P7343

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Black%20and%20white%20portrait%20of%20part%20of%20the%20Morrison%20family%3B%20two%20young%20boys%2C%20James%20Donaldson%20Morrison%20Sr.%20and%20Lauchlen%20Patrick%20Morrison%2C%20are%20standing%20up%20and%20their%20mother%2C%20Mary%20Donaldson%20Morrison%20is%20seated%20between%20them

Details

ID Number

P7343

Item Name

Image

Title

Morrison Family / Famille Morrison

Title (Fre)

Famille Morrison

Date

ca 1875

Description

Black and white portrait of part of the Morrison family; two young boys, James Donaldson Morrison Sr. (1870 - 1936) and Lauchlen Patrick Morrison (1868 - 1953), are standing up and their mother, Mary Donaldson Morrison (1840 - 1905) is seated between them; the boys are wearing dark suits and Mary is wearing a long white dress with a high lace collar.

History

Mary Donaldson Morrison with two of her sons: Lauchlen Patrick Morrison and James Donaldson Morrison Sr. James Donaldson Morrison Sr. married Elizabeth Farquharson and they 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 - Corunna

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subjects

Children / Enfants

Corunna (Ont.)

Families / Familles

Morrison, James Donaldson Sr.

Morrison, Lauchlen Patrick

Morrison, Mary Donaldson

Portrait photographs / Portraits photographiques

Portraits

Women / Femmes

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