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Clyde Leonard Morrison was born 20 August 1884 in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, United States to Marion Mitchell Morrison (1845-1915) and Wealtha Chase Parsons (1850-1909) and died 4 March 1937 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States of unspecified causes. He married Mary Alberta Brown (1886-1970) 20 September 1906 in Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa, United States. He married Florence Rosetta Allen (1898-1974) 1930 .

Biography

Clyde Leonard Morrison was a Pharmacist.

Biography of son John Wayne

Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison on May 26, 1907 at 224 South Second Street in Winterset, Iowa.[9] The local paper, Winterset Madisonian, reported on page 4 of the edition of May 30, 1907 that Wayne weighed 13 pounds at birth. His middle name was soon changed from Robert to Mitchell when his parents decided to name their next son Robert. Wayne's father, Clyde Leonard Morrison (1884–1937), was the son of American Civil War veteran Marion Mitchell Morrison (1845–1915). Wayne's mother, the former Mary "Molly" Alberta Brown (1885–1970), was from Lancaster County, Nebraska. Wayne's ancestry included Scottish, Irish, Scots-Irish, and English. He was raised Presbyterian.

Wayne's family moved to Palmdale, California, and then in 1916 to Glendale, California, where his father worked as a pharmacist. A local fireman at the station on his route to school in Glendale started calling him "Little Duke" because he never went anywhere without his huge Airedale Terrier, Duke.


  1. John Wayne (1907-1979) - famous Hollywood actor, born Marion Robert Morrison, changed name circa 1929.
  2. Robert Emmett Morrison (1911-1970)



Children


Offspring of Clyde Leonard Morrison and Mary Alberta Brown (1886-1970)
Name Birth Death Joined with
John Wayne (1907-1979) 26 May 1907 224 South Second Street, Winterset, Madison County, Iowa, United States 11 June 1979 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States Josephine Alicia Saenz (1908-2003)
Esperanza Diaz Ceballos (1926-1961)
Pilar Pallete (1928)
Robert Emmett Morrison (1911-1970)



Siblings


Offspring of Marion Mitchell Morrison (1845-1915) and Wealtha Chase Parsons (1850-1909)
Name Birth Death Joined with
George H Morrison (1873-)
Guy Jasper Morrison (1877-)
Clyde Leonard Morrison (1884-1937) 20 August 1884 Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, United States 4 March 1937 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States Mary Alberta Brown (1886-1970)
Florence Rosetta Allen (1898-1974)
Pearl Lynnetta Morrison (1886-)


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