The Proeger Family · Generation 6 — earliest known

Orange G. Morrison

Father of Artie Morrison

Orange G. Morrison

Confirmed

Father of Artie Morrison

Born
at Ryegate, Vermont
Died
Not found
Married
Elizabeth J. (Lizzie) Miller
Children
Artie Morrison, Marion E. Morrison
Sources
11

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED as Artie Morrison's father — her Ryegate birth return of 1867 names her father as Orange Morrison, farmer, born at Ryegate S832, and her 1930 death record names him as Orange G. Morrison, born at Ryegate, with the same birth date for her, 18 October 1867 S359. A FamilySearch index of her Vermont marriage also names O. G. Morrison as her father S834

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1832
Born at Ryegate, Vermont S832S359, about 1832: he was 38 in 1870 and 48 in 1880 S360S833
Work1870
A farmer at Ryegate. In 1870 he held real estate worth $3,150, with Elizabeth, 37, and their daughters Winona, Marion, Margaret and Artemiza S360. In 1880 he was 48, with Elisabeth J., 46, and the daughters Marion E., 19, Maggie J., 14, and Artemiza, 12 S833
Death1912
His death has not been read from a record. A memorial website gives 1912; that is not confirmed here
Census1900
🆕 In 1900 Orange G. Morrison, born in February 1832, a gardener, and Elizabeth J., married 45 years, lived with their daughter Maggie J. in Caledonia County Confirmed S975. On 16 April 1910 he was still living, 78, at Groton Village with Elizabeth J., 76, married 55 years, in Maggie J.'s house Confirmed S976. added 29 September 2026
Census1860
🆕 In 1860 Orange, 28, farmed at Ryegate (post office South Ryegate) with real estate worth $1,500, with Eliza, 24, and “Winny”, 4; the next house was Bradley Morrison's, 57 Confirmed S982. added 29 September 2026
Census1850
🆕 His probable parents: in 1850 Orange, 17, a laborer at school, was in the Ryegate household of Bradley Morrison, 48, farmer, and Avis, 47, with James, 15, and Harriet J., 11, all born Vermont Probable confirm or correct → S987. Evidence: the same town, name and age, and Bradley next door in 1860 S982. Weak: the 1850 census states no relationships, and no record read names his parents. Know more? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
Census1863
🆕 In June 1863 he registered for the Civil War draft at Ryegate as “Morrison Orange, 31”, a married farmer born Vermont, which puts his birth about 1832 Confirmed S1088

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Children
Father of Artie Morrison (Harriet Artemiza); husband of Elizabeth J. (Lizzie) Miller S832S359
Children1892
🆕 His daughter Marion E. Morrison died, single, at Littleton, New Hampshire, on 10 February 1892, aged 30 years 10 months, of meningitis, and was buried at Groton, Vermont; the death return names her father as Orange G. Morrison, farmer, born Ryegate Confirmed S994. added 29 September 2026

