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** WILLIAM AND EDITH MORRISON **

Circa 1888 to 1986

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WILLIAM MORRISON#6 (known as Will or Morrie) [Second Son of William Morrison #5 and Eliza Ann Appleton] was born March 28, 1888 in Strawberry Hills Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), and died June 20, 1956 in Engadine NSW. William#6 married EDITH LYDIA TATTERSELL on June 03, 1914 in St.Johns Presbyterian Church, Paddington NSW.

Edith Lydia Tattersell was the daughter of ALBERT TATTERSELL and NORAH WEBSTER. Edith was born March 04, 1896 in Randwick NSW, and died March 28, 1986 in "Garrawarra" Hospital, Waterfall NSW. She was affectionately known as Grandma Morrison.

The Ten Children of WILLIAM MORRISON#6 and EDITH TATTERSELL are:

!!LINKS!!   i. Rob (William# 7),  ii. Jessie,    ii. Jean,    iv. Donald,   v. Eunice,   vi. Bruce,
vii. Gregg,    viii. Gordon,    ix. Yvonne,    x. Graeme.

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i.

WILLIAM#7 ALEXANDER ROBERT MORRISON, (KNOWN AS ROB) b. April 10, 1915, at"Balmoral", Australia Street,  Woollahra NSW; died April 19, 1986, Gymea Bay. NSW.
He had Emphysema.

ii.   JESSIE EDITH MORRISON, b. July 20, 1917, Paddington NSW.
iii.

JEAN MARGUERITE GREGG MORRISON, b. January 07, 1919, Randwick NSW;
Baby Jean lived just 17 months.

Died June 05, 1920 at Prince Henry Hospital NSW.
She had Scarlet Fever.

iv.   DONALD MACEWAN GREGG MORRISON OAM., b. May 20, 1922, Maroubra NSW, died at Calvary Hospital, Kogarah, NSW on Monday, 3 May 2004, aged 81 yrs.
v.    EUNICE GREGG MORRISON, b. June 10, 1925.
vi.   BRUCE ALBERT THOMAS GREGG MORRISON, b. April 09, 1928, Maroubra NSW.
vii.

GREGG MORRISON, [born MALCOLM SYDNEY FREDERICK GREGG MORRISON] ,
b. June 10, 1931, Sydney.

viii. GORDON LENZIE GREGG MORRISON, b. October 10, 1933, Engadine NSW.
ix. YVONNE ELNOR GREGG MORRISON, b. October 29, 1935, Engadine NSW.
x.   GRAEME LEWIS GREGG MORRISON, b. November 03, 1937, Engadine NSW. - - Scroll up - -

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FOR THE NEXT GENERATION/s
NOTE: THE LINK CHANGES TO BLUE AFTER YOU HAVE VISITED THAT LINK,
BUT WILL STILL REMAIN "LIVE" WHEN YOU RETURN TO THEM.

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LINK!!!WILLIAM#7 ALEXANDER ROBERT (ROB) MORRISON - DECEASED
was born April 10, 1915 in "Balmoral" Australia Street, Woollahra NSW, and died April 19, 1986 in Gymea Bay NSW. He married VIOLET PEARL ELDRIDGE December 26, 1942 in East Melbourne Victoria. She was born April 18, 1913 in Rookwood NSW, and died July 21, 1968 in Engadine NSW. He married EDNA JANE FENTON November 07, 1970 in Engadine.

The Three Children of WILLIAM MORRISON and VIOLET ELDRIDGE are:

i. LINK!!!WILLIAM#8 DOUGLAS MORRISON LINK!!!(KNOWN AS DOUG), b. June 04, 1944, at Belmore NSW.

Douglas Morrison began the first intensive research into the Morrison origins. He was later
joined by his Uncle, Gregg (Malcolm) Morrison, and later by his cousin Ewan Morrison.
Click on the following name to link to William Morrison#3 of Hawick, his great-great-grandfather.

We acknowledge Douglas as
the Eldest Son of the Eldest Son.

ii. LINK!!! PETER ALEXANDER MORRISON, b. March 05, 1947, Bankstown NSW.

iii. LINK!!! MARK LEWIS MORRISON, b. June 25, 1951, Belmore NSW.


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JESSIE EDITH MORRISON was born July 20, 1917 in Paddington NSW. She married JOHN DOUGLAS (DARBY) FORTEY May 07, 1949 in Scots Church Sydney. He was born March 19, 1913, and died September 17, 1996 in Caringbah NSW.

