S k e tc h of th e Life a n d Tim es of

J oseph C u r r a n M or r ison ’ - Pr e s id e n t o f S t . A n d r e w s S o c ie ty , 1 8 5 0 5 2, a n d

A n g u s M o r r i s o n

P r e s ide n t 1 8 5 2 - 5 4

BY A G MA CM U R CH Y K C ' U S , . .

TH ES E brothers came to 'then York'in 18 2 w a 3 ith their father Hugh Morrison , who was n officer in the celebrated Black Watch Regiment and served in the Peninsular War . Joseph Curran w as 20 th 18 16 born in the south of Ireland on August , , , and

Angus was born in Edinburgh in 18 19 . Hugh Morrison c d ame from Sutherlandshire . He was a warm frien ' i ‘ i S r h . n of Jo n A Macdonald , as after years his sons became staunch friends and supporters of the old C hieftain . 18 32 m i r In the year , ever me orable in Engl sh histo y for the passing of the Reform Bill , emigration to r Canada f om the mother country greatly increased . In that year emigrants came to our shores from n out the Old Cou try , but cholera broke , many died in sight of the promised land after crossing the Atlanti c in sailing vessels and spending many weeks on the r voyage . The ravages of that dreadful epidemic a e ' th described by Mrs . Moodie in Roughing it in e

- 6 Bush , pp . 65 6 . ' In the morning we were obliged to visit the city 'Montreal'to make the necessary arrangements for our b upward j ourney . The day was intensely ot n A bank of thunderclouds lowered heavily over the mountain , and the close dusty streets were silent and n early deserted . Here and there might be seen a

- i r group of anxious look ng , carewo n , sickly emigrants seated against a wall among their packages and sadly r i um nating upon their futur e prospects . The sullen t - r oll of the death bell , the exposu e of newly made ’ c offins in the undert akers windows and the oft re c i urr ng notice placarded on the walls , of funerals furnished at such and such a place at cheapest rate and s l r u hortest notice, painful y reminded us at eve y t rning t w of the stree , that death was every here , perhaps lurking in our very path . We felt no desire to examine the beauties of the place ; with this an' ious feeling d l s perva ing our minds , pub ic buildings po sessed few e a ttractions , and we determin d to make our stay as ' short as possible .

Sir John Colborne , then Lieutenant Governor of a ff rt Upper Can da , had made great e o s to induce the better classes in the British Isles to emi grate to Canada . Until that time it was generally considered that no one could live long in our country owin g to the severity of the climate and its barren soil ' Emigration was di scour aged by the Home Government which then e xercised from Downing Street much control over the affairs of this country . ' ' a In his Lives of the Judges , Mr . D . B . Re d tells us that about this time a number of young Irish gentlemen formed an Emigr ation Society and decided

’ futur e t i upon Canada for their e hom , in end ng to take u p land and carry on farming . ' ' In 183 2 in the ship Anne of Halifa , with Cap 5

tain John U . Ross in command , came the Rev . Dominick

' s Blake and his brother William Hume Blake , afterward

Chancellor of the Court of Chancery in , and father of Edward and Samuel Hume Blake ; their mother and sisters ; the late Archdeacon Brough , Dr . of Robinson , Rev . Benj amin Cronyn , late Bishop

o . Hur n , Rev Arthur Palmer , former Archdeacon of Skeffin ton . s Toronto and Dr g Connor , afterward

Mr . Justice Connor . This vessel was chartered for e the voyag , which was accomplished in about six weeks via the St . Lawrence to Quebec , whence the travellers proceeded by stage to York . ’ It was in the same year that our Past - Presidents father came to Canada with his family . He took up ’ land at Jackson s Point , most of which he owned ; his sons’ education was completed at Upper Canada College in the new buildings j ust then erected in the e square between King and Simcoe , John and Adelaid F Streets , opened by Sir John Colborne , afterwards ield

