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MORRISON, JOHN IAN (1878-1969)

MORRISON, JOHN IAN, United Church minister, Black River and Napan, 1933-39; b. North Dell Ness, near Stornoway, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, 30 Jul 1878, s/o Alexander Morrison; m. Ella Geraldine Holder, BA; d. Halifax, 21 May 1969.

The son of a tanner, John I. Morrison had two years of secondary education at Ness and Port Glasgow, in Scotland. He later trained as a master shipbuilder in John Brown's shipyard on the Clyde and "completed his course with honors in Naval Architecture at Greenock." In 1908, he was sent to Austria by the firm with which he was employed in Britain. When war erupted in 1914, he was in Trieste, and he was detained there as a prisoner until 1918. The following year, he came to Halifax as a master shipbuilder.

As a middle-aged man, Morrison made a decision to become a clergyman, and after completing the necessary studies at Dalhousie University (1922-25) and Pine Hill Divinity Hall, he was ordained to the United Church ministry in 1927. He had the charge at Riverside, near Truro, N.S., prior to being called to Black River in 1933. A six-year pastorate at Black River and Napan was followed by terms at Lower Musquodoboit, N.S., and Hunter River, P.E.I. During World War II he was released from pastoral duties at the request of the Canadian government and appointed to a position with the shipyard at Pictou, N.S., in which he oversaw the construction of twenty-four cargo vessels.

Morrison retired in Halifax in 1948 and made his home there until his death in 1969. He was survived by his wife, Ella G. Holder, and two sons.

Sources

[b/d] official death records / Advocate 12 Jul 1933; annual 1970; Commercial World 29 Jun 1939; Dalhousie archives; UC archives; Walkington


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