Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Living

Sex: M

Spouses and Children

1. *Patricia May Campbell ⁴⁴ Marriage: Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living

William Duncan

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 11 Oct 1852 - Larbert, Stirling, Scotland ⁹⁷⁹ Christening: 24 Oct 1852 - Larbert, Stirling, Scotland ⁹⁷⁹ Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1853, Larbert, Stirling, Scotland.
• Census: Household of Alexander Duncan, 1861, Larbert, Stirling, Scotland. (Household Member)
• Census: Household of Alexander Duncan, Stenhousmuir, 1871, Larbert, Stirling, Scotland. (Household Member)
• Occupation: Iron Moulder, 1871, Larbert, Stirling, Scotland.

Parents

Father: Alexander Duncan Jr. ¹³²³ ^,2654 ^,4358 Mother: Mary Notman ⁹⁷⁹

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: John Duncan ¹³⁷³ Mother: Living

Dr. Anthony Henry Dunfield

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1923 ¹⁰ Christening: Death: 1992 - ( at age 69) ¹⁰ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Residence: Arcady, 173 Waterford Bridge Road, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Sir Brian Edward Spencer Dunfield KT. ¹²³⁰ Mother: Sybil Frances Carrington Johnson ¹²³⁰ Marriage Did Not Marry ¹⁰

Sir Brian Edward Spencer Dunfield KT.

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 10 Apr 1888 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁷⁰ ^,1230 Christening: 20 May 1888 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁷⁰ Death: 19 Mar 1968 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 79) ¹²³⁰ Burial: After 19 Mar 1968 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴³⁵⁹ Cause of Death:
Events
• Education: Bishop Feild Collegiate, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Honors: Dunfield, Trinity Bay named after him, Dunfield, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: Arcady, 173 Waterford Bridge Road, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: Military Rd., 1888, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Graduation: BA, Philosophy, London University, 1909, London, Greater London, England.
• Election: Unsuccessful candidate for House of Assembly, 1913-1926, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Articled with Sir Edward Morris, called to the Bar, 12 Apr 1913, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Director of Job Brothers and Company Limited, 1918-1923, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Director of Hawes and Company (London) Limited, 1923-1925, London, Greater London, England.
• Appointment: Deputy Minister of Justice and Secretary for Justice, 1928-1939, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Appointment: Justice of Supreme Court, 1939-1963, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Interesting: Responsible for Enquiry into Knights of Columbus fire, 1942, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Honors: Knight Bachelor by King George V, 26 Mar 1949, London, Greater London, England.

Parents

Father: Rev. Henry Dunfield ¹²³⁰ Mother: Helen Maria Isobel Bremner ¹²³⁰

Spouses and Children

1. *Sybil Frances Carrington Johnson 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:

010116:
According to Enid O'Brien, Sir Brian Dunfield commissioned a researcher to prepare his family history leading back to the marriage of Anne [Carter] Hill (then a widow) to Capt. Henry Sweetland, along one line. Presumably this family history should be amongst his papers at the Archives and Special Collections Section of the Queen ELizabeth II Library at MUN (COLL-006).

He had considerable dealings with Nimshi Crewe at the Archives during the 1960s when he began to do his family history research and was made aware of the connection to the Sweetlands and Morrys in Ferryland by Nimshi.

According to his biography on the MUN website, the community of Dunfield in Placentia Bay is named after him.

