When Joseph G. Morris was born on 9 March 1851, in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales, his father, William Morris, was 23 and his mother, Mary Thomas, was 22. He married Rachael Evans on 23 May 1875, in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom for about 20 years and Ystrad, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 7 January 1911, in Edwardsville, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States.
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English and Scottish: from Maurice, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans. It is derived from Latin Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus (see Moore ). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis, a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey ).
Welsh: Anglicized form of the personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1 above).
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