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     Julieta Lozano was born on 12 August 1892 in Stapleton, Richmond Co., New York.² She married Anthony Wellman Morse, son of Anthony Wellman Morse and Eliza Jackson Cady, on 26 April 1924 at Christ Church in North Bergen Twp., Hudson Co., New Jersey.³ She died on 11 March 1956 at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, at age 63.⁴ She was buried at Vale Cemetery in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York.^4,5
     She is shown here as Julieta Lozano, born 12 August 1892, based on her 1919 passport application, which gives her father's name as Carlos Augustus Lozano.² She's named Julieta Lozano Morse in both her and her husband Anthony's obituaries.^4,6 But her surname in her passport application is given as Cushing, and she's also listed with that name in 1920 and 1923 passenger lists, in the 1920 census, and in her 1924 marriage record.^7,8,9,3 Where the surname Cushing comes from is unknown. It's apparently not the name of a previous husband. In the 1920 census she's listed with her sister Lucile, who's also listed with the surname Cushing. But, her sister is listed in the 1930 census as Lucia Lozano.¹⁰
     Her birth date of 12 August 1892 from her passport application is the same as in the 1920 passenger list, and is consistent with her age listed in the 1920 census. Her birth date is given as 12 August 1895 in her marriage record, in the 1923 passenger list, and on her cemetery marker.¹¹
     In the 1924 divorce case between her husband Anthony Morse and his second wife Mary Keatinge, testimony showed that he and Julieta, who were married later that year, had been having an affair for a number of years.¹² They first met about 1916¹³, and during the divorce proceedings Arcie Lubetkin, a friend of Anthony and Mary, testified that on 31 August 1918 he saw Anthony and a woman later identified as Julia Craine Cushing enter the Hotel Traymore in Atlantic City, and learned they had registered at Mr. and Mrs. Morse.¹⁴
     In addition, passenger lists show that in 1920 they traveled together to Jamaica, sailing from New York on the Carrillo on 27 January 1920, and returning on the SS Zacapa on 8 March 1920.^15,2,7 In 1923 they traveled together to the Bahamas, sailing home on the SS Munamar, leaving Nassau on 11 March and arriving in New York three days later.⁸
     According to his testimony in the divorce case, Lubetkin didn't tell Anthony's wife Mary about what he saw in Atlantic City until the spring of 1923. At Mary's request he then began watching them, and saw them together in their room. On 3 August 1923 he and Mary followed them to Long Island and spied on the couple "through the partly open boudoir window," and gave detailed testimony about "the intimate scenes they saw."^16,14
     Steve Lubetkin, a cousin of Arcie Lubetkin, has provided some additional interesting information about this case. Although their relationship was no doubt a secret at the time of the divorce proceedings, Arcie had been living with Mary's lawyer William Sullivan for at least four years. They became lifelong partners, traveled together, and are buried together.^17,18
     Julieta and Anthony are listed in Manhattan, New York Co., New York, in the 1925 census, along with a maid and a butler.¹⁹ They moved to Kings Point, Nassau Co., New York, by 1930, and are listed there in the 1930 and 1940 censuses, with three servants in 1930 and two in 1940.^20,21 About 1943, after her husband's death, she moved to Darien, Fairfield Co., Connecticut,⁴ and is listed there in the 1950 census with a cook and a butler.²²

