Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Calvin Joseph White

Sex: M
AKA: Big Cal White, Cal White
Individual Information

Birth Date: 23 Sep 1921 - Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America ⁶²¹⁵ Christening: Death: 1998 - Pennsylvania, United States of America ( at age 77) ⁶²¹⁵ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: 23 Sep 1919.
• Alt. Birth: 23 Sep 1924, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America.
• Alt. Death: 27 Nov 1998, United States of America.
• Residence: 2002, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America.
• DNA Relationship (cm): Ancestry DNA Match 161 cM, 2% shared DNA.
• Social Security Number: 168-16-5644, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
• Social Security Number: 249-03-3601, South Carolina, United States of America.

Parents

Father: John Stanislaus White ⁴² ^,785 ^,918 Mother: Mary Ann Mulrooney ⁴² ^,617

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living 4. Living 5. Living 6. Living

Notes
General:

061025:

Note that there are two possible social security death records which are suspiciously similar to one another with regard to the date of birth except for the year being different in each case and also different from the information I had previously. However, the year of death is the same in both reports. I think he had two Social Security Numbers and the information they had on him was different.

181125:
From Barbara White, wife of my DNA match, Marc, via Ancestry Messenger today:

Cal and Alice had 6 children. Sandra, the eldest, Mark & Michael, twins, John, Mary, Carol. There are many grandchildren, too.

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Hugh James Henry White ⁵ ^,42 ^,811 Mother: Esther A. Costello ⁵ ^,811 Marriage Did Not Marry

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Calvin Joseph White ⁴² Mother: Living

Living

Sex: F

Spouses and Children

1. *John A. Drought J. P. ⁴³³⁴ Marriage: Children: 1. Georgiana Letitia Drought

Catherine White

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 25 Jun 1876 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁵⁰⁵ Christening: 25 Jun 1876 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁵⁰⁵ Death: 6 Apr 1887 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴² ^,8498 Burial: After 6 Apr 1887 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁸⁴⁹⁸ Cause of Death:
Events
• Sponsors: William Oliphant and Anne O'Driscoll, 25 Jun 1876, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: 25 Jun 1878, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: 1880, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Richard Henry White ⁴² ^,168 ^,665 Mother: Margaret O'Driscoll ⁵ ^,109 Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

260313:

She is buried in the same plot with her parents and one sister in the new RC cemetery in Ferryland. Their gravestone reads on the four sides:

"In Loving Memory of Henry White Who Died at Ferryland Dec 1st 1895 Aged 52 Years RIP

Also His Beloved Wife Margaret O'Driscoll White Who Died Mar. 5th 1935 Aged 84 Years. RIP

And Their Daughters Kathleen Jacobsen Who Died June 21st, 1914 Aged 26 Years RIP

And Catherine White Who Died April 6, 1887 Aged 7 Years RIP"

Catherine Frances White

Sex: F
AKA: Kate White ⁷⁰⁹², Katie F. White ¹⁹ ^,159
Individual Information

Birth Date: 20 Aug 1852 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰⁹ ^,8499 Christening: Death: 27 Aug 1927 - Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 75) ¹⁰⁹ ^,8499 Burial: 1 Sep 1927 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁹ ^,282 ^,8499 Cause of Death: Flu or Food Poisoning
Events
• Census: Household of Thomas Morrey [sic], 1921, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)

Parents

Father: John William White J. P. ³³ ^,168 ^,618 Mother: Catherine O'Sullivan ³³ ^,42 ^,168 ^,1108

Spouses and Children

1. *Pte. Thomas Graham Morry III ¹⁶⁸ ^,282 ^,283 ^,749 ^,2274 ^,6854 Marriage: 1 Jun 1880 - Renews, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁹¹⁸ ^,1719 ^,2908 ^,7082 ^,7083
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Rev. M.A. Clancey, P.P., 1 Jun 1880, Renews, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Florence Morry and Alfred White, 1 Jun 1880, Renews, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

Name: Thomas G. Morry
Gender: Male
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 1 Jun 1880
Marriage Place: Renews, Newfoundland
Spouse : Katie F. White
Cleric 1 Name: Rev. M.A. Clancey
Reference Date 1: 15 Jun 1880
Source: Gazette (Royal Newfoundland Gazette) 1807-; Times and General Commercial Gazette 1832-1895; Evening Telegram (Telegram) 1879-
Notes: Marriage performed by Rev. M.A. Clancey, P.P.

No one seems to know why they would have married in Renews. I'm guessing it was because it was a mixed marriage and that would have caused problems in Ferryland in terms of which church in which to get married.

240216:
These are Nimshi Crewe's notes:
Morry
From the Public Ledger, St. John's
11 June 1880
Married at Renews, June 1st, by
the Rev. M. A. Clancy, P.P. Thomas
T.G. Morry to Katie F. daughter
of John White Esq., Ferryland

My note They were Howard Morry's
parents, both residents of
Ferryland, Groom was Anglican
Bride R.C. and Howard recently
told me they were married at
Renews because the R.C. priest at
Ferryland refused to marry
them because the groom would
not consent to having all
children of the marriage reared
as R.C.s. Howard was reared
an Anglican and N. C. Crewe
only embraced Catholicism 23/3/1965
when about 21 to please his mother

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250416:
Both Dad Morry and Aunt Jean had the notion, based on what information I do not know, that they were married in 1872. Nimshi Crewe's partial family tree (In MG281 at The Rooms) based on Dad Morry's information uses this date for example. There is absolutely no evidence to support this earlier date and every reason to believe it is not correct.

