Morris Joseph Sullivan was born in Charlestown on August 13, 1894, to Eugene and Mary Sullivan. Eugene was the superintendent of a water works. Morris joined older siblings: Estelle, Humphrey, John, Mary, Eugene and Catherine. Morris was followed by Sylvester, 6 years younger, and Catherine, 6 years younger than Sylvester.
By 1910 the family was living at 15 Wyoming Street, Roxbury, and by 1917 they were living at 15 Englewood Street, Dorchester. In June of 1917 Morris registered for the draft, listing his employment as Head Shipper at Cudahy Packing Co. He was described as of medium height, slender with blue eyes and black hair.
Morris entered the Enlisted Reserve Corps on December 6, 1917, and served in the Motor Transport Corps, where he attained the rank of sergeant. He was in Europe from March 30, 1918 until August, 1919, when he returned on the ship Maui departing from Brest, France, on August 8th and arriving in Philadephia on August 17th. Morris was discharged on August 19, 1919.
In 1920 Morris was living with his parents at 15 Englewood Street (now 64 Richview). The Boston directories indicated that in 1922 he moved to Belmont, where his occupation in the mid 1920s was Civil Engineer. The 1930 census places him at 24 Belvoir Road, Milton, not far from Mattapan Square, along with his wife Frances K., 31 years of age and his son Edward, 5 years old. Morris listed his occupation as manager of a brush factory. On his registration card for World War II, Morris listed his occupation as Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
There seem to be no further records of Morris and his family, until his claim for social security in February, 1960. A family tree on Ancestry.com says that he died in May 1961.
Sources:
Birth Record on Ancestry.com
Boston Directories on Ancestry.com
US Army Transport Service on Ancestry.com
US Census 1910, 1920, 1930 on Ancestry.com
US Social Security Applications on Ancestry.com
WWI and WWI draft registration cards on Ancestry.com
WW1 Service Record. Military, Compiled Service Records. World War I. Carded Records. Records of the Military Division of the Adjutant General’s Office, Massachusetts National Guard.