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Return to the MORT Family Homepage Mort Photos - 1994 - 1995 — 1996 — 1997 — 1998 — 1999 — 2000 — 2001 — 2002 — 2003 — 2004 — 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 Allen County, Ohio Will Testators Index #2 G-M Surnames Name of Testator: Residence: County #, Vol #, Page # BOWSHER, ELIZABETH SHAWNEE 2-D-537 BOWSHER, ISRAEL SHAWNEE 2-G-518 BOWSHER, JOHN * 2-C-16 HARPSTER, ANTHONY CAIRO 2-D-75 HARPSTER, JACOB CAIRO 2-D-442 HARPSTER, PETER SR. * 2-A-401 MORT, JANE * 2-C-167 MORT, MARY EMILY * 2-C-195 Herkimer County, New York Will Testators Index #6 MI-Q Surnames MORTS, JOHN GERMAN FLATTS 22-30-21 MORTS, JOHN M. COLUMBIA 22-37-205
MAURATH, MORT posting by John L. Maurath on Wednesday, July 1, 1998 Is it possible for anyone to tell me how many towns along Hwy.21 in Jefferson County had printed newspapers in the year 1934? And, are these archived anywhere in any historical depository or elsewhere, that I can access? My Great-unlce, Leo George MAURATH and his friend "Buss" MORT , were travelling from one party to another, late on the night of Friday, November 9, 1934, or that Saturday. They had been drinking, and Leo (who was driving his '29 Roadster with rumble seat), tried to make a sharp turn which he had missed, and rolled the car. Buss was thrown clear, and Leo was crushed under the car and died one week later in City Hospital in St.Louis. This accident happened somewhere along Hwy.21 in Jefferson County, and I'm trying to find out where it happened, and a newspaper account of the incident. Any info or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Please respond to conlaeth@juno.com Thank you so much! John L. Maurath — Email: conlaeth@juno.com
More . . . Leo Maurath was good friends with Buss Mort . Leo was my Grandfather Maurath's kid brother. Their sister, Carmelite (nee Maurath) Trueman (aka "Carme"), is still alive at 92 years old, and was recently placed in a nursing home. She had her mind up until recently. But, I've "interrogated" her many times over the years about the story, as she and her husband Ollie were at the same party with Leo and Buss the night of the accident. They were all drinking, dancing and having good fun. Aunt Carme said Leo and Buss left the party to go pick up Leo's red-headed girlfriend, and were going to come back to the party or go to another party. Leo had been living with his older sister Carme, as he was estranged from his Father. (Leo's Mother had died in 1928, when he was 17 years old). Leo was very nice-looking and well-built, but was kind of a tough guy, as he always seemed to get into fights with the Italians on Dego Hill in St.Louis, which was near where he lived. His Father was supposedly very strict with him. His Father, Louis, lived to be 97, and died in 1962. Anyhow, they were heading up Hwy.21 in Jefferson County, Missouri late on Friday night, when Buss noticed that Leo was about to pass his turn-off, and made him aware of it. Leo tried to negotiate the turn anyhow - and in doing so, he was going too fast and the car overturned, throwing Buss clear, but pinning Leo underneath, with the car rolling several times ( the car was about a 1929 Ford Roadster, with the rumble seat in the back). Leo was taken to St. Louis City Hospital #1 on LaFayette St. in St.Louis. Aunt Carme said "every bone in his body was broken". Leo died one week later. Aunt Carme's Father blamed her for the whole thing, and she has carried that burden with her, her whole life. The coroner's reports I received, tell a different story than the one related above to me by Aunt Carme. Discrepencies. I'll mail them all to you and let you decide. This is an interesting story, but very sad. There's probably a lot more that no one will ever know about, until we die. John Maurath
Jean Blake Dalrymple — motherd@theriver.com — With the compliments of the ROBERTSON COUNTY REVIEW, Robertson County, Ky. The TRIBUNE DEMOCRAT, 26 August 1948 Charles B. COLLINS, native of Robertson County, died at his home in Winchester, Ohio, last Saturday afternoon following an illness of over five years. He was the son of the late George and Louisa COLLINS, pioneer citizens of this county and was born Jan. 19, 1866, and at the time of his death was aged 82 years, 6 months, and 2 days. On March 18,1897, he was married to Miss Emma Duncan MEADOWS of this county. To this union there were born five children, namely, Osley, Brenton, Bonnie, Leslie and Margarette. Mr. COLLINS is survived by his wife and four children, Margarette having passed away when a young girl. The deceased leaves three grandsons, Charles MORT, Richard MORT , and William COLLINS; three granddaughters, Mrs. Richard STEVENSON, Miss Janice MORT , and Mrs. Ann GRIFFITH and one great-grandson, Ranell STEVENSON; one brother, William COLLINS, and two sisters Miss Kate COLLINS and Mrs. Betty BENTLEY of Mt.Olivet. The family moved from the Sardis vicinity in 1919 to Winchester. Mr. COLLINS was a successful farmer and one of the leaders in the operation of Penn Grove Campmeeting when he resided here. Funeral services were held at the Mt. Olivet Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. G.G. KITSON. Internment in the Mt.Olivet Cemetery.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Muskegon and Ottawa Counties, Michigan, pub. 1893, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, IL. , page 206 FAHLING, Philip an enterprising and successful general agriculturist, and son of the first German settler of Chester Township, Ottawa County, Mich., was born March 2, 1853 on the farm where he now resides, and is the only son of Philip and Elizabeth Fahling, both natives of Germany. The parents were married in the Old Country, but soon afte remigrating to America located in Ohio, where they remained three years. From the Buckeye State journeying to the farther West with oxen, they came to Michigan, fording and swimming rivers on the way. Arriving in the Wolverine State in 1844, they two years later in 1846, entered from the Government the farm of one hundred and sixty acres upon which they now live. The land was then heavily timbered but, persistently worked upon, has been brough under a high state of cultivation, and to the original acres have since been added others, until the homestead now contains two hundred and eighty acres of valuable land, improved with buildings of a superior character, commodious, of modern architecture and finely arranged. When the parents located in Michigan the father had $300 and the wife $140, money which they had made in Ohio. The father, working on a far for $10 per month, had saved it all, and now, with Conrad Kritzer, made the first settlement in Chester Township. The first white child born in the township was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Fahling, Margaret, now Mrs. Klink, of Alpine Township, Kent County. When the Fahlings located in Chester Township they were obliged to do all their trading in Grand Rapids, and as they had no horses the grist was brough upon their backs all the way home, there being no roads over which their oxen might have hauled the stuff. Their nearest neighbor was John Coffee, five miles south from their place. Desiring to fill their beds with straw, they were obliged to transport the same a long distance on their backs. The first shanty erected by mr. Fahling, Mr. Kritzer assisted in putting up, as did also Adam Lachman, a young man who had accompanied them from Ohio. It was built in three days, no nails being used in the construction, with exception of a few in the door. Mr. Fahling and Mr. Kritzer with their families lived together fthree months, and then Mr. Kritzer built a similar house for his family. These early pioneers, enduring sacrifices and great privations, toiled unceasingly that their children might in the days to come reap the benefit. The father through incessant toil contracted consumption, and at the early age of forty-five years passed away, in 1860, leaving a widow and five children to mourn his loss. Two little ones had preceded him to the better land. Margaret, Mrs. Klink, is the eldest-born; Elizabeth is the wife of Chris Peters, of Casenovia Township, Muskegon County; Philip is our subject; Christiana, deceased, was the wife of Fred Rister, of Chester Township; and Mary, deceased, was the wife of John Mortz of Big Rapids. The mother, married in 1862 to Henry Ritz, resides in Sparta Township, Kent County, and by her second husband has one son, John, a citizen of Sparta Township. Our subject was educated in the free and Lutheran schools of his home neighborhood, both his parents being of the Lutheran denomination. Reared to farming life and work, he was but eight years of age at the time of his father's death, and continued to live with his mother and stepfather until mature age, upon his twenty-first birth purchasing one hundred and four acres of the old homestead on which he was reared. Upon December 31, 1881, at the age of twenty-eight years, Philip Fahling married Christina Rister, a native of New York and a daughter of Jacob Rister, who in the early days came to Michigan and here prosperously engaged in farming. Unto our subject and his estimable wife had been born three children: Mary, Philip, Jr., and Charley. Mr. and Mrs. Fahling are both valued members of the Lutheran Church and are active aids in good work. Politically, our subject, as was his father before him, is a strong Democrat and an ardent advocate of the "the Party of the People." Financially blessed with an abundance of this world's goods, Mr. Fahling is ranked among the energetic and ambitious agriculturists of Ottawa County, and hsi recognized as a leading man of public spirit, ever ready to do his full share in all matters of mutual welfare and enterprise.
Glasgow Daily Times, Wednesday, 29 July 1998, p. 8. Name: James Thomas Mort Residence: Columbia Avenue, Glasgow, KY Died: Wednesday, 29 July, 1998, T. J. Samson Hospital, Glasgow, 72. Occupation: Retired truck driver for Kroger Military: Veteran of WW II. Survivors: Wife: Cindy Mort Daughter: Patricia Detter, OH Father and mother-in-law: William and Goldie Jessie, Glasgow Brothers and sisters-in-law: Anothony and Anita Edmunds Terry Hudleston Tammy Owens David and Bessie Jessie Jimmy and Sandra Bulle Marty and Connie Jessie Several nieces and nephews. Services: 1 pm Saturday, Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home, burial Happy Valley Memorial Gardens, Glasgow. Glasgow Daily Times, Wednesday, 29 July 1998, p. 8.This data is all well documented from a variety of sources which I can send if you need it. John Wesley Rosenberger was KIA as a Sgt. of Co. H, 33rd VA Reg, Stonewall Brigade, at Culp's Hill, Gettysburg. PA on 3 Jul 1863. He and 1st wife, Mary Ann Burner, lived on a 30 Ac. farm near Newport, Page Co. prior to the war and where Mary Ann died in 1857. You will note that a daughter from this marriage, Mary E., was Daniel Lafayette Shomo's 3rd wife, and Daniel's sister Elenora Malinda Shomo was John Wesley's 2nd wife! Elenora was living on the Page Co. farm at the time of John Wesley's estate sale in 1864. I note that your records mistakenly had Elenora Melinda as Daniel's 3rd wife. Daniel Lafayette Shomo was a member of the CSA Staunton Artillery. Prior to the war, he was a gun smith in New Market, and after the war, he was a carpenter who built many buildings in New Market. Some of the Shomo family were the Toll House keepers at Tenth Legion about 1850 and the Benjamin O'Roark family lived at and kept the Toll House at the Massanutten Gap outside of New Market. *************** FromThomas J. Rosenberger — ThomasJRosenberger@email.msn.com Here is what I have pieced together on the SHOMO line to date: Descendants of Jean Chaumontet 1 Jean Chaumontet d in Chaumont Savoy France . 2 Prosper Chaumontet ... +Christofle Clavel m 19 Apr 1678 in Norcier Thairy hamlet near Chaumont France .... 3 Jean-Francois Chaumontet b 1 Feb 1681/82 d 24 Oct 1747 ...... +Anne Claudine Chappet b 1688 m 28 Jul 1705 in Saint-Julien Savoy France ........d 26 Jun 1728 ....... 4 Joseph Chaumontet/Shomo b 17 Nov 1723 in Saint-Julien Savoy France ..........d 1786 in Bern Twp Berks Co PA ......... +Anna Maria Fricker m 1751 d 1765 in Bern Twp Berks Co PA ........... 5 John Shomo b 1752 ........... 5 John Bernard Shomo b 1753 ........... 5 Anthony Shomo b 29 Dec 1756 in Berks Co PA ..............d Mar 1812 in New Market Shenandoah Co VA ............. +Elisabeth Rebecca Obold b 26 Jun 1767 in Berks Co PA ................. m 1786 d 22 Dec 1842 in New Market Shenandoah Co VA .............. 6 Johannes/John A Shomo b 29 Aug 1787 in Shenandoah (now Page) Co VA? ..................d 21 Nov 1869 in Shenandoah Co VA? ................ +Elisabeth Mort b 16 May 1792 in Maryland m 10 Apr 1809 ..................d 1857 in New Market Shenandoah Co VA ................. 7 Joseph Washington Shomo b 3 Oct 1811 in New Market Shenandoah Co VA ................. 7 Catharina Anna Margaretha Shomo b 25 Nov 1813 in ....................New Market Shenandoah Co VA d 1888 ................... +Solomon P Reamer b Abt 1813 m 22 Sep 1841 in Shenandoah Co VA .................... 8 John D S Reamer b 9 Oct 1843 .................... 8 Mary E V Reamer b 9 Apr 1845 .................... 8 Frances C M Reamer b 4 Oct 1847 .................... 8 Solomon C C Reamer b 25 Sep 1849 ................. 7 Johannes Anthony Shomo b 1 Jun 1816 in New Market VA ....................d 26 Dec 1851 in Smith Creek Shenandoah Co VA ................... +Lydia O'Roark m 9 Jan 1843 in Shenandoah Co VA ................. 7 Heinrich Jacob Shomo b 5 Dec 1818 in Shenandoah Co VA ....................d 18 Apr 1884 in Roanoke Roanoke Co VA ................... +Mary Ann Brewer m 3 Jan 1843 in Shenandoah Co VA ................. 7 Henrietta Elizabetth Shomo b 12 Feb 1821 in Shenandoah Co VA ................... +Daniel J Hunsaker m 4 Mar 1844 in Shenandoah Co VA ................. 7 Maryann Rosannah Shomo b 28 Jun 1823 in Shenandoah Co VA ....................d 9 Feb 1895 in New Market Shen Co VA ................... +William Webster Breedlove m 16 Mar 1847 in Shenandoah Co VA ................. 7 [1] Daniel Lafayette Shomo b 27 Dec 1825 in Shenandoah Co VA ....................d 14 Sep 1893 in New Market Shen Co VA ................... +Amanda Salyards m 4 Mar 1852 in Shenandoah Co VA d Bef 1871 ................... *2nd Wife of [1] Daniel Lafayette Shomo: ................... +Caroline Burkholder b 1846 m 25 Apr 1871 in Shenandoah Co VA ................... *3rd Wife of [1] Daniel Lafayette Shomo: ................... +Mary E Rosenberger b 11 Aug 1853 in Page Co VA ....................m 10 Feb 1879 in Shenandoah Co VA ................... d 11 Mar 1947 in Shenandoah Co VA? ................. 7 Jarutia Adalade Shomo b 3 May 1829 in Shenandoah Co VA ....................d 5 Mar 1915 in New Market Shenandoah Co VA ................... +Jeremiah Higgs m 29 Jan 1852 in Shenandoah Co VA ................. 7 Elenora Malinda Shomo b 11 Aug 1832 in New Market ....................Shenandoah Co VA d 10 Dec 1914 .................... in New Market Shenandoah Co VA .................... +John Wesley Rosenberger b 1830 in Shenandoah Co VA .....................m 1 Jan 1861 in Shenandoah Co VA .................... d 3 Jul 1863 in Gettysburg PA .................... 8 Lelia Harris Rosenberger b 7 Mar 1862 in Page Co VA .......................d 24 May 1898 in New Market Shenandoah Co VA ...................... +Benjamin B O'Roark b in Rockingham Co VA? .......................m 14 Mar 1882 in Shenandoah Co VA .............. 6 Capt Joseph Shomo b 27 Dec 1789 .............. 6 daniel Shomo b 25 Nov 1792 d 1852 ................ +Dianna Reamer b 10 Sep 1803 in Berks Co PA ..................d 1882 in Barbour Co VA ................. 7 Elim William Henry Shomo b 11 May 1822 ....................d 1909 in New Market Shenandoah Co VA ................... +Elizabeth Frances Louderback b 1825 .....................m 1844 in Page Co VA d 1896 .................... 8 Catherine Shomo b 1849 d 1926 ...................... +John William Gaines b 1841 d 1910 .............. 6 William Elone Shomo b 17 Oct 1806 d 3 Feb 1893 ................ +Elizabeth Susan Titlow m 12 Oct 1831 ................. 7 Thomas J Shomo b 1832 d 1916 ................... +Martha Jane Beaver b 1832 d 1902 ..................... 8 Samuel Luther Shomo b 1869 d 1945 ....................... +Ida Florence Spitzer b 1871 d 1945 ......................... 9 Glen Keller Shomo b 1898 d 1977 ........................... +Eva Lillian Brown b 1897 ............................. 10 Glen Keller Shomo Jr ............................... +Rosemary Elinor Burkett ............................. 10 [2] Carolyn Brown Shomo ............................... +John Adam Mitchell Jr b 1918 d 1970 ............................. *2nd Husband of [2] Carolyn Brown Shomo: ............................... +Leroy Vernon ............................. 10 Joann Shomo ............................... +Hamilton Scherer Gambill ............................. 10 Richard Neil Shomo ............................... +Jo Ann Driver b 1932 d 1966 ............................. 10 Phillip Douglas Shomo ............................... +Miriam Rowland ................. 7 daniel Godfrey Shomo b 1833 ................... +??? ..................... 8 Lizzie Shomo ....................... +Isaac Schaeffer m 8 Jan 1886 ................. 7 Sophia C Shomo b 1835 ................. 7 Ann Maria Shomo b 1837 ................. 7 Caroline Charlotte Shomo b 1839 ................. 7 William David Shomo b 1841 ................. 7 Barbara S Shomo b 1843 ................. 7 Elizabeth Susan Shomo b 1847 ........... 5 Joseph Shomo b 1759 ..... 3 Joseph Chaumontet ..... 3 Etienette Chaumontet ..... 3 Pierre Louis Chaumontet ..... 3 Francois Chaumontet ..... 3 Pierre Marie Chaumontet ..... 3 Jean Chaumontet ..... 3 Jean Claude Chaumontet .. 2 Ayma Chaumontet .. 2 Francois ChaumontetThis is from many different sources The ancestry of Anthony Shomo (1756-1812) and some of his descendants is from three FTM World Family Tree disks: Vol. 2, Tree # 3477; Vol. 8, Tree # 1845; Vol. 22, Tree # 2135, and is undocumented. Notes indicate that Anthony and his father, Joseph, fought in the Rev. War. Many Shomo Reamer (Riemer) and Rosenberger births and baptisms are documented in the 1983 Stewart and Wust publication, DAVIDSBURG CHURCH BAPTISMS 1785-1845. This Davidsburg Lutheran Church split in about 1821 to become St. Matthews Lutheran Church and Emmanuel Lutheran Church. These two churches came back together in 1956 as Reformation Lutheran Church. Much interesting and valuable information concerning the New Market area and families has been found in William A. Good's 1992 book, SHADOWED by the MASSANUTTEN, which containes newspaper articles and obits, family histories, gravestone inscriptions, and many court records. Another tremendous source is Judy Campbell's website, Mt. View Research,http://geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/9793/contents.htm, which you need to visit if you are not already aware of it. FromThomas J. Rosenberger — ThomasJRosenberger@email.msn.com ********* FromThomas J. Rosenberger — ThomasJRosenberger@email.msn.comBelow are some bits and pieces concerning the list of names that you sent earlier and that I have found in the resources that I have here at home. The Shomo, Tidler(Titler), Hottel, Hilbert(Halbert,Hilbart), Reamer(Riemer), Breedlove, Henkel, and Higgs(Higs) families are all found in the early records of New Market, VA between 1792 and 1810. The first reference to a Mort is a Mary Mort found in the 1820 census as a head of household in New Market. A Mary Mort (77, F, W, born PA) is found in the 1850 census household of Samuel (52, M, W, Hatter, born VA) and Margaret (52, F, W, born VA) Tidler in New Market. The 1810 census household of John Shomo in New Market contains one male (John?) and one female (Elizabeth Mort?), both 16-26. The 1850 census household in New Market of John Shomo (62,M,W, Joiner, born PA) includes Elizabeth (51, F, W, born MD), Daniel L. (24, M, W, Joiner, born VA), Jerusia (22, F, W, born VA), Eleanora (17, F, W, born VA), and a George W. Buzzle (11, M, W, born VA). I would suspect, from the above, that Margaret Tidler and Elizabeth Shomo were sisters and that Mary Mort (born PA Abt. 1773) was their mother. I would also think that this Mort family was in the vicinity of New Market by 1810. John Shomo was noted as the bondsman for the marriage of Samuel Tidler and Margaret Mort on 8 Jan 1822. The births of seven of the children of Samuel and Margaret Tidler, between 1822 an 1835, are noted in the Davidsburg Church records. Anna Maria Mort, daughter of Abraham, married J. A. Hottel on 11 Mar 1850 in Shenandoah Co., and John Mort married Barbara Ann Kneisley in Shenandoah Co., on 19 Dec 1850. A John Mort married Harriet Henkel, daughter of George, on 22 Feb 1822 in Shenandoah Co. The births and baptisms for all of the children on John and Elizabeth (Mort) Shomo are shown in the Davidsburg Church records from 1811 through 1832. Catharina Ann Marie Shomo, daughter of John, married Solomon Reamer, son of Daniel, on 22 Sep 1841, bondsman Henry Shomo. Mary Ann Rosannah Shomo, daug hter of John, married William Breedlove on 16 Mar 1847, Nathaniel O'Roark bondsman. John and Elizabeth Shomo were the sponsors at the Davidsburg baptism 11 Jan 1811 of Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Jacob and Maria Anna Hilbart. Was she Mary (Mort) Hilbert, and a sister of Margaret and Elizabeth? FromThomas J. Rosenberger — ThomasJRosenberger@email.msn.com16. Michael Daniel BRADLEY 4, G Grandfather. Born on Apr 7, 1860 in Lilly, Pa. Michael Daniel died in Lilly, Pa. on Jul 7, 1927, he was 67.5 Buried on Jul 11, 1927 in St. Brigids Cemetery, Lilly, Pa. Occupation: Coal Miner. Religion: Catholic. In 1894 when Michael Daniel was 33, he married Mary Ann CALLAHAN 4, G Grandmother, daughter of James CALLAHAN (1850-) & Elizabeth FARREN (1850-). Born on Jan 14, 1870 in Lilly, Pa. Mary Ann died in Lilly, Pa. on Mar 15, 1944, she was 74. Buried in St. Brigids Cemetery, Lilly, Pa. Occupation: Domestic. Religion: Catholic. Alias/AKA: Molly. They had the following children: 79 i. James Patrick BRADLEY (1892-1940) 80 ii. Patrick (1891-1957) 81 iii. Michael (1900-) 82 iv. Anastasia (1907-1987) 83 v. Gerald 84 vi. Lizzie 85 vii. Margaret 86 viii. Susan 87 ix. Stuart 88 x. Mildred ____________________79. James Patrick BRADLEY 5, Grandfather. Born on Feb 11, 1892 in Pa. James Patrick died in Piper Coal Mine, Lilly Pa. on Aug 28, 1940, he was 48. Buried in St. Brigids Cemetery, Lilly, Pa. Occupation: Coal miner. Religion: Catholic. Soc. Sec Num: 190-10-6995. On August 28, 1940, Jim Bradley was killed in a mining accident in Piper Coal Mine, Lilly, Pa. His fatal injuries included a crushed skull, broken neck, broken back, fractured right leg. He was laid out at his home on Main Street, Lilly, Pa. James Patrick married Letitia MORT , Grandmother, daughter of David MORT & Letitia HUGHES . Born in 1896. Letitia died in Niagara Falls, NY. on Jun 2, 1959, she was 63. Buried in St. Brigids Cemetery, Lilly, Pa. Religion: Catholic. After Jim Bradleys death, Letitia (Let) married Mr. Morgan and she died in Niagara Falls, NY. She is buried next to Jim Bradley at St. Brigids, Lilly PA. They had the following children: 244 i. Gerald Joseph BRADLEY (1914-1995) 245 ii. Catherine BRADLEY 246 iii. William BRADLEY (1915-1984) 247 iv. Mary BRADLEY (1919-1979) ____________________244. Gerald Joseph BRADLEY, Father. Born on May 9, 1914 in Lilly, PA. Gerald Joseph died in Landover Hills, MD. on May 5, 1995, he was 80. Occupation: Coal Miner, Hotel Worker. Religion: Catholic. Alias/AKA: Piney Also known as Buzz. On Sep 7, 1935 when Gerald Joseph was 21, he married Grace Rita McALEER, Mother, daughter of Michael Vincent McALEER (1886-1957) & Nancy Regina BOLGER (1889-1934), in Cumberland, MD. Born on May 16, 1916 in Lilly, PA. Religion: Catholic. They had the following children: 392 i. James BRADLEY (1941-) 393 ii. Nancy Letitia BRADLEY (1943-) 394 iii. Carole Ann BRADLEY (1952-) 395 iv. Barbara Lee BRADLEY (1955-) 396 v. Mary Jane BRADLEY (1960-)245. Catherine BRADLEY, Aunt. Born in Lilly, PA. Catherine married Charles CONWAY. Born on Mar 30, 1914. Charles died in Buffalo, NY. on Apr 9, 1981, he was 67. Soc. Sec Num: 193-05-6270. They had the following children: 397 i. Donald CONWAY 398 ii. Catherine CONWAY246. William BRADLEY, Uncle. Born in 1915 in Lilly, PA. William died in Niagara Falls, NY. in May 1984, he was 69. Soc. Sec Num: 134-07-5132. William married GERALDINE. Born on Jun 12, 1922 in Lilly, PA. died in Niagara Falls, NY. on Jun 2, 1991, she was 68. Soc. Sec Num: 175-18-6666. They had the following children: 399 i. William BRADLEY 400 ii. Judith BRADLEY247. Mary BRADLEY, Aunt. Born on Dec 13, 1919 in Lilly, PA. Mary died in Sep 1979, she was 59. Soc. Sec Num: 162-16-1645. Alias/AKA: Mooch. Mary married Charles McEWAN. They had the following children: 401 i. Rodney McEWAN. 402 ii. Choddy McEWAN. 403 iii. David McEWAN. 404 iv. James McEWAN. 405 v. Mickey McEWAN. From:Carole WarneckiObituary: Genevieve L. Mahaney, 74, a homemaker, died Saturday. Surviving are three sons, Howell H. Mahaney III of Independence, Dennis Mahaney of Melbourne and Otis C. Mahaney of Fort Thomas; two daughters, Jukeila L. Clinkenbeard of Alexandria and Norritta A. Pugh of Silver Grove; two brothers, Walter Dennis of Silver Grove and Robert Dennis of Independence; three sisters, Wilda Jean DeMoss and Wilma Jane McDonald, both of Silver Grove, and Marcheta Mort of Elwood, Ind.; 14 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howell H. Mahaney Jr. There is no visitation, and the service will be at the convenience of the family. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel in Cincinnati. Alexandria Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society, 4130 Dixie Highway, Erlanger 41018. York Daily Record (Pennsylvania), Obituary, December 1, 1998,EAST BERLIN - Teena I. (Dern) Mort, 41, of 103 W. King St., East Berlin, died Sunday at Hanover Hospital. She was the companion of Paul Highlands. A graveside service will be 10 a.m. Saturday in East Berlin Union Cemetery. There will be no viewing. The Feiser Funeral Home Inc., 306 Harrisburg St., East Berlin, is in charge of arrangements. Ms. Mort was born Jan. 19, 1957, in York. She was the daughter of Josephine C. (Stump) Golden of New Oxford, and the late Donald L. Dern. Ms. Mort also is survived by a son, Michael A. Mort II of East Berlin; two daughters, Jessica Mort of York and Jamie Mort of Windsor; three grandchildren; three brothers, Paul L. Dern of East Berlin, Donald S. Dern of Dover and Joey A. Dern of York; and two sisters, G. Kay Zeigler of East Berlin and Angela S. Stump of Wrightsville. Officiating at the service will be Elder Harry B. Nell. Memorial contributions may be made to Teena I. Mort Burial Fund, in care of Adams County National Bank, 1677 Abbottstown Pike, East Berlin 17316. Information FromNicholas L. Neylon Obituary Funeral services for Berneice M. Reinhardt, 77, will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 2 (1989) in the Trostel-Chapman Funeral Home in New Carlisle. Mrs. Reinhardt died Sunday, Feb. 26 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Dayton. She had been a secretary in government service in Washington, D.C. during World War II, and worked in public education in Bethel Township for a number of years. As a volunteer, she assisted Miss Mabel Funderburg for four years in setting up an elementary library at Bethel School, and later worked for 18 years as administrative secretary for John Senseman. She was responsible for the format of the Bethel newsletter, continuing its preparation until she retired from the school. Her continuing interest in the elementary and high school library promoted many gifts and memorial volumes for the school. Many of her gifts to charity were of an anonymous nature. Berneice was preceded in death by her husband Lynn E. on November 12, 1986 and two brothers, Everett and Charles. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Bruce and Chris of New Carlisle; daughter and son-in-law, Diane and David Nauman of Grafton, WI; five grandchildren, Nicholas and wife Nancy Neylon, Brendan Neylon, Justin Neylon and Erin and Jason Reinhardt; three sisters, Thelma Gross of Kettering, Vivian and Ed Wetzel of West Carrollton and Charlotte Kreider of Dayton; two brothers, Clarence and Romola Mort and Norman and Lillian Mort all of Dayton. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Memorial and Honors Program, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 300, Memphis, Tenn. 38148. Envelopes may also be obtained at the funeral home. **************************************** MORT FAMILY REUNION
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"Tipp City Herald" "Bruce Reinhardt services conducted" Services for Bruce Alan Reinhardt, 49, of Tipp City, were conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Brandt United Methodist Church by the Rev. Bill Selkirk. Burial was in Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Reinhardt, a research chemist at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, died March 5 at his residence. He was a member of the Brandt United Methodist Church. He is survived by a daughter, Erin Reinhardt, and a son, Jason Reinhardt, both of New Carlisle; a sister Mrs. David Nauman (Diane) of West Bend, Wis; and three nephews, Nick, Brendan and Jay Neylon. He was prededed in death by his parents, Lynn Edward and Berneice (Mort) Reinhardt. Funeral arrangements were completed by the Trostel, Chapman and Christmas Funeral Home, New Carlisle.
