Biography:
Emily Morton
1862 –1929
Emily Morton
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Unmarked grave Emily Morton (née Wilmore, late Rogers) (1862-1929)
Emily was born in 1862 in Aldbury to John Wilmore, a labourer, and his wife Elizabeth (née Pocock). By the time Emily was eight the family had moved to Berkhamsted Common where her father was employed as an engine driver – probably some form of steam-driven agricultural machinery.
Emily entered domestic service and in 1881 she was a live-in general servant in the household of Edward Spiers, a designer and engraver in precious metals. He, his wife and six family members lived in St John’s Wood, London. Emily was their only domestic help, so it must have been hard work.
She married William Rogers, in 1890 in Berkhamsted. They moved to Heathfield, Harpenden where William was employed as a “farmer’s gardener”. Florence (1896) and Kathleen (1899) were both born in Harpenden.
By 1901 when they were living in Unity Cottages, 4, High Street, Berkhamsted, William was a boot and shoe maker and she was a laundress
By 1911 they had moved to 49, Kitsbury Road.
William died February 1918 in the Union Infirmary. (He may be buried here in one of the three unmarked graves identified only as “Rogers”.)
In 1921 Emily was living at 12, Charles Street with Florence and Kathleen. Both were employed and she also had three boarders.
She married for the second time to William James Morton, a blacksmith employed at Lane’s timber yard, in 1926 in Berkhamsted. His first wife, Mary Jane, had died in 1922 and is buried in this cemetery.
She, William and his youngest child Ethel May were living at 14, Highfield Road in 1926.
Sadly the marriage was short and she died at 14, Highfield Road in April 1929, aged 66.
William survived her until 1950.
William’s brother James and his wife Minnie are buried in plot 1123.
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Unmarked grave Emily Morton (née Wilmore, late Rogers) (1862-1929)
Emily was born in 1862 in Aldbury to John Wilmore, a labourer, and his wife Elizabeth (née Pocock). By the time Emily was eight the family had moved to Berkhamsted Common where her father was employed as an engine driver – probably some form of steam-driven agricultural machinery.
Emily entered domestic service and in 1881 she was a live-in general servant in the household of Edward Spiers, a designer and engraver in precious metals. He, his wife and six family members lived in St John’s Wood, London. Emily was their only domestic help, so it must have been hard work.
She married William Rogers, in 1890 in Berkhamsted. They moved to Heathfield, Harpenden where William was employed as a “farmer’s gardener”. Florence (1896) and Kathleen (1899) were both born in Harpenden.
By 1901 when they were living in Unity Cottages, 4, High Street, Berkhamsted, William was a boot and shoe maker and she was a laundress
By 1911 they had moved to 49, Kitsbury Road.
William died February 1918 in the Union Infirmary. (He may be buried here in one of the three unmarked graves identified only as “Rogers”.)
In 1921 Emily was living at 12, Charles Street with Florence and Kathleen. Both were employed and she also had three boarders.
She married for the second time to William James Morton, a blacksmith employed at Lane’s timber yard, in 1926 in Berkhamsted. His first wife, Mary Jane, had died in 1922 and is buried in this cemetery.
She, William and his youngest child Ethel May were living at 14, Highfield Road in 1926.
Sadly the marriage was short and she died at 14, Highfield Road in April 1929, aged 66.
William survived her until 1950.
William’s brother James and his wife Minnie are buried in plot 1123.
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