Mary (McCrohan) Morse (1840 - 1911)

Born 20 Oct 1840 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

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Died 16 Sep 1911 at age 70 in Oak Harbor, Island, Washington, United States

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Biography

Mary McCrohan, daughter of Francis McCrohan and Grace Mullen, was born in Austraila. She married Maurice O'Leary before 1858. He drowned in 1864 along with his mother-in-law, Grace Mullen McCrohan and his brother-in-law David O'Leary. Mary and Maurice were the parents of at least four children:

Thomas F. O'Leary (b. 1858, d. 1924) Francis "Frank" O'Leary (b. 1860, d. 1885) Arthur O'Leary (b. 1862, d. ?) Maurice David O'Leary (b. 1864, d. 1927)

After Maurice's death, Mary married George Washington Morse. They were the parents of at least seven known children:

Ellen "Nellie" Morse (1866-1939), wife of Charles Yorke Dyer George A. Morse (1866-1871) Joseph Marshall Morse (1871-1955) Sarah Grace Morse Davis (1873-1952), wife of Robert Alonzo Davis Lincoln Anthony Morse (1874-1920), husband of 1st Mary Jane Smith, 2nd Eva E. Vosberg Marcella A. Morse (1876-1877) Louisa S. Morse Martin (1878-1939), wife of Stephen S. Martin

Sources

• United States Census, 1910: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGV8-R8V
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104124864/mary-o'leary_morse

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