Olive Shutt

Brief Life History of Olive

When Olive Shutt was born in 1869, in Iowa, United States, her father, John R Shutt, was 45 and her mother, Ruth Ann Coyle, was 36. She married John Bently Morris on 6 May 1884, in South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Poland Township, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died from 28 June 1944 to 31 December 1945, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, and was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Bently Morris
1866–1932
Olive Shutt
1869–1944
Marriage: 6 May 1884
Earl Ellsworth Morris
1886–1944
John Richard Morris
1888–1918
Rozza Bell Morris
1890–1989
Nelley Coyle Morris
1892–1918
Olive Blanche Morris
1894–1942
Fred Howard Morris
1897–1964

Sources (24)

  • Olive Shutt in household of John R Howe, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Ellie Shult, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
  • Olive Shutt Shutt, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1880 · The Great Gale of 1880

The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.  

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Shute .

English: occupational name from Middle English schut(te), schit(te) ‘archer’ (Old English scytta, a derivative of scēotan ‘to shoot’). Compare Shutter .

Americanized form of German Schutt or Schott .

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

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