Your postcard finally caught up with me here in AZ where we are for the winter. I am attaching my contribution to your MORT database....please keep in mind that MORT is not one of my own research lines; I was interested only in the BOWERS connection, so it isn't very detailed as far as dates and places, but maybe it will help a little....Please let me know if you have any questions....our permanent email address is:walmar@bigfoot.com — Mary (Bowers) Teeter
SARA JANE BOWER MORT
D/O GEORGE BOWER
GEN #3-5 SARA JANE BOWER (GEORGE - SAMUEL)
B. 1855 PENNSYLVANIA ( OR 02 FEB 1845)2.
D. 31OR 212. MAR 1916 OF BRIGHT'S DISEASE
BU. BLAIN UNION CEMETERY, BLAIN, PA
M. (1) ***** MILLER2.
M. (2) ALEXANDER GASTON MORT - OF BLAIN, PA.
S/O WILLIAM OR WILSON AND MARY MORT MARRIED CA. 18662.
B. 11JUN 1846 FANNETTSBURG, FRANKLIN CO, PA1.
D. 30 JAN 1927 BLAIN, PA OF BRIGHT'S DISEASE1.
BU. BLAIN UNION CEMETERY, BLAIN, PA
* I BELIEVE HE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS GASTINE MORT AND AS ALEXANDRIA G. MORT ( IN OBITUARY)
* HE WITNESSED HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW'S (MARY RIDENHOUR BOWER) APPICATION FOR HER
CIVIL WAR WIDOWS PENSION AND SIGNED A DECLARATION OF HER DEATH ON HER ESTATE PAPERS.)
* HE WAS A CIVIL WAR VETERAN HAVING ENLISTED AT AGE 17; SERVED 25 MONTHS;
HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE 20TH (OR 120TH) 183RD VOL. CAV. PA.; MARRIED
SHORTLY AFTER RETURNING FROM THE WAR AND TOOK UP HOUSEKEEPING IN FRANKLIN CO,
PA.; CAME TO PERRY CO, PA ABOUT 1887; WAS A LIME-BURNER FOR SOME YEARS; MEMBER
OF THE REFORMED CHURCH.1.
* 1880 CENSUS, PERRY CO, JACKSON TWP, PA: ALEX MORT, 33, LABORER; SARAH J.,
30; GEORGE A., 12; SIMON S., 10; LAURA B., 8; REBECCA, 6; MARY M., 5; NANCY
E., 3; ANNA E., 1.
* 1900 CENSUS, PERRY CO, MADISON TWP, PA, PG 133: ALEXANDER MORT, BORN JUN
1846, AGE 53, MARRIED 34 YRS., BORN PA, PARENTS BORN PA.; SARAH J., BORN FEB
1845, AGE 55, MARRIED 34 YRS., 11 CHILDREN, 9 LIVING, BORN PA, PARENTS BORN
PA.; LILLIE B., BORN JUN 1885, AGE 14, BORN PA.
* 1910 CENSUS, PERRY CO, MADISON TWP, PA.: ALEXANDER G. MORT, AGE 63, MARRIED
44 YRS., SPEAKS ENGLISH, HAS OWN INCOME; SARAH J., AGE 65, 10 CHILDREN; EDWARD
A. STAMBAUGH, GRANDSON, AGE 13; DAVID W. STAMBAUGH, GRANDSON, AGE 11.
GEN #4-1 DAVID MILLER
GEN #4-2 ANNIE E. MORT (SARA J. - GEORGE - SAMUEL)
B. 17 JUN 1879 D. 25 APR 1899
BU. UNION CEMETERY, BLAIN, PA
M. MILES P. STAMBAUGH
S/O PHILIP R. STAMBAUGH AND LYDIA GUTSHALL
B. 21 MAR 1863
* MILES STAMBAUGH'S 1ST WIFE WAS IDA ELIZABETH SHATTO (12 AUG 1863 - 1890).
THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS: EFFIE STAMBAUGH (MRS HARRY COONEY; LATER MRS JOHN
CLOUSE) AND MABEL STAMBAUGH ( MRS SAMUEL KUHN).
* HIS 3RD WIFE WAS ANNIE KOCHER AND THEY HAD GEORGE, PAUL, ELSIE, PAULINE AND SARAH.
GEN #5-1 EDWARD A. STAMBAUGH
B. CA. 1897 PENNSYLVANIA
GEN #5-2 WILLIS STAMBAUGH (DAVID W.)
B. CA. 1899
* THESE TWO BOYS WERE LIVING WITH THEIR GRANDPARENTS IN 1910; DID MOTHER DIE
IN CHILDBIRTH?
GEN #4-3 MATILDA E. MORT AKA MARY MATILDA1. (SARA J. - GEORGE - SAMUEL)
B. 1911
M. DAN PECK (PROBABLY DAVID PECK OF BLAIN)1.
GEN #5-1 BRUCE PECK
GEN #5-2 RAY PECK
GEN #5-3 LESTER PECK
GEN #5-4 DAUGHTER - DIED AT BIRTH
GEN #5-5 CURTIS PECK
B. 1946
GEN #4-4 REBECCA MORT (SARA J. - GEORGE - SAMUEL)
B. CA. 1874 PA (1880 CENSUS SHE WAS 6YRS)
M. JOSHUA COMP OF ROSEBURG, PA1.
GEN #5-1 JIM COMP
GEN #5-2 AUGUST COMP
GEN #5-3 LUTHER COMP
GEN #5-4 ELIZABETH COMP
GEN #4-5 LAURA B. "BELL" MORT (SARA J. - GEORGE - SAMUEL)
B. CA. 1872 PA ( SHE WAS 8 YRS ON 1880 CENSUS)
M. (1) JIM ELDER
M. (2) ***** SHOOP1.
GEN #5-1 MAY ELDER
GEN #4-6 BLANCHE MORT (SARA J. - GEORGE - SAMUEL)
B. 1893 D. 11 FEB 1911 BU. BLAIN UNION CEMETERY, BLAIN, PA
* BLANCHE COMMITTED SUICIDE11.
M. JOSEPH HEFFLEFINGER OF NEWVILLE, PA1.
NO CHILDREN
GEN #4-7 ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" MORT (SARA J. - GEORGE - SAMUEL)
M. (1) JESSE PECK
M. (2) ***** THORNTON1. (LIVED IN MICHIGAN)2.
GEN #5-1 BEULAH PECK
GEN #5-2 FAIRY PECK
B. 1897(?????) D. 1922
GEN #5-3 DEWEY PECK
GEN #4-8 SIMON SYLVESTER MORT (SARA J. - GEORGE - SAMUEL)
B. MAY 1869 PENNSYLVANIA 5.
D. 24 APR 1935 ANDERSONBURG, PA OF AN EMBOLISM5.
BU. BLAIN, PA
*THEY WERE MEMBERS OF THE REFORMED CHURCH OF BLAIN
* HE WAS REARED IN THE TRESSLER'S ORPHAN HOME11.
M. MATILDA JANE SHAMBAUGH CA. 1890
D/O CATHERINE (STAMBAUGH 1823-1894) AND
JOHN SHAMBAUGH(1818-18926.
B. AUG 1865 PENNSYLVANIA
D. 09 FEB 1936 OF APOPLEXY NEAR COUCHTOWN, PA6.
*1900 CENSUS, PERRY CO, PA., MADISON TWP, PG 110 B: SIMON MORT, BORN MAY 1879,
AGE 30, MARRIED 9 YRS, BORN PA, PARENTS BORN PA, A CARPENTER; MATILDA J.,
WIFE, BORN AUG 1865, AGE 34, MARRIED 9 YRS., FOUR CHILDREN, FOUR LIVING, BORN
PA, PARENTS BORN PA.; SARA H., BORN JUN 1891, AGE 8; JAMES C., BORN NOV 1895,
AGE 4; DEWEY, BORN 1898, AGE 1; AND GROVER STAHL, STEPSON, BORN JAN 1884, AGE
16; ALL BORN PA.
*1910 CENSUS, PERRY CO, PA., MADISON TWP: SIMON MORT, AGE 40, MARRIED 19 YRS.,
SPEAKS ENGLISH, CARPENTER, FAMILY HOUSES; MATILDA J., AGE 44, MARRIED 19 YRS,
HAD FOUR CHILDREN, FOUR LIVING; JAMES, AGE 14, ODD JOBS; Z. DEWEY, AGE 11.
GEN #5-A CLEVELAND (GROVER CLEVELAND) STAHL11.12.
B. JAN 1884 PA
* HE WAS THE SON OF MATILDA JANE SHAMBAUGH AND EMANUEL STAHL S/O GEORGE AND
MARY ANN SHUMAN STAHL11.
GEN #5-1 SARAH CATHERINE/KATHRYN MORT
B. JUN 1891 OR 11 JUL 189111.
M. CALVIN LUTHER YOHN S/O SAMUEL EDWARD YOHN AND
HARRIET MATILDA HOHENSHILT ON 04 FEB 190811.
B. 24 NOV 1879 D. 12 NOV 195911.
*THEY WERE DIVORCED AND RAYMOND STAYED WITH HIS FATHER IN IOWA AND MILDRED
STAYED WITH HER MOTHER AND THEY MOVED BACK TO PA AFTER THE DIVORCE
GEN #6-1 RAYMOND LLOYD YOHN11.
B. 29 MAY 1909 D. 15 SEP 1978
M. FRANCES DAVIS OF IOWA
NO CHILDREN
GEN #6-2 MILDRED ELSIE YOHN11.
B. 04 JAN 1915
M. (1) WILLIAM WEIS
M. (2) E. REMINGTON NICHOLS
GEN #7-1 KATHY NICHOLS11.
GEN #5-2 JAMES KIRBY8.11.. MORT
B. NOV 1895 PENNSYLVANIA
D. 09 FEB 1986 NEW GERMANTOWN, PA8.
BU. BLAIN CEMETERY
M. ELSIE ELIZABETH COUCH D/O GEORGE FRANCIS COUCH AND
CATHARINE BELLE MITCHELL GUTSHALL COUCH
B. CA. 1890 D. 28 NOV 19679.
BU. BLAIN CEMETERY, BLAIN, PA
* THEY LIVED AT COUCHTOWN, PA; HE WAS A RETIRED EMPLOYEE OF THE MECHANICSBURG
NAVAL SUPPLY DEPOT, MEMBER OF THE BLAIN FIRE CO., BLAIN AMBULANCE CLUB.
AMERICAN LEGION. PERRY HISTORIANS AND THE BLAIN ZION CHURCH OF CHRIST.8.
* FRANCIS' PARENTS WERE: ANDREW BRINER COUCH AND ANNA ELIZABETH STAMBAUGH.
FRANCIS' PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS WERE: WILLIAM AND LUCINDA COUCH; MATERNAL
GRANDPARENTS WERE: GEORGE W. STAMBAUGH AND BETSEY (ELIZABETH) KESSLER.
GEN #6-1 RUTH KATHERINE MORT
B. 14 SEP 192011.
M. REV. DEAN ROSS FEATHER
S/O ROSS FEATHER OF KING, BEDFORD CO, PA ON 08 NOV 19414.
GEN #6-2 BETTY MAE MORT
B. 03 MAY 192311. D. 17 AUG 1994 NEW GERMANTOWN, PA 13.
BU. BLAIN CEMETERY, BLAIN PA
M. BENJAMIN R. MUMPER ON 14 SEP 1942 TUCSON, AZ3.
S/O WILLIAM MUMPER
GEN #7-1 FRANCINE M. MUMPER
M. ***** MARTIN - OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN, PA
GEN #7-2 MICHAEL R. MUMPER - OF NEW GERMANTOWN, PA
* BETTY MUMPER WAS EMPLOYED BY THE LOYSVILLE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND
PERRY CO CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES; CO-OWNER OF WILMERHAUS RUGS; MEMBER OF
ZION UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST.13.
GEN #6-3 JUNE FRANCES MORT - NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA
B. 19 JUL 1927
M. HARRY HENCH
GEN #7-1 DEB HENCH
GEN #7-2 TERRY HENCH
GEN #6-4 BONNIE JEAN MORT
B. 17 NOV 193111. D. 05 MAR 1985 IN CARLISLE, PA7.
BU. BLAIN CEMETERY, BLAIN, PA
* SHE WAS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, PIANIST, AND MEMBER OF ST PETERS UNITED
CHURCH OF CHRIST.7.
M. CHARLES F. KILLINGER
GEN #7-1 JAMES N. KILLINGER OF LANDISBURG, PA7.
GEN #7-2 PAMELA J. KILLINGER7.
M. ***** SPANGLE OF NEWPORT NEWS, VA
GEN #5-3 Z. DEWEY MORT
B. SEP 1898 PENNSYLVANIA
M. MARGARET STEVENSON
GEN #6-1 JANE MORT11.
GEN #6-2 CARSON MORT11.
GEN #4-9 GEORGE A. MORT (SARA J. - GEORGE - SAMUEL)
B. CA. 1868 PA ( HE WAS 12 IN THE 1880 CENSUS)
M. LOME SHAEFFER D/O SAMUEL AND KATIE HENRY SHAEFFER
* LIVED IN MORENCI, MI
GEN #5-1 ROSCO MORT
GEN #5-2 JUNE MORT
GEN #4-10 JOHN F. MORT10. (SARA J. - GEORGE - SAMUEL)
B. CA. 1885 PENNSYLVANIA D. PRIOR TO 1927
M. EMMA WALLSMITH CA. 1905
B. CA. 1888 PENNSYLVANIA
*1910 CENSUS, PERRY CO, MADISON TWP: JOHN F. MORT, AGE 25, MARRIED 5 YRS.
FARMER, BORN PA, PARENTS BORN PA; EMMA, 22, MARRIED 5 YRS., HAD 2 CHILDREN, 2
LIVING, BORN PA, PARENTS BORN PA: LOY A., AGE 4; ARTHUR, AGE 1 YR AND 10 MONTHS.
GEN #5-1 MARIAN MORT
GEN #5-2 RAY MORT ( OR IS THIS LOY A. MORT ?)
B. CA. 1905 PENNSYLVANIA
GEN #5-3 ARTHUR MORT
B. CA. 1908 PENNSYLVANIA
GEN #6-1 CLYDE MORT
GEN #6-2 HAZEL MORT
1. OBITUARY ALEXANDRIA G. MORT, 10 FEB 1927
2. OBITUARY SARAH JANE BOWER MORT, 29 MAR 1916
3. WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT MUMPER-MORT
4. WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT FEATHER-MORT
5. OBITUARY SIMON MORT 24 APR 1935
6. OBITUARY MATILDA JANE MORT, 09 FEB 1936
7. OBITUARY BONNIE J. KILLINGER, 1985
8. OBITUARY JAMES K. MORT, 1986
9. OBITUARY ELSIE COUCH MORT 1967
10. JUNE 3RD, 1912. WARRANT ISSUED WALTER MORRISON ON OATH OF LILLIE L.
STITZER CHARGING THE DEFENDANT. WITH FORNICATION AND BASTARDY THAT ON OR ABOUT
SATURDAY SEP 2, 1911 AT THE TOWNSHIP OF MADDISON, COUNTY OF PERRY, AND STATE
OF PA. THE DEFENDANT. JOHN F. MORT DID COMMIT FORNICATION WITH A CERTAIN
LILLIE L. STITZER AND A MALE BASTARD CHILD ON THE BODY OF HER THE SAID LILLIE
L. STITZER THEN AND THERE BEGAT JUNE 3, 1912. CONSTABLE WILLIAM MORRISON
PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST AND BROUGHT HIM BEFORE REUBEN H. KELL OF
BLAIN BOROUGH. DEFT. JOHN F. MORT HELD IN $300.00 G.W.SHAFFER OF BLAIN, PA
ESCH HELD IN THE SUM OF $200.00 FOR THE APPEARANCE OF THE SAID JOHN F. MORT AT
THE MEXT COURT OF QUARTER SESSION TO ANSWER THE CHARGE OF FORNICATION AND
BASTARDY. ROLL A211 PG, 399 (PERRY CO PROBATE RECORDS)
11. NOTES FROM MILDRED YOHN NICHOLS
12. 1900 CENSUS PERRY CO
13. OBITUARY BETTY M.MUMPER, AUG 17, 1994
Obituary of JOHN HENRY OESTERhttp://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Md/GarrettObits?read=11 Posted by John C Oester <JCOester@aol.com> on Wed, 26 May 1999 Surname: OESTER, RICHTER, NEIL, MORT Private John Henry Oester, who was in training in Camp Lee, died at that place on Oct. 11, 1918 of pneumonia. His body was brought to Salisbury, Pa., on the I4 inst., and left to lie in state at the home of his wife's parents, Mr and Mrs. John Mort, until Tuesday, when interments was made in the IOOF cemetery in this place. Rev, Mr. Frank, pastor of the German Luthern church of this county, of which the deceased was a member, officiated. Private Oester was born September 15th, 1893 in the Cove, Md. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Oester, residents of the Cove at the present time. On June 19, 1918 he was married to Miss Edith Mort, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mort. He entered the service, July 26th, and went into training at Camp Meade. He was later transferred to Camp Lee, where he died. He is survived by his parents, his wife, two sisters, Mrs. Irvin Thomas of the Cove, and Miss Rosy Oester at home, two brothers, Julius, at camp Meade, and Harry Neil, of Garrett. Story Co., Iowa Marriage Index http://mc.simplenet.com/marriage/MrgSearch.mv?Mort Copyright © - 1998 Mark Christian John MORT Resylvia Ann DEAL 11 Mar 1883 William H. ZENOR Lizzie MORT 26 Apr 1877 Story County Iowa 1895 Census http://mc.simplenet.com/1895/1895Access.mv?pagearg=045&internal=1&x=3&y=4 Copyright © - 1998 Mark Christian 56-51-52 John MORT 32 M M Ind. Farmer Franklin Twp Resilvia MORT 32 F M Story Keeping House Franklin Twp Eva MORT 9 F Story Franklin Twp Etta MORT 7 F Story Franklin Twp Roy MORT 5 M Story Franklin Twp Ralph MORT 0 M Story Franklin Twp http://mc.simplenet.com/1895/1895Access.mv?pagearg=043&internal=1&x=4&y=3 054-38-39 William ZENOR 43 M M Iowa Farmer Disp. Franklin Twp Elizabeth ZENOR 39 F M Pa. K.H. Disp. Franklin Twp Bertha MEYERS 27 F S Iowa K.H. Disp. Franklin TwpSeen your query in Miami County, Indiana. My GGGrandfather's first wife was Mary Ann Mort supposedly born March 24, 1844. She married James Newton Allison in Miami County, Indiana, September 13, 1863. They later removed to Kosciusko County, Indiana where she died March 28, 1872. The two had one daughter who survived and moved to Labette County with her father and step-mother. Do you know who she belonged to? Thanks, Lonie R. Addis 640 Iowa Oswego, Kansas 67356 316-795-2826 Subject: Mary Ann Mort Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 07:08:27 -0500 From: "Addis"addis@oswego.netDonald, Appreciate very much your reply. I am not a direct descendent on Mary Ann Mort. Her husband, James Newton Allison, was my GGGrandfather. After Mary Ann died, he married Sarah Jane Kreighbaum, widow of Ira Shobe. James and Sarah had six children together of which I am descended from the second child, Mary Frances Allison. Those six children were in addition to the two daughters from Sarah's previous marriage and the one daughter, Emma Ollevette Allison, of James and Mary Ann. With that scenerio, what can I provide that would be welcome and of assistance. Mary Ann Mort Allison is buried at Gospel Hill Cemetery in Lake Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana. Records I have on her birth and death are copied from the bible of the father of James Newton Allison, Alfred Allison. Lonie To: Mort Family Comments
Denise L. (Hampton) Adams
844 22nd Street
Altoona, PA 16601
Sincerely,
Denise L. (Hampton) Adams
Here's my information on the linkage from Samuel Nigh/Lydia Mort to me. I've included source information. I'll send a separate message on Lydia
Mort's parents.
1. Samuel Nigh Source1: World Family Tree Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Source2: Ancestry.com File-12983. Born: November 11, 1809 Palmyra, PA Source1: World Family Tree Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Source2: Ancestry.com File-12983. Died: June 22, 1891 Leitersburg, MD Source1: World Family Tree Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Source2: Ancestry.com File-12983. (He is your record # 978.) Wife: Lydia Mort Source1: World Family Tree Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Source2: Ancestry.com File-12983, Source3: Ancestry.com-File-g69. Born: February 1813 Source1: World Family Tree Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Ancestry.com File-12983. Married: WFT Est. 1828-1858 World Family Tree Vol. 11, Ed. 1. Died: January 29, 1891 Leitersburg, MD Source1: World Family Tree Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Source2: Ancestry.com File-12983. (She is your record #977.) 2. John W. Nigh Source1: World Family Tree Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Source2: Ancestry.com File-12983. Born: November 1834 Leitersburg, MD Source1: World Family Tree Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Source2: Ancestry.com File-12983. Died: September 29, 1893 Leitersburg, MD Source1: World Family Tree Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Source2: Ancestry.com File-12983. Wife: Mary Elizabeth Fridinger Source1: World Family Tree Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Source2: Ancestry.com File-12983. Born: November 1841 Source1: World Family Tree Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Source2: Ancestry.com File-12983. Married: 1869 Hagerstown, MD Source1: World Family Tree Vol. 11, Ed. 1, Source2: Ancestry.com File-12983. Died: WFT Est. 1883-1936 Hagerstown, MD Source1: World Family Tree Vol. 11, Ed. 1. Burial: Rose Hill Cemetary, Hagerstown, MD Christina Ann Patterson. 3. Emma Helen Nigh aka: Patsy Patterson Ancestry.com File-12983. Born: September 15, 1877 Leitersburg, MD Source1: Christina Ann Patterson, Source2: Ancestry.com File-12983. Died: December 1972 Hagerstown, MD Source1: Christina Ann Patterson. Burial: Rose Hill Cemetary, Hagerstown, MD Christina Ann Patterson. Husband: Mayberry Irvin Patterson Source1: Christina Ann Patterson, Source2: Ancestry.com File-12983. Born: March 20, 1860 Warrior's Mark, Pennsylvania James Patterson of Conestoga Manor and His Descendents. Married: August 20, 1914 Hagerstown, Maryland James Patterson of Conestoga Manor.... Died: 1925 Hagerstown, Maryland James Patterson of Conestoga Manor.... Burial: Rose Hill Cemetary, Hagerstown, MD Christina Ann Patterson. 4. Mayberry Irvin Patterson, Jr Source1: Christina Ann Patterson, Source2: Ancestry.com File-12983. Born: December 30, 1917 Hagerstown, Maryland Mayberry Irvin Patterson, Jr. Died: 1966 Hagerstown, Maryland Christina Ann Patterson. Burial: Rose Hill Cemetary, Hagerstown, MD Christina Ann Patterson Wife: Mary Louise Messersmith Source1: Mary Louise Messersmith, Source2: Ancestry.com File-12983. Born: May 1, 1917 Hagerstown, Maryland Mary Louise Messersmith. Married: March 1, 1941 Hagerstown, MD Mary Louise Messersmith. Died: June 12, 1999 Sun City West, AZ Christina Ann Patterson. Burial: June 26, 1999 Rest Haven Cemetary, Hagerstown, MD Christina Ann Patterson. 5 . Christina Ann Patterson aka: Christine Tetrick. Born: 1942 Hagerstown, MD. No children. Husband: Charles Hiram Thurber, Jr. Born: 1943 Houston, Texas. Married: 1966 Springfield, VA --------------- My info and sources for Lydia's father & mother & siblings comes from Ancestry.com file g69, which includes Lydia and Samuel, but not any descendents. From Ancestry.com file 12983 and World Family Tree Vol 11, tree #2986, I already had info on Lydia and Samuel's descendents, but not on Lydia's ancestors. Here is the information from Ancestry.com file g69 on Lydia's parents & siblings. [DEG: WARNING! — None of this has been added into the files as no documentation has been shown. If you can find documentiation please send it and those records will be changed or updated. — It is being presented here as an source to check if documentation can be found.]
