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Eugenia "Jenny" Catharine Margaret Morlas

Eugenia "Jenny" Catharine Margaret Morlas

Female 1900 - 1978  (78 years)

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  • Name Eugenia "Jenny" Catharine Margaret Morlas  [1
    Nickname Jenny 
    Birth 15 Jan 1900  New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 28 Dec 1978  Bay Saint Louis, Hancock County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Lake Lawn Park Cemetery, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Bishop Eugenie Morlas Bishop, at Hancock General Hospital, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on Thursday, December 28, 1978 at 1:30 o'clock a.m., wife of the late David Bishop, mother of Carl James Bishop of St. Louis, Missouri, grandmother of Mrs. Jack (Jennifer) Bishop McCormick of Blytheville, Arkansas, Miss Mary Elizabeth Bishop of Baton Rougue, Lousiana, and Bradley David Bishop of St. Louis, Missouri; daughter of the late Lucine Roquevert, and John Morlas, Sr., sister of Sister Mary Cyril, R.S.M., Mrs. Eugene Schoenfeld, Mrs. Alvin Rohli, all of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mrs. Kenneth Carpenter of Woodward, Oklahoma, and the late Mrs. Leontine Zahn, Mrs. Clothilde Bordes, Mrs. Estelle Trapani, Mrs. Lucille Quinn, John Louis, Leon and Paul Morlas. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend Requiem Mass from the Uptown Chapel of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Inc., 4127 South Claiborne Avenue, on Saturday, December 30, 1978 at 1 p.m. Interment in Lake Lawn Mausoleum, Visitation on Friday, December 29, 1978 after 5 p.m.

      (Obituary courtesy of Keith McGuire)
    Person ID I979  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father John Dominic Morlas,   b. 25 Aug 1865, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1923, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Lucine Roquevert,   b. 28 Jan 1869, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1946, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 28 May 1888  St. Stephen's Church, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Photos
    Morlas Family Reunion, New Orleans, 1987
    Morlas Family Reunion, New Orleans, 1987
    Over 120 family members were present for this reunion, most of them descended from John Dominic Morlas and Lucine Roquevert of New Orleans
    Albums
    Morlas Siblings & Cousins Reunions
    Morlas Siblings & Cousins Reunions (9)
    Held in New Orleans starting in 1927
    Family ID F176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Claude David Dennis Bishop,   b. 18 Jun 1902, Marshall, Harrison County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1968, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 1 Apr 1925  Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Carl James Bishop,   b. 8 Nov 1926, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 2014, Dexter, Stoddard County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F718  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Jan 1900 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Apr 1925 - Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Dec 1978 - Bay Saint Louis, Hancock County, Mississippi Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Lake Lawn Park Cemetery, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Morlas, Lucine and daughters
    Morlas, Lucine and daughters
    This formal portrait of Mms. Morlas and her daughters was taken around 1918 in New Orleans. Her husband and her four sons were not pictured.

    Back Row (l to r): Eugenia, Juliet, Leontine, Clothilde

    Front Row (l to r): Estelle, Josephine, Eleanor, Mme. Lucine Roquevert Morlas, Vivian, Lucille
    Morlas, Eugenia and Josephine
    Morlas, Eugenia and Josephine
    Sisters Jenny and Josephine Morlas before 1920
    _Morlas, Eugenia
    _Morlas, Eugenia
    Mother of Carl Bishop
    B. 1900 New Orleans D. 1978 Mississippi
    Morlas Sister Reunion, likely 1951
    Morlas Sister Reunion, likely 1951
    TOP ROW - (Left to Right) Josephine Morlas McGuire, Stella Morlas Trapani, Stella O'Brien (cousin), Eleanor Morlas Rohli, BOTTOM ROW - Vivian Morlas Schoenfeld, Leontine Morlas Zahn holding her grandson Edward, and Eugenia Morlas Bishop
    Morlas Siblings
    Morlas Siblings
    Children of John Morlas and Lucine Roquevert

    Back Row: Leon Morlas, Juliet Morlas, Paul Morlas, Jennie (Morlas) Bishop, John Morlas, Leontine (Morlas) Zahn, Eleanor (Morlas) Rohli, Louis Morlas.

    Front Stella (Morlas) Trapani, Vivian (Morlas) Schoenfeld, Josephine (Morlas) McGuire, and Lucille (Morlas) Quinn.

    Only their sister Clothilde (Morlas) Bordes was missing. Since Clothilde had died in 1938, the photo was presumably taken after this date. It could very well have been taken at their 1951 reunion.




    McGuire, Patricia ca 1957 marriage to Charles Richard Strong, Stillwater, Oklahoma 6 of 10
    McGuire, Patricia ca 1957 marriage to Charles Richard Strong, Stillwater, Oklahoma 6 of 10
    Pat and Charles with her mother and a few of her Aunts from New Orleans

    l to r: Eleanor Morlas Rohli, Josephine Morlas McGuire Carpenter, Charles Strong, Pat McGuire Strong, Jenny Morlas Bishop and Vivian Morlas Schoenfeld

    PLEASE HELP US VERIFY THAT PAT'S AUNTS ARE ALL CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED

  • Sources 
    1. [S479] Zahn, Bennie Jay--The Families Pene Roquevert Morlas (Privately Published; New Orleans, LA 1992) , updates and corrections issued periodically.