Hi Tracey,
I think I can help you with *some* of these names. I have them in my tree and I'm fairly sure we are distant cousins!
I'm delighted to hear from more descendants from my Stanton/Morrison branch in the US.
I'm from, live & work in the Liverpool area - but on the "other side of the water", on the Wirral peninsula.
Before I go on, let me give you a friendly warning that the surname "Stanton" is interchangeable with "Staunton" in my tree.
So.....
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Burnes Campbell Ross m. Norah Winnifred Fitzpatrick --- liverpool folks
her parents were Bridget Stanton m. Harry Fitzpatrick (scottish footballer)
Bridget's parents were Thomas Stanton m. Mary Morrison
Let's stop there and deal with the above.
My father's mother was Winifred Mary STANTON. Her parents were Thomas Patrick STANTON and Honor MORRISON.
Honor Morrison (b. 1868 +/- 1) was the middle one of 3 Morrison sisters, the oldest being your Mary (b. 1867) and the youngest, Catherine (b. 1870). There also appears to be a brother, Patrick Joseph, b. 1857, d. 1933 in Liverpool. They were all born in Co. Mayo, Ireland.
All three sisters became heavily involved in family pork butchering businesses in Liverpool with their husbands.
Now it gets a little complicated.
2 sisters, Honor and Catherine Morrison, married a pair of brothers: Honor m. Thomas Patrick STAUNTON and Catherine m. Patrick Joseph STAUNTON.
Mary Morrison married, Thomas M STAUNTON, who apparently was a cousin of the Staunton brothers that Honor & Cath married.
You'll notice that I've used both "Stanton" and "Staunton" with respect to Honor's husband, my great grandfather, Thomas Patrick.
This is because he decided to drop the "u" and call themselves STANTON to distinguish themselves from Patrick Joseph Staunton. The reasons why are not clear - there are 2 theories but I can't verify either.
Thomas Patrick STANTON & Honor had their own Provision shop in central Liverpool and Honor was the driving force apparently. They imported pork from Ireland.
Patrick Joseph STAUNTON & Catherine did the same thing!
Thomas M STAUNTON & Mary did something similar.
Basically, they were all pork importers & butchers.
When I was first looking into this, it was VERY confusing as you can imagine :-)
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So... my great-grandmother, Honor, was Mary Morrison's sister.
Thomas and Mary's 2nd child was Bridget STAUNTON
She married Henry James FITZPATRICK in Sep 1902 and NORAH WINIFRED (1908-1987) was their 3rd child.
Norah m. John BC Ross (BC = Burnes Campbell, I assume) in 1935 and according to my records, Norah and John BC had 3 children: a daughter, then a son and then a daughter.
However, with their births being 1936, 1942 and 1949, I imagine all 3 might still be alive (connected to you?) and Rootschat rules prohibit me from talking about living descendants without their permission
I've worked out that Norah & John BC Ross's children are my 3rd cousins.
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we are looking for Tom O'Malley, how he fits in
he moved to chicago according to the story after he and his first wife moved to a nyc tenement where she died in a fire
Sorry, no idea. I DO have O'Malley's on my tree. One of Catherine Morrison's oldest child, married an O'Malley, but there is no sign of a Thomas in that tree, I know quite a bit about those O'Malleys. You might have to ask your Mum for more details.
my grandpa "Jack" Ross was a chindit highlander
his mom was Christina Cameron
What was "Jack" Ross's real first name and is he related to (John) Burnes Campbell Ross & Norah Winifred Fitzpatrick ? Are they the same person ?
END OF PART 1 :-)
John