Marshal Baron Seaton , whose names are borne by two of our city streets . It is hard to form any adequate idea to - day of the appearance of Toronto in these early days , but for tunately we have the following description by Samuel Thompson in 18 3 3 : ' In 18 33 the population was The principal e thoroughfares were King , Lot , Hospital and Newgat ‘ Streets ; Church , George , Bay and York Streets were almost without buildings . Taverns were pretty num erous ; a wooden English church , Methodist , Presby terian and Roman Catholic churches of the like con struction , a brick gaol and courthouse of ugliest de h tfi ld scription , scattered private houses a w ea e where 6

the Rossin House now stands , beyond , a roughcast ‘ Government House , brick Parliament Buildings , uglier even than the goal , and some government offices 25 located m a one storey brick building , feet square , i ' compr sed the lions of Toronto of that day . ’ e are The Queen s Hotel , where our me tings held , il 18 4 4 was bu t as three private houses in , known i as Ontar o Terrace . Here Principal Willis and the other Professors of Knox College resided and carried on 1 4 classes in theology until 8 5 . There were no plank sidewalks in Toronto until 18 34 after , the year of its incorporation as a city ; flat stones taken from the shores of the Bay were used on King Street ; the streets were not lighted until 28 th ' 184 1 w ' fir ecember , , hen the st gas lamp was lit . A ‘ story is told by Mr . Helliwell as given in Robert ’ son s Landmarks 'to which I am indebted for much f 18 3 1 i f in ormation', of how a man in , driv ng a load o pork down , was followed by a bear , which was attracted by the smell . It was in the evening and the man did not see the bear . He arrived at Bos ’ worth s Tavern at the north east corner of Yonge and ’ n w R idout s r King Streets 'long k o n as Corne s , or ' The Corners put hi s horses in the stable in the r ear and went to bed in the tavern . During the night the inmates of the tavern were roused and found the bear in the stall with the horses ,

far- ff making a sensation . In those o days there were lr i a neither telegraphs nor rai oads , the M lit ry roads , u R Yonge Street , D ndas Street and the Kingston oad W n m ni ere the o ly means of com u cation by stage , and the postage on a letter from the Old Country was 5 s.

3 d. After many years of agitation the era of railway c onstruction began in Upper Canada in 18 5 1 . 15 r 18 5 1 r fi On th Octobe , , Lady Elgin tu ned the rst sod for the , Simcoe and Huron Railroad 'after wards the Northern Railway , and later amalgamated 100 e with the Grand Trunk Railway', feet west of Simco fi Street , opposite the Parliament Buildings . The rst locomotive engine for the railway named the ' Lady n ' i Elgi , was bu lt in Portland , Maine . It weighed 24 ' about tons . The second engine , called the Tor ’ onto was built at James Good s foundry on the north side of Queen Street between Yonge and Victoria fi i en l n Streets . This is said to be the rst locomot ve g e h constructed in Canada , and indeed in any Britis colony . The passenger coaches were built and painted in car shops at Niagara and then brought across the ’ Lake on barges to the Queen s Wharf . The Northern Railway was opened as far as Aurora l 6th 1 fi 8 5 3 . a on May , The rst train started from little wooden shed opposite Queen ’s Hotel dignified by the name of a station . It was extended to Colling 18 5 6 communica wood in , when Toronto got railway tion with Hamilton by the Hamilton and Toronto Railway and with Montreal by the Grand ‘ Trunk

Railway . Thus before any railway reached Toronto from

East or West , Toronto had the Northern Railway through the enterprise of its citizens , amongst whom F the were . C . Capreol , the originator and organizer of undertaking , who was ably assisted by J . C . Morrison ,

President of the Board of Directors of the Ontario ,

. n . C o. Simcoe and Huron Ry , succeeding Hon Joh

Henry Boulton . Much of the progress and prosperity of Toronto was due to the building of the Northern Railway as in later years by the building of the Credit V alley and connecting railways , in which Angus M r a orrison bore a prominent pa t , with George L idlaw .

Mr . W . H . Blake soon gave up farming in the i Townsh p of Adelaide where he had taken up land , and came to Toronto where he entered upon the study of i 1 law and was called to the Bar n 8 3 8 . The next year

J . C . Morrison was called to the Bar and entered into fi partnership with Mr . Blake . The of ces of Blake and Morrison were in what had b een the old Toronto Club ui i u di B ld ng where the Mail B il ng now stands . This i i partnersh p continued unt l Mr . Blake became Chan c ellor ur e 1 4 of the Co t of Chanc ry in 8 6 . They had b fi een fellow students in the of ce of Hon . Simon Wash b urn and were always fast friends . 'r i i firm . Connor hav ng j oined the partnersh p, the

rr o . became Blake , Mo is n and Connor They had a large and i o extensive practice . Angus Morr s n entered their offi ce as a student and became managing clerk . Early in hi s career his uniform courtesy and kindness of dis i h m . r position made a general favourite J . C . Mo rison h ad many friends in Toronto and the surrounding

c . nfi h l ffi ountry He co ned imse f largely to the o ce, while Mr . Blake acted as counsel in many important c ases and his reputation seems to have been as great as hi that of s distinguished sons in later years . ' S oon after the firm of Blake Morrison began the 4 i celebrated election of 18 1 took place . Th s was the most exciting contest ever held in Toronto during the days of open voting and nothing approaching it has o ccurred since . onlv li There was one pol ng booth , in West Market 9