290120 from NLGenweb:

1Jun1880MARRY [sic], Thomas WHITE, Catherine RenewsMA ClancyAlfred WhiteFlorence Marry [sic]
Children: 1. Reginald John Morry 2. BQMS Albert Graham Morry 3. Pte. Howard Leopold Morry RNR 4. Gnr. Thomas Graham Morry IV 5. Beatrice Mary Morry 6. John Henry Morry

Notes
General:

Discrepancy on date of death - either 24 or 27 August, 1927 or August30, 1928.

Her headstone in the Ferryland Roman Catholic Cemetery reads: "Erected by T. G. Morry in memory of his beloved wife Katie Morry, died at Uplands 27 August 1927; aged 75 yrs. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."

But the Vital Statistics for Ferryland District (NLGS website data) indicate that a Catherine Morry, who was born and was buried in Ferryland, died of the Flu at age 75 in St. John's on August 30, 1928.

I suspect that the headstone and our records may be in error if this is the same Catherine Morry, as seems likely. Needs further research.

In the same plot are found the graves of Mom Morry - Fredris Minty (though she was not a Catholic), her daughter Priscilla and her great Grandson, Peter's son, Alexander William.

From email from Richard Sullivan dated 24/05/01:

4. vi. CATHERINE FRANCES WHITE, b. 1852, Ferryland, Nfld; d. August 27, 1927, Ferryland, Nfld. This helps to support date of death.

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July 2002: The caption on the photo of the Morrys and O'Driscolls in Catherine'sscrapbook here was written by Dad Morry and reads: "Back Row Left to Right Kathleen O'Driscoll, my first cousin, yours truly, Mom, the man behind the bunch of hair Dad, Front Row. Phyl O'Driscoll, Uncle Graham & Trix,"

The comma at the end is interesting because I bet he was going to go on to say that the little guy cut-off at the bottom was John, but decided not to bother since you couldn't see enough of him anyway. The only siblings missing from this photo would therefore be Reginald, who died in infancy, and Albert, who was three years Dad Morry's senior and had undoubtedly already gone out west to BC by the time this photo was taken. Dad Morry joined him there shortly after this photo was taken and they had many adventures over the next ten years or so which are recorded in Dad Morry's diaries. The O'Driscoll connection is as follows. Dad Morry's mother was Catherine Frances White. Her sister, Elizabeth May White, married Thomas O'Driscoll. I had never gotten around to researching the names of their children so now I know two at least, Kathleen and Phyllis.

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February 28, 2004: In email from Dave Taylor (Dad's second cousin): "In going through some of the Ferryland records I noticed the headstone inscription for your g grandmother noting that she died at Uplands.What you may not be aware of is that Uplands was the name of Emma Lester's farm at Mount Pearl, so it cannot be found on a map."

020704. 30 AUG 1928, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada From website. The conflict in date of death from other information needs to be resolved. It seems this date is erroneous.

re Marriage:

Originally had this date as 1872 from Aunt Jean's photocopied records but changed it to correspond with more preceise (and more accurate?) date on LDS site.

Clara Isabelle Winsor, who was their bridesmaid, married Thomas Graham when they were both in their 80s and widow and widower according to Helen Steinke.

Church records show Alfred White (her brother) and Florence Morry (his sister) were witnesses and M.A. Clancy officiated and the wedding did take place at Renews as Bruce Cameron's records showed.

According to Richard Sullivan email 24/05/01:

MUN Books= Katie F. White m- Thomas G. Morry June 1 1880 at Renews. by Rev M. A. Clancey.

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180806: BDM reports that marriage announcement appeared on 15 June 1880 in: 1) Gazette (Royal Newfoundland Gazette) 1807- 2) Times and General Commercial Gazette 1832-1895 3) Evening Telegram (Telegram) 1879-

Marriage performed by Rev. M.A. Clancey, P.P. Wife is referred to as Katie F. White.

040213: Geoff Martin found the marriage announcement in the Eveneing Telegram 1880-06-09 amongst the Google collection of digitised newspapers online:

Married. On the 1st. inst., at Renews, by the Rev. M.A. Clancy, P.P., Mr. Thomas G. Morry to Katie F., daughter of John White, Esq.

I do not believe that John White's family lived in Renews but rather Ferryland the same as the Morrys. This implies that either the RC church in Ferryland was not built at the time or the priest refused to perform a mixed marriage. But we know that the church was completed in 1865 so it is more likely the latter case.
Medical:

Official cause of death was flu but family believed she died of food poisoning.

Charles Mowbray White

Sex: M
AKA: Father Charles Mobley White ⁴²
Individual Information

Birth Date: 1 Sep 1877 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁶⁷⁶⁸ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Ordination: Roman Catholic Priest (Later Left Priesthood And Married).
• Alt. Birth: 23 Feb 1869, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1878, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Immigration: VIA Montreal, 15 Aug 1902, New York, New York, New York, United States of America.
• Occupation: Journalist, 13 Sep 1918, San Francisco, California, United States of America.

Parents

Father: Phillip D. White ⁴² ^,109 ^,168 ^,2943 Mother: Catherine Carroll ¹⁰⁹ ^,2443

Spouses and Children

1. Living 2. Edith Mildred Moore ⁶⁷⁶⁸ Marriage:

Notes
General:

From Richard Sullivan email 24/05/01:

Children of PHILLIP WHITE and KATE CARROLL are: i. CHARLES MOBLEY4 WHITE.

Notes for CHARLES MOBLEY WHITE: Charles was a priest, but left and got married

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

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