Hazel's parents:
Joseph Ellsworth Morton (1863-1946) and Margaret “Maggie” Delilah Jones Forbes (1863-1932)
Hazel's parents Joseph and Margaret holding one of their Kellum grandchildren, abt 1916.
1889 Waseca County, MN marriage certificate for Joseph Morton and Maggie Forbes. Margaret had been previously married to John Forbes, who died in 1885. A widow with three young children, Maggie was likely eager to marry again. She and Joseph had two more children, Jim’s grandmother Hazel Mae Morton and her brother Leo Leslie Morton.
Hazel’s parents Joseph and Margaret Morton (right) holding one of their Kellum grandchildren, abt. 1920. We’re not sure of the identity of the couple on the left and the little boy.
Joseph Morton with his daughter Hazel in 1939, on the last visit to St. Paul before his death in 1946
Lyla adored her Grandfather Morton, who allowed her to ride on his draft horses pulling a wagon filled with parcels which came in on the train. As a drayman he delivered packages in Bingham Lake. The Mortons also had a farm.
Morton Ancestry
The ancestry of Jim’s grandmother Hazel Morton goes back to Maine and New York, as seen in this pedigree chart.
Revolutionary War: Morton Patriot Ancestors
See the Morton SAR page for more information on Jim’s induction into the Sons of the American Revolution, and the Mortons who served in the Revolutionary War.