Brief Life History of Louisa
When Louisa Morton was born in 1783, in Massachusetts, United States, her father, Benjamin Morton, was 44 and her mother, Mary Dexter, was 40. She died on 19 July 1854, in Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Taberg, Annsville, Oneida, New York, United States.
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- Lois Morton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Legacy NFS Source: Louisa MORTON -
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World Events (7)
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1798
Historical Boundaries 1798: Oneida, New York, United States
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
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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