William MORRISON {M} [P1008] = Janet MCEWAN {F} [P1408]
Married 1833, Madderty Perth
William MORRISON
Born 1805, Auchterada Perth
Janet MCEWAN
Alias MORISON (1805)
Alias Janet WILLIAM (1805)
Born EST 1812, Madderty? Perth
Born 1834, Maddery Perth Sc.
Died USA
James may have married Agnes McCullock - Glasgow-1847. He went to Chicago USA about 1860 where he married Anna ???. They had 4 children.
Agnes was still living in Glasgow re. -1841 Census.
Born 1837, Madderty Perth Sc.
Died Unmarried
WILLIAM* MORRISON {M} [P1351] = Margaret GREGG {F} [P1350] > Family [F422]
Married 14 Jan 1862, South Lieth Edin. Sc. IGI M116921
WILLIAM* MORRISON
Born 1839, Madderty Perth Sc.
Died 3 Aug 1892, Washington State USA
William Morrison was proprietor of the Hardwick Advertiser also a Magistrate, Detective Officer, and local Council Member. He died from an accident in USA in 1892.
William had a brother named Robert Morrison b. Falkland Fife. married to Ann Symme, 1868 at 115 Kirkgate, Leith, Scotland.
Margaret GREGG
Alias Margaret LUNDIE (6 Jun 1857)
Alias Margaret MORRISON (1862)
Born 13 Sep 1834, St Cuthberts Edin. Midlothian IGI-C119905
Died 3 Mar 1898, 3 Morrison Place, Hawick, Roxburgh, Sc,
This Margaret first married Alexander Lundie a Compositor in Leith Sc. on 6 Jun 1857 who died 1860. Margaret married William Morrison in 1862 and was Great Grandmother to Gregg Morrison(Aust). She was a poet of some reknown and a short biography of her appeared in the Third Series of Modern Scottish Poets - Published 1881, in which Margaret claimed to have been 'orphaned at a very young age'.
Born 1840, Madderty Perth Sc.
Peter was witness to brother William's Marriage in Sth Leith Scotland in 1862. He is reported to have died in a gun-fight in West Kansa USA whilst trying to arrest a criminal - but this is yet unproven. It is not known for sure if Peter actually went to USA!!
Born 1843, Maddery Perth Sc.
Died 1919, USA
John may have been a school teacher in Greenock Ayrs. He went to USA in early 1900's
Born 1845, Madderty Perth Sc.
Died USA
Emigrated to USA 1860/70's
Born 1847, Madderty Perth Aust
Died USA
Andrew twin to Margaret. Emigrated to USA 1860/70's
Born 1847, Madderty Perth Sc.
Died USA
Margaret twin to Andrew. Emigrated to USA 1860/70's
Born 1849, Madderty Perth Sc.
Died Unmarried
Born 1854, Madderty Perth Sc.
Died USA
Went to USA about 1872 to live with sister Grace in Illinois
10 Issue to this marriage. All born at Madderty Perth: James b. 1834, Janet b.1837, WILLIAM* b.1839, Peter b.1840, John b.1843, Grace b.1845, Andrew b.1847, Margaret b.1847, Hellen b.1849, Mary Ann b.1854. ALL EMIGRATED and DIED IN USA other than WILLIAM* who did NOT emigrate but died USA aged 53 whilst visiting. Janet, and Helen did not marry. Andrew and Margaret were twins.
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