Morris Family History
Here’s a quick overview of our family history. More details will follow as I have time to post things.
Harriett June Reel met a charming young man at the fruit canning plant in Los Angeles where they both worked. Harriett sorted the fruit as it came down the conveyor belt. Lewis Augustine Morris was the young man who carried the big boxes of fruit to fill the conveyor belt. Their families were not too keen on the match as his family was Roman Catholic and her family was Presbyterian. They ran off to Santa Ana, way down in Orange County, to get married.
Here is a photo of the newly weds:
Young Lovers
At first they lived with his family. For some months, early in their marriage, they tried living on some property the family owned in the San Fernando Valley, but it was too far from everything. (The location is near the present day Hansen Dam.) Harriett was proud of the fact that the family had horses. I think she enjoyed them. Here’s a photo of young Harriett with the horse:
Harriett with horses
For some time, Peter Reel (Harriett’s dad) wouldn’t let Lewis in the house! He eventually got accustomed to having a Catholic son-in-law. Harriett and Lewis went on to have seven children over a ten year period: Lewis Reel Morris, Evelyn Mae Morris, William Morris, Richard Morris, Caroline June Morris, Carl Morris, and Marjorie Ellen Morris.