Sarah (Durham) Morris (1825 - 1916)

Born 6 Jun 1825 in Oldham, Lancashire, England

Wife of William Morris — married 20 Aug 1848 in St. John's Church, Failsworth, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Descendants

Died 3 Jul 1916 at age 91 in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States

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Biography

Sarah Durham was born on June 6, 1825 in Oldham, Lancashire, England. She was baptised on June 24, 1825 in Oldham. Her parents were John Durham and Isabelle Thompson.^[1]

She married William Morris on August 20, 1848 in St. John's Church, Failsworth, Manchester, Lancashire, England.

She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1862 with the John Riggs Murdock Company.^[2] They settled in Parowan, Utah.

Sarah passed away at an age of 91 on July 3, 1916 in Parowan. She is buried in the Parowan City Cemetery.^[3][4]

Birth

Date: 6 Jun 1825

Place: Oldham, Lancashire, England

Christening

Date: 24 Jul 1825

Place: Oldham, Lancashire, England

Death

Date: 3 Jul 1916

Place: Parowan, Iron, Utah

Burial

Date: 5 Jul 1916

Place: Parowan, Iron, Utah

Note: Grave Location: 09-26-07

Census

Census: Cross Leach St.

Date: 1841

Place: Dukinfield, Cheshire, England^[5]

Census: Lodge Lane

Date: 1851

Place: Dukinfield, Stockport, Cheshire, England^[6]

Census: Meadowham

Date: 1861

Place: Dukinfield, Lancashire, England^[7]

Census:

Date: 4 Jun 1880

Place: Parowan, Iron, Utah^[8]

Census:

Date: 7 Jun 1900

Place: Parowan, Iron, Utah^[9]

Event

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

Type: Pioneer

Date: 27 Sep 1862

Marriage

Husband: William Morris

Wife: Sarah Durham

Marriage:

Date: 20 Aug 1848

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

Parents and Siblings

Father: John Durham

Mother: Isabelle Thompson

Marriage:

Date: 18 Feb 1824

Place: Whitby, Yorkshire, England

Child: Sarah Durham

Child: Thomas Durham

Child: John Durham

Child: Isabella Durham

Child: Mary Ann Durham

Child: Elizabeth Durham

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VWZ7-FJX : 11 December 2014), Sarah Durham, 24 Jun 1825, Baptism; citing p. 16, Oldham, Lancashire, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London.
2. ↑ "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-CJMJ : 10 February 2018), Sarah Durham 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/28747).
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 August 2020), memorial page for Sarah Durham Morris (6 Jun 1825–3 Jul 1916), Find a Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #11656311, citing Parowan City Cemetery, Parowan, Iron County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Cracraft Proud (contributor 46600218) .
4. ↑ "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZG8-R72 : 11 September 2015), Sarah Morris, 03 Jul 1916; citing Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States, certificate 28, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ Cheshire, Stockport, Dukinfield, District 25, Page 3, Entry 23
   Text: Page 3
   Parish or Township of: Dukinfield
   PLACE: <Cross Leach St.>
   HOUSES
   Uninhabited or Building:
   Inhabited:
   NAMES of each Person who abode therein the preceding Night: Sarah <Durham>
   AGE and SEX
   Males:
   Females: 15
   PROFESSION, TRADE, EMPLOYMENT, or of INDEPENDENT MEANS: Weaver
   Where Born
   Whether Born in same County: N
   Whether Born in Scotland, Ireland, or Foreign Parts:
   Date: 1841
   
6. ↑ Cheshire, Stockport, Dukinfield, District 1n, Image 19, Entry 17
   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: Sarah <Morris>
   Relation to Head of Family: Wife
   Condition: Mar
   Age of Males:
   Females: 25
   Rank, Profession, or Occupation:
   Where Born: Lancash. Oldham
   Whether Blind, or Deaf-and-Dumb:
   Date: 1851
   
7. ↑ 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: Sarah <Morris>
   Relation to Head of Family: Wife
   Condition: <Mar>
   Age of Males:
   Females: 35
   Rank, Profession, or Occupation:
   Where Born: Lancashire Dukinfield
   Whether Blind, or Deaf-and-Dumb:
   Date: 1861
   
8. ↑ Utah, Iron, Parowan, District 21, Page 7, Entry 43
   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 43
   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 Sarah
   Personal Description
   Color: W
   Sex: F
   Age at last birthday prior to June 1, 1880: 55
   If born within the Census year, give the month:
   Relationship ... to the head of this family: Wife
   Civil Condition
   Single:
   Married: /
   Widowed, Divorced (D):
   Married during Census year:
   Occupation
   Profession, Occupation or Trade: Keeping House
   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
   
9. ↑ Utah, Iron, Parowan, District 99, Page 1, Entry 39
   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 39
   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> Sarah
   RELATION.: Wife
   PERSONAL DESCRIPTION.
   Color or race: W
   Sex: F
   DATE OF BIRTH
   Month: June
   Year: 1825
   Age at last birthday: 75
   Whether single, married, widowed, or divorced: M
   Number of years married: 52
   Mother of how many children: 9
   Number of these children living: 5
   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:
   OCCUPATION, TRADE, OR PROFESSION of each person ten years of age and over.
   Occupation: House Wife
   Months not employed:
   EDUCATION.
   Attended school (in months):
   Can read: Yes
   Can write: Yes
   Can speak English: Yes
   OWNERSHIP OF HOME.
   Owned or rented:
   Owned free or mortgaged:
   Farm or house:
   Number of farm schedule:
   Date: 7 Jun 1900
   

