Morros History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

A massive amount of Ireland's native population left the island in the 19th century for North America and Australia in hopes of finding more opportunities and an escape from discrimination and oppression. A great portion of these migrants arrived on the eastern shores of the North American continent. Although they were generally poor and destitute, and, therefore, again discriminated against, these Irish people were heartily welcomed for the hard labor involved in the construction of railroads, canals, roadways, and buildings. Many others were put to work in the newly established factories or agricultural projects that were so essential to the development of what would become two of the wealthiest nations in the world. The Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s initiated the largest wave of Iris immigration. Early North American immigration and passenger lists have revealed a number of people bearing the name Morros or a variant listed above:

• Richard B. Morros (1924-1967), American producer and writer, known for Almanac Newsreel (1947) and Inner Sanctum (1948)
• Boris Morros (1891-1963), American Communist Party member, Soviet agent, and FBI double agent
• Beatriz Sanchez Morros, Spanish actress, known for The End (2023), La Fuente de Beltina and La Baronesa y el Vagabundo (2023)
• Viran Morros de Argila (b. 1983), retired Spanish handball player