Birth: 11 April 1869 Dromore, Down, Ireland, UK
Father: Robert Morrison b1851-a1869
Mother: Jane Magee b1851-a1869
Christening: 11 April 1869 Dromore, Down, Ireland, UK
Marriage: October-December 1930 Croydon, Surrey, UK
Wife: Esther Florence Snelling [Luff] 1875-1958
Death: July-September 1950 Hendon, Middlesex, UK
Reginald Thomas Patrick Morrison 1903-1984
Lucy Florence Morrison 1905-1905
Alice Maud Morrison [Blows] 1906-1992
Robert Royce Morrison 1908-1977
John Clifford Morrison 1909-1992
Doris Ivy Morrison [Bell] 1911-1999
Thomas Charles Morrison 1913-1981
Evelyn Florence Morrison 1916-1916
Marjorie Morrison 1917-1918
There are two entries in Ancestry Ireland, Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911 for Henry Morrison born on 17 (sic) April 1869 parents Robert Morrison and Jane Magee, one in Dromore, Down, and the other in Down.
Entry in Ancestry Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915 for Henry Morrison baptised 11 April 1869 in Dromore, Down, parents Robt Morrison and Jane Magee. "Baptisms [...] Ap [...] 11 Henry of Rob Morrison Jane Magee".
His son was born in Plumstead in 1903, daughter in Dartford in 1905 and the other children at Cliffe at Hoo in 1907 to 1911.
In the 1911 census as Henry Morison (sic - in the index, correct on the original) aged 46 (in the index, 41 on the original), born in Dromore, Down, (Ireland on the orginal), an explosives labourer working at an explosives manufacturer, and living with his wife (Florence), three sons (John C, Reginald L G and Robert R) and daughter (Alice M) in five rooms at 3 South View, 4 Vents Road, Cliffe at Hoo, Kent.
His son and two daughters were born in Strood from 1913 to 1917.
In the 1921 census as Henry Morrison born in Ireland in 1869 and living with Ethel F Morrison (wife?), John Clifford, Robert Royce, RTG and Thomas C Morrison (sons), and Alice Maud and Doris Morrison (daughters?) in Cliffe, Strood, Kent.
Three entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Henry Morrison address 22 Sandringham Road, Hendon, Barnet from 1927 to 1929, other occupants Florence Morrison (wife?) and Alice Morrison (daughter?) in 1929.
Marriage of Henry Morrison and Esther F Luff in FreeBMD in October-December 1930 in Croydon (2a 861). This was some three months after the death of his wife's first husband.
Ten entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Henry Morrison address 22 Sandringham Road, Hendon, Barnet from 1930 to 1931, other occupants Florence Morrison (wife?) and John and Robert Morrison (sons?), and 8 Second Avenue, Hendon, Barnet from 1935 to 1949, other occupants Robert Morrison (son?) in 1936, Thomas Charles Morrison (son?) in 1935 and 1937 and Thomas C Morrison (son?) in 1948 and 1949, and another family. His married daughter Doris Bell and husband were living at 10 Second Avenue in 1938 and 1939.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Henry Morrison born 11 April 1869, married, a builders labourer (retired) and living with Florence Morrison (wife?), Robert R and Thomas C Morrison (sons?), Hyden S Davies and Cyril B Charlwood at 8 Second Avenue, Hendon, Middlesex.
Death of Henry Morrison in FreeBMD in July-September 1950 aged 81 in Hendon (5e 415).
Entry in Ancestry Family Trees for Henry Morrison born in 1869, his marriage to Florence, and two sons Robert R and Thomas Charles. Donald Barry has an entry for Henry Howard Morrison born in Ballymacracken or Tyrone, Londonderry in 1869, his marriage to Esther Florence Snelling, seven children and his death on 17 September 1950 at 8 Second Avenue, Hendon. He added the following in an email "Henry worked at an explosives factory 1905-1918-Curtis & Harvey, Ltd. Cliffe at Hoo. Resided at 22 Sandringham Rd, Golders Green then "Robincroft" in Hendon. Death Cert: Coronary thrombosis, senile arterioschlerosis." Another entry adds all nine children.
Henry Morrison was the husband of Esther Florence Snelling, wife of James John Luff, my half second cousin once removed.
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