John Randolph Morilon
Kansas-born blacksmith, barber and later policeman, first husband of Maud Noel and father of her sons Donald and Douglas. They married at Seattle in 1910 and lived at Helena, Montana, by 1916, but had parted by 1918. He remarried at Helena in 1920, calling himself a widower, and again in Oregon in 1946, and died at Salem in 1954.
Life
- 1882Born20 May 1882, Leavenworth, Kansas
"May 20, 1882" on his draft card; Leavenworth on Douglas's birth certificate and his 1920 license. His 1946 marriage has "May 26, 1887," five years young.
documentedprobableSources
- WWI draft registration of John Randolph Morilon, Seattle, 12 Sept 1918
- Montana certificate of birth: Douglas Noel [Morilon], Helena, 25 Aug 1916 (and the Lewis and Clark County register)
- Marriage license no. 8701, Lewis and Clark County, Montana: John R. Morilon and Elizabeth M. Paulson, 5 May 1920
- Certificate of marriage, King County, Washington: John R. Morilon and Maude E. Noel, 12 Aug 1910
- 1910Married Maud Elizabeth Noel12 Aug 1910, Seattle, King County, Washington
At the Presbyterian manse, 1819 Harvard Avenue, by Wallace H. Lee.
- 1911Lived107 1st Av N, Seattle, Washington
"Morilan John R blksmth Pac Ry Co," in the building where his father-in-law lived.
documentedproven - 1916Lived25 Aug 1916, 1512 Lewis St, Helena, Montana
A sanitary inspector at the East Helena smelter.
- 1918Lived12 Sep 1918, 1117 3d Av, Seattle, Washington
A barber, working for A. Goddard, 123 1st Av; his wife at another address.
documentedproven - 1920Lived4 May 1920, East Helena, Montana
- 〃Married Elizabeth M. Paulson5 May 1920, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana
Born at Mitchell, South Dakota, about 1899, daughter of Ole Paulson and Bertha Johnson. He gave himself as a widower; Maud was alive.
- 1944Lived25 Nov 1944, 4945 NE Everett St, Portland, Oregon
"J. R. Morilon," father of Lt. Douglas N. Morilon.
documentedproven - 1946Lived27 Jul 1946, Portland, Oregon
A patrolman [?].
- 〃Married Fletta Almena (Tracy) Knudson27 Jul 1946, Sherwood, Washington County, Oregon
His divorce at Portland in January 1946 preceded it.
- 1954DiedSalem, Oregon
From Kathy Jonas's tree; not checked.
Family
- Father
- John Morilon
Born in Maryland.
documentedprovenSources
- Certificate of marriage, King County, Washington: John R. Morilon and Maude E. Noel, 12 Aug 1910
- Marriage license no. 8701, Lewis and Clark County, Montana: John R. Morilon and Elizabeth M. Paulson, 5 May 1920
- Oregon return of marriage no. 8275: John Randolph Marllon [Morilon] and Fletta Almena Knudson, Sherwood, 27 July 1946
- Mother
- Clara McClellan
Born in Pennsylvania. In 1920 a widow lodging in Seattle; married Chas. W. Ostrand at Seattle in 1923, and is "Clara Ostrond" on her son's 1946 marriage.
documentedprovenSources
- Certificate of marriage, King County, Washington: John R. Morilon and Maude E. Noel, 12 Aug 1910
- Marriage license no. 8701, Lewis and Clark County, Montana: John R. Morilon and Elizabeth M. Paulson, 5 May 1920
- Oregon return of marriage no. 8275: John Randolph Marllon [Morilon] and Fletta Almena Knudson, Sherwood, 27 July 1946
- Spouse 1
- Elizabeth M. Paulson
- Spouse 2
- Fletta Almena (Tracy) Knudson
- Spouse 3
- Maud Elizabeth Noel
Apart by Sept 1918. No divorce has been found; he remarried in 1920 calling himself a widower.
documentedprovenSources
- Certificate of marriage, King County, Washington: John R. Morilon and Maude E. Noel, 12 Aug 1910
- Washington certificate of birth: John Noel Morilon, Seattle, 19 July 1911
- Montana certificate of birth: Douglas Noel [Morilon], Helena, 25 Aug 1916 (and the Lewis and Clark County register)
- WWI draft registration of John Randolph Morilon, Seattle, 12 Sept 1918
2 children
Pedigree
Notes
Born in Kansas in 1882, the son of John Morilon of Maryland and Clara McClellan of Pennsylvania. A blacksmith of 28 when he married Maud Noel at Seattle on 12 Aug 1910; a carpenter at the birth of their first son, John Noel (Donald), in 1911; a sanitary inspector at the East Helena smelter, living at Helena, Montana, when Douglas was born in 1916; and a barber in Seattle in Sept 1918, when he gave “Maude Noel Morilon (wife)” as his nearest relative though they lived apart. On 5 May 1920, at Helena, he married Elizabeth M. Paulson as a “widower,” though Maud was alive and no divorce has been found. That marriage ended in divorce at Portland in Jan 1946, and that July he married Fletta Almena (Tracy) Knudson, giving his age as 59 when he was 64. By then he was living in Portland, where his son Douglas joined him in 1934, and was a patrolman. Kathy Jonas’s tree has his death at Salem, Oregon, in 1954 and keeps a photograph of him.
He was not Capt. Richard Blackmer Holbrook Jr. under another name. The two men registered for the
draft at Seattle on the same day, 12 Sept 1918, before different boards and with different
descriptions (draft-wwi-john-morilon-1918, draft-wwi-richard-holbrook-1918).