Mort family archive, 1812-1994

MLMSS 7341

fonds

1812-1994

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

423804

2.15 metres of textual material (13 boxes) - manuscript, typescript, and printed
Clippings
Photographs
Albums

Thomas Sutcliffe Mort (1816-1878) arrived in Sydney in 1838, followed by his younger brothers Henry (1818-1900) and James (died 1879). An older brother, William, stayed in Manchester. In 1841 Mort married Theresa Shepheard Laidley, daughter of James Laidley,and they had seven children, Laidley James, Edward Montague, sometimes known as Ted, William Edye, Alice, who married George Atkinson-Wills, Annie, who married Bishop Selwyn, Robert Sutcliffe, and Ernest, known as Jack, who married Ida Agnes Bruce. Theresa Mort died in 1869. Mort married in 1874 Marianne Elizabeth Macauley, with whom he had two sons, Macauley, known as Max, and Guy Sylvian.

Personal papers, 1835-1940
Papers concerning Greenoakes, Darling Point, Sydney, 1856-1911, 1958, 1977-1986
Genealogical papers, 1886-1994
Business records, 1843-1987
Printed material, 1812-1979
Pictorial material, ca. 1865-

This collection consists of a number of manuscript and pictorial record series. You may navigate to a more detailed description of each series from this collection record

The conservation of this collection has been supported by a member of the Mort Family, 2004.