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P7509

ID Number: P7509
Item Name: Image
Title: Morrison Family / Famile Morrison
Title (Fre): Famile Morrison
Description: Black and white photograph of the four Morrison children as adults; they are tentatively identified, l-r, as: James Donaldson Morrison, Jr., Neil Farquhason Morrison, Unidentified Woman (presumably Margaret), & John A. Morrison; the four are standing on a large expanse of lawn with their arms around each other; a large brick home is visible in the background.
History: James Donaldson Morrison Jr. was one of four children born to James Donaldson Morrison Sr. & Elizabeth Farquharson. He was born in 1915. Neil F. Morrison was the eldest of the Morrison children. He 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. It is likely that the unidentified woman is Margaret (Morrison) Lucas, the only daughter born to James & Elizabeth Morrison. She was born in 1898. She married Gordon Lucas and had two daughters. John A. Morrison was called "Jack" and was born in 1899. Jack married Lila Davidson and had one daughter, Margaret Elizabeth, born in 1923.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Windsor
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

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