Guillaume Henri (Morisseau) Morrison (1855 - 1932)

Born 3 May 1855 in Shefford, Shefford, Canada East

Ancestors

Husband of Jane Selina (Webster) Morrison — married 29 Nov 1875 (to 21 Dec 1932) in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1932 at age 77 in Pickford, Chippewa, Michigan, United States

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William (Morisseau) Morrison migrated from Quebec to USA.

William (Morisseau) Morrison has French origins.

Biography

William Henry Morrison (né Guillaume Henri Morisseau) was born on 3 May 1855 in the historical county of Shefford in Quebec, Canada, either in Waterloo or Shefford Township, and was baptized on 28 June 1855 at Notre-Dame-de-Granby.^[1][2][3] His father, Moses, was a farmer, and the family lived in a single-storied, single-family log house in his early childhood.^[2]

William and his family immigrated to the US in 1864, when he was 9, where they settled in Illinois.^[4] For unknown reasons, he was sent or voluntarily moved to Ridott, Stephenson, Illinois, where he lived and worked on the farm of William Hale.^[5]

He married Jane Selina Webster on 29 November 1875 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois and ultimately had twelve children together. He moved the family to Monroe, Butler, Iowa in 1879-1880.^[4][6]

At some point before 1890, they moved to Pocahontas County, Iowa.^[7] In 1912-1913, William, Jane, and a few of their children moved to Pickford, Chippewa, Michigan.^[4]

William passed away there on 21 December 1932 at the age of 77.^[8] He is buried in Bethel Cemetery in Pickford.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch, Granby > Notre-Dame-de-Granby > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1844-1876 > image 279 of 676; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. #13 - 38.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Library and Archives Canada: Shefford #284, lines 45-50.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch, Wm Morrison, Dover & Marshall Townships, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 165, sheet 8B, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,452.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Community History Archive: "Golden Wedding," The Fonda Times, v.48 n.52, December 31, 1925.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch, Wm Morrison in entry for William Hale, 1870.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch, William Morrison, Monroe, Butler, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 108, sheet 205D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0330; FHL microfilm 1,254,330.
7. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch, William H Morrison, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States; citing p. 372, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,022,094.
8. ↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch, William Morrison, 21 Dec 1932; citing Pickford, Chippewa, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,216.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #118532833

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch, Wm Morrison, Dover & Marshall Townships, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 165, sheet 8B, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,452.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch, William M Morrison, Pickford, Chippewa, Michigan, United States; citing ED 26, sheet 4B, line 86, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 761; FHL microfilm 1,820,761.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch, William M Morrison, Pickford, Chippewa, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 8A, line 24, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 980; FHL microfilm 2,340,715.