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
Sources (9)
- Flora Morison in household of John Morison, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Flora Morrison, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Flora Morison, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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World Events (8)
1867
End of transportation to Western Australia.
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
1874 · Patronage abolished in the Church of Scotland.
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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