1 Mathias MORT b: Abt. 1774 Frederick County, MD d: April 1817 Frederick County, MD
+Elizabeth BAUER b: Abt. 1774 MD m: Frederick County, MD d: Aft. 1831 Washington County MD
2 Polly MORT b: Bet. 1794 - 1800 Frederick County, MD d: Bef. 1850 Frederick County, MD
+George G. MORT b: 1788 Frederick County, MD m: September 06,1817
Frederick County, MD d: Abt. 1874 Carroll County, MD
2 Catherine MORT b: Bef. June 22, 1798 Frederick County, MD
+Peter YOUNG m: February 10, 1819 Frederick County, MD
2 Margaret MORT b: November 16, 1799 Frederick County, MD
+Henry RECKER m: August 02, 1826 Frederick County, MD
2 Sophia MORT b: Bet. 1800 - 1810
2 Abraham MORT b: September 16, 1801 Frederick County, MD d: Bef. 1880 Shenandoah County, VA
+CATHERINE b: Abt. 1805 Scotland m: Franklin County PA, or
Washington County MD d: Bef. 1880 Shenandoah County, VA
2 Susanna MORT b: Bet. 1804 - 1810
2 Daniel MORT b: March 26, 1805 Frederick County, MD d: Bef. April 08, 1817 Frederick County, MD
2 William MORT b: December 17, 1806 Frederick County, MD d:
Aft. 1860 Franklin County PA, or Washington County MD
+MARY b: Abt. 1809 MD d: Aft. 1860
2 Joseph MORT b: March 11, 1811 Frederick County, MD d:October 21, 1862 Madison Township, Clark, OH
+Rebecca DALE b: January 09, 1808 MD m: Abt. 1833 Franklin County PA, or Washington County MD
d: March 29, 1891 Madison Township, Clark, OH
2 Lydia MORT b: Bet. 1812 - 1814 Frederick County, MD
+Samuel NIGH b: November 10, 1809 Pleasant Hill, Franklin, PA d: 1891 near Leitersburg, Washington, MD
2 John MORT b: April 08, 1815
I've included some minor corrections and a bunch of additional information. Thanks for all your info. Chris- - - - - - - - - - My records show parents of Samuel Nigh (RN=978) as John Henry Nye, born 18 Dec 1785 in Palmyra, PA, died 1847; and Elizabeth, died 1845. I have 2 different dates of birth for Samuel: 10 Nov 1809 and 11 Nov 1809. The name started in Germany as Neu and subsequent generational variations included Neigh and Nye before it got to Nigh. - - - - - - - - - - I have 2 different years of birth and dates of death for Lydia Mort Nigh (RN=977). At this point, I'm not sure which is correct. DOB1: Feb 1812. DOB2: Feb 1813. DOD1: 29 Jan 1890. DOD2: 29 Jan 1891. Also, my records show her mother'd maiden name (RN=18) as Elizabeth Margret Bauer. - - - - - - - - - - John W. Nigh (RN=1006) had 2 wives. First was Emily Jane Slick, born Dec 1841, married about 1861 in Leitersburg, MD, died 2 July 1864. They had 1 child: Samuel D. Nigh, born 1861 Leitersburg, MD, died 1863 Leitersburg, MD. Mary Elizabeth Fridinger (RN=7774) was his 2nd wife, with whom he had 6 more children: Charles Perkins Nigh, born 21 Sept 1870 Leitersburg, died Feb 1940 Hagerstown, MD; John Richardson Nigh, born 9 Mar 1871/72 Leitersburg, died 1949 Hagerstown, MD; Carrie Grace Nigh, born 27 Jan 1873/74 Leitersburg, died Mar 1927 Hagerstown, MD; Emma Helen (RN=7775); Minnie Maude Nigh, born Feb 1878/79 Leitersburg, died bet 1880 and 1973; Frank Clayton Nigh, born 17 Dec 1881 Leitersburg, died 26 Aug 1937 Hagerstown, MD, (RN=7774) Mary Elizabeth Fridinger's parents are George Fridinger, born between 1790-1819 in Duesseldorf, Germany, died between 1844 and 1904; and Caroline Christ, born between 1799 and 1822 in Duesseldorf, Germany, died between 1844 and 1910. - - - - - - - - - - (RN=7775) Emma Nigh Patterson and Mayberry I. Patterson (RN=7776) had 2 children. Their first was Helen Jane Patterson, born 14 Sep 1915 Hagerstown, died 27 Sept 1915 Hagerstown. - - - - - - - - - (RN=7776) Mayberry Patterson's parents were George Washington Patterson, born 1830 in Baileyville, Spruce Creek, Huntindon Co, PA, died 27 Sep 1865 at Yellow Springs PA; and Sarah Cunningham, born 4 Oct 1836 in Ennisville, PA. They were married on 2 June 1853 in McAlvey's Fort, PA and had 7 children--all sons. - - - - - - - - - - (RN=7777) Mayberry Patterson, Jr, was married at least once after he and Mary were divorced. I don't remember her full name (Catherine/Katherine/Cathryn/etc) and they had no children. He died on 18 August 1966. - - - - - - - - - - (RN-7778) Mary Messersmith. Her parents are James Weaver Nemo Messersmith, born 1 Sept 1884 Towanda, PA, died 25 Nov 1969 Hagerstown, MD; and Carrie Shaw, born 27 Jan 1887 in Garret Co, MD, died 11 Jan 1972 Hagerstown, MD. They were maried in 1904 near Jennings, MD and had 6 children--3 sons & 3 daughters. James and Carrie's eldest daughter, Luella Eliza Messersmith Washabaugh, born 1905 Jennings, MD is the grandmother of Linda Mort Houston 's (RN=3124) husband. Luella is the widow of Merle Alden Washabaugh (1905-1966); they were married in April 1926 in Hagerstown, MD. They had 3 children: 2 sons and Doris Ann Washabaugh Houston. Doris and her deceased husband David Houston, Sr had 4 children: 1 of them, David Houston, Jr. married Linda Mort. - - - - - - - - - - (RN=7780) Charles' parents were Charles Hiram Thurber, Sr, born Connecticut, died Albuquerque, NM; and Virginia Elsdon Thurber, born Connecticut, died Frederick, MD.
Thu, 26 Aug 1999 ADAM MORT OF LANCASHIRE From: John B Davies bernie.pat.davies@sympatico.ca I am attaching a file, consisting of some pages, relevant to Adam Mort , from Dr. John Lunn's "History of Astley".I have OCRed the text but I have not edited it for mistakes in the OCR process. I have some other documents but the copies I have are not very good but are legible. I hope this will provide you with some information you did not have before. Yours, Bernie Davies. [Because I do not access to the original I am not able to edit this file so am presenting it as sent with minor obvious corrections made. DEG] --------------- Adam Mort , 1586 The great Adam Morfs forebears are obscure. For his wife he took Janet Mort , daughter of Thomas Mort of Tyldesley, which Mort was a friend of the Earl of Derby, acting as his vice-chamberlain. He was by profession a lawyer. Adam married at Leigh church on May 16, 1586; he himself came from the Mort family of Highfield in Famworth and probably from the slight evidence of settlements among the Damhouse deeds his father was Thomas Mort . The wife Janet died before her husband. Adam Mort was High Constable of West Derby Hundred in 1612 and churchwarden at Leigh in 1618 and 1620. John Grundy's gift to Astley folk, 1587 John Grundy was a linen webster, who owed the large sum of £4 8s. 4d. to Richard Miliner for flax, when he died in 1587. He left altogether £19, which measured by the standards of his day was quite above average. Among his bequests was one of five shillings to poor folk in Astley in greatest need of help. The name of his 12 wife was Isabel and his four daughters were Margaret, Margery, Anne and Katherine. The widow lived in his house for her life and then, with licence of the lord, it was to go to Giles Grundy. Thomas Withington 1590 Withington Farm strides the northern limits of Astley village with Tyldesley; for long years dwelt in this remote corner the Withington family and here in 1590 died Thomas Withinaton. His frail will today recalls the vigour and simplicity of daily life in Astley in the 16th century. One of his sons John had died before this year and had left a child, Ellen, and William another son took his dead father's communal share in all ploughs, wheels and harrows. Then the old testator said " over and besyde my bringing forth " which beauteous phrase meant his irrevocable committal to the grave, the rest of his goods was to be shared by the children, Richard, Robert, Henry. Thomas and Elizabeth. This daughter was left the best pan. There was not much for division after debts of £2 16s. had to be paid out of a total of £10. 12s. One of the debts was due to Adam Mort and another to Lambert Tyldesley of the Garratt. His stock feeding in common with those of his more active sons included a goose, gander, cock and hens, a stirk, old mare, and the ancient name for a pig, a spewing. The death of Sir Gilbert Gerard, February 4, 1593 Gerard had been lord of Astley manor from 1561, which he had acquired through his marriage with Anne Radcliff and was in enjoyment of its profits and revenues for thirty-two years. His great name was known to every contemporary Astley man and woman. The eldest son of James Gerard of Ince and his mother, Margaret Holcroft, he was sent to London to study law, entered Gray's Inn and was called in 1539. Later he rose to be treasurer of the Inn along with Nicholas Bacon in 1556. The ancient and loyal borough of Wigan returned him as member to the parliaments of 1553 and 1555. It is said that during the dark eclipse of the fortunes of the young princess Elizabeth, Gerard had done her some great service and when she had come by the Crown, she quickly repaid him and on January 22, 1559, he was made attorny-general. Thenceforth he served her cause with undivided loyalty in all the great state trials to which her tortuous policy gave rise. He was knighted by her at Greenwich Palace July 5, 1579, and in 1581 attained his highest 'judicial appointment as Master of the Rolls. Lancaster borough returned him as member in 1584 and he died in 1593. By Anne Radcliff he had two sons and Frances a daughter. The younger son , Radcliff was drowned, while the elder, Thomas pursued like his father a political career and in 1603 was elevated to the peerage as Lord Gerard of Gerards Bromley. The town's money, 1593 William Wood had been elected a township officer; but he died before he had completed his year of duty and there was found in his house twenty five shillings' being towne's money part of a ley being gathered and not discharged again. 'This was one of several 'wedds' 13 John Mather. William Withington had died, owing 29s. 4d., it was alleged, to John and Mary Rowson of Worsley. His administrator T'homas Withington disputed this and the matter was left for decision to Thomas and John Cowdall, afferors of the court. George Speakman's Riding Long Close, 1613 When Speakman died in 1613, he left a wife Alice and four children all under 21. The eldest son was William and on his marriage his father asked him to pay to his other brother and two sisters £8 'to be put forth for their commodity.' Widow Alice had the profits of Riding Long Close until the youngest child, Ellen became 21. The other children were Elizabeth and Frank. At the time of his death Speakman was much in debt, some £34 in all including 14s. for meadow to his landlord and £5 to Hamble Partington. The interest on this was in arrear and Speakman had been forced to let his lender occupy Rycroft field, area one acre and a roodland in order to keep down the charges until the money had been repaid. Besides husbandry, milk, cheese, oats, and beans, he worked four pairs of looms and had work for three fustian ends at the time of his death. He probably lived near Coldalhurst, as three of the Coldale family valued his assets on September 14, 1613. All his debts were carefully listed by William Speakman, Thomas Jackson, and Geoffrey Ward. John Woodburn, 1614 John Woodbum's will sheds a fulsome light upon this very old, but now non-existent farmstead. He died in winter and asked his landlord to accept his son Thomas as tenant. Ale household goods he gave by special mention to his inheritor son were dashboard, little cupboard, great table, two forms, a skin, iron chimney, crows and tongs, brewing lead and the great corn ark in the barn. For these entailed items he had to pay £50 to the younger children. He made his immediate neighbours to the north, the two Thomas Gillibrands his executors, with John Sothem to act as overseer. One of the debts on the will was 6s. owing to Adam Mort . Woodburn bore his solid prosperity well. In January of 1615 were £71 worth of horses and kine in the outbuildings and in the barns £37 value of corn and hay. His main source of income was corn, butter and cheese and the aggregate of his total wealth came to £180 10s. 11 d. Revocation of a deed, 1615 One of the earliest deeds of prosperous Aclam Mort was a revocable settlement made in favour of his three sons on April 1, 1609. its main purpose was to stabilise and ensure the prosperity of the family and its ' stay' of living. The list of properties brought into the settlement recites some early leases of land in Bolton, before the Morts settled in Astley. One was dated August 20, 1574; it was of four acres of land in Great Lever and made by Adam Lever to his son Andrew. Another bears date, February 27, 1580, and a third, January 28, 1592. These record facts of great interest and perpetuate Thomas Moll of Little Bolton, gentleman, France Nuttall of Hightfield, yeoman, and Jannet Mort , daughter of Thomas Mort , deceased, names which have some bearing on Dugdale's pedigree of the Mort family. Four trustees of the settlement are named, Ralph Ashton, father and son, Roger Downes of Wardley, and Henry Breres, draper, of Preston. The deed carries the signature of Adam the father and of two sons, Thomas and Richard. Delivery of the properties was made in two places-in the dwelling house of John Guest in Astley and in the mansion of Damhouse. One of the witnesses to the public delivery was the aged Lambert Tyldesley of Garratt. The revocation clause embodied in the decl constrained Adam Mort the father to pay a nominal penalty of twelve pennies to the trustees or any other person and then declare the effect before credible witnesses to be void. This Adam did on two occasions, February 4 and December 18, 1615, paying the fine twice over to Ralph Ashton Senior and to Henry Breres. The revocation was prelude to a settlement. John Mather, 1617 When Mather died in May, 1617, he left five children. His wife had died before him and he desired to be buried as near as possible to her in Leigh churchyard. His will bears the florid signature of Thomas Mort , son and heir of the great Adam. Mather held leases of fields, which he calls the Common Fields and the Great Jayke. One great stand he possessed was for swine meal and for table illumination he boasted a chandler, valued at £3. His total estate of £64 was considerable for a townsman in Astley at this date. Among his many debts was one he owed to the wealthy Henry Traves of Lightoaks in Bedford, set down at 24s. 9d. The three John Sothern's 1618 This Astley family, possibly catholic in religion, was vigorous in village life during the whole of the course of the 17th century. Their location is obscure. John Sothem died in 1618 and his heir was likewise John. Other children named were William, George, Thomas, Margaret, Jane and Elizabeth. Margaret had already been given a mare worth 13s. 4d. and this was to be deducted from her divisional share. Sothem wore dagger and girdle, which he valued so much that he left them to his friend, Thomas Jackson. The whole of the estate came to £70. The second John died in 1667 and there succeeded a third John. The younger issue were Margaret, Jane, William, Elizabeth and Ellin. Margaret in that year was the wife of Thomas Holcroft of Culcheth and as her father was brother-inlaw of John Urmston of Westleigh such relationship is evidence of catholic affinity. Sothem was able to give a dowry of £73 to his daughter Margaret on her marriage. The second John left estate of £122, while the third, who died in 1701 in a seven-roomed house left chattels worth £70. John Hindley helped Elizabeth Sothern to take out the bond for his affairs. This family belonged to that sturdy yeoman class and were tenants of either Morley or Peel. The Straits, 1618 This landmark name derives from its long association with the family of Street, who were the property and general repairers of the 17 old villagers, sometimes called plasterers, sometimes joiners. Richard Street died in 1618, with sons John, Thomas and Richard. One daughter, Elizabeth, had married a Hurst and her father gave two shillings to each of her three children ' to be bestowed on some things to go forward with them.'His widow Elizabeth was to have the ground in Coldalhurst for life and then it was to go to Thomas the son for seven years in trust for the son Richard. A bequest of twelve pennies apiece to William, Thomas and Elizabeth, children Of his brother evoked the grudge this 1 doe out of my good will not owing them anything.' From the list of his possessions Street was a carpenter by calling. He owned a saw four joists twenty-nine sawn boards, spade shafts, five pieces of joist timber, many fellies or spokes and seventeen pieces of cooper timber. Repair of houses, carts, wheels, tubs and tools brought in a side income which supplemented his husbandry and which together enabled him to leave a modest £45. John the son was plasterer, who died in 1636. He and his wife were both buried the same day. Elizabeth, the daughter who had married a Hurst, received a legacy of £6 from her father, but he viewed her receipt of this with misgivings. When she had taken it from the hands of her brother Thomas it was to be used & only at the vispotion of her mother or some friend as they shall think convenient.' The south porch of the church, 1619 Adam Mort 's eldest son, Thomas was married in 1619 a-id on October 21 of that year an annuity of £60 was settled on the bride, Margaret Smith daughter of yeoman Robert Smith of Little Hulton. This money was to be paid twice yearly on June 24 and December 25 in the south porch of the parish church at Leigh. If any part of this sum remained unpaid for ten days after these feast days, a penalty of £15 was incurred. This settlement deed is one of the rare documents bearing the signature of the great Adam Mort . Margaret outlived her husband by many years and on October 28, 1675 her executor Robert Mort released all money due to her estate under this 1619 deed. Very much later, April 14, 1699, Thomas Mort grandson of Margaret showed the writing to Nathan Mort and Margaret Finch and explained why he thought the arrears had been forgiven. Estate tenants, 1619 On the day after this annuity grant, October 22, 1619, Adam Mort settled the whole estate and lordship on Thomas Mort , the eldest son and any male issue of the marriage with Margaret Smith. If no son happened to be born, but only daughters, the heir Thomas had power to grant them annuities of £100 or less. Thirty-one tenants of Adam, whose names are set out in an appendix, heard the settlement deed read over to them on December 23, 1619, and signified their agreement to it. To the Minister at Ellenbrook Chapel, 1623 Thomas Valentine was a well-to-do fustian weaver, able to leave a fortune of £325 and the greater weight of this considerable sum was tied up in his various cloths. What his valuers found in his Astley home on January 18, 1623, is given elsewhere. He lived in a house known locally as John Tyldesleys and there his widow Anne was to live in a part of it assigned to her, while the other part was for his two brothers, John and William. Among the many debts due to him was one from M-r John Chaddock and another owed by old Mr Thomas Gillibrand. Valentine possessed thirteen shillings value of books, but he plied no husbandry, devoting himself entirely to his trade. On Sundays he resorted to Ellenbrook Chapel, since there was no preaching house in Astley and Valentine gave £5 towards the salary of the Minister of Go&s Word at Ellenbrook to be put into stock. Almost a third share of his total wealth he gave to the poor, young Thomas Mort , his landlord having the distribution of it. Thomas Gillibrand, 1623 Thomas made hurried testamentary dispositions only two days before he was buried. He designated two heirlooms of practical use for his 47 year old heir Thomas, a great corn ark in the barn and his long coffer in a bedchamber. He gave a third of his goods to his wife, Margaret who was to follow him in death in less than a month and £80 and the remainder of his goods to his daughters, Ellen and Margaret. Gillibrands total estate came to over £162. But much at Peel at this date was under the active control of his son. The father had a value in horses and beasts on Peel fields in this early summer of 1623 of £43 and in wheat and barley from the fertility of its broad compact of arable of over £5 1. His clothes were distinguished with silver buttons and priced above normal at £5. 10s. In the Hall was a clock with bell and chimes; the family used silver spoons and silver plate. Nearby was a mill, a visible sign of Peel's status; in it an ark, picks and a small board. In the cobbled yard were turkeys and hens and on the moat waters geese and ducks. This Thomas had succeeded his father Geoffrey in 1568; he occupied Peel for over fifty-six years and he was grown into senility, when they carried him across the brook platt to his grave at Leigh in June, 1623. Margaret Gillibrand, 1623 Margaret was married by special licence on March 175 1613, to Thomas Gillibrand of the Peel in Astley. She was his third wife for ten years and died soon after him in 1623. Thomas was her second husband, as she had been married before to a Shakerley and desired by her will to be buried in the trinity or chapel, which belonged to that house in Leigh church. She gave Peter Shakerley, her son, £5 and £3 to Robert, another son and a cow to her daughter, Jane. Another daughter, Bridget was assigned one shilling, which indicated some previous advancement and ten shillings in gold. But her little child inherited a cow, which was to be hired out at the discretion of Among Margarefs personal bequests Lambert Fielding, of Leigh. was a gold ring to her mother, her best ruff to an unnamed daughter, who was a Shakerley, her worst red coat to Vpr maid Margaret and a smock to her daughter, Alice Gillibrand. Then the est of her 19 goods, after 6s. 8d. for Jane Green, 5s. for John Redbom and a blank amount for Thomas Collier of Shakerley, she gave to her son Francis Attwood and her daughter, Jane. The gaps and omissions in the will are evidence of hasty preparation. following upon the confusion caused by her husban&s death. Adam Mort 's court day, June 12, 1624 The second of Adam's court rolls, which has been preserved, is of this date. It was reported to this court that Edward Tyldesley had died since the last session. Thomas Tyldesley, later the great soldier, was his heir; he was under age and a ward of the lord king. Richard Edge of Alderforest in Worsley had sold three acres of land in Astley to Thomas Gillibrand the younger, Giles Astley and Lambert Partington. These were warned by the court of their duty to do service in future. This Lambert Partington had built a barn on Blackmoor Common and had diverted a watercourse there. In the list of disputes before the court was one concerning a tool called a hatch, which Robert Grundy claimed from Ralph Cowdall; it wts worth 3s. 4d. Boundary problems sometimes came before the court. John Cowdall claimed a part of Harper Hadbutts and had set stones there to mark off his intake. A . ury of the court had asked him to produce deeds for this land, but this he had never done. He was ordered to remove the stones before Michaelmas or pay the heavy fine of 6s. 8d. The goose tithe, 1624 At this same court another boundary query came up for decision. The division or meare between the manors of Astley and Bedford was very obscure and the exact line of partition had been made more difficult to follow by the changes which had taken place. One of the deponents sworn before the court was Thomas Gillibrand of the Peel, who said that thirty years ago he and Sir Gilbert Gerar&s officer had fixed rails to define the extent of the two manors. Tenants from Astley and Bedford came to Adam Hindley's house to set them in position. But the line of division ran through the Hindley home and this was made more complicated by a new building, which had been added on to the old. Gillibrand collected the goose tithes in Astley and Mr. Urmston enjoyed the same profit in Bedford. George Hindley's goose had hatched out and both these parties claimed a gosling. The bird went to Mr. Urmston, because all the room the mother goose could sit on was on the higher end of a bench in the new house, just over the division of Bedford. Elsewhere there had be.-.n no room for her. Gillibrand claimed that this was not right, as all the new part was in Astley. Then came one Isabella to the court. She was widow of Adam and had heard her husband say in his lifetime that one crook of his barn was in Bedford, the rest in Astley. Moreover she said her husband once cut down a thorn tree standing outside the hedge of the Yam Croft, five yards from the south side of the house. Old Adam repented and said to her, that he ought not to have fallen that tree, as he thought it was a mark to fix the division between the two townships. And from this vaguest of evl 'dencethe 20 jury was left to fixate the dividing line between the disputants of the tithes. Thomas Woodburn, 1626 By 1626, Thomas who had followed his father John in 1614, was himself dead. He had married Margaret Greg, from whose father Robert he had never received the full dowry payment and at the time of death some £15 was unpaid. The brothers of Thomas were John and Richard, with sisters, Elizabeth and Margery. To these he owed in partly unpaid legacies the great sum of £20 1. Is. 8d., while his entire assets did not cover this deficit. For he had in debts due to himself £55 8s. 8d. and chattels of a total value of £97 2s. 10d. These figures explain why he had not been able to account to his family. Grazing on the moss earth pastures of Woodburns hoary tenement in 1626 were two runt oxen. Lambert Scott's heirlooms, 1627 Lambert made his will on December 3, 1627, just four days before he died. By his wife Margaret he had raised eight children, of whom a namesake Lambert was one. As heirlooms his father bequeathed to him a great brass pot, two silver spoons and a great ark standing in the loft above. By loft he signified upstairs. But for the carts, the cart gear, the wheels, harrow, treases and things necessary to them he was to pay a reasonable price. Lambert had already advanced his daughter Arm in the world, so he could leave her only ten shillings. Thurstan Scott was the eldest son; he was left five shillings, but it must be remembered he took the land. The rest of his considerable personal estate amounting to over £95 he gave to his five younger children. One of his executors was his brother-in-law, William Sothem. Robert Leigh, 1629 Leigh was a substantial yeoman; he belonged to the richer class of townsman, almost on a par with the landed families, who in days past wove so much of the varied tapestry of village history. He probably lived at the house later known as Manor House, for he speaks of his good friend and neighbour, Thomas Hilton, and asks him to be overseer of his will and affairs. Leigh had married Elizabeth daughter of Miles Speakman and died in full manhood, as he left very young children. He showed concern for them in the very last moments of his life and requested his daughter Margaret to resign one tenth of her portion and add this to the £20 he gave to his father-in-law for the purpose of bringing them up. Miles, the @fe and daughter all promised faithfully to perform this family duty. He left altogether £197, which was a great sum for that far-off day and had amassed this by aiming higher than the simple gains of practical husbandry. He sold cheeses in Manchester, he lent out his surplus cash and hired out cows to profit. He leased additional pasture ground from the great Adam Mort and the Woodbums. The price of his wearing clothes was £4 4s. 6d. which is a sign that they were of good quality. In his inventory his valuers include the edgroves, afterpasture and edish of his meadowlands, for he died in 2 1 August, 1629, when the second crop of grass was coming on. Among his debts was one of £9 7s. owed to Thomas Chamock; the interest was in arrear and the security had to be strengthened by an assurance from the mother of the debtor to repay it. The will perpetuates the name of another daughter Elizabeth and a son John. Adam Mort , March 25,1631. This pious puritan of Bolton le Moors, the Geneva of the North, died on this day. By August 18 of the next year the eschaetor's jury had completed the inquiry into his many and far-scattered landed properties. Twenty gentlemen met, one of whom Richard Whitehead was the only local neighbour; they inspected title deeds, settlements, the will; they identified most properties by referring to their previous or present holders; they detailed the tenure, the obligations, the value after all outgoings had been met and the superior lord to whom feudal dues were payable. Adam Mort possessed many farms, cottages, shops and even a fuller's mill in various parts of the county. His properties were situate in Astley, Tyldesley, Bedford, Pennington, Westleigh, Tong, Bolton, Harwood, Hindley, Penketh, Halliwell and outside his native county at Lymm in Cheshire. In addition he enjoyed many rents and one half of the tithes of corn and grain growing in Astley. The manor of Astley was held of the king as of his manor of Widnes and the Duchy of Lancaster; it was assessed at a three-hundredth part of a knight's fee, owed service to the court at Widnes and paid 9d. per year for castle ward at Lancaster. Thomas Mort was next heir, aged 40 years. Adam was a younger son. Richard the second son had died, leaving children, of whom one Adam is named in the inquiry. When the very full details of the whole estate had been written up on large parchment indentures, all signed by the royal eschaetor Hugh Rigby, one set was handed to the next heir and this record still survives among the Mort deeds. There is no note of Adam's burial; probably he was taken either to Bolton or Deane. Portrait of the great Adam, 1631 Three days after Adam Mort died, all his effects were valued for ecclesiastical probate and his personal property certified at £1,494 3S. 8d. This was a princely sum, unsurpassed locally in that day and time except by that of Henry Traves of Lightoaks in Bedford, who had died in 1626. His personalty had soared to £1,668. The greater part of Mort 's wealth was in ready money; English bullion, £806 and foreign coin £12. On loan to various persons was £558. It is traditionally said that the basis of Mort 's wealth came from Bolton fustians, but the inventory mirrors him in the light of a local banker. There was only one book listed among his belongings, the family bible. His clothes, sword, dagger, and riding accoutrements were valued at £6 13s. 4d.: a pike, musket and other armour came to £2 and a caliver 3s. 4d. His most valuable item of household was the silver plate (£9) and then the feather beds, weighed and marked at 18 stone, value £6 1 1 s. 5d. The livestock comprised only two cows, sufficient to supply the needs of the family. Adam had poor vision 22 and used two pairs of spectacles to overcome this defect. Dambouse in 1631 The location of the varied household effects, which Adam Mort possessed at his death provides an outline picture of what th- @ manor of Astley comprised, when it was bought from the Gerards. -r?