William H. Morris, b: ~1816 34y North of England, of Lancashire, England [1850 RI Providence, Providence W6 393 34y North of England trader - 1860? - 1870? - 1880?]
sp. Elizabeth Unknown, b: ~1817 33y North of England
John Fielding Morris, b: 7-20-1840 Blackburn, England - 9y, 19y, 26y RI, 39y England, 7-1840 59y England, d: 2-18-1907 @ 66y Arlington, MA (RIDI) [1860 RI Providence, Providence W4 91 19y England moulder, residing in mlaw's boarding house - 1870 RI Providence, Providence W7 pg 20 29y RI moulder - 1880 RI Providence, Providence ED 21 354b 39y England England/England Moulder - 1900 RI Providence > Cranston > District 121 7-1840 59y England news dealer]
sp. Elizabeth Arvilla Millard on 8-2-1866 Providence, RI - m. 33y 2/2, , b: 8-1-1846 Providence, RI - 4y, 14y, 24y RI, 33y RI MA/NY, 8-1846 53y RI MA/NY, d: 8-16-1928 @ 82y Medford, MA (RIDI) [1910? 1920?]
(daughter of James M. Millard, b: ~1814 36y MA "of Boston, MA" and Laura Boyd Taylor "of Saratoga, NY", b: 1817 - 25y, 38y, 48y, 58y NY, d: 1894) ["James R." 1850 RI Providence, Providence W3 189 36y MA cigar maker wife Laura M. - "Laura B" 1860 RI Providence, Providence W4 91 38y NY boading house, no husband listed - "Laura B" 1870 RI Providence, Providence W2 291 48y NY boarding house - "Nora B" 1880 RI Providence, Providence D19 318 58y NY boarding house]
Laura E. Morris, b: ~1868 2y, 12y RI, 27y RI MA/NY 1880 with mother, 4-1868 32y RI, married Charles H. Oates, b: ~1852 28y RI
Frank Henry Morris, b: 6-15-1870 Providence, RI (RIBI) - 9y RI, 6-1870 29y RI England/RI, 39y, 49y, 59y RI England/RI, d: 3-17-1952 Arlington, MA [1900 MA Middlesex > Somerville Ward 5 > District 946 6-1870 29y RI England/RI Civil Eng. - 1910 MA Middlesex Somerville ED1006 W5 54a 39y RI England/RI civil eng. highway - 1920 RI Providence, Providence W5 ED 434 7a 49y RI England/RI Civil Engineer - 1930 MA Middlesex Somerville 59y RI England/RI Civil Engineer]
* sp. Mary Elizabeth May on 11-26-1896 Providence, RI - m. 3y 2/2, m. 14y 3/3, b: 8-17-1872 New York, NY - 8-1872 27y, 37y NY Canada/Ireland, 47y NY NS/Ireland, 57y NY Canada/Ireland, d: 12-18-1944 Arlington, MA
(daughter of John Gideon May [b: 1845 Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, d: 10-08-1922 Providence, RI] and Mary Ann McCarthy [b: 1845 Ireland, d: 2-2-1924 Somerville, MA])
Mary Elizabeth Morris, b: 8-19-1897 Providence, RI - 8-1897 2y, 13y, 22y RI, d: 12-16-1980 Melrose, MA, married Horace Hillis
Dorothy Romanis Morris, b: 3-31-1899 Roxbury, MA - 3-1899 1y, 11y, 20y, 30y MA RI/RI, d: 10-03-1955 in_and buried in Arlington, MA
