{"id":1522,"date":"2026-10-31T17:32:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1522"},"modified":"2026-11-01T20:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T20:40:34","slug":"morrison-family-line","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1522","title":{"rendered":"Morrison family line"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.family-topic-breadcrumb{font-size:.95rem;margin:0 0 22px}.family-topic-intro{max-width:68ch;line-height:1.7}.family-topic-menu{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));gap:14px;margin:26px 0}.family-topic-menu a{display:block;padding:18px;border:1px solid #c9cec8;border-radius:4px;background:#f5f2e9;text-decoration:none;color:#293d30;min-height:52px}.family-topic-menu strong{display:block;font-size:1.1rem}.family-topic-menu span{display:block;margin-top:6px;color:#4f574e;line-height:1.55;font-size:.95rem}.family-topic-related{border-top:1px solid #d8d2c5;margin-top:32px;padding-top:18px}.family-topic-related a{display:inline-block;margin:6px 22px 6px 0}.family-topic-breadcrumb a:focus-visible,.family-topic-menu a:focus-visible,.family-topic-related a:focus-visible{outline:3px solid #98513b;outline-offset:4px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb){max-width:960px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb)>p{line-height:1.7}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) :is(h2,h3){scroll-margin-top:24px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) a{overflow-wrap:anywhere}@media(max-width:600px){.family-topic-menu{grid-template-columns:1fr}.family-topic-menu a{padding:16px}}<\/style>\n<nav class=\"family-topic-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/\">Home<\/a> \u203a <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=12\">Morrison family<\/a> \u203a Morrison family line<\/nav>\n<p class=\"family-topic-intro\">Michael and Barbara Morrison, their family and the records that identify them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"family-line\">The family line<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael James Morrison (1886\u20131968), also remembered in the family as Mikel, was born in Ireland. His Missouri death certificate records his birth as August 26, 1886, names his wife as Barbara Morrison, and identifies his father as Michael Morrison. His mother\u2019s maiden name was reported as unknown. Barbara supplied the information for the certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael and Barbara married at St. Mary of the Angels Church in Wien on January 7, 1920. The parish marriage entry names Michael\u2019s parents as Patrick Morrison and Bridget, n\u00e9e Byrne, and Barbara\u2019s parents as John Kunkel and Rosa, n\u00e9e Algyer (the best literal reading of the surname). The father\u2019s name conflicts with Michael\u2019s 1968 death certificate, which names Michael Morrison. The reason for this difference remains unresolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"eileen-bridget-birth-record\">Eileen Bridget Morrison Roling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We know her as Bridget, but her birth-registration acknowledgment gives her full name as Eileen Bridget Morrison. She was born on March 3, 1931. The family book uses that same name order in its marriage entry, and her ages in the 1940 and 1950 censuses fit the 1931 birth year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong> Family-held Missouri State Board of Health birth-registration acknowledgment; <em>My Family Record<\/em>, printed page 10; and the 1940 and 1950 census household records. The later typed binder gives Bridget Eileen and March 3, 1932. The birth-registration acknowledgment is the better source for her name and date. It does not list her parents or birthplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Michael and Barbara\u2019s younger son<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael and Barbara Morrison also had a son named Michael. The 1950 census lists him in their household. His Missouri death certificate, under the name Michael Morrison Jr., records his birth on December 18, 1933, at Bynumville and describes him as a plumber. He died on March 13, 1956, at St. Joseph\u2019s Hospital in Kirkwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The certificate records removal to Wien on March 14, but it does not name a cemetery or establish his final burial place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"bridget-morrison-identity\" aria-labelledby=\"bridget-morrison-identity-heading\"><h2 id=\"bridget-morrison-identity-heading\">Bridget Morrison and Robert Roling<\/h2><p>A contemporary notice in the <em>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/em> explicitly identifies Mrs. Robert Roling as the former Miss Bridget Morrison of Salisbury. It supplies a clear adult-name connection between the Morrison and Roling families.<\/p><p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <em>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/em>, November 22, 1968, page 1, \u201cBirths\u2014Roling,\u201d family-held original clipping. Details about the children are not reproduced here.<\/p><p>New evidence also strengthens Michael\u2019s connection to the Morrisroe family in Ireland and America. <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1531#morrisroe-family-evidence-2026\">Read the strongly probable family identification and the remaining conflicts.<\/a><\/p><\/section>\n<nav class=\"family-topic-related\" aria-label=\"Related pages\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=12\">\u2190 Morrison family<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1530\">Morrison marriage, census and source notes<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1531\">Morrison origins and unresolved family stories<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1523\">Morrison photographs and shared albums<\/a><\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u203a Morrison family \u203a Morrison family line Michael and Barbara Morrison, their family and the records that identify them. The family line Michael James Morrison (1886\u20131968), also remembered in the family as Mikel, was born in Ireland. His Missouri death certificate records his birth as August 26, 1886, names his wife as Barbara Morrison, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1522","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1522"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1994,"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1522\/revisions\/1994"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}