The MURISON family name.

[ev]

Hi all ,

I can see the birth for Adam Morrison(1891) but can't see a marriage for George and Ann in 1863

There is a marriage George Morrison and Ann Reaper in 1885 Keith Moray 

ev

Added - think Ann Reaper was born 1865 Grange Banff

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=malgarden&id=I063826

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQX8-XF2

[flst]

Just for the record, my ancestor was Anne,daughter of John Morison & his wife Margaret Wood. Anne was born 21st (& christened 28th) January 1772 in Rochward, Gamrie. Witnesses were John Wood in Protstown & James Morison in Rochward. I believe that this James Morison is the one who married Margaret Brebner.Their daughter Elspet, born /baptised? January 13th 1772 had John Morison elder & John Morison younger as witnesses (all in Rochward). Could it be that James & John were both sons of John Morison (elder).
My ancestor married John Wood on December 25th 1805.In 1841 they were at Stonehouse, Gamrie.
What a pity bramwellanne hasn't been on this website for so long:(
flst

[Morrison_searcher]

Hi, can you tell me what censuses you have viewed? From the 1901 census I see that George states he was born in the parish of Boharm, circa 1844.Have you managed to trace him back from 1901?
flst

Hi, i've acquired most of the info from Familysearch.org and from relatives. I haven't viewed any census' yet. Thanks for responding so swiftly and for George's birth date; one more step in the right direction.

[Morrison_searcher]

Hello all,
I've just been reading this thread from start to finish with interest.  I don't think I have anything to add, nor do I expect that from this my own (very minor) Morrison question will be answered, but this will at least bookmark the thread for me so I can keep track of what else comes up.

I've been doing some work on the Innes family, and over a couple of hundred years they've all been Boharm, Botriphnie, Aberlour etc, and latterly into the town of Keith itself.     One name intrigued me because I can't see the link - William Morrison Innes, b 1861 in Boharm, son of Alexander Innes and Isabella Henderson.

I realise that the 'Morrison' could relate to a non-relative but would have expected it to reflect an ancestor, possibly through a maternal line.   Isabella's parents, as far as I can tell and I've still to confirm, were John Henderson and Elizabeth Brander, so there's no obvious clue to the Morrison name there.

As I said, more of a bookmark than anything but if the Innes, Henderson or Brander names ring a Morrison bell/link with anyone, please let me know.

p.s. to Morrison_searcher:   May I echo flst's welcome to rootschat?  It's a great site and if there is anything or anyone that can assist you, this is certainly the place to come to find it

Thanks for the hearty welcome. I've never been to Scotland but the welcome I've received thus far makes me feel right at home ;-)

[Morrison_searcher]

Hi all ,

I can see the birth for Adam Morrison(1891) but can't see a marriage for George and Ann in 1863

There is a marriage George Morrison and Ann Reaper in 1885 Keith Moray 

ev

Added - think Ann Reaper was born 1865 Grange Banff

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=malgarden&id=I063826

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQX8-XF2

Thanks for the link. George was in fact born in 1863 and married in 1885 to Ann Reaper. I never realized he had so many children! More relatives, great!

An interesting thing is that Adam Morrison's son, Leonard, also had Taylor as his middle name just like his grandfather.

[flst]

Here's the information from the censuses;
1891
Farmtoun,Grange,Banffshire
George Morrison,27,farm servant,born Boharm, Ann,25,wife,born Grange,Banffshire,
George,1,son,born Grange,Banffshire, Maggie Ann,dau,5,born Keith, Isabella,dau,3,born Keith.
1901
Braco Cottage,Grange,Banffshire.
George,Ann R, George,11,Adam,9,Agnes,5,Elizabeth,3,Ann,7.
The link that ev gave gives you the name of George's parents. Interesting to see that his mother was an Innes as Maggie1895 is looking for a connection with her William Innes Morrison.
flst

[Morrison_searcher]

This is all very fascinating indeed. I hope the Innes Morrison connection gives her the lead she needs.

[Morrison_searcher]

Here's the information from the censuses;
1891
Farmtoun,Grange,Banffshire
George Morrison,27,farm servant,born Boharm, Ann,25,wife,born Grange,Banffshire,
George,1,son,born Grange,Banffshire, Maggie Ann,dau,5,born Keith, Isabella,dau,3,born Keith.
1901
Braco Cottage,Grange,Banffshire.
George,Ann R, George,11,Adam,9,Agnes,5,Elizabeth,3,Ann,7.
The link that ev gave gives you the name of George's parents. Interesting to see that his mother was an Innes as Maggie1895 is looking for a connection with her William Innes Morrison.
flst

Was George an only child? What would be the best way to go about searching for John Morrison's parents (John being George's father)?

I've tried on Family search but I often end up with too many John Morrison's even after narrowing searches...

[Morrison_searcher]

Hello all,
I've just been reading this thread from start to finish with interest.  I don't think I have anything to add, nor do I expect that from this my own (very minor) Morrison question will be answered, but this will at least bookmark the thread for me so I can keep track of what else comes up.

I've been doing some work on the Innes family, and over a couple of hundred years they've all been Boharm, Botriphnie, Aberlour etc, and latterly into the town of Keith itself.     One name intrigued me because I can't see the link - William Morrison Innes, b 1861 in Boharm, son of Alexander Innes and Isabella Henderson.

I realise that the 'Morrison' could relate to a non-relative but would have expected it to reflect an ancestor, possibly through a maternal line.   Isabella's parents, as far as I can tell and I've still to confirm, were John Henderson and Elizabeth Brander, so there's no obvious clue to the Morrison name there.

As I said, more of a bookmark than anything but if the Innes, Henderson or Brander names ring a Morrison bell/link with anyone, please let me know.

p.s. to Morrison_searcher:   May I echo flst's welcome to rootschat?  It's a great site and if there is anything or anyone that can assist you, this is certainly the place to come to find it

Hi, George Taylor Morrison's parents were John Morrison and Margaret Innes. Could this connection be of use to you?