sp. Walter Scott Trask Sr. on 12-25-1919 Somerville, MA, m. @ 20y, b: 2-8-1888, Renwick, Humbolt Co., IA - 12y, 23y, 28y, 35y IA NY/NY, d: 9-25-1952 Box 108 Midway, South Fayette Twp., Allegheny Co., PA, Bur. Union Dale #3 Pittsburgh, PA, with 3rd wife, dc #015972, SS#198 18 8820 [1920 OH Wayne Twp. Knox Co. 28y IA, 95 Main Street, grain elevator manager - "Nash" 1930 MA Middlesex Co., Medford, 68 Wareham St., 35y IA NY/NY Manager Grocery]
(son of Lorenzo Harrison Trask [b: 4-14-1844 Hopkinton, St. Lawrence Co., NY, d: 3-19-1926 Charles City, Floyd Co., IA] and 2nd Phoebe Hamitt Barrett on 10-5-1872 [b: 12-3-1856 Elmira, Chemung Co., NY, d: 8-1-1911 Blunt, Hughes Co., SD])
* note; Walter 1st married Jessie Faye Boomer, Faye B., on 1-1-1910 in Rapid City, Pennington Co., SD, b: 7-19-1891 Delhi, Delaware co., IA, d: 2-1983 (57401) Aberdeen, Brown, SD
* Harlan Irwin Trask, b: 12-18-1911 (twin) Blunt, Hughes Co., SD, d: 12-24-1954 Rapid City, Pennington Co., SD, buried in Rapid City, SD
* Harold Edwin Trask, b: 12-18-1911 (twin) Blunt, Hughes Co., SD, d: 6-4-1974 Rapid City, buried in Black Hills National Cemetary
* Kenneth Allen Trask, Senator, b: 12-11-1914 Oakes, Dickey Co., ND, d: 8-1975 Custer, Custer Co., SD
* Annie Laurie Trask, b: 9-16-1918 Interior, Jackson Co., SD
Walter Scott Trask Jr., b: 10-25-1920 Fredericktown, OH, d: 07-06-1977 Woburn, MA, buried Morris Family plot, Arlington, MA
sp. Rosemary Agnes O'Connor on 7-17-1943 Camp Landers, Jacksonville, FL (Walter's "Boot Camp"), b: 07-13-1924 Cambridge, MA
(daughter of Charles Frances O'Connor Sr. [b: 2-11-1893 Chelsea, MA, d: 10-17-1957 Cambridge, MA and Rose Agnes McCormick in ~1922 m. @ 25y [b: 12-7-1897 Cambridge, MA, d: 1-29-1978 Cambridge, MA])
Robert W. Trask
Gail R. Trask
Patricia M. Trask
John Stuart Morris, b: 6-23-1903 - 6y, 16y, 26y MA office manager, d: 9-23-1968
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(l to r) Dorothy R. (Morris) Trask Mary E. (May) Morris "Ma" John Stuart Morris Frank H. Morris "Pa" Elizabeth (Morris) Hillis |
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my father, Walter S. Trask, Jr. his mother, Dorothy R. (Morris) Trask her father, "Pa" Morris and me, Robert W. Trask |

William May, Isle of Guernsey, England
sp. Elizabeth Carmichael
John Gideon May, b: 1848 Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada - 32y NS Canada, 5-1852 48y Canada, 59y NS, 74y NS, immigrated 1866, d: 10-8-1922 Providence, RI [1870? - 1880 RI Providence, Providence 228b 117 Lane St. 32y NS Canada carpenter - 1900 RI Providence > Providence Ward 1 > District 5 5-1852 48y Canada carpenter, imm. 1865 - 1910 RI Providence, Providence ED150 68b 59y NS contractor, house immigrated 1866 - 1920 RI Providence, Providence Ward 1 2a 74y NS]
sp. Mary Ann McCarthy in ~1870 m. 30y 8/8, b: 1845 Ireland - 30y NY Ireland/Ireland, 4-1854 46y, 56y, 63y Ireland, d: 2-2-1924 Somerville, MA
