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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) + Elizabeth GILL ( - 1829) Sarah Lydia THORNTON ( - 1898)

m. (1) 1826 Elizabeth GILL ( - 1829) at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

m. (2) 1830 Sarah Lydia THORNTON ( - 1898) at Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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
Wife	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	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Note 1	52
1829		Death of wife Elizabeth GILL		See notes for husband John
1830		Married Sarah Lydia THORNTON	Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 2
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	Note 3	52

Note 1: See notes for husband John John Morris in the New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 View New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Name: John Morris Age: 31 Birth Year: Abt 1795 Spouse: Elizabeth Gill Request Status: Granted Date of Permission/Refusal: 7 Feb 1826 Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: John Morris Spouse Name: Elizabeth Gill Marriage Date: 1826 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales Registration Year: 1826 Volume Number: V B

Note 2: Marriages solemnised in the Parish of Saint John Parramatta , County of Cumberland in the year 1830 John Morris - widow of the Parish of St James, Sydney Sarah Thornton - spinster of the Parish of Parramatta Were married in the church by licence with consent of friends This twenty ninety day of March in the year 1830 Both signed their name Witnesses- Saml? Thornton of Sydney & Elizabeth Thornton

Note 3: See. Notes Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: John H Morris Death Date: 1867 Death Place: New South Wales Father's Name: John Registration Year: 1867 Registration Place: Paddington, New South Wales Registration Number: 3210

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.

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: John Morris Spouse Name: Elizabeth Gill Marriage Date: 1826 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales Registration Year: 1826 Volume Number: V B

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: John H Morris Death Date: 1867 Death Place: New South Wales Father's Name: John Registration Year: 1867 Registration Place: Paddington, New South Wales Registration Number: 3210

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