Descendants of Bertha Olive MAKINSON

My 2nd Great-Grandmother - Shawn M. J. Mann

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Husband: Thomas Lemuel MORRIS
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Married: 5 Feb 1902 Place: Halfway, Oregon
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Husband's father: Dr. Madison Brantley MORRIS
Husband's mother: Elizabeth LILLIBRIDGE
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Wife: Bertha Olive MAKINSON
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Born: 16 Aug 1884 Place: Pleasanton, Kansas
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Wife's father: William Curinton (Or Calvin) MAKINSON
Wife's mother: Minnie Adolphus SAMPLE
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Children
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1. Nadine Isabel MORRIS
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Spouse: Robert Earl CONNER
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2. Lester O. MORRIS
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Spouse: Virginia T. CHALK
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3. Riley Washington MORRIS
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M Born: 22 Feb 1923 Place: Richland, Oregon
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MilSvc: Place: WW II, Stationed In Germany
Died: 4 Dec 1979 Place: Pasto Nino, Columbia
Buried: Dec 1979 Place: Pasto Nino, Columbia
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Spouse: Irene LARSEN
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4. Nellie Ruth MORRIS
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Spouse: Lee J. MUNDEN
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5. Florence L. MORRIS
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F Born: 6 Nov 1902 Place: Richland, Oregon
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Died: 18 Oct 1903 Place: Infancy, Diptheria
Buried: Place: Richland Cemetary, Baker Co., Oregon
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6. Raymond C. MORRIS
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M Born: 10 May 1904 Place: Richland, Oregon
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Died: 5 Sep 1905 Place: Drowned
Buried: Place: Richland Cemetary, Baker Co., Oregon
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7. Ralph T. MORRIS
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M Born: 9 Feb 1906 Place: Oakland, California
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Died: 27 Jul 1923 Place: Richland, Oregon
Buried: Place: Richland Cemetary, Baker Co., Oregon
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8. Agnes L. MORRIS
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Spouse: Frank GAUSE
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9. Della V. MORRIS
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F Born: 28 Sep 1914 Place: Richland, Baker Co., Oregon
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Died: 3 Jan 2003 Place: St. Elizabeth Health Services - Aged 88 Years - Baker City, BC, Oregon
Buried: 7 Jan 2003 Place: Pine Haven Cemetery, Halfway Oregon
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Spouse: Vernon Edwin CURRY
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10.Alberta J. MORRIS
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F Born: 11 Jun 1912 Place: Alberta, Canada
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Died: 4 Mar 1979 Place: Bend, Oregon
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Spouse: Milton HANCY
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11.Robert L. MORRIS
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M Born: 29 Jun 1910 Place: Richland, Oregon
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Died: Place: Tacoma, Washington
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Spouse: Ella TITUS
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Notes:

WIFE - Bertha Olive MAKINSON
Reference to Bertha Olive BALDWIN on prayer card.

CHILD 2 - Lester O. MORRIS
Living in 2003, according to obituary of his sister, Della V.

"Survived by... a brother, Lester, and his wife, Naomi Morris, of Tacoma, Wash.; "

CHILD 3 - Riley Washington MORRIS
First Born son.
"Rather wild, reckless young fellow. He left home and went to Mexico and was never seen in Eagle Valley again. At the time Riley left, there had been a burglary in the mine office in Cornucopia. Three men broke into the office, stole the safe, and hauled it as far as Boulder Creek, where they blew it open. Two of them were Charley Carnahan of Pine Valley, and an Ashby from New Bridge. A Posse was hot on their trail and Ashby was soon captured. Carnahan was tracked to his remote cabin in the hills. His horse was in the corral so the Posse knew Charley must be inside. Repeated calls to surrender recieved no response. A hail of bullets was fired into the cabin and still no response. The Posse broke through the door with drawn guns, but there wasn't a trace of Charley inside. As they started to leave one member of the posse spied a trap door in the ceiling and started to climb the ladder leaning agains the wall. He was stopped by the rest of the Posse, "If Charley's up there he'll blow your head off". There was not a sound in reply to the Posse's demand to surrender so they fired a hail of bullets into the ceiling and still not a sound from the attic. Concluding there was no one up there the Posse started to leave... when plop plop plop... blood began dripping down and splattering on the floor. After threatening to pepper the ceiling with bullets again the wounded man tossed down his sixgun and came down the ladder.
Both Carnahan and Ashby served time in State Prison, the third man was never found. It was said by old-timers that Riley Morris had been the third man but he had gotten clean away. Ever after Carnahan walked with a limp. He always carried a six-gun on his hip... always muttering and scowling, "Smoke 'em out and bump 'em off". Hence his nickname "Bump 'em off Carnahan".
After Riley left, Lem was the only Morris left to carry on the family name.

CHILD 4 - Nellie Ruth MORRIS
Walla Walla Washington resident

CHILD 7 - Ralph T. MORRIS
Ralph was born in Oakland a few days around time of big San Fransisco earthquake.

CHILD 9 - Della V. MORRIS
OBITUARY: Della Viola (Morris) Curry, 2003; Baker county, Oregon
surname: Curry, Morris, Makinson, Schell, Clark, Rhea

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Della Curry

Della Viola Morris Curry, 88, of Halfway died Jan. 3, 2003, at St. Elizabeth Health Services.

Her funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Halfway. Interment will be at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. Friends are invited to join the family afterward for a reception at the Halfway LDS Church.

Della Viola Morris Curry was born on Sept. 28, 1914, at Richland to Thomas Lemuel Morris and Bertha Olive Makinson Morris.

Della was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She had a quick wit and a good sense of humor. No matter how dark the cloud, she knew there was always a silver lining. She loved to read, which was her hobby.

She was from pioneer stock. Her grandfather had the stage line stop at the bottom of the Halfway grade in Eagle Valley, and he was also the local doctor.

She was a professional cook for years. She then attended college where she earned a teaching degree while living at Guam and then Alaska. She also worked at the Hermiston Ordinance Depot during World War II doing her part for the home front. While living in Alaska she worked for the State of Alaska and for Harbor View Memorial Hospital at Valdez for five years.

She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She dearly loved the Lord and held various positions in the church throughout the years.

The American Poetry Society recognized Della as one of its accomplished poets. Her poems will be passed down from one generation to the next, because of the preciousness of her printed prose.

She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

"But she is where she can have peace, and we are so thankful for that
knowledge," family members said.

Survived include her sons and daughters-in-law, Roscoe and Sharlene Curry, of Spokane, Wash., John and Billie Curry of Halfway, and Jim and Edna Schell of Umatilla; daughters and sons-in-law, Louise and Dave Clark of Richland, and Vernona Rhea of Las Vegas, Nev.; a brother, Lester, and his wife, Naomi Morris, of Tacoma, Wash.; a sister, Nellie, and her husband, Lee, of Walla Walla, Wash.; and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great- grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Edwin Curry; two sons, Eddy and Bob Schell; and several brothers and sisters.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Halfway Senior Meal Site or to the Granite Peaks Building Fund through Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834.

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Prepared by:
Shawn Michael Joseph Mann
PO BOX 2100
Estacada, Oregon
97023
USA
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