-Was not the mansion house later generations of Astley men knew. in it was a large kitchen, a parlour, milkhouse, buttery. Adam's own chamber and a little chamber. There was a bedroom above Adam's room and the other upstairs rooms carry the common name of lofts. One such loft was designated the clock loft, with clock and bell and judging from another rather cryptic entry in the inventory there was a chapel incorporated within Damhouse. The great barn near to the manor had fallen down and large stones stood in the area it formerly occupied. The old house which was taken down in 1650 depended for water upon a well and not upon the brook. Even at this early period the landscape name of the manor was Damhouse. it arose from the dam created to work the corn mill. In the range of domestic buildings in the manor fold was a turf house, cartshed and swine cotes. The Mort family used 40ozs. of silver plate to grace the tables. The great value of dried corn, almost £52 in valuation and £ 1 5 of oats besides is solid proof of the profit derived from the Mort ownership of the tithes of grain and corn arising annually within Astley township. For winter fuel the manor burned more turf than either coal or cannel. The sons of Adam Mort , 1631 There were three sons and one daughter born to Adam Mort . The sons were Thomas, Richard and Adam. Richard died before his father and left children, who benefited under Adam's will. The eldest Thomas was trained in the law and it was he who invited the bishop of Chester on August 3, 163 1, to come and consecrate the chapel his father had built. He succeeded to the Astley estates and inherited Smithfold and Peel Hall in Little Hulton. The youngest son became a prosperous draper in Preston, was mayor of the borough and was killed defending the town against attack by the parliamentarians during the civil war. His son Seth was later admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The King and Adam Mort , 1631 Charles 1 in his efforts to rule without parliaments tried several expedients of raising money. One of these was known as forced loans. Men of ample means were obliged to lend money to the king, which when recelpted, they knew in fact would never be repaid. Someone reported that Adam Mort of Astley-was a likely person and of ability to lend money to his majesty. Mort speedily informed the king he had been misinformed he had no money to lend at all. Yet the occupation of the shrewd old man was banker and loan lender and that was his main source of income. But the king was not convinced by his answer and at Mort 's death in 1631 it was disclosed that he had been trapped by the hated device of forced loans and had lent two sums of £20 and £5 under receipt of the privy seal. 23 Fuller details come from the Mort papers. In the troublous times of the civil war soon to follow, it is certain that this asset of the careful Adam was consumed and eaten away. The consecration of the chapel, August 3, 1631 On this memorable mom, John Bridgeman, bishop of Chester, appeared before the door of the newly-built chapel of Adam Mort in Astley; his purpose to consecrate for sacred and divine uses the oratory built by Adam in his lifetime. Here he was met by Thomas Mort , who humbly besought the bishop to dedicate this house of prayer, this daughter chapel of the mother church of Leigh, to the glory of God and in honour of the christian martyr, Stephen. Bridgeman came in the forenoon, between the hours of nine and eleven. Thomas Mort explained that his father " led by pious and religious devotion built this house on a part of the common and because the distance to the mother church at Leigh was so great that people could not always repair thither without danger to their health he besought him to dedicate the chapel and parcel of land to the sacred use of Almighty God." The bishop then entered, followed by Gatley, vicar of Leigh, Thomas Mort and sundry dwellers of Astley in the rear. Prayers were read, the bishop sitting in the ornamental chair and the reading from holy writ was taken from Chronicles, chapter 6, verses 14-31, the prayer of Solomon himself at the consecration of the temple. This first chapel of ease was almost as long as the 1760 building, yet almost half as wide and built of local baked brick. The consecration deed was sealed at Chester on September 8, 163 1, and one shilling for synodals and two shillings for procurations at each visitation were fees specially reserved to the See of Chester for ever. The grammar school, 1631 By his will Adam Mort established not only the village chapel, but provided for a village school as well. The building was in the chapel yard and to maintain the master, who was always elected by the householders of Astley, the founder set aside the rent of a farm in Pennington. Poor children were accepted free, but those, whose parents could pay, were asked to defray the cost of their instruction. This first school in Astley served for 200 years; it was pulled down in 1833 and rebuilt with the foundation tablet set in the gable wall. Coming towards the chapel from the main road, a wayfarer read plainly in the shadow of the trees, Adam Mort 1631 The first master of Morts School, 1632 Once the village school had been built and endowed, it remained to elect a master. Richard Worthinton appears to be the first of his long line. He was in this neighbourhood in 1632, when he witnessed a will for Henry Cowuppe and he died in the winter of 1660. His own testament bears the date December 27, 1653, and in it he writes that he has taught school at Astley for many years. Worthington lived in Henfold near his neighbour William Partington. He had four children, John, George, Margaret, and Dorothy. But 24 John was dead and the grandfather assigned 13s. 4d. a year for the children's upbringing till they were 21. Of George he was to have his share of what his father bequeathed to him at Christmas time, but to receive it in his own person. The heating of the school in relentless weather was a source of anxiety and Worthington left £5 to be put into stock to buy coal or other fuel, if the feoffees would within two years of his death build an outile annexed to the school. This was a store place for the coals. Worthington made another true friend of his school to be overseer of the will. He was John Whittell and the other was William Vemon, the antiquary, who lived at Shakerley Hall. In February, 1641, Worthington took the great oath in Leigh parish church, where in the lists he is styled schoolmaster. During the civil wars he fought as a Roundhead; his swords and guns were among his military items in 1660. The first curate, October 10, 1632 Thomas Crompton was the first curate of the new chapel. He came from the Grange in Bedford, where his father was a substantial yeoman. He entered Brasenose College, Oxford, January 23, 1629, and graduated from Exeter College, November 16, 1630. Crompton then prepared himself for the ministry and in 1632 was ordained deacon by the bishop of Gloucester. The Chancellor of York licensed him to the curacy of Astley chapel on November 25,1633. He laboured long and successfully throughout the turmoil of tempest and storm, which afflicted his day and generation. In the civil war he sided with Parliament and benefited enormously from the profits of confiscated estates of defeated Royalists. His chapel stipend was £16 a year and the profits of Hope House and Hudmads House in Tyldesley. The Roundhead commissioners increased this by £40 a year. They reported that he was a painstaking minister, but kept not the last fast appointed by parliament. In 1648 he signed the Harmonious Consent and continued safely at Astley to the year 1662. Like most of the local ministers he refused to subscribe to the Act of Uniformity and was ej'ected and silenced. After a while he appears to have regained possession of his living and to have continued to preach until his resignation in the late 1680's. He died fully an octogenarian and was buried January 17, 1692, along the south walk of the chapel where he served his long ministration. It was written of him that 1 he was a great scholar, well acquainted with the Fathers, particularly Austin, of most of whose works he could give a very exact account. He left a considerable library and a good name. He was a man of universal charity, a true catholic christian, of an exact inoffensive conduct and a rare example of self-denial and inortification, with respect to worldly pleasures, profits or honours.' Thomas Mort , July 12, 1638 Thomas, who succeeded the puritan Adam, died on this day, leaving a son Adam, aged 15 years and 6 months to succeed. The estates thus fell into royal wardship with the widow Margaret recognised as guardian. She was assigned a third of the value of 25 debtor thirteen shillings for similar work. Besides money earned from outside tillage, Withington household took in weaving and John Kemp was debited ten shillings for cloth. Robert Worsley lodged with the family and his diet and board was six shillings and eight pence in arrear. Within the low eaves of this thatched Astley home ticked a clock in 1635. Christmas at Morleys, c. 1636 Morleys will be for ever associated with the glorious martyrdom of Ambrose Barlow. He used many local halls for his meetings and by keeping to the loneliness of Chatmoss he was able to lose himself in it when times were dangerous. From Morleys he could in comparative safety reach his own home of Barlow Hall by using little known bn'dle ways across the soft bog. In 1633 there was a report sent to York that he caused many people on Sundays and holidays to come to Bedford Hall and in Leigh he was as well known as the vicar of the parish. After BarloWs death one of his followers set down in a letter to his elder brother some of the highlights and characteristics of the martyr's life. From this comes a vivid and tense description of a Christmas at Morleys about this period: "At Christmasse will be five six or seven years 1 cannot tell which 1 being then at Morleys with him, there came upon the eve (as usually there did at that good time) very many Catholics far and near to watch and pray. Among the rest there came a young man from behind Manchester where in his passage as he understood that there was a pursevant (and his name was Ca~ght as 1 remember) who had commission to have taken Mr. Barlow and for that purpose intended to have been here upon Christmasse day in the morning as he had told some in the town; but he hath (quoth he) fallen down the stairs at Holiwells the innkeeper but yesterday and broken his neck. And so our Martyr's day being not yet come, we had the happiness to hear his three Masses and his sermon; and the poor folks having every one of them received the feast of feasts at our Martyr's hands, had his feast at last and did praise our Lord." Moat, drawbridge, solitude of bog and moss, danger of death and prison, wild rumour never ver ied, mystic feast days, these were the exhilarations that charged the atmosphere of Christmas at Morleys in Astlev. A Mort fortune 1638 T'homas Mort , when he died was under 50: he outlived his aged father by only seven years. Yet his personal fortune at £3,094 was almost double. It was a magnificent sum and reflects the general prosperity of the country before the tragedies of the civil war. The inventory of his goods was made on July 24, 1638, and shows that his principal home was Peel in Little Hulton; there was only a short list of items at Damhouse, Wharton, and Smithfold, which were set down for taxation. Like old Adam he held bills and bonds of a value of £ 1,250, book debts, £761 and £ 1 18. Rents for lands not yet paid came to £238 and in ready money there was £108. It has been thought that Mort was a lawyer, from the amount of 27 May 20, 1641, in the journals of the House of Commons: " Whereas this House was informed that a Romish priest was apprehended on Easter-day last at the Hall of Morleys in the County of Lancaster called by the name of Edward Barlow, who upon his examination confessed himself a Romish priest and had received orders from Arras, he now being committed to the Common Gaol at Lancaster, it is ordered that the said Edward Barlow shall be proceeded against at the next Assizes for the said County." Priest Field One of the pastures lying between Morleys and Sales Farm situate to the north of the latter and traversed by a footpath from Morley Lane has carried for centuries its name of Priest Field. The tenants of the farm in the 17 c. were the Bradshaws, who were catholic and recusant. This established fact opens up all kinds of probabilities. Barlow must have counted these Bradshaws among his most faithful mosssiders; they were near neighbours of Morleys and must often have used that pathway to be able to have afforded shelter to Barlow and facility for many celebrations of Mass. But the great mystery of the name remains embedded in the landscape. Was Barlow captured there, trying to escape? Were the profits of the meadow ever made over in secret trust to support a priest? The long-since dead, who knew the answer, have taken the secret with them. And there is no way of wresting it from them. Lancaster Castle, September 10, 1641 On this day Ambrose Barlow suffered and was put to death at Lancaster. News of this extreme act must have heightened the intensity of devotion in many of his followers in Astley, Bedford, and Westleigh. And he must have been held long in prayer and meditative remembrance by his isolated and scattered flocks, chastened in reflection that he should have been made to pay so high a price for so holy a practice of life. After the hanging, lets body was dismembered and quartered. The skull was carefully preserved and is kept today in veneration at Wardley Hall in Worsley. Thomas Gillibrand of the Peel, 1648 Peel Hall prosperity reached high levels under this Thomas, born in 1577 and died in 1648. His second wife was Alice Damport and his children named from the will, Geoffrey, Ralph, Henry, Ellin, Ellinor and the youngest son Thomas. Two daughters were mam'ed; Alice was the wife of James Parcevall and Jane had married Richard Whitehead. He gave £40 each to sons Henry and Thomas and the rest was for his three youngest children. A son Geoffrey had died before his father and Ralph the heir was left the best bay gelding. The two married daughters received pieces of gold. Gillibrand was very rich: it took four men three days to list and price his possessions and agree their total at £595. Even his suits were costly at £10. He had been wont to shoot with a long carbine and two pistols. He owned a pair of bandoliers. There was £44 10s. in gold in the Hall when he died and nearly £20 in other money. The silver plate 30 weighed 30oz. and he bred hawks in a mew at Peel. His list of effects is given elsewhere. Peel Hall in 1648 Peel was a great house in these carolan times and comfort, measured in that age by feather beds, ample and sufficient. In the spacious hall joining the two wings was a screen. The farm economy demanded facilities for repairs and in the workhouse and the underworkhouse implements, wheels and carts could be made to serve their purpose. The water corn mill was near the Ellenbrook; in it meal and money for meal, with picks, tools and arks. The tithe barn was of great size, well able to keep a storage of oats and barley of the value of £20. In the mews were kept the hawks and in 1648 a weight of feathers. Gillibrand as did Leyland loved to hunt along the lanes in Astley. Like most famous houses at this time the Peel rooms were furnished in a colour scheme and there was a White Chamber. In the Great Chamber were three feather beds and all things belonging to them. Far away in the Gate House was a chaff bed for the servant, who lived there to guard the approach from the village green. The brass pans were of enormous weight and size, capable of meals on a great menial scale. Illumination was by candle; the windows were curtained and carpets adorned the floor. One bed was a canopy bed, heated in the harsh cold of winter by warming pans. All the evidence shows the 'bilities of high scale living at Peel in the year that Thomas died. possi 1 Damhouse is rebuilt, 1650 Adam Mort , grandson of the great Adam, rebuilt Damhouse in 1650: the old lintel stone over the principal doorway (lately renewed) records the fact to this very day and generation. In bold incised lettering " Adam and Margaret Mort 1650." Before March 6 of that year, Margaret had died leaving four very young sons, Thomas, Robert, Alexander and Adam. The eldest was only four. Margaret was one of the daughters of Robert Mawdesley and her untimely death was the cause of the settlement of 1650. The old manor house had sheltered the family of Mort for nearly half a century; this new one, much added to by later builders saw their sad and final departure on a far-off day in the late 19 c. Adam Mort 's estate, 1650 A fulsome account of Adam Mort 's estate comes from one of his deeds known as a common recovery, which he made on March 6, 1650. It refers to Damhouse as " newly erected " and its 70 acres of land. Some 27 acres had been acquired from the Coldales and added to the demesne of the Hall. All the tenants are recorded, with sometimes their ancillary trade. Thomas Guest was irornnonger, William Guest of Dene Common and Giles Sanderson, brickmakers, Thomas Langley, fustian weaver, James Berry, tailor, Gilbert Smith, collier, and William Guest, bn'cksetter. The largest area of tenant holding was 16 acres and the smallest two, but these were probably of the large measure. Adam Mort 's free rents were 18d. out of Peel; 6s. from Morleys. 13s. 4d. from the lands of James Dicconson in 31 Tyldesley and most interesting of all 13s. 4d. issuing out of the holding of Edmund Leyland in Tyldesley, the inheritance of Thomas Tyldesley, Esquire. This evidence points to some connection between the Leylands in Tyldesley and the great family of Tyldesleys of Morleys, who inherited the Hall in 1564. Tyldesley Leylands appear very early in history; one, Robert, was alive in 1341 and Edmund, who paid his quit rent to Adam Mort died in 1663. Another fact of interest was that the manorial part of Bedford purchased by Adain Mort the grandfather from Thomas Serjeant was known in 1650 as Serjeants House and tenanted then by Elizabeth Shuttleworth, widow. A condensation of this deed is given at the end. For the maintenance of a younger son, 1651 Adam Mort the grandson on June 2, 1651 made a deed of annuity in favour of his third son Adam. The grant, still surviving and bearing the well-fonned signature of the builder of Damhouse is interesting in these aspects. The annuity was for £20 and this may be regarded at that time as income sufficient for the support of a Mort son. This charge was defined out of well-earmarked properties and protected by the right of distraint, if left unpaid for more than one month and for each default there was a penalty of 40s. The properties supporting the annuity were Damhouse, its barns and outbuildings, the park demesne ands - 70 acres of Astley land. Added to the security were the seven acres bought from William Cowdale, all land let to Ralf Cowdale and Tyldesley House in Bedford with its eleven acres. But this annuity was payable only after the father's death and if the son in the meantime was provided for by a stock of money the annuity was to be void. Royalist William Bradshaw, 1653 Bradshaw lived at the isolated homestead on the Mossland, which was a close neighbour of Morleys and naturally he was much influenced, religiously and politically by the leanings and persuasion of the gentry of Morleys. He opposed Parliament and for his opposition paid dearly by having two thirds of his Astley property confiscated. In the bitter humiliation of defeat, when he could see no other course, he petitioned to pay what fine the Roundhead Commissioners would impose and asked for the order of confiscation to be lifted. This he did as a recusant on December 30, 1653. Later on in 1667 he was in trouble again. He had refused to pay hearth tax and the collector had seized some of his goods and taken them to Leigh. Another of BradshaWs friends who was a Royalist was James Green. His little house, held on lease from the Tyldesleys. was taken from him. Pitched on the common 1654 Elizabeth Marsh had been born in Astley. About Mayday last she left and went to live in Rainford, where she taught children to sew for about six or seven months. While there she gave birth to a child and immediate upon her recovery the inhabitants of that town put her, the child and all her worldly goods on a cart, brought her 32 to Astley and pitched the lot on the common. The Astley overseers of the poor transmitted her petition for relief to the justices at Wigan, leaving it in their discretion what sum most meet to allow her. Adam Mort 's court, October 24, 1654 This court met under the steward William Gerrard; the jury returned that Thomas Tyldesley had died about the month of September (the day was August 25, the day of the battle). Widow Katharine Guest, undertenant at Morleys appeared for the young heir, Edward. Richard Shuttieworth of Bedford was also under age and John Whittell, clerk of the court appeared for him. The other free suitors did not turn up. Again the meare or division between Astlev and Bedford was under discussion; it was in great decay through the growth of wath within trees southward and dangerous for cattle on both sides. The matter was left with Adam Mort and Henry Slater of Lightoaks to agree to the ditch being scoured as far as the great brook (the Glaze) and to be kept clear by the tenants of Wath Close and Starkeys Tenement. Another meare boundary between Astley and Boothstown was a stone in the brook Ellenbrook under an alder in John Sothem's hedge. Katharine Guest had to repair the bridge over the brook in Morleys Hey; it was too narrow and needed a rail. William BradshaWs bridge over the stream near his house off Great Moss Lane was dangerous at flood times and the footway much travelled over. Fleet Platt was too low and narrow. Miles Birchall, Katharine Guest and John Whittell were to repair it before a given day. William Bolton's hedge near the barn door of the lord of the manor was grown too high and was a hindrance to the winnowing of corn. He was commanded to cut it lower. The foreman of the court baron was Hugh Bolton: he stepped down into the court to be charged for not making a stile to mark off the Towns Meadow from widow Green's croft. The two overseers of the highways John Raphson and Oliver Whalley were told that Toad Leach platt was insufficient and that they should not be allowed to go out of office until it had been repaired. Next item, six alehousekeepers were fined for breaking the assize of bread and ale; their names were Thomas Birchall, William Guest, Henry Tonge, Alice Smith, Thomas Howell, and Alice Makant. Thomas Parkinson had retained a fine of 2s. 6d. paid for cattle trespass by Jennet Penkethman; a young mare of John Johnson of Bedford had strayed on the manor, for this a fine of 5s. Thomas Birchall paid 12d. for a cow trespass on the common and Ruth Worsley owed 6d. for a like trespass, which was paid into court for her by Oliver Whalley. The jury was then discharged and a new one sworn in for the court leet business. This proved too lengthy and an adjourmnent was made to November 21, when the township officers were elected. John Grundy's stroke, 1656 Grundy was a labourer at Mr. Ecciestods brickyard. Sometime before Michaelmas, 1656, he was stricken with paralysis all down 33 Green died in 1673; he is described as a tradesman, one who with packhorse and side saddle frequented fairs to sell his products. He combined farming with cottage spinning and the wares he sold were flaxen yam, cotton yam, cotton wool and fustian ends. The full value of these in his home in March, 1673, was £21 6s., a quarter of his personal estate. His eldest son was Thomas, the second Henry and daughter Alice took all goods and the Town Meadow Field. Green spun his "s of yam on four spinning wheels; at times he made up warps for the websters, which he set up in his Astley shop, using his warping posts and swifts. John Edge and his faithful servant, 1673 Edge who threw open his Astley home to fugitives from the great plague was a husbandman, who died in 1673 and who, viewed across the centuries appears a kind and well disposed countryman. He left his brother William of Atherton five yards of linen cloth, cost to be tenpence a yard to make himself a pair of shifts each year. To John, son of his dead nephew Thomas Edge, he gave him forty shillings towards the renewal of his lease under Mr. Mort . Then after other legacies, he gave the rest to Anne Bradshaw, who had been his diligent and painstaking servant and who had taken care of him during his sickness. His estate came to £66 9s. and of this £17 10s. was owed by John Cowdall, who was to be quit of any interest, if he paid up within a year. Other borrowers from him were Lambert Scott £10, and the village tailor, Oliver Whalley £2. Among the furniture in his Astley home were books, an hour-glass and in the outbuildings a black mare and a flock of geese. The Merchant Adventurer of Stockholm, 1673 Among the wills and their evidences proved in the prerogative court of Canterbury is a nuncupative one disposing of the property of George Shuttleworth, some time of Asterley. Officials in faraway London, ill acquainted with these parts of the north, at times spelt the name of the village in this way. The Shuttleworths were a local family in both Astley and Bedford. About the end of July, 1673, a little before his death, George Shuttleworth, then residing in Stockholm in the kingdom of Swedeland expressed his last wishes to two other English merchants living with him, Thomas Frere and William Smith and desired them to get in touch with a nephew, William Shuttleworth. He was named as executor and after paying certain legacies to relatives, friends and to a free school in Lancashire, he was to inherit the remainder. Between July, 1673, and June 17, 1675, when the nephew obtained authority to get in the estate, the English merchants had passed on their dead friend's oral wishes. Beyond this entrancing shaft of historic light from the outpost of a northern capital, there is no other fact. Was the free school the Mort school in Astley, where this far-travelled exile and merchant adventurer took his schooling? Margaret Mort , 1675 Margaret was the widow of Thomas Mort , who died in 1638. She made her will on July 20, 1666, when living at Peel, Little Hulton, and by it cancelled all arrears of the rent charge owing to her out of the Astley estates. Her will makes several personal bequests to the two daughters of her deceased son Thomas, and a like sum to the daughters of the same name. And Margaret of her other son Robert. Another legacy to another grandson Thomas, son of the Thomas who had died before his mother. All iron grates, a sealed bed in the room over at Peel, a cupboard and all cloths up the stairs were to be considered as heirlooms and no price put on them. In the great number of rooms at Peel in this time one was called Mr. Thomas chamber and a second Mr. Richard Morts chamber. This Margaret was very rich; she died possessed of personal effects value at £40 other credits and ready coin came to £3,347, in toto the covet accumulation of £3,747. Included in her possessions was a pair of scales for weighing gold an item much used by a banker andant, which betrays the true character of the activities of the Mort family this era of history. Widow Scott, 1675 Ann Scott was widow of Lambert and who died in 1668. She died in 1675 and evidently shared the house with her son Lambert. She was not well to do £ 1 0 8s. In this was no price of, geese, two hens. a gander and a Astley highways, 1676 There had been an order served to the supervisors of the roads, Oliver Guest and Lawrence Twiss. They were to see to their immediate repair, clean the s, crop hedge trees and taking the measurement from ditch make them at least eight yards wide. In their final report October 27, 1676, these two certified the bench of justices at Manchester that 25 roods in Gilbert SmitlYs lane, 13 roods in Coldalhurst lane, 62 roods in Blackmoor lane. 131/2 roods in Santlane and 131/2 roods in Town Lane were not yet made to that specified width. Santlane was Sandy Lane. Unwilling officers, 1677 Oliver Guest and Lawrence Twiss had served their year of office as township surveyors of the roads in Astley. They had lost money, besides much time, in performing their enforced public duty and were twenty shillings out of pocket. The towws meeting in 1677 had elected A-rthur Halliwell and Richard Collier to serve, but they had refused. At Wigan the justices enforced their liability to take office under a penalty of £5. At the same time they were ordered to reimburse the late surveyors their loss from monies which would come into their hands. Robert Wright of Coidalhurst, 1679 Some time before this year Robert Wright had acquired Coldalhurst, that hoary estate, which the Coldales had held in unbroken succession of tenure and name from the very earliest of recorded time. The last of the family to be located here according to an 39 wife of George Walwork. Widow Ann gave twenty shillings each to John, Thomas, and Margaret Green, grandchildren and to her daughter £70. Certain sums owed by Thomas Speakman and Charles Hatton were, when collected, to go for the benefit of the children of John Manley of Westhoughton, now dead. The remainder went to Samuel and Anne equally. Her total estate at £190 compares with that of £320 of her husband, Thomas. From one note that there was a ladder at Woodbums which belonged to her and priced among her goods, it would appear that she occupied some other property during her widowhood. Thomas Gillibrand the Elder, 1693 This Thomas, successor to his brother Ralph in 1667 was known as the elder to limit confusion with another brother also named Thomas, who was called the younger. Their wives were Rachel and Mary. Another Thomas Gillibrand with wife Ann was a Chapman, who died in 1729. His eldest daughter Rachel had married Peter Dixon of Morleys. His other numerous children were Alice, Arm, Ellin, Jefny, Josiah, Esther, William, Mary and Thomas. Sometime in 1727 William Gillibrand, brother of this Thomas, had died and his affairs were not yet completed, when Thomas himself died in 1729. Thomas made Peter Dixon his executor; he did not complete before his death and his widow Rachel, now the wife of Richard Pickedng, gave a bond of £600 on November 28, 1732, for authority to continue with the credits. Then Wilham's niece Margaret Hurst of Tyldesley applied for a bond of £200 in the same year to finish off William's accounts. This Thomas Gillibrand was probably the last of the long grey line of Gillibrands of the Peel; he left £295, and his inventory of October 7, 1729, lists his furniture in the Hall. He was in the cotton trade weaving jeans. Much later in 1737 a son of Thomas, Jeffry, living in Worsley was along with James Higson a carrier of the same place made guardians of Jefrry's sister, Esther, who was not yet of age. It was about this time that the family of Gillibrand tenants of Cockersand for weary years before the Great Spoliation in 1536 was displaced by the great Entwisle debt from their patrimony for ever. Peel Hall Mort gages, 1693 From this year to 1756 fulsome details are preserved of a succession of Mort gages on Peel. This was a common practice resorted to for raising portions and dowries for younger members of the family when under the laws of that day the land went to the eldest son. But in the end it was a practice which led to the disappearance of n old landed families. In July, 1693, Thomas Gillibrand the younger and Mary his wife borrowed from various lenders, one of whom was Thomas Famworth. Later this Mort gage of £250 lent by Famworth was transferred to Bertle Entwisle, who soon became a very large creditor. He advanced in 1697 £216 and the year after the great sum of £1,143. Entwisle was a 'ustice of the peace and resident locally as his name appears on many sessions papers of this period. From his will of December 18, 1732, it is learned that he 45 Valentines, 1690 Valentines are historic figures in Astley's history. Their roots spread deep and far. Henry Valentine paid tax in 1332 and later opposed the rector of Leigh. The family continued in association with these parts over long years and their home at the head of Sandy Lane was for centuries a landmark. Previous to 1622 Thomas Valentine had been in the fustian trade, with his brothers William and John. The family later climbed into grand-scale business. In 1690 John Valentine was described as merchant of London, son of his father Thomas, who had been made citizen. On September 10 of that year in the dining hall of the Middle Temple he Mort gaged his inheritance in Astley to two ironmongers of London for £618. John's mother Grace died in 1708 and in 1724 Mary Valentine of St. Swithun London Stone, her sister Martha, wife of Henry Tweddale, pewterer and Andrew Valentine's widow Hannah of St. Dunstads parish, Stepney, sold the house and land in Astley to Joseph Cunliffe, chapman. By this sale the ancient estate lost its name and ceded to the name of Cunliffes. This Joseph died in 1755, when it was disclosed that the area was some thirteen acres and that the whole has been let to James Tyldesley of Morleys as undertenant. John Cunliffe followed his uncle and was in possession, when the Enclosure Award of 1768 gave him an allotment in South Lane on the south side. At some later time Samuel Arrowsmith paid £865 for Cunliffes estate and discharged all incumbrances still subsisting. In 1813 it was still known as Cunliffes, but two fields on the brookside were commemorative of the old name, Valentines Higher Ellenbrook and Valentines Lower Ellenbrook. The whole then extended to 26 acres large measure. It formed part of the real estate of the Arrowsmith family in 1813. Robert Mort , 1692 This grandson of the great Adam was baptised at Bolton, November 5, 1627. During the commonwealth rule he married before a magistrate Mary Walworth of Ringley, where he settled for a time. In 1658 he was made elder of Ringley chapel congregation. Then he lived at Wharton Hall, where several ejected ministers resorted for hospitality, James Wood the second of Chowbent and Henry Newcome of Manchester among them. He died in 1692 and was buried at Deane. Two cups at Chowbent chapel bear the initials R.M. He left two sons, Nathan and John. By his will of September, 1688, he left his lands in Parr Fold and Boothsbank Worsley to Nathan and Margaret Mort , his executors and the Rev. Wood overseer. A daughter of his, Anna, had married John Andrew of Little Lever, who had borrowed from Mort £347, which at his death was left to the children of the marriage. Widow Stockton, 1692 She died in that year; her husband had predeceased her in 1689 and her will was witnessed by the local lawyer, Thomas Naylor. There was a son Samuel and daughters, Anne, Mary and one not named, who was wedded to John Green of Atherton. Mary was 44 were worth only four pence, which price was identical with that of his mousetrap. To tell the time of day he looked at his hourglass, valued at three pence. All his goods came to a value of £10 Is. 3d. Richard Starkey, master at Morts school was his trusty and wellbeloved executor. Alice Sale in Astley, 1714 When she left Hopcar and came to live at Bradshaws in Astley, Alice Sale began an account book. She noted all her receipts month by month and her main income came from thick cheese and the regular sale of fat cattle. Sometimes in her book there is itemised a chief rent of 9s. 6d. due from Richard Speakman and paid June 24. And during the years following on her coming into Astley there was a member of the Billinge family tabled in her home. On other pages she notes her expenses, window taxes, rent paid for Bowland fields in Bedford, purchase of besoms, and salt bought by the bushel and brought from Northwich, seven bushels for 21s. 6d. One entry more fraught with historic import was a small payment to poor Mercy for acorns. She was a servant girl, who issued forth in autumn to gather acorns from the moss oaks, to feed to the pigs. It was an echo of the age-old right. of pannage, so strictly defined by the ancient parchment deeds of grant. On another page she enters what she lent to her son William, and on January 29, 1719, agreed with him to divide the profits of Hopcar for that year. She writes how she lent him one shilling to give to the ringers, how she settled for him with the shoemaker, what she paid for his riding coat, and the interest she met for his loan of £10 from William Crouchley. At other times she buys potato sets, peas and beans for sowing. One of her interest payments was to Robert Sherlock and this debt was still owed in 1768, when their inheritance of Hopcar disintegrated and their pastures slipped away from them for ever. Curate Roger Seddon, 1716 Seddon, the chapel curate died in this year. He had been elected in 1702. He died without any will and his affairs were taken over by his father Thomas Seddon of Famworth and an Astley townsman, Thomas Famworth. The security they were asked to provide was £100, which gives some idea of the size of the estate of this dead clerk. He left no issue. His widow Alice was buried March 16, 1717. A fine scholar-signature of this curate flourishes on a will he witnessed of one of his chapel flock, bricklayer John Buckley in 1713. Hopes Tenement, 1718 This was the ancient name of the farm which stands at the entrance to Sandy Lane. Formerly it had belonged to the Radclitffes of Pennington. But in 1718 Alexander Radcliffe, son of Helena Radcliffe, sold to Oliver Hope the buildings and fields named as Goody Croft, Cross Croft, Little Meadow, Square Meadow, Rushey Hey, with the lane on the south end of Goody and Cross Croft. The Hopes lived in Cheshire; they were by trade bricksetters and let the Astley farm to Edward Ward. Now one John Hope was burdened 50 by a daughter Mary who was blind, and Ellen her mother joined with others in 1758 to raise a Mort gage of £100 for her separate benefit. But the whole security was heavily encumbered, so much so, that in 1760 on an enforced sale, only ten shillings in the pound of the debts of John Hope was realised. The one who bought was chapman Swnuel Arrowsniith. About this date Ralph Peters had lent money. He died in 1765 and very much later in 1813, when Peter Arrowsmith had inherited the lands, he sought to clear off the debt of Peters, but could find no legal representative. He was put to the extra expense of letters of administration at Chester in order to settle the matter safely. Later the farm came into the possession of the Stocktons. They developed part of the road frontage near Lark Hill and in 1906 built a row of houses whose name Hope Terrace and Hope Street commemorate this fading tenuous association of a vanished family with the topography of Astley. The Stocktons sold the farm in 1950. Edmund Farnworth, 1719 This family of near mosssiders was long prominent in Astley history. Edmund lived opposite to Woodbums, on the very edge of the moss. The farmhouse where he died was in 1719 dignified by a large room called the hall besides the usual parlour. His wife was Ellen and to her he gave by special mention a bedstead with all the bedding on it. In his low level pasture fields at this date could be counted twenty-five cattle, four horses, and a weaning colt. He made cheese for which this area of Leigh was once famed and on that far distant October day of 1719 there was in his buttery £12 of cheeses ready for the market. His son was Thomas, who had £25 made payable to him on May 1, 1720. Arm his sister and wife of blacksmith William Hindley had £22 on the same day, but son-in-law Jeremiah Horsefield only a shilling. Famworth's total estate was £ 1 2 5. Nathan Mort , 1721 Nathan was the great grandson of Adam Mort . He came to live in Atherton from Wharton Hall and purchased the house known as Alder Fold in 1712. Here he became one of the staunch supporters of the famous ' General ' James Wood the third, minister at Chowbent. When the mad Richard Atherton turned the congregation out of the old Bent meeting house Nathan Mort gave the land on which they could build the new Chowbent Chapel. He died in 1738, and was buried, like so many of his forebears, at Deane. Both his sons, Adam and John, became fustian manufacturers at Atherton. John Hindley and his grandson, 1723 Hindley was tenant of two houses, one on moss side belonging to Thomas Gillibrand of the Peel and the other at Town Lane held under Thomas Mort . His daughter Esther was wife of James Heyward and mother of John Markland, who had been born September 4, 1702. Hindley left this Town Lane house to his grandson, but obliged him out of the profits to pay £4 a year until £70 had been paid to the sisters of Hindley, named as Elizabeth, Esther, and Alice. 