FAMILY HISTORY: MORTON

THE MARRIAGE OF ROBERT & ALICE MORTON:

 

GROOM:
Name: Robert Morton
Father: John Morton
Mother: Margery Ibison
Baptism Date: 19 July 1778
Birthplace: Claughton-on-Brock, Lancashire, England

 

BRIDE:
Name: Alice Hartliffe, widow
Father: John Critchley, husbandman
Mother: Margaret (surname unknown)
Baptism Date: 12 July 1789
Birthplace: Ashston-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 20 April 1818
Place: St. Lawrence's Church (C. of E.)
Location: Chorley, Lancashire, England
Priest: Richard Hodgson
Witnesses: Charles Sherington and Ann Jolly

 

THEIR SEVEN CHILDREN:
Mar. Morton (Margaret or Margery?) Baptized: 1 Sep 1818 (infant)
John Morton Baptized: 8 Aug 1819 His Family
William Morton Baptized: 26 Sep 1821 His Life
Robert Morton Jr. Baptized: 25 Jan 1824 His Family
Richard Morton Baptized: 19 Mar 1826 (infant)
George Morton Born: c. 1827 His Family
Alice Morton Born: c. 1829 Her Family

 

DEATHS:
Mar. Morton [infant] Died:
Richard Morton [infant] Died:
Robert Morton Sr. [62 yrs] Died: 16 Nov 1840

 

NOTES:
1: The Baptism Register entry for their first child abbreviates the child's name.
2: Alice was a widow when she married Robert. I have found no record of her having any children by her first husband.
3: Their daughter Alice may have been born on 2 February 1829. She would have been 21 years old on that date in 1850, the date specified in her father's Will for the division of his property.

 

ALICE'S THIRD MARRIAGE:

 

THIRD MARRIAGE: GROOM:h
Name: Thomas Charnock Jr., bachelor, age 39, tailor
Father: Thomas Charnock Sr., block printer
Mother:
Birthdate: c. 1804
Birthplace: Clitheroe, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 18 April 1844 St. Thomas' Chapel
Place: St. Thomas' Roman Catholic Chapel
Location: Claughton-on-Brock, Lancashire, England
Priest: Father Henry Gradwell
Witnesses: William Gillet and Mary Poulton

 

THEIR CHILDREN: (none)

 

DEATHS:
William Morton [26 yrs] Died: 18 Nov 1847
Alice Swarbrick (Mrs) [35 yrs] Died: 30 Dec 1864
Robert Morton Jr. [42 yrs] Died: 7 Jun 1865
Alice Morton-Charnock (Mrs) [78 yrs] Died: 21 Sep 1867
George Morton [51 yrs] Buried: 3 Mar 1879
Thomas Charnock [76 yrs] Died: 21 Mar 1880
John Morton [90 yrs] Died: 6 Aug 1906

 

NOTES:
1: At the time of her third marriage Alice was described as a widow, aged 52 years ( 15 years older than her third husband Thomas), and a Farmer of Claughton.
2: Alice's father was described as John Critchley, a husbandman.
3: Alice signed the marriage register with her mark.
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