Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameRobert William MACMORRAN 
Birth25 Dec 1816, Glaspin, Lanarkshire, Scotland1208, p 2; place only,1914
Memonear Douglas
ImmigrationFeb 1823, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina1915 Age: 6
Emigrationabt 18371208, p 2 Age: 20
Memoage 21 years
Death1855, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan1208, p 2,1916, date only,1219 Age: 38
BurialPort Huron Cemetery, Port Huron, Michigan267, p 887
Occupationtailor267, p 887
FlagsEarliest Immigrant
FatherHugh MACMORRAN (~1782-~1824)
MotherJean GORDON (~1783-)
Individual Notes
• Are Thomas McMorran and Robert McMorran brothers? My guess is if they are brothers, they are half-brothers and here is why.1917
• He emigrated to America when 21 years of age, and settled in Port Huron, Mich.1208, p 2
• Robert William MacMorran: b. Dec 25, 1816 d. 1855. After his return to Scotland he ran away back to America but being under age his family brought him back to Edinburgh. However, as soon as he was of age he again sailed for America and lived for a time in New York, then came to Port Huron, Mich., where he imported fine woolens for the tailors from England and Scotland. He had a sun stroke a year before his death and in his delirium destroyed all family records.”1917
• According to their marriage certificate, Robert and Isabella McMorran were married in Port Huron, Michigan on the 25th of December 1842 (Exhibit E(4)). At the time of his marriage Robert was 23 and Isabella was 18. This recorded document provides proof Robert was most likely born in 1819 and not 1816. If Robert had been born in 1816, he would have been 26 on his wedding day, not 23.1917, p 6
• He emigrated to America when 21 years of age, and settled in Port Huron, Mich.1208, p 2
• Robert William MacMorran: b. Dec 25, 1816 d. 1855. After his return to Scotland he ran away back to America but being under age his family brought him back to Edinburgh. However, as soon as he was of age he again sailed for America and lived for a time in New York, then came to Port Huron, Mich., where he imported fine woolens for the tailors from England and Scotland. He had a sun stroke a year before his death and in his delirium destroyed all family records.”1917
• According to their marriage certificate, Robert and Isabella McMorran were married in Port Huron, Michigan on the 25th of December 1842 (Exhibit E(4)). At the time of his marriage Robert was 23 and Isabella was 18. This recorded document provides proof Robert was most likely born in 1819 and not 1816. If Robert had been born in 1816, he would have been 26 on his wedding day, not 23.1917, p 6
Census
• 1850 Census: Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 32, b Ireland [sic]. Tailor.1226
Spouses
Birth13 Nov 1823, Klaineth Mooar, Isle of Man1208, p 2; place only,1914
Death22 Apr 1909, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan1914 Age: 85
BurialPort Huron Cemetery, Port Huron, Michigan267, p 887
FatherWilliam KEWLEY (~1780-1856)
MotherAnn CARMOND (~1783-1858)
Census
• 1850 Census: Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 26, b Isle of Man.1226
ChildrenHenry Gordon (1844-1929)
Anna (~1846-)