Thomas James Morgan was born in Mile End in Jul 1876 the eldest son of Thomas Morgan and Margaret Sarah Chiswick. In about 1895 he emigrated to the United States and joined the family of his Aunt, Mary Jane Kerslake in Iowa. He spent the rest of his life as a labourer and farmer successively in Mount Vernon, Clinton and Low Moor, all in the state of Iowa. In 1911 he was back in England visiting his father and mother being caught by the 1911 UK census.
It is not clear that he visited the UK after that although we have some limited correspondence from ‘Uncle Tom’ with his family up until the 1950’s. He married Mary Ann Whitlatch in 1902 and had two daughters – Grace and Willa.
Uncle Tom appears to have died in the early 1960’s
Family of Thomas James MORGAN and Mary Ann (Anna) WHITLATCH
| Husband: | Thomas James MORGAN (1876-c. 1964) |
| Wife: | Mary Ann (Anna) WHITLATCH (1874-1971) |
| Children: | Grace Olive MORGAN (1904-1994) |
| Willa Margaret MORGAN (1905-2006) |
| Marriage | 21 Nov 1902 | Linn, Iowa |
Husband: Thomas James MORGAN
| Name: | Thomas James MORGAN |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | Thomas MORGAN (1850-1918) |
| Mother: | Margaret Sarah CHISWICK (1851-1937) |
| Birth | Jul 1876 | Mile End |
| Occupation | | Farmer |
| Death | c. 1964 (age 86) | Low Moor, Iowa, United States1 |
Wife: Mary Ann (Anna) WHITLATCH
| Name: | Mary Ann (Anna) WHITLATCH |
| Sex: | Female |
| Father: | – |
| Mother: | – |
| Birth | 5 Dec 1874 | Iowa |
| Death | 15 Dec 1971 (age 97) | Low Moor, Iowa, United States |
Child 1: Grace Olive MORGAN
| Name: | Grace Olive MORGAN |
| Sex: | Female |
| Birth | 22 Jan 1904 | Linn Iowa |
| Death | 14 May 1994 (age 90) | Linn Iowa |
Child 2: Willa Margaret MORGAN
| Name: | Willa Margaret MORGAN |
| Sex: | Female |
| Spouse: | Vern William HOWSON (1893-1982) |
| Birth | 25 Apr 1905 | Linn, Iowa |
| Death | 13 Nov 2006 (age 101) | Clinton, Iowa |
Sources
| 1 | “Letters written to DCM from Uncle Tom dated Nov 1954”. |