Brief Life History of George Augustus
When George Augustus Morton Jr was born in 1802, in Penobsquis, Cardwell, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, George Augustus Morton, was 39 and his mother, Agnes Hutchinson, was 31. He married Mary Sipprell on 10 February 1825, in Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada in 1871. He died on 3 January 1875, in Penobsquis, Cardwell, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 73, and was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Penobsquis, Cardwell, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- George Morton, "Canada Census, 1871"
- George Morton, "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"
- Gerge Morton in entry for James Hutchinson and R F Morton, "Canada, Ontario County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
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1867 · British North America Act
The British North America Act or Constitution Act of 1867 caused three British colonies, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada to be united as one under the name Canada. Until this point New Brunswick had been the British crown colony.
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Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the many places called Mor(e)ton, named with Old English mōr ‘moor’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. There has probably been some confusion with Morten , and perhaps also with Murton . This English name has also been established in Ireland since the 13th century.
American shortened and altered form of Swedish Mårtensson or Mortensson (see Martenson and Mortenson ), which could also be substituted for the Finnish cognate Marttinen.
French: shortened form of Moreton 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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