Angeline (Lapham) Morton (1833 - 1917)

Born 8 Feb 1833 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Frank Morton — married 21 Nov 1857 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Died 4 Jul 1917 at age 84 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Lapham Name Study.

Angeline Lapham was born 8 Feb 1833 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, the daughter of Oliver Lapham & Hannah E. Sherman. ^[1][2]

In the 1850 Federal & 1855 Massacusetts State census Angeline is listed in her parents home in Pembroke, Massachusetts. ^{[3] [4]}

Angelline Lapham married Frank Morton 21 Nov 1857 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts.Her parents are listed as Oliver & Hannah Lapham, his as Osborne & Celia Morton. ^[5]

An unnamed daughter of Frank Morton and Angeline Lapham was born on 8 October 1867 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts. This would be Addie.^{[6] [7]} NOTE: this child was later named Addie Florence Morton.

In 1870, the Mortons lived in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts. The family included :

Frank Morton, 33, born in Massachusetts, a surgeon-dentist,

Angeline Morton, 37 Massachusetts

Addie F Morton, 2 Massachusetts

Hannah Lapham, 20 Massachusetts (Sister of Angeline), a worker in a boot factory ^[8] Frank appears at the bottom of the page, Angeline, Addie & Hannah at the top of the next.

In 1880, the Morton family lived in Rand, Norfolk, Massachusetts. All members of the household were born in Massachusetts, as were their parents. The family included Frank Morton, 43, a dentist; his wife, Angeline, 47; and their daughter, Addie F., 12, a student. Living nearby was (Angeline’s sister) Hannah Alden and her husband Weston Alden. ^[9]

Angeline’s husband, Frank Morton, a dentist, died of phehisis on 16 January 1886. Their daughter, Addie F. (Morton) Whitney, 18, died on 30 June 1886. Her twin boys, one unnamed, died on 29 June 1885 (stillborn); and the other, Addison F. Whitney, died on 22 October 1885, aged one month, five days. All these deaths are listed on a single page of Massachusetts Deaths. Addie died of convulsions. The stillborn son was premature, and Addison died of masaimus. ^[10]

In 1910 Angeline Morton, a widow, 77, was living her sister and brother in law, the Aldens, in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts. The Aldens lived in their rented house in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts. The household included Weston P. Alden, 57, superintendent at a electric plant; his wife of 35 years, Hannah A., 59, a self-employed dressmaker, who had had one child who was not living; and Alden's sister in law, Angeline, All members of the household were born in Massachusetts, as were their parents. ^[11]

Angeline L Lapham Morton died 4 Jul 1917 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts. She was a widow, born 8 Feb 1833 to Olivier Lapham & Hannah Sherman. Her late husband was Franklin Morton. She was 84y 4m 24d. The 'informant was Mrs Weston Alden of Randolph.^[12]

Research Notes

In re 1870 census the original file included:

"Living nearby was Edward Latham, 38,... Edward was likely a cousin, possibly a brother of Angeline". More likely unrelated - Latham is a distinct name in it's own right, different from & unrelated to Lapham.

Also on the original file was a reference to a Family Search tree:

"Angeline was born in 1833 in Pembroke, Massachusetts, the daughter of Oliver and Hannah E. (Sherman) Lapham. On 21 November 1857 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Angeline married Franklin Morton (1836 MA-1886 MA). They had two children, Addie Florence (Morton) Whitney (1867-1886); and an unnamed son, 1869-1869. Angeline died in 1917 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts. ^[13]"

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6C-YXH : 5 January 2021), Angeline Lapham, 1833.
2. ↑ "Vital Records of Pembroke Massachusetts to the year 1850" NEHGS, Boston Mass 1911 ; pg 135
3. ↑ 1850 US Census, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9Q-8B4)
4. ↑ Massachusetts State Census, 1855, Pembroke, Plymouth, MA (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ4H-1CW)
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH9S-3Y3 : 10 November 2020), Angelline Lapham in entry for Frank Morton, 21 Nov 1857; citing Marriage, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009265.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4KF-1PX : 14 January 2020), Morton, 1867.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D8PR-RJ2M : 16 August 2021), Morton, 8 Oct 1867; citing Birth, Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934235.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQQ-LVV : 29 May 2021), Addie F Morton in entry for Frank Morton, 1870.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHXZ-8FB : 6 January 2022), Addie F. Morton in household of Frank Morton, Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9S-231 : 17 January 2020), Addie F. Morton Whitney, .
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2K4-3F3 : accessed 12 January 2022), Hannah A Alden in household of Duston P Alden, Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1153, sheet 1A, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 610; FHL microfilm 1,374,623.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23R1-WQY : 1 September 2021), Angeline L Lapham Morton, 1917.
13. ↑ familysearch.org Family Tree, with sources (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH6J-HFZ)