Bert Morrison
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|---------William MORRISON (1805, Ireland - 1879, Ireland)
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|------James MORRISON (1841, Ireland - 1912, Iowa)
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| |---------Mary Jane THOMPSON (1807, Ireland - 1879, Ireland)
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Albert Raymond ``Bert'' MORRISON (1894, Iowa - 1952, Iowa)
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| |---------Andrew TROGER ( - 1891, Iowa)
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|------Rose Ann ``Rosa'' TROGER (1855, Iowa - 1903, Iowa)
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|---------Catherine MACHT (1826, Germany - 1911, Iowa)
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Bert had two years of classes at the University of Iowa before he entered the service. He served almost a year in France in WW I. According to a letter written by his sister Alice, Bert ``had a difficult time to find himself when he came back, but finally ended up in Chicago.''
He sometimes lived with his brother Morley and sister Sadie while he worked in Chicago. After he retired due to ill health, and a bad heart, he returned to North English and lived with his brother Charles for 3 and a half years. He was never married.
When he died, Bert still owned 40 acres of the old James Morrison (his father's) farmstead, which was the last of that farm to still be held in the Morrison family. At Bert's death the farm was being rented by Vesta Fancher, who was married to Mary Ethel Gilchrist (a relative of Mary Etta Scott).
Bert's niece Charlene (Morrison) Hedrick remembers: Evelyn and I adored our Uncle Bert and he us. We visited Chicago in 1933 to spend time with our Aunts and Uncles and visit the World's Fair. Evelyn, Uncle Bert, and I all had red hair. He loved to escort us places, and people would think we were his daughters. He spent his two week summer vacations at our house.
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