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Hello, Louisa Byers was born roundabout 1875 Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Her parents are Thomas Byers and Sarah Ann Ord. I can't find her baptism and her birth isn't recorded on the government site or FreeBMD.

There is a marriage for a Louisa Byers to Arthur Ernest Morton, Middlesbrough district March quarter 1905. (There is another couple married the same quarter who are Joseph Hall and Ann Spedding and they are together on the 1911 census at Skinningrove so I can confirm that Louisa and Arthur are a couple).

I cannot find either Arthur or Louisa on the 1911 census and I wondered if anyone could take a look to see if they can find them (or even on the 1939 census). I don't know anything about Arthur. I have Louisa on 1881/1891/1901 census with her parents in Middlesbrough.

There are 9 children altogether but I don't need any info on the rest of the family.

Thank you.

In 1911, the mother says one of her 9 children has died. Have you a record of that death?

Hello Erika , yes Alice Elizabeth born March q 1867 dies September q 1894 Middlesbrough aged 27.

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in the 1939 England and Wales Register
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Name: Arthur E Morton
Gender: Male
Marital status: Widowed
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1873
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 70
Residence Place: Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding), England
Occupation: Gas clerk (Retired)
Schedule Number: 85
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: KGWA
Registration district: 501-2
Household Members:
Name
Arthur E Morton

one child
ARTHUR
Last name MORTON
Birth year 1909
Birth quarter 4
Registration month -
Mother's maiden name Byers
District Middlesbrough
County Yorkshire
Country England
Volume 9D
Page 582

It looks as though the parents only registered their children after the introduction of penalties.

Not that it helps with finding Louisa after her marriage

There appear to have been some offspring

MORTON, ARTHUR BYERS
GRO Reference: 1909 D Quarter in MIDDLESBROUGH Volume 09D Page 582
MORTON, JAMES ALFRED BYERS
GRO Reference: 1908 D Quarter in DARLINGTON Volume 10A Page 6

Thank you Erika, at least it's a start.

They emigrated

Found on familysearch - FREE - wehre you can view the actual immigration record


Name Arthur E Morton
Event Type Census
Event Date 1916
Event Place Manitoba, Canada
Gender Male
Age 43
Marital Status Married
Ethnicity English
Relationship to Head of Household Self
Birthplace England
Birth Year (Estimated) 1873
Immigration Year 1910
Military Service Place O
Province Manitoba
District Number 13 Winnipeg Centre
Sub-District Number 05
Affiliate Film Number T-21932

Arthur E Morton Self M 43y England
Luesa Morton Wife F 40y England
James A Morton Son M 8y England
Arthur Morton Son M 3y Man
Harold Morton Son M 11m Man

Canada Census 1911 (from FMP)
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Annie Cutter Female 1868 Nova Scotia, Canada Head
Harry Cutter Male 1890 Nova Scotia, Canada Son
John Cutter Male 1865 England Brother In Law
Arthur E Morton Male - England Husband
Louisa Morton Female - England Wife
James A Morton Male 1908 England Son
Arthur Morton Male 1910 England Son
Florence Tracy Female - Ontario, Canada Lodger
Leena Cooper Female - Ontario, Canada Lodger
Gladys G Cooper Female - Ontario, Canada Lodger

Thanks Erika, I've been looking for more births and found one for Roy Gordon Morton born Dec q 1918 at Chapel en le Frith (Derbyshire) maiden name Byers. This could be a coincidence with the names of course but they must have come back sometime if Arthur snr died in Leeds. Thank you for all your help.

Look at the immigration record - it's interesting

You can't know for certain that the death is the right man until you get the cert and find out who the informant was.

On the immigration record, he's a Carpenter.

Deaths Sep 1979 (>99%)
MORTON ROY GORDON 14DE1919 STOKE/T 30 1485

You're right of course, can't take anything for granted. Thanks.

with mrs morton, aged 41 james aged 5 and arthur aged 3
going to 21 haddon street middleborough

Name: Harold Morton
Arrival Age: 1
Birth Date: abt 1915
Port of Departure: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Arrival Date: 21 Oct 1916
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Scandinavian
Shipping Line: Canadian Pacific Line
Official Number: 109441

LAST NAME: MORTON
FIRST NAME: HAROLD
DATE OF BIRTH: 04/07/1915
PLACE OF BIRTH: WINNIPEG

Mother's maiden name is Louise Byers.

Thank you Maddie, is it possible to do a 1911 census search for Haddon Street, Middlesbrough to see who was living there, although I appreciate the occupier may not have been there 1916. Is there any record of them going back?

Thanks also Margaret, are these off FMP?

George Henry Milburn
in the 1911 England Census
Name: George Henry Milburn
Age in 1911: 34
Estimated birth year: abt 1877
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Middlesbro, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Middlesbrough
County/Island: Yorkshire-North Riding
Country: England
Street address: 21 Haddon St Middlesbro <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Marital status: Married
Occupation: French Polisher
Registration district: Middlesbrough
Registration District Number: 535
Sub-registration district: Middlesbrough East
ED, institution, or vessel: 19
Piece: 29257
Household Members:
Name Age
George Henry Milburn 34
Alice Grace Milburn 34
Marjorie Milburn 5



Marriages Sep 1902 (>99%)
Milburn George Henry Middlesbro' 9d 907
Richardson Alice Grace Middlesbro' 9d 907



By 1915 the Milburns had moved to Kildare Street:

Alice Grace Richardson
in the British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
Name: Alice Grace Richardson
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 19 Aug 1902
Marriage Place: Middlesbro
Document Year: 1915
Residence Place: 37 Kildare St, Middlesbro <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Relationship to Soldier: Spouse
Form Title: Descriptive Report Enlistment
Other Records:
Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
George Henry Milburn Self (Head)
Alice Grace Richardson Spouse
Marjorie Milburn Child

Thanks Argyl, bit of a long shot that it would be a relative. I don't have the above in my tree anywhere.

Maddie posted 1939 for Arthur E Morton, widowed, gas clerk, born August 1873 .

[ There's no child Arthur with that man in 1939 - did you mean that there was, Maddie ? ]

His birth:

Births Sep 1873 (>99%)
Morton Arthur Ernest Halifax 9a 480



So this looks like him in 1911 :

in the 1911 England Census
Name: Arthur Ernest Morton
Age in 1911: 37
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England <<<<<<<<<<
Civil Parish: Hunslet
County/Island: Yorkshire-West Riding
Country: England
Street address: 42 Moor Croscent Hunslet Leeds
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Mechanical Draughtsman
Registration district: Hunslet
Registration District Number: 501
Sub-registration district: Hunslet
ED, institution, or vessel: 27
Piece: 27144
Household Members:
Name Age
Emily Morton 58
Arthur Ernest Morton 37

Therefore not Louisa's husband, who is in Canada in 1911.

Do you have Louisa's marriage cert to see what her husband's father's name was - to try to track down her husband's birth ? Or do you know his birth date?

The birth record that I posted for Harold in Winnipeg was from this site:

https://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php

Sorry, I should have noted that when I posted.