Walter Herst Morton

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• Name: Walter Hirst Morton
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• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

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]

1. Stanley Hirst "Stan" Morton was born on 20 Jan 1910 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Jan 2005 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 2005 in St. Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
2. George Arthur Morton was born on 7 Aug 1911 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Jul 1985 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 21 Jul 1985 in St. Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
3. Lillian "Lil" Morton was born on 27 Mar 1913; died on 13 Jan 1998 in Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
4. Laurence "Laurie" Morton was born on 2 Oct 1915; died on 30 Jul 1999 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
5. Reginald Walter Morton was born on 14 Feb 1919 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Jun 2002 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
6. E. Ethel Morton was born on 12 May 1921; died in 2007 in Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Capital Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.
7. Marian Morton was born on 11 Mar 1923; died on 12 Jul 2010.

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]