MORRIS, Al

Albert Joshua Morris

Claude Morris

MORRIS, Albert Joshua (1879-1960)[SS#552-22-4007], born in California, 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 Joshua Morris (1879-1960) = Grace Mildred Roberts Morris (1882-1980)

1. Hazel A. Morris (1902-1968)

2. Harold Arthur Morris (1904-1973)

3. David Robert Morris (1908-2003) ~ worked many seasons on the Vaquero

4. Donald Walter Morris (1910-1999)

5. Lucille R. Morris (1912-1996)

6. Lyford Merril Morris (1915-1979) [SS#549-14-7644] = Louise F. Widrin

7. Claude Russell Morris (1918-2010) = Frances E. Horton

* Peter Morris

* Kenneth Morris

Al Morris kept the Vaquero Logbooks in the 1930s, three of which have survived and been transcribed. Each is 100 pages, hand-written daily. Vaquero Logbooks

• October 1, 1932-January 19, 1934
• January 26, 1934-, August 24,1935
• September 3, 1935- April 8, 1937