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The family of FRANK MORRIS and wife ELIZA, whose son Benjamin Morris married Josephina
Anna Peetz
FRANK MORRIS b. 1828 Germany m. Eliza b. 1831 Germany
1860 census of Vanderburgh County Indiana, Evansville showed
FRANK MORRIS 32 GER, ELIZA 29 GER, JOSEPHINE 10 OH, BENJAMIN 5 OH, HENRY 3 IL
Benjamin Franklin Morris b.July 1855 Ohio his parents born Germany d. Apr 25 1917
Josephina Anna Peetz b. June 1858 in Illinois her parents born Germany d. Nov 9 1915
Benjamin Franklin Morris married May 27 1875 Vanderburgh Co IN to
Josephina Anna (Annie) Peetz who was the daughter of Charles Peetz & Josephina Anna
Strasser (later divorced), And the granddaughter of Xavier Strasser & Anna Maria May.
1880 census of Evansville IN Vanderburgh county,
lists Benjamin F Morris as a merchant,
1900 census lists Benjamin as a woodcarver,
1910 he is the county constable.
Benjamin F and Josephina Anna (Annie) Morris children: 9 daughters
1.Rose P Morris born Jan 1877
2.Beatrice G Morris born Sept 12 1895 married Mr Arthur Morely moved to CA
3.Florence Morris born Sept 21 1898
4.Josephine Agnes Morris born Jan 10 1883 married Fred Henry Harnishfeger
5.Matilda J Morris b.Apr 2 1885 d. Aug 8 1974 Memorial Park Cemetery,
Married Mr Adolph Brizius d. Mar 14 1970 aged 86 WWII, demo politics, 313 Taft Ave.
6.Lorraine Morris b.Sept 1888 d. April 15 1974 Memorial Park
married
1st Mr Hugh S. Smith died Jan 22 1978 age 90, divorced, 2 children,
2nd Mr Arthur Stueve died Sept 3 1966 burial Oak Hill,
7.Mayme C Morris b.Dec 1878 married Mr Frank Maier,Evansville census 1910 moved to CA,
Mayme died Feb 7 1967 Burbank CA
8.Kathryn Morris born Sept 1892 married Richard J(Dick)Fabian he died Dec 20 1920 El Paso
TX he was son of Adam Fabian, Katherine & Richard had son Dick Fabian Jr
9.Gertrude M Morris b. Jan 1881 d.Apr 15 1913 516 Upper 6th St , tuberculosis aged 32 at
home of parents, she married May 15 1900 Guy Evert Prescott who is not living with family
1900 ,1910 The Prescott’s had a daughter Vetrice Prescott born 1902, Gertrude always lived
with her parents even after her marriage and birth of Vetrice.