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From: "Richard Morris" <>
Subject: Re: MORRIS, William Ernest
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 11:06:03 -0000


Dear Kate,
Many thanks for your response to my listing. My mother, who is the only
member of my families previous generation still living and at the age of
94yrs does now have great difficulty in recalling the names of past
generations, is fairly certain that William Ernest was born in Ryde and that
one of his father's names was Richard, which name has been passed down to
me. From what I can recall of childhood visits to the island in the late
1940's it is possible that the family may also have members living in
Ventnor or Shanklin, which, apart from Ryde, were the main places we stayed.
Again many thanks for your reply. I will keep you informed of any
developments.
Richard.

----- Original Message -----
From: Kate Burhouse <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: MORRIS, William Ernest


> Hi Richard
>
> Could this be your man?
>
> I have an Ernest MORRIS born c.1870 in West Cowes. He is the second son of
> Josiah MORRIS, born c.1832 and Caroline RANN, born 26/12/31. I have
> certificates for Caroline's birth and marriage to Josiah, but my
information
> about their children comes from the 1881 census (thanks to Angela), so it
> could be that his full name is William Ernest. Many of my RANN tree seem
to
> change their names around at will, and cause considerable confusion. At
the
> time of the 1881 census the family were living at Northwood and may have
> moved further east after that.
>
> Josiah and Caroline Morris, living at 5 Park
> Terrace , Northwood .
> Josiah , age 49 , Ships Carpenter b Newport
> Caroline age 48 b Blackwater
> George F , Son , Age 14 , House Joiner b West Cowes
> Ernest , Son age 11 b West Cowes
> Beatrice , Dau Age 7 b West Cowes
>
> Let me know if this man fits...
>
> Kate
> in Devon, UK
>
> >Any information on William Ernest MORRIS probably born late 1870's maybe
> early 1880's possibly lived in Ryde IOW. Believe he was an engraver and
> possibly worked in printing.
> >Known to have 3 children:-
> >Ernest Edgar Richard MORRIS dob. 16 July 1908
> >Phyllis Edith Emma MORRIS dob 6 February 19??
> >Elsie MORRIS dob 15 October 19??
> >Any information or advice regarding the above-named will be appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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