Ada Loraine Morgan (1887 - 1975)

Born 3 Feb 1887 in Pownal, Bennington, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Barber Morgan — married 8 Mar 1906 (to 1941) in Pownal, Bennington, Vermont

Descendants

Died 6 Oct 1975 at age 88 in New London, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Ada was the third child of ten. She was named for her grandmother, Adelaide Jepson. She was born in 1887. At 12 all the children in the family went to work, and Ada took a job at a distant relative's, working for Amelia Bushnell Morgan, who was a widow with a farm. She would marry Amelia's youngest son, William, at 19. He was 15 years older and passed away when she was in her 50s. She told us he wanted to get married when she was just 16, but she had wanted to wait. Her mother's influence. They were wonderful partners, Will caring for the farm, and Ada for the house and the children. For a number of years in the 30s, She had a tourist home, which we would call a B&B, that helped send the girls to college. She moved to New London NH to live near her older girls about 1963. and passed away there in 1975.

Sources

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF9N-NHV : 6 November 2017), Ada L. Morgan, 03 Feb 1887, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 540,123.

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF7D-ZX6 : 6 November 2017), William B. Morgan and Ada L. Morgan, 28 Feb 1906, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 540,123.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 February 2021), memorial page for Ada Loraine Morgan Morgan (3 Feb 1887–8 Oct 1975), Find a Grave Memorial no. 86724604, citing Park Lawn Cemetery, Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by CarolynA (contributor 47501717) .

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