Lelia Viola Morton

Brief Life History of Lelia Viola

When Lelia Viola Morton was born on 15 November 1870, in Selma, Dallas, Alabama, United States, her father, Jackson Thomas Morton, was 34 and her mother, Rebecca Agnes Fuller, was 26. She married James Stonewall Terral on 18 April 1888, in Jones Prairie, Milam, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 5, Hamilton, Texas, United States in 1920. She died on 29 April 1924, in Hamilton, Texas, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Shive Cemetery, Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Stonewall Terral
1868–1942
Lelia Viola Morton
1870–1924
Marriage: 18 April 1888
Thomas Edward Terral
1889–1918
William Denton Terral
1891–1970
Addie Agnes Terral
1893–1970
Mamie Verr Terral
1895–1977
James Ellzy "Coote" Terral
1898–1954
Euna Rebecca Terral
1900–1994
Newman Young Terral
1902–1985
Joe Dildy Terral
1905–1956
Samuel Earl Terral
1907–1909
Ethel Gertrude Terral
1909–1942
James Stonewall Terral
1915–1916

Sources (21)

  • L V Terral in household of J S Terral, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Lilia V Morton, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
  • Leila Morgan in entry for Addie Agnes Burt, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

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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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