When Wilma Jane Morris was born on 22 July 1943, in Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States, her father, Willard Henry Morris, was 26 and her mother, Pearl Agnes Van Epps, was 24. She lived in Tieton, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1950. She died on 17 July 2019, in Yakima, Washington, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Naches, Yakima, Washington, United States.
English and Scottish: from Maurice, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans. It is derived from Latin Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus (see Moore ). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis, a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey ).
Welsh: Anglicized form of the personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1 above).
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