Mary Eliszabeth May, b: 8-17-1872 New York, NY - 7y NY, 47y NY NS/Ireland, d: 12-18-1944 Arlington, MA
* sp. Frank Henry Morris on 11-26-1896 Providence, RI, b: 6-15-1870 Providence, RI, d: 3-17-1952 Arlington, MA
Ida Eleonor May, b: 1-3-1875 - 5y, 1-1878 22y, 34y RI, d: 10-12-1966, married James J. McGrath in 1901 m. 9y 4/4, b: ~1874 36y Ireland - parents of James Howard McGrath, b: ~1904 6y RI - Govenor of RI [1910 RI Providence, Providence ED150 68b 34y RI + family - next to father]
Maude A. May, b: ~1876 4y, 4-1880 20y RI, married Hugh F. Carroll
Harry G. May, b: 1879 - 2m RI, d: @6m
[1880 Hallie McCarthy 18y NY sister inlaw with them]
Arthur Leo May, b: 3-29-1882 (WWI Draft Reg., names w.~3-1882 18y, 28y RI NS/NY, married Flora Bell Cate in 1904 m. 6y 0/0, b: ~1882 28y NH NH/NH, d: 10-19-1964 Providence, RI [1910 RI Providence, Providence ED150 68b 28y RI NS/NY house painter next to father]
Laura May, b: ~2-1885 15y, 26y RI, married William G. Congdon
Nellie F. May, b: 1887, d: @4d
Lillian A. May, b: ~3-1887 13y 23y RI, married John Brady
John S. or John Louis May, b: 12-7-1888 (WWI Draft Reg) ~12-1888 11y, 21y RI carpenter, 42y RI, d: 6-1944 @ 55y, [1920 RI Providence, Providence Ward 1 2a 42y RI Blacksmith + Veronica Trask "sister" b: ~1880 40y teacher
Howard A. May, b: 5-29-1892 Providence, RI (WWI Draft Reg.) - 5-1891 9y, 18y RI, d: 1942, married Marion Nickerson
Christopher O'Connor, residing Ireland
sp. Bridget Unknown, residing Ireland
Lawrence P. O'Connor 1st m, b: ~1831 @ 33y, 38y 1870, 2-1835 65y Ireland [1870 MA Suffolk Chelsea 123 65y Ireland laborer, 38y Ireland - 1886 + 1888 200 Poplar St., Chelsea, MA 1892 + 1904 Hillside Av. Revere - 1911 11 Nahant Av. Revere - 1900 MA Suffolk > Revere > District 1574 > 7 71 Hillside Av. 2-1835 65y Ireland, 34y 2/2 Imm 1858 - 1910 MA Suffolk > Revere > District 1682 > 22 76y Ireland Wd.
sp. Mary L. O'Connor on 1-19-1864 Chelsea, MA (MC names parents), m. 34y 2/2, 1st m, b: ~1839 @ 25y, b: ~1838 38y, 62y Ireland Imm. 1850, d: 8-28-1908 @ 70y Revere, MA
(daughter of Finton or Fenton O'Connor (b: ~1805 53y Ireland, d: 3-21-1873 @ 72y Chelsea, MA son of Finton and Anna Unknown (D.C.)) and Elizabeth Unknown (b: ~1805 53y Ireland)) [ Finton res. 1866 63 Williams St., Chelsea, MA - Fenton 1860 MA Suffolk Chelsea 713 53y Ireland Laborer + Elizabeth 53y, Ireland, + Anna 35y, + Mary 24y, + Sarah 22y, + Fenton Jr. 20y Ireland Typecaster, d: 12-20 1868 @ 28y Chelsea, MA + John 18y Ireland cabinet maker [1870?] - Fenton 1870 MA Suffolk Chelsea 123 65y Ireland laborer, residing with son in law Laurence - 1872 200 Poplar St. Chelsea, MA - 1878 Mrs. Fenton 200 Polar St. Chelsea, MA]
Ann O'Connor, b: ~ 1868 2y MA Ireland/Ireland
