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Family photos through the years
This page is definitely a work in progress. I have hundreds of photos I want to place here eventually. I will be adding new images to this collection constantly, so please return to this page from time to time. I will list the most recent additions here at the top for the benefit of those returning to catch up.
The wealth of the Morry family had nigh on vanished by the time they departed England for Newfoundland, due to a business partner absconding with the funds of the Morry, Prideau and LeMessurier bank. But their economic status must have appreciated significantly in the next decades, due to the lucrative fishing business in Newfoundland. It isn't clear to what extent Matthew I, the original immigrant ever benefited from this restoration of the family's financial status but it appears his son, Matthew II, and his family were certainly reaping the benefits. One indication of this is found in the images that have survived of three of his sons, Matthew III, John Henry (my great great grandfather) and Robert. Only an affluent family could have afforded to have portraits either painted or prepared by early photographic techniques which were equally expensive. Moreover their style of dress in these portraits is hardly representative of the working fishermen of the day in Ferryland, being more that of the pampered English gentlemen they no doubt still aspired to appear to be.
Matthew Morry III 1813-1854 (Note Pepperpot Pistol) ca 1835
John Henry Morry 1818-1897 (Portrait in Ferryland Museum) ca. 1840
Robert Morry (1829-1898) ca. 1850
His uniform, now in Ferryland Museum
Thomas Graham Morry's House
Photo in Evening Telegram in 1997 See accompanying Article
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