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Helen Simpson Doig Morison 1816 - 1898

Helen Simpson (Doig) Morison of Zurich, Rooks County, Kansas United States was born on February 10, 1816 in Burntisland, Fife County, Scotland United Kingdom. Helen was baptized on February 18, 1816. She was the mother of Andrewina Morison, Mary Ann (Morrison) Steeples, and Jemima Grant (Morison) Mead. Helen Morison died at age 81 years old on January 20, 1898 in Zurich, Rooks County, Kansas United States, and was buried in December 1898 at Al Mead Cemetery, Zurich, Kansas.

Helen Simpson (Doig) Morison

Zurich, Rooks County, Kansas 67663, United States

February 10, 1816

Burntisland, Fife County, Scotland, United Kingdom

January 20, 1898

Zurich, Rooks County, Kansas, 67663, United States

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02/10

1816

Birthday

February 10, 1816

Birthdate

Burntisland, Fife County, Scotland United Kingdom

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Ethnicity & Family History

Scottish origin...the Doig line dates back to the late 1500's in Fife, Scotland and includes the surnames of Foggo, Rodger, Knight, Laing. Craigge and Duncan Helen's maternal line includes the Scottish surnames of Henderson, Nuccoll, Christie, Stewart, Dow, Brice and Crawfoord
02/18

1816

Baptism

February 18, 1816
Baptism date

Unknown

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Religious Beliefs

Church of Scotland
Personal Life & Family

Helen 'Ellen' Simpson Doig was the daughter of James Doig Sr. and Agnes 'Annie' Henderson. Helen had 11 siblings and the family resided in the area of Fife, Scotland. Helen's parents and several siblings are buried in St. Columbus Churchyard, Burntisland where there is a monument that states: In Memory of James Doig D. 13.5.1859 Aged 85y. Annie Henderson His Wife D. 26.1.1861 Aged 80y and David Their Son D. 9.11.1858 Aged 60y. Also Alexander D. 23.1.1855 Aged 49y and John D. At Hobart Town, Tasmania 12.12.1850 Aged 50y and Helen Gordon Wife of David D. 8.11.1863. Also David Doig Their Grandson D. 1.12.1870 Aged 14y and Ann Doig D. 27.9.1880 Aged 72y. Also Janet Dewar Wife of James Doig D. 14.6.1866 Aged 60y and James Doig D. ?0.1.1869 Aged 59y Helen married Andrew Lowe Morison in December, 1837 in Burntisland, Scotland. The couple relocated to Maitland Street, Newhaven, North Leith where Andrew owned a grocery store and was a 'spirit' dealer. By 1851 the couple had children Andrewina, Helen, Mary Ann, Jane and Robert. The building industry was booming in Australia, and by April 1855 the family was emigrating first to Victoria, Australia and then on to Hobart, Tasmania where Andrew was employed as a 'joiner'. Several of Helen's Doig siblings also moved to Australia, staying there and never returning to Scotland. Their daughter Jemima Grant Morison was born in Tasmania in April of 1858. In 1866, their only son Robert drowned while swimming in a river in Lauceston, Tasmania. He was 15 years old. Helen's eldest daughter, Andrewina, married Henry Heald in 1867 Launceston, Tasmania, and remained there, having 9 children, 8 of which survived to adulthood. Interestingly enough, the descendants of Andrewina and the descendants of her sister Mary Ann Morison did not know about each other, until meeting in 2002 through the AncientFaces website. By 1869 the Morison family was back in Scotland, living at 22 St. John Street, Edinburgh, and Andrew was noted as 'wine and spirit merchant'. Andrew's brother, John Morison, Jr. had followed in the footsteps of their father, John Morison Sr., who had owned a 'Wine and Spirit' shop in Edinburgh. John Jr. was a brewer and employed 18 men....Andrew was working in the family business. Helen lost her husband, Andrew, on December 4th, of 1871 to pneumonia, and he was buried in the Edinburgh and Leith Cemetery, Edinburgh. In 1872, two of Helen's daughters married: Mary Ann Morison married Francis Steeples, and immigrated to America Helen Simpson Doig Morison married Robert Wilson Robertson, and moved to Musselburgh, Scotland. When her daughter Helen Morison Robertson passed away in 1878, mother Helen moved in with her son-in-law Robert to care for her two young granddaughters that were left motherless. Helen remained in the Robertson household until August of 1881, when she and daughter Jemima immigrated to Kansas to live with daughter Mary Ann Morison Steeples, after the death of Mary Ann's husband, Francis Steeples. Helen remained with her daughter Mary Ann until Helen's death in 1897. Helen was born in Scotland, ventured to Australia, then back to Scotland...and spent the last 17 years of her life in Kansas. She has descendants in Tasmania, Australia, Scotland and the U.S.
01/20

1898

Death

January 20, 1898

Death date

stomach cancer

Cause of death

Zurich, Rooks County, Kansas 67663, United States
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1898

Gravesite & Burial

December 1898

Funeral date
Al Mead Cemetery, Zurich, Kansas
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Helen Simpson Doig Morison lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.

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Pam Marks

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09/16/2024

Helen Simpson Doig Morison

Death Announcement

Date & Place: January 1898

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09/16/2024

Helen Simpson Doig Morison

Obituary of Helen Doig Morison

Date & Place: December 1897

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Pam Marks

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06/02/2006

Helen Simpson Doig Morison

Helen "Ellen' Simpson Doig, daughter of James Doig and Annie Henderson. Helen was born Feb. 10, 1816 in Burntisland,Fife, Scotland. Helen married Andrew Lowe Morison on December 1, 1837, in Burntisland. The Morison family emigrated to Hobart, Tasmania around 1855, and returned to Scotland around 1868. Helen's husband, Andrew Morison, died in the District of Cannongate, Edinburgh, Scotland, on December 4, 1871.
Per the article submitted by Edith Whisman to the Rooks County book, "Lest We Forget", Helen and her daughter Jemima immigrated to Plainville, Kansas to help Helen's daughter, Mary Ann, after the untimely death of her husband Francis Oliphant Steeples. This places their arrival in Kansas some time around 1882. Two of the Morison children remained in Hobart, Tasmania. This photo was provided by Helen's grgrgreat-grandaughters, Margaret Brown & Janice Fletcher of Hobart, Tasmania.

Date & Place: at 22 St. John St. in Midlothian, Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom

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01/01/2001

Helen Doig Morison

Hellen Simpson Doig (born 1816) married Andrew Low Morison, Sr. 1837 in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. Pictured with youngest daughter, Jemima Grant Morison. Portrait taken when family was living in Hobart, Tasmania. This Morison family returned to Scotland around 1868. Helen and her daughter Jemima emigrated to Kansas around 1881. Jemima married Dayton Mead.

Date & Place: 1860 in Edinburgh Scotland

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