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David Andrew Morley (1857 - 1936)

David Andrew Morley
Born in MacAulay Twp., Muskoka Co., Ontario, Canadamap
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Husband of — married 12 Feb 1884 in Watts Twp., Muskoka Co., Ontario, Canadamap
[children unknown]
Died at age 79 in Standish, Arenac Co., Michiganmap
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Biography

David was born in 1857. He was the son of John Morley and Christiana Bix. He passed away in 1936.[1]

1920 Federal census, Adams, Arenac, Michigan, United States [2]

Obit: "Death of David Morley. David Andrew Morley was born in Ontario, Canada, April 27 1861 and passed away August 3, 1936 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Gage. Cause of death was a stroke. He was united in marriage Feburary 12, 1884 to Isabella Harrington of Ontario. Shortly after they were married they came to Moores Junction where they settled and cleared up the farm where they lived until after the death of his wife February 28, 1919. To this union were born 10 children, four of whom are living. They are Mrs. Alice Gage, Standish; William, Moores Junction; Tracey, Tacoma, Washington; & Mrs. Emma Parow of Dearborn; 16 grandchildren, nieces and nephews & a host of friends & neighbors to mourn his loss. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Free Methodist church with Rev. Bertha Davis officiating. Burial was in the family lot at Sterling."[3]

Buried in the Sterling Cemetery[4]

NOTE: death record, tombstone and obit state he was b. in 1861 but these are in error as he was listed as seven years old in the 1861 census.

Sources

  1. http://seekingmichigan.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16317coll1/id/765570/rec/1
  2. Citing this Record "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZS9-QY5 : 14 December 2015), David A Morley, Adams, Arenac, Michigan, United States; citing sheet 4A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,753.
  3. (Arenac Co. Independent, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 1936, p.8)
  4. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Morley&GSfn=David&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=24&GScnty=1232&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=130201214&df=all&




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