Margaret Morgan

Brief Life History of Margaret

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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Family Time Line

Theodore Curtis
1815–1903
Margaret Morgan
1816–1867
Marriage: 17 January 1846
William Curtis
1845–1860
James Curtis
1846–1860
Theodore Walter Curtis
1848–1930
John Curtis
1848–1860
Margaret Curtis
1849–1926

Sources (33)

  • Margaret Curtis in household of Theodore Curtis, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Margaret Morgan, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Margaret Curtis, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

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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Theodore Curtis and Margaret Morgan by Millie Neville Holyoak

Theodore 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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