51 Mary Mort , March 19,1732 Adam Mort , who died in 1658, was her grandfather and Alexander her father. With him and her uncle they lived at Damhouse. In the accounts book of Thomas Mort there is an entry of July 19, 172 1, that she was given sixpence by him and went to Leigh to see the setting up of the maypole. Her uncle made her heiress of all his great wealth by will of June 7, 1730, but she died two years later and was buried March 19, 1732. Mort had then to make a new will, but he never brought himself to destroy the old one: it still exists among the Damhouse papers. Thomas Wright in 1726 had been appointed guardian of Mary, then aged twenty. He was bounden to educate her virtuously and bring her up in learning and faithfully administer the estate left to her by her mother, Elizabeth. In 1736 Thomas Sutton as next of kin and her cousin took out a bond to wind up her estate. Two Elijahs on Astley Moss, 1736 There was deep and intense piety on Astley Moss; whether the religion of the scattered homesteads was fervent puritanism or proscribed catholicism. John Green was of this devout circle, who at his funeral gave black hoods and gloves to his women mourners and black hat bands for the men. He was a dyer by trade and gave these gifts to Sarah, wife of his brother Jeremiah, to Elizabeth his brother Joseph's wife, to Alice daughter of Samuel Stockton and to Margaret, wife of Ralph Mather. Green had two sons and two daughters. Susan Green and Arabella Taylor had sums of £10 left to them. The father had such an admiration for the prophet Elijah that he called both sons after him. The differentiation was that one was born of his second wife and lived at the sign of the Bell in London over against the Water house. These named with such biblical flavour to confuse family descents each received £15. When this Elijah's uncle Joseph died in 1743 it was disclosed that this legacy had never been paid. The money still lay in Astley. Plasterer Giles Green, 1737 Giles lived in his six roomed house, where he died in 1737. Everything he had he gave to his wife to support herself, the grandchildren and the family "provided they could live lovingly and quietly together." And if his wife remained in pure widowhood, she could dispose of £30 of his estate at her death. A daughter Martha had married Comelius Latchford and another Isaac Birchall. Among his home effects were pictures, a warming pan and a half headed bed in the parlour. He had £65 out at interest and his other goods lifted his total to £89. Joseph Birchall of Coldalhurst, 1737 This landmark estate came to the Birchalls with the marriage of Esther Wright into that family. In 1737 died Joseph Birchall and his will gives his brother Miles and three sisters Abigail, Elizabeth and Alice. He left Coldaihurst and the cottage known as Berrys to Miles, but Abigail and Elizabeth were to be allowed to live in 54 the shop at Coldalhurst and enjoy the full profits of the Orchard, Bigger Robcroft and the Half Acre, as long as they lived. Alice had an annuity, which if it did not keep her, then she was to have it made up out of the lands of Coldalhurst. Birchall was able to write a fine signature on his will. The Straits, 1744 Here lived widow Martha Street, who shared the house with her sister Arm, wife of Richard Heys. Another sister was Lydia Ford. Martha had another house in Astley tenanted by Ralph Cleworth, which she gave to her niece Tabitha Cieworth. About this time the Street family disappear locally, but the name corrupted somewhat still attaches itself to the topography. Ann Heys, who died in 175 1, held the lease of a house in Astley tenanted by herself, Thomas Piercey and Martha Agusman which she gave to her son Adam and when he took possession he had to pay £ 13 to Lydia. Hindleys Smithy, 1744 The smithy on the main Kings highway was well known and had from time whereof the memory of man ran not to the contrary been the home of the Hindleys, who were industriously occupied there. Charles Hindley, blacksmith, advanced in years had been tenant for a long time, when he died in 1747. His wife was Mary and his issue, Charles, Mary, Henry, Arm, Elizabeth and James. Longevity had consumed much of his substance and he left only £24 8s. He had a liking for maps, and had five of them. He used six teapots of Delft ware with two plates and a bason of the same status manufacture. Should the wife live longer than his lease, some of his goods were to be sold to help her maintenance. She died in 1751 and her son James, who had gone before her left many debts unpaid, which she said should be discharged out of his share, before his children could have anything. Mary Hindley was proud of her clothes; she had treasured and tended them. To her daughter-in-law Anne she gave a black and white gown, a side cloak, one that was brown, another quilted, a laced cap, a silk hood with Love' on it and a' lambletie.' And her silver buckles she gave to daughter Elizabeth. Charles her son died in early manhood in 1757, leaving five young children, William, Adam, Eve, Ellen and George. He was disturbed about their uncertain future and before he died he thought of ways and means to leave them something. He said a man should work the smithy and over and above his wage the rest should go for the children. His other properties besides the smithy held under Thomas Sutton were Whitecroft in Bedford and the Barn in Astley. Thomas Sutton's court day, November 10, 1746 The last of the series of court rolls ends on this day. The call book was read aloud by the steward and 33 free suitors, 19 free tenants, 1 10 householders and 26 cottagers answered respectfully to their names. Some were excused and nine were fined for not coming. From these numbers one may judge the session to have comprised 55 been appropriated to various landowners by the Enclosure Award of 1768. The contemporary name 'ven to these grants all of which are numbered and rectangular in boundaries was 91 mossrooms. With the great increase of population in Manchester this area of limited utility acquired a new and important value. Manchester city bought from various owners great tracts of the boglands in order to find tipping facilities for all the night soil and refuse the city had to dispose of By this means areas of the moss were fertilised and brought under cultivation. The corporation built many farmsteads and crops grew where once was sterile scrub. In 1884 the city offered to buy the whole entire moss belonging to Astley Hall, but the price asked was too big. Three years later Peter Love of London offered to rent the moss at £27 per acre. In his proposal letter he wrote of his operations on the Cambridge and Bowness mosses, outlined his plans for litter to supply 1 50,000 horses in Manchester and Liverpool and among his guarantees were the conversion of fifteen acres a year to meadowland, to raise at least 30,000 tons of peat a year and to pay a royalty of not less than £250 per annum. Rewlett's diaries Hewlett worked methodically. He divided the township into districts over which he set a visitor to keep an eye on each household. Reports they gave to him he kept in a 'mirror' which showed him at once the strength and weakness of each home. Of every person, churchgoer or no, he knew his sins and virtues. Throughout an entire life, he wrote up daily a diary-, a foolscap blue page recorded the events of one week and these sheets he later had bound together. When his family was grown up and dispersed over the kingdom, this single weekly page was posted to son and daughter, read by them in turn and by the last sent back to Astley to be carefully kept. In this way his diary served to keep his family abreast of his varied doings. Unfortunately all diaries have not survived; some volumes were destroyed in the air attack upon Canterbury in the 1939-45 war. The lone exile, 1884 An Astley youth, who left Corless Fold for a new life in Australia was John Pilkington. He had been a porter on Astley station and in Perth in Western Australia worked on the railways there. He sustained in all his exile a searching interest in much that happened in the village of his youth, writing with regularity to his friends William Howcroft and Allan Prescott. In 1916 he returned on a visit: as late as 1933 he was still alive in Bayswater, Western Australia; then the impenetrable deep silence of the great subcontinent swallowed him up. Simeon takes a lease, 1885 In 1885 Simeon Higginbotham and his brother Jonathan took a twenty-one years lease of virgin mossland beyond Astley Station from George Wetherall. Simeon had been unable to make headway as a greengrocer in Boothstown and his brother, an engine minder of 88 Henfold, Tyldesley, threw in his lot with him. They built a primitive dwelling of wood and outbuildings for the stock to match. Their rent was £2 2s. for the first three years, £9 2s. for the next seven and the remainder of the term £15 8s. In no one did the puritan fire of religious dissent bum fiercer than in Simeon. He became well known as a local preacher and in the long portraiture of Astley village worthies has claimed his place alongside tapeweaver Abraham Bowker and patriarchal Richard Green. The black year of the Morts , 1885 Three descendants of that great Adam Mort , Katharine Wetherall, George Nugent Ross Wetherall and Henry Augustus Wetherall in this year were in direst straits of penury. A solicitor Joseph Guedalla of London was asked to bring some semblance of solvency into the financial chaos of the estate and the preamble of a deed made December 17, 1885, speaks herewith its own language: " Whereas the said George Nugent Ross Wetherall and his brother Henry Augustus Wetherall having incurred debts and liabilities to divers persons and for very large amounts including in many cases liability for interest calculated at extraordinary high rates and including liabilities on acceptances over due and being pressed by their creditors and actually sued by several of them lately requested and employed the said Joseph Guedalia to negotiate and arrange with the creditors by whom they were being pressed for an adjustment or settlement of their respective demands upon the footing of payments in full or on account or by way of composition being made to them in cases where a course should seem to the said Joseph Guedalia to be expedient and time being given for the payment of liabilities not discharged by payment." Guedalia succeeded in staving off litigation. He lent £11,050 and held £2,300 promissory notes of George Nugent as endorsee. So in 1885 this was the low estate of the once rich banking family of the Morts of Astley. Was it riotous living or the effects of insidious inflation or bad management of a large estate or competition from the vast prairie lands of the new world, which made farming so difficult in a small country like England? Whatever the true cause, it was clear such a state of affairs could not go on for much longer. The end and with it the great and lamentable consequences came four years later. Appointment of a receiver, November 26, 1886 On this date Mrs. C. M. Champagne, one of the principal Mort gagees of Astley Hall appointed under powers Atherton Selby as receiver of all the profits of the estate. Soon after, it was discovered that the Astley and Tyldesley Coal Co. Ltd. had for a long time paid no wayleave rents for the right to wind coal to the surface through Wetherall's land. The matter was brought to their notice and a compromise agreement of £962 was agreed upon. This omission reflects in some measure the laxity with which the estate management was run. 89 plant. It was a grave mistake this dependence on Tyldesley for such services as water, gas and purification. It led to endless dispute and was a mistake for which Astley townsfolk paid dearly in the years that followed. Estate Accounts, June 30, 1888 During the declining years of the Wetheralls in Astley, an agent of Lord Lilford, Atherton Selby supervised the estates in a faint hope to try and keep some solvency. His balance sheet for six months ending June 30, 1888, has been printed to show the plight of a great family in financial decline. The gross income from the estate had been more than doubled by coal mine rents and stood at £5,000 per annum. But this had to carry Caroline Ross's annuity of £150, Mort gage interest of £2,066 and repayments to the principal creditor of £2,400. Out of the meagre slender balance of £384 the heir had to meet taxes, repairs, agents fee, mine surveyor's fee, drainage, law costs, general insurance and the heavy life insurance on himself of £269 3s. 4d. The finances were hopeless and on no horizon could a ray of salvation be seen. Astley Peat Moss Litter Co. Ltd., 1888 This company acquired the lease of a site for a peat works on August 2, 1888; the rent was £350 rising to £500 after 1893, plus £20 rent for the works site, which was then close to the ral 'Iway station. The royalty fixed was Is. 6d. per ton of peat, a surface rent of 2s. per acre and compensation of £100 per acre where the moss was worked below such a level as would admit its being drained to a depth of three feet below the surface. Peat was sent to Manchester and Liverpool by rail and there was some trade by canal boat. The entire area leased to the company, which operated successfully for many years, was 300 acres. Its prosperity attracted the settlement of many Dutchmen into the village. The Sale of Astley Hall Estate, 1889 The last descendants of Adam Mort had by this year come to the end of the long downhill road. There was nothing they could do except sell the estate in the open market and accordingly a sale was expensively advertised to take place on November 19 and 20 at the Queens Hotel in Manchester. The principal Mort gagee Mrs. Catharine Mary Champagne was the seller and the whole forty-nine lots were acquired in block for £90,000 by James Calvert, a solicitor, acting as agent for a syndicate of Leigh business interests. Those who joined to raise the purchase money are given in an appendix. A company was later formed and incorporated November 19, 1891, with capital of £100,000. At some time later a Mort gage of the whole estate was taken up with the executors of John Speakman to secure a loan of £35,000. Sale of the Hall furniture, 1889 The patrimony of Adam Mort disintegrated for ever on those memorable days of November, 1889, after an unbroken tenure of almost three hundred years. Soon after the sale of the land and 91 buildings, the creditor vultures descended on the contents of the mansion, when it took font full days to clear the place empty. Kaye and Guedalia, solicitors in the Capital, watched from afar and a London firm of auctioneers, Robinson and Fisher of Old Bond Street was entrusted with the task of disperse by the hammer. They listed altogether 1,032 lots. Catalogues of the sale, now by the passage of time becoming most rare, are comparable in historic matter with the old inventories sent to Chester and annexed to the wills, for they give an exact picture of what the Hall contained. The books in the Library were chiefly military, an interest dictated by the army careers of the last of the Mort descendants. On the walls were 120 pictures and engravings, some by such famous names as Lely, Kneller, Tiepolo, Poussin and Canaletto; nine were portraits of the Froggatt family. In the leisured course of a more prosperous past, had been amassed a collection of armour, weapons, swords, rapiers, claymores, an early English crossbow and a curious bit dug out of Chatmoss many years ago. Everything that had any value at all was listed and sold and one of the last outside items was a Clarence, by Cass of Manchester, dark green, fine lined red, lined blue silk arras, leather apron, pole bar and shafts. A descriptive echo of aristocratic travel in a less crowded age. George Nugent Ross Wetherall, 1893 The direct representative of the grand line of Adam Mort of Astley, George Nugent Ross Wetherall died, on A 'I 9, 1893, at Hill Crest, Adlestone, Surrey. In this world of unstable pn change and fickle uncertainties he had come down far; he was able to leave only £297. In 1891 he wound up the affairs of Augustus White Wetherall, who had died rector of Stonegrave in Yorkshire, May 7 of that year. The younger brother Henry vanished without any trace. " So the last of the squires of Astley rode down to the sea." The water agreement, 1893 Old houses in Astley had to be built near the brook, which in days of non-pollution supplied the homes unfailingly. When the township inevitably grew, rain water was collected from the roofs into water butts or more expensively, wells were dug for an individual house or fold of homesteads. Along Lower Green near to the former Harts Cottages was a spring source of water of exceptional purity and which belonged to the manor and was let at 2s. per annum. For a long time prospectors tried to extract a plentiful supply for the needs of the township from the bore hole near Fleet bridge, but nothing profitable ever resulted. Demand for water grew during the course of the last century and the old methods of supply proved unreliable and inadequate. In 1893 Astley entered into an agreement with Tyldesley for a bulk intake of piped water, which Tyidesley took from Manchester. It was one of the worst arrangements the local authority ever did, because it produced the most acrimonious disputes fanned by the incompatib ' le character of the two clerks for Tyidesley and Leigh Rural, Matthews and Williams. At one time Tyldesley was paying 3 1 d. per 1,000 gallons and reselling it to 92 Astley at 9d. per 1,000 gallons on notice of requirement and Is. 2d. for the same quantity, if that figure was exceeded in any week. In 1908 Tyldesley threatened to cut the mains off and arrangements were made to find an alternative supply from Leigh at Marsland Green. When the arrangement came to an end in 1923 it was not renewed and Astley was obliged to do what it could have done in 1893, approach Manchester direct for a supply. But this cost Astley ratepayers very dear: it was carried through and the bill paid for. The arrangement lasted to the year 1933, when Lancashire County, tired of these bicken'ngs, determined to solve the problem by amalgamating Astley with Tyldesley. Astley Hospital, 1893 After the sale of the Mort estate 1889 the noble mansion of the Hall stood silently empty for over three years. Its fate hung in a slender balance-riotous decay and ultimate abandon; the sad end of so many stately homes of a gracious past, this seemed its inescapable destiny. But the business syndicates were alive to their interests much more than ever the Morts had been to theirs and as some of their were in seats on the local councils they sold the Hall in 1893 to th6 Leigh Local Board for use as a small pox hospital. This news spread consternation in Astley; it was like establishing a colony of lepers in their very midst, for smallpox was a dreaded scourge and there was opposition to such a sale. But after a High Court decision in another part of the country had ruled that such a user was not offensive or noxious, the objections subsided. The final outcome after long deliberations was a joint hospital for infectious diseases, such as smallpox, diphtheria, typhoid, scarlet and puerperal fevers, which then flayed the industrial communities. The hospital would serve an would incorporate Leigh Sanitary Authority, Tyidesley, Atherton and Golbome. An order in approval of such a 'oint combination came in 1894 and plans approved for adapting the Hall as a Hospital with 120 beds. The first cost of purchasing the Hall the grounds of 16 acres and other necessary expenditure was £4,73 1. Then as the whole scheme came successfully through, four isolation blocks for scarlet and typhoid fevers were built and the Hall was used as a nurses home and administrative unit. In 1902 to isolate the smallpox patients three acres of land were bought in a remote corner of Coldalhurst farm and a lodge and buildings erected. This, the annex, as it was known, came to be little used as the infectious diseases were more and more brought in control. Its best emergency use was in 1914 when a number of Belgian refugees invasion, were temporarily lodged there. Further extensions to the main hospital were made in 1938, when the acceptance area brought in Swinton, Westhoughton, Worsley and other districts. In 1948 upon the national reorganisation of the health services the annex was sold; infectious diseases had been effectively subdued and Astley Hospital, ancient seat of the Morts , entered on a new phase 93 rger than Leigh and Tyldesley, Atherton, ishing government nd plans s. The nd other sch-.it wgs re more use in 1914,- Sep 1-1999 — From: "Robert Runk" "brunk@desupernet.net, 1972 Letterkenny Road, Chambersburg, PA 17201 Here are the readings from the headstones in the Clear Ridge cemetery: Mervin Boots Mort 1909-1983 Evelyn M Brant 1913- Abraham Mort 1803-1864 Rebecca Mort 1806-1896 D. Ferne Mort 1938- James B. Mellott 1935-1979 Larry R. Mort 1942-1980 Patsy L. Wilson 1944- Emma F. Mort 1869-1931 Easton Stinson 1867-1936 Olive Clevenger Mort 1879-1958 Harry Edmond Mort 1877-1968 Willis Leroy Mort 11-27-1917 2-26-1928 J S Mort 1844-1921 Mary J Mort 1850-1934 George W. Mort 1873-1937 Effie M. Mort 1876-1935 Ernest L Mort = dates not clear on stone appeared to read 19 years,26 days Luella/Luetta Mort = dates not clear,appeared to be 9mos. J Roy Mort= infant Beatress Mort= infant Mary A. Mort 1938- Wayne B. Mort 1932- Diane Elaine Mort 1957-1985EXTRACT FROM THE MEMORIALS OF THE PRESTON GUILDS. W A. ABRAM. It had been intended by the Aldermen and Council of the town that the successor of Mr. Edmund Werden as Mayor should be Mr. Adam Morte , who at the date was a townsman of consequence. The Morts were not a Preston family before this member became a resident Burgess. They belonged to the neighbourhood of Bolton, and branch of the family held respectively the estate of Dam House in Tildeslay, Highfield Hall in Farnworth, Smith Forld in Hulton, &c. Adam Mort , of Bolton, second son of - Mort , of Highfield Hall, had married Jennet, daughter of thomas Mort , of Dam House, and had issue three sons, Thomas, Richard and Adam. The first, Thomas Mort , was of Hulton, and died in 1638; the second, Richard Mort , was of Blackrod. The third was Adam Mort , junior, who doubtless became a townsman of Preston through his marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Seth Bushell, of Preston, gent. By her, who died young, Mr Adam Mort had one son, Seth Mort of Preston, born in 1624, and a daughter, Jennet. After her death, Adam Mort married for his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Tildeslay, knt., by whom he had five sons, Richard, Henry, Edward, William, and Adam, and a daughter Anne, all young children in 1642. Mr, Adam Mort 's connection by marriage with Sir Thomas Tildesley explains his adhesion to the cause of King Charles when civil war was imminent, for Sir Thomas was most ardent of Royalists. The Guild mayor, Mr. Edmund Werden, on the other hand, was for Parliament in the constitutional struggle with the King, and so, probably, were a majority of the Aldermen and council men of Preston in 1642. It is somewhat singular, therefore, that they should have nominated Mr. Adam Mort , a hot "Kingsman" for the office of Mayor; but the motive might be to prevent his independant action in hostility to the Corporation in the political which was brewing. If that was the object, Mr. Adam Mort 's refusal of the Mayoralty was the token of his resolution not to compromise with the Parliamentrians of the Corporation, but to hold himself free to act in the King's interest as occasion might serve. He was evidently a passionate partisan, and his contemptuous rejection of the offer of the Mayoral position stirred the resentment of the town Council, By observing the dates of certain events at this period we shall be better able to comprehend the situation. The Guild Merchant had been held on the last days of August and first days of September, 1642. On the 8th day of July preceding the Royalist levies had been mustered at Preston by Lord Strange and Sir Gilbert Hoghton; when, at Walton Hall, Mr. Tildesley "said unto Luke Hodgkinson in Sir Gilbert's buttery that he was told Mr. Mayor of Preston (Mr. Werden) had thought to have him cast in Prison, which if he had he would this day have pulled down the prison, and Mr. Mayor's house should have been set on fire, if he would not have released him". On September 24th, Lord Strange invested Manchester and so began the war in Lancashire. In the third week of October, the election of the Mayor of Preston came on, and Mr. Adam Mort was elected as successor to Mr. Edmund Werden. But Mr. Adam Mort , as a Royalist Commissioner of Array, was too busy mustering to fight for the King Charles to attend to civic affairs; and he refused to come to Preston to qualify as Mayor. The Town Council met accordingly on the 18th October, 1642, and taking into consideration Mr. Adam Mort 's contumacious behaviour, passed the following Orders; Fining Mr. Mort the sum of 100 marks (66:13: 4) to be levied in his default of payment upon his goods and chattels; and appointing Mr. Edmund Werden to continue in the office of Mayor for another year, at the same time undertaking to indemnify him against any unpleasant consequences of his acceptance of the post at such a perilous juncture. It seems, however, that Mr. Mort (Adam) after all actually assumed the Mayoralty, in spite of the Council, for a few days during the temporary ascendancy of the King's party in the town. The minutes quoted below are extracted from the "White Book of Orders:"-
Whereas Adam Morte , gent was, in the week befor St. Wilfred the Archbishop last past, elected Mayor of this Towne by a Jury of 4 and 20 Burgesses sworne according to the Charter, of which Eleccon Hee the said Adam Morte having p'sonal notice by an Officer of this Towne, yett hee dothe not only absent himself, but do the utterly refuse to repaire to this Towner to take his Oath for the execucion of the said office of Mair, &c/ Wee therefore the Maior, Baylives, and principalBurgesses of the said Towne, having maturely considered of the indignitee and disgrace put upon us and the whole corporation by the said Adam Morte , and to the end that such an unparallel'd and unpresidented example may not pass unpunished, lest others in like kynd may become refractory and disobedient to execute the offices whereunto, they shall bee hereafter elected, doe hereby order and appoynte that the said Adam Morte shall bee fined the some of one hundred markes; and doe further order that the said some of one hundred marks shall be forthwith levied of the goods and chattells of the said Adam Morte within the Borough aforesaid, or by the bailives of the same or any other the Officers of the said Borough as a ffyne or amerciamente by us hereby imposed and sett upon him for such his great contempt, disobedience, and refusall as aforesaid; the same to be applied to and for the use, &c…., of the Maior, Baylives and Burgessees of the said Incorporac'on, &c. In testimony whereof wee the Maior, Aldermen and Bretheren the common Counsell of the same Towner whose names are subscribed have hereunto subscribed our hands the nynteenth daie of October Anno R's Caroli Anglie, &c decimo octavo Annoq' D'ui 1642. (Signed) EDMUND WERDEN, Maior, Roger Langton, William Sudell, Henry Blndell, Henry Sudell, James Walle, John Sumpner, Geo: Addison, William Cottam, Mathew Addison, John Chorley, Nicholas Walmesley, Thomas Walmesley, Richard Bostoke, Thomas Sumpner, Seathe Blackhurst, Law: Haworth, Barth: Worthington Will: Shawe, Thos. Bickerstaf Whereas Adam Morte , gent, was in the week before St. Wilfred last elected Maior, and whereas the said Adam Morte dothe not onely refuse to take his Oath but also doeth absent himself from this Towne, that wee cannot proceed against him &c. And for that wee are fully advised by Counsel lerned that Edmund Werden , gent, now Maior, ought by the said Charter to execute the said Office until the said Adam Morte doe take his Oath or until a new election in the week before St. Wilfred next &c. in consideration whereof, and forasmuch as the said Edmund Werden is to undergoe the said Burthen and execute the same Office accordingly, and in regard many dangers may arise unto him in exection thereof in theis troblesome tymes, Wee whose names are subscribed, being the Common counsel, doe agree that the said Maior shall be kept harmeless from all charges, suits, and troubles, &c. which may lawfully be brought against him for the execuc'on of the said office. Roger Langton, Mathew Addison, Thomas Hatch, John Chorley, Nicolles Walmesley, Thomas Walmesley, Richard Bostocke, Thomas Bickerstaff, Baartholomew Worthington, Seath Blackhursts., Willm. Shawe, Willm, Sudell, Henry Blundell, Henry Sudell, George Addison, James Archer, William Cottam.
