William Hugh Mortimer (1854 - 1943)

Born 10 Nov 1854 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Mary Evaline (Bently) Mortimer — married 12 Mar 1890 in Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Feb 1943 at age 88 in Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, United States

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Biography

William was born in Scotland in 1854, son of Thomas Mortimer and Grace Thom. His mother died when William was one year old. In 1857, he traveled to America with father, his new wife, Mary and his brother, Thomas Jr. and sister, Mary, on the steamship New World, which arrived in New York two days after William's 3rd birthday on November 12, 1857. He became a U.S. citizen in Illinois in 1878. William married Mary Evaline Bentley in March of 1890. They had three children, but only their son, Roy survived childhood. The family moved from Illinois to Kansas between 1900 and 1910. William died in Kansas 1943 at the age of 88. He is buried with his wife in Spence Cemetery in Fairbury, Illinois.

Sources

Birth & Baptism

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTRW-KRS : 10 February 2018), William Hugh Mortimer, 10 Nov 1854; citing Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, reference 2:17S94C6, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,066,763.

Immigration & Naturalization

• "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27R5-LX8 : 12 March 2018), William H Mortimer, 1857; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 175,536.

• "Illinois, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1998", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7VCW-STZM : 19 March 2019), William Mortimer, 1878.

Census Records

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXVD-QYQ : 15 September 2017), William H Mortimer in household of Orin Phelps, Belle Prairie, Livingston, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 109, sheet 188C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,226.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS4Z-X94 : accessed 13 December 2019), William Mortimer, Martin Township Colfax vill., McLean, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 112, sheet 3A, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,322.

• "Kansas State Census, 1905," William H Mortimer, male, age 50; birthplace, Scotland; farmer, head of household, Potosi, Linn, Kansas; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5076381:1088

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2CK-X8V : accessed 13 December 2019), William H Mortimer, Potosi, Linn, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 121, sheet 2B, family 30, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 445; FHL microfilm 1,374,458.

• "Kansas State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVS-LZWZ : 12 October 2019), Wm H Mortimer, Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, United States; citing Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, United States, 281, 6, Kansas Historical Society, Topeka.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF6G-D32 : accessed 13 December 2019), William H Mortimer, Potosi, Linn, Kansas, United States; citing ED 127, sheet 6A, line 1, family 154, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 538; FHL microfilm 1,820,538.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7QF-SLB : accessed 13 December 2019), William H Mortimer, Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 7A, line 36, family 195, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 708; FHL microfilm 2,340,443.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRKN-YBX : 26 July 2019), William Mortimer, Pleasanton, Potosi Township, Linn, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-13, sheet 3B, line 52, family 69, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1241.

Marriage to Eva Bentley

• "Illinois County Marriages, 1800-1940," William Mortimer, 36, son of Thomas Mortimer and Grace Thom married to Eva Bentley, 28, daughter of Allen Bentley and M. Spencer [Spence], 12 Mar 1890, Livingston, Illinois, USA; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1132359:61370

Death & Burial

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 December 2019), memorial page for William H Mortimer (10 Nov 1854–unknown), Find A Grave Memorial no. 21571845, citing Spence Cemetery, Fairbury, Livingston County, Illinois, USA ; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21571845/william-h-mortimer