Lucy Agnes Morley

Female19 May 1864–26 March 1908

Brief Life History of Lucy Agnes

When Lucy Agnes Morley was born on 19 May 1864, in Kirtland Township, Lake, Ohio, United States, her father, Alfred Charles Morley, was 58 and her mother, Eliza Knight, was 45. She married Ulysses Grant Cowles on 22 September 1892, in Holly, Oakland, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 26 March 1908, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Mentor Township, Lake, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ulysses Grant Cowles
1868–1947
Lucy Agnes Morley
1864–1908
Marriage: 22 September 1892
Francis Cowles
1892–1900
Florence Cowles
1895–1895
Frances E. Cowles
1898–1900

Sources (12)

  • Agnes L Cowles in household of Grant C Cowles, "United States Census, 1900"
  • L Agnes Morley, "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • Agnes M. Cowles, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 September 1892Holly, Oakland, Michigan, United States
  • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1865

    Age 1

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

    1866 · Cleveland Police Department Established

    Age 2

    The Cleveland Police Department was created under the Metropolitan Police Act by the Ohio General Assembly. It was headed by a board of police commissioners tasked with the job of appointing a superintendent and officers. The department had become more innovated, starting with adopting the callbox system, using police wagons, and forming mounted units. In 1903, the department was handed over to the city to fund and control it.

    1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

    Age 12

    The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of various places called Morley (for example in Derbyshire, County Durham, Norfolk, and Yorkshire), or Moreleigh in Devon, all of which are named from Old English mōr ‘moor’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

    Irish (Mayo): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murghaile ‘descendant of Murghal’, a personal name based on muir ‘sea’ + gal ‘valour’.

    Irish (Mayo): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murthuile ‘descendant of Murthuile’, a personal name derived from muir ‘sea’ + tuile ‘tide’.

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

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