When Peter Morrow was born on 17 August 1859, in Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Alexander Morrow, was 41 and his mother, Ellen Spence, was 33. He married Mary May McKay on 31 December 1880, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Allendale Township, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States in 1900 and Grand Harbor, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States in 1900. He died on 27 September 1908, in Deering, McHenry, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Deering, McHenry, North Dakota, United States.
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Irish: variant of McMorrow .
Americanized form of French and Walloon Moreau and of French Morin .
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