When Margaret Morgan was born on 20 April 1816, in Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, James Coles Morgan, was 25 and her mother, Mary Prosser, was 30. She married Theodore Curtis on 17 January 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Garway, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1818 and Dymock, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. In 1841, at the age of 25, her occupation is listed as governess of joseph hill famly at pitt house in Dymock, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. She died on 7 December 1867, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in San Francisco, California, 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.
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Possible Related NamesTheodore Curtis and Margaret Morgan Excerpt from the Biography of Dr. Margaret Curtis Shipp Roberts by Millie Neville Holyoak In the early days of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ma …
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