As a result, she became the first woman in Newfoundland to be so admitted.

13 Aug 2021
Jean Carter Stirlings family tree notes added when merged family trees summer 2021
!BIRTH/B:Kirk Baptismal Register 1842-1879 p27:by Rev.Francis Nicol.

!MARRIAGE: Don married Catherine McLea Trapnell; they had at least 7 children; four sons and one daughter died of diphtheria; 1 son went to California; a daughter, Mary, married Dr. William Holman in 1912; a son, Donald Holman, married Francis McDonald in 1940; They had three children; Fraser, Susan, Robert.

Living

Sex: F

Spouses and Children

1. *Finlay Mitchell ⁵⁷ Marriage:

Helen McKay Morison

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1876 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Christening: 23 Jan 1877 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁵¹⁸ Death: 1877 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 1) Burial: in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Hon. William Downie Morison ¹⁰ ^,806 Mother: Bessie Blake Withell ¹⁰ ^,806

Notes
General:

!BIRTH/BAPT:Kirk Baptismal Register, 1842-1879, P.49

Jane Morison

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 9 Dec 1887 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁵¹⁸ ^,6818 Christening: 6 Jan 1888 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁵¹⁸ ^,6818 Death: Bef 15 Mar 1891 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁰⁹² Burial: 15 Mar 1891 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁰⁹² Cause of Death:
Events
• Minister/Priest: Rev. Graham (The Kirk), 6 Jan 1888, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 110621 From Jean Carter Stirling's Transcripts of the Presbyterian Church (The Kirk) Records:

P.47
MORISON, Robert, son Donald Morison and Catherine Eliz. his wife born 14 Aug.1886 Bapt. 6 Jan. 1888 by Rev. Graham; and

MORISON, Jane, born 9 Dec.1887, Bapt. 6 Jan.1888 by Rev. Graham
.

Parents

Father: Hon. Donald Morison ¹⁰ ^,1177 ^,1518 Mother: Catherine Elizabeth Trapnell ¹⁰ ^,1177

Notes
General:

!BIRTH/BAP:St.Andrew's Record of Baptisms 1878-1890 P.47,Rev.W.Graham.

Note that there is a discrepancy between the birth/baptism dates reported by Jean and the death/burial record. The latter shows she was 3 1/2 months old at the time of her death burial recorded by Jean as 15 Mar 1891. If this were so, her birth should have been sometime in December 1890, not in 1887 as her birth record indicates. There is a possibility that this couple's first daughter of this name died and a second girl was born later and given her name and then died in 1891.

Jeanie Deans Morison

Sex: F
AKA: Jeanie Deans Carter, Jessie Carter ³¹⁰⁵, Jeanie Dean Morison ¹¹⁵ ^,806, Jeanne Morison ²⁸² ^,292, Jean Helen Morrison ¹⁴² ^,983
Individual Information

Birth Date: 8 Feb 1859 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹¹ ^,1518 ^,3025 ^,3026 Christening: 13 Mar 1859 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹¹ ^,1518 Death: 25 Feb 1919 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 60) ¹¹ ^,3026 Burial: After 25 Feb 1919 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁰²⁶ Cause of Death: Cancer ³⁰⁸²
Events
• Minister/Priest: Rev. Donald Macrae, 13 Mar 1859, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 110621 From Jean Carter Stirling's Transcripts of the Presbyterian Church (The Kirk) Records:

MORISON, Jeanie Deans, daughter of Wm. D. Morison and Bessie Withal his wife born 8 Feb.1859, Baptized 13 March 1859 by Rev. Donald Macrae.
• Residence: Hamilton St., 21 Apr 1897, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Occupant)
• Residence: 1 Park Row, Rennie's Mill Rd., 1915-1919, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Occupant)

Parents

Father: Hon. William Downie Morison ¹⁰ ^,806 Mother: Bessie Blake Withell ¹⁰ ^,806