Fenton Aloysius O'Connor, b: 6-9-1875 Chelsea, MA or 6-1-1876 MA ~6-1874 25y, 35y MA Ireland/Ireland (WWI Draft. Reg 1917 res. Attleboro, MA) - 1906 Physician 11 Wollaton Av., Arlington, MA
sp. Jennibelle O'Neil on 4-8-1904 @ 35y, b: ~1871 Bath, ME
(daughter of James O'Neil and Hannah M. Stacy)
Sarah O'Connor, b: ~2-1882 18y, 27y MA Ireland/Ireland
Christopher O'Connor, b: ~9-1846 23y, 33y, 53y Ireland, , m1 @ 28y currier, m2 @ 40y fireman, d: 4-25-1908 @ 58y "Locomotor Ataxia" at 150 Charles St., Cambridge, MA, widower, oil mixer (DC) [1870 MA Suffolk Chelsea 123 23y Ireland, currier with b. Lawrence - 1880 MA Middlesex Co., North Cambridge ED445 pg26b 263 Read St. 33y Ireland, works in currier shop - 1892 oil worker 132 Ash St, Chelsea - 1900 MA Middlesex Co., Cambridge ED 700 W3 143a 150 Charles St. 53y Ireland, cooper, widow]
[immigrated 11-27-1866 on the ship Bosphorus. Nat. on 11-4-1870 USCC Boston, MA, b: 5-1847 Ireland
(1)sp. Margaret Jeanie Collins, Jennie on 6-7-1876 Chelsea, MA (MC names parents), m1 @ 21y, b: ~1853 Waltham, MA - 25y MA Ireland/Ireland, d: 10-4-1882 @ 27y Chelsea, MA
(daughter of Patrick Collins 1860? - 1870?)
George Patrick O'Connor, b: 4-7-1877 Cambridge, MA (BC names parents) (WWI Reg. wife Anna, residing 13 Palermo St) 3y MA, 4-1877 23y MA Ireland/MA, 33y MA Ireland/Ireland, 42y, 52y MA Ireland/MA, d: <1940 [1910 MA Middlesex Co., Cambridge ED 743 W1 P2 36a 150 Charles St. 33y MA Ireland/Ireland - 1920 MA Middlesex Co., Cambridge W3 P2 ED36 5b 13 Palermo St. 42y MA Ireland/MA foreman oil Co. - 1930 MA Middlesex Co., Somerville ED9-423 W2 5b 11c Oak St. 52y MA Ireland/MA foreman oil Co.]
sp. Anna Unknown, b: ~1889 32y, 41y PA Germany/PA
George W. O'Connor, b: ~1923 7y MA MA/PA - George W. O'Connor, b: 11-13-1924, res. 118 Prospect St, Reading, MA, d: 9-3-2007 Reading, Middlesex, MA
sp. Catherine V. Unknown, b: 11-7-1924, d: 2-10-2001 Methuen, MA
George W. O'Connor Jr., b: 5-22-1958, res. 24 Houston Ave, Methuen, MA, Washington Grove, MD
sp. Carolyn M. Brunie, b: 1-5-1962
John Joseph O'Connor, b: 3-19-1962
Anna O'Connor, b ~1926 4 7/12 CT MA/PA
Florance Gertrude O'Connor, b: 9-7-1880 Chelsea, MA (BC) - 19y MA Ireland/MA, married @ 29y Frederick William Schifferdecker @ 28y on 6-30-1909 Boston, MA (MC)
William C. O'Connor, b: 9-17-1882 Chelsea, MA (BC), d: 1-8-1883 @ 3m 23d Chelsea, MA
(2)sp. Catharine E. Kearns, Kate on 11-23-1887 Chelsea, MA (MC names parents), m1 @ 25y, b: ~1858 22y St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada, d: <1900
(daughter of Robert Kearns, b: ~1840 40y NB, Canada and Mary Unknown, b: ~1840 40y NB, Canada) [1870? - "Kearns" 1880 MA Suffolk Chelsea D788 4d 40y New Brunswick, Canada ship carpenter
