Morris Mathias Creer
26 March 1877–14 February 1946 (Age 68)
Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States
The Life of Morris Mathias
When Morris Mathias Creer was born on 26 March 1877, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Mormon Mathias Creer, was 33 and his mother, Mariah Wyatt Cable, was 37. He married Vannie Dalia Wilson on 7 December 1914, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 14 February 1946, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 68.
Photos & Memories (1)
Family Time Line
Morris Mathias Creer
1877–1946
Vannie Dalia Wilson
1877–1965
Marriage: 7 December 1914
Spouse and Children
1877–1946Male
1877–1965Female
MARRIAGE
7 December 1914
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
7 December 1914
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Parents and Siblings
1843–1909Male
1839–1904Female
siblings
(2)
1877–1946Male
Reuben Henry Creer
1878–1879Male
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 4
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 5
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 19
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant spelling of Crear .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- Matthias M Creer in household of Matthias N Creer, "United States Census, 1880"
- Morris Creer in household of Elizabeth Churchhill, "United States Census, 1920"
- Morris Creer, "United States Census, 1930"
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