When Mary Elulua Morris was born on 27 September 1859, in Simcoe, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, her father, Charles Morris, was 49 and her mother, Ann Peach, was 42. She married William Sherman Steinhoff in 1881. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Franklinton, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1931. She died on 25 May 1931, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 71.
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Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
British Columbia joins the confederation.
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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Welsh: Anglicized form of the personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1 above).
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