Person:Ethel Morris (7)

Ethel Morris was adopted by Sylvester and Mary (Sower) Morris as is indicated by the 1900 census (besides the explicit relationship given, Mary shows 0 children born to her). It is unknown if she was named or not at the time of birth as all records appear to only list her adoptive parents.

Some trees place her as the child of Felix Shipp and Sarah Ann Allen. However, both her marriage and death certificates indicate that she was Ethel Morris, daughter of S[ylvester] S Morris and May/Mary Sower/Sowers. Moreover, the 1900 census indicates that Sarah Ann Allen had only 2 living children - who would have been Alonzo and Mabel. Felix Shipp and Sarah Ann Allen had an unnamed child born 13 May 1896, which may be where the confusion arose. It would appear that this child died before the 1900 census.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 [1], in Indiana, United States. Death Certificates, 1899-2011. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015).
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service)
   [2].

   Name Ethel Wiesemann
   State Indiana
   Age 95
   Birth Date 14 May 1896
   Death Date Feb 1991

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Find A Grave: Chesterton Cemetery, Chesterton, IN, in Find A Grave
   Ethel M Morris Wiesemann.

   WIESEMANN
   WILLIAM F. 1890 - 1963		ETHEL M. 1896 - 1911

4.   Porter, Indiana, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T623)
   line 18.
5.   Porter, Indiana, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T624)
   line 56.
6.   Porter, Indiana, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T625)
   line 70.
7.   Porter, Indiana, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T626)
   line 44.
8.   Porter, Indiana, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T627)
   line 59.
9. ↑ Ethel's marriage record (see the Family page) gives the birth date as 14 May 1894 and birth location as Indianapolis.