Street ; the voting lasted for si' days from Monday 14th 2 h to Saturday 0 t March . The Reform candidates and supporters of the Government were Isaac Buchanan and John Henry V . C . Dunn 'the father of Alexander Roberts Dunn , , the hero of Balaclava'the Tory candidates were George

e K . C . r Monro , then Mayor , and H nry Sherwood , , Mayo for the next three years . They were called the sup porters of the and the Corporation . The names of those who voted and how they cast P0 11 fi their votes as entered in the Book , classi ed by m occupations , were printed and sold in pamphlet for The E' miner by Lesslie Brothers , publishers of a , the Reform j ournal of the day before the days of The Glob e and George Brown . Besides the names , the pamphlet contains characteristic and bitter comments upon the progress and result of the election , which are still interesting . The total number of votes cast was 18 38 , and both Reform candidates were elected by a maj ority of 8 5 . Great pride was taken by the Reform writer of the pamphlet in the ' moral character of ' the victory . The Government candidates were ' ' o r in pposed , it was said , by eve y obstacle which ' I fi j ustice could devise . t was the rst election since ' the unhappy troubles of 18 37 and party spirit was very high between the Reform and Tory faction , who almost indiscriminately considered the former as m rebels , to answer a purpose , and every kind of stratage and unfair means were resorted to by the faction 'to or poison the minds of the people', which ingenuity malice could devise , in order to create a bitter feeling against the Reform party and their candidates . The Orange faction and all the high church bigots were also 10

arrayed against them . The Corporation of the City of Toronto was arrayed w ith its patronage and influ

ence on the side of the Tory faction . Their special l i constables were a most all part sans , yet , entrusted with n fi keepi g the peace , were the rst to connive at its being broken and used the most unfair means against their F . or opponents instance , being entrusted with the r i charge of the hustings , for two mo n ngs , they allowed their own voters to be secreted underneath that they might take possession of the booth in order to take the in i ff lead the poll ng , which had the e ect of keeping back for some hours in the crowd supporters of Dunn and ' find P0 11 B uchanan . We from the Book that seven ini l m sters or preachers voted Reform and on y one , ni Rev . George Ryerson , voted Tory . Rev . Dr . Jen ngs

r . . . 'Bay Street P esbyterian Church', Rev W T Leach ’

. . . rr 'St Andrew s Church', Rev J Ha is 'Knox Church', and Rev . Dr . John Roaf 'Congregational Church', voted

f r F - o the Reform candidates . ive school masters voted r Reform and two voted To y . The physicians were f r u i r our to th ee in favo r of Reform, wh le the ba risters a nd attorneys were two to one ag ainst the Tory leaders . — Amongst the maj ority were after w hom a section of the Reform Party was named one of our most distinguished and public spirited

citizens , a statesman whose name will never be for

gotten in the history of Canada ; W . H . Blake and his

r . pa tner J C . Morrison , Thomas Hector , George

s . l Ridout , Jame E Sma l and , afterwards Sir Adam Wilson and Mayor in 18 60, when the Prince

of Wales visited Toronto . On the Tory side were the

- s k . . l h name of such well nown men as W H Bou ton , Jo n Hi l i Jr . l yard Cameron , G . T . Den son , Clark Gamble 11

a nd . . 1 . 5 J M Strachan , son of Bishop Strachan ser

‘ vants and labourers voted for Munro and Sherwood , b ut only 21 for Buchanan and Dunn ; 4 5 tavern k 2 eepers voted Tory and 0 voted Reform . F l On the Reform side were such men as . C . Capreo , ‘ M cMaster M eMur Robert Cathcart , William , John r ich , Peter Paterson , Jr . Hugh Scobie , J . Tolfree , Dr . ' F Widmer , Peter reeland 'soap and candle maker', F n ackes C arfrae rankli J , Thomas , Collector of Customs , Al n V . n . . . derman G T . Deniso , Hon S B Harriso , ice ‘ i am n . eso . Chancellor J , C C Small , Clerk of the Crown , F rederick Widder , Commissioner of the Canada Com

