Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry




George William Rabbitts 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 3 Mar 1919 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 387,389
    Christening: 
          Death: 6 May 1962 - Coldenham, Orange, New York, United States of America ( at age 43) 389
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•  Census: 94 Pleasant St., 1935, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: Alfred Ernest Nelson Rabbitts 3457
         Mother: Jessie G. Clark 387,389
Spouses and Children 
1. *Elva Morgan 389 
       Marriage:
Jessie Gushue Rabbitts 
      Sex: F
AKA: Jessie Gertrude Rabbitts 362
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 19 Aug 1890 - Brigus, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 5091
    Christening: 
          Death: 1987 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 97) 362
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•  Religion: United Methodist, 19 Aug 1890, Brigus, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: William George Rabbitts 1389
         Mother: Annie I. Dicks Gushue 362,387,5089
        Marriage Did Not Marry
John Rabbitts 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1889 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 635
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•  Census: Household of Maxwell Rabbitts, 1911, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.  (Household Member) 

•  Occupation: Labourer, 1911, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. 

•  Residence: Living on brother Maxwell's Farm, 1911, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: William George Rabbitts 1389
         Mother: Annie I. Dicks Gushue 362,387,5089
Sgt. Major John Victor Rabbitts Clb 
      Sex: M
AKA: Jack V. Rabbitts 635
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1910 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 387
    Christening: 
          Death: Cir 1964 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 54) 388
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Events

•  Census: Household of Maxwell Rabbitts, 1911, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.  (Household Member) 

•  Residence: Living on uncle Maxwell's Farm, 1911, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. 

•  Census: 94 Pleasant St., 1935, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Honors: Coached the 1940 CLB Intermediate Basketball Champions, 1940, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From NGB website 100220:
Jill Marshall <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100012967085786&fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdC-R-R&eid=ARC4RDem8GmAl5ZX7HBVoe2a3Rj6M0HeGkzup4D3SE_fsDEO5pB18UgWclOnhgTFeakXtSqfDztRsQJj&hc_ref=ARTVrvOgV5sqI81kWIbm8rE-RaX5UKsTXhlqY-aFZjxd9fqE1sU3KOWj5J41x7M7X1M&dti=128454374023389&hc_location=group>
10 February at 16:06 <https://www.facebook.com/groups/128454374023389/permalink/1208876059314543/>
RE-POSTING from 2017:
 1940 CHURCH LADS BRIGADE (CLB) INTERMEDIATE BASKET BALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
BACK L-R: James SHIELDS, Trevor SNOW (Sec'y), Leslie BRIDGER, Sgt Major John V RABBITTS (Mgr & coach), Clarence WHEELER, Angus CRANE, Heber PURCELL.
 MIDDLE L-R: Edgar ESCOTT, Robert MARSHALL(uncle), George MARSHALL (Dad: Captain), Chesley STEVENSON, Chester MERCER
FRONT (on floor) L-R: Max KIRBY (V. Capt), Leonard BENSON.
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•  Census: Census of Household of Fred Rabbitts, 1945, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Appointment: Assistant Director of Civil Defence, After 1945, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Honors: Inducted into Newfoundland Sports Hall of Fame, 2 Nov 1979, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Inducted November 2, 1979
John V. Rabbitts - Builder

A dedicated and enthusiastic sportsman, versatile in many fields of athletic endeavour, Newfoundland has known few if any to equal John Victor Rabbitts in terms of athletic achievement or one with a deeper sense of dedication to sport. He became actively associated with competitive sports in 1923 when, as a youth of 14, he joined the Church Lads Brigade. His association with the C.L.B. was to span a lifetime and involve him in many athletic contests always as a representative of the C.L.B. Throughout his career he distinguished himself in a wide range of disciplines. He was an oarsman, hockeyist, soccer player, basketballer, a tennis star, an incomparable bowler and a trackman of note. He captained the victorious C.L.B. soccer team of 1934, which won that memorable three-game playoff series against Holy Cross.

Jack Rabbitts, familiarly known by his initials J.V.R., devoted his entire life to the promotion and chronicling of sport. He served in many executive capacities both throughout his playing career, and later in retirement, he broadened those activities notably as an organizer. For his efforts in promoting Bowling, a pastime which was to become one of the most popular local recreational pursuits, he became known as 'Mr. Bowling'. He was no less active in other spheres of athletic endeavour. He was successful in stimulating interest in tennis notably among the young and became president of the Newfoundland Tennis Association. It was that body that placed his name in nomination as a candidate for Hall of Fame recognition.

