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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British Columbia joins the confederation.
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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.
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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