Eugenia "Jenny" Catharine Margaret Morlas

1900 - 1978  (78 years)

• Name	Eugenia "Jenny" Catharine Margaret Morlas  [1]
  Nickname	Jenny
  Born	15 Jan 1900	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	28 Dec 1978	Bay Saint Louis, Hancock County, Mississippi   [1]
  Buried	Lake Lawn Park Cemetery, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
  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 ,   d. 14 Feb 1923, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Lucine Roquevert,   b. 28 Jan 1869, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 16 Feb 1946, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 77 years)
  Married	28 May 1888	St. Stephen's Church, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Photos		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 (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 ,   d. 6 Nov 1968, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 66 years)
  Married	1 Apr 1925	Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Children	1. Carl James Bishop,   b. 8 Nov 1926, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama ,   d. 27 Dec 2014, Dexter, Stoddard County, Missouri  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006
  Family ID	F718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 15 Jan 1900 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Married - 1 Apr 1925 - Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Died - 28 Dec 1978 - Bay Saint Louis, Hancock County, Mississippi Buried - - Lake Lawn Park Cemetery, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		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 Sisters Jenny and Josephine Morlas before 1920
  		_Morlas, Eugenia Mother of Carl Bishop B. 1900 New Orleans D. 1978 Mississippi
  		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 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 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

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