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Ann Lucinda [THOMPSON] MORTON, wife of John MORTON, Weldford Parish, Kent, NB

Ann Lucinda [THOMPSON] MORTON, wife of John MORTON, Weldford Parish, Kent, NB

Posted: 2 Oct 2014 7:08AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Thompson, Morton
Does anyone have death information for Ann Lucinda THOMPSON, wife of John MORTON?
I believe he remarried 01 May 1863. Did they divorce? Did Ann Lucinda die? If so, where is she buried? She does not appear in the online gravestone transcription from Zion Presbyterian Cemetery in West Branch, where John's stone is listed. All hints gratefully accepted. Vital records or church records are even better! Thanks.

Re: Ann Lucinda [THOMPSON] MORTON, wife of John MORTON, Weldford Parish, Kent, NB

Posted: 2 Oct 2014 11:45PM GMT
Classification: Query
I am not a great help here but since the names were familiar thought I would answer. The only thing I could find out about Lucinda was that she was John's first wife and died after having seven children. The book says the cause of her death is unknown and her grave is unmarked...I would guess it is in Zion cemetery some place. They were married in 1849 and you are right when he remarried.

Re: Ann Lucinda [THOMPSON] MORTON, wife of John MORTON, Weldford Parish, Kent, NB

Posted: 2 Oct 2014 11:45PM GMT
Classification: Query
Actually, John Morton m. 2nd Nicholas River, Kent Co., NB 22MAY1863 Agnes Thorrat. His first marriage at Nicholas River was 23APR1849. The 1861 census of Weldford Parish, Kent Co., NB shows John Morton (31) living next to John Thompson (27), John’s siblings and mother, Sarah Thompson (57, apparently b. Co. Tyrone, Ireland). The marriage status of these persons is not stated. However, John Morton has children, Mary ‘Mcmicle’ (12), George Henry (3) and Ann Lucinda (11 months). These census returns were generally enumerated about April, so I would guess that Ann Lucinda, Jr. was b. ca. MAY1860. She is said to have m. Joseph Clare. At:
http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.as...
she was the wife of Asa Clare of Harcourt Parish in 1892. However, in the 1891 census of Harcourt Parish, Ann L. (30) is the wife of Joseph M. Clare (48) and had children Lavina M. (10), Isaac Parker (8), John J. (7), Jane M. (4), Robert J. (6), Thos. T. (2) and Lucinda M. (6 months). Joseph (4SEP1842) and Lucinda (10FEB1861) Clare are in the City of Moncton in 1901. Since Ann Lucinda was age 11 months in 1861 I assume that her date-of-birth, in 1901 is (at least as far as the year, as it often is in that census) incorrect. Joseph may be Joseph ‘Mophet’ Clare b. 4SEP1842, s/o John Hamilton and Judith (Ward) Clare.

The reason for concentrating on Ann Lucinda, Jr. is that the simplest theory is that her mother died when she was born. At least it seems probable that Ann, Sr. died between April 1860 and April 1861. At least it does not seem as if there may have been any divorce.

Thomas.

Re: Ann Lucinda [THOMPSON] MORTON, wife of John MORTON, Weldford Parish, Kent, NB

Posted: 4 Oct 2014 8:41PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Morton, Thompson, Thurrott
I cannot find an actual death for Ann Lucinda Morton, but it does say on page 153 of the book "West Branch Days", "Lucinda Ann (Thompson) died leaving her husband John a widower with seven children. On May 1, 1863, John Morton married Agnes Thurrott. She is reported to have been very beautiful. The marriage was performed by Rev.James Law; witnesses were another Agnes Thurrott, and John Robertson. This marriage too ended tragically. Agnes died in childbirth and the child died also."

Re: Ann Lucinda [THOMPSON] MORTON, wife of John MORTON, Weldford Parish, Kent, NB

Posted: 4 Oct 2014 9:51PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Morton, Thompson, Wales
According to the description of the 1861 census on Ancestry.com, the 1861 census in New Brunswick was carried out on August 15th of that year. However, most of the enumerations were carried out later that year. So, while the census shows that Ann Lucinda (Jr) was 11 months old, had the census for that parish had been carried out in Nov or Dec of 1861, she would have been born in Jan or Feb of 1861, depending on the actual date. The 1901 census shows her specific birthdate as 10 Feb 1861. Her 2nd marriage to John H. Wales on 02 Dec 1919 in Manchester, New Hampshire, shows her age as 58 - which would imply an 1861 birth year. That's all I have for paper records to support her birth date - which I have recorded as 10 Feb 1861. I've been working with the 1901 census date, since everything else supports an 1861 birth year.
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