When Martha Borthwick was born on 30 December 1854, in Idaho, United States, her father, Alexander Borthwick, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Watson, was 26. She married Joseph Andrew Morrison on 10 April 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 18 November 1875, in Franklin, Oneida, Idaho, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Franklin, Idaho, United States.
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EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Ann Temperance Doney BIRTH 1 Nov 1854 DEATH 22 May 1856 (aged 1) CENOTAPH Franklin Cemetery Franklin, Franklin County, Idaho, USA PLOT Block 39 Lot 6 MEMORIAL ID 32840212
Historical Boundaries 1860: Washington Territory, United States 1861: Shoshone, Washington Territory, United States 1861: Idaho, Washington Territory, United States 1863: Boise, Washington Territory, United States 1863: Owyee, Idaho Territory, United States 1864: Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Oneida, Idaho, United States 1913: Franklin, Idaho, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Scottish: habitational name from the old barony of Borthwick, formerly Loquhariot (Midlothian) and possibly also from Borthwick (Roxburghshire). The placenames are from Old English bord ‘board, table’ + wīc ‘outlying dairy farm’.
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