Charles Millard Morris (1905 - 1990)

Born 14 Nov 1905 in Botna, Shelby, IA

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1990 at age 84 in Oceanside, San Diego, CA

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Biography

Charles was born in Botna, Iowa 14 Nov 1905 ^[1]. His father secured a homestead in North Dakota and the family moved there when Charlie was a baby.

Charlie Morris as a baby

Education

• Jamestown College (details to be provided later)
• Dickinson State College (details to be provided later)
• UCLA -- studied writing and business (details to be provided later)

W.P.A.

both Charlie and Hattie worked for the W.P.A, a big government Depression-era program designed to put families back to work, during the mid 1930s. This complication delayed their marriage due to the program's one-worker-per-family rule.

Marriage

On 6 Feb 1937, Charlie married Hattie Neidhardt in Miles City, Custer County, Montana USA ^[2], ^[3]. A church wedding was registered on the same day in Golden Valley, North Dakota, at the Scandia Luteran church. ^[4], ^[5]

Charlie and Hattie's Golden Wedding Anniversary.

1940 US Federal Census

Name: Chas M Morris

Age: 34

Estimated birth year: abt 1906

Gender: Male

Race: White

Birthplace: Iowa

Marital Status: Married

Relation to Head of House: Head

Home in 1940: Oakland, Alameda, California

Street: 88th Avenue

House Number: 2008

Farm: No

Inferred Residence in 1935: Dickinson, Stark, North Dakota

Residence in 1935: Dickinson, Stark, North Dakota

Resident on farm in 1935: No

Sheet Number: 11B

Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 241

Occupation: Office Egg Sales

House Owned or Rented: Rented

Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 25

Attended School or College: No

Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year

Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 48

Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work

Weeks Worked in 1939: 50

Income: 1300

Income Other Sources: No

Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members:

Name Age

Chas M Morris 34

Hattie Morris 32

Janice A Morris 2

James C Morris 1 ^[6], ^[7]

Oral History

• Charlie Morris recounts a story about a Showdown in Belfield, North Dakota when he was a youngster. (8 minutes mp3 audio)

Death

Oceanside, California

Date: 07 Oct 1990

Time: 14:04 PDT

Cause of death:

A. Ventricular Fibrillation

B. Acute Myocardial infarction

C. Coronary Artery Disease

Other signification contributing conditions: Renal Insufficiency

Attending Physician: Robert P. Zucker, MD

Cremains: Neptune Society: F 1352 Registration Date: Oct 11 1990

Disposition: CR/RES ^[8]

Charles Millard Morris Death Certificate

Find A Grave

Birth: Nov. 14, 1905

Botna, Shelby County, Iowa, USA

Death: Oct. 7, 1990

Oceanside, San Diego County, California, USA

Family links:

Parents:

Charles Edward Morris (1878 - 1937)

Spouse: Hattie Neidhardt Morris (1908 - 2004)*

*Calculated relationship

Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown.

Specifically: Neptune Society--followup needed ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLGF-MQ7 : accessed 7 May 2015), Maldred L Morris in household of Charles E Morris, Township 137, Billings, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7, sheet 9B, family 148, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,151.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
3. ↑ Original data: Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
5. ↑ Original data: Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. ELCA, Birth, Marriage, Deaths. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Chicago, Illinois.
6. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Roll: T627_433; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 61-266
7. ↑ Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
8. ↑ Entered by Richard Hollenbeck from a "true copy" of the death certificate. Charles' name does not appear in online searches of the California Death Index, nor the Federal Social Security Death Index. But an official copy of his death certificate is in the possession of Richard Hollenbeck.
9. ↑ Created by: Richard Hollenbeck; Record added: Oct 04, 2015; Find A Grave Memorial# 153276699; URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=153276699