These files explore the genealogy of my son-in-law Nathan Morris.

• Generation 1: Thomas Mason Morris (c1790-1833) of Loudoun County, Virginia is his earliest identifiable ancestor.  His second wife was Nancy Hesser, by whom he had three children

  • Loudoun County Morris records — a chronological compilation of the records from which the report was drawn.
  • A Family Bible of Thomas Morris handed down within his son’s family that lists the names and birth dates of his three children by his last wife Nancy Hesser.
  • Exploring the origins of Thomas Mason Morris.

• Generation 2: Thomas William Morris (1831-1907) who was married to Mary Thorla and had five children

  • Some detail on the 92nd Regiment of Ohio Infantry, in which Thomas William Morris served as a Captain until being wounded and pensioned.
• Generation 3: Granville Morris (1854 – 1928) who had two children by his first wife Emma Jane Humphries.
• Generation 4: Guy Eugene Morris (1884 – 1954) who was married to May Seifert
• Generation 5: Carlos Seifert Morris (1912 – 2003)  who was married to Ava Evangeline Sheridan.

Related Families

Seifert – Palmer – Blaney

These papers explore the genealogy of May Seifert, wife of Guy Eugene Morris.

• A paper on the family and background of Karl Seifert, May Seifert’s father.
• Karl Seifert’s wife was Luisa Guadalupe Palmer, daughter of Frederick Orlando Palmer (1844-1919) and Rosa Bodmer, daughter of Edward Bodmer and Rosa Maria Valenzuela
• Frederick O. Palmer was the youngest of six children of Walter Palmer (1800-1882)  and his wife Mary Blaney, daughter of Pearce Blaney (1769-1854).   The Palmer family  left England in the early 1850s and the children settled variously in Canada, Mexico, and all over the United States.