Mary Edith Morrison1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 19024, (1880 - 1913)
FatherHenry D. Morrison2,4,5 (Nov 1843 - 28 Dec 1900)
MotherMary Naomi Ridgeway2,6,7 (May 1843 - 26 Jan 1901)

Key Events:

Birth: 1 Feb 1880, La Porte, La Porte Co., Indiana8,9,10
Marriage: 17 Jan 1913, La Porte Co., Indiana, Edwin Willard Schurz (18 Jul 1874 - 10 Jul 1938)11,12,13
Death: 18 Oct 1913, La Porte, Indiana14,15
ChartsDescendants of Jacob K. and Christiana Ohl Riegel

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Narrative:

     Mary Edith Morrison was born on 1 Feb 1880 in La Porte, La Porte Co., Indiana.8,9,10 She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of La Porte, La Porte Co., Indiana, in the household of her parents, Henry D. Morrison and Mary Naomi Ridgeway.4 She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of La Porte, La Porte Co., Indiana, in the household of her parents, at 1213 Michigan Ave.5
     She generally used her middle name, Edith, as an adult.16,17,1 She was a graduate of Dr. Graham Taylor's class in social welfare in Chicago.14
     Mary applied for a U.S. passport on 18 Jan 1911 while in Berlin. She said she had left the U.S. on 6 Dec 1910 and was planning to stay abroad for an indefinite period before returning.1
     She was described as "wealthy and a prominent Laporte society and philanthropic woman" in accounts of her death.18
     Mary married Edwin Willard Schurz, son of Frederick J. Shurtz and Sarah Elizabeth Riegel, on 17 Jan 1913 in La Porte Co., Indiana.11,12,13
     On 18 Oct 1913, nine months after their marriage, Edith and three other women were riding in an automobile driven by her husband, Edwin Willard Schurz, when it was stuck by a train, fatally injuring her and the other three women, and seriously injuring her husband. The other women, all society leaders, were Fannie P. Heinze, former wife of Prof. Victor Heinze of Berlin; Mrs. Carleton Shafer, who was prominent in literary circles and widow of an Indiana lawyer; and Mrs. William Brace, wife of a Washington DC druggist.19,14
     Mary died on 18 Oct 1913 in La Porte, Indiana, at age 33.14,15

Children:
     There were no children with Edwin Willard Schurz

Citations

  1. [S4817] Mary Edith Morrison, Passport Application (18 Jan 1911).
  2. [S3682] "Iowa, Marriages, 1780-1992," FamilySearch.org, record for Edwin Williard Schurz and Mary Edith Morrison, citing FHL #1673874.
  3. [S4818] Henry Morrison household, 1880 U.S. Census, La Porte Co., Indiana, shows name as Mary E. Morrison.
  4. [S4818] Henry Morrison household, 1880 U.S. Census, La Porte Co., Indiana.
  5. [S4820] Henry Morrison household, 1900 U.S. Census, La Porte Co., Indiana.
  6. [S4818] Henry Morrison household, 1880 U.S. Census, La Porte Co., Indiana, shows the girl as daughter of Mary's husband.
  7. [S4820] Henry Morrison household, 1900 U.S. Census, La Porte Co., Indiana, shows the girl as daughter of Mary's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S4817] Mary Edith Morrison, Passport Application (18 Jan 1911), shows date and city.
  9. [S4818] Henry Morrison household, 1880 U.S. Census, La Porte Co., Indiana, shows age 4/12 and state.
  10. [S4820] Henry Morrison household, 1900 U.S. Census, La Porte Co., Indiana, shows month, year, age 20, and state.
  11. [S3682] "Iowa, Marriages, 1780-1992," FamilySearch.org, record for Edwin Williard Schurz and Mary Edith Morrison, citing FHL #1673874, shows date; film is for La Porte Co.
  12. [S4814] "4 Die in Auto Crash," The Washington Post, 19 Oct 1913, shows they were married about a year before.
  13. [S4840] Edward W. Schurz household, 1920 U.S. Census, La Porte Co., Indiana, shows him as a widower.
  14. [S4814] "4 Die in Auto Crash," The Washington Post, 19 Oct 1913.
  15. [S890] "Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882-1920," Ancestry.com, record for Mary Edith Schurz, citing bk H-28 pg 87 by Indiana WPA, shows date and county.
  16. [S4820] Henry Morrison household, 1900 U.S. Census, La Porte Co., Indiana, shows name as Edith M. Morrison.
  17. [S4814] "4 Die in Auto Crash," The Washington Post, 19 Oct 1913, shows name as Edith Morrison.
  18. [S4827] "Train Hits Auto; Four Person Die," Maron Daily Chronicle, 21 Oct 1913.
  19. [S4816] "Society Leaders Killed," Hamilton Evening Journal, 21 Oct 1913, shows make of car.