James Williams Mortimer Jr.


Reedsburg Free Press-May 9, 1901
The Woodmen gave James Mortimer quite a lift one day last week by putting in his oats.
(This was in the same paper as his wife, Bella, death notice.)


  • Father : James W. (Bull) Mortimer Sr.
  • Mother : Malinda Holderman
  • Birth date : February 11, 1876
  • Born at : Valton, Woodland twp., Sauk Co., Wisconsin
  • Occupation : Farmer
  • Married first : Bella Spaulding
  • Marriage date : April 10, 1901
  • Married at : Woodland twp., Sauk Co., Wisconsin
  • Married second : Ida May Murdock
  • Marriage date : April 19, 1906
  • Married at : Ironton, Sauk Co., Wisconsin
  • Death date : January 6, 1941
  • Buried at : Valton Cemetery, Valton, Woodland twp., Sauk Co., Wisconsin
  • Children With second wife :
    John Gilbert Mortimer
    James Virgil Mortimer
    Wayne Murdock Mortimer

    Second Family Portrait.
    1916 Mortimer Family Reunion.

    Sources

    Birth-Marriage certificate; Cemetery Inscriptions of Sauk Co., Wisconsin, Volume 5.
    Frist Marriage-Sauk Co. Reg. of Deeds, Volume 7, Page 268; Marriage Index and Marriage Certificate.
    Second Marriage-Sauk Co. Reg. of Deeds, Volume 8, Page 8; Marriage Index, Marriage Certificate and Ida's Obituary.
    Death-Cemetery Inscriptions of Sauk Co., Wisconsin, Volume 5.
    Buried-Cemetery Inscriptions of Sauk Co., Wisconsin, Volume 5, page 137.
    Obituary-
    History of Reedsburg and the Upper Baraboo Valley-by Merton E. Krug, page 423.
    Other-1930 Federal Census Woodland Twp., Sauk Co., Wisconsin (Roll T626_2609, Page 1A, Line 1, ED 41); 1920 Federal Census Woodland Twp., Sauk Co., Wisconsin (Roll T625_2015, Page 9A, Line 4, ED 267); 1910 Federal Census Woodland Twp., Sauk Co., Wisconsin (Roll T624_1737, Page 3b, Line 99, ED 131); 1900 Federal Census Excelsior Twp., Sauk Co., Wisconsin (Roll T623_1816, Page 6A, Line 4, ED 132); 1880 Federal Census Woodland Twp., Sauk Co., Wisconsin (Roll T9_1446, Page 3A, Line 25, ED 267); John's birth certificate; James's birth certificate; Wayne's birth certificate; James's marriage certificate; Ida's Obituary and Bella's death certificate.

    My Links

    Allies Home Page.
    Allies Surnames.
    Flynn Home Page.
    Holderman first names.
    Mortimer Home Page.
    Mortimer first names A-J.
    Mortimer first names K-Y.
    Bull/Mortimer Family Outline.
    Murdock first names.
    Osborn Home Page.
    Spaulding first names.
    Stanley and Shore Home Page.