Brief Life History of Urcey Morris
When Urcey Morris Luton was born on 13 October 1893, in Nixonton, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States, his father, John Anderson Luton, was 25 and his mother, Mary Eliza Morris, was 17. He married Rena Bell White on 29 September 1912, in Nixonton, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. He lived in Salem Township, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States in 1940 and Redding, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States in 1950. He died on 13 May 1981, in Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States.
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- Ursey Luton in household of William Baker, "United States Census, 1930"
- Ursey M. Luton, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Ursey Luton, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name, chiefly from Litton in Somerset, and occasionally from Luton in Bishopsteignton, Devon.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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