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William MORRIS (1860 - 1941)

shoemaker, barber, banker, bicycle repairer

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Hannah Clarice Clarke MORRIS (1887 - ) Margaret Eileen MORRIS (1889 - ) William Henry MORRIS (1891 - ) Zilla Louisa MORRIS (1893 - ) Rose Alice MORRIS (1895 - ) Sidney Carl MORRIS (1898 - ) Kathleen Victoria MORRIS (1900 - ) Oliver John Gilliard MORRIS (1904 - )	William MORRIS (1860 - 1941) + Louisa GOZZARD (1865 - 1940)	Henry MORRIS (1814 - 1894)	Henry MORRIS
			Mary WHITE
		Hannah COOKE (1826 - 1914)	Thomas COOKE ( - 1838)
			Mary Ann CROUCH

b. 1860 at Camden, New South Wales, Australia

m. 1886 Louisa GOZZARD (1865 - 1940) at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

d. 03 May 1941 at Hall, New South Wales, Australia aged 81

Near Relatives of William MORRIS (1860 - 1941)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Henry MORRIS
Grandmother	Mary WHITE
Grandfather	Thomas COOKE			abt 1838	New South Wales, Australia
Grandmother	Mary Ann CROUCH
Father in Law	Henry GOZZARD	1837	Aston, Birmingham, England	03 Oct 1902	Canberra, ACT, Australia	65
Mother in Law	Margaret MCPHERSON	1828	Ross & Cromarty, Scotland	01 Jun 1867	Canberra, ACT, Australia	39
Father	Henry MORRIS	abt 1814	Bath, Somerset, England	24 Mar 1894	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	80
Mother	Hannah COOKE	1826	Sussex, England	01 Feb 1914	Canberra, ACT, Australia	88
Self	William MORRIS	1860	Camden, New South Wales, Australia	03 May 1941	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	81
Wife	Louisa GOZZARD	1865	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	28 Feb 1940	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	75
Daughter	Hannah Clarice Clarke MORRIS	1887	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Daughter	Margaret Eileen MORRIS	1889	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Son	William Henry MORRIS	1891	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Daughter	Zilla Louisa MORRIS	1893	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Rose Alice MORRIS	1895	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Sidney Carl MORRIS	1898	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Kathleen Victoria MORRIS	1900	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Oliver John Gilliard MORRIS	1904	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Brother	Francis MORRIS	1844	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Sister	Eliza MORRIS	1846	Camden, New South Wales, Australia	24 Sep 1919	Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia	73
Sister	Mary Ann MORRIS	1849	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Sister	Harriet MORRIS	1851	Camden, New South Wales, Australia	05 Jun 1895	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	44
Brother	Charles MORRIS	1854	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Brother	George MORRIS	1855	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Sister	Hester MORRIS	1858	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Sister	Emily MORRIS	abt 1862	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Sister	Rose Hannah MORRIS	1864	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Sister	Matilda MORRIS	1867	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Harriet Blanche GOZZARD	1873	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Edith May GOZZARD	07 Aug 1874	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	01 May 1945	Taralga, New South Wales, Australia	70
Nephew	Henry Edward GOZZARD	1876	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1944	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	68
Niece	Netta Edna GOZZARD	1878	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Horace Roy GOZZARD	1880	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1950	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	70
Nephew	Arthur Vivian GOZZARD	1882	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1972	Forbes, New South Wales, Australia	90
Nephew	Herbert Edgar GOZZARD	1885	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1955	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia	70
Nephew	Harold Carrington GOZZARD	1887	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1938	Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia	51
Nephew	William Henry JONES	1873	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Thomas John JONES	1875	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1892	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	17
Niece	Mary JONES	1878	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1881	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	3
Nephew	Ernest JONES	1880	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Lillian Mary JONES	1882	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Daisy JONES	abt 1886	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Florence JONES	1886	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Paul JONES	abt 1889	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Harry James JONES	1895	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Percy Gordon SHUMACK	13 Feb 1896	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	Feb 1969	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia	73
Nephew	Peter Arnold SHUMACK	17 Feb 1898	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	24 Aug 1981	Canberra, ACT, Australia	83
Nephew	Silas Henry SHUMACK	05 Jun 1900	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	11 Jan 1975	New South Wales, Australia	74
Niece	Edith Elvina SHUMACK	19 Jun 1902	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	28 Feb 1987	Victoria, Australia	84
Nephew	Roy Amos SHUMACK	24 Jun 1904	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	27 Jul 1976	New South Wales, Australia	72
Niece	Bessie L SHUMACK	Mar 1907	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	09 Jun 1907	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	0
Nephew	Brice Benson SHUMACK	1909	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	31 May 1988	Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia	79
Nephew	Wilbur Herbert SHUMACK	02 Sep 1911	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	26 Jun 1974	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	62
Nephew	Sidney Cecil SHUMACK	04 Dec 1918	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	20 Jun 1980		61
Niece	Eliza Mary GOZZARD	1906	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	05 Aug 1935	Canberra, ACT, Australia	29
Niece	Edna May GOZZARD	1907	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Pearl Lillian GOZZARD	1909	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1997		88
Niece	Hilda Beryl GOZZARD	1911	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Henry Thomas GOZZARD	1913	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Alfred Charles GOZZARD	1915	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law	Margaret Maria GOZZARD	1867	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Sister in Law	Harriet Blanche GOZZARD	1873	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Sister in Law	Edith May GOZZARD	07 Aug 1874	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	01 May 1945	Taralga, New South Wales, Australia	70
Brother in Law	Henry Edward GOZZARD	1876	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1944	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	68
Sister in Law	Netta Edna GOZZARD	1878	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Brother in Law	Horace Roy GOZZARD	1880	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1950	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	70
Brother in Law	Arthur Vivian GOZZARD	1882	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1972	Forbes, New South Wales, Australia	90
Brother in Law	Herbert Edgar GOZZARD	1885	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1955	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia	70
Brother in Law	Harold Carrington GOZZARD	1887	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1938	Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia	51
Sister in Law	Isabella CAMERON
Sister in Law	Christina CAMERON	1851	New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law	Donald CAMERON	1854	New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law	Elizabeth CAMERON	1857	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law	David CAMERON	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law	William HADDON
Brother in Law	Henry GOZZARD	1837	Aston, Birmingham, England	03 Oct 1902	Canberra, ACT, Australia	65
Brother in Law	James JONES	1850	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	08 Oct 1895	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	45

