When Alta J Morrison was born on 24 September 1897, in Orange, California, United States, her father, John Wilson Morrison, was 28 and her mother, Polly Ann Bastian, was 29. She married Charles Eaton Phillips on 8 October 1927, in Cook, Illinois, United States. She lived in Westminster, Orange, California, United States in 1920 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 20 years. In 1920, at the age of 23, her occupation is listed as student nurse. She died on 27 July 1994, in Palm Springs, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 96.
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After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Historical Parent Boundaries: 1898 – 1900 Haiwaii Annexation. 1900 - 1907 Oahu County. Hawaii Territory 1907 – Present: Hololulu County. County and City consolidated.
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Irish: from Ó Muirgheasáin ‘descendant of Muirgheasán’, a diminutive of Muirgheas, a personal name meaning ‘sea valor’.
Scottish: from Gaelic Mac Moireasdain ‘son of Moireasdan’, a personal name cognate with Irish Muirgheasán’ (see 1 above).
Scottish and English: patronymic from the personal name Morris .
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