Mary Elizabeth Morgan

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Morgan was born on 30 March 1870, in Buffalo, Dallas, Missouri, United States, her father, Robert Hugh Morgan, was 26 and her mother, Margaret Ann Smith, was 24. She married John F Finley on 30 March 1887, in Dallas, Missouri, United States. She immigrated to Canada in 1915 and lived in Durham Judicial Township, Butte, California, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. She died on 28 October 1957, in Durham, Butte, California, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Gridley, Butte, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Silas Sylvester Sprague
1869–1945
Mary Elizabeth Morgan
1870–1957
Marriage: 29 September 1898
Twin Nellie Ann Sprague
1901–1981
Twin Clyde Morgan Sprague
1901–1987
Ivy Glenis Sprague
1904–1990
Triplet Clarence Ben Sprague
1906–1961
Triplet Clay Albert Sprague
1906–1989
Triplet Clinton Samuel Sprague
1906–1992

Sources (14)

  • Elizabeth Sprague, "Canada, Census, 1931"
  • Lizzie Finley, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Mary Elizabeth Sprague, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

World Events (8)

1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

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.

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

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