The Two Children of JESSIE MORRISON and JOHN FORTEY are:

i.  DONELLA LENITH FORTEY, b.27 July, 1951, Crown Street Hospital, Sydney.

ii. LINDON JOHN FORTEY, b. 29 July, 1953 in Engadine NSW

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DONALD MCEWAN GREGG MORRISON, OAM, was born May 20, 1922 in Maroubra NSW. Don passed away on 3 May 2004. Aged 81 years.

He married NITA STAGEMAN July 09, 1949 in St Stephens Presbyterian Chuch Sydney. She was born May 23, 1928.

The Two Children of DONALD MORRISON and NITA STAGEMAN are:

i.  EWAN MAXWELL MORRISON, b. June 09, 1951, Engadine NSW.

ii. DAVID LINDSAY MORRISON, b. July 15, 1955, Engadine NSW.


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EUNICE GREGG MORRISON
was born June 10, 1925. She married COLIN ROBERTS CLARKE January 07, 1950 in Presbyterian Chuch Sutherland NSW. He was born October 20, 1917, and died July 09, 1984.

The Two Children of EUNICE MORRISON and COLIN CLARKE are:

i.  CRYSTAL CLARE CLARKE, b. September 26, 1950.

ii. PRISCILLA JEAN CLARKE, b. June 20, 1952, Engadine NSW.


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BRUCE ALBERT THOMAS GREGG MORRISON was born April 09, 1928 in Maroubra NSW. He married LORNA MAY MCDONALD March 08, 1952 in St.Mathews Church of England Bondi. She was born October 11, 1929.

The Two Children of BRUCE MORRISON and LORNA MCDONALD are:

i. CRAIG ANDREW MORRISON, b. September 24, 1957.

ii. JANNINE LYNDA MORRISON, b. March 22, 1985.

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MALCOLM SYDNEY FREDERICK GREGG MORRISON (PREFERS TO BE KNOWN AS GREGG) was born June 10, 1931 in Sydney.

A daughter, LORRAINE was born on 18 July 1950. Lorraine did not know that the man she believed was her father was not until she was in her 30’s. She waited until after her father's death, and she was in her late 40's, to search for her birth father. She made contact with Gregg for the first time on New Year’s Eve 1999 and they met for the first time in January 2000. Lorraine and her daughter Morgan met the Morrison family on 20 May 2000 at her father Gregg and his wife Kerry's 25th Wedding Anniversary and Family Reunion.

Gregg's Family Continues...

I. GREGG married JOYCE MAVIS CHRISTIAN on June 21, 1952 in Sydney. She was the adopted daughter of WILLIAM CHRISTIAN and DOROTHY FLETCHER. Joyce was born February 15, 1934 in Paddington Sydney. Her parents divorced in 1970. Dorothy and Joyce lived with LLOYD who cared for them for many years. She died on August, 2002 CHECK. Lloyd died on 29th March 2003 in Coolum Beach, Qld. Gregg and Joyce had 4 children: Ian, Kel, Lachlan and Naomi.

The Four Children of GREGG MORRISON and JOYCE CHRISTIAN are:

ii. IAN MALCOLM GREGG MORRISON, b. April 03, 1953, Sydney.

iii. KEL DOUGLAS GREGG MORRISON, b. October 28, 1954, Sydney.

iv. LACHLAN WILLIAM GRAEME GREGG MORRISON, b. March 15, 1957, Sydney.

v. NAOMI MAY MORRISON, b. September 07, 1961, Sydney;
m. DAVID COLLINS, March 01 1986, Sydney. Divorced.
Now living in Coolum, on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.

Update: Naomi met Christian (Chris) Mohr in 2003.
They now live in the town of Mapleton, Qld.

Gregg's Family Continues...

II. GREGG married KERRY DAWN CHARLTON (nee ELVINS) on May 23, 1975 in Sydney. She is the daughter of MAURICE MAXWELL ELVINS (known as MAX) b. 25 February 1919, died 9 March 1962, and LURLINE BEATRICE CUSACK b. 3 January 1920, died 29 January 1983. Kerry was born 28th August 1944 in Goulburn, New South Wales, eldest of 3 children. [KERRY is a web designer and has created this website for the family.]

KERRY had all of her 3 children by her first marriage to NOEL WALTER CHARLTON,
a Civil Engineer, b. 6.12.1931, d. 24.12.1994. They are:

i. KEVIN MAXWELL CHARLTON
ii. GARY WALTER CHARLTON
iii. ALAN RICHARD CHARLTON

KERRY is now the very proud Nanna of 5 Grand-daughters and 1 Grandson.

Kerry's Family Continues...

i. KEVIN MAXWELL CHARLTON, born 5th June 1964 at St George Hospital, Kogarah NSW; married JULIE De LORYN, (b. 7.1.1971) at Coolum Beach, Sunshine Coast, Queensland on 25 February 1995. They now reside in Victoria.

