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morrissey Name Meaning and History

Irish: Americanized form of Ó Muirgheasa ‘descendant of Muirgheas’, a personal name apparently derived from muir ‘sea’ + geas ‘taboo’, ‘prohibition’. However, according to MacLysaght, this surname is also derived from the Norman name de Marisco.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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morrissey Family Facts

Distribution of morrissey Families in the US in 1920
Number of morrissey families
 196-390
 66-195		 1-65
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Michael Morrissey Limerick to Philadelphia PA pat 4
Michael & Mary Morrissey from co. Kerry Ireland mmorri1027 0
Thomas Morrissey I (1863-1928) and Catherine Mary Hogan (1864-1941) Richard Arthur Norton 3
Morrissey and Parliament Surname Johnna Parliament 2
morrissey/hegarty cherylkmorrissey 3
Msgr. Thomas F. Morrissey Mark Woodruff 1
Morrissey Family Bansha, Tipperrary Sean Keane 4
Thomas Morrissey of Callen, Co. Kilkenny mikemorr1842 1
Morrissey/of Crow Hill, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford Dan Crowe 8
noble johnny morrissey from templemore m j kelly 2
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