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7MP-B1K : 23 May 2019), Sarah Durham in household of Isabella Durham, 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-V4P : 11 September 2019), Sarah Morris in household of 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://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7JV-627 : 5 August 2020), Sarah Morris in household of 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-S48 : 18 March 2020), Sarah Norris in entry for William Norris, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSJ-TZ1 : 15 July 2017), Sarah Morris in household of 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-Y8B : accessed 11 August 2020), Sarah Morris in household of 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.

• Title: Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude
  Publication: 1998, International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers
  Page: Pages 2054-5

• 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
  Name: Parowan Cemetery

• Death Certificate: Morris, Sarah
  Author: State of Utah Department of Health
  Text: 1600977
  State Board of Health File No: 28
  STATE OF UTAH--DEATH CERTIFICATE
  1. PLACE OF DEATH
  County: Iron
  Township: Parowan
  or
  Village: Parowan
  or
  City:
  2. FULL NAME: Sarah Morris
  PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
  3.SEX: Female
  4. COLOR OR RACE: White
  5. SINGLE, MARRIED, WIDOWED OR DIVORCED: Widowed
  6.DATE OF BIRTH: June 6, 1825
  7. AGE: 91 yrs. 27 ds.
  8. OCCUPATION
  (a) Trade, profession or particular kind of work:
  (b) General nature of industry, business, or establishment in which employed (or employer):
  9. Birthplace: Oldham England
  10. NAME OF FATHER: John Durham
  11. BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER: England
  12. MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER: Isabella Thompson
  13. BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER: England
  14. THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
  (Informant): Wm T Morris
  (Address): Parowan Utah
  15. Filed: July 3 1916; /s/ Wm T Morris (Registrar)
  MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
  16. DATE OF DEATH: July 3rd, 1916
  17. I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from June 17th, 1916, to July 3rd, 1916, that I last saw her alive on July 2nd, 1916, and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 7.30 am.
  The CAUSE OF DEATH* was as follows: Mitral Insufficiency
  Duration: 1 mos.
  Contributory: Hemoplegia
  Duration: 16 ds.
  (Signed) /s/ JamesGreen, M. D.; July 3rd, 1916; (Address) Parowan Utah
  18. LENGTH OF RESIDENCE (For Hospitals, Institutions, Transients, or Recent Residents)
  At place of death:
  In the State:
  Where was disease contracted, if not at place of death?
  Former or usual residence:
  19. PLACE OF BURIAL OR REMOVAL: Parowan
  DATE OF BURIAL: July 5, 1916
  20. UNDERTAKER: Jos R Mortensen
  ADDRESS: Parowan
  21. Registered Number: 12
  22. No. of Burial Permit: 12

• Title: Journal: Durham, Thomas
  Author: Durham, Thomas

• Title: Death Announcement: Morris, Sarah Durham
  Publication: Parowan, Utah: Parowan Times, July 6, 1916
  Text: AGED LADY DEAD
  Sarah Morris, an aged resident of Parowan passed from this life Monday morning, the cause of death being general debility and old age, she being over 91 years old.
  The deceased was born june 6 1825, at Oldham Lancashire England In early life she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, having been converted and baptized by Cyrus H Wheelock She studied music under Prof. W Warrington along with her brother, Thomas Durham, and was closely assosociated with him in choral work the greater part of their lives She led the choir in the branch where she resided after her brother emigrated to Utah.
  She was married to Wm Morris August 20, 1848, and became the mother of nine children, five of whom survive her In 1862 with her husband and children she emigrated to Utah, arriving in Parowan in October of that year, and resided here ever since, sharing the trials and hardships incident to settling of new countries One severe
  trial was the death of a 10 year old daughter who was buried by the wayside at Rocky Ridge, Wyoming, while she was enroute to Utah
  She was a member of the Parowan choir for many years and went to Salt Lake City in 1870 when the choir had the privilege of singing to Gen W. T Sherman
  Mrs Morris was a wonder in some respects, for although over 91 years of age she kept her faculties intact up to within a few days of her death, her hearing being keen and her eyesight almost perfect, and her memory unimpaired She could remember
  distinctly events which transpired from the time she was 3 years old She was always a great reader and kept posted on current events and public questions up to the last
  She is survived by 5 children, 32 grandchildren, 50 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren her husband having preceeded her to the great beyond over 14 years ago. Her surviving children are Mrs Mary Ann Rasmussen, Cowley, Wyo, Mrs Lizzie Decker, Sanford Colorado, Mrs Emma Decker, Maneus, Colorado, and Wm T and Geo D Morris, Parowan, Utah
  Page: Vol. 1, Number 37, Page 8 Data: Date: 6 Jul 1916

• 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 3,5,7-9,28,45,46,49-51,62,81,90

Acknowledgements:

• WikiTree profile Durham-439 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.