Edward Augustus Morrill and Jane Colvin Randall


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Husband Edward Augustus Morrill
Born
29 OCT 1808 at Boston, Mass.
Resided
1870[1] at Albany, N.Y.
Resided
1880[2] at Albany, N.Y.
Died
28 FEB 1881[3] at Albany, N.Y.
Father William Morrill
Mother Elizabeth Foster
Married
1831[4]
Wife Jane Colvin Randall
Born
03 AUG 1810 at N.Y.
Died
06 MAR 1888[5] at Albany, N.Y.
Father
Mother

Edward Morrill went to San Francisco in April of 1852, working there as a house painter. In 1854, he attempted to return to Albany aboard the ill-fated Yankee Blade, which struck a rock off the coast of southern California and was wrecked. The wreck is well-known, as many gold miners were aboard with their gold. It is unclear whether a passenger list for the Yankee Blade exists that would show whether Edward was travelling alone or with his family. Edward returned to San Francisco for a few more years before finally returning to Albany.
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CHILDREN

Name James Morrill
Born
08 JUN 1837 at Albany, N.Y.
Died
1860
Name Henry Morrill
Born
1839 at Albany, N.Y.
Name John Randall Morrill
Born
30 NOV 1841[7] at Albany, N.Y.
Married Amy Wilcox
Name William Morrill
Born
1845 at Albany, N.Y.
Died
1852
Name Jane Colvin Morrill
Born
08 FEB 1848 at Albany, N.Y.
Married 1863 to Frederick George Wool. Frederick George Wool was b. 02 June 1841; d. 22 September 1917
Name David Randall Morrill
Born
08 NOV 1851[8] at Albany, N.Y.
Died
17 OCT 1905[9]
Married Viola Eva Scott
FOOTNOTES

[1]1870 US Census , 2nd Ward Albany NY, p. 156b. Occupation Painter. Edward is living with one John M. Morrill and family. Next door is living another John Morrill and family. These individuals and their relationship to Edward are currently unknown. 1870 US Census, Source Medium: Book
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[2]1880 US Census , 4th Ward Albany NY, p. 217A. 1880 US Census, Source Medium: Book
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[3]Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (Name: New York: Grafton Press, 1931;), 92.
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[4]ibid., 92.
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[5]ibid., 92.
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[6]ibid., 91.

[7]ibid., 146.
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[8]ibid., 146.
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[9]ibid., 146.
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