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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Grace V Morris: Birth: 1902 in Sydney, , New South Wales, Australia. Death: 1902 in Sydney, , New South Wales, Australia

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  4. Edith Thelma Morris: Birth: 11 Sep 1912 in New Plymouth, , , New Zealand. Death: 26 Feb 1935 in Auckland, , , New Zealand

  5. Jean Doreen Morris: Birth: 31 Jul 1916 in Kamo, , , New Zealand. Death: 1960 in Auckland, , , New Zealand

  6. Irene Joan "Chum" Morris: Birth: 27 Dec 1919 in Whangarei, , , New Zealand. Death: 25 Jul 1997 in Auckland, , , New Zealand

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Sources
1. Title:   Carla Mikkelson
Publication:   Information taken from Carla Mikkelson who has also been researching the Morris line.

Notes
a. Note:   Born in England and sent to the best schools by his paternal family he followed his mother to Australia when she left in his teens. He grew to manhood in the outback of Australia, moving with his mother to Kings Cross when her partner (James Cook) died, living in the pawn shop she owned and ran. He fell in love and married a poor, illeterate, jewish girl from Kings Cross. They lived with his mother in the Kings Cross pawn shop for a while but their life was made very difficult. They eventually escaped to New Zealand where they remained for the rest of their lives (Auckland). First living in Mt Eden and then Parnell. He was a remmittance man who was supported by his paternal family up until the end of the first world war, when the money dried up. He was a talented artist and story teller. A charming man of upper class english background in a lower class enviroment. He became an alcoholic and eventually drank himself to death. Drinking Meths when he could no longer afford spirits. Although the death certificate read 'Double-Pneumonia' it was
b. Note:   HI52
Note:   (Research):According to the UK Births Register there were the following possibilities in Jan-Mar 1876: Francis Morris (Kidderminster, Vol:6c Page: 293) George Albert Morris (Newtown, Vol:11b Page: 201) Francis George Russell (Bolton, Vol:8c Page: 452)


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