Margaret Jane Darroch

Brief Life History of Margaret Jane

When Margaret Jane Darroch was born on 14 May 1868, in Minto, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, her father, John Darroch, was 45 and her mother, Agnes Greenlees, was 38. She married John Morrison on 25 March 1891, in Wellington, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1891 and lived in Marquette, Marquette, Michigan, United States for about 50 years. She died on 2 December 1963, in Marquette, Michigan, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Park Cemetery, Marquette, Marquette, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Morrison
1864–1932
Margaret Jane Darroch
1868–1963
Marriage: 25 March 1891
John Morrison
1889–
Minnie Morrison
1890–
Agnes G Morrison
1892–1899
Agnes Morrison
1892–
John Darroch Morrison
1897–
Sarah E Morrison
1893–
Sarah E. Morrison
1893–
George Alexander Morrison
1899–1980
George A. Morrison
1899–
Fred Morrison
1899–
Clarinda Rolina Morrison
1901–1991

Sources (33)

  • Margaret Morrison, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Margaret Jane Darroch, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
  • Margaret Jane Darroch Morrison, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

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

Scottish:

habitational name from Darroch near Falkirk (Stirlingshire), from Gaelic darach ‘oak tree’. Compare Darrow .

variant of northern Irish Darragh .

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

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