Elizabeth Ann Morgan

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Ann

When Elizabeth Ann Morgan was born on 31 August 1845, in Belbroughton, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Morgan, was 24 and her mother, Ann Ollen Watkins, was 23. She married Robert Gourley in 1862, in Goshen, Juab, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Goshen, Utah, Utah, United States in 1900 and Goshen, Juab, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 6 January 1925, in Eureka, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Original Goshen Pioneer Cemetery, Goshen, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Gourley
1839–1905
Elizabeth Ann Morgan
1845–1925
Marriage: 1862
Robert Thomas Paul Gourley
1863–1924
Margaret Elizabeth Gourley
1865–1894
Ellison Ann Gourley
1867–1942
Mary Ellen Gourley
1869–1928
Louella Gourley
1871–1951
George D Gourley
1873–1962
William Gourley
1875–1916
Robert Gourley
1879–1944
James Henry Gourley
1880–1945
Janet or Jenette Gourley
1883–1967
Edward Sydney Gourley
1886–1962

Sources (26)

  • Elisth Morgan in household of Thos Morgan, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elizabeth Morgan, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Elizabeth Ann Gourley, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1848

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

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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Elizabeth Morgan Gourley

Elizabeth (Betsy) Morgan was the second child born to Thomas Morgan and Ann Watkins Morgan. She was born 31 August 1845 in Bellhoughton Worcestershire, England, but as a young girl lived mainly in the …

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