The Proeger Family · Generation 6 — earliest known

Elizabeth J. (Lizzie) Miller

Mother of Artie Morrison

Elizabeth J. (Lizzie) Miller

Confirmed

Mother of Artie Morrison

Born
at Ryegate, Vermont
Died
Not found
Married
Orange G. Morrison
Children
Artie Morrison, Marion E. Morrison
Sources
9

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED as Artie Morrison's mother — Artie's 1867 Ryegate birth return gives her mother's maiden name as Lizzie Miller, born at Ryegate S832, and her 1930 death record gives it as Elizabeth J. Miller, born at Ryegate S359. In the 1880 census she is Orange G. Morrison's wife, with Artemiza, 12, as a daughter in the house S833. A FamilySearch index of Artie's marriage also names Elizabeth Miller as her mother S834

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1833
Born at Ryegate, Vermont S832S359, about 1833–34: she was 37 in 1870 and 46 in 1880 S360S833. The 1880 census gives her father's birthplace as Vermont and her mother's as Scotland S833
Death1911
Her death has not been read from a record. A memorial website gives 5 December 1911 at Groton, Vermont; that is not confirmed here
Census1900
🆕 In 1900 Elizabeth J. Morrison, born in October 1834, her mother born in Scotland, and Orange G., married 45 years, lived with their daughter Maggie J. in Caledonia County Confirmed S975; in April 1910 she was 76, at Groton Village, married 55 years Confirmed S976. added 29 September 2026
Census1860
🆕 In 1860, as Eliza, 24, she was in Orange Morrison's household at Ryegate with “Winny”, 4 Confirmed S982. added 29 September 2026

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

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

In the record Generation 6 — earliest known

Elizabeth J. (Lizzie) Miller · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

9 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. 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).

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