Generation No. 1

1. ROBERT MORRISON was born Unknown, and died Unknown. He married JANET MORRISON Bef. 1884 in ?,who was the daughter of WILLIAM MORRISON and JANET ROBERTSON. She was born November 26, 1859 in Kinnoul, Perthshire, Scotland, and died February 26, 1939 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

NOTES ABOUT ROBERT MORRISON:
The existence and origins of Robert Morrison is currently being researched. If he was married to Janet Morrison, no record of that union has been located, but it may have happened in some other location other than Scotland. It is possible that he was a son of James Morrison who is not related to Janet's father William, and was born at West Lothian on June 20, 1852.

Family legend has him as being a "Doctor" who graduated from Edinburgh University, but no record exists of him being enrolled there. There is some information suggesting he was posted to Heidelberg, South Africa in the late 1880's, and also that he served in the Boer War in Africa but died as a result of him catching a disease from a patient.

NOTES ABOUT JANET MORRISON:
Janet was also known as 'Jenny'. She was born 26 November 1859 in Kinnoul, Perthshire, Scotland, and died 26 February 1939 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She met (1) ROBERT MORRISON Bef. July 1884 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was born Unknown, and died Unknown. She met (2) WILLIAM MACKAY Abt. 1907 in Glasgow, Scotland. He was born Abt. 1878 in Unknown. This information is still being verified.

In attempting to establish the origins of Janet [Jenny] Morrison it is necessary to take into account the apparent distortions she made on occasion relating to information that she provided.

Jenny's death certificate in 1939 gives her age as being 81 years. This indicates her birth year as being about 1859. This is consistent with her being born as the result of a relationship her mother, Janet Fleming Robertson had with William Morrison that was recorded at Kinnoul, Perthshire, Scotland.

Why Jenny changed the facts of her previous life is not understood. In 1907 she 'married' a William Mackay at Glasgow where she claimed to be a 37 year old spinster which establishes her birth year as 1870. There has been no record found of this wedding. It is believed that she did not mention her previous marriage to Robert Morrison, although she nominated William Morrison of Hawick as her father and Janet Fleming Robertson, by then deceased, as her mother. The legend goes that Mackay was of the aristocrat class and did nor believe in 'working'. He is supposed to have spent all of Jenny's money and left her penniless. There is no knowledge as to whether he died or just disappeared.

Jenny cut her losses and migrated on March 15, 1915 to the USA. She arrived at Ellis Island New York on board the SS Arabic from Liverpool, England as Jenny Fleming Mackay. The Manifest shows her last residential address as being at Manchester, England. She gave her age as being 49 year old widow born in Edinburgh Scotland. Her given reason for migration was to join her "brother", J. Morrison in Phillidelphia. Her next of kin was listed as Allan Robertson, a cousin living at Dundee. Her description stated she was 5ft. 2 inches tall, light hair and brown eyes. Her claimed age gives her a birth year of about 1866. This would indicate that she was about 17 when her son James was born in 1884. She had no brother in the USA but her son James was living at Philadelphia.

In 1917 Jenny moved to Canada at the same time as her son James and she ran a "Rooming House" in Toronto. Amongst the few items left after she died is a book of poetry that was published in 1889 by the Hawick Advertiser that featured a poem by Mrs. William Morrison and a newspaper clipping regarding the death in France of J McE Morrison in WW1. This related to a son of her half-brother William, who had migrated to Australia in 1883.

More About JANET MORRISON:
Batch LDS #: C113691
Burial: 1939, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The Three Children of ROBERT MORRISON
and JANET MORRISON are:

i. JAMES STUART MORRISON !LINK!to more information below...
Born Abt. 1880, ?; died January 06, 1951, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

ii. SYDNEY MORRISON, b. Abt. 1884. Currently being further researched.
Family legend claims that Sydney Morrison joined the Army in 1914. [there is no indication as to which Army, but it was probably the British] and went to fight in WW1. He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and won the Military Medal. He was apparently severely wounded and it took a year for him to recover.

He was then sent to Africa as an interpreter, because of his knowledge of languages gleaned during 3 years in Sierra Leone, West Africa, before the war. As to where he was sent in Africa is not known, but it may have been to Southern Rhodesia after WW1.

There is a belief that Sydney Morrison had a son DOUGLAS NICOL MORRISON, who was born after 1921 and died after 1939, having fought in WW2.

iii. MARGARET MORRISON, b. Abt. 1886. Died as an infant. No information relating to a birth year or location has been revealed. The only information has been from vague memories of conversations in the distant past.

Generation No. 2

JAMES STUART MORRISON (son of ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1880 in ?, and died January 06, 1951 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.. He married DELLA MARGARET JANE PATTERSON June 30, 1920 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was born August 21, 1898 in Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Canada, and died April 17, 1971 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada..

Notes for JAMES STUART MORRISON:
In correspondence James sent to a relative he claimed that he spent 5 years of his childhood in the care of an aunt in Dundee. This aunt [a Robertson? or a Clark?] had two daughters. He apparently was being raised by his aunt because his father was posted to Heidelburg in South Africa, and his mother could only take his younger brother with them.

James was a student at Wallacetown Public School in Dundee prior to being transferred to live at Northumberland Place Edinburgh at the age of about 10. He was enrolled at the Daniel Stewart's College in Edinburgh where his father was quoted as being William Morrison. It should have been Grandfather, but why his father's name was not posted is unclear.

