The years between 1900 - 1935
William Miller Morrison - Freehold NJ
Guest Signature Book
The years between 1900 - 1935
Photo Gallary of Dorothy Alice Morrison
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Photo Galary of the Greer Family prior to 1935
| The photos displayed here are from the Greer Family. The consist of Photos of Robert Greer and 5 of his six children. Annamae was the oldest born in 1909. Robert born in 1910, Francis born in 1911 (deceased as a child) Alta born in 1915, and Cecelia born in 1916. Emma the wife of Robert died at the age of 32 in Atlantic City, NJ from typhoid shortly after the birth of her last child. Robert died of Kidney failure at the age of 48. Robert died in Tunesia during world war II and that is where he is burried, Charles died at the age of 80, Annamae died at the age of 86, and Alta died at the age of 85. At this writing Cecelia is 91 and still alive and well residing in Freehold, NJ. The family moved between Philadelphia, Atlantic City, and Freehold, NJ. Finally moving to Freehold in 1944 just before the birth of Cecelia's last child. The remainder of the family stayed in the Atlantic City area. Annamae acted as the matriarch of the family taking each child out of the orphenage as the reached the age of 14. Annamae herself kept house for her father from the age of 14 until his death at the age of 48. After Annamae married Willard (Jess) Shockey she brought each of her siblings home in order for them to finish 8th grade. Education was very important to her. |
Robert Greer Patriarch of the family taken on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ
Robert Greer and his oldest daughter Annamae at the age of 14 when she returned home to run the household
Annamae, Robert and Charles Atlantic City, NJ 1911
Robert Greer on the Baseball Team for the Trolley company he worked for
Robert Greer with the chaplin and other player for the ball team
Robert Greer with Cecelia taken in 1917
Aunt Mae and Cecelia in 1917
Orphanage matron and Cecelia 1917
Uncle Tim with Cecelia - 1917
The young girl with the circle over her head is Annamae before being returned to her father from the Orphanage
Robert, Charles, and a friend on a visit at the orphanage
The smallest child on the left is Cecelia in her second orphanage she was transferred at age 2 to an orphanage in Pennsylvania
Robert on a visit to his sister Annamae in Atlantic City - he left the orphanage the following year to live with her and her husband Jess
Annamae on a visit to Cecelia at the Orphanage in Pennsylvania in 1925
Jess, Annamae's new husband visiting with Cecelia in 1925
Cecelia at age 9 during a visit from Annamae and Jess in 1925
Annamae in Atlantic City, NJ in 1928 - The photo next to it is Robert in Panama before being deployed to Africa where he was killed during WW II
Robert and a close friend taken in Fort Dix, NJ just before shipping out duirng WW II
Willard Shockey - taken in a photo machine on the boardwalk in Atlantic City at age 2
Alta on a visit to see her family, she was not placed in an oprhanage as her brothers and sisters. She was raised by family friends and as a result never as close with the family as she wanted to be
Cecelia holding Willard shortly after his birth
Cecelia at age 16 graduating from 8th grade
Cecelia in Philadelphia in the first coat she bought herself from her very own earnings. She worked as a maid in the hotels.
One of the few existing photos of Alta that was taken when she visited the family in Atlantic City. She was raised in Philadelphia and had very little opportunity to develop meaningful relationships with her family.
