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Henry MORRIS (1814 - 1894)

convict, farmer, bootmaker

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Francis MORRIS (1844 - ) Eliza MORRIS (1846 - 1919) Mary Ann MORRIS (1849 - ) Harriet MORRIS (1851 - 1895) Charles MORRIS (1854 - ) George MORRIS (1855 - ) Hester MORRIS (1858 - ) William MORRIS (1860 - 1941) Emily MORRIS (1862 - ) Rose Hannah MORRIS (1864 - ) Matilda MORRIS (1867 - )	Henry MORRIS (1814 - 1894) + Hannah COOKE (1826 - 1914)	Henry MORRIS
		Mary WHITE

b. abt 1814 at Bath, Somerset, England

m. 01 Jul 1843 Hannah COOKE (1826 - 1914) at Cobbity, New South Wales, Australia

d. 24 Mar 1894 at Ginninderra, ACT, Australia aged 80

Near Relatives of Henry MORRIS (1814 - 1894)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	Thomas COOKE			abt 1838	New South Wales, Australia
Mother in Law	Mary Ann CROUCH
Father	Henry MORRIS
Mother	Mary WHITE
Self	Henry MORRIS	abt 1814	Bath, Somerset, England	24 Mar 1894	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	80
Wife	Hannah COOKE	1826	Sussex, England	01 Feb 1914	Canberra, ACT, Australia	88
Son	Francis MORRIS	1844	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Eliza MORRIS	1846	Camden, New South Wales, Australia	24 Sep 1919	Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia	73
Daughter	Mary Ann MORRIS	1849	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Harriet MORRIS	1851	Camden, New South Wales, Australia	05 Jun 1895	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	44
Son	Charles MORRIS	1854	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Son	George MORRIS	1855	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Hester MORRIS	1858	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Son	William MORRIS	1860	Camden, New South Wales, Australia	03 May 1941	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	81
Daughter	Emily MORRIS	abt 1862	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Rose Hannah MORRIS	1864	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Matilda MORRIS	1867	Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Son in Law	William HADDON
Son in Law	Henry GOZZARD	1837	Aston, Birmingham, England	03 Oct 1902	Canberra, ACT, Australia	65
Son in Law	James JONES	1850	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	08 Oct 1895	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	45
Daughter in Law	Louisa GOZZARD	1865	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	28 Feb 1940	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	75
Granddaughter	Harriet Blanche GOZZARD	1873	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Edith May GOZZARD	07 Aug 1874	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	01 May 1945	Taralga, New South Wales, Australia	70
Grandson	Henry Edward GOZZARD	1876	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1944	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	68
Granddaughter	Netta Edna GOZZARD	1878	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Horace Roy GOZZARD	1880	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1950	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	70
Grandson	Arthur Vivian GOZZARD	1882	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1972	Forbes, New South Wales, Australia	90
Grandson	Herbert Edgar GOZZARD	1885	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1955	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia	70
Grandson	Harold Carrington GOZZARD	1887	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1938	Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia	51
Grandson	William Henry JONES	1873	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Thomas John JONES	1875	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1892	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	17
Granddaughter	Mary JONES	1878	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1881	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	3
Grandson	Ernest JONES	1880	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Lillian Mary JONES	1882	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Daisy JONES	abt 1886	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Florence JONES	1886	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Paul JONES	abt 1889	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Harry James JONES	1895	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Hannah Clarice Clarke MORRIS	1887	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Margaret Eileen MORRIS	1889	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	William Henry MORRIS	1891	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Zilla Louisa MORRIS	1893	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Rose Alice MORRIS	1895	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Sidney Carl MORRIS	1898	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Kathleen Victoria MORRIS	1900	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Oliver John Gilliard MORRIS	1904	Hall, New South Wales, Australia

Events in Henry MORRIS (1814 - 1894)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1814		Henry MORRIS was born	Bath, Somerset, England		6
11 Mar 1833	19	Immigration	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	per 'Andromeda II'	6
01 Jul 1843	29	Married Hannah COOKE (aged 17)	Cobbity, New South Wales, Australia		6
1844	30	Birth of son Francis MORRIS	Camden, New South Wales, Australia		6
1846	32	Birth of daughter Eliza MORRIS	Camden, New South Wales, Australia		6
1849	35	Birth of daughter Mary Ann MORRIS	Camden, New South Wales, Australia		6
1851	37	Birth of daughter Harriet MORRIS	Camden, New South Wales, Australia		6
1854	40	Birth of son Charles MORRIS	Camden, New South Wales, Australia		6
1855	41	Birth of son George MORRIS	Camden, New South Wales, Australia		6
1858	44	Birth of daughter Hester MORRIS	Camden, New South Wales, Australia		6
1860	46	Birth of son William MORRIS	Camden, New South Wales, Australia		6
abt 1862	48	Birth of daughter Emily MORRIS	Camden, New South Wales, Australia		6
1864	50	Birth of daughter Rose Hannah MORRIS	Camden, New South Wales, Australia		6
1867	53	Birth of daughter Matilda MORRIS	Camden, New South Wales, Australia		6
24 Mar 1894	80	Henry MORRIS died	Ginninderra, ACT, 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 = 227 (Immigration)

- Reference = 227 (Marriage)

- Reference = 227 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 227 (Death)