The Children of KEVIN MAXWELL CHARLTON and JULIE De LORYN are:

i.  LAHNI KATE CHARLTON, born 27 July 1996.
ii. PYPER LEE CHARLTON, born 7 August 2001.
iii. ZEKE NOEL CHARLTON, born 20 May 2003.


ii. GARY WALTER CHARLTON, born 23 August 1966; met SHARON TRACY MURIE in Queensland in January 1999, b. 7.12.72.

The Child of GARY WALTER CHARLTON and SHARON MURIE is:

i. ABBEY LOUISE CHARLTON, born 8 September 2000

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iii. ALAN RICHARD CHARLTON, born 29 January 1971.

Alan has 2 children with Partner Jessica Harinen of Canberra NSW
i. CHLOE JADE CHARLTON, born 10th March 2006
ii. SOPHIE MARIE CHARLTON, born 29th April 2008



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GORDON LENZIE GREGG MORRISON was born October 10, 1933 in Engadine NSW. He married MARGARET OSMOND RAY June 22, 1957 in St.Georges Hurstville NSW. She was born May 14, 1936.

The Three Children of GORDON MORRISON and MARGARET RAY are:

i. HEATHER JANE MORRISON, b. May 18, 1958.

ii. GRANT WILLIAM MORRISON, b. April 23, 1960.

iii. FINLEY ALFRED MORRISON, b. October 07, 1961.


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YVONNE ELNOR GREGG MORRISON was born October 29, 1935. She married WALTER MAXWELL (known as MAX) WARD November 26, 1960 in Perth West Australia. He was born June 18, 1936.

The Two Children of YVONNE MORRISON and MAX WARD are:

i. JULIETTE LOUISE NOREL WARD, b. January 13, 1967.

ii. A MALE CHILD, born about 1970. Information withheld at his request.


  GRAEME LEWIS GREGG MORRISON was born November 03, 1937 in Engadine NSW. He married NORAH IRENE BRATT December 05, 1958 in Penshurst NSW. She was born June 21, 1940.

The Two Children of GRAEME MORRISON and NORAH BRATT are:

i. ROSS GREGG MORRISON, b. July 15, 1959.

ii. MURRAY LEE MORRISON, b. February 14, 1961, Engadine NSW.



THE GRANDCHILDREN

Children of WILLIAM#8 (ROB) MORRISON and VIOLET ELDRIDGE (both deceased) - AND THEIR GRAND-CHILDREN

1. WILLIAM DOUGLAS MORRISON (KNOWN AS DOUG) was born June 04, 1944 in Belmore NSW. He married ESTELLE IRENE PHILLIPS September 03, 1966 in Hurstville NSW. She was born December 21, 1943 in Townsville, QLD.

The 2 Children of WILLIAM (Doug) MORRISON and ESTELLE PHILLIPS are:

i. RACHEL MORRISON, b. September 17, 1967, Kogarah NSW.
Married ROBERT MORGAN on 30 March 1996 at Gladesville.

i. Child of Rachel and Robert Morgan is
Hannah Morgan, born 10:30pm, January 06, 2003.

ii. CARLA MORRISON, b. May 23, 1971. Married STEVEN MARK JAMES at
Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview on 6/5/00.
Steven was born February 17, 1970 Newcastle.

2. PETER ALEXANDER MORRISON, b. March 05, 1947, Bankstown NSW. Married JANICE ELIZABETH BEAR (nee MONTGOMERY) on 30.4.1977. Jan has 3 children from a previous marriage. They are:

i. Steven Mark Bear, b.25.10.1966;
ii. Andrew Paul Bear, b. 19.12.1968, and
iii. Renee Elizabeth Bear, b. 24.7.1971.

3. MARK LEWIS MORRISON was born June 25, 1951 in Belmore NSW. He married SUSAN FLOREY on August 23, 1980 in Waratah Newcastle NSW. She was born February 01, 1958.

Child of MARK MORRISON and SUSAN FLOREY is:

  1. ALEXANDER LEWIS MORRISON, b. May 22, 1990.

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Children of JESSIE MORRISON and JOHN (Darby) FORTEY AND THEIR GRAND CHILDREN

1. DONELLA LENITH FORTEY was born 27 July, 1951 at The Crown Street Women's Hospital in Sydney NSW. She married ROBERT ERIC JOHN BEH (Bob) on September 27, 1971. He was born October 03, 1944. They had 2 children...

