Tombstone Tuesday: Irene Morris

Irene Ratner Morris married my great uncle Max Morris in 1920. She was the eldest child of Israel and Rebecca Ratner who emigrated from the Russian Empire in 1903 or 1904.[1]

Irene Morris gravestone, digital image, Distant Cousin.com (http://www.distantcousin.com : accessed 14 February 2008), Red Bank Hebrew Cemetery (Congregation Bnai Israel),  Tinton Falls, Monmouth County, NJ.

Chaye Ette daughter of Asher haLevi

 17 Iyar 5734

WIFE • MOTHER

IRENE E. MORRIS

JULY 15, 1902 • MAY 9, 1974 

Max and Irene had four children who lived to adulthood: Bernice (1922-1996), Muriel (1926-1962), Dr. Edwin (1928-1996) and Donald (1937-2010). In about 1929 the family left New York City for Red Bank, New Jersey where they lived out their lives.

 

Notes:
1. 1905 New York State census, New York County, New York, population schedule, Manhattan, Enumeration District 1, Assembly District 12, page 101, 185 Clinton Street, lines 3-7, Israel Ratner; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 November 2013), citing New York State Archives, Albany.
1910 U.S. census, New York County, New York, population schedule, Manhattan, Enumeration District 451, sheet 12B, dwelling 23, family 215, lines 94-100, Israel Ratner; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 November 2013), National Archives microfilm publication T624, roll 1019.