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Born in St. John, New Brunswick, civil engineer Thomas Sydney Morrissey studied engineering at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, before enlisting in 1914. He was awarded Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in June 1916. Later the same year he married Beatrice Hilda Coristine, daughter of a prominent Montreal businessman. In 1918-1919, as a lieutenant–colonel, he was sent with 55 men to Omsk in Siberia in support of British battalions there. After returning to Canada, he eventually became Vice President and general manager of the Combustion Engineering Corporation at the Canadian headquarters in Montreal. The family lived in the Westmount neighborhood just blocks from the homes of his father, who was in the insurance business, and sister, the painter Darrell Clara Morissey, a member of the Beaver Hall group of artists.

William John Morris was born on October 17, 1832, in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, son of Col. Hon. William Morris (1786-1858), Receiver-General for Canada and brother of Alexander Morris (1826-1889), Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories.

He was a mining engineer, surveyor, merchant, and businessman. He was a partner in the Canadian Bark Works, a factory that, from 1868 through 1874, extracted tannin from hemlock bark for use in tanning leather. He also served as a Postmaster of Perth in the 1860s.

In 1860, he married Sarah Louisa Radenhurst (1837–1920). He died on March 6, 1907, in Toronto, Ontario.

John Lang Morris was born on March 24, 1835, in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, son of Col. Hon. William Morris (1786-1858), Receiver-General for Canada and brother of Alexander Morris (1826-1889), Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories.

He was a lawyer. He was educated at Montreal High School and at McGill University (B.C.L., 1859). He was called to the bar in 1859 and practised his profession in Montreal with Judge Torrance, T. W. Richie, and Sir William Rose, with whom he was connected until his death. In 1887, he was created a Queen's Counsel. In commercial, civil, and ecclesiastical law, he was regarded for many years as one of the greatest exponents in the province.

In 1860, he married Agnes McCulloch (1832–1900). He died on April 1, 1906, in Montreal, Quebec.

Hon. Alexander Morris was born on March 17, 1826, in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, son of Col. Hon. William Morris (1786-1858), Receiver-General for Canada.

He was a lawyer and politician. He attended local schools, then went to Scotland and attended Madras College, St. Andrew's, and the University of Glasgow. Upon his return to Canada, he entered the firm of Heward and Thorne, commission merchants of Montreal, then he articled in law in Kingston. He attended McGill University, where he obtained his B.A., M.A., B.C.L., and D.C.L. In 1851, he entered the Montreal law office of Badgley and Morris and was called to the bar of Upper Canada. In 1861, Morris was elected as a Conservative member for Lanark in the Legislative Assembly of Canada West and held this seat until 1867. He was a member of the federal Parliament for Lanark from 1867 to 1872, and from 1869 to 1872 was Minister of Inland Revenue. In 1872, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba, and later in that same year was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, a position he held until 1877. He was also appointed Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Manitoba, a position he held from 1873 to 1875.

In 1851, he married Margaret Olive Cline (1826–1915). He died on October 28, 1889, in Toronto, Ontario.

David Morrice was born on August 11, 1829, in St. Martins, Perthshire, Scotland.

He was a textile tycoon and philanthropist. He was educated in Scotland. He engaged in mercantile business in Dublin, Ireland, in Liverpool, London, and Manchester, England. He came to Canada in 1855, first locating in Toronto and later in Montreal, where he established the firm of D. Morrice & Co., in the general merchandise line, and manufacturers' agents, controlling over 40 cotton and woolen mills (Canadian Cottons, Ltd.). He was also President of Montreal Freehold Investment Co., President of Penmans, Ltd., Director of the Bank of Montreal; Director of the Royal Trust Co., and Director in the Dominion Textile, Ltd. He was one of the original members of the Board of Trade of Montreal and the chairman of the Presbyterian College's Board of Trustees. He donated a substantial sum of money to allow for the College's expansion in 1880. The new building was named "Morrice Building" in his honour.

In 1860, he married Annie Stephenson Anderson (1841–). He died on December 19, 1914, in Toronto, Ontario.