Individual Details
James Edward MORRIS
(1887 - 21 May 1906)
Events
| Birth | 1887 | ||||
| Death | 21 May 1906 | At Sea, off the Coast of New Zealand |  |
Families
| Father | Joseph Thomas George MORRIS (1854 - 1906) |
| Mother | Martha FOSTER (1863 - 1918) |
| Sibling | William Kerien MORRIS (1881 - 1906) |
| Sibling | Catherine Mary MORRIS (1883 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph John MORRIS (1884 - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret Agnes MORRIS (1885 - ) |
| Sibling | Rosie Martha MORRIS (1889 - ) |
| Sibling | Emily Alice MORRIS (1892 - ) |
| Sibling | George David MORRIS (1895 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Martin MORRIS (1898 - ) |
| Sibling | Francis Henry MORRIS (1902 - 1904) |
Notes
Death
Cause of Death: DrowningWas a crew member of the scow," Haeremai", which sailed from Auckland
for Wellington on 17 May 1906 with a cargo of timber. On the 19 May,
it was sighted of the East Cape, but then disappeared, and was never
seen again. Around the 5 July 1906, the captain of the vessel "Toroa"
reported seeing the tilting topmast of a vessel between Cape Terewiti
and Sinclair Head, about five miles south of Cape Terewiti. Only a
dark mass was seen below the water. The vessel was not identified, but
was presumed to be the "Harermai".
James's father, Joseph Thomas George MORRIS (captain of the vessel)
and his brother, William Kerien MORRIS, were also aboard, and lost at
sea.