In the record Generation 6 — earliest known

Orange G. Morrison · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

11 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S359Vermont death return — Harriet Artimiza Henderson, Ryegate, 7 December 1930. Ancestry record 216231. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Harriet Artimiza Henderson, married, housewife, aged 63 years 1 month 19 days, born at Ryegate 18 October 1867, daughter of Orange G. Morrison and Elizabeth J. Miller, both born at Ryegate; died of lobar pneumonia after 7 days. Certified copy by Clarence J. McLam, town clerk. This settles her full name, which the site had only from a shared tree.
  2. S3601870 U.S. Federal Census — Orange G. Morrison household, Ryegate, Caledonia Co., Vermont (P.O. McIndoes Falls), p. 14. Ancestry record 36852849. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Orange G. Morrison, 38, farmer, real estate $3,150; Elizabeth, 37; Winona, 14; Marion, 9; Margaret, 5; and Artemiza, 3, with $4,000 real estate and $1,500 personal estate entered in her own name. The property on a three-year-old's line is larger than her father's; it may have been settled on her, but the page does not say why.
  3. S832Vermont birth return — Artemiza Morrison, Ryegate, 18 October 1867. Vermont Vital Records 1720–1908, Ancestry collection 4661, record 441247 (image 41599_312395-00307), p. 275; Alex. Cochran, town clerk. Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Confirmed “Artemiza”, female, born 18 October 1867; mother's maiden name Lizzie Miller, born Ryegate; father Orange Morrison, born Ryegate, farmer. Her birth return, written at the time; the same birth date as her 1930 death record (S359).
  4. S8331880 U.S. Federal Census — Orange G. Morrison household, Ryegate, Caledonia Co., Vermont, SD 137, ED 51, p. 14. Ancestry collection 6742, record 22412260 (image 4244814-00289); enumerated 12 June 1880, dwelling 126, family 134. Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Confirmed Morrison, Orange G., 48, farmer, born Vermont; Elisabeth J., wife, 46, keeping house, born Vermont (her father born Vermont, her mother born Scotland); Marion E., daughter, 19; Maggie J., daughter, 14, at school; Artemiza, daughter, 12, at school. The relationship column makes Artemiza a daughter of the head and Elisabeth J. his wife.
  5. S834FamilySearch index — Vermont marriage of Henry W. Henderson and Artie H. Morrison. FamilySearch 1:1:QPQX-4GVF (Vermont Town Clerk Vital Records) and 1:1:XF7D-2BX (Vermont Vital Records). Checked 28 September 2026. Probable Bride Artie H. Morrison, born Ryegate; her parents Orange G. (O. G.) Morrison and Elisabeth Miller. Index entries only, with no image read here; independent of the birth return (S832) and the death record (S359). The index gives her birth year as 1868. The marriage card itself is S357.
  6. S9751900 U.S. census — Caledonia County, Vermont, ED 44, sheet 4A, dwelling 81. Ancestry record 61910640. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 28 September 2026. Confirmed In the household of Maggie J. Morrison, 34, single: her father Orange G., born February 1832, 68, a gardener, and her mother Elizabeth J., born October 1834, her mother born in Scotland, married 45 years. The Ancestry index places the page at Groton. The sheet's “1 child, 1 living” for Elizabeth is an enumerator's slip: she had at least four daughters (S360). Image 4120609_00107.
  7. S9761910 U.S. census — Groton Village, Caledonia County, Vermont, ED 42, sheet 1B, 16 April 1910. Ancestry record 165365561. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 28 September 2026. Confirmed Orange G., 78, and Elizabeth J., 76, married 55 years, living in the house of their daughter Maggie J., 44, single, a dressmaker. A boarder, James J. Markham, 48, born in Canada, was a lumber manufacturer. Orange was alive on 16 April 1910. This census gives Elizabeth's mother's birthplace as Vermont; the 1880 and 1900 censuses say Scotland, which the site keeps. Image 4455039_00124.
  8. S9821860 U.S. census — Ryegate, Caledonia County, Vermont, post office South Ryegate, page 211, 4 July 1860, dwelling 1523. Ancestry record 35322148. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 28 September 2026. Confirmed Orange Morrison, 28, farmer, real estate $1,500, personal estate $100, with Eliza, 24, and “Winny”, 4. The next dwelling (1522) is Bradley Morrison, 57, with “Annis”, 57, and Harriet, 21. Orange's age fits his birth in February 1832 (S975), and “Winny” fits Winona of 1870 (S360). The census states no relationships; Bradley Morrison next door is not named here as his father.
  9. S9871850 U.S. census — Ryegate, Caledonia County, Vermont, 13 September 1850, dwelling 174. Ancestry record 1151445. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 28 September 2026. Probable Bradley Morrison, 48, farmer, real estate $2,500, and Avis, 47, with Orange, 17, laborer, at school, James, 15, and Harriet J., 11, and Juliette Whitehill, 17; all born Vermont. Orange's age, town and birthplace fit Orange G. Morrison, born February 1832 (S975). The 1850 census states no relationships, so Bradley and Avis as his parents is probable, not proven. In 1860 Bradley Morrison, 57, lived next door to Orange (S982), where his wife is written “Annis”. The index spells the surname Marrison.
  10. S994New Hampshire death return — Marion E. Morrison, Littleton, Grafton County, 10 February 1892. Ancestry record 75177356. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 28–29 September 2026. Confirmed Marion E. Morrison, died at Littleton, New Hampshire, 10 February 1892, aged 30 years 10 months, born at Ryegate, Vermont, single, a housekeeper; cause meningitis; buried at Groton, Vermont. Father Orange G. Morrison, born Ryegate, farmer; mother's maiden name Elizabeth J. Miller, born Ryegate. The index row is under her mother's name; the image is Marion's own death. She is the Marion of the 1870 and 1880 households (S360, S833).
  11. S1088U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863–1865 — Schedule I, Class I, 2nd Congressional District of Vermont, No. 305, line 19. Ancestry record 4259741. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 1 October 2026. Confirmed Dated 25 June 1863: Ryegate, Morrison Orange, 31, white, farmer, married, born Vermont. Ryegate is where Orange G. Morrison farmed in 1870 and 1880 and where Artie was born in 1867. The age gives a birth about 1832.

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