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Marion MORTON (1850 - 1870)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
May Bessie Sunderland EVANS (1870 - 1928)	Marion MORTON (1850 - 1870) + George Boyes EVANS (1838 - 1880)	Capt. Thomas MORTON (1811 - 1875)	Thomas James MORTON
			Reubena ORRAN
		Nancy PRIESTLY ( - 1875)

b. abt 1850

m. 1869 George Boyes EVANS (1838 - 1880) at Fiji

d. 1870 at Fiji aged 20

Near Relatives of Marion MORTON (1850 - 1870)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Thomas James MORTON
Grandmother	Reubena ORRAN
Father in Law	George Francis EVANS	abt 1808	Cardiff, South Wales	1895	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	87
Mother in Law	Rebecca Letitia Isidore FALKINER	abt 1818	Co Tipperary, Ireland	1853	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	35
Father	Capt. Thomas MORTON	1811	Duddingston, Midlothian, Scotland	1875	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	64
Mother	Nancy PRIESTLY			1875	Sydney, NSW, Australia
Self	Marion MORTON	abt 1850		1870	Fiji	20
Husband	George Boyes EVANS	1838	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	1880	Levuka, Fiji	42
Daughter	May Bessie Sunderland EVANS	abt 1870	Probably Fiji	1928	Queensland, Australia	58
Sister	Eliza Annie Narn MORTON	abt 1842		1915	Norwood, Adelaide, South Australia	73
Sister	Ellen MORTON	abt 1842
Sister	Sarah Edith MORTON	1843	Perth, WA, Australia	1912	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	69
Brother	Thomas MORTON	1845	Perth, WA, Australia
Sister	Robinna Oram MORTON	1847	Perth, WA, Australia	1847	Perth, WA, Australia	0
Sister	Mary Ann (?? Marion) MORTON	1849	Perth, WA, Australia
Son in Law	James Thomas PERRY	1870	Queensland, Australia	1956	Queensland, Australia	86
Granddaughter	Christobel Olive May PERRY	1899	Queensland, Australia	1972	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	73
Nephew	Walter Horace Kemp KNOX	1877	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	1941	South Australia, Australia	64
Niece	Caroline Eliza Isado BURT	1873	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Sister in Law	Maria Caroline EVANS	1839	Tasmania, Australia	1909	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	70
Sister in Law	Rebecca Margaret EVANS	1841	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Brother in Law	Francis Richard EVANS	1843	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	1916	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	73
Brother in Law	Daniel Falkiner EVANS	1845	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	1926	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia	81
Brother in Law	Charles Louis EVANS	1847		1918	South Australia, Australia	71
Brother in Law	Edward Septimus EVANS	1849	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Brother in Law	Robert Walter EVANS	1851	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Sister in Law	Henrietta (Hetta) Elizabeth EVANS	1853	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	1908	Victoria, Australia	55
Brother in Law	John KNOX
Brother in Law	Joseph Priestly KEMP

Events in Marion MORTON (1850 - 1870)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1850		Marion MORTON was born		died 1870 - age 20 = c 1850
1869	19	Married George Boyes EVANS (aged 31)	Fiji	Note 1	60
abt 1870	20	Birth of daughter May Bessie Sunderland EVANS	Probably Fiji
1870	20	Marion MORTON died	Fiji	Note 2	60

Note 1: Tasmania, Australia, Index to Marriage Notices in The Mercury, 1854-1962 Name Marion Morton Spouse Name George Boyes Evans Marriage Date 13 May 1869 Other Details Fiji Gender Female Publication Date 15 Jul 1869 THe Mercury (Hobart) 16 July 1869 EVANS-MORTON.-On the 13th May, at Mount Vernon, Levuka, Fiji, Rev. W. Moore, George Boyes, eldest son of G. F. Evans, Esq., of Hobart Town, to Marion, third daughter of Captain Morton, of Vuna, formerly of Adelaide. Sydney Morning Herald 13 Aug 1869 MARRIAGE On the 13th May, at Mount Vernon, Levuka, Fiji, by the Rev. W. More, George Boyes Evans, late of Victoria, to Marion, youngest daughter of Captain Morton, of the Rewa River

Note 2: Adelaide Observer 25 Jun 1870 DEATHS EVANS.-On the 12th March, at Port Morton, Yassaws, Fiji Islands, Mrs. G. B. Evans, beloved sister of Mrs. J. Knox, Glenelg, aged 20 years. The Queenslander (Brisbane) 28 May 1870 EVANs.-On the 12th March, at Port Morton, Yassaws, Fiji Islands. Mrs. G. B. Evans, sister of Mrs. J. P. Kemp, of this city, aged 20 years.

Personal Notes:

from death reg of dau May

Source References:

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: THe Mercury (Hobart) 16 Jult 1869 EVANS-MORTON.-On the 13th May, at Mount Vernon, Levuka, Fiji, Rev. W. Moore, George Boyes, eldest son of G. F. Evans, Esq., of Hobart Town, to Marion, third daughter of Captain Morton, of Vuna, formerly of Adelaide.

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Adelaide Observer 25 Jun 1870 DEATHS EVANS.-On the 12th March, at Port Morton, Yassaws, Fiji Islands, Mrs. G. B. Evans, beloved sister of Mrs. J. Knox, Glenelg, aged 20 years.

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