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Robert Scott "Bob" McMorran

Male 1874 - 1953  (79 years)


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  • Name Robert Scott "Bob" McMorran 
    Born 25 Mar 1874  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-146170 
    Died 17 Nov 1953  Lawton, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Inkster Cemetery, Inkster, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I146170  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father James McMorran,   b. 1830, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Louisa Scott,   b. 8 Aug 1832, Hawick, , Roxburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1875, Valleyfield, , Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Family ID F29899  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Robert Scott McMorran was born in Hespler, Ontario, Canada on March 25, 1874. He came to Inkster, North Dakota by train in April, 1899.

      In July of that same year, he filed a claim on a homestead four miles east of Lawton, North Dakota, which he farmed for nine years. He married Margaret Ann Horrocks in February 1905. She was born in Harriston, Ontario, Canada December 5, 1884, and came with her parents to North Dakota. After leaving the farm in 1909, Mr. McMorran ran the Farmer's Grain Elevator in Lawton.

      From 1913 to 1915, the McMorran's lived in Derrick, North Dakota, where he managed the Farmer's Elevator. In 1915 they moved back to Lawton where he managed the Lawton Farmers Elevator until 1920. In the fall of 1919 he bought the present William McMorran farm. The family moved to the farm in 1922 after living in the Whalen house in Lawton since 1915. Mr. McMorran managed the Lawton Farmers Elevator from 1931 to 1935 and the Farmers Union Oil Company from 1937 until his retirement in 1941. They bought and made their home in the Sigurd Hagen house in Lawton.....

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Mar 1874 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Nov 1953 - Lawton, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Inkster Cemetery, Inkster, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States Link to Google Earth
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