' p any ; Joseph C aw thra and Jesse Ketchum . Opposed t o the Government candidates we notice Henry Row-7 s ell , George Bilton , Capt . Hugh Richardson , afterwards

’ ‘ th H r e a bour . Master , Dr Burnside , William Gooder h am' r , miller ; R . L . Denison; distille ; Andrew Mercer , f distrib t u er of Marriage Licenses ; William Proudfoot , P r esident of the Bank of Upper Canada ; , fi ’ rst President of St . Andrew s Society ; George Crook s hanks , the father of Mrs . Stephen Howard ; Angus o Camer n , Edward Hooper , John Maughan and Alex wo ander od , after whom two streets in Toronto were named . The description of the last scene in this elec tion is unique —' After the candidates were chaired according to immemorial custom , a procession of c itizens with their wives and children in carriages were formed , displaying over 100 banners It moved in triumph through the principal streets until it reached — the corner of King and Church Streets under the ’ : windows of Mr . Sherwood s office it was assailed by g roans and hisses from a body of men armed with b ludgeons , supposed to be from the country . Repeated 12 enquiries were made for a coffin in which it was supposed — the Family Compact was to be buried this was a pure Tory invention to inflame the Orangemen and act as a m stimulus to a riot . Soon a general atta ck was ade , stones , brick and pieces of ice were thrown , loaded firearms were discharged ; one man named Dunn was killed and three others were severely inj ured ; then the military were called out and some of the rioters were locked up and found protection in the Court House on the north side of King Street . During the morning M cLean of the chairing , and his son , a Scottish piper , on their way to j oin the procession , were knocked down d and the pipes were destroyed . A gentleman name t i i Mai land on com ng up and seeing th s assault , went i fi n to the City Hall or Pol ce Of ce , i formed the Mayor , George Monro, of what had happened a nd asked for him assistance for the poor man . The Mayor told to go to the devil and he was politely kicked out after e n to declining to do so , and recomm ndi g the Mayor go to ’ A Coroner s j ury failed to bring in a verdict as to ’ in the cause of Dunn s death . Such was the election 18 4 1 r in Toronto , as described by the Reform write when the peaceable triumph of the people was shr ouded in gloom in events which evinced the true spirit of the old faction and its faithful allies the Corporation and ' ' Orangemen , and The atrocities then perpetrated were worthy of a dark age and of the darker purposes of that party and are written in letters of blood on the memories of the citizens . as Isaac Buchanan , who thus entered Parliament fi a Reformer , in later years modi ed his opinions , and 18 64 d in entere the Cabinet of Sir John A . Macdonald , 13

t he leader of the Conservative Party . Many of the

Baldwin Reformers , and among them J . C . Morrison , a fterwards became members of the same party .

The struggle for Responsible Government , pre i it t d 1837 c p a e by the Rebellion of , but vindicated by 18 40 Lord Durham in his famous report of , has long

- d s ince been won . To ay we enj oy the responsi i i i — b l t es and privileges of self government, and are s ometimes amazed at the bitterness of party strife

- and the excesses of these far off days . 1 4 8 5 . . r In , J C Morrison mar ied Miss Elizabeth B ‘ loor , a daughter of Joseph Bloor , whose mill was formerly in the ravine at the head of Sherbourne ‘ ’ d Street . Bloor Street , originally St . Paul s Roa , was n amed after Mr . Bloor , whose house still stands oppo s ite the Central Methodist Church on Bloor Street . The Morrison family residence called Woodlawn s tood near what is now Woodlawn Avenue , sur r 28 It 18 4 4 ounded by about acres . was purchased in i by J . C . Morr son from Mr . W . H . Blake , who had built the residence and lived in it . The property extended from what is now Walker Avenue northerly to the top of t he o u hill , westerly to the property of Mr . John Ma do M rmi k e ald , now occupied by Miss cC o c , and asterly to F r 4 Yonge Street . o more than 0 years , during his long professional and political life , Mr . Morrison lived at W oodlawn . He entered Parliament in 184 8 as a Baldwin R e former , representing the west riding of York , and also

