Cleric, journalist.
Born at West Flamborough, Upper Canada [now Ontario] on 7 January 1844, son of Moses Morden and Rebecca Warren, in 1871 he became a minister in the Methodist Church. On 25 July 1877, he married Alice Rosalie Kappele (?-1913) at Hamilton. He came to Winnipeg that year to work at the Wesleyan Institute. When the institute closed, he returned to eastern Canada.
He came back to Winnipeg in 1879 to work at the Daily Times newspaper. A year later, he went to the Winnipeg Tribune to work under editor George Henry Ham. He moved to the Manitoba Free Press in 1881 where he stayed for the remainder of his working life, rising to the position of Chief Reporter. He also remained involved in religious duties and was closely identified with the All People’s Mission.
He suffered a stroke in 1910 from which he never fully recovered. He moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1912 where he wife died a year later. He then moved to Picton, Ontario where he died on 5 December 1914.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Ontario marriage and death registrations, Ancestry.
“Rev. Thomas Morden, former Winnipegger, dies in Picton, Ont.,” Manitoba Free Press, 15 December 1914 [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B6]
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 June 2024
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