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William Morris

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Barrington, Ilminster, Somerset, UK
Death: November 25, 1908 (87)
Moscheto Island, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Place of Burial: Sandgate, NSW, Australia
Immediate Family:

Son of James Morris and Mary Morris
Husband of Mary Morris
Father of Mary Ann Deamer; Anna Morris; Levi Morris; James Herbert Morris; Betsey W Foster and 4 others
Brother of John Morris; Levi Morris; James Morris; Samuel Morris; Henry Morris and 2 others

Occupation: Labourer
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Immediate Family

About William Morris

By the 1851 census, at age 29, William is listed as occupation Ag Labourer. The Census shows he is living at Barrington No.71 with his wife Mary (27), and their daughters Mary Ann (4) and Anna (2). Williams parents and siblings are living next door at Barrington No.72.

Arrived NSW 13 May 1857 via "Plantagenet". William age 35, wife Mary 34 and 5 children Mary Ann 10, Hannah 9, Betsy 6, George 3 & James 10 weeks was born during the voyage. Williams 20 year old brother, Samuel, also came with them but he settled in Marrickville, Sydney.

http://stuart.scss.dyndns.info/FamilyTree/individual.php?pid=I8781&...

William and his family lived on Moscheto (aka Mosquito) Island, on the Lower Hunter River at Newcastle, see http://www.geni.com/projects/Islands-of-the-Lower-Hunter-River-New-South-Wales/12343

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William Morris's Timeline

1821
May 9, 1821
Barrington, Ilminster, Somerset, UK
May 20, 1821
Barrington, Ilminster, Somerset, UK
1846
June 11, 1846
Barrington, Ilminster, Somerset, UK
1848
December 7, 1848
Barrington, Somerset, England (United Kingdom)
1851
November 26, 1851
Barrington, Ilminster, Somerset, UK
1854
April 2, 1854
Barrington, Ilminster, Somerset, UK
1857
1857
bv "Plantagenet" to, Australia
1859
1859
Moscheto Island, Newcastle, NSW, Australia