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/2152/henry-morris.html (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Henry Morris Born: 1814; Died: 1894; Married: Hannah [Cooke] Henry Morris Related Places Morris' Bootmakers Henry Morris arrived in Sydney in 1833 as a convict, aged 18. He spent several years in the... St Paul's Burial Ground The Burial Ground at St Pauls was placed on the ACT Heritage Register in 2011. The history... Henry Morris was born in 1814 in Bath, England. He was the son of Henry Morris and Mary (nee White). His story as a Ginninderran is of a life turned around and opportunities firmly grasped after a troubled start. In April 1832 Henry Morris and three accomplices were charged with 'having burglariously broken open the dwelling house of Benjamin Tilley and stolen calf-skins and other articles, his property, at Trowbridge.' They were committed to Fisherton Gaol and they were found guilty three months later. Henry received a death penalty and a sentence of one-month flogging for a previous offence. The death penalty was commuted to 'transportation for life.' He was dispatched to Australia on the convict ship Andromeda in November 1832 with 185 other convicts. His description in the transportation records state that he was an illiterate shoemaker with a tattoo on his arm and a scarred thumb: Reads – doesn't write. Religion – Protestant Single – no children Native of Bath Shoemaker - (good) Height - 4 foot, 11 1/2 inches Eyes – grey Hair – flaxen Complexion – fair & pockpitted M.H. Imperfect marks – women on inside lower left arm. Scar back left thumb. Square blue mark lower right arm. The 'Andromeda' carrying Henry Morris, convict of eighteen years of age, arrived in Sydney on 11 March 1833. After ten years Henry earned his 'ticket of leave'. At this time he was still just a young man, aged 27 years. Henry marries Hannah Cooke One year later, Henry Morris married Hannah Cooke in 1843 at St Paul's Church of England, Cobbity. The witnesses were her older brother, Thomas Cooke and Elizabeth Chilvers both of Cobbity. They married at the church where Hannah's mother had re-married - to George Simpson - less than three months before. Henry and Hannah Morris were to have eleven children together. Francis 1844 Eliza 1846 Mary Ann 1849 Harriet 1851 Charles 1854 George 1855 Hester 1858 William (Billy) 1860 Emily 1862 Rose Hannah 1864 Matilda 1867 At first, Henry worked for the Cowpers at 'Wivenhoe House', Narellan. Charles Cowper was Premier of the colony five times. By 1855, Henry had managed to set up shop as a shoemaker. It is not known exactly when Henry and his family moved south to the developing settlement at Ginninderra but it is thought to be 1868. Thomas (senior) Samuel Gribble had briefly operated a bootmaking business at The Valley in 1863-64, but had closed shop and relocated to Sydney. By the late 1860s commercial life had developed around the Ginninderra settlement and there was a much stronger need for a bootmaker. In Ginninderra: Forerunner to Canberra, Gillespie says: Henry and his wife Hannah (nee Cooke) arrived by bullock dray with their family from the Camden district. A bootmaker by trade, Henry established a tannery there to provide the leather for his bootmaking business. Ginninderra tanning pit The site of Henry Morris's house and tannery is now in the garden adjoining the Gold Creek Chapel. Boot and shoe makers like Henry had to prepare their own leathers. The family constructed a large in-ground tanning pit near their home and planted a pine tree at each end. One tree remains to this day. All types of skins, cattle, sheep, goat, kangaroo, wallaby, rabbit, fox and possum (until protected by law) were tanned in this pit. The hair was often left on skins and after tanning, these skins were made into clothing or hand stitched on to felt to become warm bed rugs. Finer (softer) skins, stripped of hair, became shoe and boot uppers, leather coats, hats, jackets, vests or furniture coverings. Fresh hides were hand scraped clean of fats and flesh, scrubbed with salt to cure then suspended in the water filled tanning pit. Salts and wattle tree bark were added to provide tannin to be absorbed by the skins. Interestingly, in some locations wattle bark collection was a recognized occupation. This has caused the demise of many local wattle species. When an individual skin had tanned, it was hung on a covered rack to dry. After drying it would be burnished to highlight the grain (texture) and then pulled (worked) over curved surfaces to increase softness and flexibility. Henry and Hannah worked tirelessly and were respected for the high quality of workmanship in the boots and shoes they produced. Hannah made the children's shoes. Their children were taught the trade and several of the boys became successful bootmakers in latter years. Their son, William ('Billy'), became the well-known Hall bootmaker. A group of Ginninderra residents in 1872 applied for a provisional school with Henry and others pledging to send their school age children, if a school were built. They were successful and a non-denominational school opened the next year. Henry dies 1894 At the age of 79 years, Henry Morris passed away from 'senility' in 1894. He is buried at St Paul's Burial Ground, The Glebe. The Queanbeyan Age of 28 March 1894 reported his death as follows: Mr Henry Morris was found dead in his bed on Saturday morning at the residence of his son W. Morris of 'Dellwood'. The deceased was an old and respected resident of 25 years' standing and had enjoyed the most perfect health. On the evening of Friday he retired to rest in his usual health, and about six o'clock on the following morning was found dead by his son-in-law, Mr J. Lavender, who had the previous day arrived from Sydney on a visit. A large cortege attended the remains of the late Mr Morris to The Glebe burying ground, Ginninderra, on Sunday last, representing all classes in the community. In absence of Rev. P. G. Smith the service was conducted by A. M. Grant Esq. Deceased was 79 years of age and a native from Bath, England: he had been living in the colonies for 61 years. He leaves a widow and eight sons and daughters, all of whom are married. Henry and eighteen others are known burials at St Paul's Burial Ground. What remains of the cemetery is now in the Canberra suburb of Evatt, after its desecration by civic authorities ordering the construction of Sharwood Drive. A memorial listing the names has been erected in the nearby park. References ACT Heritage Council, 'Heritage Decision about Registration for St Paul's Burial Ground, Evatt', 2011 Convict transportation records Gillespie, L. L., Ginninderra: Forerunner to Canberra, Campbell, 1992 Smith, L. R., Memories of Hall, Canberra, 1975 Various editions of the Queanbeyan Age

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