Dorothy (Morrison) Brox (1899 - 1925)

Born 6 Oct 1899 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Adolph Brox Jr — married 5 Apr 1921 (to about 1925) in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States

Died 10 Nov 1925 at age 26 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Morrison Name Study.

Dorothy Morrison, the daughter of George Morrison and Lydia Workman, was born in 1899 in Salt Lake City.^[1][2]

The 1900 US Census shows George and Lydia, with children Belle, Annie, and Dorothy at 412 1st West Street in Precinct 2, Salt Lake County. The couple has been married for 17 years, six children born, three living.^[3]

She married^[4] and divorced Adolph Brox.^{[citation needed]}

Dorothy and Adolph are listed separately in the 1925 Salt Lake City directory and Adolph's father rooms with Adolph:

Brox Adolph mus tchr 302 Hooper Bldg r 1305 E 21st So

Mrs Doroth M musn rms 49 S 1st West

G Adolph emp Des News r 1305 E 21st So.

Wm formn Central C & C Co r 537 S 3d West^[5]

Death & Burial

Dorothy was only 26 when she died in Salt Lake City in 1925. She was divorced when she died at Saint Marks Hospital of pneumonia, pleurosy, and mitral insufficiency.

Name: Dorothy Morrison Brox

Death Date: 10 Nov 1925

Death Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Gender: Female

Age: 26

Marital status: Divorced

Race: White

Birth Date: 6 Oct 1899

Birth Place: Salt Lake City, Utah

Father's Name: George Morrison

Mother's Name: Lydia Workman

Spouse's Name: Aldolph Brox

Document Type: Certificate of Death^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Utah, U.S., Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. No image. link to source
2. ↑ Utah, U.S., Birth Registers, 1892-1944 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Doroty Morrison Birth Record
3. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Salt Lake City Ward 2, Salt Lake, Utah; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0018; FHL microfilm: 1241684 1900 U.S. Census, Salt Lake City, Utah
4. ↑ Utah, U.S., Select Marriages, 1887-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. No image. link to source
5. ↑ U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. 1925 Salt Lake City Directory
6. ↑ Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Dorothy Morrison Death Certificate
7. ↑ Salt Lake County, Utah, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1949 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. No image.

• 1900 Census: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7602&h=61715136&ssrc=pt&tid=63570848&pid=46109290434&usePUB=true
• Utah, U.S., Select Marriages, 1887-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. No image. 16:58, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Name: Dorothy Morrison

Gender: Female

Marital status: Single

Race: White

Age: 21

Birth Date: 6 Oct 1899

Birth Place: Salt Lake City, UT

Marriage Date: 5 Apr 1921

Marriage Place: Davis, Utah, United States

Father: Geo. Morrison

Mother: Lydia Workman

Spouse: Adolph Brox Jr.

• Year: 1920; Census Place: Salt Lake City Ward 2, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T625_1866; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 102. 1920 U.S. Census, Utah 17:41, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

Lidia Morrison, 56 Head

Dorothy Morrison 20 Daughter

Isabelle Workman, 79 Mother

Laughgreen, 35 Boarder

John Philipps, 34 Boarder

John A Anderson, 27 Boarder

• Utah, U.S., Select Marriages, 1887-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. No image. link to source 17:15, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Name: Dorothy Morrison

Gender: Female

Marriage Date: 5 Apr 1921

Marriage Place: Davis, Utah, United States

Father: Geo Morrison

Mother: Lydia Workman

Spouse: Adolph Brox

• Western States Marriage Index. Brigham Young University–Idaho. http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm. 17:15, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Name: Brox Brox

Marriage License Place: Davis, Utah, USA

Marriage Date: 5 Apr 1921

Marriage Place: Farmington

Spouse: Dorthy Morrison

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126504007/dorothy-brox : accessed 19 November 2021), memorial page for Dorothy Morrison Brox (6 Oct 1899–10 Nov 1925), Find A Grave: Memorial #126504007, citing Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Joan Gill (contributor 47884613).
• "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8C3B-TNZM : 25 August 2021), Dorothy Morrison in entry for Lydia Ann Workman Morrison, 1914.

16:58, 19 November 2021 (UTC)