Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Shirley Ann Diack

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1954 ⁸⁰⁵ Christening: Death: 10 Nov 1956 - Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany ( about age 2) ⁸⁰⁵ Burial: After 10 Nov 1956 - Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany ⁸⁰⁵ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: James Alexander Diack ⁸⁰⁵ Mother: Living

Living

Sex: M

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Living

Sex: M

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. Living

Dibbs

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Christening: Death: Bef 19 Mar 1923 ¹³⁶⁶ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Sir Thomas Allwright Dibbs ¹⁴¹ Mother: Tryphena Gaden ¹⁴¹ ^,429

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Sir Thomas Allwright Dibbs ¹⁴¹ Mother: Tryphena Gaden ¹⁴¹ ^,429

Sir George Dibbs

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Election: Premier of Australia, Between 1891 and 1894, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Parents

Father: Capt. John Dibbs ⁴²⁹ ^,1366 Mother: Sophia Elizabeth Allright ⁴²⁹

Capt. John Dibbs

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: St. Andrew's, Fife, Scotland ¹³⁶⁶ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: Master Mariner.

Spouses and Children

1. *Sophia Elizabeth Allright ⁴²⁹ Marriage: Children: 1. Sir George Dibbs 2. Sir Thomas Allwright Dibbs

Sir Thomas Allwright Dibbs

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 31 Oct 1832 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⁴²⁹ Christening: Death: 18 Mar 1923 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ( at age 90) ⁴²⁹ ^,1366 Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: Banker, Commercial Banking Co., Bef 1915, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Served for 68 years with the firm, 48 years as general manager.
• Honors: Knighthood, 1917, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• Residence: Wolseley Rd., Point Piper, 18 Mar 1923, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Parents

Father: Capt. John Dibbs ⁴²⁹ ^,1366 Mother: Sophia Elizabeth Allright ⁴²⁹

Spouses and Children

1. *Tryphena Gaden ¹⁴¹ ^,429 Marriage: 11 Mar 1857 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ¹⁴¹ Children: 1. Tom Burton Dibbs 2. Dibbs 3. Living

Notes
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From Australian Dictionary of Biography:

Dibbs, Sir Thomas Allwright (1832-1923) by G. J. Abbott </biographies/author/?author=184> Sir Thomas Allwright Dibbs (1832-1923), banker, was born on 31 October 1832 in Sydney, the second son of John Dibbs, master mariner, and his wife Sophia Elizabeth, née Allwright. He attended the Australian College and at 14 began work in the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney. He became its accountant in 1857, inspector in 1860, manager in March 1867 and general manager in 1882. At his retirement in 1915 he was voted a pension of £2000 and made an honorary director. He was also a substantial shareholder of the bank, having begun to buy shares in the early 1850s; he thereafter accumulated more by purchase. The bank's annual report for 1923 recognized that 'the Bank, as it stands today is a monument to [Dibbs's] ability and faithful service'. Under his prudent management the bank progressed and was extolled for its success, particularly for its high annual dividends in 1867-92. In 1893 when several Sydney banks foundered, it weathered the crisis by closing its doors in May to permit reconstruction. This action, instituted on Dibbs's insistence, was justified but much criticized as completely unnecessary because the bank was then considered solvent. Its reopening in June in a healthy condition was later credited to Dibbs's ability to do 'the right thing at the right time', and increased his repute for skilful management, clear judgment, quick perception, decisive action and genuine concern for the welfare of the bank's employees. In his last thirty years with the Commercial Bank Dibbs became a doyen in the Australian banking community; his opinions on banking and finance were much respected and his advice was often sought by the New South Wales government. His brother George <dibbs-george-richard-3408> who was premier in 1891-94 may not have been as dependent on his advice as has sometimes been claimed, because Thomas was in England in 1892 and because the brothers were temporarily estranged. Dibbs published a useful booklet, Interest Tables, in 1877 and was also responsible for shaping some important banking practices in Sydney, particularly the form of the daily settlement and the exchange system set up in 1888. He also had a long association with the Bankers' Institute of New South Wales and was its president in 1901. His family connexions, his standing in financial circles and his wide interests won Dibbs prominence in New South Wales. He was appointed to the Civil Service Inquiry Board in 1887 and was president of the committee of inquiry into public accounts in 1900. A keen yachtsman, he was a commodore of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. He was active in diocesan affairs of the Church of England and his philanthropic interests included the Sydney Naval Home and the Queen Victoria Home for Consumptives; in June 1915 he gave his home, Graythwaite, to the Commonwealth government as a convalescent hospital for wounded soldiers. Equipped and furnished from the proceeds of a public appeal it was opened in 1916 under the control of the Red Cross Society. Dibbs was knighted in 1917. He died in Sydney on 18 March 1923, survived by his wife Tryphena, née Gaden, whom he had married at Sydney in 1857, and by six daughters. His estate was sworn for probate at more than £133,000. A portrait is at the head office of the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney.

This is his obituary from the same website:

Dibbs, Sir Thomas Allwright (1832-1923) By the death of Sir Thomas Allwright Dibbs, which took place at his residence, Point Piper, Sydney, on the 18th March, the Australian banking world has lost one of its most distinguished personalities. Born at Sydney on the 31st October, 1832, he had reached the advanced age of over ninety years at the time of his death. Seventy-five years ago, as a boy of fifteen, he joined the service of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, and rose to the position of general manager, an appointment he held for forty-eight years. In 1915, after a service of sixty-eight years, he retired from the general managership, and was then appointed a director of the bank. On the occasion of his retirement the Government of New South Wales presented an address to him, which contained the following tribute:-"During a career which is unique in the history of Australian banking you have not only guided the destinies of one of our largest and most financial institutions, and by an enlightened policy contributed much to the rapid growth of our industries and to the development of our resources, but you have been in a special manner the banker and financial adviser of the Government of the day.'' Apart from the strenuous work Sir Thomas Dibbs discharged as the head of a large banking organisation, he was identified with many patriotic and public movements, in connection with which his wide experience of commercial and financial matters was of considerable value. As the treasurer and trustee of various Church of England funds, he rendered valuable service, which was very much appreciated. A few years ago he handed over to the authorities his fine property, Graythwaite, North Sydney, as a home for disabled soldiers. He was an enthusiastic yachtsman, owner of the steam yacht Ena for many years, and was loved by everyone who had the good fortune of coming in intimate relation with him.

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In his obituary there were several surving daughters, none of whom was named by her own name so I have not added them in here.

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