William Morris (1820 - 1900)

Born 6 Nov 1820 in Burswardsley, Bunbury, Cheshire, England

Husband of Sarah (Durham) Morris — married 20 Aug 1848 in St. John's Church, Failsworth, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Descendants

Died 5 Nov 1900 at age 79 in Parowan, Iron, Utah

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 16 Nov 1820

Place: Burswardsley, Bunbury, Cheshire, England

Birth:

Date: 6 Nov 1820

Place: Burswardsley, Bunbury, Cheshire, England

Death

Death:

Date: 5 Nov 1900

Place: Parowan, Iron, Utah^[1]

Christening

Christening:

Date: 18 Feb 1821

Place: Burwardsley Chapel, Bunbury, Cheshire, England

Burial

Burial:

Date: 7 Nov 1900

Place: Parowan City Cemetery, Parowan, Iron, Utah

Ancestral File Number

1X53-73

Census

Census: Lodge Lane

Date: 1851

Place: Dukinfield, Stockport, Cheshire, England^[2]

Census: Meadowham

Date: 1861

Place: Dukinfield, Lancashire, England^[3]

Census:

Date: 4 Jun 1880

Place: Parowan, Iron, Utah^[4]

Census:

Date: 7 Jun 1900

Place: Parowan, Iron, Utah^[5]

Event

Event: Entered Salt Lake Valley as a member of the John R. Murdock wagon company

Type: Pioneer

Date: 27 Sep 1862

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 3 Apr 2011

Time: 18:29:16

Prior to import, this record was last changed 18:29:16 3 Apr 2011.

Marriage

Husband: William Morris

Wife: Sarah Durham

Marriage:

Date: 20 Aug 1848

Place: St. John's Church, Failsworth, Manchester, Lancashire, England

William Morris was born on 6 Nov 1820 in Bredbury, Cheshire. He became a coal miner.

William married Sarah Durham on 20 August 1848 at St John the Evangelist Church in Failsworth, Lancashire.

William emigrated to Utah in 1862 with his wife Sarah (Durham) Morris, and their children Mary Ann, Sarah Jane, Elizabeth, Emma and William Thomas. Their son George was born in 1866 in Utah.

William died on 5 Nov 1900 in Utah.

Research Notes

His birth date is 6 Nov 1820 on his gravestone, but is listed as 16 Nov 1820 in the Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database. It's unclear which is correct.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S1365
2. ↑ Source: #S140
   Page: Cheshire, Stockport, Dukinfield, District 1n, Image 19, Entry 16
   Data:
   Text: Page 20
   Parish [or Township] of: Stockport
   Ecclesiastical District of: St. Johns
   City or Borough of:
   Town of:
   Village of: Dukinfield
   No. of Householder's Schedule: 72
   Name of Street, Place, or Road, and Name or No. of House: Lodge Lane
   Name and Surname of each Person who abode in the house, on the Night of the 30th March, 1851: William Morris
   Relation to Head of Family: Head
   Condition: Mar
   Age of Males: 30
   Females:
   Rank, Profession, or Occupation: Coal Miner
   Where Born: Cheshire, Burswardsley
   Whether Blind, or Deaf-and-Dumb:
   Date: 1851
   Object:
   Format: jpg
   File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Census Records\1851 England Census, Cheshire, Stockport, Dukinfield, District 1n, Image 19 (William Morris & family).jpg
3. ↑ Source: #S143
   Page: Lancashire, Dukinfield, District 14, Page 28
   Data:
   Text: Page 28
   The undermentioned Houses are situate within the Boundaries of the
   Parish [or Township] of: Dukinfield
   City or Municipal Borough of:
   Municipal Ward of:
   Parliamentary Borough of:
   Town of:
   Hamlet or Tything, &c., of: Denham
   Ecclesiastical District of: St Johns
   No. of Schedule: 136
   Road, Street, &c., and No. or Name of House: <Meadowham>
   HOUSES: Inhabited:
   Uninhabited (U.), or Building (B.):
   Name and Surname of each Person: Willm Morris
   Relation to Head of Family: H
   Condition: Mar
   Age of Males: 43
   Females:
   Rank, Profession, or Occupation: Miner Coal
   Where Born: Cheshire Marbury(?)
   Whether Blind, or Deaf-and-Dumb:
   Date: 1861
   Object:
   Format: jpg
   File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Census Records\1861 England Census, Lancashire, Dukinfield, District 14, Page 28.jpg
4. ↑ Source: #S109
   Page: Utah, Iron, Parowan, District 21, Page 7, Entry 42
   Data:
   Text: Page No. 7
   Supervisor's Dist. No. 136
   Enumeration Dist. No. 21
   Schedule I.--Inhabitants in Parowan, Parowan Precinct in the County of Iron, State of Utah enumerated by me on the 4th day of June, 1880.
   /s/ Daniel Page, Enumerator.
   Entry 42
   In Cities
   Name of Street:
   House Number:
   Dwelling houses numbered in order of visitation: 69
   Families numbered in order of visitation: 69
   Name of Person: Morris William
   Personal Description
   Color: W
   Sex: M
   Age at last birthday prior to June 1, 1880: 60
   If born within the Census year, give the month:
   Relationship ... to the head of this family:
   Civil Condition
   Single:
   Married: /
   Widowed, Divorced (D):
   Married during Census year:
   Occupation
   Profession, Occupation or Trade: Farmer
   Number of months this person has been employed during the Census year:
   Health
   Is the person sick or temporarily disabled... If so, what is the sickness or disability?
   Blind:
   Deaf and Dumb:
   Idiotic:
   Insane:
   Maimed, Crippled, Bedridden, or otherwise disabbled:
   Education
   Attended school within the Census year:
   Cannot read:
   Cannot write:
   Nativity
   Place of Birth: Eng
   Place of Birth of the Father of this person: Eng
   Place of Birth of the Mother of this person: Eng
   Date: 4 Jun 1880
   Object:
   Format: jpg
   File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Census Records\1880 US Federal Census, Utah, Iron, Parowan, District 21, Page 7.jpg
5. ↑ Source: #S111
   Page: Utah, Iron, Parowan, District 99, Page 1, Entry 38
   Data:
   Text: Twelfth Census of the United States
   Schedule No. 1. - Population
   State: Utah
   County: Iron
   Supervisor's District No. 273
   Enumeration District No. 99
   Sheet No. 5A
   Township or other division of county: Parowan Precinct
   Name of Institution, ______________
   Name of incorporated city, town, or village, within the above-named division, Parowan City
   Ward of city, ___________
   Enumerated by me on the 7 day of June, 1900, /s/ Robert W ????, Enumerator.
   Entry 38
   LOCATION
   In Cities
   Street: 1st West Street
   House Number:
   Number of dwelling, houses in the order of visitation: 77
   Number of family, in the order of visitation: 78
   NAME: Morris William
   RELATION.: Head
   PERSONAL DESCRIPTION.
   Color or race: W
   Sex: M
   DATE OF BIRTH
   Month: Nov
   Year: 1820
   Age at last birthday: 79
   Whether single, married, widowed, or divorced: M
   Number of years married: 52
   Mother of how many children:
   Number of these children living:
   NATIVITY.
   Place of birth of this Person: England
   Place of birth of Father of this person: England
   Place of birth of Mother of this person: England
   CITIZENSHIP.
   Year of immigration to the United States: 1862
   Number of years in the United States: 38
   Naturalization: Na
   OCCUPATION, TRADE, OR PROFESSION of each person ten years of age and over.
   Occupation: Dissabled
   Months not employed:
   EDUCATION.
   Attended school (in months):
   Can read: No
   Can write: No
   Can speak English: Yes
   OWNERSHIP OF HOME.
   Owned or rented: O
   Owned free or mortgaged: F
   Farm or house: H
   Number of farm schedule:
   Date: 7 Jun 1900
   Object:
   Format: jpg
   File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Census Records\1900 US Federal Census, Utah, Iron, Parowan, District 99, Page 1.jpg

