Dr. Nathaniel Niles Morse

Brief Life History of Nathaniel Niles

When Dr. Nathaniel Niles Morse was born on 15 February 1876, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Charles Henry Morse, was 23 and his mother, Frances Sarah Niles Kimball, was 30. He married Helen Louise Stewart on 31 March 1904, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1880 and Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States in 1910. He died on 24 February 1937, in Marshall Islands, at the age of 61, and was buried in Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.

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Dr. Nathaniel Niles Morse
1876–1937
Helen Louise Stewart
1879–1955
Marriage: 31 March 1904
Alice Elizabeth Morse
1906–2006
Nancy S. Morse
1910–1984
Maj. Mary Frances Morse
1914–1999

Sources (25)

  • Nathaniel N Morse in household of Chas C Morse, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Nathaniel Niles Morse, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Nathaniel Niles Morse, "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916"

World Events (8)

1878

http://www.rmiembassyus.org/History.htm. Captain von Werner of the German Navy enters into a treaty with inhabitants of the Ralik chain, granting special trade privileges.

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.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Welsh and English: variant of Morris .

Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames, especially Moses . Compare Morris .

History: Samuel Morse (1791–1872), inventor of the electric telegraph andof Morse code, was a direct descendant of Anthony Morse of Wiltshire,England, who had emigrated to MA in 1635.

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

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