     Elizabeth M. Hicks was born about 1866 (based on her age of 34 in her marriage record) in Red Hook, Dutchess Co., New York.^1,3 She married George Frederick Morse, son of Lemuel Wellman Morse and Cora Sophia Cummings, on 22 February 1900 in Atlantic Co., New Jersey.¹ She died on 23 March 1939 in Holmdel Twp., Monmouth Co., New Jersey. She was buried at Fairlawn Cemetery in Westfield, Union Co., New Jersey.³
     She and her husband George are listed in Buffalo, Erie Co., New York, in the 1900 census⁴, in Mount Vernon, Westchester Co., New York, in the 1905 state census⁵, and in Bayonne, Hudson Co., New Jersey, in the 1910 census.⁶ Living with them in 1905 was Peter R. Dimler, age 6, listed as George's adopted son. He's also with them in 1910, as Roy Dimler, age 10, listed as a nephew. (This was Elizabeth's nephew Peter R. Dimler, son of her sister Anna and her husband Peter Dimler, both deceased.)^7,8,9
     In 1920, after her husband George's disappearance, she's listed in Bayonne as a widow. Roy was still with her, listed as her son with the surname Morse. Also living with her were Raymond and Mildred Morse, listed as her nephew and niece, and three boarders. (Raymond and Mildred are probably actually Raymond and Mildred (Dimler) Alexander, listed with the wrong surname. Mildred was Elizabeth's niece, Roy's brother).^10,8,11 In 1930 she's listed in Bayonne as a roomer in the household of William W. Wilson.¹² She moved to Cranford Twp., Union Co., New Jersey, about 1935 to live "with her son" (actually nephew) Roy.³

     Emma Bell Johnson was born in Milton, Santa Rosa Co., Florida, possibly in July 1874.^3,2 (Her birth date is from the 1905 Florida state census. The 1900 census says September 1876, but this must be wrong. Her mother died from heart disease on 15 September 1876 while on her way home to Florida after being in the north since early summer. Her mother's obituary notes that "five children were anxiously waiting" for her at home.)^4,5 She married Lemuel Wellman Morse, son of Lemuel Wellman Morse and Cora Sophia Cummings, on 13 November 1903 at St. Mark's Church in Jersey City, Hudson Co., New Jersey.¹ He had proposed earlier that same day, as Emma was on her way to the train station to head back home to Florida after a lengthy visit with Anthony's mother, a family friend. They went straight to the church and were married, without guests or attendants.⁶ She died about March 1961 in New York, New York.⁷ She was buried on 9 March 1961 at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York.^7,8
     She and her husband Lemuel, and their daughter Margaret, are listed in the household of Orin Skillings in Bayonne, Hudson Co., New Jersey, in the 1905 New Jersey state census.³ They are listed in their own house in Bayonne in the 1910 census. Living with them were Annie J. Berrs, age 44 born in Louisiana, listed as Lemuel's sister-in-law, Marjorie Berrs, age 10 born in Florida, listed as a niece (no doubt Marjorie's daughter), and one servant.⁹ She and Lemuel are listed in New York City in the 1915 New York state census¹⁰, and in Jersey City, Hudson Co., New Jersey, in the 1920 federal census.¹¹ They moved to Westfield, Union Co., New Jersey, about 1924¹², and are listed there in the 1930 census.¹³
     She is listed on her own in Westfield in the 1940 census, after Lemuel's death.¹⁴ She is listed in Manhattan, New York Co., New York, in 1950, and her widowed sister Nelle Norrby was then living with her.¹⁵

     Margaret Johnson Morse was born on 31 August 1904.¹ She was baptized on 29 January 1905 at St. John's Calvary Church in Bayonne, Hudson Co., New Jersey.¹ She died on 28 July 1910 in Bayonne at age 5 from scarlet fever. She was buried at Bay View Cemetery in Bayonne, then reinterred on 11 October 1910 at Green-Wood Cemetery (Lot 26517) in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York.²

     John Alexander Bettes was born on 17 February 1874 in Warrensburg, Johnson Co., Missouri.^3,4,5 He married Fidelia Wright Morse, daughter of Lemuel Wellman Morse and Cora Sophia Cummings, on 8 June 1903 at the bride's mother's home in Bayonne, Hudson Co., New Jersey.^2,1 He died on 13 February 1957 at his home in Upper Montclair, Essex Co., New Jersey, at age 82.^4,5,6 He was buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery (Section CC) in Montclair, Essex Co., New Jersey.⁵
     He and his wife Fidelia were living in Bayonne, Essex Co., New Jersey, in 1910.⁷ They moved to Montclair, Essex Co., New Jersey, about 1919⁴, and are listed there together in the censuses from 1920 to 1940. In 1940 their daughter Ruth (listed in the census as Francis, for some unknown reason) and her husband Chester Scott were living with them.^8,9,10
     John continued living there in the same house, at 522 Valley Rd., after Fidelia's death, and is listed there in the 1950 census. His widowed sister Maude Etherington was then living with him.¹¹
     He was an auto supplies wholesale dealer.⁴

