When Elizabeth Mort was born on 13 July 1818, in Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Rolland Mort, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Plumb, was 41. She married William Ainsworth on 4 September 1848, in Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Little Bolton All Saints, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 9 September 1877, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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The Museum of Lancashire is located in the former courthouse of Preston in Lancashire, England. The building was designed by Thomas Rickman. Some the exhibits include Lancashire through the years, at work, at play, goes to war, and law and order. All depict different times and events in Lancashire county. The museum closed in 2015 and is now only opened for scheduled appointments.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Austrian German (Mört): from a short form of the personal name Martin . This surname is rare in Austria.
English (Lancashire) and French: nickname from Old French mort ‘death’ (from Latin mors, mort-) or mort ‘dead’ (from Latin mortuus). The name perhaps refers to someone of deathly pale countenance, or who played the part of Death (Mort) in a pageant.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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