Brief Life History of Josephine
When Josephine Morgan was born on 2 May 1832, in Louisiana, United States, her father, David Bannister Morgan, was 59 and her mother, Marie Constance Baham Morgan, was 34. She married William Blair Lancaster on 14 June 1858, in Orleans, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1860. She died about 1867, at the age of 36.
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Sources (14)
- Josephine Lancaster in household of W B Lancaster, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Josephine Morgan - Government record: birth-name: Josephine Morgan
- Josephine Morgan, "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
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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