Morris Hazen Goodwin1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 19778, (1879 - 1962)
FatherSamuel H. Goodwin4,5,6 (Jul 1844 - )
MotherHelen E. Gowen7,6,8 (Sep 1846 - )

Key Events:

Birth: 22 Jan 1879, Dover, New Hampshire9,10,11
Marriage: 24 Apr 1901, Boston, Massachusetts, Nina Edwina Frohock (13 Dec 1876 - 19 Oct 1953)12
Death: 22 Feb 1962, San Diego Co., California13,14
Burial: Oak Hill Memorial Park, Escondido, San Diego Co., California15

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Narrative:

     Morris Hazen Goodwin was born on 22 Jan 1879 in Dover, New Hampshire.9,10,11
     He appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Dover, Strafford Co., New Hampshire, in the household of his parents, Samuel H. Goodwin and Helen E. Gowen.4 He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, in the household of his parents.5
     Morris married Nina Edwina Frohock, daughter of John R. Frohock and Clara A. Thomas, on 24 Apr 1901 in Boston, Massachusetts, with Charles E. Silloway, justice of the peace, officating.12
     Morris and Nina settled in her native Rockland, Maine, after their marriage, but returned to Boston by 1903, when their second son was born there. They appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Belmont, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, at 114 White St., enumerated 29 Apr 1910, reporting they were renting their home, half of a two-family dwelling. Their children Hazen and John were listed as living with them.16
     He apparently used the given name Maurice for a time after the family moved to Massachusetts.16,17
     Morris registered for the draft for World War I on 12 Sep 1918, while living at 49 Hillside Terrace, Belmont, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, reporting he was employed as as a follow up man by Bethlehem Ship Building Co. in Squantum, Massachusetts.3
     Morris and Nina appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Belmont, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, at 47 Hillside Terrace, enumerated 30 Jan 1920, reporting they were renting their home, half of a two-family dwelling. Their children Hazen, John and Doris were listed as living with them.17
     Morris and Nina appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, at 216 Union St., enumerated 15 Apr 1930, reporting they owned a home valued at $5,000 and owned a radio. Their daughter Doris was listed as living with them.18
     Morris and Nina appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, at 285 Pond St., enumerated 24 Apr 1940, reporting they owned a home valued at $7,000, and had lived in the same house in 1935.19
     Morris registered for the draft for World War II on 27 Apr 1942, while living at 285 Pond, South Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, reporting he was employed by Bethlehem Steel Co. in Quincy, Massachusetts.20
     He was a salesman in 1900. His occupation was reported as a clerk when he married, and manager of a plantation a few months later. By 1910 he was clerk working with produce, and manager by 1913.21,22,23,24,25 He was a material engineer at a shipyard by 1920. In 1930 he was a store keeper there. By 1940 his title there was superintendent of material. That year he reported he had worked 48 hours the last week of March, and 52 weeks the prior year, earning over $5,000.26,27,28
     Morris and Nina appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, at 285 Rd. St., enumerated 10 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm.29
     Morris and Nina later moved to southern California, as did at least two of their adult children, John and Doris.
     His wife died on 19 Oct 1953 in San Diego Co., California.30
     Morris died on 22 Feb 1962 in San Diego Co., California, at age 83.13,14 He was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, Escondido, San Diego Co., California.15

Children:
     Children with Nina Edwina Frohock:

  • Hazen Wilbur Goodwin31,16,17 (3 Jun 1901 - Feb 1963)
  • John Frohock Goodwin32,16,17 (11 Jun 1903 - 22 Dec 1976)
  • Doris Goodwin33,17 (8 Jan 1913 - 5 Oct 2000)

Citations

  1. [S5786] Samuel H. Goodwin household, 1880 U.S. Census, Strafford Co., New Hampshire, shows name as Ezra M. Goodwin.
  2. [S5785] Samuel H. Goodwin household, 1900 U.S. Census, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, shows name as Morris H. Goodwin.
  3. [S5783] Morris Hazen Goodwin, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  4. [S5786] Samuel H. Goodwin household, 1880 U.S. Census, Strafford Co., New Hampshire.
  5. [S5785] Samuel H. Goodwin household, 1900 U.S. Census, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.
  6. [S5782] Morris H. Goodwin and Edwina Frohock, Marriages Registered in the City of Boston for the year 1901.
  7. [S5785] Samuel H. Goodwin household, 1900 U.S. Census, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Morris H Goodwin, Soc. Sec. No. 024038249, shows mother's maiden name as Gowen.
  9. [S5783] Morris Hazen Goodwin, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows date.
  10. [S5784] Morris Hazen Goodwin, World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Massachusetts, shows date, town, and state.
  11. [S5785] Samuel H. Goodwin household, 1900 U.S. Census, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, shows month, year, age 21, and state.
  12. [S5782] Morris H. Goodwin and Edwina Frohock, Marriages Registered in the City of Boston for the year 1901, shows date and officaint.
  13. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Morris H Goodwin, Soc. Sec. No. 024038249, shows date and county.
  14. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 87109847, Morris Hazen Goodwin, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  15. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 87109847, Morris Hazen Goodwin, includes tombstone photo.
  16. [S5788] Maurice H. Goodman household, 1910 U.S. Census, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
  17. [S5789] Maurice Goodman household, 1920 U.S. Census, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
  18. [S5787] Morris H. Goodman household, 1930 U.S. Census, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
  19. [S5790] Morris H. Goodman household, 1940 U.S. Census, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
  20. [S5784] Morris Hazen Goodwin, World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Massachusetts.
  21. [S5785] Samuel H. Goodwin household, 1900 U.S. Census, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, shows occupation as salesman.
  22. [S5782] Morris H. Goodwin and Edwina Frohock, Marriages Registered in the City of Boston for the year 1901, shows occupation as clerk.
  23. [S5814] Goodwin, Record of a Birth, shows occupation as manager of plantation.
  24. [S5788] Maurice H. Goodman household, 1910 U.S. Census, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, shows occupation as clerk and industry as produce.
  25. [S5781] Doris Goodwin, Births Registered in the Town of Belmont, shows occupation as manager.
  26. [S5789] Maurice Goodman household, 1920 U.S. Census, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, shows occupation as material engineers, industry as shipyard.
  27. [S5787] Morris H. Goodman household, 1930 U.S. Census, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, shows occupation as store keeper, industry as shipyard.
  28. [S5790] Morris H. Goodman household, 1940 U.S. Census, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, shows occupation as superintent of material, industry as ship yard.
  29. [S12859] Morris H. Goodwin household, 1950 U.S. Census, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
  30. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Nina Edwina Goodwin, Soc. Sec. No. 024039249, shows date and county.
  31. [S5814] Goodwin, Record of a Birth.
  32. [S5813] John Frohock Goodwin, Births Registered in the City of Boston for the year 1903.
  33. [S5781] Doris Goodwin, Births Registered in the Town of Belmont.