{"id":1530,"date":"2026-10-31T17:32:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1530"},"modified":"2026-11-03T15:18:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T15:18:46","slug":"morrison-records","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1530","title":{"rendered":"Morrison marriage, census and source notes"},"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 marriage, census and source notes<\/nav>\n<p class=\"family-topic-intro\">Records for Michael and Barbara Morrison: marriage notices, census details and source notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style>.family-story-lead{line-height:1.8;max-width:70ch}.family-story-lead h2,.family-story-lead h3{font-family:Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif}.family-research-notes{margin:2rem 0;padding:1.2rem;border:1px solid #d8d2c5;background:#fffdf8;line-height:1.7}.family-research-notes>summary{cursor:pointer;font-size:1.1rem;font-weight:600;color:#354d3f}.family-research-notes>summary:focus-visible{outline:3px solid #98513b;outline-offset:4px}<\/style><section class=\"family-story-lead\" aria-label=\"The family story\"><h2>Weddings, work and family homes<\/h2>\n<p>Michael Morrison and Barbara Kunkel married at Wien, Missouri, on January 7, 1920. A newspaper notice gives us a glimpse of their plans: Michael was working in a San Francisco steel plant, and the couple hoped to make their home there after visiting relatives around Wien. We know what they planned; the notice does not prove that they made the move.<\/p>\n<p>By 1950 they were farming in Chariton County, Missouri. Michael died in 1968 and was buried at St. Joseph\u2019s Cemetery in Salisbury.<\/p>\n<p>Other records help us follow the wider family. A church transcript places Peter Morrisroe and Bridget Coffey\u2019s wedding at St Monica in Manhattan on September 22, 1907. The names and date closely match Delia\u2019s later marriage account, though the transcript does not tell us who her parents were.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph and Catherine Jordan\u2019s story takes us to Lynbrook, New York. The 1950 census places them at 31 Watts Place, with Joseph working as a bank elevator operator.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#st-monica-1907\">Peter and Bridget\u2019s wedding details<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"#jordan-lynbrook-1950\">The Jordan household<\/a><\/p><\/section><p><a href=\"#research-detail-1530\">Read the sources and research notes below \u2193<\/a><\/p><h2 id=\"research-detail-1530\">Sources and research notes<\/h2><p>The full record details, earlier comparisons and remaining questions are retained below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The county marriage record confirms the January 7 wedding at Wien. The license was issued at Keytesville on January 1, 1920, and filed on January 9 in Chariton County Marriage Record Book 8, page 526. Both spouses were recorded as residents of New Cambria. The license gives only age thresholds, over 21 for Michael and over 18 for Barbara, and names no parents or witnesses. It does not resolve the parent-name conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A wedding notice in the <em>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/em> on January 9, 1920, adds a glimpse of their plans. It described Michael as a San Francisco resident employed as a roller in a steel plant. After several weeks visiting relatives around Wien, the newlyweds intended to make their home in San Francisco. The notice also reported their Wednesday-morning wedding at St. Mary\u2019s Church in Wien, agreeing with the January 7 date in the parish and county records. The <em>Chariton Courier<\/em> listed their marriage license the same day. [M8\u2013M9]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By 1950, Michael and Barbara were living in Chariton County, Missouri. The original census records Michael as a 63-year-old farmer born in Ireland and marks him as naturalized. His death certificate describes his later home as Wayland Township, where he had lived for 21 years. He died on March 12, 1968, and the certificate records his burial at St. Joseph\u2019s Cemetery in Salisbury on March 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"st-monica-1907\">Peter and Bridget at St Monica in 1907<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Findmypast church-marriage transcript records <strong>Peter Morrisroe and Bridget Coffey marrying on September 22, 1907, at St Monica, Manhattan<\/strong>. Both are described as residents of New York City. The exact date, husband\u2019s name and Coffey surname strongly connect this entry with the marriage described in Delia\u2019s 1928 naturalization petition. Identifying Delia with the bride recorded as Bridget is a conclusion from those matching details, not a statement that the transcript proves her legal birth name or Irish parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The source read is a <strong>database transcript<\/strong>, not a photograph of the original marriage register. It supplies no parents, ages, birthplaces, witnesses or officiant. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findmypast.com\/transcript?id=US%2FNY%2FCATH%2FPR%2FMAR%2F00242078%2FG\">Source: New York Roman Catholic Parish Marriages, St Monica, record 00242078<\/a>. Viewing the transcript may require access through the provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"jordan-lynbrook-1950\">Joseph and Catherine Jordan in Lynbrook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1950 census places Joseph and Catherine Jordan at <strong>31 Watts Place, Lynbrook, Nassau County, New York<\/strong>. Joseph is recorded as an Irish-born elevator operator at a bank. This documents his own Lynbrook residence rather than inferring it from Catherine\u2019s later records. The original street entry controls over the provider\u2019s conflicting \u201cFirst St.