Thomas Morse

Brief Life History of Thomas

Thomas Morse was born in 1810, in Penderyn, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom. He married Anne Jones on 17 August 1844, in Ystrad, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died on 9 October 1852, in Ewenny, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, at the age of 42, and was buried in Ewenny, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Morse
1810–1852
Anne Jones
1814–1875
Marriage: 17 August 1844
Elizabeth Morse
1845–1890
Catherine Morse
1846–1929
Ann Morse
1848–1932
Sarah Morse
1850–1939
Thomas Morse
1851–1898

Sources (4)

  • Thomas Morse, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Thomas Morse, "Wales, Marriage Bonds, 1650-1900"
  • Thomas Morse in entry for William Hopkin and Catherine Cooke, "Wales, Glamorgan, Parish Register Marriages, 1837-1922"

World Events (6)

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

1831 · Merthyr Uprising 

Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.

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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