Margaret was baptised 14 May 1837 in Newtyle, Angus, Scotland. [1] She was not living with her parents in 1852. Alfred Morris and Margaret Black Stewart were married about 1854. [2] They lived in Ontario until their sons Malcolm and Robert were settled in North Dakota. [3] They brought their family to join them in 1888. [4]
Margaret died in 1907 and was buried in Wheatland Cemetery, Wheatland, Cass County, North Dakota. [5]
Sources
↑ Scottish Church Records, call no.104943, accessed 29 Oct 2004
↑ Irene Stewart to Dave Chidlow, letter, 28 Aug 1976; privately held.
↑ 1881 Census of Canada, Ontario, Huron, Colborne, Alfred Morris household, district 174, subdistrict C-2, p. 33, household 150; digital images, citing Library and Archives Canada RG31, microfilm C-13273 and FHL microfilm 1375909.
↑ 1900 United States census, Cass County, North Dakota, population schedule, Wheatland, p. 1A, dwelling 4, family 4, Frank Morris; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 April 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1227
↑ Find A Grave, digital images ( accessed 6 Oct 2018), memorial 38911751 for Margaret Morris.
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