Primary Name: Morton, Ione Elizabeth

Filed as: Morton, Ione Elizabeth

Also known as: Ione Morton; Ione Elizabeth McDonald

Occupation / Association: Charter Member, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6

Born: November 4, 1895, Washington

Died: April 13, 1956, Contra Costa County, California

Parents: John F. McDonald; Elizabeth M. Hutchison McDonald

Spouse: Harold Frederick Morton

Children: John Francis Morton (born 1914, Washington); Myrtle Ione Morton (born December 15, 1914, Douglas, Alaska)

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Anchorage, Alaska; Alameda, California; Contra Costa County, California

Keywords: Ione Elizabeth Morton, Ione McDonald Morton, Harold Frederick Morton, Myrtle Ione Morton, John Francis Morton, Pioneers of Alaska Women's Igloo 6 Charter Member

Biography

Ione Elizabeth McDonald Morton was a Charter Member of the Juneau Women's Igloo Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born November 4, 1895 in Washington to John F. McDonald and Elizabeth M. Hutchison McDonald.

She married Harold Frederick Morton on November 19, 1912, in Juneau, Alaska. The couple had two children: John Francis Morton, born in Washington in 1914, and Myrtle Ione Morton, born December 15, 1914, in Douglas, Alaska.

In 1920, she was living in Sitka, where her husband served as Superintendent of the Alaska Pioneers Home. By 1930, the family had moved to Anchorage, Alaska.

Ione Elizabeth Morton died on April 13, 1956, in Contra Costa County, California.

Sources

1920 U.S. Federal Census, Sitka; 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Anchorage; 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Alameda County, California; Alaska Marriage Certificate; California Death Index; Douglas Island Weekly News, November 27, 1912; Douglas Island Weekly, December 16, 1914