Walter Herst Morton

1887 - 1960  (73 years)

• Name	Walter Herst Morton
  Birth	14 Apr 1887	Mirfield, Yorkshire, England   [1, 2]
  Christening	22 May 1887	Hopton, Mirfield, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Walter Hirst Morton  [1]
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101196715
  _FGRAVE	101196715
  _FSFTID	G4B6-3W7
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G4B6-3W7
  _TAG	Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)
  Death	28 Dec 1960	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Cause: Heart attack
  	Address: Clinton Street Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada
  	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
  Burial	30 Dec 1960	St. Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: 177 Wolf Grove Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada
  Person ID	I7638	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Franklin Hirst Morton,   b. 1863, Hopton, Mirfield, Yorkshire, England d. 1947, Yorkshire, England (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Annie Armitage,   b. 1869, Hopton, Mirfield, Yorkshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	15 May 1887
  Family ID	F3810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ivy Stanley,   b. 14 Dec 1883, Yorkshire, England d. 13 Dec 1968, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	27 May 1908	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Stanley Hirst "Stan" Morton,   b. 20 Jan 1910, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 31 Jan 2005, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 95 years)   2. George Arthur Morton,   b. 7 Aug 1911, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Jul 1985, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)   3. Lillian "Lil" Morton,   b. 27 Mar 1913   d. 13 Jan 1998, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)   4. Laurence "Laurie" Morton,   b. 2 Oct 1915   d. 30 Jul 1999, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)   5. Reginald Walter Morton,   b. 14 Feb 1919, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 18 Jun 2002, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)   6. E. Ethel Morton,   b. 12 May 1921   d. 2007, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)   7. Marian Morton,   b. 11 Mar 1923   d. 12 Jul 2010 (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F2622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 27 May 1908 - Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - Cause: Heart attack,Address: Clinton Street Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada - 28 Dec 1960 - Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - Address: 177 Wolf Grove Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada - 30 Dec 1960 - St. Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  (Medical):Heart attack

  
  

• Sources

  [S85] England. Ancestry, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (ancestry.com :n.d.), "Database." Walter Morton, accessed 16 Jun 2018. (Reliability: 3). Source: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc. https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30042/england-births-christenings-1538-1975 Record: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-30042-64802672/walter-morton-in-england-births-christenings Walter Morton Country: United Kingdom; State: England; Film: 1450498 Citation: Walter Morton Birth: Apr 14 1887 Christening: May 22 1887 - Hopton, York, England Parents: Franklin Hirst Morton, Annie Morton [S98] Jim Tipton, Find a Grave, (www.findagrave.com, 1955), 16 Jun 2018, Arthur Morton (Reliability: 3). Arthur Morton BIRTH?tab?1811 DEATH?tab?1985 (aged 173'96174) BURIAL?tab? Saint Pauls Anglican Church Cemetery Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada MEMORIAL ID?tab?98132014