Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Morris was born on 30 May 1778, in Holme Lacy, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Benjamin Morris, was 41 and his mother, Eleanor Prier, was 38. He married Elizabeth Usher on 21 April 1801, in Holme Lacy, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851.
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- Richard Morris, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Richard Morris, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Richard Morris in entry for Richd Morris, "England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898"
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1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano." Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Maurice, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans. It is derived from Latin Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus (see Moore ). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis, a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey ).
Welsh: Anglicized form of the personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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