• WikiTree profile Morris-4080 created through the import of 6 Ancestor Gens, 1 Descendant Gen.ged on Feb 6, 2012 by Derek Maude. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Derek and others.

• Source: S109 Title: Census: United States: 1880
  Publication: Images Online at Ancestry.com
• Source: S111 Title: Census: United States: 1900
  Publication: Images Online at Ancestry.com
• Source: S112 Title: Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude
  Publication: 1998, International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers
  Page: Pages 2054-5
• Source: S1365 Repository: #REPO18 Title: Gravestone: Morris, William & Sarah
  Text: MORRIS
  SARAH MORRIS
  BORN
  JUNE 6,
  1825.
  DIED JULY 3,
  1916.
  WILLIAM MORRIS
  BORN
  NOV. 6,
  1820.
  DIED NOV. 5,
  1900.
  MORRIS
  Object:
  Format: jpg
  File: ..\Pictures\Documents\Headstones\Headstone - Morris, William & Sarah Durham.jpg
• Repository: REPO18 Name: Parowan Cemetery
• Source: S140 Repository: #REPO13 Title: Census: England: 1851
  Publication: Images Online at Ancestry.com
• Repository: REPO13 Name: MyFamily.com
  Address: Provo, Utah
• Source: S143 Repository: #REPO13 Title: Census: England: 1861
  Publication: Images Online at Ancestry.com
• Source: S2128 Title: By The Skin of His Teeth: The Story of Thomas Durham: Pioneer, Musician
  Author: Durham, Paul D., ed.
  Publication: Sandy, UT: Planting Stick Press, 2010
  Page: Pages 45,62
• Source: S54 Title: FamilySearch Internet Family Tree
  Publication: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Source: S68 Repository: #REPO3 Title: International Genealogical Index (R)
  Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  Publication: Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of January 25, 2007
• Repository: REPO3 Name: Family History Library
  Address: 35 N West Temple Street
  Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
  Phone Number: 801-240-3702
• Marriage registration http://www.ukbmdcertificateordering.co.uk/certapp.php?type=marriages&data=MORRIS%7CWilliam%7CDURHAM%7CSarah%7CFailsworth%2C+St.+John+the+Evangelist%7COldham%7C1848%7C1848%7C%7COM%3ACE214%2F1%2F14%7CM%7C136731%7Clancashire%7COM&lang=

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 July 2020), memorial page for William Morris (6 Nov 1820–5 Nov 1900), Find A Grave: Memorial #11656317, citing Parowan City Cemetery, Parowan, Iron County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Cracraft Proud (contributor 46600218) .

• https://saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu/mii/passenger/39111

• "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-CJMK : 10 February 2018), William Morris, 27 Sep 1862; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).

• https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/28749

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7MP-VC2 : 23 May 2019), William Moncofts in household of Joseph Moncofts, Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGTS-V4G : 11 September 2019), William Morris, Stockport, Lancashire, England; citing Stockport, Lancashire, England, p. 20, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7JV-62Q : 24 October 2019), Willm Morris, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCT-S4Z : 18 March 2020), William Norris, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSJ-TZB : 15 July 2017), William Morris, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 21, sheet 356C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,336.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRV-Y8Y : accessed 29 July 2020), William Morris, Paragoonah, Parowan, Summit, Enoch Precincts Parowan town, Iron, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 99, sheet 5A, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,683.

• Geni.com

See also:

• FamilySearch tree entry https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWJ7-HD5, but currently many incorrect sources are attached, so treat with caution.