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Simon Sidney Morrison |
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Simon Sidney Morrison was born February 15, 1881 according to his Social Security application (or 1884 according to draft registration or 1889 according to the California death index) in Klodavor (Klodawa), Poznan, Poland. He was the son of Moishe Swentoslawski and Pearl Kolsky. He was called SS. He immigrated to the United States about 1910 according to the 1930 census. The 1920 census says that he came in 1898. The 1910 census says 1905. |  |
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In 1910 Simon was a jobber for "Gent's neckware" in Chicago. He was a roomer in the Cecil Wertheimer home on 50th Street. | ||
He married Henrietta Yarmack in New York on February 21, 1911 when he was 30 years old. Their children and life together are described in detail in the section on the Simon and Yetta Morrison family. In 1938 his employer was Blackstone Knitting Mills at 412 S. Wells Street, Chicago, Illinois. In his later years he suffered from deafness. He died in Los Angeles, California on February 24, 1964. He was buried at Mt. Sinai Cemetery with his wife and other family members. |
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