Difference between revisions of "MORRIS, Al"
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<span style="color:#006400">'''MORRIS, Albert Joshua'''</span> ( | <span style="color:#006400">'''MORRIS, Albert Joshua'''</span> (1879-1960)[SS#552-22-4007], born in Iowa, he had a 20-year career working on the ''[[Vaquero]]'' as chief engineer and later captain in the 1920s and 1930s for Vail & Vickers. According to Al's son, Claude Morris (1918-2010): | ||
: “Papa, while working on the Western Enterprise diesel engine in the ''Vaquero'' lost an eye. He was removing a yoke holding starting cylinder air valve that had an air pressure behind it because of a leaky main air valve. With the yoke removed he taped the valve which blew out and it smashed his eye against his nose. He wore a glass eye the rest of his life.” | : “Papa, while working on the Western Enterprise diesel engine in the ''Vaquero'' lost an eye. He was removing a yoke holding starting cylinder air valve that had an air pressure behind it because of a leaky main air valve. With the yoke removed he taped the valve which blew out and it smashed his eye against his nose. He wore a glass eye the rest of his life.” | ||
Albert J. Morris = | Albert J. Morris = Mildred Grace Morris | ||
* Harold Morris | * Harold Morris | ||
* Donald Morris | * Donald Morris | ||
* David Morris ~ worked many seasons on the ''Vaquero'' | * David Morris ~ worked many seasons on the ''Vaquero'' | ||
* Lyford Merril Morris (1915-1979) [SS#549-14-7644 ] | * Lyford Merril Morris (1915-1979) [SS#549-14-7644] = Louise F. Widrin | ||
* Claude Morris (1918-2010) | * Claude Russell Morris (1918-2010) | ||
:: * Peter Morris | :: * Peter Morris | ||
:: * Kenneth Morris | :: * Kenneth Morris | ||
Revision as of 02:52, 7 January 2016
MORRIS, Albert Joshua (1879-1960)[SS#552-22-4007], born in Iowa, he had a 20-year career working on the Vaquero as chief engineer and later captain in the 1920s and 1930s for Vail & Vickers. According to Al's son, Claude Morris (1918-2010):
- “Papa, while working on the Western Enterprise diesel engine in the Vaquero lost an eye. He was removing a yoke holding starting cylinder air valve that had an air pressure behind it because of a leaky main air valve. With the yoke removed he taped the valve which blew out and it smashed his eye against his nose. He wore a glass eye the rest of his life.”
Albert J. Morris = Mildred Grace Morris
- Harold Morris
- Donald Morris
- David Morris ~ worked many seasons on the Vaquero
- Lyford Merril Morris (1915-1979) [SS#549-14-7644] = Louise F. Widrin
- Claude Russell Morris (1918-2010)
- * Peter Morris
- * Kenneth Morris
