Morris Family Tree

The surname Morris in Sligo, Ireland, has roots in Norman origin, specifically descending from the Count of Anjou of Normandy. A branch of the Marisco (Morris) family settled in Galway, becoming one of the fourteen tribes of Galway. The name also derives from the Latin "de Marisco," meaning "of the marsh," and was associated with a branch of the Uí Fiachrach chiefs in Sligo Bay.
The Morris family traces back to the time of Elthelstan and Alfred, who reigned in England in the ninth and tenth...