Born 30 Apr 1912 in Irondequoit, Monroe, New York, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Joseph Albert Pung and Margarethe E (Kroeckel) Pung

Wife of Leland Ray Morrison — married 27 Jun 1933 (to 27 Apr 1939) in Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1939 in Penn Yan, Yates, New York, United States

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Violet (Pung) Morrison has German Roots .

Biography

Violet Marion Morrison (née Pung) was born on 30 April 1912 in Irondequoit, Monroe, New York to German-Americans Joseph A Pung and Margaret E Kroeckel. She had a single younger brother, Robert, who died as an infant. They lived for most of her childhood at 28 Schanck Ave in Rochester.

Violet married Leland Ray Morrison of Plankinton, Aurora, South Dakota on 27 June 1933 in Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania. At this time, she was living in the Village of Athens and working as a stenographer. Together Leland and Violet had five children, all born in the Rochester area.

She passed away on 27 April 1939 in Penn Yan, Yates, New York due to childbirth complications and was buried on May 1st in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Rochester.

Sources

• "New York State Census, 1915," database, FamilySearch, Violet Pung, Rochester Ward 02, A.D. 04, E.D. 01, Monroe, New York, United States; from "New York, State Census, 1915," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 28, line 21, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch, Violet Pung in household of Joseph Pung, Rochester Ward 18, Monroe, New York, United States; citing ED 209, sheet 9A, line 37, family 209, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1124; FHL microfilm 1,821,124.
• "New York State Census, 1925," database, FamilySearch, Violet Pung, Rochester Ward 18, A.D. 01, E.D. 21, Monroe, New York, United States; records extracted by Ancestry and images digitized by FamilySearch; citing p. 22, line 41, New York State Archives, Albany.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch, Violet Pung in household of Joseph Pung, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 147, sheet 29B, line 85, family 644, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1453; FHL microfilm 2,341,188.
• Ancestry.com: Violet M Pung in Rochester, New York, City Directory, 1930. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
• Ancestry.com: Violet M Pung in Rochester, New York, City Directory, 1931. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
• Ancestry.com: Violet M Pung in Rochester, New York, City Directory, 1933. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
• Ancestry.com: Violet M Pung in Rochester, New York, City Directory, 1934. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
• Ancestry.com: Violet M Pung in Rochester, New York, City Directory, 1935. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
• Newspapers.com: "Get Marriage Licenses". The Evening Times (Sayre, PA), vol. XLI, no. 77, 29 June 1933, pg. 2.
• "New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection, 1723-2009," database with images, FamilySearch, Violet Pung Morrison, 27 Apr 1939; citing Death, Penn Yan, Yates, New York, United States, Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society and Oliver Museum and Underwood Museum, Yates.
• Newspapers.com: "Deaths - MORRISON". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 30 April 1939, pg. 8C.
• NYS Historic Newspapers: "Mrs. Lee Morrison". Chronicle-Express (Penn Yan, NY), vol. CVXI, no. 18, 4 May 1939, pg. 1.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #173995253

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