190916:

Here is his bio by Edward Roberts in Peter Cashin's memoirs "My fight for Newfoundland" (Cashin clearly despised him):

Dunfield, (Sir) Brian (1888-1968)
A lawyer and businessman (he was a director of Job Brothers, 1918-23,
and Hawes and Company, of London, 1923-28), Dunfield failed in three
attempts to enter the House ofAssembly, in 1913 (Trinity, as a supporter of
Edward Morris, qv, and the People's Party); in 1923 (St. John's East, as an
Independent); and in 1926 (as a Conservative in a by-election in Fortune
Bay). He was senior counsel with the Justice Department between 1928 and
1932, and Deputy Minister of Justice (after Commission, the Secretary, the
equivalent position) until his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1939.
Dunfield conducted the 1942 enquiry into the Knights of Columbus fire,
which cost the lives of 100 servicemen and civilians, and played a leading
role in the development of public housing and town planning in St. John's
and Corner Brook. He, Leonard Outerbridge, qv, and Albert Walsh, qv,
were knighted in 1949, immediately before Confederation. They were the
last three Newfoundlanders to receive the honour.
The Dunfields and their children were neighbours of PJC and Blanche
Cashin on Waterford Bridge Road in St. John's during the 1920s and 1930s.

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170821:

Here is just one of many pieces of correspondence between Nimshi Crewe and Brian Dunfield. I copied it because it seems that it may be the source, or possibly a secondary source, of the old family lore that William Sweetland essentially abandoned his children when his wife Prisicilla Morry died and that it was then he chose to move away from Ferryland and accept the appointment as magistrate in Bonavista.

Nemishi Crewe Papers
Sweetland By 1790 the mercantile family in Ferryland which never has proliferated widely in Nfld was established at Caplin Bay, leading merchants with a branch in Ferryland.
Its founder Henry Sweetland had come from Topsham not much before 1790.
He had married a widow, Mrs. Hill in 1785, daughter of [ Ed: Surrogate] Robert Carter of Ferryland. A descendent of Hill lived in St. John's, Mrs. Helena LeMessurier of 1 Blackmarsh Road.
The business closed in 1830 and the premises sold in 1840 in Royal Gazette.
The Ferryland Sweetlands have no connection with either the English Harbour or Bonavista Sweetlands.
Note from Nemishi: "I believe that Rev. Bertram Jones, Angl.Clergyman at Bonavista where in 1851 he buried my forbear Susannah (Mrs. Thos. Cole)later married at Harbour Grace another daughter of Benjamin Sweetland and that, he returned to England where they both died years ago."
Records, Brian Dunfield Letter to him from N.Crewe: Henry and Ann (Carter Hill) had three children.
William married Pricilla Morry, very probably his stepsister. She died young, leaving a young family. From a letter (in the possession of the LeMessuriers) he deserted them and they were raised by Sweetland and Morry relatives. By 1840 he was Magistrate in Bonavista and died there 20 Feb 1864 at 75. The letter says he gave his children no support.
Before leaving Ferryland William composed a never-published history of Nfld in 3 Vols. I have one, Gerry Oppenheimer the other 2. A diary of his is in the NF Archives.
He married at Bonavista Elizabeth Alexander, widow.
Benjamin (your great grandfather) for the greater part of his life was Magistrate at Trinity. ' He married Miss Gaden, their dau married Alexander Warren [Ed: Bremner?] as his second wife; of this marriage you and Mrs. Angel are the only children I know of. [Ed: The father of Brian and his sister Mrs. Angel was Henry Dunfield, so this reference is unclear].
Helena (nee Mom) LeMessurier had in her possession a letter which showed that William Sweetland virtually deserted the children of his first wife PricillaMorry, and let them be brought up by various others.

And these words appear as a brief obituary in the newspapers:

SIR BRIAN DUNFIELD
He was born in St. John's April 10, 1888, son of Canon Henry and Helen M.
Isobel (Bremner) Dunfield, eldest of four (3 sisters, Mary, Esther, and Joyce.).
He was admitted to the Newfoundland Bar in 1911. He was made a judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland in 1939, and continued in that capacity until his retirement in 1960. He died March 19, 1968.

