Thomas Graham Morry III

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Pte. Thomas Graham Morry III (Standing on Right) Winnipeg (Fort Garry), 1872
His uniform, now in Ferryland Museum

Thomas Graham Morry III (Private No. 714) joined the Provisional Battalion of Infantry (PBI) of the Active Militia of Canada in Montréal on November 12, 1872. What compelled him to do so was not a sense of adventure so much as the practical possibility of acquiring a land warrant for 160 acres of prime Canadian farmland as his reward for service. As it turns out, he was done out of his rightful reward by an already stultified and uncaring federal bureaucracy. But then, if it hadn't worked out that way he may never have returned to Newfoundland to raise his family and none of us would be Newfoundlanders!

Montreal to Fort Garry by Thomas Graham Morry

TGM III recorded the story of the trip from Montréal to Fort Garry in a book he auto-published in 1874 in Fort Garry before returning home. Click here to view the story.

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Children of Thomas Graham Morry and Catherine Frances White

Name Born Place Married Spouse Died

Morry, Reginald John

9 June 1881

Ferryland, Nfld.

25 June 1881

Morry, Albert

13 Nov. 1883

Ferryland, Nfld.

18 Oct. 1911

Colbert, Josephine Elizabeth

20 Mar. 1936

Morry, Howard Leopold

24 July 1885

Ferryland, Nfld.

2 June 1915

Minty, Marion "Fredris"

8 Feb. 1972

Morry, Thomas Graham

30 June 1887

Ferryland, Nfld.

16 June 1924

Battcock, Esther Maude

31 July 1967

Morry, Beatrice

22 Sep. 1888

Ferryland, Nfld.

7 June 1923

Giovannetti, Louis

20 Jan. 1991

Morry, John Henry

9 Mar. 1896

Ferryland, Nfld.

?? 1920 ?

Sesk, Mary Elizabeth

29 April 1960

Thom a s Gra ha m M orry's Hou se

Here is an interesting (if slightly inaccurate) account concerning the house of Thomas Graham Morry, written by Jean Edwards Stacey for the Evening Telegram in 1997. Click Here

Last Will and Testament Plus Codicil

Here is the Last Will and Testament of Thomas Graham Morry (1849-1935), transcribed from a photocopy made at the Probate Office of the Newfoundland Supreme Court in August 2001. This transcription also includes the Codicil which amended the original bequests.