John Morris Jr.

Brief Life History of John

When John Morris Jr. was born on 6 July 1805, in Epsom, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Morris Sr., was 29 and his mother, Esther Martha Jenkin, was 22. He married Sarah Bray in 1826, in Surrey, England. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 6 September 1851, in Gravois Township, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Gravois Township, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Morris Jr.
1805–1851
Sarah Bray
1809–1840
Marriage: 1826
John Morris
1832–
Sarah Ann Morris
1834–1899
Lucy Morris
1835–1839
Jane Morris
1839–

Sources (27)

  • John Morris, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • John Morris, "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988"
  • John Morris, "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

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. 

Name Meaning

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Welsh: Anglicized form of the personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1 above).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Link to John Morris' Missionary Journal

http://welshmormon.byu.edu/Resource_Info.aspx?id=2807

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