Michael Morrett
(1823-1898)
Julia Ann Wolf
(1822-1892)
Jonathan Cashman Beecher
(1818-1895)
Catharine Swigert
(1820-1886)
Dr. John Addison Morrette
(1845-1925)
Hirametta L. C. Beecher
(1850-1907)
Bertie Laurina Morrette
(1878-1955)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rev. William Jewart Miller

Bertie Laurina Morrette 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 8 Oct 1878, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Rev. William Jewart Miller on 10 May 1910 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA 1
  • Died: 6 Aug 1955, South Bend, Armstrong, PA at age 76 3 4 5
  • Buried: 9 Aug 1955, Pittsburgh: Allegheny Cemetery, Allegheny, PA 3 4

   Another name for Bertie was Bertha Laurina Morrette.6

   FamilySearch ID: L6Y7-MPM.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in New Kingston, Cumberland, PA. 7 The 1880 census recorded J. A. Morrett M.D., physician, 32, living with wife Hirametta, 28; Bertie L., 3; and Annie, 2. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1900 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA. 8 The 1900 census recorded owning a home at 112 West Main Street: John Morrett, physician, 53, born Oct 1847, living with wife Heirametta, 50, Nov 1850; Bertha l., private teacher, 24, Oct 1876, single; and Annie M., 22, Apr 1878, single. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Residence: on 26 Mar 1907 in Windber, Somerset, PA. 6

4. Census in 1910 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA. 9 The 1910 census recorded at 112 West Main Street: John A. Morrett, widowed, 62, living with daughters Annie M., 32, single, and Bertie L., public school teacher, 30, single. Also in the home was boarder Clara J. Geiger, widow, 75.

5. Occupation: schoolteacher in 1910 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA. 1

6. Cause of Death: cardiac failure, arteriosclerosis, heart disease, 6 Aug 1955, South Bend, Armstrong, PA. 4


Bertie married Rev. William Jewart Miller, son of John Miller and Caroline M. Jewart, on 10 May 1910 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA.1 (Rev. William Jewart Miller was born on 10 Nov 1878 in Apollo, Armstrong, PA,1 10 11 12 died on 19 Oct 1961 in Spring Church, Armstrong, PA 10 12 and was buried on 23 Oct 1961 in Pittsburgh: Allegheny Cemetery, Allegheny, PA 10 12.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFWD-3HH William Jewart Miller and Bertie Laurina Morrette, 10 May 1910; citing Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, P 400; FHL microfilm 21013.

2 Records of Marcia Wilson (Leonia, NJ).

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=113082883.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 67988. Bertie Morrette Miller. Father James Addison Morrette. Mother Henrietta Beecher.

5 Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania, Death Indices (Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records, New Castle, PA, 16103. Online at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686 .), Death Certificate 67988. Bertie M. Miller.

6 Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA), 27 Mar 1907, page 10. Obituary of Mrs. J. A. Morrett.

7 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWX1-29D J. A. Morrett, New Kingston, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 152C, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-1122.

8 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3SS-VDB John Morsett, Mechanicsburg borough Ward 3-5, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 8A, family 187.

9 1910 United States Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Mechanicsburg Ward 4, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1335; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0024; FHL microfilm: 1375348.

10 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=122477629.

11 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/9MVN-GHXL William Jewart Miller, 1917-1918.

12 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 090744-61. William Jewart Miller. Father John Miller. Mother Carrie Jewart. Spouse Bertie Morette Miller.


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