When Barbara Morgan was born on 14 December 1833, in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Morgan Morgan, was 20 and her mother, Cecilia Lewis, was 30. She married William Harrison Maughan on 25 December 1853, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Iowa, United States in 1850 and Cache, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 19 September 1888, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States.
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EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Ann Fielding Parkinson BIRTH 8 May 1809 England DEATH 11 Jun 1843 (aged 34) England BURIAL Wellsville Cemetery Wellsville, Cache County, Utah, USA Show Map MEMORIAL ID 9056771 ·
Like the iron and copper mines, the coal fields in South Wales were very important to the industrial revolution. Many of those that worked in the coal mines were part of the Merthyr uprising.
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.
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Possible Related NamesLife Sketch of Barbara Morgan Maughan Barbara Morgan Maughan was born in Merthyr Tidfyl, Galmorganshire, South Wales on December 23, 1834. She was the daughter of Morgan and Cecelia Lewis Williams Mor …
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