Mortons of Tinahely

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The Mortons during the

The Last Mortons in Ireland

The last Morton ancestors of our line to live and die in Ireland were Francis Morton Sr. and his wife Elizabeth Barrett, born in the late 1700’s.

Their family, larger than was known previously, consisting of five sons and three daughters:

Francis Morton
= Elizabeth Barrett m.c.1820’s

James DOB unknown
Sarah DOB unknown
Ellen DOB unknown
Elizabeth DOB unknown
George Dean b. 1822
Francis b.c. 1827-29
William DOB unknown
Edward Dean b. 1836

Of these, son James

and possibly all three daughters Sarah, Ellen and Elizabeth

lived out their lives in Ireland. We don’t know if any of their Morton descendants remain there now.

The four other sons emigrated from Ireland before the end of the century.

George became a medical doctor and left for Canada in 1848. He settled in Holland Landing and began a successful practice which he would eventually move to Bradford in 1854.

Edward was much younger than his brother, and went to Canada in 1856 to study medicine at the University of Toronto. He began his practice in Barrie and married George's sister-in-law.

William went, instead to Australia and became a sheep rancher.

Francis , began his family in Ireland, and did not emigrate to Canada until 1880.

Historical summaries: 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's

The fates of Francis Sen. and Elizabeth are unknown. The only place they were ever mentioned was on the younger Francis' death registration in 1911 (1).