Flora Morrison

Female1864–23 December 1893

Brief Life History of Flora

When Flora Morrison was born in 1864, in Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Morrison, was 45 and her mother, Catherine MacAskill, was 40. She married Reuben Daynes on 6 July 1887, in Eldon Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Eldon Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada in 1871. She died on 23 December 1893, in South Australia, Australia, at the age of 29, and was buried in Lorneville, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Reuben Daynes
1863–1935
Flora Morrison
1864–1893
Marriage: 6 July 1887
George Daynes
1884–
William George Daynes
1888–1977
John Duncan Morrison Daynes
1890–1916
Reuben Morrison Daynes
1890–1950
Flora Daynes
1893–1973

Sources (9)

  • Flora Morrison in entry for Ruben Morrison Daynes and Jennie Bryan, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
  • Flora Morison in entry for William George Daynes, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
  • Flora Morison in household of John Morison, "Canada Census, 1871"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    6 July 1887Eldon Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (10)

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    World Events (8)

    1867

    Age 3

    End of transportation to Western Australia.

    1869

    Age 5

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    1874 · Patronage abolished in the Church of Scotland.

    Age 10

    The Church Patronage Act 1874 was passed by Parliament and amended and altered the laws relating to the Appointment of Ministers to Parishes in Scotland. Paragraphs spelled out definitions to prevent the Act being subverted by processes used by Patrons and clarified that the Church of Scotland would decide on the qualifications required for Ministers.

    Name Meaning

    Irish: from Ó Muirgheasáin ‘descendant of Muirgheasán’, a diminutive of Muirgheas, a personal name meaning ‘sea valor’.

    Scottish: from Gaelic Mac Moireasdain ‘son of Moireasdan’, a personal name cognate with Irish Muirgheasán’ (see 1 above).

    Scottish and English: patronymic from the personal name Morris .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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