A few lines may be added respecting the subsequent fact of Mr. Adam Mort . The Author of the Discourse of the Warr in Lancashire writes:- " Sir John Seaton and Major Sparrow being come downe from Manchester," the Parliamentary forces about Blackburn "marched somewhat late towards the evening the seventh of February (1642-3) to Preston. Having quited Ribble Bridge they drew up theire whole bodie into the ffieldes the foot-way from the Bridgee to the Towne, making a stand for a little of space in a close of ground. Some companiews were drawn by the guidans of those tthat well knew the towne towards the House of Correctiion to enter there at the friars Gate Barrs; whereas the maine body of the army came up at a lane at the East Barres where the water voides the towne. The soldiers that were within resisted all they could. The (so called) Maior of the Towne, Mr. Adam Mort , came up to the souldiers very fearsly but was slayne in a short space. Ratcliffe Hoghton, brother to Sir Gilbert, being the street with Doctor Westby, a Phisitian, and twoo butchers of the towne, one of them called mitton making resistance, were all sleyne. As the souldiers, passed along the streets, though they found no resistance, yet such was theire fear and fury that with their muskettes and pykes, and clubmen with their staves, they brake the glass windows on both side the streetes within their reach, which was to no purpose and pittifull to behould." On the recapture, a few weeks after, of Preston by the Royalists led by the Earl of Derby, the same writer states that the day following the fight, the soldiers of the Earl occupying the town "fell to their ould course of plundering of such as they heard had showed themselves favourers of the Parliament partie when the had the towne. Especiallie some Commander were forward therein; ea Master Tildesley was much busied about Mr. Edmund Wearden's (the Mayor's) house, that way. And Mr. Hught Anderton of Buxton about the shop of Henry Tailor, and others were not so obvious." This was in March; but before the end of April, 1642, Preston had again been occupied by a detachment of Col. Ashton's Parliamentarian force under the command of Captain Edward Robinson, of Westby Hall and of Buckshawe in Buxton, the author (it is believed) of the Discourse of the Warr aboce cited. In the Council Book of Preston I find this entry: Edward Robinson, gent., admitted (a Burgess by copy of Court Roll). 23 daie December, 1644, pro, sei pso tantum (for himself alone) gratis."
Sep 1-1999 — From: "Robert Runk" "brunk@desupernet.net, 1972 Letterkenny Road, Chambersburg, PA 17201:
Today I visited several cemeteries and listed is the Mort findings:
Thomas J. Mort, 1824-1909
Nancy S. Mort 1836-1920
They were buried in Mattawana Cemetery,McVeytown,Pa. Mifflin County.
The Morts listed below are buried in St Marys Catholic Cemetery,Doylesburg,Pa., Franklin County:
Norman A. Mort 1899-1974
Mabel H. Mort 1899-1980 Wife
Thomas R. Mort 1935-1959 Son
Betty C. Mort Lacher 1924-1986 Daughter,memorial plate only that states she is
buried in Sunset Memorial Cemetery, Albuquerque,New Mexico
Robert B. Runk
PONTYPRIDD, late Newbridge, is a thriving market town in the hundred of Miskin, county of Glamorgan unio and county court district of its own name, and
Bristol district court of bankruptcy, situated in the parishes of Eglwysilan, Llantwit Vardre and Llanwonno, and on the river taff at its junction with the Rhondda. It is distant 182 miles from London (via Cardiff), 12 N. N.W. from Cardiff, 13 S. from Merthyr Tydfil,12 from Aberdare, 7 from Caerphilly, and 5 from Llantrisant, situated in the midst of a district richin mineral wealth, and on the Taff Vale line, which here joins the Rhondda branch of the Taff Vale Railway, and on the Glamorganshire canal, which render facilities for the conveyance of its productions to the chief ports of the Bristol Channel.
Mort Rev. Samuel, 1 Chapel st Methodist : (Wesleyan) Chapel st - Rev. S. MortIndex to Michigan Deaths Arlene M MORT female born 30 March 1916 died 15 February 1992 lived at Hudson Lenawee MI died Adrian Lenawee MI death certificate No 009670 Joseph V MORT male born 24 May 1895 died 22 April 1991 lived at Schoolcraft Kalamazoo MI died Kalamazoo Kalamazoo MI death certificate No 021542 Elna Mary MORT female born 10 September 1909 died 1 06 1993 lived at Clyde Allegan MI died Holland Ottawa MI death certificate No 038394 Lillian F Mort female born 13 06 1930 died 29 May 1994 lived at West Bloomfield Oakland MI died West Bloomfield Oakland MI death certificate No 038911 Doris MORT female born 24 July 1912 died 29 July 1992 lived at Comstock Kalamazoo MI died Kalamazoo Kalamazoo MI death certificate No 040911 Zita Mort female born 07 July 1942 died 20 November 1995 lived at Detroit Wayne MI died Detroit Wayne MI death certificate No 068058 Rita Theresea Mort female born 23 July 1924 died 23 November 1994 lived at Cooper Kalamazoo MI died Kalamazoo Kalamazoo MI death certificate No 069803 Beulah MORT female born 21 September 1918 died 10 December 1992 lived at Vicksburg Kalamazoo MI died Vicksburg Kalamazoo MI death certificate No 072907 Phillip B MORT male born 07 May 1924 died 17 December 1992 lived at Romulus Wayne MI died Romulus Wayne MI death certificate No 076799 Mary E MORT female born 04 July 84 died 18 April 73 Residence MI died Kalamazoo Kalamazoo MI death certificate No 22747 James W MORT male born 24 January 07 died 06 April 81 lived at Henderson Wexford MI died Henderson Wexford MI death certificate No 24761 June I MORT female born 03 06 00 died 29 January 86 lived at Schoolcraft Kalamazoo MI died Schoolcraft Kalamazoo MI death certificate No 2834 Richard L MORT II male born 1 January 1968 died 26 May 1990 lived at Indiana died Mason Cass MI death certificate No 33866 Carl E MORT male born 15 August 03 died 20 06 74 lived at Garfield Clare MI died Garfield Clare MI death certificate No 33900 Dean B MORT male born 13 February 38 died 14 06 78 lived at Comstock Kalamazoo MI died Kalamazoo Kalamazoo MI death certificate No 34312 John H MORT male born 20 06 99 died 08 January 71 lived at Livonia Wayne MI died Detroit Wayne MI death certificate No 344 Byron W MORT male born 15 06 11 died 1 06 74 lived at Comstock Kalamazoo MI died Kalamazoo Kalamazoo MI death certificate No 34901 Joseph C MORT male born 28 February 39 died 26 06 86 lived at Washington Macomb MI died Washington Macomb MI death certificate No 36817 Elsie E MORT female born 21 August 23 died 05 July 71 lived at Detroit Wayne MI died Detroit Wayne MI death certificate No 39130 James C MORT male born 11 December 1926 died 1 August 1990 lived at Lansing Ingham MI died Lansing Ingham MI death certificate No 46884 Ross S MORT male born 28 06 99 died 12 September 76 lived at Hudson Lenawee MI died Hudson Lenawee MI death certificate No 53898 Mary L MORT female born 11 February 90 died 05 September 78 lived at Long Lake Grand Traverse MI died Westland Wayne MI death certificate No 54641 Everett D MORT male born 15 April 13 died 07 September 71 lived at Vicksburg Kalamazoo MI died Kalamazoo Kalamazoo MI death certificate No 54680 John R MORT male born 27 July 21 died 26 October 83 lived at Detroit Wayne MI died Detroit Wayne MI death certificate No 56216 George MORT male born 13 July 10 died 12 October 80 lived at Ypsilanti Washtenaw MI died Northfield Washtenaw MI death certificate No 59914 Edward G MORT male born 16 06 16 died 11 October 74 lived at Van Buren Wayne MI died MI death certificate No 63334 Shaheda MORT female born 17 March 95 died 05 November 85 lived at Grosse Pte Park Wayne MI died St Clair Shores Macomb MI death certificate No 66384 Joseph L MORT male born 13 August 1917 died 15 November 1989 lived at Garden City Wayne MI died Ann Arbor Washtenaw MI death certificate No 69103 Jeanette M MORT female born 28 April 30 died 30 January 82 lived at St Joseph Berrien MI died St Joseph Berrien MI death certificate No 716 Rose E MORT female born 02 March 88 died 08 December 74 lived at Lansing Ingham MI died Lansing Ingham MI death certificate No 72054 Robert M MORT male born 07 August 95 died 13 December 74 lived at Cooper Kalamazoo MI died Kalamazoo Kalamazoo MI death certificate No 7238 ------------------------------------ 1992 Ohio DeathsAGNES MARY MEEKS Sex Female Death May 19 1992 Born March 06 1912 Fathers Surname MORT Time of Death 09:35 am Age 80 Years State of Birth 7802 Marital Status 6 State of Residence Ohio Race White Social Security Number 280014588 Mothers Maiden Name HAUSER. Volume Number 038633 Certificate 28988 ------------------------------------ Groom Bride Marriage Date County JACOB A. HOTTEL ANN MARIA MORT 11 March 1850 Shenandoah JOHN MORT BARBARA ANN KNIELEY 19 December 1850 Shenandoah JOHN MORT HARRIET HENEKEL 22 February 1822 Shenandoah SAMUEL TIDLER MARGARET MORT 08 January 1822 Shenandoah WILSON MORT MARY REYNOLDS 12 August 1846 TYLER ---------------------------------------
MORT, LINWOOD G Sex: Male Race: White Death Date: July 04, 1949 Age: 40 Years Place of Death: Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Marital Status: Never Married Residence: Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. State File Number: 09930 --------------------------------------------- Kentucky Deaths Beverly Mort died 15 Sep 1916 County of Death: Clay KY aged 1 Month Vol 16-22773 Rosa P. Mort died 29 Jun 1930 County of Death: Cristian KY aged 30 Years Vol 30-13625 Milburn M. Mort died 25 Sep 1976 County of Death: Daviess KY. Residence MISSOURI aged 68 Years Vol 76-23151 ----------------------------------------------- North Carolina Death Records, 1970-1996LEROY RICHARD MORT, Death Date: February 23, 1975 Sex: Male Race: White Age: 45 Years Place of Residence: Perquimans Co., North Carolina Autopsy: Yes Institution: General Hospital Marriage: Married Attendant: Physician Method of Burial: Burial out of state. DOLLIE MORT SHELBURNE, Birth Date: April 13, 1894 Death Date: October 20, 1977 Sex: Female Race: White Age Units: 83 Years Place of Occurance: Kings Mountain (P), Cleveland Co., North Carolina Place of Residence: Kings Mountain (P), Cleveland Co., North Carolina Autopsy: No Hospital: Other Institutions Marital Status: Widowed Attendant: Physician Mode of Burial: Burial out of state NORMAN MORT SHELBURNE, Date of Birth: July 04, 1916 Death Date: June 11, 1984 Sex: Male Race: White Age: 67 Years Place of Occurance: Kings Mountain (P), Cleveland Co., North Carolina Place of Residence: Kings Mountain (P). Cleveland Co., North Carolina Autopsy: No Hospital: General Hospital 50-99 Beds Marital Status: Married Attendant: Physician Mode of Burial: Cremation out of state State of Birth: West Virginia SSN: 225033332 Fathers Surname: SHELBURNE Place of Injury: DAVID WILLIAM MORT, Date of Birth: November 02, 1963 Death Date: September 11, 1986 Sex: Male Race: White Age: 22 Years Place of Occurance: Jackson Co., North Carolina Place of Residence: Jackson Co., North Carolina Autopsy: Yes Hospital: Other Marital Status: Never Married Attendant: Medical Examiner Mode of Burial: Burial out of state State of Birth: Florida SSN: 266890682 Fathers Surname: MORT LLOYD ALFRED MORT, Date of Birth: March 1, 1906 Death Date: December 25, 1988 Sex: Male Race: White Age: 82 Years Place of Occurance: Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina Place of Residence: Greensboro. Guilford, North Carolina Autopsy: No Hospital: General Hospital 50-99 Beds Marital Status: Married Attendant: Physician Mode of Burial: Burial in state State of Birth: Pennsylvania Social Security Number: 238053519 Fathers Surname: MORT EFFIE OLIVER MORT Date of Birth: April 28, 1908 Death Date: January 13, 1989 Sex: Female Race: White Age: 80 Years Place of Occurance: Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina Place of Residence: Greensboro. Guilford, North Carolina Autopsy: No Hospital: General Hospital 100 Beds & Over Marital Status: Widowed Attendant: Physician Mode of Burial: Burial in state State of Birth: North Carolina Social Security Number: 237073646 Fathers Surname: OLIVER CORA MORT STUCLIFFE Date of Birth: December 27, 1893 Death Date: September 26, 1989 Sex: Female Race: White Age: 95 Years Place of Occurance: Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina Place of Residence: Winston-Salem. Forsyth, North Carolina Autopsy: No Hospital: General Hospital 100 Beds & Over Marital Status: Widowed Attendant: Physician Mode of Burial: Cremation in state State of Birth: Missouri Social Security Number: 239067514 Fathers Surname: MORT PAULINE MORT ROBINSON, Date of Birth: October 23, 1904 Death Date: October 06, 1989 Sex: Female Race: White Age: 84 Years Place of Occurance: Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina Place of Residence: Greensboro. Guilford, North Carolina Autopsy: No Hospital: General Hospital 100 Beds & Over Marital Status: Married Attendant: Physician Mode of Burial: Burial in state State of Birth: Pennsylvania Social Security Number: 245306560 Fathers Surname: MORT MARGUERITE LE MORT, Date of Birth: November 28, 1901 Death Date: February 19, 1992 Sex: Female Race: White Age: 90 Years Place of Occurance: Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina Place of Residence: Hendersonville. Henderson, North Carolina Autopsy: No Hospital: General Hospital 50-99 Beds Marital Status: Never Married Attendant: Physician Mode of Burial: Burial in state State of Birth: North Carolina Social Security Number: 240050841 Fathers Surname: LE MORT ------------------------------------------------ PHILIP E MORT Male White county of death Franklin County city of death Columbus county of residence Franklin County city of residence Columbus date of death December 13, 1958 aged 51 years Married Vol. 15614 Cert. 85118 KATHRYN F MORT female white county of death Marion County city of death county of residence Marion County city of residence date of death July 22, 1959 aged 73 years Widowed Vol. 15844 Cert. 50886 EBER G MORT male white county of death Allen County city of death Lima county of residence Allen County city of residence Lima date of death November 05, 1959 aged 47 years Married Cert. 75068 Vol. 15941 GRACE M MORT female white ' county of death Allen County city of death Lima county of residence Hancock County city of residence date of death March 04, 1960 aged 74 years Widowed Vol. 16079 Cert. 17295 JOHN MORT male white county of death Jefferson County city of death Steubenville county of residence Jefferson County city of residence Steubenville date of death August 24, 1960 aged 82 years Widowed Vol. 16242 Cert. 58233 FLORENCE MORT female Non-White county of death Lucas County city of death Oregon county of residence Ottawa County date of death June 19, 1960 aged 40 years Never Married Vol. 16188 Cert. 44658 MARY A MORT female white county of death Wayne County city of death county of residence Lorain County city of residence Elyria date of death May 07, 1961 aged 90 years Widowed Vol. 16539 Cert. 38132 ROY F MORT male white county of death Mahoning County city of death Youngstown county of residence Mahoning County city of residence Youngstown date of death September 30, 1961 aged 76 years Married Vol. 16648 Cert. 65428 ETTA MORT female white county of death Montgomery County city of death Dayton county of residence Montgomery County city of residence Dayton date of death September 08, 1961 aged 82 years Widowed Vol. 16650 Cert. 65779 JOSEPH MORT male white county of death Jefferson County city of death Steubenville county of residence Jefferson County city of residence Steubenville date of death March 22, 1962 aged 70 years Married Cert. 20943 Vol. 16842 ELIZABEH E MORT female white county of death Licking County city of death Newark county of residence Licking County city of residence Newark date of death June 27, 1962 aged 83 years Widowed Vol. 16940 Cert. 45332 PAUL R MORT male white county of death Mahoning County city of death Youngstown county of residence Columbiana County city of residence date of death December 16, 1962 aged 5 years Never Married Vol. 17123 Cert. 91237 CARL R MORT male white county of death Mahoning County city of death county of residence Mahoning County city of residence date of death June 1, 1963 aged 47 years Married Vol. 17330 Cert. 47870 MELVINA MORT female white county of death Morrow County city of death county of residence Allen County city of residence Lima date of death October 03, 1963 aged 89 years Widowed Vol. 17454 Cert. 78954 TERRY J. MORT male white county of death Trumbull County city of death Warren county of residence Trumbull County city of residence Niles date of death May 25, 1964 aged 18 years Never Married Vol. 17688 Cert. 38532 CLARA MORT female white county of death Columbiana County city of death East Palestine county of residence Columbiana County city of residence East Palestine date of death September 25, 1964 aged 76 years Married Vol. 17792 Cert. 64520 CATHERINE MORT female white county of death Jefferson County city of death Steubenville county of residence Jefferson County city of residence Steubenville date of death July 30, 1965 aged 71 years Widowed Vol. 18135 Cert. 53683 GEORGE MORT male white county of death Out-of-State city of death Out-of-State county of residence Trumbull County city of residence date of death May 21, 1965 aged 72 years Divorced Vol. 90009 Cert. 1466 RAYMOND E MORT male white county of death Cuyahoga County city of death Cleveland county of residence Erie County city of residence Sandusky date of death May 14, 1966 aged 61 years Divorced Vol. 18453 Cert. 34435 ROY MORT male white county of death Cuyahoga County city of death Cleveland county of residence Columbiana County city of residence East Palestine date of death October 10, 1966 aged 70 years Widowed Cert. 74494 Vol. 18613 IDA M MORT female white county of death Montgomery County city of death Dayton county of residence Montgomery County city of residence Dayton date of death October 23, 1966 aged 84 years Widowed Vol. 18634 Cert. 79543 CHARLES W MORT male white county of death Montgomery County city of death Dayton county of residence Montgomery County city of residence Dayton date of death December 07, 1966 aged 76 years Married Vol. 18699 Cert. 95985 BEATRICE MORT female white county of death Columbiana County city of death: Salem county of residence: Mahoning County city of residence date of death: November 26, 1967 age of death: 69 years married Vol. 19040 Cert. 81299 ----------------------------------------------- Vermont Deaths: Name: MARJORIE H MORT Sex: FEMALE Date of Death: June 06, 1992 Age: 84 YEARS Date of Birth: July 28, 1907 State of Birth: VT Town of Death: BENNINGTON Education: 8 Race: WHITE State of Residence: VT Town of Residence: BENNINGTON Fathers Surname: MATTISON -------------------------------- Irish Vital Records John Hinton Marriage: 20 May 1677 to Mary Mort Place: St. Andrew, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Marriage Entries from the Registers of the Parishes of St. Andrew, St. nne, St. Audoen, & St. Bride (Dublin), 1632-1800. Exeter and London: William Pollard & Co. Ltd., 1913. 185 pages. ----------------------------------- VITAL RECORDS OF DARTMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS TO THE YEAR 1850 DARTMOUTH DEATHS TO THE YEAR 1850 page 59 RICKETSON, William, Mar. I, 1691. ["one of the original proprietors of Old Dartmouth," h Elizabeth (d Adam Mort junior), private record, from the John Ricketson family Bible, in the possession of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society in New Bedford][p.59] --------------------------------------------- Pulaski County, Virginia Births, 1853-1893 David Mort born 21-Aug-1887 white male son of David & Alice Mort page 187 ---------------------------------------------- American Marriage prior to 1699: THORNE, Elizabeth and Rigebell Mort, 14 October 1696, Hempstead, N.Y. -------------------------------------------------------- Early Connecticut Marriages Early Connecticut Marriages: Seventh Book Preston. From Fair Haven Church Records page 41: Edward Mort & Sarah Kinne, Dec. 10, 1761 ---------------------------------------------------------- Iowa Marriage Prior to 1850 Hiram Fate married Mary Harriet Mort on 14 Apr 1842 in Van Buren County, Iowa Henry Mort married Mary Spencer on 1 Dec 1845 in Van Buren County, Iowa ------------------------------------------------------------- Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 Plymouth County Scituate page 181: Nathaniel Vinal & Priscilla Mort, Nov. 30, 1783 -------------------------------------------------------------- Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey Marriage Licenses. The Marriage Ceremony Males. A Divorces By the Court of Chancery. page 6 James Arnell, Burlington, and Mary Mort 1739 Jan. 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1790 Pennsylvania Marriages F. 1765, May 15. Fenimore, William, and Martha Mort. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Early Virginia Marriages Lancaster County page 55 December 9, 1768, William Mort and Elizabeth Hubbard ---------------------------------------------------------- New York Marriages Previous to 1784 Names of Persons for Whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued By the Secretary of the Province of New York, Previous to 1784. Volume C, page 84: 1763. Nov. 2. Cooper, Ezekiel, and Deborah Mort, M.B., vii. 423 ------------------------------------------------- John MORT Enlistment date 02 May 1864 rank Private age 28 served Ohio Enlisted I Co. 146th Inf Reg. OH mustered out 07 September 1864 Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio, 1886 Mathias Mort enlisted 20 April 1861 rank Priavte Age 25 Private 25 served Ohio Enlisted F Co. 20th Inf Reg. OH mustered out 18 August 1861 Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio,1886 Charles Mort Claimed Residence in Salisbury Ct enlisted 30 April 1864 rank Private Promoted to Full corporal 27 July 1864 served Connecticut Enlisted C Co. 11th Inf Reg. CT deserted 27 November 1864 Connecticut: Record of Service of Men during War of Rebellion Published by Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1889 Joseph Mort enlisted 18 August 1862 rank Private served Maryland Enlisted B Co. 7th Inf Reg. MD died 22 January 1864 Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-65, 1899 Adam Mort rank private served Pennsylvania Enlisted C Co. 84th Inf Reg. PA (No further record) History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Published 1870. Allen Mort enlisted 24 February 1862 rank private served Pennsylvania Enlisted A Co. 77th Inf Reg. PA disch wounds 15 January 1864 History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Published 1870. David Mort enlisted 25 February 1865 rank Private served Maryland Transfered I Co. 13th Inf Reg. MD mustered out 29 May 1865 Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-65, 1899 Ellis Mort enlisted 30 January 1862 rank Sergt served Pennsylvania Enlisted G Co. 98th Inf Reg. PA History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Published 1870. Josiah Mort enlisted 23 February 1864 rank private age 25 served Ohio Enlisted I Co. 8th Cav Reg. OH mustered out 30 July 1865 Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio, 1886 William Mort enlisted 1 September 1863 rank private served Maryland Enlisted I Co. 3rd Cav Reg. MD disch disability 05 June 1865 Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-65, 1889 William Mort enlisted 30 May 1864 rank private served Pennsylvania Drafted L Co. 102nd Inf Reg. PA mustered out 28 June 1865 History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, published 1870. John J Mort enlisted 18 August 1862 rank private Promoted to Full corporal 15 May 1865 served Pennsylvania Enlisted C Co. 121st Inf Reg. PA mustered out 02 June 1865 History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Published 1870. John Mort enlisted 24 September 1861 rank private served Pennsylvania Enlisted D Co. 96th Inf Reg. PA Dropped from rolls 17 October 1862 History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Published 1870. Alexander G Mort enlisted 1 July 1863 rank private served Pennsylvania Transfered A Co. 1st Prov Cav Reg. PA mustered out 13 July 1865 Transferred 15 January 1864 from Company E to Company A (Estimated Day) History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, published 1870. William Mort enlisted 18 February 1864 rank private served Pennsylvania Transfered D Co. 1st Prov Cav Reg. PA mustered out 13 July 1865 History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Published 1870. Jefferson Mort enlisted 28 June 1864 rank private served Pennsylvania Drafted B Co. 87th Inf Reg. PA deserted 15 September 1864 History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5,, pulbished 1870. Rush Mort enlisted 27 February 1865 rank private served Pennsylvania Enlisted A Co. 6th Cav Reg. PA (No further record) History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, published 1870. Rush Mort enlisted 10 August 1861 rank corporal Promoted to Full corporal 25 December 1863 served Pennsylvania Enlisted K Co. 72nd Inf Reg. PA mustered out 24 August 1864 History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Published 1870. Harrison Mort enlisted 06 November 1862 rank private served Pennsylvania Enlisted B Co. 2nd HA Reg. PA disch 15 May 1865 History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, published 1870. --------------------- William W Mort Claimed Residence in St. Mary's enlisted 15 August 1862 rank private served Illinois Enlisted A Co. 118th Inf Reg. IL mustered out 1 October 1865 Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men, published 1900. John O Mort Claimed Residence in Fountain Green enlisted 23 March 1864 rank private served Illinois Enlisted A Co. 118th Inf Reg. IL mustered out 1 October 1865 Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men, published 1900. Joseph Mort enlisted 12 September 1862 rank corporal served Pennsylvania Enlisted A Co. 7th Inf Reg. PA mustered out 26 September 1862 History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, published 1870 Gaston Mort enlisted ed 11 September 1862 rank private served Pennsylvania enlisted ed Walker's Co. Indpt Inf Reg. PA mustered out on 27 September 1862 History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, publsihed 1870. Jefferson Mort enlisted ed 23 June 1863 rank private served Pennsylvania enlisted ed E Co. Litzinger's Inf Reg. PA mustered out on 08 August 1863 History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Published 1870. Levi Mort enlisted ed 23 June 1863 rank private served Pennsylvania enlisted ed E Co. Litzinger's Inf Reg. PA mustered out on 08 August 1863 History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Published 1870. Matthias Mort claimed residence in Lima enlisted ed 24 March 1862 Rank private served Illinois enlisted ed K Co. 66th Inf Reg. IL mustered out on 28 April 1865 Illinois: Roster of Officers and enlisted ed Men, published 1900. John Mort enlisted 03 September 1861 at Boston, MA rank private age 28 served New York Transfered RC New York: Report of the Adjutant-General, 1894-1906. James Mort enlisted 12 December 1864 at New York City, NY rank private age 37 served New York enlisted ed H Co. 5th HA Reg. NY deserted at Harper's Ferry, WV on 29 December 1864 New York: Report of the Adjutant-General, 1894-1906 Christopher Mort claimed residence in Pittsburg enlisted ed 14 August 1862 rank private age 21 promoted to Full 6th Corpl on 24 December 1862 promoted to Full 5th Corpl on 31 August 1863 promoted to Full 4th Corpl on 1 February 1864 promoted to Full Private on 08 July 1864 (Reduced to ranks, at own request) served Iowa enlisted ed H Co. 19th Inf Reg. IA mustered out at Mobile, AL on 10 July 1865 Joseph Mort claimed residence in Pittsburg enlisted 09 August 1862 rank private age 19 served Iowa enlisted ed H Co. 19th Inf Reg. IA mustered out at Mobile, AL on 10 July 1865 -------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Mort, Private enlisted Aug 18 1862 Died January 22 1864 David Mort Private enlisted Feb 25 1865 discharged May 29 1865 David Mort Private enlisted Feb 25 1865 discharged May 29 1865 Transferred to Company I Thirteenth Maryland Infantry. William Mort Private enlisted Sept 1 1863 dischanged June 5 1865 Disability -------------------------------------------------------- Schedule of the Names and Rank of Most of the Officers of the War of Independence New York, page 625 Mort, Ebenezer, Lieutenant, 2d. -------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Leon Mort service number 2146026 born 11/29/46 died 07/17/66 City of Record Kansas City Missouri Service Marine Corps Rank LCPL Casualty Hostile - Died of Wounds Single -------------------------------------------------------- Ejnar Mort born 17 Aug 1893 White born Deworas Sweden county of Cook Minnesota Arthur Scott Mort born 24 Mar 1886 White county of Twin Falls Idaho Robert William Mort vorn 5 Jul 1877 White county of Twin Falls Idaho William E. Mort born 12 Apr 1876 White county of Rock Nebraska July 22, 1999 ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS: July 22, 1999 Amy Jane (Wade) Murphy, 42, died July 15, 1999, at her home in Soldotna. A memorial service is pending with Peninsula Memorial Chapels Ms. Murphy was born Feb. 7, 1957, in Green Bay, Wis., to Raymond and Catherine (Engelman) Wade. She moved to Soldotna in 1994. Her family wrote: (We have) loving memories of a wonderful person who was loved dearly by her family. Everyone was touched by her love and kindness." She was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Catherine Wade. Ms. Murphy is survived by her sons, Jonathan Murphy of Kenai, Mark Wade of Scottsdale, Ariz.; sisters, Donna Wade of Brookling, Ore., Mary Lee and Margo Wade, both of Scottsdale, Debbie Lipka of Jacumba, Calif., and Beverly MORT of Grand Junction, Colo.; and her brother, Gary Wade of Pulaski, Wis. Funeral arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapels The Arizona Republic: November 19, 1998 Obituary: Catherine B. Wade, 74, of Scottsdale, a homemaker, died Nov. 15, 1998. She was born in Wisconsin. Survivors include her daughters, Amy Murphy, Beverly MORT , Debbie Harmsen, Mary Lee, Donna and Margaret; son, Gary; sister, Mary Kaye; brothers, Louie Engleman; 15 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services: 4 p.m. Friday, Green Acres MORT uary, 401 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale. Buffalo News: March 12, 1996: Page: E11 BEVERLY D. KNARR Beverly D. Knarr, 66, died Monday (March 11, 1996) in her Elmwood Avenue home after a lengthy illness. The former Beverly MORT was a lifetime resident of the Cataract City. She was an avid bingo player. Surviving are her husband, Fred J. Knarr; a son, Thomas L.; two daughters, Fredda Kramer and Beverly Finlan; two brothers, David of South Plymouth and William of Philadelphia; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Otto Redanz Funeral Home, Michigan Avenue and 10th Street. