William Inglis Morison (1890 - 1963)

Born 1890 in Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Jessie Helen Agnes (Kerr) Morison — married 15 Nov 1916 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 16 Dec 1963 at about age 73 in Mont Park, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

William Inglis "Bill" Morison was born at Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia in 1890.^[1] He was the son of William Cuthbert Morison and Helen Mary Fowler Hodges.

On the 15th of November, 1916, he married Jessie Helen Agnes Kerr at St. Stephen's Church, Phillip St., Sydney.^[2][3]

He died on the 16th of December, 1963, at either Mont Park or Caulfield, Victoria.^[4][5] He was buried in the Brighton General Cemetery.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922. Ancestry.com.
   Name: Wm Ingils Morison, Birth Date: Abt 1890, Birth Place: Ascot Vale, Victoria, Registration Year: 1890, Father: Wm Cuthbert Morison, Mother: Ellen Mary Fowler Hodges, Registration Number: 9232
2. ↑ NSW Marriage certificate 1916#13077
3. ↑ Family Notices (1916, December 20). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved September 23, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155064463
   MORISON—KERR.—On the 15th November, at St. Stephen's Church, Phillip street, Sydney, William I. Morison, son of the late W. C. Morison and Mrs. Morison, South Yarra, to Jessie Helen Agnes Kerr, only daughter of the late H. H. Kerr, Albert Park.
4. ↑ The Ryerson Index. Death notice: MORISON, William Inglis (Bill), died: 16DEC1963, late of Caulfield, published: The Age (Melbourne) 17DEC1963
   Death notice: MORISON, William Inglis (Bill), died: 16DEC1963, late of Caulfield, published: Sydney Morning Herald 18DEC1963
5. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009. Ancestry.com
   (transcript only) Name: William Ingils Morison, Death Date: 16 Dec 1963, Death Place: Caulfield, Occupation: Secretary, Grant Date: 24 Mar 1964, Grant: P.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #157930074

• https://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2015/08/12/post-war-correspondence-with-Lord-Birdwood-part-2/
  Joan Torrance (1867-1943) was a poet and editor who was also known as Joan Kerr. She was born in Scotland and died in Abbotsford, Victoria in 1943. One of her books of poems was Twixt heather and wattle. She also wrote the lyrics for the patriotic song Sons of the southern sea. Married to Harold Bertrand Kerr, she had one son Charles Tennyson Kerr (1892-1963) who served with the New Zealand army in the First World War (12/1449). After being wounded, he later tried to enlist in the AIF in mid-1918. He named his wife Gladys as next of kin. Joan also had a daughter Jessie Helen Anges Kerr (1890-1970), who married William Inglis Morison.
• Victoria death certificate for William Inglis Morison 1963 #26268 age 73
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157930074/william-inglis-morison: accessed 28 July 2023), memorial page for William Inglis Morison (1890–16 Dec 1963), Find a Grave Memorial ID 157930074, citing Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980).