Dorothy Helen Dunfield

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1921 ¹⁰ Christening: Death: 1997 - ( at age 76) ¹⁰ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Residence: Arcady, 173 Waterford Bridge Road, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Sir Brian Edward Spencer Dunfield KT. ¹²³⁰ Mother: Sybil Frances Carrington Johnson ¹²³⁰ Marriage Did Not Marry ¹⁰

Esther Katherine Alice Dunfield

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1894 ¹⁰ Christening: Death: 1939 - London, Greater London, England ( at age 45) ¹⁰ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Rev. Henry Dunfield ¹²³⁰ Mother: Helen Maria Isobel Bremner ¹²³⁰ Marriage Did Not Marry ¹⁰

Rev. Henry Dunfield

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1850 ⁴⁸¹ ^,2558 Christening: Death: 4 Mar 1911 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 61) ³⁹² Burial: 7 Mar 1911 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁹² Cause of Death:
Events
• Appointment: Canon, Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Ordination: C of E Minister.
• Residence: Military Rd., 1888, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: St. Thomas Rectory, 4 Mar 1911, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 1911 Mar 07 Dunfield, Henry 61 yrs Mar 04 St. Thomas' Rectory
.

Spouses and Children

1. Unknown Marriage: Bef 1886 2. *Helen Maria Isobel Bremner ¹²³⁰ Marriage: 15 Jun 1886 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁴⁷⁵ ^,2476
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Ambrose Heygate, 15 Jun 1886, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Robert Sweetland Bremner and Marian Bremner, 15 Jun 1886, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Children: 1. Sir Brian Edward Spencer Dunfield KT. 2. Mary Millicent Helen Dunfield 3. Esther Katherine Alice Dunfield 4. Joyce Isobel Rose Dunfield

John Brian Macness Dunfield

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1923 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴³⁵⁹ Christening: Death: 1986 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 63) ⁴³⁵⁹ Burial: 1986 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴³⁵⁹ Cause of Death:
Events
• Residence: Arcady, 173 Waterford Bridge Road, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Sir Brian Edward Spencer Dunfield KT. ¹²³⁰ Mother: Sybil Frances Carrington Johnson ¹²³⁰ Marriage Did Not Marry ¹⁰

Joyce Isobel Rose Dunfield

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 24 Dec 1897 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰ Christening: Death: 23 Dec 1993 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 95) ¹⁰ Burial: 27 Dec 1993 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1898, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: 1935 Census of Heber Angel and family, 55 Military Rd., 1935, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 54 55 ANGEL Heber Head M M 38
ANGEL Joyce R Wife F M 37
ANGEL Alice Louise Daughter F S
9 ANGEL Joyce C Daughter F S
8 ANGEL Jesse S Daughter F S
6 DAWE Mary Domestic F S 24
.
• Residence: 7 First Ave., 1960, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Rev. Henry Dunfield ¹²³⁰ Mother: Helen Maria Isobel Bremner ¹²³⁰

Spouses and Children

1. *Pte Heber Angel ¹³⁸⁸ Marriage: Cir 1925 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Children: 1. Alice Louise Angel 2. Joyce Corrine Angel 3. Jesse Suzanne Angel

Notes
General:

200116:

There is correspondence between her and Nimshi Crewe in 1960 and later concerning the history of the Sweetland, Kirke and Calvert families, which Nimshi believed, based on information provided by her, to be related to one another.

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170821 from Jean Carter Stirling's notes:

ANGEL, (DUNFIELD), JOYCE ISOBEL ROSE
Passed peacefully away on Thursday, December 23, 1993, on the eve of her 96th birthday, at St. Luke's Homes. Predeceased by her husband Heber. Leaving to mourn three daughters: Louise (Alistair) Eaton, Corinne (Stan) Inkpen and Suzanne (Marshall) Bursey; ten grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Resting at Carnell's Funeral Home …with visitation Friday, Dec. 24 and Sunday, Dec. 26.
Funeral to be held from St. Thomas' Anglican Church at 11 a.m. Monday, December 27, 1993.
Interment at the Anglican Cemetery, Kenmount Road, St. John's.

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