Spouses and Children

1. *James Charles Carter ¹⁰ ^,33 ^,142 ^,282 ^,983 Marriage: 12 Oct 1883 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁶⁹ ^,1865 ^,3025
Marriage Events
• Witnesses: Albert E. Carter, Isabel M. White, 12 Oct 1883, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

12-Oct 1883 St. John's CARTER, James Charles, St Johns. Bapt. at Ferryland, Nov. 23, 1851, son of Robert and Mary Ann (Simms) Carter] MORRISON, Jeanie Deans, St Johns Albert E. Carter, Isabel M. White SJPC Per Jean Carter Stirling (NFLD ANCESTOR 2002) Jeannie Deans Morrison was the daughter of William MORRISON & Bessie WITHELL. The groom is presumably descended from the Ferryland Carters.

140815:
According to Jean Carter Stirling's family tree they were married at The Kirk (Presbyterian Church).
Children: 1. Helen Morison Carter V.A.D., Q.A.I.M.N.S. 2. Jean Simms Carter 3. Marion Rendell Carter 4. Robert Carter 5. Pte Donald Wishel Carter RNR

Notes
General:

120910:

From Newfoundland's Grand Banks website

12-Oct1883St. John'sCARTER, James Charles, St Johns. {Bapt. at Ferryland, Nov. 23, 1851, son of Robert and Mary Ann (Simms) Carter]MORRISON, Jeanie Deans, St JohnsAlbert E. Carter, Isabel M. WhiteSJPCPer Jean Carter Stirling (NFLD ANCESTOR 2002) Jeannie Deans Morrison was the daughter of William MORRISON & Bessie WITHELL. The groom is presumably descended from the Ferryland Carters

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Jean Carter Stirling's family tree notes carried over when I merged her family tree with mine in summer 2021:

!BIRTH:Presbyterian Baptismal Register 1842-1879,p.31

!MARRIAGE: NF Archives, Vol 24,Presbyterian Church

!DEATH: O A Cm'y Gravestone; Jeannie D. Carter 1859-1919; also Dept.Vital Stats Certif.

She died of cancer, and her daughter,my mother Helen Morison Carter was called home from London,England where she was doing V.A.D. work during World War I

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120821 Jean's family history notes:

Jeannie Deans Morison was second daughter and third child of William Downie Morison and his wife Bessie Blake Morison, née Withell. Bessie was born in Padstow, Cornwall (See Withell tree), and lost her mother (Mary Peter of Padstow) when she was young. [See "Letters from Padstow"] Her father was with the Royal Engineers Corp Supply section, or Commissariat. and when he was posted to St. John's, (1852-1859) brought Bessie and her brother Charlie with him and his second wife and family.
Jeannie's father William Morison in about 1830 at 10 years old accompanied his family to the new world from Lewis, Stornoway, Scotland. (See Morison tree). This was how Jeanne Morison's parents, Bessie Withell and William Morison met and married in St. John's, 20 Sep 1854.
Jeanne (Morison) Carter was ill with cancer during the latter years of the war, and her daughter Helen, always known as Nell, returned in 1918 from her V.A.D. (Voluntary Aid Detachments) work in England at a London hospital, to care for her. After her mother died, she kept house for her father. Nell was the eldest; of her four siblings, Jeanne had died age seven, Robert had died of TB in his teens, Moll had married Gus Herder whose family owned The Evening Telegram, and Don, the youngest, had come back from the war deaf from being stationed near the cannon's roar. Don lived at home until he married Mary Fox in 1921, and the following year Nell married Ernest Fox (no relation to Mary) an immigrant from Redruth County, Cornwall.
father moved to live with them first at 21 Queen's Road (1922), and then (around 1931) when they bought #16 Rennie's Mill Road. Charlie continued as a dear and valued part of our household until he died on Easter Sunday, 1935, after walking to St. Thomas's Church. He was 84.

