P7326

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Details

ID Number

P7326

Item Name

Image

Title

Morrison Family / Famille Morrison

Title (Fre)

Famille Morrison

Date

1901/11/06

Measurements

6x5

Description

Black and white photograph of the Morrison Family; Captain Lauchlen MacLean Morrison (1837-1926) is standing in the background with a dark overcoat, hat and pipe; in front of him, Neil F. (1896-1967) and Margaret (b.1898) Morrison are sitting closely with their heads together; a baby, John A. Morrison (b.1899), is visible in the foreground of the photograph.

History

Captain Lauchlen MacLean Morrison was the father of James Donaldson Morrison Sr. who married Elizabeth Farquharson. James and Elizabeth had four children: Neil F., James Donaldson Jr., Margaret, and John A. Neil F. Morrison was born in Sarnia and came to Windsor in 1922. He did undergraduate work at University of Toronto (1920) and a Masters and PhD. at the University of Michigan. He married Sara Moore of Aylmer in 1925 and they had one daughter, Paula. Neil Morrison died in 1967. He is the author of several books, including Garden Gateway to Canada.

Place made

Canada - Ontario - Nipigon

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subjects

Children / Enfants

Families / Familles

Men / Hommes

Morrison, John A.

Morrison, Lauchlen MacLean

Morrison, Margaret

Morrison, Neil Farquharson

Nipigon (Ont.)

Ships / Navires

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