     John Alexander Bettes Jr. was born on 7 July 1904 in Bayonne, Hudson Co., New Jersey,^1,3,2, and baptized on 2 April 1905 at St. John's Calvary Church in Bayonne.¹ He married first Georgia Jean Ellis on 26 June 1943 at Salem Lutheran Church in Kissell Hill, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.⁴ They separated about seven months later, on 19 January 1944, and John filed for divorce about November 1944 charging "desertion and indignities."⁵ Their divorce was finalized in March 1945.⁶ He married second Helen Knecht (license dated about November 1946) in Hamilton Co., Ohio.⁷ He died on 21 December 1982 at Boca Raton Community Hospital in Boca Raton, Palm Beach Co., Florida, at age 78.⁸ He was buried at Boca Raton Municipal Cemetery and Mausoleum in Boca Raton.⁹
     He graduated from the Philadelphia Textile School (now part of Thomas Jefferson University) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.⁴
     He worked for Raybestos-Manhattan in Manheim, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, retiring as manager of the Asbestos and Textile Division, and was a past president of the Asbestos and Textile Institute.⁸
     He and his second wife Helen are listed in Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, in the 1950 census¹⁰, and moved to Florida about 1969.⁸

     Cora Emily Bettes was born on 20 March 1906 in Bayonne, Hudson Co., New Jersey,^3,1 and baptized on 3 June 1906 at St. John's Calvary Church in Bayonne.¹ She married Chester Emmons Budd, son of Charles Salmon Budd and Adelaide Emmons, on 4 October 1929 at the bride's parents' home in Montclair, Essex Co., New Jersey.⁴ She died on 16 May 1991 in Palm Beach Co., Florida, at age 85.⁵ She was buried at Boca Raton Municipal Cemetery and Mausoleum in Boca Raton, Palm Beach Co.⁶
     She and her husband Chester are listed in East Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey, in the 1930 census⁷, in Millburn, Essex Co., in 1940⁸, and in Long Branch, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, in 1950.⁹ They moved to Boca Raton, Palm Beach Co., Florida, about 1961.¹⁰

     Russell Morse Bettes was born on 29 January 1908 in New Jersey, in Sussex Co. according to his transcrtibed birth record, or in Westfield [Union Co.] according to his obituary.^3,4 He married Evelyn Macom Wall, daughter of John Patrick Wall and Elizabeth Hope Macom, on 29 June 1935 at Sacred Heart Church in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey.¹ He died on 17 November 1989 at The Medical Center at Princeton in Princeton, Mercer Co., New Jersey, at age 81.^5,4 He was buried at Saint Peter's Cemetery in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey.⁶
     He graduated in 1929 from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, with a B.S. degree in agriculture, and later attended the Graduate School of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.⁴
     He and his wife Evelyn are listed in Milltown, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, in the 1940 and 1950 censuses.^7,8 They moved to Princeton, Mercer Co., New Jersey, about 1951.⁴
     He was a landscape architect, and later a professor at the Temple University School of Horticulture in Ambler, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania. He was a member of the New Jersey Association of Nurserymen and the Princeton Historical Society, and the author of History of the New Jersey Association of Nurserymen: From its beginning in 1915 through the first 50 Years - to 1965.⁴

     Ruth C. Bettes was born on 4 February 1910 in New Jersey.^2,1 She married Chester Bruce Scott in 1938 in New Jersey.³ She died on 19 March 1975 in Monterey Co., California, at age 65.²
     She and her husband Chester were living with her parents in Montclair, Essex Co., New Jersey, in 1940.⁴ They are listed in Oceanport, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, in the 1950 census⁵, and moved to Long Branch, Monmouth Co., about 1965.⁶