The 2 Children of DONELLA FORTEY and ROBERT BEH are:

1. ERIC JOHN BEH, b. October 04, 1971.
Eric John BEH married ROSEMARY HEATHER FERGUSON
of Shoalhaven on March 16, 1995. They have one child who is:

i. Alexander John BEH b: November 30, 1998.

2. EMMA JESSLYN BEH, b. June 24, 1974.
Emma married GAVIN JAMES BLACKA.

2. LINDON JOHN FORTEY was born at Engadine NSW on July 29, 1953.

Information re Child of LINDON FORTEY is not available currently.

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Children of DONALD MORRISON and NITA STAGEMAN AND THEIR GRAND CHILDREN

1. EWAN MAXWELL MORRISON was born June 09, 1951 in Engadine NSW. He married DIANNE ELIZABETH SHARPE October 24, 1975. She was born November 02, 1952.

Children of EWAN MORRISON and DIANNE SHARPE are:

i. GARTH MATHEW MORRISON, b. November 16, 1977, Smithfield NSW.

ii. DANIELLE RENEE MORRISON, b. January 29, 1980, Smithfield NSW.

2. DAVID LINDSAY MORRISON was born July 15, 1955 in Engadine NSW. He married (1) RAELENE TERESE KEELAN. She was born June 07, 1959. He married (2) ANN BRONWYN LUDWIG November 19, 1977 in Presb Church Caringbah NSW. She was born October 19, 1954. He married (3) SHERRYL FAY CARR November 09, 1991 in St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Campbelltown NSW. She was born July 17, 1962.

Child of DAVID MORRISON and ANN LUDWIG is:

i. RYAN LUKE MORRISON, b. May 11, 1980, Campbelltown NSW.

Child of DAVID MORRISON and SHERRYL CARR is:

ii. LIAM WILLIAM MORRISON, b. March 04, 1995.

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Children of EUNICE MORRISON and COLIN CLARKE AND THEIR GRAND CHILDREN

1. CRYSTAL CLARE CLARKE was born September 26, 1950.
She married ROSS ANTHONY GRISDALE
on September 22, 1972 in Lakemba NSW. He was born June 07, 1950.

Children of CRYSTAL CLARKE and ROSS GRISDALE are:

i. PAUL ANTHONY GRISDALE, b. March 19, 1977.

ii. MICHELLE RUTH GRISDALE, b. April 11, 1980.

iii. COLIN ROSS GRISDALE, b. October 18, 1983.

2. PRISCILLA JEAN CLARKE was born June 20, 1952 in Engadine NSW.
She married STEPHEN JOHN MYLES on December 13, 1975 in Lakemba NSW.
He was born March 15, 1951.

Children of PRISCILLA CLARKE and STEPHEN MYLES are:

i. ANDREW JAMES MYLES, b. October 26, 1977.

ii. BELINDA JEAN MYLES, b. March 14, 1980.

iii. TANIA LOUISE MYLES, b. January 22, 1982.

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Children of BRUCE MORRISON and LORNA MCDONALD AND THEIR GRAND CHILDREN

1. CRAIG ANDREW MORRISON was born September 24, 1957. He married HELEN MARIA NAIRNE September 24, 1988 in Gulgong NSW. She was born February 04, 1954.

3 Children of CRAIG MORRISON and HELEN NAIRNE are:

i. DAVID WILLIAM MORRISON, b. November 07, 1989.

ii. JAMES ERNEST MORRISON, b. September 17, 1992.

iii. HANNAH LOUISE MORRISON, b. March 09, 1994.

2. JANINE LYNDA MORRISON was born March 22, 1985. She married TIMOTHY RICHARD LILLAS September 28, 1985 in St Pauls Burwood. He was born August 14, 1958.

Children of JANNINE MORRISON and TIMOTHY LILLAS are:

i. STEPHEN JAMES RICHARD LILLAS, b. January 28, 1990.

ii. RACHEL NICOLE LILLAS, b. October 05, 1994.

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Children of GREGG MORRISON and JOYCE CHRISTIAN AND THEIR GRAND CHILDREN

1. IAN MALCOLM GREGG MORRISON was born April 03, 1953 in Sydney. He married SUSAN MARGARET NASH December 09, 1983 in Sydney. She was born December 09, 1958.

Children of IAN MORRISON and SUSAN NASH are:

i. KATYA RACHEL NASH-MORRISON, b. July 21, 1978.

More About KATYA RACHEL NASH-MORRISON: Adopted by Ian Morrison

ii. ALEX MALCOLM PAUL GREGG MORRISON, b. February 15, 1987.

2. KEL DOUGLAS GREGG MORRISON was born October 28, 1954 in Sydney. He married (1) HELGA OSSINGTON December 12, 1977 in Sydney.

