Edward Orton

birth Edward Orton
Gender male
Age at Death 82 years, 9 months, 1 day

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth June 1840 Shilton Parish, Warwickshire, England   1a
Note

probably the index to his birth, at freebmd.org.uk
2nd Qtr 1840
Orton Edward Foleshill &c Vol 16 page 412

Census July 2, 1860 Elgin Township, Kane County, Illinois, United States   2a
Note

1860 Census, Elgin Township, Kane County, Illinois
July 2, 1860
in household of P G Gilbert, farmer

Edward Orton, 20, laborer on farm, born in England

Naturalization before 1870     3a
Census June 9, 1870 Minonk Township, Woodford County, Illinois, United States   3b
Note

1870 Census of Minonk Township, Woodford County, Illinois
June 9, 1870
in household of ?? and Anna Sharp

Ed Orton, 29, farm hand, born in England, parents foreign born, male citizen

Census June 9, 1880 Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska, United States   4a
Note

1880 Census, Hastings, Nebraska
June 9, 1880

Edward Orton, 39, single, farmer, born in England, parents also

Death March 2, 1923   res: 501 South Kansas 5a
Note

Veterans Administration Pension Payment Card
Edward Orton
Certificate 530795, Service: P A 7 Illinois Infantry
payments began 17 July 1890
died March 2, 1923
payable to widow Lillie A Orton, 501 South Kansas Avenue, Hastings, Nebraska

Burial   Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska, United States    
Note

Buried Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska
Private, Company A, 7 Illinois Infantry
Enlisted July 25, 1861
Discharged July 29, 1864
died March 2, 1923

"Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic, Burial Records, 1861-1948," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGDV-BRKQ : 24 October 2018), Edward Orton, United States; citing Death, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Edward Ortonabout 18161902
Mother Diana Wesleyabout 18111882
    Sister     Mary Ann Orton about 1838
         Edward Orton June 1840 March 2, 1923
    Brother     John Orton 1841
    Brother     George E Orton November 17, 1845 November 30, 1910
    Sister     Dinah Orton about 1846
    Sister     Jemima Orton about April 1850
    Sister     Eliza Orton

Families

Family of Edward Orton and Lillie Amanda Smith
Married Wife Lillie Amanda Smith ( * April 1863 + ... )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage November 19, 1884 Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States   6a
Note

Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935
Name: Edward Orton
Spouse's Name: Lillie A. Smith
Event Date: 19 Nov 1884
Event Place: Ottawa, La Salle Co , Illinois
Father's Name: Edward Orton
Spouse's Father's Name: Henry R. Smith
Spouse's Mother's Name: Elizabeth Hopper

Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Estella Ortonabout 1889May 17, 1890
Lottie U OrtonJune 18911982
Clarence OrtonJune 1896

Source References

  1. 1851 Census of England
      • Page: Shilton, Warwickshire, Series: HO107, Page: 500, Piece: 2066, Family: 10, Line: 6, Image: 3, Enum. District: 2
  2. National Archives and Records Administration: 1860 United States Census
      • Page: Elgin Twp, Kane Co, Illinois
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXCZ-7GZ : 13 December 2017), Edward Orton in entry for P G Gilbert, 1860.

  3. National Archives and Records Administration: 1870 United States Census
      • Page: Minonk Township, Woodford County, Illinois, p. 4, family 25
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64M-5H4 : 12 April 2016), Ed Orton in household of Sharp, Illinois, United States; citing p. 4, family 25, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,794.

      • Page: Minonk Township, Woodford County, Illinois, p. 4, family 25
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64M-5H4 : 12 April 2016), Ed Orton in household of Sharp, Illinois, United States; citing p. 4, family 25, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,794.

  4. National Archives and Records Administration: 1880 United States Census
      • Page: Hastings, Nebraska, ED 63, sheet 109B
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Y7-L9D : 16 August 2017), Edward Orton, Little Blue, Adams, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district ED 63, sheet 109B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0743; FHL microfilm 1,254,743.

  5. images at familysearch: Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards
      • Page: Edward Orton, Certificate 530795
      • Citation:

        "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2M2L-5CB : 11 March 2018), Edward Orton, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,635,740.

  6. indexes at familysearch: Illinois Marriages
      • Page: Orton-Smith, 19 Nov 1884, Ottawa, LaSalle County