Events in William MORRIS (1860 - 1941)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1860		William MORRIS was born	Camden, New South Wales, Australia		6
1886	26	Married Louisa GOZZARD (aged 21)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	7204/1886 Gazzard	6
1887	27	Birth of daughter Hannah Clarice Clarke MORRIS	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1889	29	Birth of daughter Margaret Eileen MORRIS	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1891	31	Birth of son William Henry MORRIS	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1893	33	Birth of daughter Zilla Louisa MORRIS	Hall, New South Wales, Australia		6
24 Mar 1894	34	Death of father Henry MORRIS (aged 80)	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1895	35	Birth of daughter Rose Alice MORRIS	Hall, New South Wales, Australia		6
1898	38	Birth of son Sidney Carl MORRIS	Hall, New South Wales, Australia		6
1900	40	Birth of daughter Kathleen Victoria MORRIS	Hall, New South Wales, Australia		6
1904	44	Birth of son Oliver John Gilliard MORRIS	Hall, New South Wales, Australia		6
01 Feb 1914	54	Death of mother Hannah COOKE (aged 88)	Canberra, ACT, Australia		6
28 Feb 1940	80	Death of wife Louisa GOZZARD (aged 75)	Hall, New South Wales, Australia		6
03 May 1941	81	William MORRIS died	Hall, New South Wales, Australia		6

Source References:

6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001

- Reference = 227 (Birth)

- Reference = 121 (Marriage)

- Reference = 227 (Death)

- Reference = 121 (Name, Notes)

80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/

- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/3435/william-billy-morris.html (Name, Notes)

