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 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
1863–1935 Male
1864–1893 Female
Children (5)
1884– Male
1888–1977 Male
1890–1916 Male
1890–1950 Male
1893–1973 Female
Parents and Siblings
1819–1891 Male
1824–1908 Female
Siblings (10)
1850– Female
1850– Female
1852– Male
1854–1871 Male
1856– Female
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World Events (8)
1867
Age 3
1869
Age 5
1874 · Patronage abolished in the Church of Scotland.
Age 10
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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