Monday, May 23, 2016

William Bruce Morgan and Ruth Stemm at the 1925 Morgan Reunion

My maternal great grandparents are Ruth Stemm and William Bruce Morgan. The only picture I have of them together is from this family reunion image. I obtained this image from Bessie who runs Ancestral Ties. William and Ruth are labeled here.

Ruth Stemm, Woodson Morgan, William Franklin Morgan, Henry Bruce Morgan, Morgan family reunion, Hattie Morgan, Lucinda Morgan Green, Gerard Morgan, James Morgan,Lura Morgan, Nancy Morgan Wheeler, James Morgan, Mrs. Frank Ray, Nina Morgan Wheeler, Janice Meredith, Jessie Morgan Meredith, Charlotte Ann Meredith, Val C. Guenther, Henry Morgan Meredith, William Truesdale Wheeler, Morgan Wheeler, Edwin F. Meredith, Jeanette Miller, William Truesdale Wheeler Jr, William Chester Richards, Frank Ray Jr, Frank Emerson, James Morgan Guenther, Gertrude Richards Layman, Angie Richards, Lillian Morgan Miller, Chester Richards

You can also see here in the front row my great great grandfather, Woodson Morgan. On either side of him are two of his brothers. Row 1 has a Lura Morgan listed and I've always wondered if that was the namesake of my grandmother, Mary Lura Morgan. Also, you will note the name Henry Bruce Morgan. Henry Bruce was his grandfather, a rags to riches man who secured the marriage of several Bruces to several Morgans. The tradition of naming descendants to reflect this union of families continued until my mother's generation (i.e. my uncle Bruce Weill) and on both sides of the family. 

Woodson and his siblings and parents are listed here in this country register. 

Gerard Morgan Family

Lucinda Morgan married the Reverend W.T. Green. Note her middle name of Bruce. Their images and a little bit about how they came to do missionary work in Mexico can be found in this book


More on Gerard Morgan and Henry Bruce to come. 



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