Cramer Bismarck Morris was born 20 Aug 1871 in Riley, KS to John Milton Morris (1826-19130 and Helen Ann Minerva Millson (1832-1911).
I found this wanted poster for Cramer in the Tulare County, CA Sheriff records on Ancestry.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30787783/c_b_morris/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30787952/c_b_morris/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30787995/c_b_morris/
Cramer went to Michigan University in Ann Arbor and graduated as a Lawyer.
California, Occupational Licenses, Registers, and Directories, 1876-1969 for Cramer Bismarck Morris
Attorneys Supreme Court Rolls Roll of Attorneys/Supreme Court California, Volume 2
He was married on 10 Jan 1898 in Colton, CA to Frona Evelyn Brooks (1878-1958).
They had 2 sons:
Vernon Brook Morris 1902-1992
John Brooks Morris 1904-1960
Cramer simply disappears never to be heard from again. I checked passenger lists thinking that maybe he left the country, I did find this records but I am not sure it was him.
Name: C B Morris
Arrival Date: 8 Dec 1913
Port of Arrival: San Francisco, California
Ship Name: Logan
Port of Departure: Manila, Philippines
I did not find a record for when this person would of departed.
Since he was a lawyer I would bet he changed his name, he was in contact with criminals through his business and would of learned all the criminal aspects of that world. I found one record for San Quentin Prison and it's not him.
NAME: C Morris
RECORD DATE: 8 Aug 1889
PLACE OF CRIME: California, USA
INSTITUTION PLACE: San Quentin, Marin, California, USA
PRISONER NUMBER: 12774
PHOTO AVAILABLE?: Y
Here's an interesting case of Cramer's
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30797492/cramer_morris/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30797492/cramer_morris/
1910 his wife seeks a divorce and it was rumoured that Cramer was in Seattle, WA. Was he using and Alias?
So after I saw this I checked the Washington online digital records for state prison. Came up empty.
Then my leads go cold and I find only a summons in 1910.
I found this wanted poster for Cramer in the Tulare County, CA Sheriff records on Ancestry.
This lead me to these newspaper articles.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30787952/c_b_morris/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30787995/c_b_morris/
Cramer went to Michigan University in Ann Arbor and graduated as a Lawyer.
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| California, Occupational Licenses, Registers, and Directories, 1876-1969 for Cramer Bismarck Morris |
California, Occupational Licenses, Registers, and Directories, 1876-1969 for Cramer Bismarck Morris
Attorneys Supreme Court Rolls Roll of Attorneys/Supreme Court California, Volume 2
He was married on 10 Jan 1898 in Colton, CA to Frona Evelyn Brooks (1878-1958).
They had 2 sons:
Vernon Brook Morris 1902-1992
John Brooks Morris 1904-1960
Cramer simply disappears never to be heard from again. I checked passenger lists thinking that maybe he left the country, I did find this records but I am not sure it was him.
Name: C B Morris
Arrival Date: 8 Dec 1913
Port of Arrival: San Francisco, California
Ship Name: Logan
Port of Departure: Manila, Philippines
I did not find a record for when this person would of departed.
Since he was a lawyer I would bet he changed his name, he was in contact with criminals through his business and would of learned all the criminal aspects of that world. I found one record for San Quentin Prison and it's not him.
NAME: C Morris
RECORD DATE: 8 Aug 1889
PLACE OF CRIME: California, USA
INSTITUTION PLACE: San Quentin, Marin, California, USA
PRISONER NUMBER: 12774
PHOTO AVAILABLE?: Y
Here's an interesting case of Cramer's
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30797492/cramer_morris/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30797492/cramer_morris/
1910 his wife seeks a divorce and it was rumoured that Cramer was in Seattle, WA. Was he using and Alias?
So after I saw this I checked the Washington online digital records for state prison. Came up empty.
Then my leads go cold and I find only a summons in 1910.
Fronia went to lived with her parents in Los Angeles, CA Until 1930 when her last name changes to Hain but is listed as a widow.
This was the end of the Trail. Although both son's married Veron 3 times and John once, there were no clues they ever saw their father again.
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