Andrew Morwood

Brief Life History of Andrew

When Andrew Morwood was born on 19 September 1850, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Alexander Morwood, was 32 and his mother, Jane Newton, was 26. He married Sarah Jane Porter on 25 December 1876, in Toulon, Stark, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Arlington, Kiowa, Colorado, United States in 1910 and Homer Township, Bates, Missouri, United States in 1920. He died on 26 February 1937, in Amoret, Bates, Missouri, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Mulberry, Bates, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Morwood
1850–1937
Sarah Jane Porter
1858–1939
Marriage: 25 December 1876
John Henry Morwood
1877–1880
Agnes Jane Morwood
1879–1978
Sarah Isabelle Morwood
1880–1975
Harry Stewart Morwood
1882–1965
Albert Alexander Morwood
1884–1962
Clyde Andrew Morwood
1896–1956

Sources (14)

  • Andrew Morewood in household of Alexander Morewood, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Andrew Morwood, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
  • Andrew Morwood, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867

Historical Boundaries: 1867: Bates, Missouri, United States

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: see Moorwood .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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