Charles Morris

(Left) Charles Morris, New York City, prob. early 1890s. See full size.
(Right) Left to Right: Maggie Spillane, Charles Morris, Minnie Spillane, "Knight of Kerry's wood", Co.Kerry, 16th Mar 1891. See full size. On the back he has written "One happy day in my life".
Pictures courtesy of Morris Ryan.

Charles Morris, born 1867,
inherited substantial amount of money when his father died, "He was a wastrel who soon was out of money but did manage to live it up with world travel, women, gambling, and whatever." [his grandson Morris Engelke, senior],
still in Ireland as at 1891 [see photo above],
went to US before the rest of the family, pre-1892,
educ Yale, lasted only 2 yrs, did not graduate,
there is a family story that he was a friend of Theodore Roosevelt at Yale but this is impossible - Roosevelt was born 1858, and by 1881 (when Morris age 14), Roosevelt had already been educ (at Harvard and Columbia), had married, and had entered politics,

mar 1stly, poss. 1892, Chicago, Illinois,
to Nellie Ahern [of Co.Clare, born 1874, born in Co.Waterford, according to her daughter Eva's entry in [US census, 1920]],
she emig c.1890, passing through Ellis Island, "She often talked of the thrill of seeing the Statue of Liberty for the first time", was working as a cashier at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in New York City when they met,
had issue:

Eva Morris [Eva Marie],
Catholic, born 3rd Aug 1893, Chicago, "almost born on a Ferris wheel at the 1893 Worlds Fair in Chicago",
educ St. Mary's of the Wasatch Academy, Salt Lake City [Catholic convent girls school, it later moved in 1926 to this location, closed 1970, NOT this school],
would travel from Salt Lake City to Ely, Nevada, to see her father,
mar 17th Aug 1913, Ely, Nevada, to Charles Engelke and had issue.
Clare Morris, poss. Claire, born Chicago, would be c.1899,
died Seattle, WA, would be c.1905, age 6 yrs, of spinal meningitis,
bur Seattle.
(dau) Morris, born c.1902.

bartender in Chicago,
they first settled on N side of Chicago near Lincoln Park,
family moved West, took a stagecoach overland from Chicago to Butte, Montana, would be c.1900, stayed there for a few years,
moved to Seattle, WA, there as at 1904,
"The nomadic life coupled with probable infidelity resulted in Nellie leaving Charles and moving to Salt Lake City", Utah, there by c.1905,
divorced,
she mar 2ndly, Salt Lake City, to George Bates, no issue,

he moved to Ely, Nevada, by c.1909, businessman there as at 1914,
built the Capitol Club Saloon in Ely,
settled back in Chicago,
he mar 2ndly, pre-c.1923, Chicago, to Ann ---- ["Aunty Ann", Polish],
ran a speakeasy in the "Loop" area of Chicago,
they lived at 6533 Ellis Ave, Chicago,
he died 30th Oct 1928, Chicago, age 61 yrs,
bur Chicago, nr Indiana State boundary, huge cross.

Ann died 1950, Chicago.
Nellie died 1951, Salt Lake City, Utah, age 77 yrs, bur Salt Lake City.

Charles Morris, his wife Nellie Ahern, and their daughters Eva, Clare and (unknown).
Seattle, WA, Aug 1904. See full size.
Picture courtesy of Morris Ryan.

Eva Morris, c.1905, Salt Lake City.

Eva Morris, c.1908, Salt Lake City.

(Left) Eva Morris (age 17). (Right) Nellie Ahern and Eva Morris.
Salt Lake City, 1910.
Pictures courtesy of Morris Ryan.

Letterhead of one of Charles Morris' business ventures - the Sirrom-Yor mail order company, Ely, Nevada.
With a poem by him on it, "The Old Red Slippers that Daddy Wore", 11th Dec 1914. See full size.
Picture courtesy of Morris Ryan.

Eva Morris and her children Morris and Kathryn, on a visit to her father Charles, 6533 Ellis Ave, Chicago, c.1923.

Morris Engelke (age 12), and his grandfather Charles Morris (age 60), Chicago, 1927.

Nellie Ahern.

Aunty Ann, 1920s, back porch of their home in Chicago.

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