When Dorotha Jane Morgan was born on 25 January 1873, in Wetzel, West Virginia, United States, her father, Jeremiah Morgan, was 24 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Waters, was 20. She married James Andrew Winland on 11 May 1894, in West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Green District, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Magnolia District, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States in 1930. She died on 30 January 1933, in Wetzel, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Cochran Cemetery, Reader, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States.
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Welsh (especially Glamorgan): from the medieval Welsh personal name Morgan, Morgant (Old Welsh Morcant, of uncertain etymology).
Irish: importation of the Welsh surname (see 1 above), to which has been assimilated more than one Gaelic surname, notably Ó Muireagáin (see Merrigan ).
Scottish: probably from a Gaelic personal name cognate with Welsh Morcant.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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