Elleanor Story

Brief Life History of Elleanor

When Elleanor Story was born on 27 February 1789, in St Ives, Huntingdonshire, England, her father, Thomas Storey, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Leeks, was 22. She married Thomas Morris on 28 June 1812, in Woodford, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Kirkby Underwood, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 5 August 1856, in Kirby Underwood, Lincolnshire, England, at the age of 67, and was buried in Kirkby Underwood, Lincolnshire, England.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Morris
1785–1866
Elleanor Story
1789–1856
Marriage: 28 June 1812
Christiana Ann Storey
1808–1894
Mark Morris
1815–1877
Sarah Morris
1819–1831
Ellen Morris
1832–
James Morris
1812–1815
Storey Morris
1814–1815
James Morris
1821–
Mary Morris
1824–1913
William Morris
1827–1903
Storey Morris
1830–

Sources (15)

  • Eleanor Morriss in household of Thomas Morriss, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Ellen Story in entry for Ann Morris Foster, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"
  • Ellen Morris in household of Thomas Morris, "England and Wales Census, 1841"

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World Events (7)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

English (Cumberland and Durham) and Scottish: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Stori (Old Norse Stóri, from stórr ‘big’).

Altered form of Swiss German Störi, a variant of Storer .

English (Cumberland and Durham) and Scottish: variant of Storer (especially in northeastern England) or vice versa. The names were probably often confused.

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

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