| J. Clint Morrison, Jr. |
J. Clinton Morrison "Clint" was born in 1948 in the small rural
community of Conway, West Prince, P.E.I. He was educated in
the local one-room school house before attending O'Leary
Regional High School in 1962. After Secondary School he
graduated from Prince of Wales College (1968) and the University
of Prince Edward Island (1975). He is a retired educator, having
taught in Island schools from 1968 to 2003, and is also a Certified
Genealogist in Canada CG(C). In 1977 he established Crescent
Isle Publishers at Summerside.
Clint has been researching, writing, and publishing Island history
and genealogy since 1975. He has been honoured with the Prince
Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation's Award of
Honour (1985), and the Mary Cornfoot Brehaut Award (1996), in
addition to receiving a Certification of Commendation from The
American Association for State and Local History (1985) for his
work in helping preserve the written heritage of Prince Edward
Island. He has contributed to The West Prince Arts Council's
publications of short stories and poetry on numerous occasions,
and has written several articles for The Island Magazine.
community of Conway, West Prince, P.E.I. He was educated in
the local one-room school house before attending O'Leary
Regional High School in 1962. After Secondary School he
graduated from Prince of Wales College (1968) and the University
of Prince Edward Island (1975). He is a retired educator, having
taught in Island schools from 1968 to 2003, and is also a Certified
Genealogist in Canada CG(C). In 1977 he established Crescent
Isle Publishers at Summerside.
Clint has been researching, writing, and publishing Island history
and genealogy since 1975. He has been honoured with the Prince
Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation's Award of
Honour (1985), and the Mary Cornfoot Brehaut Award (1996), in
addition to receiving a Certification of Commendation from The
American Association for State and Local History (1985) for his
work in helping preserve the written heritage of Prince Edward
Island. He has contributed to The West Prince Arts Council's
publications of short stories and poetry on numerous occasions,
and has written several articles for The Island Magazine.
His first book, Robert W. Morrison, Sr., Emigrant From the Highlands, and His Descendant,
1831-1978 was published in 1978. Along the North Shore: A Social History of Township 11, P.E.I.,
1765-1982 was first published in 1984 with two reprints in 1987 and 1999. This was followed by Hell
Upon Earth: A Personal Account of Prince Edward Island Soldiers in the Great War, 1914-1918
(1995), Chasing a Dream: Prince Edward Islanders in the Klondike (2004), and Strange Tales and
True Stories (2006). Clint was General Editor of To God Be The Glory: Presbyterianism in
Summerside, 1853-2003 (2003).
Clint is married to the former Elizabeth McNeill of St. Eleanor's and resides at Summerside. He has
three children: Katie, Sarah Anne and Andrew. He has two genealogical manuscripts in progress,
one on the Boyle family, the other on the genealogy of Joseph Pow. In addition, he is compiling
research material on the McNeill and Trowsdale families. He is in the process of preparing the First
Edition of Century of Farewells: A Biographical Dictionary of Prince Edward Island Immigrants in
the Nineteenth Century. He is also working on two other research projects: The Dry Years.
Bootlegging on the Island During Prohibition, 1906-1948, and Log-Jams and Widow-Makers.
Prince Edward Islanders in the Maine Woods.
1831-1978 was published in 1978. Along the North Shore: A Social History of Township 11, P.E.I.,
1765-1982 was first published in 1984 with two reprints in 1987 and 1999. This was followed by Hell
Upon Earth: A Personal Account of Prince Edward Island Soldiers in the Great War, 1914-1918
(1995), Chasing a Dream: Prince Edward Islanders in the Klondike (2004), and Strange Tales and
True Stories (2006). Clint was General Editor of To God Be The Glory: Presbyterianism in
Summerside, 1853-2003 (2003).
Clint is married to the former Elizabeth McNeill of St. Eleanor's and resides at Summerside. He has
three children: Katie, Sarah Anne and Andrew. He has two genealogical manuscripts in progress,
one on the Boyle family, the other on the genealogy of Joseph Pow. In addition, he is compiling
research material on the McNeill and Trowsdale families. He is in the process of preparing the First
Edition of Century of Farewells: A Biographical Dictionary of Prince Edward Island Immigrants in
the Nineteenth Century. He is also working on two other research projects: The Dry Years.
Bootlegging on the Island During Prohibition, 1906-1948, and Log-Jams and Widow-Makers.
Prince Edward Islanders in the Maine Woods.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BOOKS BY THIS AUTHOR |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR PUBLISHED IN The Island Magazine |
D.R. Morrison, Island Builder, J. Clinton Morrison, Jr. The Island Magazine, No. 20 Death From Above: Island Fliers in World War I, J. Clinton Morrison, Jr. The Island Magazine, No. 22 Bloody Easter: Islanders at Vimy Ridge, J. Clinton Morrison, Jr. The Island Magazine, No. 31 A Soldier of the 105th: Pte. Edward R. Morrison 712140, C.E.F., J. Clinton Morrison, Jr. The Island Magazine, No. 55 |
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