When Samuel Morgan was born in 1840, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Morgan, was 41 and his mother, Elizabeth Edwards, was 31. He married Maria Burke about 1864. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Gloucester St Catherine, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. In 1911, at the age of 71, his occupation is listed as docks labourer out of work. He died in England, United Kingdom.
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Welsh (especially Glamorgan): from the medieval Welsh personal name Morgan, Morgant (Old Welsh Morcant, of uncertain etymology).
Irish: importation of the Welsh surname (see 1 above), to which has been assimilated more than one Gaelic surname, notably Ó Muireagáin (see Merrigan ).
Scottish: probably from a Gaelic personal name cognate with Welsh Morcant.
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