When Lois Elizabeth Morse was born in 1809, in Addison, Addison, Vermont, United States, her father, Jeremiah Morse, was 48 and her mother, Sarah Lee, was 34. She married Benjamin Pidge on 9 October 1828, in Middlebury, Addison, Vermont, United States. She lived in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1850. She died on 8 December 1860, at the age of 51.
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.
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