Hannah at the time of her
marriage
to George in Nauvoo.
George Morris in Old Age
Hannah's
Children by George Morris
The following was written in George Morris'
journal circa 1880's documenting his children by Hannah Maria Newberry
Morris. Hannah was his second wife. All total he was married five
times. The information in italics is added to indicate
marriages and death dates by transcriber. His spelling is left as
it was transcribed. In this journal there is also a list of his
children by Annie Matthews Morris.
George Morris'
Journal - Record of children
I will now make A Record of the children which the Lord has given me. This
is taken verbatim
from George's journal regarding his children. No spelling correction
has been done.
1st The
first one was A Daughter we Named her Lavina Newbery Morriss
� Newbery being her Mother�s Maiden name. She was Born July 13th
1844
at Nauvoo in Hancock County Illonois she was Baptized May 21st
1853 in
Salt Lake Citty utaw teretory and marriad November 20th
1862 to Nathan
Davis, Bishop of the 17th Ward of S Lake Citty (died
in child birth
September 2nd 1879)
2nd Julia Ann
Newberry Morriss Born August 28th 1846 in Lee County
Ioway Teretory and was Baptized September 23rd 1855 in G
S Lake Citty
UT (married November 23 1867 to Thomas Golightly.
Julia Ann died
November 17, 1921)
3rd Rozilly
Newberry Morriss Born March 29th 1848 in Lee County Iowa
Teretory and was Baptized on March the 7th 1858 in G S
Lake City UT
(Married November 25, 1870 to John Jenkins there was also an
earlier
married to Lucius Peck. Rosella died July 1, 1930)
4th
George Vernon Newberry Morriss
Born May 15th 1850 in G S Lake
Citty utaw Teretory and was Baptised on March the 7th in
1858 in G S Lake
Citty UT (Married Catherine Davis November 3, 1869 she
died June 22,
1882 and George married again to Agnes LeCheminant - no date
known.
George died November 8, 1922)
5th Maria Jane
Newberry Morriss Born
September 17th 1851 in G S Lake
Citty utaw Teretory and was Baptized May the 2nd 1860 in
G S Lake Citty utaw
Tertory. (Married Edward Scrace April 20 1874. Maria Jane
died April 6,
1905)
6th Joseph
Newberry Morriss Born April 15th 1853 in G S L Citty utaw
Teratory and was Baptized September 4th 1862 in G
S L Citty Utaw Teretory.
(Married Sarah Ann Grow, Nov. 8, 1871. Joseph died May
29th 1924)
7th Mary Ann
Newberry Morriss Born June 29th 1855 in G S L Citty Utaw
Teratory and was Baptized April 4th 1865 in G S L Citty
Utaw Teretory
(Married Alford Joesph Ridges February 13, 1871. Mary Ann died
July 9, 1938)
8th
James Newberry Morriss Born May 3rd 1857 in G S L
Citty Utaw Teratory
and was Baptized April 4th 1865 in G S L Citty Utaw
Teretory. (Married Hariett
Louisa Elliott and Betsy Scholes. First marriage November 14, 1878
- James
died prematurely February 16, 1913 when he was murdered over
water rights
issues by Mary Loree Cobia's brother. Mary Loree Cobia was married
to James'
son James William Morris. )
9th Ellen Newberry Morriss
Born Febry 20th 1859 in G S L Citty Utaw Teratory
and Died on Febry 20th 1859 in G S L Citty Utaw Teratory (Died
as an infant)
10th Franklin
D. Newberry Morriss Born March 21st 1860 in G S L Citty
Utaw Teretory. (Married Elizabeth Ann Mitchell July 28, 1879.
Franklin
died June 25, 1936 in Alberta, Cardston, Canada)
11th
Harriat Newberry Morris Born April 10th 1862 in G S L
Citty Utaw
Teretory (Married October 12, 1887 to Calvin David Pendleton
October 12,
1887. Harriet died April 8, 1923)
12th
Ephram F. Newberry Morriss Born July 25th 1864 in
G S L Citty Utaw
Teretory (Married Harriet Ann Harris March 11, 1885.
Ephraim died
September 26, 1898)
These children were from his second wife Hannah
Maria. His children from Annie Matthews were also included in his
journal, however, since this web site is dedicated to Hannah, I have
chosen to leave those children for another historical
account. His first wife Jane Higgenbotham also had a child. Both died
before he left England. George was also married to
Maria Allen who was a convert. His marriage to her was only a
technicality. She was very ill when she requested to be
sealed to George. Hannah stood proxy for her on her death bed for
this purpose. Also, George married by proxy Hannah's
sister Harriet, many years after she had died. George's daughter
Lavina stood proxy for her, as Hannah was extremely ill
and unable to stand for her sister. The last two women never lived with
George Morris.
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