William Morin, of Albert Lea, died at Los Angeles, Cal. He had gone there hoping to benefit his health. Mr. Morin was fifty-four years of age and one of the original settlers of Albert Lea, and took an active interest in the building up of the city. (New Ulm Weekly Review, Wednesday, March 30, 1887, Volume X, Number 13, Page 2)
Millionaire Marries. Waverly, Io., Aug. 16. – W. A. Morin, the millionaire land owner of Albert Lea, Minn., was married today to Miss Kittie Truesdell, daughter of H. M. Truesdell, at the residence of the bride’s parents in this city. (The Saint Paul Daily Globe, Thursday Morning, August 17, 1893, Volume XV, Number 229, Page 4)
Red Wing, Nov. 9. – At the annual meeting of the Duluth, Red Wing & Southern Railroad company, held here last evening, the following directors were elected for the ensuing year: …W. A. Morin, Albert Lea. (The Saint Paul Daily Globe, Friday Morning, November 10, 1893, Volume XV, Number 314, Page 6)
The 1900 United States showed William A. Morin (age 35, born in July 1864 in Minnesota, landlord) married to Catherine (age 26, born in August 1873 in Minnesota) and living in Albert Lea, Minnesota. A son, William (age 5, born in August 1894 in Minnesota) also lived with the couple.
An important newspaper consolidation is announced from Albert Lea. Edwards & Morin, proprietors of the Albert Lea Enterprise, have purchased the Freeborn County Times from R. C. Blackmer, who retires from newspaper work to attend to his other interests. The consolidated paper will be known as the Times-Enterprise, and it claims the largest circulation of any county weekly in the northwest, if not in the whole country west of the Mississippi river. (The Minneapolis Journal, Sunday, December 24, 1905, Part II, Page 4)
Morin, William A., real estate; born at Albert Lea, Minn., July 29, 1864; son of William Morin; educated at Pillsbury Academy (engineering course); married at Albert Lea, 1893, to Miss Katherine Truesdell. In real estate business in Albert Lea since the beginning of his active career. Also manager The Times-Enterprise; president Albert Lea Hotel Co.; vice president Albert Lea Brick and Tile Works, Home Metallic Refrigerator Co., Consolidated Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Formerly county surveyor Freeborn Co.; ex-alderman Albert Lea. Member Masonic order, Knights Templar, Shrine. Club: Commercial. Address: Albert Lea, Minn. (The Book of Minnesotans, A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the State of Minnesota, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, A. N. Marquis & Company, Chicago, 1907, Page 362)
The 1910 United States showed William A. Morin (age 45, born in Minnesota, own income) married to Kathrine M. (age 34, born in Ohio) and living in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Children William T. (age 15, born in Minnesota) and Richard W. (age 7, born in Minnesota) also lived with the couple.
William A. Morin died May 22, 1912.