Daniel MORRISON

Birth:  25 Jun 1809  Place: Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland1

Death:  6 May 1876  Place: Wilmot, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia2

Burial Place:  Plot 21A,   Church Grove Cemetery, Melvern Square, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia

Father:  William MORRISON

Mother:  Elizabeth

 

Spouse:  Margaret CAMPBELL

Birth:  28 Aug 1810   Place: County Donegal, Ireland1

Death:  9 Nov 1869  Place: Wilmot, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia

Father:  George CAMPBELL

Mother:  UNNAMED

Marriage:  18 Apr 1830  Place: Moville, Ireland by Rev Robert Rodgers 3 

 

Children:

George (1831-1833)

Elizabeth "Eliza" (1832-1932)

Ellen (1834-1913)

Catherine "Kate"  (1836-)

Margaret (1839-)

James (1841-)

Mary Ann (1843-)

Thomas (1846-1865)

William Sommerville (1849-1938)
   

Above: winter picture taken January 10, 2006

Photos of and in Church Grove Cemetery taken January 11, 2006 by Nelson Labor. 
                                                

                          

   

Too enlarge images click on Nova Scotia Inventory Site Forms above which describes and tells history of property ownership.

                                    
Notes for Daniel MORRISON

 

  • The 1861 Wilmot Census stated Daniel Morrison's family consisted of 5 males and 3 females. Females would probably have been mother, Margaret Campbell, and daughter Eliza and the daughter who would become Mrs. Stewart of Jeanerette, Louisiana while the males would be father Daniel and sons William Sommerville plus three males unaccounted for and not mentioned in Eliza Morrison's obituary . 5

 

  • Daniel and his family lived in Wilmot, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. The original builder/owner of their house location was PID 05029533 and built between 1827 and 1838 (It was not on the 1827 census but was on the 1838 census).  Architectural Comment: Gothic Revival style, one and one half story, wooden structure. Medium pitch side gable roof with a cross gable. Three bay facade with central doorway. Enclosed entryway with a pedimented front gable roof. Sidelights at door. Decorative fan shaped window in cross gable.

                                                                 

                                         
These pictures taken of Daniel and Margaret's house October 17, 2003.
                           
  • Registry of Death:  Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada 

Daniel Morrison   Sex: M Age: 66 Condition Married, Where born: Ramelton , Parents' Names: William & Elizabeth Morrison, Occupation: -----, Parents living or dead: ----, Date & Place of Death 6 May 1876, Wilmot, Certified Cause of Death: Hemiplegia (A palsy that affects one side of the body), Informant: Robert Stewart, Where registered: Wilmot, Deputy Registrar: E. Cumminger 

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The Registry of Death indicates Daniel Morrison was born in Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland.  He was married to Margaret Campbell in Moville, County Donegal, Ireland.  The reference map (right) shows Ramelton and Moville circled.

For more information on Ramelton and Moville, visit these websites.  Ramelton at www.ramelton.net   and for an interesting insight into the history of  Moville visit  http://www.benpalmer.co.uk/movillerecords.htm 

        

            
Sources

1. Sheila Lauraine "Laurie" Mouat (ID#, January 19, 2002.  Laurie (married name Fiander) prepared a genealogy package "In Loving Memory of Beulah Foster Reed Morrison September 20, 1888 to July 22, 1948" on behalf of Beulah's descendents and took said package to a Family Reunion of the Descendants of Clarence Gilman Reed approximately 1997 in Massachusetts. Her time, efforts, contributions and representations were appreciated by the family branch she was representing and those that met her during the reunion. The information marked by this source was taken from that book.

2. 108.  Death Registry Name:

3. Irene Morrison's letters to Peggy (Morrison) Bryan.

4. "Historical Inventory Sites," Researched by Ruth Burgess, Nova Scotia Department of Tourism & Culture, January 2001, Inventory Site Form Reference number 2167.

5. "Middleton Outlook," February 18, 1932.  Newspaper article photocopied by Annapolis Valley Macdonald Museum, PO. box 925, 21 School Street, Middleton, N.S. B0S 1P0 / Tel 902-825-6116 / Fax 902-0531 / email macdonald.museum@ns.sympatico.ca and mailed to Sherrie (Bryan) Thorne September 26, 2001 after she had visited the museum September 25, 2001.