J.V.R. was a dedicated sports enthusiast and meticulous researcher. Throughout his lifetime he wrote extensively for the local press always interestingly and ever with his well known enthusiasm in an effort to encourage greater sports participation. While Jack Rabbitts had a brilliant career as an athlete and merits recognition for his accomplishments in that sphere his athletic ability is overshadowed by his competence as a researcher and sports archivist. Throughout his lifetime he accumulated and preserved for posterity the most amazing collection of memorabilia dealing with our Newfoundland sports heritage which his widow Dorothy has generously bequeathed to the Newfoundland Sports Archives. Jack Rabbitts was indeed a Builder in every sense of the word.
Parents 
         Father: Alfred Ernest Nelson Rabbitts 3457
         Mother: Jessie G. Clark 387,389
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
Notes
General:
281213:

Still living with parents in 1945 and single

190916:

In his biographical notes on people mentioned by Peter Cashin in his memoirs, "My Fight for Newfoundland", Edward Roberts has this to say about Rabbitts:

"Rabitts, John Victor (1909-1964)
Rabbitts was an active sportsman in his youth and in later years played
a leading role as an executive in the various sporting organizations in St.
John's. He collected documents and memorabilia concerning Newfoundland
sports and was a frequent contributor to the local newspapers. Known to
all as 'JVR', he was inducted into the Newfoundland Sports Hall of Fame
in 1979."

Cashin had mentioned that Rabbitts was the Assistant Director of Civil Defence before Cashin was appointed as the Director on 1 January 1954.

Kathleen Rabbitts 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1910 - Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 635
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•  Census: Household of Maxwell Rabbitts, 1911, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.  (Household Member)
Parents 
         Father: Maxwell Rabbitts 635
         Mother: Gertrude
Malcolm T. Rabbitts 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 24 May 1883 - Brigus, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1389,3457
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Parents 
         Father: William George Rabbitts 1389
         Mother: Annie I. Dicks Gushue 362,387,5089
Maxwell Rabbitts 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1881 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 635
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•  Census: Household of Maxwell Rabbitts, 1911, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Record Transcription:
Canada Census 1911
Household Members
Members that resided in the household at the time of the census.
First name(s)Last nameSexBirth yearBirth placeRelationship to head of household
MaxwellRabbittsMale1881Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaHead
GertrudeRabbittsFemale1884Ontario, CanadaWife
KathleenRabbittsFemale1910Ontario, CanadaDaughter
Fred. ERabbittsMale1880Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaBrother
Jessie GRabbittsFemale1890Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaSister In Law
Jack VRabbittsMale1909Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaNephew
Muriel GRabbittsFemale1910Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaNiece
JohnRabbittsMale1889Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaBrother
Charles BKirkMale1870Ontario, CanadaEmployee
Maxwell Rabbitts's Census Details
Details taken from the original census record.
First name(s)Maxwell
Last nameRabbitts
SexMale
Birth year1881
Birth dateMay 1881
Birth placeNewfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Birth place as transcribedNewfoundland
Race or TribeScotch
Marital statusMarried
Relationship to head of householdHead
Year1911
Immigration year1900
Family number10
Subdistrict nameGillies Township, Lybster Township, Marks Township, Hymers Village
Subdistrict number7
District nameThunder Bay and Rainy River
District number123
ProvinceOntario
CountryCanada
FilmT-20399
Page number13
Image source
Image at Library and Archives Canada
Record setCanada Census 1911
CategoryCensus, Land & Substitutes
SubcategoryCensus
Collections fromCanada, Americas
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•  Occupation: Farmer, 1911, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: William George Rabbitts 1389
         Mother: Annie I. Dicks Gushue 362,387,5089
Spouses and Children 
1. *Gertrude
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Kathleen Rabbitts
Maxwell Rabbitts 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1913 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 387
    Christening: 
          Death: Cir 1966 - Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 53) 389
         Burial: 
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Events

•  Census: 94 Pleasant St., 1935, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: Alfred Ernest Nelson Rabbitts 3457
         Mother: Jessie G. Clark 387,389
Minnie Rabbitts 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 
          Death: Bef 1921 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 5090
         Burial: 
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Events

•  Religion: United Methodist, 19 Aug 1890, Brigus, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.  (Member) 

•  Census: St. John's West, Ward 3, 1921, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.  (Household Member)
Parents 
         Father: William George Rabbitts 1389
         Mother: Annie I. Dicks Gushue 362,387,5089
Spouses and Children 
1. *Leonard Carman Mews 1125 
       Marriage: Bef 1914 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
       Children:
                1. Carman Ralph Mews
Notes
General:
281213:

On the 1921 Census and his landing record in New York that year, Leonard is noted to be a widower.

311213:

I can find no original source that references the name of Leonard's first wife other than as "Minnie Rabbitts" but that name is more than likely a nickname and I do not know for certain if i have her parents right. Others show different parents. No online sources I have seen help to sort this out. If it mattered more to me I would check it out when I am in Newfoundland, at The Rooms, but really it is of no importance to my family line.

Muriel G. Rabbitts 
      Sex: F
AKA: Muriel Rabbitts
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1910 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 635
    Christening: 
          Death: Oct 2011 - Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England ( about age 101) 389
         Burial: 
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Events

•  Census: Household of Maxwell Rabbitts, 1911, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.  (Household Member) 

•  Residence: Living on uncle Maxwell's Farm, 1911, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. 

•  Alt. Birth: Cir 1912, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: Alfred Ernest Nelson Rabbitts 3457
         Mother: Jessie G. Clark 387,389

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