Edith Morton (1879)

Ancestors

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Biography

In the 1891 census it says "daughter" but in 1881 it says she was a Grand Daughter of William and Sarah Ann...

I cannot find a birth in Liverpool, so perhaps she was born illegitimately somewhere else to one of the daughters... perfectly possible. ... especially given Sarah Ann's age... 53 in 1881... 50 in 1879...

My mother said her "Great Aunt Edith" lived in Rhyl in the war... but this was Edith (Williams) Milburn, not this one.

Some have her as dying in 1897 which ... could be right.

Sources

BIRTH

Cannot find...

CENSUS

• Edith Morton

in the 1881 England Census Name: Edith Morton Age: 2 Estimated birth year: abt 1879 Relationship to Head: Granddaughter Gender: Female Where born: Liverpool Civil Parish: Everton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: 73 Elias St House Registration district: West Derby ED, institution, or vessel: 35 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 3660 Folio: 83 Page Number: 35 Household Members: Name Age William Morton 66 Sarah Morton 53 Thomas Morton 29 Benjamin Morton 20 Mary Morton 10 Ellen Morton 7 Edith Morton 2

• Edith Morton

in the 1891 England Census Name: Edith Morton Age: 12 Estimated birth year: abt 1879 Relation: Daughter Father's name: William Morton Mother's name: Sarah A Morton Gender: Female Where born: Liverpool Civil Parish: Everton Ecclesiastical parish: St Saviour Town: Liverpool County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Registration district: West Derby Sub registration district: South Everton ED, institution, or vessel: 36 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 2949 Folio: 119 Page Number: 24 Household Members: Name Age William Morton 76 Sarah A Morton 63 Grace Morton 41 Sarah Ann Morton 25 Edith Morton 12

MARRIAGE

There's one for 1910 to a Hugh Williams but I do not think it's her. Reason: the 1939 Register for them gives an erroneous birth date for her.

DEATH

Possible deaths:

• Edith Morton

in the UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current Name: Edith Morton Death Date: 18 Feb 1958 Cemetery: Toxteth Park Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Toxteth, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England Has Bio?: N URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174492814/edith-morton Source Information

This stone is for one of her father's possible death dates - 1895 "in his 81st year". Her name is not there, and it could be a different one anyway, but it looks possible (see notes on William's profile).

The one below looks less likely...

• Edith Morton

in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Edith Morton Death Age: 80 Birth Date: abt 1879 Registration Date: Jan 1959 [Feb 1959] [Mar 1959] Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: Littleborough Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 10d Page: 110

This one is possible:

• Edith Morton

in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 Name: Edith Morton Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878 Registration Year: 1897 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Age at Death: 19 Registration District: West Derby Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 8b Page: 404