FAMILY HISTORY: MORTON
THE LIFE OF ALICE MORTON
After the death of her parents, Alice and her brothers James and Robert went to live with her uncle John Turner, as noted in the 1881 Census: |
1881 CENSUS OF COUPE GREEN AND HOGHTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
John Turner | Head | Widower | M | 57 | Farmer | Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire |
James Morton | Nephew | Unm. | M | 16 | Farmer Servant | Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire |
Alice Turner | Sister | Unm. | F | 44 | Cotton Weaver | Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire |
Robert Morton | Lodger | Unm. | M | 25 | Cotton Weaver | Preston, Lancashire |
Alice Morton | Lodger | Unm. | F | 23 | Cotton Weaver | Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire |
NOTES: | |
1: | Living in Coupe Green, Walton-le-Dale. (RG11-4242, folio 71, page 56) |
2: | John's full occupation was Farmer of 40 acres. |
10 years later, Alice and her brother Robert are found living with their aunt Alice Turner. Their uncle John was probably dead by the time of the 1891 Census: |
1891 CENSUS OF WALTON-LE-DALE, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
Alice Turner | Head | Unm. | F | 59 | - | Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire |
Robert Morton | Nephew | Unm. | M | 34 | Cotton Weaver | Preston, Lancashire |
Alice Morton | Niece | Unm. | F | 32 | Cotton Weaver | Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire |
NOTES: | |
1: | Living at Houghton Lane, Higher Walton. (RG12-3444, folio 62/2) |
2: | Alice Turner was the sister of their late mother. |
By 1901 Alice was living with another aunt: |
1901 CENSUS OF WALTON-LE-DALE, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
Isabella Turner | Head | Widow | F | 54 | Grocer | Higher Walton, Lancashire |
Alice Morton | Niece | Unm. | F | 43 | Grocer | Higher Walton, Lancashire |
NOTES: | |
1: | Living at Maypole Terrace, Walton-le-Dale. (RG13-3957, folio 87/1) |
2: | Isabella was described as living on "own account". |
Alice Morton never married. After spending many years living with various members of her mother's family she lived out the rest of her life in Walton-le-Dale, where she died on 23 September 1935. |
DEATH NOTICE: |
"Morton - On the 23rd inst., at 21, Bridge Street, Alice Morton, aged 77 years.
R.I.P. Requiem Mass at St. Joseph's, Brindle, at 9 a.m. - Inquiries T. Raby, Funeral Director, Bamber Bridge (Tel. 85356)." |
(From `The Lancashire Daily Post', Tuesday, 24 September 1935) |
MONUMENT INSCRIPTION: "...Alice, sister-in-law of the above, died 23rd September 1935, aged 77 years..." (Buried at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church, Brindle.) |
BURIAL RECORD: |
Alice Morton was buried with her brother Robert's wife Jane and member's of their family in the churchyard cemetery at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Brindle. The full monument inscription is included with Robert and Jane Morton's details. |