MORRIS, Al

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