Rita Emily Morgan

Female11 January 1891–15 August 1959

Brief Life History of Rita Emily

When Rita Emily Morgan was born on 11 January 1891, in Windsor, Windsor, Vermont, United States, her father, Millard Henry Morgan, was 40 and her mother, Stella Caroline Bridge, was 38. She married Lloyd Shelton Bryant on 17 February 1917, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States for about 5 years and Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States in 1940. She died on 15 August 1959, at the age of 68, and was buried in Walnut Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lloyd Shelton Bryant
1891–1961
Rita Emily Morgan
1891–1959
Marriage: 17 February 1917
Stella Graham Bryant
1919–2003
Ethel Frances Bryant
1920–2003
Henry Morgan Bryant
1922–1987

Sources (15)

  • Rita M Bryant, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Rita Emily Morgan Bryant, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Rita Emily Morgan, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 February 1917Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
  • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (10)

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    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 5

    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.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 7

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    1909 · The NAACP is formed

    Age 18

    Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

    Name Meaning

    Welsh (especially Glamorgan): from the medieval Welsh personal name Morgan, Morgant (Old Welsh Morcant, of uncertain etymology).

    Irish: importation of the Welsh surname (see 1 above), to which has been assimilated more than one Gaelic surname, notably Ó Muireagáin (see Merrigan ).

    Scottish: probably from a Gaelic personal name cognate with Welsh Morcant.

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

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