He claimed that he later joined the Merchant Marines and visited Chile. He also is reported to have "jumped ship" in the USA about the time of the Californian Earthquake, although the information about this event is very unclear.

Family legend has it that he had a fine singing voice, and that he once sang at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City. Whether he sang there as a busker or actually was a paid performer is not known but there are stories that he had worked his way around the USA as a 'singing waiter'.

When he moved to Canada in 1917 he gave his previous address as being in Philadelphia. He enlisted in the Canadian Reserve in order to fight in WW1. He claimed that he was his mother's only means of support as his brother was disabled. His height was given as being 5ft. 2.5 inches.

After the war he became the building superintendent of two apartment buildings at 88 & 90 Carleton Street in Toronto Canada and stayed there until his death in 1951.

More About JAMES STUART MORRISON:
Burial: January 1951, Verulam Cemetery, Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Canada

More About DELLA MARGARET JANE PATTERSON:
Burial: April 1971, Verulam Cemetery, Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Canada

Generation No. 3

The Two Children of JAMES MORRISON and DELLA MARGARET JANE PATTERSON are:

i. DOUGLAS STUART MORRISON, b. January 26, 1921, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
married to ELIZABETH ANN MCGLONE, June 30, 1962; b. September 28, 1934, Wheeling, West Virginia, USA.

ii.SANDRA ELIZABETH MORRISON (JAMES STUART, ROBERT) was born April 08, 1942 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She married JOHN JOSEPH SCHELL February 15, 1958 in Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Canada. He was born February 12, 1937 in Somerville Township, Ontario, Canada...

More About SANDRA ELIZABETH MORRISON:
Occupation: 2004, Secretary, Trinity Church, United Church of Canada.

More About JOHN JOSEPH SCHELL:
Also Known As: Joe

Children of SANDRA MORRISON and JOHN SCHELL are:
i. STEPHANIE CHRISTINE4 SCHELL, b. April 10, 1958, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.
ii. SUSAN JEAN SCHELL, b. December 04, 1959, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada; m. REGENT BOUCHER, January 02, 1985, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; b. December 01, 1955.
iii. VALERIE ELIZABETH SCHELL, b. June 03, 1961, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.; d. June 08, 1961, Somerville Township, Ontario, Canada..

More About VALERIE ELIZABETH SCHELL:
Burial: June 1961, With G/Parents at Verulam Cemetery, Bobcaygeon, Ontario

5. iv. JOHN WARREN SCHELL, b. September 04, 1963, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.
6. v. CRYSTAL MARIA SCHELL, b. September 04, 1970, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.
7. vi. JOSEPH CRAIG SCHELL, b. October 06, 1974, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.

Generation No. 4

4. STEPHANIE CHRISTINE SCHELL (SANDRA ELIZABETH MORRISON, JAMES STUART, ROBERT) was born April 10, 1958 in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada. She married ROMEO JOSEPH DUBEAU December 27, 1978 in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada. He was born May 16, 1949 in Cache Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Children of STEPHANIE SCHELL and ROMEO DUBEAU are:
i. MELINDA CHISTINE5 DUBEAU, b. May 08, 1980, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada; m. KENNETH LOUIE DURAND, December 11, 1999, Prescott, Ontario, Canada; b. May 30, 1970.
ii. MIRANDA ELIZABETH DUBEAU, b. May 08, 1980, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.
iii. AIMEE NOELLE DUBEAU, b. July 15, 1983, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada; m. KIRK CORMIER, Abt. 2001, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.
iv. JAMES DOUGLAS DUBEAU, b. October 21, 1986.

5. JOHN WARREN4 SCHELL (SANDRA ELIZABETH3 MORRISON, JAMES STUART2, ROBERT1) was born September 04, 1963 in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada. He married (1) UNKNOWN. He married (2) LEANNE ARDEN TUNN July 1982 in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.

Child of JOHN SCHELL and UNKNOWN is:
i. JOHNATHON CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH5 SCHELL, b. August 23, 1998, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.

Children of JOHN SCHELL and LEANNE TUNN are:
ii. SHANE ROBERT JOHN5 SCHELL, b. November 11, 1983, Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.
iii. JORDAN DAMIEN SCHELL, b. August 17, 1989, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.

6. CRYSTAL MARIA4 SCHELL (SANDRA ELIZABETH3 MORRISON, JAMES STUART2, ROBERT1) was born September 04, 1970 in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada. She married THOMAS GREGORY JOHNSTON June 16, 1990.

Child of CRYSTAL SCHELL and THOMAS JOHNSTON is:
i. SHELBY RAYMOND5 JOHNSTON, b. August 23, 1993, Petersborough, Ontario, Canada..

7. JOSEPH CRAIG4 SCHELL (SANDRA ELIZABETH3 MORRISON, JAMES STUART2, ROBERT1) was born October 06, 1974 in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada. He met JENNIFER DONNA WILLIAMS.

Marriage Notes for JOSEPH SCHELL and JENNIFER WILLIAMS:
In Common Law.

Child of JOSEPH SCHELL and JENNIFER WILLIAMS is:
i. EMERSON WILLIAMS5 SCHELL, b. June 09, 2004, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.