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Dr. MORGAN WAS A PROMINENT DOMINION ARCHIVIST, AUTHOR AND BIOGRAPHER. 52A
NEWSPAPER OBITUARY PUBLISHED IN THE TORONTO-BASED “GLOBE AND MAIL” DECEMBER 29,
1913 DESCRIBES HIM AS THE GREATEST AUTHORITY OF THE TIME ON CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY. BORN
IN QUEBEC OF SCOTTISH PARENTAGE HE GRADUATED FROM MORRIS COLLEGE AND WAS SOON
APPOINTED TO A POST AS SECRETARY TO ISAAC BUCHANAN IN THE MACDONALD ADMINISTRATION.
IN 1873 HE WAS PLACED IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC RECORDS AND PROCEEDED TO BRING ALL
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, WHICH HAD BEEN IN ARCHIVES ELSEWHERE, TO THE CAPITAL. HIS FIRST
BOOK WAS PUBLISHED UNDER THE TITLE SKETCHES OF CELEBRATED CANADIANS AND PERSONS
CONNECTED WITH CANADA FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF THE PROVINCE DOWN TO
THE PRESENT TIME, WHICH PUT MATERIAL OF THAT KIND IN THE BEST FORM THUS FAR PRESENTED
IN CANADA. 53
THE FIRSTBORN SON OF DR. MORGAN AND HIS WIFE EMILY CHAFFEY RICHARDS MORGAN WAS
NAMED HENRY GEORGE RICHARDS MORGAN. THIS COMPILER WAS SENT A POORLY IDENTIFIED
PARTIAL CHAFFEY FAMILY TREE PREPARED BY AN H. R. MORGAN THAT, FROM THE ENDING ENTRIES
APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT A GENERATION LATER THAN DR. HENRY JAMES MORGAN.
THIS WORK IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE LINK BETWEEN THE CHAFFEY FAMILY IN
ENGLAND AND THE PROMINENT BAKER FAMILY IN ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA. (SEE MARY CHAFFEY,
1751-1788 IN THE SECOND GENERATION.) POSSIBLY HENRY GEORGE RICHARDS MORGAN AND H. R.
MORGAN ARE THE SAME PERSON.
They had the following children:
302 i. HENRY GEORGE RICHARDS
303 ii. ALBERT NORTON PROCTOR
304 iii. FRANCIS HECTOR CHRISTIAN
305 iv. CONSTANCE EMILY MARY (-1974)
306 v. ROWLEY HARRISON
307 vi. HAMILTON RICHARDS
145. WILLIAM BOSTWICK CHAFFEY (ELSWOOD 4, BENJAMIN 3, BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). Born in
1856. WILLIAM BOSTWICK died in 1889; he was 33.
Child:
308 i. WILLIAM ELSWOOD
146. EMILY FRANCES CHAFFEY (ELSWOOD 4, BENJAMIN 3, BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). Born in 1859.
EMILY FRANCES died in REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN, in 1892; she was 33.
On 16 Sep 1884 when EMILY FRANCES was 25, she married ALEXANDER JAMES FRASER, in ST
PAUL’S CHURCH OF ENGLAND, BROCKVILLE,ONTARIO,CANADA. Born in 1857.
HE WAS EDUCATED AT DR. TASSE’S SCHOOL IN GALT ONTARIO, CANADA. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN
THE EARLY DAYS OF THE WEST, HAVING BEEN APPOINTED DOMINION LAND AGENT IN THE OLD
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES IN 1883. HE RESIGNED FROM CIVIL SERVICE IN OTTAWA IN 1921. 54
They had the following children:
309 i. JAMES ALEXANDER (1885-1939)
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