' r d epresente North Simcoe and Niagara . He became S 18 5 3 olicitor General in , but was defeated in South 18 5 7 18 5 9 Ontario in and in North Oxford in 18 5 8 . In n he was made Registrar of Deeds for Toronto , and agai e l ntered the Government in 18 60 as Solicitor Genera . 14

He was appointed Puisne Judge of the Common Pleas: 18 62 the in , and the following year was transferred to ’ 18 77 Queen s Bench . In he was made a Judge of the Court of Appeal and for many years was senior Puisne t Judge of the Province . Besides furthering the ma erial development of the country by aiding in building the r t Northe n Railway , he ook a deep interest in its educa ti n For 28 o al advancement . years he was a member of the Council of Public Instruction for Upper Canada . He was a member of the Senate of the for 25 years and Chancellor from 18 63 to 1 — — 8 76 . His portrait an excellent likeness was pre sented to the University by his grandson , Mr . Arthur

i fi t ' 19 14 C . Hardy of Brockv lle , whose magni cent gi t in , i dur ng the European war , of to the University

Overseas Base Hospital , will remain a lasting monu ment to the former chancellor and his family .

The genial host of Woodlawn often 'pened its' l r i hospitable doors , its beautifu conservato y and splend d library , to his many friends , especially on Sunday ' — e . aft rnoons , when the Sunday School Class , as it m Was was hu orously called , used to meet and suit

. ably entertained . Then came his friends , such as '

. il l . K la Hon William Cayley , Hon James y , Sir Casimir G z ow ski M acPherson i Sir David , James Mich e and F n . . u A T ulton 'inseparable d ring their lives', Stephe

. Heward , Sir John Hagarty , Thomas Moss , Sir Thomas h h l . Galt , C ristopher Robinson and Jo n Bou ton When the class di spersed some of these gentlemen carried fl to away owers in their tall silk hats . While bowing ‘ fl ladies on their way home , the owers frequently streamed down upon their shoulders to the amuse ment of their fair friends . 15

’ 1s At 9 o clock on every t of July , a champagne breakfast was given to the Judges at Woodlawn . It w as largely attended and deemed an occasion of great importance by the Bench . This function , according f ’ to all accounts , di fered greatly from the Judges

' luncheons at Osgoode Hall at the present day , where the fare is said to be of the plainest . 1 In 8 60 , Mr . Morrison prosecuted James Brown for the murder of James Sheridan Hogan at the Don

Bridge . Brown was found guilty and hanged . h On the Benc , he presided at the Greenwood trial , which resulted in a conviction and execution . This c ase gave him many sleepless nights , and it was years before he recovered from the depressing effect of the trial . From Woodlawn the Judge always walked to and from Osgoode Hall . He disliked street cars, and i though he kept horses , preferred to walk , claim ng, as his daughter , Mrs . A . S . Hardy says , that he could go as quickly . In these days , people evidently walked m fi ore in Toronto than at the present time . The rst ’ ' omnibus line ran from R idout s Corners or the C s orner , as it was called 'King and Yonge Streets', to the Red Lion Hotel j ust north of Bloor Street , 184 9- 5 9 from , until rails were laid for street cars in 18 5 9; when Yorkville went wild with e'citement to be so fi closely united to the city . The rst car had an ' e it levation built upon , and from this elevation a band d iscoursed triumphant strains . Our citizens would go wild with enthusiasm to - day if an elevation were built on the—cars to give more room and let every one have a seat the former days may have been better t han these in that respect . 16

This is not the occasion to attempt an estimate of

the j udi cial career of Mr . Justice Morrison from 18 62 In 18 8 5 . the sketch published at the time of his

C nad . Law J ourn l death in the a a a , evidently written

by a competent authority , he was considered a learned ,

industrious and painstaking j udge . In presiding at trials at M et prius hi s rulings were almost invariably m correct . He was rich in saving com on sense , and hi s familiarity with commercial law kept the Cour t

from going wrong in some important cases . He pre w sided on the Bench ith dignity , impartiality and

great courtesy . He worthily upheld in his person the

best traditions of a long line of illustrious j udges , and di m when he ed , a truly sorrowing co pany of his friends o n f gathered at Wo dlaw , and through the avenue o pine trees followed hi s coffin to Mount Pleasant Ceme ’ r e te y . Both brothers were memb rs of St . Andrew s

- Church , at the south west corner of Church and Ade

laide Streets , where they attended with their fami lies

for many years .