\u201d index description. The household\u2019s connection with the earlier Woodside family rests on the combined family evidence; this census does not establish a death date or burial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/62308\/images\/43290879-New_York-081244-0034\">Source: 1950 U.S. census, Lynbrook, ED 30-186, sheet 75, lines 7\u201312; sheet begun April 15, 1950<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"coffey-ballinrumpa-records\"><h2>Following the Coffeys in County Mayo<\/h2>\n<p>The search for Bridget, also known as Delia, has brought us to the Coffey families around Ballinrumpa. Newly read baptism registers name Thomas Coffey and Mary Jordan as the parents of Kate in September 1870 and Margaret in September 1877. A December 1872 entry for Mary names Thomas and a mother called Mary, but her surname has been overwritten and cannot yet be read securely.<\/p>\n<p>These pages help us build a picture of an Irish household, but the connection to Delia in America still needs proof. An 1880 Bridget baptism gives the mother\u2019s surname as Burke, while related civil evidence says Jordan. We are keeping that disagreement visible. Nor have we proved that the Mary baptized in 1872 became Mary Ireland in New York.<\/p>\n<h3>A rented farm and an older Coffey generation<\/h3>\n<p>A rental prepared for an 1853 estate sale lists Thady Coffey and Michael Coffey as separate tenants at Ballinrumpa. Twelve years later, Thomas Coffee\u2019s marriage to Mary Jourdan names his father as Thady, a farmer, and places Thomas in the same townland. The name and place make the earlier tenant worth following, although neither record connects the two men explicitly.<\/p>\n<p>Another record adds a father and son: Thady Coffee, a farmer of Ballinrumpa, died on December 11, 1870. In 1876, administration of his estate was granted to his son Michael. Thomas is not named. It is a promising trail into the older generation, not yet a proved addition to our family tree.<\/p>\n<details class=\"family-research-notes\"><summary>Read the Coffey records and remaining questions<\/summary>\n<p>FamilySearch digital film 7768671: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:3Q9M-CSMZ-YSLY-Y\">Kate, September 4, 1870, frame 895<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:3Q9M-CSMZ-YSLY-1\">Mary, December 21, 1872, frame 906<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:3Q9M-CSMZ-BQCC\">Margaret, September 15, 1877, frame 924<\/a>. The residence reads Ballinrumpa-like. Kate and Margaret\u2019s maternal surname Jordan is clear; Mary\u2019s is not. Sponsor Chas Jordan in Mary\u2019s entry cannot supply the missing maternal surname. Kate\u2019s baptism precedes the candidate civil index birth date of September 9; that conflict remains unresolved.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Coffee and Mary Jourdan, Kilmovee marriage register, entry 9, February 9, 1865: groom of Ballinrumpa, father Thady Coffy; bride\u2019s father Tom Jourdan; both fathers farmers. No mothers are named. Original retained in the family research collection. This couple is not automatically identified as Delia\u2019s parents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:9Q97-YSVV-55M\">1853 Knox-estate rental, page 42, lot 40<\/a>: Thady Coffey, row 4, annual rent \u00a34; Michael Coffey, row 11, \u00a34 12s; both yearly tenants. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:9Q97-YSVV-5VV\">The title<\/a> advertises a March 10 sale, not a completed transaction. The provider\u2019s \u201cProbate\u201d label does not mean either tenant died or left a will. No relationship between them is stated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/ark:\/61903\/3:1:33SQ-GTM1-H7Z\">1876 Calendar of Wills and Administrations, printed page 120<\/a>: Thady Coffee died intestate December 11, 1870; administration granted February 28, 1876, to Michael Coffee, explicitly his son; effects under \u00a3100. This published calendar is not the underlying administration file. The deceased has not been proved to be the 1853 tenant or Thomas\u2019s father, and Michael has not been proved Thomas\u2019s brother. Later men called Thady remain separate. FamilySearch access may require sign-in or an authorized location.<\/p><\/details><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sources\">Sources and confidence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Read the sources and evidence notes<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=65\">Sources and how to read them<\/a> explains how records, recollections and unresolved questions are presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.mo.gov\/images\/archives\/deathcerts\/1968\/1968_00007081.PDF\">M1. Michael James Morrison\u2019s 1968 Missouri death certificate, state file 68-00007081<\/a>. The certificate records his birth, wife, father, occupation, death, and burial. It is marked \u201cAMENDED\u201d; the amended field has not yet been identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1950census.archives.gov\/iiif\/2\/1950census%2F43290879-Missouri%2F43290879-Missouri-122912%2F43290879-Missouri-122912-0004.jpg\/full\/full\/0\/default.jpg\">M2. 