Henry Morse

(6 September 1822 - 1894)
Pedigree - three generations
Date this page was last edited=7 Jul 2014
From Alonzo Josselyn's photo album. Notation by Edgar Josselyn: "Uncle Henry." Probably Henry Morse.
Henry Morse was born on 6 September 1822 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.1,2 He was the son of Harford Morse and Lucy Gay.

Henry Morse appeared on the census of 12 August 1850 at Roxbury, Massachusetts, in the household of his mother.3 He was a painter according to the August 1850 census.3 He lived in 1852 at 30 Warren Street, near Washington Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts, according to a 1852 Roxbury directory.4

Henry Morse appeared on the census of 26 June 1860 at Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the household of his mother.5 He was a policeman according to the 1860 census.5

Henry Morse appeared on the census of 31 August 1870 at Boston Highlands, Massachusetts, in the household of his mother.6 He was a police officer according to the August 1870 census.6

Henry Morse appeared on the census of 3 June 1880 at 30 Warren Street, Boston, Massachusetts, where he was described as single and a police officer.7 Henry Morse signed a letter to Edgar A. Josselyn in Europe, dated 14 August 1887, sending kind regards and best wishes.8

Henry Morse died in 1894.9 He was buried on 20 September 1894 in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.9,10,11

Citations

  1. [S405] Morse, Memorial of the Morses, 13.
  2. [S432] Gravestone inscriptions, Lot 2918, Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, original proprietor Henry Morse, year of birth only.
  3. [S444] Lucy Morse household, 1850 U.S. census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Roxbury.
  4. [S466] Adams, Roxbury Directory, 1852, 77.
  5. [S448] Lucy Morse household, 1860 U.S. census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Roxbury Ward 1.
  6. [S443] Lucy Morse household, 1870 U.S. census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Boston Ward 13, Sub Div 133.
  7. [S437] Henry Morse household, 1880 U.S. census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Boston, enumeration district 744.
  8. [S475] Letter, Margaret C. Schoules[?] et al to Edgar A. Josselyn, 14 August 1887.
  9. [S432] Gravestone inscriptions, Lot 2918, Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, original proprietor Henry Morse.
  10. [S434] Record of the Henry Morse plot, Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
  11. [S872] Find A Grave memorial page for Henry Morse (1822 - 1894).

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