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Alexander Campbell Morgan              1919-1958
Alexander, later nicknamed "Monkey", was born on 21 May 1919, the son of Captain James Bruce Morgan and Dorothy Thomas, at Hampstead, London. He was in the Royal Artillery Air Corps, on leaving the army he started Aerophotos in Ireland, and on business he was killed when his plane crashed flying from Shannon, in January 1958.

Elizabeth Fitzgerald Hughes               1926-1992
Elizabeth was born on 21 April 1926, the daughter of Adam Nathaniel Hughes and Phyllis Elizabeth Gmelin, at Burnham on Sea, Somerset.
I have identified the following children.
  (Name Witheld) Born abt 1948   Bridgwater, Somerset  
(Name Witheld) Born abt 1950   Galway, Ireland  

Birth of Parents
Alexander Campbell Morgan b: 21 May 1919         Hampstead, London       1919 2Q Hampstead 1a 740
son of Captain James Bruce Morgan and Dorothy Thomas

Elizabeth Fitzgerald Hughes b: 21 Apr 1926               Burnham on Sea, Somerset       1926 2Q Axbridge 5c 610
daughter of Adam Nathaniel Hughes and Phyllis Elizabeth Gmelin
Marriage
27 Dec 1947
Alexander Campbell Morgan
Elizabeth Fitzgerald Hughes
Edington, Somerset       1947 4Q Bridgwater 7c 178

Children
(Name Witheld) b: abt 1948               Bridgwater, Somerset
child of Alexander Campbell Morgan and Elizabeth Fitzgerald Hughes
(Name Witheld) b: abt 1950               Galway, Ireland
child of Alexander Campbell Morgan and Elizabeth Fitzgerald Hughes

Read about his 1957 flight across the Atlantic


Death
Capt. Alexander Campbell Morgan Died 15 Jan 1958

The Times, Monday, Jan 20, 1958                         DEATHS
  MORGAN - On Wednesday, 15th January, 1958, Captain A. C. (Monkey) Morgan, R.A., D.F.C., beloved husband of Elizabeth, Carysfort House, Grove Avenue, Blackrock, co. Dublin, and only son of Captain and Mrs. J. B. Morgan, Folkstone.   No letters please.   Funeral arrangements later

Read An Appreciation, of his life

Death
Elizabeth Fitzgerald (Hughes) Morgan Died 18 May 1992       Yeovil, Somerset       1992 May Yeovil 23 1715

SPECIAL THANKS  to Jennifer Baker, of Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, a great granddaughter of Rev. F. E. Gmelin (1866-), for many of the details and photos provided above.