William E.D.B. Morton
William &
Minnie take over farm
1895 |
William and Minnie 
take over Woodmount Farm from Francis upon their marriage in 1894. The
property was described as having 300 acres, two dwelling houses -- their's
being a three-room wooden house -- three barns and outbuildings (11). |
Mary
I.F. born
1898 |
They had their first child at Woodmount, Mary. She was baptized in
Holland Landing in late August, with Aunt Nancy as her godmother.
William E.D.B. Morton b. 1866
=Minnie Mary Wood b.c.1868, m.c. 1894
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Mary Isobel Fitzgerald b. 1898
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William
ill
1903 |
In the Fall of 1903, William became very ill. As Aunt Nancy described
it, "Willie was in bed for ages." She described a big lump on his hip,
and that even an operation in Barrie was unsuccessful. Nancy returned from
nurses training in Collingwood to be with William and Minnie. Francis moved
back to help on the farm and George visited every Saturday night -- walking
from the Hotel where he boarded in Bradford.
Nancy returned to Collingwood in the Spring of 1904, and Minnie then
administered the "hypos", but it seemed that William's condition was incurable. |
William
dies
1904 |
William died 1 Nov 1904 at age 38. Cause of death was recorded as hip
disease. He was buried the next day at Christ Church, Holland Landing.
His daughter Mary was only 6½.
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Minnie
sells the farm
1905 |
By the next January, Minnie and her sisters-in-law Eliza and Martha
had applied for William's probate. In it, Minnie describes the sum of William's
property, the same that was willed to him by Uncle George Dean Morton in
1895:
 
The western half of lots 109 and 110 in the 1st concession east
of Yonge Street, and the south-westerly part of lot 108 in the 1st
concession west of Yonge Street, Township of East Gwillimbury, County of
York.
Minnie sold the farm, and bought a house in Bradford on John Street.
She moved there  ,
joined by her Morton sisters-, brothers-, and father-in-law. The "Bradford
House" would remain a Morton home for the next 61 years. |
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