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Mrs. Frederick
Tracy Morse
(Mary Genevieve Forbes)
Mary Genevieve Forbes Morse, daughter of James Forbes and
Mabel Savin, was born June 8, 1905 in New Rochelle, New
York. Mrs. Morse earned her B.A from Polytechnic
Institute, Ruston, Louisiana. She was a member of Sigma
Delta (English Honorary Society) and is a past National
President of Kappa Delta Sorority.
She married Frederick Tracy Morse in Charlottesville,
Virginia on January 1, 1926. Dr. Morse was a Professor
Emeritus in Engineering at the University of Virginia and
authored several textbooks in his field. Mrs. Morse took
seriously her role as faculty wife, contributing her
varied managerial skills in her involvement in the UVA
academic community. Dr. and Mrs. Morse had one child,
Robert Frederick Morse. Mrs. Morse has two grandchildren,
Ann and William, and two great-grand children, John and
Edmond.
Mrs. Morse is a true Grande Dame of the hereditary
societies. A quiet-spoken, gentle woman, she always been
an avid patriot, a renown worker, (particularly in her
chosen avocation of genealogy), and a true friend to her
associates in many organizations. Mrs. Morse, though
slowed physically by time, is still avidly interested in
her genealogical activities, and still attends meetings in
her local area in her 102nd year. She is to be saluted,
and is an inspiration to all who know her.
Memberships
* National Gavel Society (Honorary President, former
Recording Secretary)
* National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars (former
National President)
* Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors
(former Governor
General)
* National Society of Americans of Royal Descent (former
President General)
* Order of Three Crusades 1096-1192 (former President
General)
* National Society Daughters of the Barons of Runnymede
(former President
General)
* Order of the Crown in America (former Vice President)
* National Society Daughters of the American Revolution,
(Vice President
General for life)
* Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States
of America
* Colonial Dames of America, Chapter IX
* Descendants of Colonial Clergy
* National Society Daughters of the American Colonists
* Jamestowne Society (former President of the Virginia
Company)
* Colonial Daughters of the 17th Century (former Past 1st
Vice President
General)
* National Guild of Saint Margaret of Scotland
* Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
* Descendants of King William I, Conqueror & His
Companions at Arms
Authorship
Give Us Grateful Hearts; A Compilation of Prayers of
the Era of the
American Revolution
Through the Years and other Poems
The Monticello Cook Book, Third Edition (Editor)
Listed In
Who's Who in Poetry
International Who’s Who in Poetry
Who’s Who of American Women
World’s Who’s Who of Women
Who’s Who in the South and Souteast
Who’s Who in the Old Dominion
Dictionary of International Biography
The Two Thousand Women of Achievement
Other Notes
Mrs. Morse also held membership in the British American
Society and was past Curator General, and past National
President of the National Officers Club. She is a member
of Christ Church in Charlottesville, Virginia. |