- Notes: William 'Billy' Morris Born: 1860; Died: 1941; Married: Louisa [Gozzard] Related Places Morris' Bootmakers Henry Morris arrived in Sydney in 1833 as a convict, aged 18. He spent several years in the... William Morris was the son of Henry Morris and Hannah (nee Cook), and one of eleven children. He was born in Camden and moved with his family to Ginninderra where they constructed a tanning pit and conducted a bootmaking business. Henry taught all his family the trade and continued his business in Ginninderra until his death. William married Louisa Gozzard in 1886 and had the family home, 'Dellwood', built (by George Harcourt) a short distance north of the village. Louisa was one of two children born to Henry Gozzard (senior) and his wife Margaret [nee Cameron]. They had eight children: Clarice, Eileen, Henry (Harry), Zillah, Rose, Carl, Kathleen and Oliver John. Despite the demands of work and a large family he was involved enough in community affairs that he was present and took an active part in the inaugural meeting of the Hall Progress Association at the Cricketer's Arms, 12 October 1906. It is also recorded in Yemen's Directory of the Landholders of NSW (1900) that he was growing oats at Dellwood. He participated in pigeon, hare and wallaby shoots, but seemingly not with the passion that many of his contemporaries showed. William (Billy) commenced his bootmaking business from his home and later built the Bootmaker's Shop in Victoria Street, Hall in 1907. His surgical boots were made to individual customer measurements and were of the highest quality, and he was recognised throughout the district. According to Leon Smith, 'as for material, make and fit, the Morris boots were practically unequalled, both for wear and water resistance'. [Smith, Memories of Hall]. Billy worked in his business until a few months before his death in 1941. The Big Boot Billy tanned his own leather at Dellwood and hand made boots for the district. He treated his bootmaking as an art, working long hours to make boots and shoes of the highest quality. He made shoes for the Crace and Campbell families. Son Harry would sell eggs and poultry on a Saturday and return with boots for repair. After the client's feet were measured and the patterns drawn up, the boots were cut on a wooden last. The most famous job was the 'Big Boot' made for Mr Harvey from Tinderry near Michelago, who ordered the largest pair of boots Billy ever made. The boot was so large Billy thought it worth recording the length by marking the distance with two half-pennies attached to the counter. "The counter with the two half-pennies" was well known in the district. On the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary the Queanbeyan Age reported : Mr Morris had conducted a bootmaking business at Hall for over 40 years. He is one of the few surviving tradesmen who can treat a skin or hide from the animal to the finished boot. He is well known in the district for the high standard of his work. He carried on his trade until a few months ago when he suffered a somewhat serious illness. He maintains he has made the largest pair of boots in the state – number sixteens. He specialized in riding boots and cripples' footwear for many years. [Queanbeyan Age 12.6.1936] Bootmaker was his primary qualification, but William had other services to offer as well. In the back section of the shop, from 1912, he was agent for the Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia for many years. He was also a barber – operating the only barber locally. He was no expert in the art of cutting hair, but it was a convenience. The barber's chair sat in the front right hand corner of the shop. Finally he was a bicycle repairer - the first in the district, as acknowledged in 'Cycling Canberra' [B. Malpass]. Under a counter was a store of bicycle parts. There was great pride in owning a bicycle and many early photographs feature them. Music Billy loved to play the fiddle and provided the music for dances in the district for many years. He would ride his bicycle to Queanbeyan, play until late, then peddled home to Hall. Neighbours regularly got together for events like 21st birthday parties, anniversaries and weddings, where Billy provided the music. Once Billy sat up for three nights waiting for the supply wagon from Sydney, to collect new violin strings, as he was afraid the driver would not leave them if he was not there himself. Amongst the reports of his music-making we learn that the played at the Bachelors Ball at 'Bolton's Inn, One Tree Hill', at Gunganleen homestead for the Crace's annual ball ('as upon former occasions our local Paganini Mr W Morris provided the requisite accompaniment'), at the the Ginninderra Cricket Club Ball held in Mr EK Crace's woolshed, and with messrs Flower, Winter, and Rochford at 'a ball and supper held in Mr James McCarthy's woolshed at Glenwood in aid of the RC Church funds'. When his teenage daughter, Kathleen, caught polio, he had her taught the piano as exercise for her damaged hand. Kath became a brilliant pianist and respected violin and piano teacher all her life. Billy wrote the 'Canberra Waltz' and Kathy adapted it for piano about 1927. Recently it was 'rediscovered' by the Monaro Folk Music Society and was adopted as their theme music. The Morris Women Billy's mother, Hannah, was extremely skilled in making leather products and passed her knowledge to the family. Possum and fox furs were sewn into bed rugs by the Morris daughters. They also hand stitched fur stoles and all family members were participants in the business. At the age of twelve Kathleen won a prize for the fine even stitching of a petticoat at the 1912 Ginninderra Farmers' Union Show. Daughter Eileen conducted her dressmaking business in the southern end of the shop from 1908, when she was 19, until she married in 1910. Customers brought their own fabrics and Eileen made up garments to their designs. She made pillowslips etc, especially when warming up her machine. She also had a sweet counter opposite the bootmakers' counter. Steadman's sweets of all kinds were stored in glass jars with stoppers. All her life Zillah seemed responsible for the orchard, vegetable garden, meals and running the house. Each day she peddled her bicycle from home to the shop to deliver her father a hot meal, wrapped in a tea towel, at mid-day. Related Photos William ('Billy') Morris ⧉ William 'Billy' Morris ⧉ William and Louisa Morris in front of Dellwood homestead with their 8 children. ⧉ References Smith, L. R. 1975. Memories of Hall. Roebuck: Canberra

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