1950 U.S. census, Chariton County, Missouri, ED 21-29, sheet 3<\/a>, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/1950census.archives.gov\/iiif\/2\/1950census%2F43290879-Missouri%2F43290879-Missouri-122912%2F43290879-Missouri-122912-0005.jpg\/full\/full\/0\/default.jpg\">household continuation on sheet 4<\/a>. The census records Ireland as Michael\u2019s birthplace and marks him naturalized; a naturalization court record has not been established here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M3. Family recollections about stowaway passage, railroad work, and Barbara\u2019s Harvey Girl employment. These remain unverified stories, not independently documented events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.mo.gov\/images\/archives\/deathcerts\/1956\/1956_00011779.PDF\">M4. Michael Morrison Jr.\u2019s 1956 Missouri death certificate<\/a>. The archive filename ends in 1956_00011779.PDF; an earlier reading transcribed the state file number as 11781. This discrepancy remains unresolved. The certificate records removal to Wien but does not identify a cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/imageviewer\/collections\/6224\/images\/4660334_00275\">M5. 1930 U.S. census, Bee Branch Township, Chariton County, Missouri, ED 21-1, sheet 5A, dwelling 94, family 94, lines 40\u201346<\/a>, Michael J. Morrison household, enumerated April 14, 1930. NARA microfilm publication T626; FHL microfilm 2340917; Ancestry image 4660334_00275. Michael\u2019s immigration year is entered as \u201cUn,\u201d and his naturalization status as \u201cNa.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/content\/dam\/Census\/programs-surveys\/decennial\/technical-documentation\/questionnaires\/1930instructions.pdf\">1930 enumerator instructions, paragraph 50<\/a>, define \u201cUn\u201d as unknown. The 1930 census therefore reports him as naturalized by the April 14 enumeration; the 1950 census records the same status. These census entries do not establish his naturalization date or court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M6. St. Mary of the Angels Church, Wien, Missouri, Marriages 1871\u20131920, page 154, 1920 entry 1, Michael James Morrison and Barbara Kunkel, January 7, 1920. Parish-supplied scan. The entry names Patrick Morrison and Bridget, n\u00e9e Byrne, as the groom\u2019s parents. It supplies no birth date or Irish birthplace. Its parent information conflicts with M1 and does not by itself identify an Irish birth record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M7. Chariton County, Missouri, Marriage Record Book 8, page 526, Michael J. Morrison and Barbara Kunkel, license and marriage return, January 1920. Recorder-supplied two-page copy. The license, ceremony and filing dates are January 1, 7 and 9 respectively. The record provides no parent names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/1362289513\/\">M8. \u201cMorrison-Kunkel,\u201d <em>Salisbury Press-Spectator<\/em>, January 9, 1920, page 1<\/a>. Original clipping supplied by the New Mexico History Museum and visually inspected. The notice reports Michael\u2019s San Francisco steel-plant employment and the couple\u2019s intended home there; it does not establish that the planned move took place. It describes Michael as of San Francisco and Barbara as of Wien, whereas the county license records both as residents of New Cambria. These differing descriptions are retained rather than silently reconciled. No employer is named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/174159661\/\">M9. \u201cMarriage Licenses,\u201d <em>Chariton Courier<\/em>, January 9, 1920, page 3<\/a>. Original clipping supplied by the New Mexico History Museum and visually inspected. It lists M. J. Morrison and Barbara Kunkel. It corroborates the already documented marriage-license record and supplies no additional biographical details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M10. New Mexico History Museum, Fray Ang\u00e9lico Ch\u00e1vez History Library, research reply dated October 16, 2026; correspondence retained in the family research collection. The library described its Harvey holdings as chiefly relating to La Fonda and cautioned that the fate of Alvarado records is uncertain. Its no-match report concerns the material and employee list consulted, not all surviving Fred Harvey records.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Privacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Personal details about living relatives are left out of this public account.<\/p>\n\n\n\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=1522\">Morrison family line<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1531\">Morrison origins and unresolved family stories<\/a><\/nav>\n\n\n<script>(function(){function revealTopicTarget(){var name;try{name=decodeURIComponent(window.location.hash.slice(1));}catch(e){return;}if(!name){return;}var target=document.getElementById(name);if(!target){return;}var node=target.parentElement;while(node){if(node.tagName==='DETAILS'){node.open=true;}node=node.parentElement;}}revealTopicTarget();window.addEventListener('hashchange',revealTopicTarget);})();<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u203a Morrison family \u203a Morrison marriage, census and source notes Records for Michael and Barbara Morrison: marriage notices, census details and source notes. Weddings, work and family homes Michael Morrison and Barbara Kunkel married at Wien, Missouri, on January 7, 1920. 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