Robert Dudley Morgan (1836 - 1877)

Born 15 Mar 1836 in Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Aug 1877 at age 41 in California, United States

Biography

Robert was born 3/15/1836 in Connecticut. His father was Frederick Morgan and his mother was Caroline Watrous, both from Connecticut. In 1850 Robert was living with his parents and siblings in Colchester, New London, Connecticut where his father was a physician. Robert married mary "Molly" Ripley Rogers in San Francisco, California in 1866. By 1867 Robert was registered to vote in Sonoma, California. In 1870 Robert and Mary were living with their children in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California where Robert was a farmer. Robert died 8/23/1877 and is buried with family members in the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery (Plot Rural MC 206). Robert and Mary had a daughter named Alice who is buried with Robert and there is another gravestone labeled "our baby" in the same plot.

Research Notes

Did not enter profiles for the children Alice and "Our Baby" because birth and death dates aren't available for them but these children are mentioned with their parents profiles in Find A Grave.

Sources

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F745-ZVC : 7 January 2020), Robert Dudley Morgan, 1836.

• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68R-HQK : Mon Mar 11 02:26:26 UTC 2024), Entry for Frederick Morgan and Caroline Morgan, 1850.

• "California Great Registers, 1850-1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYD7-JJJ : Sat Mar 09 10:54:07 UTC 2024), Entry for Robert Dudley Morgan, 05 Jan 1867.

• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNX3-CVH : Tue Mar 05 10:28:38 UTC 2024), Entry for Robt Morgan and Mary R Morgan, 1870.

• "Find a Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKS-FW33 : 10 September 2021), Robert Dudley Morgan, ; Burial, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States of America, Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery; citing record ID 33421640, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Morgan genealogy : A history of James Morgan, of New London, Conn., and his descendants; from 1607 to 1869 ... With an appendix containing the history of his brother, Miles Morgan, of Springfield, Mass.; and some of his descendants ... by Morgan, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Harris), 1805-1881

Published 1869