     Wallace Sharpe Bettes was born on 27 March 1912 in Bayonne, Hudson Co., New Jersey.^3,4 He died on 4 November 1924 at Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, Essex Co., New Jersey, at age 12, from injuries sustained when he was hit by a car while walking to school the previous day. The 15-year-old driver, John Murphy, had a Pennsylvania driver's license, but was not licensed in New Jersey, and was held for manslaughter. On 1 December he was fined $500, the maximum, for driving without a license, but a grand jury in Newark declined to pursue the manslaughter charge.^2,4,5 Wallace was buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery (Section CC) in Montclair, Essex Co., New Jersey.³

     Fidelia W. Bettes was born on 23 December 1913 in Bayonne, Hudson Co., New Jersey.² She married Henry J. King, son of Henry King and Sarah Tindale, on 19 June 1938 in Tarrytown, Westchester Co., New York.³ She died on 20 September 1996 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, at age 82.⁴
     She and her husband Henry are listed in Mount Pleasant, Westchester Co., New York, in the 1940 census⁵, and in New Castle, Westchester Co., in the 1950 census.⁶

     Georgia Jean Ellis married John Alexander Bettes Jr., son of John Alexander Bettes and Fidelia Wright Morse, on 26 June 1943 at Salem Lutheran Church in Kissell Hill, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.¹ They separated about seven months later, on 19 January 1944, and John filed for divorce about November 1944 charging "desertion and indignities."² Their divorce was finalized in March 1945.³
     She graduated from Slatington High School in Slatington, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, and from the McCann School.¹

     Helen Knecht was born on 12 May 1904.³ She married John Alexander Bettes Jr. (license dated about November 1946), son of John Alexander Bettes and Fidelia Wright Morse, in Hamilton Co., Ohio.² She died on 29 May 1983 at home in Boca Raton, Palm Beach Co., Florida, at age 79.¹ She was buried at Boca Raton Municipal Cemetery and Mausoleum (Tranquility Hall) in Boca Raton.⁴
     She and her husband John are listed in Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, in the 1950 census⁵, and moved to Florida about 1969.⁶

     Chester Emmons Budd was born on 17 July 1897 in Budd Lake, Morris Co., New Jersey.^3,2,4 He married Cora Emily Bettes, daughter of John Alexander Bettes and Fidelia Wright Morse, on 4 October 1929 at the bride's parents' home in Montclair, Essex Co., New Jersey.¹ He died on 18 July 1972 in Palm Beach Co., Florida, at age 75.^4,5 He was buried at Boca Raton Municipal Cemetery and Mausoleum in Boca Raton, Palm Beach Co.⁶
     He and his wife Cora are listed in East Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey, in the 1930 census⁷, in Millburn, Essex Co., in 1940⁸, and in Long Branch, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, in 1950.⁹ They moved to Boca Raton, Palm Beach Co., Florida, about 1961.⁵
     He was a government sales supervisor at Western Electric in New Jersey for 41 years.⁵

     Evelyn Macom Wall was born on 17 May 1908 in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey.³ She married Russell Morse Bettes, son of John Alexander Bettes and Fidelia Wright Morse, on 29 June 1935 at Sacred Heart Church in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey.¹ She died on 22 November 2003 at the Lowman Home Nursing Center in White Rock, Richland Co., South Carolina, at age 95.⁴ She was buried at Saint Peter's Cemetery in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey.⁵
     She graduated from New Brunswick High School in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey,¹ then in 1930 from the New Jersey College for Women, now the Douglass Residential College, Rutgers University, in New Brunswick.⁴ She taught English in New Brunswick until at least 1940.^4,6
     She and her husband Russell are listed in Milltown, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, in the 1940 and 1950 censuses.^6,7 They moved to Princeton, Mercer Co., New Jersey, about 1951.⁸