Posts Tagged ‘Vernon’

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William Morris was born in England to Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Vernon.  He was the third child of seven born to his parents.  He was the brother of our direct ancestor George Morris.  He married Mary Ann Durham in England, where she died in 1852.  He then married Sarah Durham, Mary’s sister.  They emigrated to […]

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Mathew Morris was the youngest child of seven born to his parents Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Vernon.  His brother George Morris is our direct ancestor through George’ wife Hannah Maria Newberry Morris.  He was born in England and died in Utah.

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Joseph Morris was the fifth child of seven born to his parents Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Vernon.  We know him as the brother of our direct ancestor George Morris and as the leader of the apostate church called the Morrisites.  Joseph was born in England.  He worked in the mines and is said to have […]

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George Morris was born in England to Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Vernon.  He was the oldest child of seven.  In 1840 he married Jane Higgenbothom who died the next year.  He heard the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints in his native England and emigrated to America where he lived in the […]