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lewiston. Buffalo News, August 6, 1993 Page: B7 DANIEL T. MORT Obituary: Daniel T. MORT , a retired repairman for Occidental Chemical Corp., died Thursday (Aug. 5, 1993) in his Northfield Drive home after a lengthy illness. Obituary: MORT , 63, was a Niagara Falls native and lived in Youngstown the past 35 years. He retired from Occidental in 1992 after a 42-year career. MORT was an Army veteran. Survivors include his wife, the former Lavern Allen; two daughters, Patricia Hughes of Rochester and Connie; a son, Danny Ray MORT ; six brothers, Rodger of Pennsylvania, Jerry of Connecticut, Jimmy of New Jersey, Jack of Syracuse, and Bob and Neal; four sisters, Jean Saunders, Betty Carver and Sally Dolson, all of Niagara Falls, and Hazel Costella of Pennsylvania; and four grandchildren. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Hardison Funeral Home, North Fourth and Ridge streets. Burial will be in Acacia Park Cemetery, Pendleton. {Benfante}. Buffalo News, November 21, 1992 page A8 DONALD E. LILLY Obituary: Donald E. Lilly, 74, of Plaza Drive, a former resident of Niagara Falls, died Friday (Nov. 20, 1992) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, after a long illness. A native of Glens Falls, Lilly lived in Niagara Falls for many years before he moved to Wheatfield. He worked for Prestolite Co. for 11 years, Olin Mathieson Corp. for 23 years and the Love Canal Area Revitalization Agency for four years before he retired three years ago. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps in California in the early 1940s. Surviving are his wife, Pearl Iydt Lilly; a son, Donald G. of Getzville; four daughters, Madelon Laughlin, Gail Trunzo and Colleen Batley, all of Niagara Falls, and Barbara Crocker of Lewiston; a sister, Marion MORT of Niagara Falls; 17 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday in the Lane Funeral Home, 8622 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls. Burial will be in Riverdale Cemetery, Lewiston. Buffalo News, February 16, 1999 DOROTHY C. MORT Obituary: Dorothy C. MORT , a homemaker, died Sunday (Feb. 14, 1999) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston. She was 83. Born Dorothy Cadwallder in Niagara Falls, she lived on D Street in Cayuga Village and attended local schools. She enjoyed camping, gardening and crocheting. Her husband, Willard, died in 1987. Mrs. MORT is survived by two sons, Guy of Niagara Falls and George of San Francisco; three daughters, Gay Cicero, Mary Harpham and Roberta, all of Niagara Falls; a brother, Lloyd Cadwallder of Niagara Falls; two sisters, Florence Phillips of Lockport and Annie Wright of Niagara Falls; 13 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday in Rhoney Funeral Home, 1124 Ontario Ave. Burial will be in Acacia Park Cemetery, Pendleton. Buffalo News, March 4, 1999 DOROTHY M. RUFFNER Obituary: Dorothy M. Ruffner, 74, died Monday (March 1, 1999) in her Niagara Avenue home. The former Dorothy McGill was born in Youngstown, Ohio. She was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church. She enjoyed reading and spending time with her grandchildren. Her husband, Clyde, died in 1972. Mrs. Ruffner is survived by a daughter, Laura Colavecchia of the Town of Niagara; a brother, John A. McGill of Youngstown, Ohio; three sisters, Edna Mae Allen and Angeline G. Illespie, both of Youngstown, Ohio, and Shirley MORT ; 10 grandchildren; and seven great- grandchildren. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the Grimes Funeral Home, 7311 Porter Road, Town of Niagara. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lewiston. Buffalo News, April 30, 1995, Page C14 EVERETT W. KNIGHT Obituary: A private service will be scheduled for Everett W. Knight, 83, of China Spring, Texas, a Niagara Falls native who was a chemist for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. for 46 years. He died Friday (April 28, 1995) in a China Spring nursing home. He was a member of Brandywine Lodge 33, F&AM, in Wilmington, Del. His wife, Dorothy L. MORT Knight, died July 11, 1984. He is survived by three sons, Rodney A. of Southington, Conn., Neal E. of China Spring and Bruce W. of Yorklyn, Del.; a brother, Ernest of Ormond Beach, Fla.; a sister, Helen Louise Jaynes of North Tonawanda; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Buffalo News, Feb. 17, 1996 page B8 HELEN M. STARK Obituary: Mrs. Stark, 77, formerly of 22nd Street, died Thursday (Feb. 15, 1996) in Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center while under the care of Niagara Hospice. The former Helen Pallerine was born in Bremerton, Wash., and moved to this city at an early age, attending local schools. Mrs. Stark worked in the tool room at the Niacet Corp. during World War II, and until the 1960s was employed as a cook and waitress, working with her late husband, James F. Stark Sr., at the former Victory Lunch Bar & Grill on Third Street. She was a former member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and the Riverside Rebekah Lodge. She also served as an election inspector and volunteered at the Buffalo Veterans Hospital. She was the widow of James Stark Sr. and "Red" MORT . Survivors include a son, James F. Jr. of Youngstown; a brother, Walter Hamlyn of Boca Raton, Fla.; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Buffalo News, Oct 1, 1997, page D6 MARION MORT , FORMER WAITRESS Obituary: Marion MORT , 77, a waitress for several restaurants, died Tuesday (Sept. 30, 1997) in her River Road home. She was under the care of Niagara Hospice. The former Marion Lilly was born in Niagara Falls and attended Niagara Falls High School. Among restaurants for which she worked was the Clarkson House in Lewiston. She enjoyed playing cards and bingo and spending time with her family. Her husband, Miron, died in 1995. Survivors include two sons, Robert of Niagara Falls and Roger of Rochester; two daughters, Lois Rolfe and Emma Wallace, both of Niagara Falls; 17 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in Otto Redanz LaSalle Park Chapel, 2215 Military Road, Town of Niagara. Private burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Lewiston. Buffalo News, June 21, 1993, page D7 MATTHEW RIZZOTTO Matthew "Mike" Rizzotto, 84, a U.S. Army veteran and retired laborer, died Sunday (June 20, 1993) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, after a short illness. He served in the Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1945, in Central Europe. He was also stationed as a guard at the Presidio in San Francisco, keeping watch on the Golden Gate Bridge. Rizzotto was employed by General Abrasives for 35 years as a laborer. He retired in 1974. Born in Kansas City, he moved with his family to Niagara Falls when he was 2 years old. An avid sports fan, Rizzotto played for the North End football team. He was a longtime member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Niagara Falls. His wife, Antoinette "Daw" DelGobbo Rizzotto, died in 1988. Survivors include three daughters, Michelle, Angela MORT and Jane Donoughe, all of Niagara Falls; three brothers, Anthony of Niagara Falls and Victor and Frank, both of Wheatfield; five grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Prayers will be said at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Rhoney Funeral Home, 1124 Ontario Ave. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9:30 in Sacred Heart Church, 1917 11th St. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Lewiston. Buffalo News, May 10, 1995, page c9 MIRON E. MORT Obituary: Miron E. MORT , 77, a retired shift supervisor for Union Carbide Corp.'s Niacet plant in Niagara Falls, died Tuesday (May 9, 1995) in his home on River Road. He was under the care of Niagara Hospice. MORT was born in Niagara Falls and spent some of his childhood in Lilly, Pa. In 1936, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps for a one-year hitch. He then joined the Union Carbide Niacet plant and remained there 37 years, working his way up from chemical operator to foreman to shift supervisor. He retired in 1977. MORT was a member of the Chemical Operators Union and the Niacet Men's Club. Survivors include his wife, the former Marian Lily; two sons, Robert E. of Niagara Falls and Roger L. of Rochester; two daughters, Lois Rolfe and Emma Wallace, both of Niagara Falls; two brothers, William of Philadelphia and David of South Plymouth; a sister, Beverly Knarr of Niagara Falls; 16 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in Otto Redanz LaSalle Park Chapel, 2215 Military Road, Town of Niagara. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lewiston Buffalo News, January 19, 1997, Page: C3 SHIRLEY ANN HARVEY Obituary: Shirley Ann Harvey, 65, of Ridge Road died Friday (Jan. 17, 1997) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, after a lengthy illness. Born in Niagara Falls, the former Shirley Ann Connor lived in Niagara Falls most of her life before moving to Lockport 10 years ago. Mrs. Harvey was a member of St. Bridget's Catholic Church in Newfane and a former member of St. John de LaSalle Catholic Church in Niagara Falls. She is survived by her husband, Paul; three sons, Edward, Kevin of Los Angeles and Timothy of Olean; three brothers, Miles and Ronald Connor, both of Niagara Falls, and Thomas Connor of Baton Rouge, La.; four sisters, Elizabeth Kent of Lewiston and Norrine Collins, Dorthea MORT and Suzanne Bieniek, all of Niagara Falls; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. John de LaSalle Church, 8469 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls, after prayers at 10:30 in Otto Redanz Funeral Home LaSalle Park Chapel, 2215 Military Road, Niagara Falls. Burial will be in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston.{hkes} Buffalo News, September 26, 1996 page A6 TIMOTHY R. MORT Timothy R. MORT , 37, of Hyde Park Boulevard died Tuesday (Sept. 24, 1996) in Millard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo, after a long illness. Born in Niagara Falls, he lived in Idaho, Missouri and Virginia Beach, Va., prior to moving back to Niagara Falls in 1991. He was a 1976 graduate of LaSalle Senior High School. MORT was employed by the American Red Cross in Buffalo as a computer lab technician for three years before retiring in 1995 because of illness. Prior to that, he worked in retail. MORT was an avid gardener and enjoyed traveling. He is survived by his parents, Neal R. and the former Judith A. Quinn; four sisters, Mary Schaffer of Pendleton, Kari Clendenen of Indianapolis, Kathleen Pinkham and Ada. A service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Rhoney Funeral Home, 1124 Ontario Ave. Buffalo News, Aubust 21, 1997 page D4 WILLIAM L. MORT William L. MORT , 78, a retired auto mechanic, died Saturday (Aug. 30, 1997) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, after a brief illness. MORT , of Porter Road, was born in Lockport and was a graduate of Niagara Falls High School. He served with the U.S. Army's 70th Infantry Division during World War II. MORT worked in Niagara Falls as a mechanic for Wendt's Dairy and then for the Chevy Dealers of Niagara Falls, including the former Kellogg's Chevrolet. He retired in 1984. He had been a member and a steward of Local 55, United Auto Workers, and was a member of Post 1451, American Legion, Sanborn. MORT is survived by his wife of 57 years, the former Dorothy Hagar; two sons, David of North Syracuse and Ronald of Niagara Falls; a daughter, Iona Wiley of Richburg; and four grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lewiston. The Cincinnati Enquirer: October 28, 1997 page B1a KENTUCKY OBITUARIES Genevieve L. Mahaney, 74, a homemaker, died Saturday. Surviving are three sons, Howell H. Mahaney III of Independence, Dennis Mahaney of Melbourne and Otis C. Mahaney of Fort Thomas; two daughters, Jukeila L. Clinkenbeard of Alexandria and Norritta A. Pugh of Silver Grove; two brothers, Walter Dennis of Silver Grove and Robert Dennis of Independence; three sisters, Wilda Jean DeMoss and Wilma Jane McDonald, both of Silver Grove, and Marcheta MORT of Elwood, Ind.; 14 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howell H. Mahaney Jr. There is no visitation, and the service will be at the convenience of the family. Cremation will be at Hillside Chapel in Cincinnati. Alexandria Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society, 4130 Dixie Highway, Erlanger 41018. Sr. Amelia Lenardic The Daily Telegraph London August 5, 1997 page 19 Obituary of Bishop John MORT The first Bishop of Northern Nigeria THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN MORT , who has died aged 82, was for 17 years Bishop of Northern Nigeria and afterwards Assistant Bishop in the Leicester Diocese for 16 years. MORT went out to the newly created Diocese of Northern Nigeria as its first Bishop in 1952. He was only 37, and his jurisdiction extended over an area of some 250,000 square miles. The population of 30 million was almost entirely Muslim or pagan. Under MORT 's leadership, significant Christian progress was made, and by the mid-1960s there were 17 mission stations with upwards of 30 churches and a leprosy settlement. However, the Nigerian civil war had a devastating effect on the North, and from 1966 many Christians migrated to the South and East for safety. In 1972, not long after MORT had returned from West Africa, the then Bishop of Leicester, Ronald Williams, engaged him as his Assistant Bishop - Leicester being one of the few English dioceseswithout a Suffragan. MORT became not only a highly effective pastoral bishop in the parishes, but was universally liked throughout the county. He had a remarkable memory for names and places; churchwardens would be astonished to be asked about the progress of their children in particular schools. John Ernest Llewelyn MORT , the son of a mining engineer, was born in South Wales on April 13 1915. From Malvern he went up to St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he read History, and then to Westcott House to prepare for Holy Orders. From 1940 to 1944, MORT was curate at Dudley St Thomas, Worcestershire, where he received a rigorous training. His ability as a preacher may have owed something to the memory of an occasion when, just hitting his stride in the pulpit at Dudley, he was interrupted by the vicar with: "Is there much more of this?" He next spent four years as the Worcester Diocesan youth organiser, and another four as Vicar of the parish of St John the Baptist, Worcester. Throughout this time he served also as Private Chaplain to the Bishop of Worcester, Dr William Wilson Cash, who had previously been General Secretary of the Church Missionary Society. Bishop Cash observed that his young chaplain had vision and a gift for turning people to faith through pastoral friendship, and on the strength of this he recommended MORT for appointment to the new missionary Diocese of Northern Nigeria. The appointment involved travelling great distances to the mission stations, and MORT was often accompanied by his wife Barbara, who played a full-time part in the Church's work, and eventually became head of Capital School, Kaduna, pioneering the co-education of Nigerians and expatriate children. A training centre for lay evangelists was established at Wusasa Zana, and a bishop's house was built at Kaduna. MORT 's efforts were recognised by his appointment as CBE in 1965 and by the award of an honorary LLD by Ahmadu Bello University when he left in 1970. As Assistant Bishop in Leicester, MORT was provided with a base and an income by his appointment as a Canon Residentiary of Leicester Cathedral, a post he held from 1970 to 1988. Although his ministry was mainly in the diocese, he was assiduous in performing his cathedral duties, as Treasurer and as the pastoral friend of the congregation. Of a broadly conservative disposition, MORT had during his time in Nigeria strongly opposed a scheme for uniting the Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian churches there. He was unhappy about the Church of England's decision to ordain women. Towards the end of his life MORT suffered from severe arthritis, but he continued to assist in his local parish church at Woodhouse Eaves. He is survived by his wife. The Harrisburg Patriot, April 12, 1997, Page B2 Charles M. Wonderlick Charles M. Wonderlick, 83, of 4740 Tuscarora St., Susquehanna Twp., died Wednesday in the Susquehanna Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. He retired from the Steelton plant of Bethlehem Steel Corp. He was the widower of Myrtle Wonderlick and Mary Jane Wonderlick. Surviving are eight grandchildren, including Louise A. MORT , with whom he lived; and 27 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Wiedeman Funeral Home, Steelton. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Lower Paxton Twp. Viewing will be from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. The Evening News Harrisburg. April 1, 1993 page B2 Dorothy F. Schroth Dorothy F. Schroth, 81, of Mountaindale, Cambria County, formerly of Harrisburg, died Tuesday at home. She was the widow of Edward M. Schroth. Surviving are eight daughters, Esther Poorman, Edna Gray, Iva Walters and Theresa Rager, all of Altoona, Donna Jenkins of Blandburg, Ruth Eutez of Harrisburg and Deborah Bekelja and Beverly Yeator, both of Steelton; a son, Louis of Huntingdon; a sister, Catherine Adams of Altoona; five brothers, George MORT and Charles MORT , both of Altoona, Robert MORT of Tyrone, William MORT of Harrisburg and Frances MORT ; 27 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren. Services are scheduled today in Roseland Christian Fellowship Church, Coalport RD. Burial will be tomorrow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Lower Paxton Twp. Arrangements are being handled by McQuown Funeral Home, Glasgow. The Harrisburg Patriot, July 8, 1995:, page B2 Edna M. Dively SHREWSBURY Edna M. Marsden Dively, 85, formerly of Shrewsbury and Mechanicsburg, died Wednesday in Artman Lutheran Home, Ambler. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church. She was the widow of John M. Dively. Surviving are a son, John M. Jr. of Norristown; a daughter, S. Jean Watkins of Shrewsbury; two sisters, Rhoda MORT of Hampton, Va., and Marie Beegle of Colorado; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in New Freedom Cemetery. There will be no viewing or visitation. Hartenstein Mortuary, New Freedom, is handling arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to any charity. The Evening News Harrisburg, Feb. 8, 1994; Page B2 Ernest L. Brown Jr. Ernest L. Brown Jr., 47, of 20 Butternut Lane, Silver Spring Twp., died Sunday in Holy Spirit Hospital. He was employed by South Middleton School District; drove a school bus for Carlisle Area School District; and was a member of Carlisle Fraternal Order of Eagles and Mechanicsburg American Legion Post. Surviving are a son, James A., with whom he lived; a daughter, Lori A. of Mechanicsburg; four brothers, Harry L., John H., Robert A. and Gerald L., all of Carlisle; five sisters, Janet Ritter and Mary Swartz, both of Carlisle, Ruth MORT of St. Petersburg, Fla., Doris Jean Salisbury of Newville and Julia Craig of Hagerstown, Md.; and a grandchild. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home, Carlisle. Burial will be in Cumberland Valley Memorial Gardens, West Pennsboro Twp. Viewing will be from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ronald McDonald House, 745 W. Governor Road, Hershey 17033. The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg, jULY 21, 1994 page B2 James D. MORT James D. MORT , 55, of 4311 Englewood Ave., Lower Paxton Twp., died Saturday at home. He was employed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission; was a graduate of the Ross Leffler School of Conservation; was Worshipful Master of the William S. Snyder Lodge 756; was a member of the Ridgeway Community Church of the Brethren, Harrisburg Consistory, the Zembo Temple and Tall Cedars; was a PIAA football and baseball official and a member of the Capital Area Chapter of the PIAA Football Hall of Fame; and was former eastern regional director of the All American Soap Box Derby. Surviving are his wife, Catherine Jean; two sons, Michael of Greensboro, S.C., and Thomas of Stroudsburg; a daughter, Sandra of Harrisburg; his mother, Bertha MORT of Martinsburg; and two sisters, Betty Campbell of Riva, Md., and Alberta Hudacik of Pittsburgh. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at Ridgeway Community Church of the Brethren, Harrisburg. Private Masonic services will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke's Cemetery, Saxton. The Cremation Society of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, is handling the arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Central Pennsylvania Hospice, P.O. Box 266, Enola, 17025, or Ridgeway Community Church of the Brethren, 525 N. Progress Ave., Harrisburg 17109. The Evening News Harrisburg, March 17, 1993, page B2 Mabel H. Sheffield MERCERSBURG Mabel H. Sheffield, 86, of Mercersburg died Saturday in Chambersburg Hospital. She was a member of First United Methodist Church. She was the widow of William H. Sheffield. Surviving are two daughters, Vesta Milakovic of York Haven and Donna MORT of Fannettsburg; four sons, Jack W. of Torrance, Calif., Max D. of Carlisle, Larry D. of Mercersburg and Clair H. of Fallon, Nev.; a sister, Marjorie Klem of Johnstown; a brother, Max Snyder of McConnellsburg; 28 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in her church. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Viewing will be from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Lininger-Fries Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to her church, 11 N. Fayette St., Mercersburg 17236. The Evening News Harrisburg, Aug 1, 1990, page B2 William R. "Chief" Garver, 70, of 25 S. Fourth St. died yesterday in Community General Osteopathic Hospital. He was a retired driver for Penn Harris Taxi Co., a World War II veteran and a member of American Legion Post 945 and the Friendship Fire Company and Home Association. Surviving are two daughters, Barbara Gontz of Middletown and Toni McCall of South Carolina; two sons, Jan Garver and Michael Bogue, both of Harrisburg; four sisters, Faye MORT and Virginia Garver, both of Elizabethtown, Janet Crumlik of Highspire and Ella Burns of California; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in Coble-Reber Funeral Home, Middletown. Burial will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery. Viewing will be from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Central Pennsylvania, 98 S. Enola Drive, Enola 17025. The Evening News Harrisburg, Dec. 27, 1991, page B2 William B. MORT , 97, of 385 Round Top Road, Middletown died Wednesday in Lebanon Veterans Administration Hospital. He was retired from the former Olmsted Air Force Base, Lower Swatara Twp., an Army veteran of World War I and a member of Lawnton American Legion Post 998 and Highspire and Middletown senior citizen groups. Surviving are two sons, Robert of Falmouth and James of Iowa; a daughter, Helen Hammaker of Lawnton; a sister, Venus Thompson of Chambersburg; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Knight Funeral Home, Highspire. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Lower Paxton Twp. Viewing will be from 1 to 2 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. The Harrisburg Patriot, Jan 4, 1992 page b2 Beatrice Rich Sanchez, 71, of 1015 Second Ave., Oberlin Gardens, died yesterday in Harrisburg Hospital. She was a member of Assembly of God Church, Lower Paxton Twp. She was the widow of Pete Sanchez. Surviving are five sons, Pete R. of West Fairview, Frank B. of York, Charles M. of Enhaut, Ralph W. of Hummelstown, and Walter E. of Steelton; three daughters, Virginia M. Alvarado of Oberlin, Sandra L. Klotz of Steelton, and Louise A. MORT of Harrisburg; a brother, Ralph Rich of Elizabethtown; 23 grandchildren, and 31 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Wiedeman Funeral Home, Steelton. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Lower Paxton Twp. Viewing will be from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. The Evening News Harrisburg, March 21, 1990, Page B2 SHIPPENSBURG - Harry E. Parks, 27, of 2015 Orrstown Road died Saturday of injuries suffered in an industrial accident at Forrester Lumber Co., Southampton Twp., where he was employed. Surviving are his father, William S. of Shippensburg; nine sisters, Mabel I. Long and Thelma A. Ash, both of Atlanta, Helen L. MORT of Gettysburg, Mary I. Starr of Orrstown, Hazel C. Shields and Debra A. Varner, both of Shippensburg, Juniata E. Swan of Ranson, W.Va., and Emma J. Seville and Barbara L. Crouse, both of McConnellsburg; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home here. Burial will be in Upper Path Valley Cemetery, Dry Run. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. The Evening News Harrisburg, Sept 7, 1995 page B2 William K. MORT William K. MORT , 58, of 111 Vine St. died Friday at home. He was a mover for Mayflower Moving Co. and attended Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, Lower Paxton Twp. Surviving are a companion, Irene M. Bock, and four brothers, George and Charles, both of Altoona, Robert of Tyrone and Francis of Clappertown. Services and burial will be held at the convenience of the family. Neumyer Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA, June 21, 1996, Page B3 Charles MORT , in machine repair Charles Edward MORT , 79, of 6 Keener Road, Brickerville, died Thursday morning at the United Zion Community, Lexington, after a three-month illness. His wife, Dorothy Jean Irvin MORT , died in 1993. Born in McVeytown, Mifflin County, he was the son of the late William J. and Dora A. Vaughn MORT . He had lived in Elizabeth Township since 1957, where he owned and operated a machine repair shop next to his home from 1970 to 1991. For 22 years, until 1978, he had been employed at the Wilbur Chocolate Co., in the repair and maintenance department. He served in the U.S. Army as a staff sergeant in the Quartermaster Corps of the Graves Registration Branch during World War II. He was a member and elder of Coleman Memorial Chapel at Brickerville. Surviving are two sisters, Thelma Dickson of Thompsontown and Bettyrose, wife of Carl Kane of New Alexandria; and two brothers, Donald B. MORT of Lewistown and James M. MORT of McClure. Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA, April 20, 1995, page B3 Clyde O. MORT, 84, 33 years in Air Force Clyde O. MORT , 84, of Hampton, Va., formerly of Lancaster, died Wednesday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Hampton after a brief illness. He was the husband of the late Elsie Capps MORT and a son of the late John F. and Emma MORT . MORT was a 33-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He had joined what was then the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1925, at the age of 15. He retired in 1958. Following his retirement he worked as an equipment inspector at various military bases. A combat veteran of World War II, he saw action in Europe and Asia. Surviving are two sons, Clyde O. Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., and John H. of Hampton; two brothers, Arthur L. of Silver Spring and Marion A. of Lancaster; and a sister, Hazel M. Frey of Manheim. Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA, april 20, 1995 page B3 Clyde O. MORT, 84, Air Force veteran Clyde O. MORT , 84, of Hampton, Va., formerly of Lancaster, died Wednesday in Hampton following a brief illness. He was the husband of the late Elsie Capps MORT and a son of the late John F. and Emma MORT . MORT was a 33-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, joining what was then the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1925, at the age of 15. He retired in 1958. Following his retirement he worked as an equipment inspector at various military bases. A combat veteran of World War II, he saw action in Europe and Asia. Surviving are two sons, Clyde O. Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., and John H. of Hampton; two brothers, Arthur L. of Silver Springs and Marion A. of Lancaster; and a sister, Hazel M. Frey of Manheim Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA, April 9, 1993 page B3 Dorothy J. MORT, 68, Lititz resident Dorothy Jean MORT , 68, of 6 Keener Road, Lititz, died at 7:15 a.m. Thursday at the Hershey Medical Center after a two-month illness. She and her husband, Charles Edward MORT , were married 47 years on Feb. 23. Born in Brunnerville, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Nora Hilton Irvin. Formerly of Mifflin County, Mrs. MORT lived in Elizabeth Township since 1959. She was a member of Coleman Memorial Chapel in Brickerville and its Women's Circle. She enjoyed making quilts and crocheting. Surviving besides her husband are four sisters, Esther Boyer of Clayton, N.C., Evelyn, wife of Howard Neidiegh, of Lititz, and Kathryn, wife of James Shreiner, and Lois, wife of Isaac Bomberger, both of Penryn; and two brothers, Paul Irvin of Lititz, and Clarence Irvin of Brickerville. Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA, June 8, 1996, page B3 Elsie Rosenberry Yuninger, housekeeper Elsie C. "Sis" Rosenberry Yuninger, 66, of Lewistown R5, formerly of Pequea, died of natural causes Thursday at Lewistown Hospital. Retired on disability, she was a former housekeeper at the Holiday Inn in Burnham. Born in Mifflin County, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Florence M. Krepps Rosenberry. Surviving are a son, Jeffrey L. of Lewistown R5; six brothers, James and William Rosenberry, both of Lewistown R3, Harry Rosenberry of McClure R1, George Rosenberry of Yeagertown, Robert R. Rosenberry of Lewistown R4 and Donald Rosenberry of Wilmington, Del.; and two sisters, Betty, wife of Irvin Arnold of Wilmington, Del., and Peggy, wife of James MORT of Lewistown R3. Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA, June 8, 1996, page: A12 Elsie Rosenberry Yuninger, retired housekeeper, former countian Elsie C. "Sis" Rosenberry Yuninger, 66, of Lewistown R5, formerly of Pequea, died of natural causes Thursday at Lewistown Hospital. Retired on disability, she was a former housekeeper at the Holiday Inn in Burnham. Born in Mifflin County, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Florence M. Krepps Rosenberry. Surviving are a son, Jeffrey L. of Lewistown R5, and six brothers, James and William Rosenberry, both of Lewistown R3, Harry Rosenberry of McClure R1, George Rosenberry of Yeagertown, Robert R. Rosenberry of Lewistown R4 and Donald Rosenberry of Wilmington, Del. Also surviving are two sisters, Betty, wife of Irvin Arnold of Wilmington, Del., and Peggy, wife of James MORT of Lewistown R3. Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA, april 17, 1992, page B3 Elva Kupres, 62, Manheim resident Elva Irene Kupres, 62, of 1072 Mount Joy Road, Manheim, died Thursday afternoon at Lancaster General Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was the wife of Valentine J. Kupres. They observed their 45th wedding anniversary last June 28. Born in Brunnerville, she was the daughter the late Morris L. and Nora S. Hilton Irvin. A homemaker, she had been a resident of Manheim since 1951. She was a member of St. Richard's Catholic Church in Manheim, where she was active in the Women's Workshop. Surviving besides her husband are two sons, Anthony B. and Donald J., both of Manheim; two daughters, Mary Kupres Brown of Glassboro, N.J., and Rose Marie, wife of Timothy Hershey, Manheim; seven grandchildren; five sisters, Esther M. Boyer of North Carolina, Evelyn, wife of Howard Kneidigh, and Dorothy J., wife of Charles MORT , both of Lititz, Cathryn H., wife of James Shreiner, and Lois, wife of Issac Bomberger, both of Pennryn; and two brothers, Clarence H. and Paul M. Irvin, both of Lititz. Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA, Feb 28, 1997, page B3 Helen M. Ellis, 71, of East Petersburg Helen M. Ellis, 71, of 6350 Carpenter St., East Petersburg, died Wednesday at The Glen at Willow Valley, Lancaster, after a brief illness. A homemaker, she was married to Raymond R. Ellis, who died in 1990. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late August and Mary Ellen Lehn Polaski. She was a graduate of McCaskey High School. Surviving are a daughter, V. Gene MORT of Lancaster; one grandson; and one brother, William Polaski of Wilmington, Del. Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA, May 28, 1997, page B3 Sara Conroy, 97, of Kensington, Md. Sara D. Conroy, 97, of 10231 Carroll Place, Kensington, Md., died of natural causes Monday at the Circle Manor Nursing Home in Kensington. Born in Oxford, she was the daughter of the late John Warren and Bertha Strickland Duborow. Her husband, Philip James Conroy, died in 1976. A homemaker, she was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Sarasota, Fla. She was also a member of the Farm Women's Ladies Auxiliary, Quarryville. She is survived by one daughter, Lorraine Toohey of Silver Spring, Md.; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Virginia Lonergan, and a sister, Dorothy MORT . The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL, Sep 6, 1998 COLFAX - John L. Finney Sr, 34, of Colfax, formerly of Streator, died at 1:06 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 5, 1998) from injuries received in a motorcycle accident on the Colfax Weston Blacktop. His funeral will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Winterrowd-Hagi Funeral Home, Streator, the Rev. Jim MORT officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Streator. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with an Eagles Ritual at 7:30 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Disabled and Paralyzed American Veterans or to a charity of the donor's choice. He was born March 22, 1964, in Streator, the son of Larry and Annabel Eggers Finney Sr. Survivors include his parents of Streator; three daughters, Brandy Finney and Shelly Finney, both of Flanagan; and Nicole Finney, Streator; three sons, Sam Krasnican and John Finney Jr., both of Streator; and Dustin Finney, Flanagan; two brothers, Larry (Donna) Finney Jr., Streator; and Terry (Sue) Finney, Streator; and three sisters, Susan (Daniel) Oller, Cathy (Shane) Spellious, and Mary Ellen (Jesse) Granados, all of Streator. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Layton and Eleanor Finney; maternal grandparents, Marz and Adelle Eggers; one brother, Richard; and one nephew. He was employed at Pontiac Correctional Center. Peoria (Illinois) Journal Star, December 1, 1992, page D6 COLCHESTER -- Mary O. Day, 68, of rural Colchester died at 7:20 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29, 1992, at Memorial Hospital in Carthage. Born June 30, 1924, in Colchester to Wilburn and Mae Gillenwater MORT , she married Arlin F. Day on Feb. 3, 1940, in Kahoka, Mo. He died July 15, 1980. She also was preceded in death by one son, James Day, and an infant sister. Surviving are one son, Lewis of rural Colchester; two grandchildren; one great-grandson; and one sister, Mrs. Helen Myers of Colchester. A lifetime resident of Hancock County, she attended Hillsgrove United Methodist Church in rural Colchester and was a member of the Majorville Society Club. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Jones MORT uary in Colchester. The Rev. Jill Johnson-Scott will officiate. There will be no family visitation. Calling hours will be after 9 a.m. today until the time of services at the MORT uary. Burial will be in Majorville Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Hillsgrove United Methodist Church. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oct 17, 1998 FRANK, Robert K. MORT , died Oct. 15. Ralph Schugar Chapel, Shadyside. (DN) The Record, Northern New Jersey, Feb 28, 1990 page E8 HARRY L. TAYLOR, 68, of Palisades Park, formerly of Jersey City, died Monday. Before retiring, he was a bus driver with New Jersey Transit Corp. in Union City for 36 years. He was an usher of St. Michael R.C. Church, Palisades Park, and a member of its Holy Name Society. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Disabled American Veterans, American Legion Post 46, Union City, and Knights of Columbus Council 3550, Palisades Park. Surviving are his wife, Edith Palermo Taylor; two daughters, Elizabeth Labruna of Little Ferry and Patricia MORT of North Babylon, N.Y.; a sister, Madelyn Erdley of Spring Hills, Fla.; a brother, Marvin Taylor of Union City, and two grandchildren. Mass will be said Thursday at 10 a.m. at St. Michael Church, with burial in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus. Visiting is today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Volk Funeral Home, Palisades Park, with an American Legion service at 8. The Record, Northern New Jersey, June 22, 1991, page A4 HARRY SYDNEY NEEDHAM of Verona, formerly of Passaic and Rutherford, died Thursday. He was born in England. Before retiring in 1966, he was a combustion and development engineer for the Hyatt division of General Motors, Clark. A graduate of New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, he earned a master's degree from Pratt Institute, New York City. He was a member of the Professional Society of Engineers of New Jersey. Surviving is his wife, Doris Edwards MORT Needham. A son, Sydney, died in 1988. Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Shook Funeral Home, Cedar Grove, with burial in Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson. Visiting will be Monday from 1 to 2 p.m. Donations to the Copsa Institute for Alzheimer's Disease, 667 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1392, Piscataway, N.J. 08855, would be appreciated. Rocky Mountain News, Dec 15, 1994: page 85a VELMA MARIE MEINEKE, 65, of Aurora died Nov. 27 in Brighton. Services were Nov . 30 at Highland Chapel, with burial at Highland Cemetery. Mrs. Meineke was born Dec. 10, 1928, in Crook. She married Melvin Meineke on Sept. 28, 1947, in Padro ni. She was a cook and worked as a rod wrapper for Wright McGill before her reti rement in 1983. She was a member of St. Andrew Lutheran Church. Survivors includ e a daughter, Roberta Voss of Brighton; two sisters, Mildred MORT of Sterling an d Shirley Benton of Denver; five grandchildren; and three stepgrandchildren. Con tributions: Hospice of Metro Denver. Seattle Post-Intelligencer , Feb 28, 1992, Page E2 MORT : Victor K., 91, of Seattle, Feb. 18. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Sept 29, 1992, page B2 MORT : George E., 66, of Seattle, Sept. 15. St. Petersburg Times, May 7, 1999 MORT , LOTUS T., 89, of Indian Rocks Beach, died Tuesday (May 4, 1999) at St. Joseph's Hospital, Tampa. She was born in Ottawa, Ohio, and came here in 1954 from Norfolk, Va. She retired as a chief warrant officer third class after 22 years with the Marine Corps and was the first woman warrant officer and the first female instructor at the Marine Corps Recruiter's School. She was a veteran of the Korean and the Vietnam wars. She was a member and past president of Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of the Women Marines Association and a past national secretary of the National Women Marines Association. Moss-Feaster Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Serenity Gardens Chapel, Largo. Largo The State Journal-Register Springfield, IL, Dec 16, 1998 Births at Memorial Shannon Childers and Paul MORT , Springfield, a daughter Monday. The State Journal-Register Springfield, IL, Feb 14, 1999: Aldene L. Todd SPRINGFIELD -- Aldene L. "Dene" Todd, 63, of Springfield died Friday, Feb. 12, 1999, at her residence. She was born Feb. 28, 1935, in Decatur, the daughter of William L. and Edna G. Sprinkle Yonker. She married George E. "Gene" Todd in 1955 in Springfield. She was preceded in death by two sons, Kevin Lee and Danny LeRoy Todd. Mrs. Todd was owner and operator of Gene and Dene's Mouse House Novelty Shop. She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, the Humane Society and Waggin' Tails. Survivors: husband, George E. "Gene"; a son, George E. (wife, Kimberly) Todd Jr. of Springfield; two daughters, Tammy L. (husband, Kevin) MORT of Springfield and Donna M. Todd of Carpentersville; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Bisch and Son Funeral Home, the Rev. Kreston Lipscomb officiating. Burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery. The Harrisburg Patriot, June 25, 1990, page: B2, Court Sentencings Robert D. MORT of the 4700 block of Tuscarora Street, Susquehanna Twp., 3 months probation and a $150 fine, disorderly conduct. York Daily Record, April 3, 1999 LITTLESTOWN - Elizabeth M. "Lib" MORT , 69, of 689 Baschoar School Road, Littlestown, died Thursday morning at York Hospital. She was the wife of John S.E. MORT , to whom she was married for 48 years. The service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Littles Funeral Home in Littlestown. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery in Taneytown, Md. Viewings will be 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Mrs. MORT was born May 21, 1929, in Adams County. She was the daughter of the late Rev. J. Norman and Vergie (Bowers) Utz. She worked at Cambridge Rubber Co. in Taneytown and at A&P stores in Littlestown and Hanover. She was a member of Piney Creek Church of the Brethren in Taneytown, where she was an active choir member, Women's Fellowship member and frequent organist. She was a 1947 graduate of Littlestown High School and a member of Hanover Organ Club and Littlestown High School Alumna. Mrs. MORT also is survived by two daughters, Deborah M. Waltz and Diana F. Holloway, both of Hanover; and two grandchildren. Mrs. MORT was preceded in death by a son, James E. MORT . Officiating at the service will be her pastor, the Rev. Wayne A. Hall. Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery Fund, 38 W. Baltimore St., Taneytown, Md. 21787; or to Piney Creek Church of the Brethren Cemetery Fund, 4699 Teeter Road, Taneytown, Md. 21787. York PA Daily Record, Dec 1, 1998 EAST BERLIN - Teena I. (Dern) MORT , 41, of 103 W. King St., East Berlin, died Sunday at Hanover Hospital. She was the companion of Paul Highlands. A graveside service will be 10 a.m. Saturday in East Berlin Union Cemetery. There will be no viewing. The Feiser Funeral Home Inc., 306 Harrisburg St., East Berlin, is in charge of ar rangements. Ms. MORT was born Jan. 19, 1957, in York. She was the daughter of Josephine C. (Stump) Golden of New Oxford, and the late Donald L. Dern. Ms. MORT also is survived by a son, Michael A. MORT II of East Berlin; two daughters, Jessica MORT of York and Jamie MORT of Windsor; three grandchildren; three brothers, Paul L. Dern of East Berlin, Donald S. Dern of Dover and Joey A. Dern of York; and two sisters, G. Kay Zeigler of East Berlin and Angela S. Stump of Wrightsville. Officiating at the service will be Elder Harry B. Nell. Memorial contributions may be made to Teena I. MORT Burial Fund, in care of Adams County National Bank, 1677 Abbottstown Pike, East Berlin 17316. The Tucson Citizen, September 9, 1998: Robert G. Shouse 66, of Tucson, AZ, passed away September 6, 1998. He is survived by wife, Ginny; children, Randy, Steve (Catherine), Kelli (Eric) Penny, Laura Courtney and their mother, Barbara (Earl) MORT ; stepsons, Curtis (JoAnn) and Phillip (Zina) Berry; grandchildren, Bill, Bobby, Heather,Abe, Andy, Anne, Garrett, Beth, Stevie, Karin, Kristine and Jessica; mother and stepfather, Grace (Fred) Cole and sister, Betty Schindelbeck all of Richmond, VA and brother, Ollie Worcester Telegram & Gazette Worcester, MA page B6 MENDON - Anne (O'Donnell) Chase Ries, 73, of Hastings St., died Tuesday in her home. Her husband, Harold E. Ries, died in 1986. She leaves two sons, Stephen W. Chase of Westboro, and Peter W. Chase of Mendon; a brother, Paul O'Donnell of Webster; five sisters, Judith MORT of Spencer, Rosemary Rogers of Harwich, Marie T. Haberstreit of Worcester, Marie G. Coolidge of Coral Gables, Fla., and Jane Sharp of West Harwich; 13 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; nephews and nieces. She was born in Northboro, a daughter of Charles and Marie (Paquette) O'Donnell, and previously lived in Uxbridge before moving to Mendon in 1957. She lived in Worcester from July 1925 to Aug. 1937. She graduated from South High School in Worcester. Mrs. Ries retired in 1975 after 21 years as a reporter for the Telegram & Gazette. She was originally hired as a part-time reporter in Uxbridge in 1954, and became a full-time reporter in 1957. Mrs. Ries contributed many articles to the Sunday Telegram Feature Parade and House & Home section. She worked in Uxbridge five years, in Whitinsville two years, Milford nine months and returned to Whitinsville for the remainder of her career. She worked for the Whitinsville News Tribune and was private secretary to the publisher of the Milford Daily News before joining the Telegram & Gazette. She also worked for the Blackstone Valley Tribune in the Whitinsville office. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Buma-Sargeant Funeral Home, 42 Congress St., Milford, with the Rev. Cynthia Frado Chetwynd officiating. Burial will be in Swan Dale Cemetery. There are no calling hours. The family requests flowers be omitted. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Greater Milford, 391 South Main St., P.O. Box 122, Hopedale, 01747. Worcester MA Telegram & Gazette December 23, 1993 page B5 AUBURN - Barbara (Willar) Dagnese, 74, of 3600 South Ocean Shore Blvd., Flagler Beach, Fla., formerly of Auburn, died Saturday in her home after a long struggle with brain cancer. She leaves her husband, Vincent J. Dagnese; a son, Gerald Dagnese of Worcester; three daughters, Barbara Courville MORT and Linda Jean Catino, both of Millbury, and M. Lainey Durgin of Northbridge; a brother, Augustus Willar of Worcester; five sisters, Gladys Lewis of New York City, Helen Lachance of Auburn, and Madeline Whitney, Dorothy Royal and Virginia Chase, all in Florida; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; nephews and nieces. She was born in Auburn, daughter of Augustus and Mary (Santom) Willar, and lived in Auburn most of her life, moving to Florida nine years ago. Mrs. Dagnese was a waitress at the former Dante's Inferno before her retirement in 1984. She previously worked for the former M.J. Whittall Co. in Worcester for many years. Following cremation, burial will be held at the convenience of the family in Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Volusia/Flagler, 655 North Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, Fla. 32114. Volusia Cremation Society, 1425 Bellevue Ave., Daytona Beach, directed arrangements. Worcester MA Telegram & Gazette Novebmer 10, 1990 page 6 MILFORD - Frank A. Niro Jr., 63, of 14 Water St., and Florida, died yesterday in Glover Memorial Hospital, Needham, after an illness. He leaves two sons, Frank Niro III of Milford and Raymond Niro of Brookline; a stepson, Steven Easter of St. Petersburg, Fla.; two daughters, Evelyn MORT of Foxboro and Jeanette McNeil of Twin Mountain, N.H.; a stepdaughter, Margaret Dore of Foxboro; two brothers, John Niro of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Daniel Niro of Milford; four sisters, Claire Bouchard and Jennie Dore, both of Milford, Frances Doneley of Woonsocket, R.I. and Marie Caudry of Lake Mary, Fla.; nine grandchildren; nephews and nieces. He was born in Milford, son of Frank A. Sr. and Rosalinda (Tomasini) Niro, and lived here most of his life. He lived in Florida for the past six years, maintaining a home here. Mr. Niro was a plant wholesaler, dealing in cactus and aloe plants. The funeral will be held Tuesday from Ruggerio Memorial Funeral Home, 46 Water St., with a Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Mary's Church, Winter Street. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Calling hours at the funeral home are 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Worcester MA Telegram & Gazette Nov. 16, 1992, page B5 Judith R. MORT , 75 SPENCER - Judith R. (O'Donnell) MORT , 75, of Howe Village, formerly of Worcester, died yesterday in Harrington Memorial Hospital, Southbridge after an illness. Her husband, Leonard C. MORT , died in 1964. She leaves a son, Leonard F. MORT of Millbury; a daughter, Elizabeth J. Cabana of Spencer; a brother, Paul O'Donnell of Webster; four sisters, Jane Sharp of West Harwich, Rosemary Rogers of East Harwich, Theresa Hebenstreit of Worcester and Gertrude Coolidge of Coral Gables, Fla.; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; nephews and nieces. She was born in Northboro, daughter of Charles C. and Marie C. (Paquette) O'Donnell, and lived many years in Worcester before moving to Spencer in 1979. Mrs. MORT was a member of Our Lady of the Rosary Church and a former member of St. George's Church in Worcester. The funeral will be held Wednesday from J. Henri Morin & Son Funeral Home, 23 Maple Terrace, with a Mass at 11 a.m. in Our Lady of the Rosary Church, 10 Church St. Burial will be in Howard Street Cemetery, Northboro. Calling hours at the funeral home are 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. Flowers may be sent, or memorial contributions made to the American Heart Association, 23 Midstate Drive, Auburn, 01501; or the Leukemia Society of America, 340 Main St., Worcester, 01608. Worcester MA Telegram & Gazette page B5 FRANKLIN - Marie D. "Del" (Parenteau) Nasuti, 65, of Seminole, Fla., formerly of James Street, died Wednesday at home after a short illness. Her husband, Anthony "Sam" Nasuti, died last December. She leaves three daughters, Lorraine M. MORT of Rhinebeck, N.Y., Pamela A. Hadley of Fort Mohave, Ariz., and Brenda G. DeLucia of Bellingham; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. She was born in Worcester, daughter of Louis J. and Antoinette B. (Jandron) Parenteau, and lived here many years before moving to Florida in 1987. She graduated from a Worcester high school. A memorial Mass will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, in St. Mary's Church, 1 Church Square. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. There are no calling hours. Charles F. Oteri Funeral Home, 33 Cottage St., is directing arrangements. Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA), Sept. 22, 1994 page B7 BROOKLYN, Conn. - Robert T. Bougie Sr., 57, of Ventura Drive, a retired truck driver, died Monday in Columbia, Conn., where he was stricken ill. He leaves his wife of 19 years, Rosalie (Ojala) Bougie; a son, Robert Bougie Jr. of New Port Richey, Fla.; two daughters, Lauren Matthias and Tami Pepin, both of Putnam; three stepsons, Steven Bartlett of New Port Richey, Michael Marois of Sterling, Conn., and Robert Marois of Putnam; three stepdaughters, Karen Bartlett of Putnam, Susan Chapdelaine of Pomfret and Lisa Navan of Sterling, Conn.; a sister, Theresa Nakanishi of Little Rock, Ark.; two half brothers, Ronald Rickey of Blue Hills and Stanley J. Praczakowski of Jewett City; two half sisters, Debra MORT of Danielson and Brenda Suprenant of North Grosvenordale; three grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and cousins. A sister, Joan Vandale of Killingly, died in 1992. He was born in Norwich, son of Nazaire and Susan (Grimshaw) Bougie. Mr. Bougie was a truck driver for many years, most recently for S & N Trucking of Killingly and previously for Guardian Industries of Webster, Mass. A graveside service will be at noon today in Westfield Cemetery, Danielson. Tillinghast Funeral Home, 433 Main St., Danielson, is directing arrangements. York PA Daily Record, Feb 27, 1999 Births York Hospital: Mort, Christine, and Sweitzer, Jeremiah, North Codorus Township,Feb. 25, a daughter York Daily Record, May 27, 1999, Births Mort, Robin and Clubb, George Jr., Lower Windsor Township, May 19, a daughter Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 14:28:51 EDT From: Gramagator@aol.com This is all I have for the Mort Family. You are welcome to use it all and if you need more on the Bushong family, I will be happy to send that. Phyllis Descendants of Abraham Mort Generation No. 1 1. Abraham1 Mort He married Catherine 'Ann'. Children of Abraham Mort and Catherine 'Ann' are: i. Fannie2 Mort, d. August 21, 1903; m. Frederick Cline; d. Aft. 1903. ii. Henry Mort. iii. David Mort. iv. Sophia Mort, m. Hickerson. v. Elizabeth Virginia Mort, b. August 01, 1836, Canterburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia; d. May 05, 1909; m. William D. Hockman, October 07, 1857; d. Aft. 1909. Notes for Elizabeth Virginia Mort: SOURCE: Bushong Bulletin, Vol 14, Spring 1998, page 15. Notes for William D. Hockman: SOURCE: Bushong Bulletin, Vol 14, Spring 1998, page 15. 2. vi. Sarah Ann Mort, b. March 1839, Washington County, MD; d. April 01, 1910. vii. Mary Ellen Mort, b. 1843, Shenandoah County, Virginia; d. Aft. 1920; m. John Henry 'James' Bushong, October 12, 1865, Shenandoah County, Virginia; b. 1843, Shenandoah County, Virginia; d. June 15, 1920, Shenandoah County, Virginia. Notes for Mary Ellen Mort: SOURCE: Bushong Bulletin, Spring 1998, Vol.14, pg 15 Notes for John Henry 'James' Bushong: Buried at Harrisville. SOURCE: Bushong Bulletin, Spring 1998, Vol.14, pg 15. Generation No. 2 2. Sarah Ann2 Mort (Abraham1) was born March 1839 in Washington County, Maryland, and died April 01, 1910. She married Isaac Bushong December 18, 1861 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, son of Andreas Bushong and Elizabeth Carrier. He was born November 08, 1820 in Clearbrook, Shenandoah County, Virginia, and died March 28, 1903 in Clearbrook, Shenandoah County, Virginia. From Civil War records on VA website: Unit: Co E 136th VA Milita Children of Sarah Mort and Isaac Bushong are: i. Charles A. Bushong, Rev., m. Drusilla Ramesburg. ii. William E. Bushong, b. Abt. 1866; m. Mary Belle Bowers. iii. Cecelia Bushong, m. Cuffley. Not sure if she belongs to these parents. iv. Sophia Bushong, m. Clark. v. Elizabeth 'Bessie' Bushong. Unmarried. vi. Thomas J. Bushong, m. Bertie Abel. vii. John H. Bushong, m. Edith Dulaney. viii. Clinton Bushong. Subject: Mort Family Query Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 19:11:43 -0700 From: ramort@teleport.com To: "Donald Gradeless" <drg@execpc.com> I am the Richard Mort (adopted) whose # is 1160 and my sister Nancy Belle Mort (also adopted) seems to be # 1161 on your index. My full name is Richard Allen Mort and my adopted parents were Ralph H. ( I had heard a name other than Henry but my dad did not like it so may have used Henry) and Berniece Lee Mort. I would sure be interested in what you have. I had no idea it was on the internet. I have been to Winona Lake and Warsaw Indiana and I know the Huffers and John and Loretta Mort were my grandparents. My email address is ramort@teleport.com. Best regards, Dick Mort Portland, Oregon Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 18:00:30 -0500 From: "Nancy Bridges" esnan@dreamscape.com I am related to three Mort's that are listed on your SSDI page. Marjorie Mort (008-24-8164) was the wife of William Mort (009-09-0328) They were my Granduncle and Grandaunt William Mort (009-22-5894) was the son of Marjorie and William He was my 1st cousin once removed William Francis Mort (not listed on SSDI) was my great grandfather He married Josephine Fisher in 1892 in upstate NY. This is as far as I have gotten on my Mort line. Again, please pass post the news about the GenForum Mort site; http://www.genforum.com/mort The forum will be removed if the webmaster does not see that the site is being used. Thank you. Nancy Bridges Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 15:33:05 -0500 From: "Nancy Bridges" esnan@dreamscape.com Please include my email address esnan@dreamscape.com as my point of contact. The information I have about my William Francis Mort is as follows; b: New York, NY 24 Jul 1866 (I'm trying to get a copy of his birth certificate) Family oral history says that William and his sister (name and age unknown) were placed in an orphanage in NY. William ran away from the orphanage and it is unknown what became of his sister. I have found a John Mort in the 1900 NY City Directory. He was living at 455 W. Broadway and was listed as a mosaic worker. John is the only Mort that I have been able to find in NYC during this time period. m: Josephine Fisher 12 Dec 1892 Lansingburgh NY (have requested a copy) d: Bennington VT 19 Oct. 1940 William and Josephine had 4 children; Willford b 26 Sep 1893 d 17 Jul 1894 Helen (my grandmother) b 12 Jun 1895 d 5 Nov 1972 Florence b 19 Sep 1897 d 17 Jul 1970 William b 7 Aug 1902 d 17 Feb 1971 This particular Mort line has continued through William. Morts in the Austrailian National Libary: Mort http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/8557.html MS 8557 Papers of the Mort Family: Box 1 Document, 1 Mar. 1919 certifying that T./Lt. S.F. Mort of the Royal Engineers was mentioned in a despatch on 7 Apr. 1918 http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/fence/picket_5.html Australian Women's Art in the National Library's Collections 
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http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/diaries.html National Libary of Australia: Immigrant Diaries (1822-1895) Held in the Manuscript Collection Diarist: Mort, Thomas Departure: 19 September 1837 Port: Liverpool Destination: Hobart/Sydney Ship: Superb Class: 1mc National Library of Australia Call No.: M 3308 Notes: see entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography Found this interesting Street that everyone should visit when you are next in Canberra: Department of Employment, Education and Training National Office 16-18 Mort Street , GPO Box 9880 Canberra ACT 2601 Check out the Art works of Greg Mort at the Somerville Manning gallery
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