Agnes Teeresa O'Connor, b: 8-26-1888 132 Ash St., Chelsea, MA (BC) - 11y, 21y MA Ireland/MA, d: 3-19-1915 Boston, MA, married @ 24y George Federick Burckhart @ 29y on 4-30-1914 Cambridge, MA (MC)
Charles Francis O'Connor Sr., "Charlie", b: 2-11-1890 132 Ash St., Chelsea, MA (BC) (WWI Reg. residing 13 Palermo St with b.) - 2-1890 10y MA Ireland/New Brunswick, 20y MA Ireland/Canada, 29y MA, 40y MA MA/NS, d: 10-17-1957 Cambridge, MA [1910 MA Middlesex Co., Cambridge ED 743 W1 P2 36a 150 Charles St. (with b.) 20y MA Ireland/Canada wire works - "Charlie" 1920 MA Middlesex Co., Cambridge W3 P2 ED36 5b 13 Palermo St. 29y MA (listed as son) fireman - 1930 MA Middlesex Co., Cambridge, 85 Innman St. 40y MA MA/NS fireman]
sp. Rose Agnes McCormick in ~1922 m. @ 25y, b: 12-7-1897 Cambridge, MA - 13y, 23y, 33y MA MA/MA, d: 1-29-1978 Cambridge, MA
(daughter of James E. McCormick Jr. [b: ~1858 13y, 22y, 52y MA Ireland/Ireland, 62y MA MA/MA] and Nora Flynn in ~1889 m. @28y 7/6 [b: ~1861 49y MA Ireland/MA, d: <1920) [1870 MA Middlesex Co., Cambridge W5 704 13y MA Ireland/Ireland - 1880 MA Middlesex Co., Cambridge ED439 114d 22y MA wood caver - 1910 MA Middlesex Co., Cambridge ED1932 W4 29a 10 Portland 52y MA Ireland/Ireland, merchant grocer - 1920 MA Middlesex Co., Cambridge ED88 W7 232 6 Standish St corner of Charles St, 62y MA MA/MA, widow, grocery store manager
Charles Francis O'Connor Jr., b: 7-14-1923 Cambridge, MA ~1924 6y MA, PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II, d: 7-5-1996 Randolph, MA - Chestnut Hill, Middlesex, MA, bur. Section 10 Site 624 Massachusetts National Cemetery Connery Avenue Bourne, MA
Rosemary Agnes O'Connor, b: 7-13-1924 Cambridge, MA - 5y MA
Margory O'Connor, b: ~1926 3 6/12y MA
Francis L. O'Connor, b: 1894, d: @ 1d 12-19-1894 Boston, MA
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Deputy Chief Cambridge Fire Department ![]() born: 2-11-1890 Chelsea, MA died: 10-17-1957 Cambridge, MA |
![]() "Abe", "Morris" and ??? at the Inman Street Fire Station |
Owen Mccormack, married Ann Mcdermott on 9-12-1856 Boston, MA (M.R. his b: ~1832 24y Ireland f. Daniel, her b: ~1836 20y Ireland f. Timothy)
James McCormick, b: 7-3-1857 Boston, MA (B.R.s/o Owen Mccormick, Ann)
James McCormick, b: ~7-1857 Charlestown, MA - 42y, 52y MA Ireland/Ireland, 62y MA MA/MA, 73y MA Ireland/Ireland [1900 MA Middlesex > Cambridge Ward 4 > District 708 > 37 7-1857 42y MA grocer 16a Portland St. - 1910 MA Middlesex > Cambridge Ward 6 > District 1932 > 35 16 Portland st. 52y MA Ireland/Ireland, merchant grocer - 1920 MA Middlesex > Cambridge Ward 9 > District 88 > 15 6 Standish St., corner of Charles St, 62y MA MA/MA, widow, grocery store manager 364 Huron Av. - 1930 MA Middlesex > Cambridge > District 62 > 17 73y MA Ireland/Ireland Wd. Manager Grocery Co.
