Maryann/Marion Dempster Morris

[snow_angel]

Looking for info on Maryann Morris nee Dempster.  Her name could possibly be spelled Marion.

She was born sometime around 1840.   She married George B(ropes) Morris (1840-1912).   She had a son named George Buckley Morris.   She likely spent the majority, if not all, of her life in Pennsylvania. 

I am particularly looking for the names of her parents.  Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks!

[avm228]

Welcome

What is the source of the dates you have for Maryann and George, please?  Although online trees shouldn’t be uncritically relied upon, I see that other researchers have the couple born mid-1850s rather than c1840.  Have they been found in the censuses following their marriage?

Do you have a date and place for their marriage, and for Maryann’s death?

Do you have a date and place for the birth of George Buckley Morris, and/or details of any siblings of his?

[snow_angel]

The dates for Maryann are mostly an estimate based on George Buckley's birthdate of 1/7/1868.   He was possibly born in Delaware.  I don't know about any siblings.

I have a death certificate for George B Morris that lists his birth and death dates (1/13/1840 - 2/9/1912) and lists his parents as John T Morris & Susan Baker.  I have found very little other information, so a lot of this is supposition about identity.

I've looked on Ancestry, Archives, and MyHeritage and can find very little information about any of these people.  I can't find any marriage or death info that matches anything else.

[avm228]

I have found the George B Morris whose grave gives his dates as 1841-1912:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14635265

...but, rightly or wrongly, that grave entry has been indexed by someone as for George Baker Morris, which is not a match for the names you have.

In addition, this George (of Cambria Co, PA) is shown in the 1880 census as married to a Jane with children Emma M Morris 14 and Benjamin Morris 10.

He doesn’t obviously look like the right George to me

[avm228]

If your George junior died in Maywood, Cook, Illinois on 28 August 1964 (buried at Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA on 1 Sep 1964) then his birthdate was recorded as 7 January 1878, rather than 1868.

Birthplace: Delaware

He was a widowed carpenter ar the time of his death.

Parents: George Morris and Mary Tomlin.

[avm228]

This looks like the right family in 1900 (Woodland Ave, Philadelphia, PA):

Geo B Morris born PA Jul 1854 married 27 yrs parents born PA - teamster
Mary A wife born PA Mar 1855 married 27 yrs, had 12 children of whom 9 living
Bertha K daur born PA Jun 1876 - dressmaker
Geo B jnr son born Delaware Jan 1878 - blacksmith <<<
Harry son born PA Jul 1881 - driver
Edward A son born PA Dec 1885 - mill hand
John son born PA Dec 1891
Lotta? daur born PA Apr 1894 [she is “Charollet” in 1910 so presumably Charlotte or a variant thereof]
Mary A daur born PA Apr 1896
Joe son born PA Aug 1897
Clara daur born PA Oct 1899

By 1910 they had moved to Chester, Burlington, New Jersey (no additional children).

[snow_angel]

Thanks, the woodland ave info looks like it could be right.  Maybe if I use the adjusted dates I can find more info.

Further research implies her name could be MaryAnn Dempster Tomlin.  So, the info re Geo Jr dying in Illinois could potentially be correct as well.  I have no info on him being in IL, so it's hard to know for sure.

[avm228]

They seem to be in Sorrel Horse, Pennsauken Township, Camden N.J. by 1915:

George Morris born PA Jul 1853 - farmer
Mary born PA Mar 1854
Edward born PA Dec 1886
Mary born PA Apr 1896
Joseph born PA Aug 1898
Clara born PA Oct 1899

Next household:

John Morris born PA Dec 1892 <<< their married son
Anna (wife) born NJ May 1893

Next household:

William Stinger born Jan 1876 PA
Bertha (wife) born Jun 1876 PA <<< their married daughter


Some of these dates are slightly different from those seen in 1900 but it seems to me to be the family.

[avm228]

Given the move to Pennsauken, NJ, this looks likely to be the correct grave for George B Morris snr (dates shown as 1854-1931):

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159544179