Singing Our Family Song

Matthew Berkley MORRISON
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Name Matthew Berkley MORRISON Birth 1842 Ballymote Emlafad, Co Sligo, Ireland
Gender Male _UID B043719794FC4DCAB57F794211A299724FB5 Death 27 Feb 1888 Ballymote, Emlafad, Co Sligo, Ireland
Burial Emlaghfad Cemetery, Ballymote, Co Sligo, Ireland
Person ID I26056 My Genealogy Last Modified 8 Dec 2025
Father John MORRISON, b. 2 Feb 1808, Ballybrennan, Co Sligo, Ireland
d. 28 Sep 1867, Ballybrennan, Co Sligo, Ireland
(Age 59 years) Mother Catherine Family ID F2557 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Susan JACKSON, b. 1848, Sligo, Ireland
d. 24 Apr 1932, Ballisodare, Sligo, Ireland
(Age 84 years) Marriage 24 May 1876 Dublin South, Ireland
Children 1. Lillian Jane Marie MORRISON, b. 31 May 1878, Ballybrennan, Ballymote, Co Sligo, Ireland
d. 22 Mar 1914, Ballybrennan, Ballymote, Co Sligo, Ireland
(Age 35 years)2. Arthur John William Robert MORRISON, b. 27 Feb 1881, Ballybrennan, Ballymote, Co Sligo, Ireland
d. 12 Feb 1883, Ballybrennan, Ballymote, Co Sligo, Ireland
(Age 1 year)Family ID F8259 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Apr 2020
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Notes - Father is John; in 1881 court case (reported in Sligo newspaper) it is stated that Matthew's father died in 1867
- Also in this court case, Matthew states that he went to 'America' in 1856 and that he and an uncle that lived there sent money home to his father. He does not say when he returned to Ballymote, Sligo, Ireland
