Brief Life History of Marion H.
When Marion H. Morphew was born on 9 May 1877, in Woodburn, Clarke, Iowa, United States, his father, William H Morphew, was 48 and his mother, Mary Ann Hines, was 34. He married Celia Ann Lee on 25 February 1903, in Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in La Follette, Burnett, Wisconsin, United States in 1930 and Garden City Township, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States in 1940. He died on 9 June 1964, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Garden City Cemetery, Garden City Township, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States.
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- Marion Murphy in household of William Murphy, "United States Census, 1880"
- Marion H Morphew, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Marion H Morphew, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1883 · The Newhall House Hotel Fire
A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Morphey, which is probably a shortened or altered form of Morfield or Murfield (see Merrifield ), a name found in various spellings in southern England.
English: variant of Moorfoot, which is from Middle English more ‘larger, greater’ + fote ‘foot’, possibly a reference to a club foot.
English: possibly a variant of Murthwaite, a northern English habitational name from any of four places in Cumbria called Murthwaite or Moorthwaite. The placenames derive from Old Scandinavian mór ‘moor’ + thveit ‘meadow, paddock’ (see Thwaites ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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