Brief Life History of Alexander
When Alexander Morton was born on 5 November 1827, in Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Bailie Hugh Morton, was 32 and his mother, Agnes Mair, was 30. He married Margaret Donald Shaw on 7 June 1851, in Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Cunningham, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1851. He died on 3 August 1853, in Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 25.
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- Alexr Morton in household of Hugh Morton, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- Alexander Morton, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Alexander Morton, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.
1838 · Jenners Department Store Opens its doors
Jenners was founded by Charles Jenner as a department store for the community. The original building was destroyed by a fire in 1892 but, with a new design in mind, the store was reopened in 1895 with new features. It was named Harrods of the North after it was given Royal Warrant in 1911 and was visited by Queen Elizabeth II on its 150th anniversary. It was sold to the House of Fraser in 2005, which in 2008, made much needed improvements to the store.
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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