Morris arrival Tasmania c1844/5

[solidrock]

Errr....Solidrock,  ...  from the sightings that wivenhoe has posted, it seems that Mary was not an only child .... so what information do you already have on Mary's siblings?   Afterall, perhaps there will be mention of their parents on their records?
JM
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Have checked these, 7 Dec 1859  is the first marriage of Mary, no clue as to her parents.
1 Jan 1861 is the birth of their first son.
20 Nov 1856, Jessy could be a sibling of Mary but again no clue as to her parents.
Her burial record states that she was born Chatham,England,(which I assume is Chatham,Kent which comes under the Medway district). Born about 1842. Her obit. says she arrived with her parents at the age of 2 years.

[majm]

So, at the moment you don't know if Mary had any siblings, and if birth info for any possible siblings would include names of the parents....  Perhaps Jessy was born in VDL ...    perhaps there's a mention somewhere in your research for Mary that she had siblings ...

Mary's obit gives likely year of birth about 1842, so have you found her likely birth registered in GRO? 

JM

[wivenhoe]

At marriage, 1859, Mary MORRIS gives her age as 22 years. This would be more accurate than an age given by an informant many years later at her death. I think 1837 is a more likely birth date.

You cannot research Mary in isolation. Your best chance is to try to trace anyone associated with her, who would seem to be Jessy, and her un named brother. They are possibly Mary's siblings.

If the obit gives Mary's father as Private MORRIS, you might think it would also give his given name. Possibly Mary does not know the name eg. her memory / knowledge of him is not her own - passed on to her.

If Private MORRIS is named on the monument, and died in the Maori Wars in NZ, then the absence of this significant piece of information from family history would suggest that Mary knows even less about him.

How does Mary name her children?.

The Courier 22 Apr 1845 p3
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2948837?
...Private MORRIS severely mounded New Zealand.......96th Regiment.....

[matthewj64]

Here's a birth of an Anne to William Lauther Morris (Private 99th Regt) and Bridget (formerly Dwyer) 16 May 1849 Hobart
https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-3-p188j2k

M

[solidrock]

If Mary had siblings then Jessy could be one and there's a mention of a brother to Jessy in the coury report in Trove,
"Mrs. Connell's brother deposed to having
heard screams proceed from his sister's bed
room on the night in question."
Jessy married John Connell in 1856, there is a birth for Sewell, Given Name Not Recorded in 1860.
 Father: Sewell, John. Mother: Morris, Jessy.
Could the Sewell/Connell be the same person.
There are records in Ancestry tree's that show Mary born Dublin 1837 but they appear to have been copies from one tree with no source.

[solidrock]

Here's a birth of an Anne to William Lauther Morris (Private 99th Regt) and Bridget (formerly Dwyer) 16 May 1849 Hobart
https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-3-p188j2k

M

That's interesting, the GRO has a birth for Mary 1842 Medway, mmn Dwyer.

[matthewj64]

Here's a birth of an Anne to William Lauther Morris (Private 99th Regt) and Bridget (formerly Dwyer) 16 May 1849 Hobart
https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-3-p188j2k

M

and sadly her death the following year
https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-3p16j2k

also the death of the mother in 1853
https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-4p64j2k
adding: aged 31 Lance Corporal's wife

[matthewj64]

Marriage Hobart 1856 William L Morris, soldier, to Isabella Gardiner
https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-15p162j2k

Has ages as 21 but can assume from other entries that they mean above 21

[solidrock]

matthewj64 your a star, now we seem to be getting some where.