Catherine Morgan
21 August 1811–
Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
The Life Summary of Catherine
When Catherine Morgan was born on 21 August 1811, in Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, John Morgan, was 34 and her mother, Catherine Harris, was 33.
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Family Time Line
John Morgan
1777–1851
Catherine Morgan
1811–
John Charles Morgan
1801–
Spouse and Children
Parents and Siblings
1777–1851Male
1777–1855Female
Siblings
(37)
1797–Female
1800–1870Male
1801–Male
1801–Female
1802–Female
+32 More Children
World Events (3)
1815
Age 4
1815
Age 4
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Age 12
1823
Age 12
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Age 20
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Age 20
Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
Name Meaning
(1997: 97713;2007: 209197; 2010: 286280)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 ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Merrigan
Morgans
Sources (1)
- Catherine Morgan in entry for John Charles Morgan, "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988"
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