When Edward Morgan was born on 20 October 1838, in Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Morgan, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Hardman, was 28. He married Louisa Scott on 3 August 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Iron, Utah, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 1 January 1928, in Nibley, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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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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