High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Elizabeth Dunn Morton

1 Aug 1841 – 29 Mar 1894 · about 53 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Elizabeth Dunn Morton lived from 1 Aug 1841 to 29 Mar 1894, a span of about 53 years.

Born a Dunn, and known here by the name Morton. Theirs is one of 4 markers bearing the name Morton in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 3relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Alexander Dunn1818–1880also here
Elizabeth Dunn Mortonm.Benjamin Bates Morton1842–1885also here

SiblingsIsabella Dunn1843–1875

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact birth date, found in the Dunbar family genealogy (read as a lead), corroborated by a relative's name and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
62d yr. " Currier." Re- sided on South Pleasant St. Ch., by w. Elizabeth, — i. Elizabeth, Aug. 1, 1841. ii. Isabella, Oct. 8, 1843, d. 27 Feb. 1875. iii. AlexAlNDER, May 16, 1846. iv. Charles, Oct. 5, 1848. Ch., by w. Mary, — v. Mary Elizabeth, Feb. 1, 1862. vi. William Alexander, Dec. 20, 1863, d. 9 Oct. 1864. vii. Matthew William, Apr. 24, 1866. Note. — Mary, dau. of

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

Born in Scotland. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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