Lottie Freeman (Miner) Morton (abt. 1893 - abt. 1974)

Born about 25 Oct 1893 in Gaspereau, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Francis Llewellyn Morton — married 8 Apr 1915 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Died about 28 Jun 1974 at about age 80 in Trail, West Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

Lottie was the daughter of George Miner and Adelia Curry.

Lottie was born in 1893 in Gaspereau, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. ^[1]

When informed of the death of an older cousin she wrote to that cousin's brother and reminisced when she was "...in the Valley of the Gaspereau, were playing tag around the aged building, nearly at the point of exhaustion my short fat legs were about to collapse, when your dear Rossie's outstretched hand shepherded my direction...". She continued that in later life Rossie's letters shepherded her regularly when the "...joy-catchers were about the catch her...".^[2]

The 1901 Cdn census lists Lottie as a 7 yr old, NS born, English-Cdn, Baptist adherent, living in Lockhartville, NS.^[3]

The 1911 Cdn census lists her as a17 yr old, NS born, English-Cdn, Baptist adherent, living in Walbrook NS.^[4]+

In Oct 1911 she moved to South Kamloops, British Columbia to teach school.^[5]

She and her family were living in North Vancouver prior to Jul 1916 when her husband, Frank, volunteered for WWI. Prior to this date she and her three month old son moved to Fort Langley, BC.^[6]

Lottie died in 1974 and she is buried in Nakusp Cemetery, Nakusp, West Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Lottie Freeman Miner birth Gaspereau, Kings County on October 25, 1893, Birth Registration: Year: 1893  number: 99100770. https://archives.novascotia.ca/images/vital-statistics/births/1893/1893-99100770b.jpg
2. ↑ David R DeWolfe Research Papers, letter, Lottie (Miner) Morton to Leon Archibald, 6 Aug 1953.
3. ↑ 1901 Cdn census, NS, 36 Kings, R Lockhartville, pe 10 line 33. http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=5883&highlight=33&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Lottie+F+Miner
4. ↑ 1901 Cdn census, NS, 48 Kings, 20 Horton district, pe 13 line 12. http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=8274&highlight=12&desc=1911+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Lottie+Miner
5. ↑ David R DeWolfe Research Papers, letter, Lottie Miner Morton to Leon Archibald 6 Aug 1953, Slewiskin Land, Nakusp, British Columbia.
6. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Image: Personnel Records of the First World War. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=179606
7. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71343981/lottie-miner-morton