Alexander MacMichael Morton

  Noted events in his life were:

• Emigration: with his parents, 1825, Scotland.

• Occupation: farmer and miller, 1860, Benjamin River, Restigouche Co., NB. Built a sawmill at the mouth of the Benjamin River in 1860 and owned it until about 1883.

• Census, 1861, Weldford Parish, Kent Co., NB.

• Census, 1881, Colborne, Restigouche Co., NB.

• Moved, 1890, Vancouver, BC.

Alexander married Mary Barton on an unknown date. (Mary Barton was born in 1823 in England and died about 1864 in Restigouche Co., NB.)

Alexander next married Mary Childs, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 8 Apr 1858. (Mary Childs was born on 15 May 1836 in Campbellton, Restigouche Co., NB, died on 29 Aug 1903 in Vancouver, BC and was buried in Vancouver, BC.)