Reginald Walter Morton

Reginald married Muriel Carter on 22 Jan 1944 in Enfield, London, England. Muriel was born on 31 May 1922 in Sunderland, County durham, England; died on 11 Jul 2016 in Branford, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Walter Hirst Morton
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Notes:

(Medical):Heart attack

Died:
1961, Thursday January 5, The Almonte Gazette front page

?b?Sudden Death of Walter H. Morton Popular Resident?/b?
The death occurred suddenly at Rosamond Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, Dec 28th of Walter Herst Morton in his 74th year. He had been suffering from a heart condition for some time but had been about as ususal on Tuesday. About one o'clock in the morning he was stricken and succumbed in the hospital two hours later. The late Mr Morton was born in Ravensthorpe, Yorkshire, England in 1887, a son of the late Mr and Mrs Franklin H. Morton. He came out to Canada in 1907 and settled in Almonte where he became an employee of the Rosamond Woollen Co. Ltd. In 1908 he married Miss Ivy Stanley, a young lady whom he had known in his old home town and who had come to Canada and Almonte in 1906. Mr Morton was with the Rosamond Co. for 45 yeas during the greater part of which he was overseer of the yarn department. For a number of years he was a member of the Town Council serving as chairman of the Finance Committee being very conscientious and he was popular having headed the polls on a number of occasions. He was a member of the choir of St Paul's Anglican Church for many years; a member of Granite Chapter and treasurer of the Almonte Curling Club. He leaves his wife and a family of seven - four boys and three girls, namely; Stanley H.; George Arthur; Lawrence and Reginald all of Almonte; Mrs James Dick (Lillian) Almonte; Mrs Ed. Mallon (Ethel) Ottawa; and Mrs Clayton Watchorn (Marian) Stittsville. Ther are three brothers and one sister living in England; Geo H., W.H.; Lawrence and Lillian (Mrs Thos. Jackson)....The funeral was held on Friday afternoon from the Comba Funeral home to S Paul's Church where a service was conducted by the rector, Rev Canon J.W.R. Meakin. Interment was in the parish Cemetery

Walter married Ivy Stanley on 27 May 1908 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Ivy (daughter of George Stanley and Emily Wood) was born on 14 Dec 1883 in Yorkshire, England; was christened on 20 Feb 1884 in Ravensthorpe, York, England; died on 13 Dec 1968 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
1968, Thursday April 18, The Almonte Gazette front page

?b?Mrs. Ivy Morton
Dies At 84 Years?/b?
The death of Mrs. Ivy Morton, widow of the late Walter H. Morton, occurred at the Almonte Nursing Home, on Saturday, April 6th, following an illness of seven months' duration . She was in her 85th year. Born in England, she was a daughter of George Stanley and Emily Wood. She came to Canada in 1905. Deceased was married May 28, 1908, to the late Walter Morton. She attended St. Paul's Anglican Church, was a member of Atthewell Rebekah Lodge, and a life member of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion. Mrs. Morton is survived by four sons, Stan, Arthur, Lawrence and Reg, all of Almonte, and three daughters, Lillian (Mrs. J. Dick) of Almonte, Ethel (Mrs. Ed. Mallon), Ottawa and Muriel (Mrs, Clayton Watchorn), Stittsville. Also surviving is one sister, Mrs. W.F. Westbury, of Hamilton, Ont. The funeral was held Monday afternoon, April 8, from the Comba Funeral Home to St. Paul's Anglican Church for service at 2 o'clock. Services were conducted by Canon Ploughman, assisted by Ven. Archdeacon Eric Osborne of St, Matthew's Church, Ottawa. Burial was made, at St. Paul's Cemetery. Pallbearers were three grandsons, Larry Morton, Art Morton and Brian Watchorn, Garnet Doe, Lyle Cox and Bob McKittrick

Franklin married Annie Armitage on 15 May 1887. Annie was born in 1869 in Hopton, Mirfield, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 20 Nov 1869 in Hopton, Mirfield, Yorkshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Emily Wood after Mar 1882 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England. Emily was born on 10 Feb 1861 in Kirkheaton, York, England; died on 15 Jul 1943 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]