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Record #4457

Name :: : Harold MORRIS (1899 - 1978)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1899 (approx.)
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 1978

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 28 May 1908
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Carthaginian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Middlemore

NotesParents: Thomas Morris and Eliza Pemberton.

A death registration was found for Elizabeth Morris: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862; Year of Registration: 1899; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; Age at Death: 37; District: Birmingham (1837-1924); County: Warwickshire; Volume: 6d; Page: 94. Eliza died in childbirth with her 12th child.

In 1901, Harold Morris, 2 years of age, was shown residing at 48 Kenyon Street, All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Other family members included: Elsie Morris, 4; Frances Morris, 9; Herbert Morris, 5; Minnie Morris, 11; Thomas Morris, 39, jewelers engraver / goldsmith; and Thomas Morris, 13, jewelers engraver. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 2846; Folio: 40; Page: 30.)

In 1908, Harold Morris, 9 (along with sister, Elsie Morris, 11; and brother Herbert Morris, 11) arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 151 Middlemore children from Birmingham, England.

In 1911, Harold Morris, 12, is shown as a lodger with William and Juliette Cluff of Northampton Parish, Grafton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada. His date of birth is shown as June 1898 and his immigration year from Canada as 1908.

Harold's older sister, Minnie Morris Watton immigrated to California, USA, and Harold followed.

Harold Morris married Vadia Wait. They removed to Washington State, USA and had six children. He remained there until his death in 1978.

His granddaughter, Becky, related:

"Grandpa was a easy going man. He raised 6 children and 29 grandchildren; 26 greats; and a bunch of Great-greats before he died in 1978. He told us many stories about when he was a cowboy in California, but very little about his life in England.

He was the kind of man that nothing was so much trouble that a cup of coffee and chair could not clear it up. He always did for others without expecting something in return. He always had big gardens to feed all of us (there was a garden just for the grandkids, too).

[Harold Morris] was just the kind of Grandpa you always wanted."

ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-25 19:49:57 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-31 14:23:59 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 42 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
6917	MORRIS, Alfred	1880	ENG, , Paddington	Jul 1895 : Laurentian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
22529	MORRIS, Alfred George	1908	ENG,	Jul 1923 : Caronia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
23664	MORRIS, Amy	1875	ENG,	Jun 1888 : Sarmatian	CAN	Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge
26555	MORRIS, Charles H	1896	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5137	MORRIS, Douglas C	1918	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1930 : Newfoundland	CAN	Middlemore
3655	MORRIS, Edith	1901	ENG,	Jun 1910 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
11234	MORRIS, Edward	1888	ENG,	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
15752	MORRIS, Edward	1899	ENG,	Jul 1912 : Corsican	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society
24849	MORRIS, Edward	1896		Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
15488	MORRIS, Eliza	1860	ENG,	May 1873 : Sarmatian	CAN	Maria Rye
4458	MORRIS, Elsie	1897	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
22871	MORRIS, Ernest	1894	ENG,	May 1905 : Southwark	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
11851	MORRIS, Evelyn	1899	ENG, , West Bromwich	Jun 1909 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
13716	MORRIS, Fanny	1887	ENG,	Sep 1891 : Circassian	CAN	Maria Rye
6515	MORRIS, Florence	1896	ENG,	Jun 1909 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
8594	MORRIS, Florence	1892	ENG, LDN, London	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
16258	MORRIS, Francis	1872	ENG,	Jun 1884 : Polynesian	CAN	Catholic Protection Society
22703	MORRIS, Fred	1890	ENG,	Apr 1908 : Lake Champlain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
12383	MORRIS, George	1893	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
17982	MORRIS, George	1884	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
26169	MORRIS, George	1893	ENG,	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
27159	MORRIS, Gordon			Jul 1930 : Balranald	AUS	Barnardos
4457	MORRIS, Harold	1899	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
20776	MORRIS, Henry		ENG,	May 1892 : Sardinian	CAN	Rev. William J. Pady
4459	MORRIS, Herbert	1895	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
21437	MORRIS, Herbert John	1892		Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
21046	MORRIS, J	1881	ENG,	Apr 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
5224	MORRIS, John	1925	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Sep 1935 : Duchess of Atholl	CAN	Fairbridge Homes
20061	MORRIS, John	1875	ENG,	Jun 1886 : Lake Superior	CAN	Barnardos
8142	MORRIS, John William	1915	ENG, , BIrmingham	Jul 1928 : Newfoundland	CAN	Middlemore
19083	MORRIS, Lilian Gladys	1899	ENG,	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
22104	MORRIS, Luke	1890	ENG,	Oct 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9453	MORRIS, Percy	1891	ENG,	Oct 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
18079	MORRIS, Peter	1884	ENG,	Jun 1907 : Tunisian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
23884	MORRIS, Richard Leece	1897	ENG, NBL, Tynemouth	Mar 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
22439	MORRIS, Sidney	1907	ENG,	May 1922 : Montcalm	CAN	Catholic Childrens Emigration Service of London
5674	MORRIS, William	1898	IRL,	May 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	Louisa Birt
7151	MORRIS, William	1857	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
14381	MORRIS, William	1882	ENG,	1895 : - Unknown -	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
21436	MORRIS, William	1893		Apr 1905 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
24591	MORRIS, William	1896		Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
7886	MORRIS, William Edward		ENG, , Trecastle	May 1931 : Laurentic	CAN	Waifs & Strays
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 42 Entries

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