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Esther Arabella Morton (McLeod)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Steytlerville, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: May 18, 1946 (44)
Provincial Hospital, Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Status Asthmaticus; contributing cause: right heart failure)
Place of Burial: Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Ockert McLeod, I and Eva Catharina Johanna Stoffelina Mcleod, c13
Wife of John Henry Morton
Mother of William Thomas Morton; Eva Magdalena Maxine Dykhorst and Douglas Henry Morton
Sister of Henry Samuel George McLeod; Dorothea Maria McLeod; Martha Maria McLeod; Emily Elizabeth McLeod; Stoffelina Elizabeth McLeod and 3 others
Half sister of Gottfrieda Borcher Hitzeroth Scott; Alberta Jacomina Kilian and George Lawrence McLeod

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About Esther Arabella Morton

Source: HENC 1/2/24/3/1 Steytlerville Births 1900 Feb - 1909 May, Cape Town Archives

Date: 22 Sept. 1901, Steytlerville

Name: Ester Arabella

Father: Ockert McLout, Farm Hand

Mother: Eva Doubell

Entry no. 32

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SILVER WEDDING: MORTON – McLEOD. On 8th January, 1920, at Port Elizabeth, Esther Arabella McLEOD. Of Steytlerville, to John Henry MORTON of Port Elizabeth. Present address: 196 Mackay Street.

Source: Eastern Province Herald 1945 1 January - March, eGGSA.org

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In 1946, Esther and John Morton were in the process of getting divorced when Esther died; it doesn't seem like the divorce was ever finalized. Source: Cape Town Archives

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Esther Arabella Morton's Timeline

1901
September 22, 1901
Steytlerville, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
November 3, 1901
NGK, Steytlerville, Steytlerville, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1920
December 9, 1920
South Africa
1925
March 18, 1925
South Africa

Source: FamilySearch.org ; Film No.: 008147481 ; Image No.: 223 - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66VF-T1H8

1931
May 5, 1931
Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1946
May 18, 1946
Age 44
Provincial Hospital, Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
May 20, 1946
Age 44
North End Cemetery, Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Source: Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Cemetery Search; Section: AA; Grave No.: 112N; Row: 6