Elizabeth Morris

F, b. 5 June 1852
FatherLevi Morris b. 9 Jun 1803, d. 21 Nov 1886
MotherMartha Toogood b. 1 Nov 1809, d. 28 Nov 1885
Relationship1st cousin 3 times removed of David Gardner Crouch
Birth*Elizabeth Morris was born on 5 June 1852 at Chillerton, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. Martha (Toogood) Morris was listed as the informant on the birth certiifcate.1,2 
BaptismElizabeth Morris was baptized on 4 July 1852 at Chillerton, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England.3 
(Member of household) CensusShe appeared on the census of 1861 as a member of the household of Levi Morris at the West Half of Lot 6, Concession 2, Cartwright, Northumberland and Durham, Canada West, British North America ; Statistics for this farm:

Total number of acres: 100
Under cultivation: 40 acres
Under crops: 30 acres
Under pasture: 10 acres
Under orchards or garden: 0 acres
Under wood or wild: 60 acres

Cash value of farm: $800
Cash value of farming implements or machinery: $100

Fall wheat: 8 acres producing 160 bushels
Spring wheat: 5 acres producing 100 bushels
Barley: 0 acres
Rye: 0 acres
Peas: 4 acres producing 80 bushels
Oats: 10 acres producing 200 bushels
Buck wheat: 0 acres
Indian corn: 0 acres
Potatoes: 1 acre producing 70 bushels
Turnips: 4 acres producing 400 bushels
Mangel wurtzel [fodder beet]: 0 acres
Carrots: 0 bushels
Beans: 0 bushels
Hops: 0 lbs.
Hay: 1 ton
Clover seed, timothy seed or other grass seed: 0 bushels
Flax or Hemp: 0 lbs.
Wool: 16 lbs.
Maple Sugar: 0 lbs.
Cider: 0 gallons
Fulled Cloth: 0 yards
Linen: 0 yards
Flannel: 0 yards

Bulls or Oxen over 3 years of age: 0
Steers or Heifers under 3 years of age: 3
Milch Cows: 2
Horses over 3 years of age: 2
Value of same: $120
Colts or Fillies under 3 years of age: 0
Sheep: 2
Pigs: 8
Total value of all live Stock: $218

Butter: 60 lbs
Cheese: 20 lbs

Beef in brls of 200 lbs: 0
Pork in brls of 200 lbs: 2

Pleasure Carriages kept: 0
Value of ditto: $0.2,4

 
Last Edited21 Jan 2026

Citations

  1. [S7242] England, birth certificate for Elizabeth Morris, born 05 Jun 1852; citing 2b/423/[?]85 (Q3 1852), Isle of Wight registration district; General Registry Office, Southport.
  2. [S7254] 1861 census of Canada West, Durham, Cartwright, population schedule, enumeration district no. 1, p. 4, lines 43-50, Levi Morris household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/… : accessed 21 Jan 2026); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm roll C-1015.
  3. [S7243] Isle of Wight Bible Christian (Methodist) Circuit, "Baptismal Register [1837-1860]," unpaginated, entry no. 559, Elizabeth Morris, 04 Jul 1852; imaged, "Isle of Wight, England, Methodist Registers, 1813-1937," database and images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/16534:5215 : accessed 18 Jan 2026), images 188 and 189 of 287; citing MDR/10 held by the Isle of Wight Record Office.
  4. [S7257] 1861 census of Canada West, Durham, Cartwright Township, enumeration district no. 1, agricultural schedule, pp. 75-76, line 37, Levi Morris; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect : accessed 22 Jan 2026); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm C-1017.