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Name | Elizabeth Malcomson | |
Nickname | Eliza; Lizzie | |
Born | About 1859 | Nepean township, Carleton Co., Ontario |
Emigration | Mar 1879 | Ontario to North Dakota |
Nepean township, Carleton Co., Ontario to Forest River, Walsh Co., North Dakota with parents and siblings | ||
Naturalization | 16 Apr 1879 | Grand Forks, North Dakota [1] |
Declaration of Intention (1st papers). Lizzie Malcomson, born Ontario 1857 | ||
Travel | Nov 1882 | Forest River, ND to East Grand Forks, Minnesota [2] |
"John Morin, Mrs. Moren, Forest River" staying at the Northwestern Hotel in East Grand Forks | ||
Christened | 07 Feb 1892 | St. Michael's, Corkery, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario [3] |
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Gender | Female | |
Godparents | 7 Feb 1892 | Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario |
Mary Leavy (Mrs. Alexander Moran), her mother-in-law | ||
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Religion | Anglican (Church of England); converted to Roman Catholicism | |
Died | 17 Apr 1893 | Forest River, Walsh County, North Dakota |
Buried | 19 Apr 1893 | St. John the Baptist RC Cemetery, Ardoch, Walsh County, North Dakota |
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Person ID | I137 | Moran |
Last Modified | 1 Oct 2023 |
Father | James Malcomson, b. About 1832, Nepean township, Carleton Co., Ontario , d. 28 Jan 1914, Eagle Lake, Colorado, Texas (Age ~ 82 years) | |
Mother | Janet Gilmour Anderson, b. 10 Jan 1839, Richmond, Goulbourn township, Carleton Co., Ontario , d. 3 Feb 1880, Forest River, Walsh County, North Dakota (Age 41 years) | |
Married | 28 Jan 1859 | Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada |
Family ID | F747 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family | John Moran, b. Oct 1854, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario , d. 16 Jul 1921, Rochester, Minnesota (Age ~ 66 years) | |||||||||
Married | 21 Nov 1879 | Grand Forks, North Dakota [5, 6] | ||||||||
Type: Presbyterian | ||||||||||
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Witnesses | Alexander Anderson, Canada, and Annie Malcomson, Forest River | |||||||||
Census | 1880 | Township 155, Grand Forks County, Dakota Territory [7] | ||||||||
Head of household is John Moren, white, married, age 23, Farmer. born Canada, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland. With wife Elisabeth, white, married, age 21, Keeping house, born Canada, father born England, mother born England. | ||||||||||
Census | 1885 | Milan twp, Grand Forks, North Dakota [8, 9] | ||||||||
Head of household is Morin, John, age 32, Farmer, born Canada. With Morin, Eliza, age 26, Wife, born Canada; Morin, Alex, age 5, Son, born Dakota; Morin Lora, age 2, Daughter, born Dakota; Morin, John, age 1 month, born May, born Dakota [= Walter James, born 12 May 1885?]; Horey, Anthony, age 19, Servant, born Canada; and Tobin, Mary, age 17, Servant, born MI. | ||||||||||
Association | Anne Malcomson (Relationship: Marriage witness) | |||||||||
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Marriage | Marriage of John Moran and Elizabeth Malcomson Grand Forks Herald, 27 November 1879. Note: "Last Thursday" = Thursday, 20 November 1879. Reportedly married by the Rev. Father Louis L'Hiver (1827-1907), born in France, the "pioneer Catholic priest of North Dakota." | |||||||||
Marriage of John Moran/Morin and Elizabeth Malcomson Grand Forks, Dakota Territory, 21 November 1879. Married by the Rev. Francis W. Iddings, first pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Grand Forks, Dakota Territory | ||||||||||
Last Modified | 26 Sep 2023 | |||||||||
Family ID | F35 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Documents | Declaration of intention (1st papers) for Lizzie Malcomson Grand Forks, North Dakota, April 16, 1879 | |
RC Baptism of Elizabeth Malcomson, wife of John Moran St. Michael's, Corkery, Huntley township, Carleton Co., Ontario, 7 February 1892 Adult baptism, and record of conversion to Roman Catholicism. Baptized conditionally (presumably there was some question as to the status of an earlier Anglican baptism?), with her mother-in-law "Mary Levi (Mrs. Alexander Moran)" serving as sponsor and godmother. |
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