Marion Jean Prowse Morison

Sex: F
AKA: Marion Jeanie Prowse Morison ¹⁵¹⁸
Individual Information

Birth Date: 9 May 1872 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁵¹⁸ Christening: 10 Feb 1873 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁵¹⁸ Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Minister/Priest: Rev. Daniel Macdougall, 10 Feb 1873, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 110621 From Jean Carter Stirling's Transcripts of the Presbyterian Church (The Kirk) Records:

P.44
MORISON, Marion Jeanie Prowse, daughter Wm. D. Morison & Bessie Withall born 9 May 1872, Bapt.10 Feb.1873 by Rev. Daniel Macdougall.

Parents

Father: Hon. William Downie Morison ¹⁰ ^,806 Mother: Bessie Blake Withell ¹⁰ ^,806

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. Living

Notes
General:

Notes from Jean Carter Stirling Family Tree:

BIRTH/BAP: Kirk Baptismal Register 1842-1879 p.44.Rev.Daniel Macdouga ll.

MARRIAGE: This daughter married Richard Holden and moved away from Nfld;
They had two children,Eric and Jean;

Marjory Morison

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 15 Oct 1882 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁵¹⁸ Christening: 11 Apr 1883 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁵¹⁸ Death: 1 Jul 1899 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 16) ³⁰⁹² Burial: 6 Jul 1899 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁰⁹² Cause of Death:
Events
• Minister/Priest: Rev. Macneill, 11 Apr 1883, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 110621 From Jean Carter Stirling's Transcripts of the Presbyterian Church (The Kirk) Records:

P. 23
MORISON, Marjory, daughter Donald Morison and Catherine born 15 Oct 1882, Bapt. 11 Apr 1883 by Rev. Macneill.

Parents

Father: Hon. Donald Morison ¹⁰ ^,1177 ^,1518 Mother: Catherine Elizabeth Trapnell ¹⁰ ^,1177

Notes
General:

BIRTH/BAP:St.Andrew's,Record of Baptisms June1878-Oct1890,P.23; by
Rev.L.G.Macneill.

Mary Morison

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 18 Mar 1884 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Christening: 14 Apr 1884 - St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Hon. Donald Morison ¹⁰ ^,1177 ^,1518 Mother: Catherine Elizabeth Trapnell ¹⁰ ^,1177

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living

Notes
General:

!BIRTH/BAP:St.Andrew's Record of Baptisms,1878-1890,P.29;Rev.Macneill.

Mary Peter Morison

Sex: F
AKA: Mary P. Morison ¹⁵⁰⁶
Individual Information

Birth Date: 1855 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁵⁰⁶ Christening: 1857 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁵¹⁸ Death: in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Minister/Priest: Rev. F. Nichol, 1857, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 110621 From Jean Carter Stirling's Transcripts of the Presbyterian Church (The Kirk) Records:

MORISON, Mary Peter, daughter of Wm. D. Morison & Bessie Withal his wife
Baptised by Rev. F. Nicol - (dates unreadable) 1857
.
• Residence: 26 Parr St., Feb 1915, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Hon. William Downie Morison ¹⁰ ^,806 Mother: Bessie Blake Withell ¹⁰ ^,806

Spouses and Children

1. *Lewis Haldane Miller ¹⁰ ^,1506 Marriage: 23 Aug 1883 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁵⁰⁶ Children: 1. Pte. Andrew Haldane Miller 2. John Miller 3. John Withell Miller 4. Agnes Marion Miller 5. Janet Morison Miller

Notes
General:

!BIRTH/BAP:Kirk Baptismal Register,1842-1879,p.27. By Rev.Nicol;date s not legible.

McIver Morison

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir Nov 1890 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁰⁹² Christening: Death: Cir Feb 1891 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁰⁹² Burial: 20 Feb 1891 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁰⁹² Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Hon. Donald Morison ¹⁰ ^,1177 ^,1518 Mother: Catherine Elizabeth Trapnell ¹⁰ ^,1177

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