In his early days , Angus Morrison was champion 1 4 —1—2 H 8 0 . r sculler of Canada , in e was a great love of all athletic sports and founder of the Toronto Rowing r 20 w Club , of which he was P esident for years . He as ’ 11 Secretary of St . Andrew s Society for years . At the wreck of the Royal Mail steamer ' Plough ' 2nd 18 5 9 boy in Georgian Bay on the night of July , , i he assisted in rescu ng the passengers , among whom d were Sir John A . Macdonald , Hon . John Hilyar

Cameron and other prominent politicians . Sir John

Macdonald presented him with a large silver cup . e Another of the passengers , probably Hon . John Ros

'afterwards Sir John Rose', also presented a beautiful

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e Company , and was associat d with the President and t i promo er , George Laidlaw and the d rectors , Robert

Hay , C . J . Campbell , John Burns , H . P . Dwight , J . S . .

M M r . c ur a . . . . y , H L Hime and W H Beatty The Credit V l alley Railway had a checkered career . In its ear y days it w as in the hands of a receiver . It was the li lin nucleus in Western Ontari o, with its al ed es the o Toront , Grey and Bruce and the Ontario and Quebe c a fi Railways , of the present Can dian Paci c Railway , which has contributed so much to the growth of Tor onto .

u M l 1 - — Ang s orr son was in 8 76 7 8 . He was present at the Centenni al Exposition in Phila i 18 76 hi s s delph a in , saw Edward Hanlan win famou wd tor c y and presented a gold watch to the champion . T he fountain whi ch took fir st prize at the Exposition w as purch ased by the Mayor and presented to the city .

- It t was erected in West Market Stree , and after refresh r t h ing the thirsty for many yea s , was removed to e F l erry Dock at the foot of Bay Street , where it stil fi n r indl stands , a tti g memorial of a ve y k y gentleman . ' He fir st lived at the north - east corner of Queen and ‘ r S s hi s w erez b orn Chu ch treet , where chil dren , and afterwards resided at the north west corner of Windsor F i Place and ront Street , now occupied by the P per S F or . e ignal act y In thos days Windsor Street , Well i n t on t g , John , Simcoe and Bay Streets were the bes r i a es dential part of the city . Mr . Morrison had flagstaff in hi s gr ounds and used to hoist the Uni on Jack when the steamers passed to Niagara through th i i a e . to western channel Th s salute , accord ng

t r . pleasing cus om , was retu ned by the passing ship While Mayor be negotiated with the Dominion 19

Government for the transfer to the city , at a nominal C price , of the Garrison ommon , where Lord Dufferin 1 7 opened the first Exhibition in 8 6 . 2 w 18 8 . v He died in June , His wido sur ived him 19 17 for many years . She passed away in in full possession of her faculties, to the last lovingly tended ' r by her charming daughte , Miss Emily Morrison . The year 1878 was the last year of the old Provin cial n m 18 4 6 Exhibitio , which com enced in ; then followed n the Annual Industrial Exhibitio , in which he took a deep interest . In that year Lord Dufferin paid his

‘ farewell visit as Governor General to Toronto , and delivered his famous address on the greatness of Canada . ' : s He said then Canadian , love your country , believe ' in her , honour her , live for her , die for her . That stirring and memorable appeal seems to have found a worthy response from the sons of those , many ’ of whom members of St . Andrew s Society , laid broad and deep the foundations of the social and political life of this country . One hundred years after Hugh Morrison fought against Napoleon for the freedom of Europe , his great grandsons, the grandsons of Angus Morrison , sprang h in Au ust to arms with many thousands of Canadians g , 1 4 9 1 . , at the outbreak of the great European War

Angus Morrison , the son of Mr . Simcoe Morrison , travelled 4 20 miles from Port Nelson on the Hud son Bay to the railway and enlisted as a private in 25 th the Battery , rose to be Regimental Quarter master Sergeant , was through all the principal battles 1 1 u 3 rd 9 7 . ntil he fell at Passchendaele , on November , A 18 th nother son , Simcoe Morrison , enlisted on his b irthday , and is still with the Siege Artillery . Gordon 20

F raser Morrison , son of Mr . Curran Morrison , went wi th the first contingent as Captain in the 2nd Battal

- 18 th a ion , became Lieutenant Colonel of the B ttalion , and received the Distinguished Service Order .

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