sp. Nora Flynn on 10-10-1881 @ 20y Cambridge, MA (M.R. he 24y s/o Michael + Bridget, Saloo keeper, b: Charlestown, MA, she b: @20y Boston d/o Michael + Mary) m 18y 6/5 m. @28y 7/6 b: ~3-1862 37y MA MA/Ireland 49y MA Ireland/MA, d: <1920
Rose McCormick, b: 10-2-1882 Cambridge, MA (B.R. James b: Boston, Saloon keeper, Norah b: Boston)
Mary T. McCormick, b: 5-9-1885 Cambridge, MA (B.R. James b: Cambridge, liqure dealer, Norah b: Boston) ~5-1884 15y, 24y MA
Anna E. McCormick Annie, b: 9-20-1886 Cambridge, MA (B.R. James b: Charlestown, Saloon keeper, Nora b: Boston) ~8-1886 13y, 23y MA
Julia McCormick, b: 10-2-1892 Cambridge, MA (B.R. James, Grocer, Nora Flynn b: NY) ~10-1892 7y, 18y, 27y MA
Rose McCormick, b: 11-7-1896 Cambridge, MA (B.R. James, Grocer, Annie Flynn both Cambridge) ~12-1896 3y, 13y, 23y MA
James Edward McCormick, b: 10-12-1899 Cambridge, MA (B.R. James b: Charlestown, Grocer, Nora b: NY, 16 Portland) ~10-1899 7/12y, 10y, 20y MA (WWI Draft Reg. b: 10-12-1899, res. 6 Standish, Cambridge, MA 1919)
John McCormick, b: 7-3-1905 Cambridge, MA (B.R. James, Grocer, Nora Flynn both Boston, 16 Portland) ~1906 4y, 14y, 24y MA
Michael Flynn, b: ~1836 Ireland, d: 6-5-1870 @ 35y Boston, MA (D.R. b: 1835 Ireland, parents: James, Honora) [1870 MA Middlesex > Cambridge Ward 2 > 232 34y Ireland Hack driver
sp. Julia J. Mckenney on 8-1-1857 Boston, MA (M.R. his f. James, her f. Timothy) - b: ~1835 35y, Wd. 47y, Wd. ~12-1835 64y MA Ireland/Ireland [1880 MA Middlesex > Cambridge > District 430 > 4 Broadway - 1900 MA Middlesex > Cambridge Ward 2 > District 690 > 26 wd. 5/5 Chinny St
James Flynn, b: ~1858, d: 8-26-1859 Boston, MA
Catharine Flynn, Katie, b: 10-2-1859 Boston, MA (B.R. Michael Flynn, Julia) - 11y, 19y MA, married John Mcneil on 9-8-1888 Boston, MA, married Edward O Montaque on 5-29-1891 Boston, MA
Honora Flynn, Nora, b: 3-11-1861 Boston, MA (B.R. Michael Flynn, Julia) - 9y, 18y MA
Julia Flynn, Julie, b: 5-18-1863 Boston, MA (B.R. Michael Flynn, Julia) - 7y, 16y MA
Mary Maddina Flynn, b: 3-13-1865 Boston, MA (B.R. Michael Flynn, Julia) - 5y, 14y MA, Mary Porter D. ~3-1866 34y MA, married William Porter on 5-3-1893 Cambridge, MA, married Patrick Fitzmaurice on 6-13-1906 Boston, MA
Michael Flynn, b: ~1867 Boston, MA (B.R. Michael Flynn, Julia), d: 2-1-1867 Boston, MA (D.R. Michael Flynn, Julia)
Michael H. Flynn, b: 1-15-1869 Boston, MA (B.R. Michael Flynn, Julia) - 1y, 13y MA, d: 3-22-1909 Cambridge, MA (D.R. Michael Flynn, Julia Kenney)
sp. Hannah Elizabeth Jenness on 6-3-1895 Cambridge, MA
(daughter of William H. Jenness and Margaret J. Luney)

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