Biography of Reuben Morris

Biography of Reuben Morris

In 1886, Reuben, Lucy and the family came out to Australia on the immigrant ship 'the Roma', sailing 24 March - 19 May 1886. Reuben was 46 and Lucy was 50. Reuben and his sons began the footwear factory in Brisbane.

His place on the family tree can be seen at the following link to my family tree.

OCCUPATION: Policeman (Wellingborough, Northampton, parish register, 1860); Boot maker (Northampton 1881), Boot factory owner (Brisbane, Qld, Australia)

Sources:
(1) Queensland Immigrants Register 1886
(2) IGI
(3) James Stevens
(4) The Brisbane Courier 21 JAN 1899
(5) 1841 census for Titchmarsh, Northampton
(6) 1851 census for Titchmarsh, Northampton
(7) 1881 census for Titchmarsh, Northampton (www.familysearch.org & www.familyhistoryonline.net)
(8) Toowong Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions (Qld Family History Society 1988)
(9) Brisbane City Council Grave Location Service - Toowong Cemetery, Portion 1, Section 117, Grave no. 19

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