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John Humphrey MORRIS ( - 1867)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
John Humphrey MORRIS (1831 - 1921)
Samuel Thornton MORRIS (1840 - 1883)
John Humphrey MORRIS ( - 1867)

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Elizabeth GILL ( - 1829)

Sarah Lydia THORNTON ( - 1898)





























m. (1) 1826 Elizabeth GILL ( - 1829)
+. (2) Sarah Lydia THORNTON ( - 1898)
d. 1867 at Woollahara, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Near Relatives of John Humphrey MORRIS ( - 1867)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Self John Humphrey MORRIS 1867 Woollahara, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Wife Elizabeth GILL 1829
Spouse/Partner Sarah Lydia THORNTON 13 Aug 1898 Stanmore, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Son John Humphrey MORRIS 1831 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1921 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 90
Son Samuel Thornton MORRIS abt 1840 01 Jan 1883 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 43

Daughter in Law Emily HOWE 1840 1880 Sydney, NSW, Australia 40
Daughter in Law Mary Ellen JOHNSTON

Granddaughter Emily MORRIS 1857 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1857 Sydney, NSW, Australia 0
Granddaughter Florence Sarah MORRIS 1859 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Granddaughter Emily Eliza MORRIS 1861 Sydney, NSW, Australia 01 Aug 1929 Ashfield, NSW, Australia 68
Grandson George Thornton MORRIS 1863 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Granddaughter Alice Mary MORRIS 1865 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1951 Manly, NSW, Australia 86
Grandson Sydney John MORRIS 1867 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1946 North Sydney, NSW, Australia 79
Granddaughter Thornton Arthur MORRIS 1869 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1950 Sydney, NSW, Australia 81
Granddaughter Minnie May MORRIS 1871 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Granddaughter Sarah Edith MORRIS 1873 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Events in John Humphrey MORRIS ( - 1867)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1826 Married Elizabeth GILL See notes for husband John
1829 Death of wife Elizabeth GILL See notes for husband John
1831 Birth of son John Humphrey MORRIS Sydney, NSW, Australia 54
abt 1840 Birth of son Samuel Thornton MORRIS
1867 John Humphrey MORRIS died Woollahara, Sydney, NSW, Australia See. Notes
Personal Notes:
see newspaper marriage article attached to Emily Howe


John Humphrey MORRIS

Born: circa 1792, England
Died: 21 August 1867, Piper St Woollahra, NSW, Aust.

Crime details: Still investigating... However, here's what is avaliable at the moment: John was born at London in 1798 and his occupation as a watchmaker. He was sentenced at Old Bailey on 18th September 1816 and his sentence was a seven years transportation. After leaving Downs in England on 26 April 1817, the ship 'Almorah' arrived via Rio in Sydney on 29 August 1817. However, John was sent to Van Diemens Land by the ship 'Pilot' which arrived present Tasmania on 28 September 1817. His physical record shown him to be 5 '5 1/2' tall, has brown hair and eyes with a very dark complexion.

On 10 September 1819 Morris was found guilty of entering the Government Stores in Hobart Town and stealing property of the Crown. At the Derwent Court in Van Diemen's Land, he was sentenced to 200 lashes and 2 years transportation to Newcastle. From the ship 'Prince Leopold', John was transferred from Hobart Town to Sydney and then to Newcastle on the ship 'Elizabeth Henrietta' on 13 September 1819 (dates to be verified).

John MORRIS was provided with a second Certificate of Freedom on 24th September 1824 after having the first one returned mutilated and cancelled. By the 1828 Census, he was free by servitude, working as a Dealer and was living at Sussex St., Sydney. He was listed as a Jew, living with his wife, Elizabeth GILL. John had married Elizabeth GILL on 8th March 1826, and Elizabeth died three years later on 6th December 1829 at Sussex St, Sydney. John MORRIS was a Publican then and in three months later, married Sarah Lydia THORNTON.