Children of KEL MORRISON and HELGA OSSINGTON are:

i. HARLEY MORRISON, b. May 28, 1978.

ii. GABRIELLE MORRISON, b. April 25, 1980.

MORE ABOUT GABRIELLE MORRISON...

2nd child of Kel Douglas Morrison and Helga Ossington.

Gabrielle grew into a beautiful young woman who met a handsome young man named Daniel Nicholas Koles, who was born 24 September 1980 in Sydney, Australia of Parents of Russian decent, George Koles and Genia Koles (maiden name Bateup); there is also a brother named Ben Koles. Gabrielle and Daniel married on 27 November 2004. They now have one son, Damon, born 10th October 2006.

Gabrielle's mother is Helga Maria Ossington (known as Lucy); Date of birth is 1 February, 1959; Parents were Roy Ossington and Ingrid Ossington (maiden name Berzinskis), late of Newcastle, NSW.

Siblings of Helga [Lucy] are Victor, Nick, Chris, Kevin and Theresa.

Child of KEL MORRISON and TINA NOON is:

i. THOMAS EDWARD MORRISON, b. March 05, 1988.

3. LACHLAN WILLIAM GRAEME GREGG MORRISON was born March 15, 1957 in Sydney. He married MARGARET HUTCHINSON January 03, 1981 in Sydney. She was born November 16, 1957 in Sydney.

Children of LACHLAN MORRISON and MARGARET HUTCHINSON are:

i. MICHAEL LACHLAN GREGG MORRISON, b. July 24, 1984.

ii. MARC CHRISTOPHER GREGG MORRISON, b. December 31, 1986.

iii. MATHEW WILLIAM GREGG MORRISON, b. January 11, 1989.

4. NAOMI MAY MORRISON was born September 7, 1961 at Engadine. She married DAVID COLLINS March 1, 1986. No children. Her occupation is Veterinary Nurse.

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Children of GORDON MORRISON and MARGARET RAY AND THEIR GRAND CHILDREN

1. HEATHER JAYNE MORRISON, b. May 18, 1958.

2. GRANT WILLIAM MORRISON was born April 23, 1960. He married SUSAN LOUISE ALLANSON on January 22, 1983. She was born September 20, 1962. Reverend Grant Morrison was a youth pastor at Carlton/Kogarah Baptist Church in Sydney, New South Wales, from 1987 to 1990; Kempsey Baptist Church from 1990 to 1994; Turramurra Baptist Church from 1994 to 1996 and Maitland Baptist Church from 1996 to 2000 and is currently based there.

Children of GRANT MORRISON and SUSAN ALLANSON are:

i. JONATHAN WILLIAM MORRISON, b. October 09, 1988.

ii. RACHEL JAYNE MORRISON, b. April 01, 1991.

3. FINLEY ALFRED MORRISON was born October 07, 1961. He married DEBRA LEE LEWIS August 06, 1989 in Orange NSW. She was born July 15, 1967.

Four Children of FINLEY MORRISON and DEBRA LEWIS are:

i. CHRISTOPHER ROSS (LEWIS) MORRISON, b. September 24, 1984.

ii. MATHEW KEIRAN MORRISON, b. June 25, 1990.

iii. MORGAN LUKE MORRISON, b. April 26, 1993.

iv. ALESHA JADE MORRISON, b. August 15, 1994.

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Two Children of YVONNE MORRISON and MAX WARD are...

1. JULIETTE LOUISE NOREL WARD was born January 13, 1967.

2. A MALE CHILD born about 1970. Information withheld by request.

Child of JULIETTE LOUISE NOREL WARD is:

i. JESSE JOHN WARD, b. May 16, 1989

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Children of GRAEME MORRISON and NORAH BRATT AND THEIR GRAND CHILDREN

1. ROSS GREGG MORRISON was born July 15, 1959. He married DONNA MARIE CORR December 06, 1980 in Sutherland NSW. She was born February 27, 1960.

Children of ROSS MORRISON and DONNA CORR are:

i. PAUL JOHN MORRISON, b. November 16, 1984.

ii. BRETT GREGG MORRISON, b. November 07, 1986.

iii. JILLIAN LEE MORRISON, b. October 06, 1988.

2. MURRAY LEE MORRISON was born February 14, 1961 in Engadine NSW.
He married TRACEY ANN CROCKER July 29, 1989 in Engadine NSW.
She was born October 24, 1965.

Children of MURRAY MORRISON and TRACEY CROCKER are:

i. KORYNN LEE MORRISON, b. March 29, 1991.

ii. VANESSA ANN MORRISON, b. November 02, 1993.

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