Brief Life History of Edward George
When Edward George Morse was born on 16 June 1836, in Stamford, Welland, Ontario, Canada, his father, Austin A. Morse, was 36 and his mother, Mira Cook, was 32. He married Elizabeth Roberts on 13 December 1860, in Welland, Niagara, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 14 June 1893, in Ontario, Canada, at the age of 56, and was buried in Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario, Canada.
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- Edward Morse, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Edward Morse, "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
- Edward Morse, "BillionGraves Index"
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1867 · Ontario Founded
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
1883 · Mining Boom
In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.
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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