Richard Morris (1899)

Born 1899 in Mortomley, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Richard Morris was born in 1899 in Mortomley, Yorkshire. He was the son of John Morris and Harriet (Parkin) Morris.

By March 31st 1901, John and Harriet were living in Mortomley, and John was working as a coal hewer. They had two children - Joseph aged 4, and Richard aged 1.

By April 2nd 1911, John and Harriet had moved to Ludworth in Barnsley district. John was working as a coal hewer at Grimethorpe colliery; Joseph, now 14, was a winch lad underground.

John probably died in 1931 in Barnsley district, aged 58.

Sources

• Birth registration listed on https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X955-GKW : 8 April 2016), Joseph Morris in household of John Morris, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Ecclesfield subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWVB-8DT : 2 August 2017), Joseph Morris in household of John Morris, Cudworth, Cudworth, Yorkshire (West Riding), England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

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