Leonard Murray Morton

Brief Life History of Leonard Murray

When Leonard Murray Morton was born on 15 October 1858, in LeRoy, Coffey, Kansas, United States, his father, Joseph Addison Morton, was 24 and his mother, Clementine Ireland, was 20. He married Susan Mary Darr in June 1886, in Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Nyssa, Malheur, Oregon, United States in 1900 and Malheur, Oregon, United States in 1920. He died on 31 May 1923, in Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leonard Murray Morton
1858–1923
Susan Mary Darr
1868–1951
Marriage: June 1886
Murray Roscoe Morton
1887–1956
Carl Curtis Morton
1889–1987
Archie Darr Morton
1891–1951
Edith Mae Morton
1893–1956
Estis Leonard Morton
1896–1976
Bessie Morton
1899–1935
Ollie Susie Morton
1902–1986
Fred Sylvester Morton
1905–1979
Agnes Christine Morton
1907–1985
Velma Lucille Morton
1911–1990

Sources (32)

  • Leonard M Morton, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Leonard Morton, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
  • Leonard Murray Morton in entry for Eadith Mae Morton, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Births, 1842-1917"

World Events (8)

1862

Historical Boundaries: 1862: Baker, Oregon, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

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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