Capt. William Alexander HORTON b. 7 Aug 1854 Gladstone, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 26 May 1939 Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

1854 - 1939 (84 years)

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Name	William Alexander HORTON
Prefix	Capt.
Born	7 Aug 1854	Gladstone, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada [1]
Christened	29 Oct 1854	Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada [1]
Gender	Male
Address	1933	Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada [2, 3]
	Address at the time of his wife's death. He was identified in her obituary as William HORTON of R. R. 4, Bridgetown, Nova Scotia; husband.
Address	26 May 1939	Upper Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada [3]
	Address at the time of his death.
Died	26 May 1939	Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada [3, 4, 5]
	Cause: Bronchopneumonia
	William Alexander HORTON, died age 84 yrs., 9 mos., 19 days, at Upper Granville, Nova Scotia, on 26 May 1939. He was born at Gladstone, Prince Edward Island, the son of John HORTON and Mercy C. BEARS, both born in Canso, Nova Scotia, He was residing in Upper Granville, a Farmer, and widower. He last worked in 1935 and worked 60 yrs in this occupation. Buried 31 May 1939 at Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Informant was his son, Ralph HORTON, of Bridgetown, Nova Scotia. Cause of death was bronchopneumonia. Undertaker: Henry B. Hicks, Bridgetown.^{(Death registration)}
Buried	31 May 1939	Murray Harbour Cemetery, Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada [3, 6]
	Address: Murray Harbour South Cemetery Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island Canada
	Buried: Plot G 372.
Notes	See attached sources. [4]
Person ID	I772	Nosworthy
Last Modified	22 Jun 2013

Father	Captain John William HORTON, b. 20 Dec 1822, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 11 May 1904, Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 81 years)
Mother	Mercy Caroline BEARS, b. 27 Nov 1825, Canso, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 13 Feb 1918, Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 92 years)
Married	9 Feb 1850	Canso, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada [1, 4]
Address	1881	Lot 64, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada [7]
Family ID	F216	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Belinda Frances BROOKS, b. 22 Aug 1862, White Sands, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada , d. 22 Nov 1933, Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 71 years)

Married 25 Jan 1893 Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada [9, 10]

Marriage license obtained 27 Dec 1892 between Belinda Frances BROOKS, Spinster, White Sands, Lot 64, and Wm. Alexander HORTON, Bachelor, Murray Harbour. Rev. W.H. Spargo, bondsman, David Albert Bears. [8]

Address 1901 Lot 64, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada [11]

Address 1911 [12]

Granville, Nova Scotia

Address 1918 [4]

Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia

Address at the time of her mother's death.

Address 22 Nov 1933 Upper Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada [3]

Address at the time of Belinda's death.

Children

	1. Adeline Eva HORTON, b. 20 Jan 1895, Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada , d. 24 Aug 1895, Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 0 years)
	2. Ralph Brooks HORTON, b. 18 Dec 1896, Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada , d. 3 Mar 1982, Upper Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 85 years)
	3. Marion Jean HORTON, b. 14 Feb 1899, Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada , d. 14 Aug 1980, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada (Age 81 years)
	4. Caroline Isabel HORTON, b. 24 Oct 1901, Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada , d. 2 Feb 1983, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 81 years)
	5. Grace Rosalind HORTON, b. 13 Jun 1904, Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada , d. 2 Dec 2000, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 96 years)

Last Modified 22 Jun 2013

Family ID F215 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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William Alexander Horton

Sources

[S676] Personal communication.
[S11] Obituary/Death or Funeral notice.
[S77] Civil Death Registration.
[S61] BROOKS Family History, Doug Stobbs, (2002).
[S37] Diary of Lauretta Brooks, nee Machon, (original manuscript).
[S173] Cemetery Transcripts, Murray Harbour South, Cardigan Group, Young Canada Works Project, (P.E.I.G.S., 1979).
[S135] Census of Canada, 1881, (4 April 1881).
[S174] Master Name Index, Public Archives and Records Office of P.E.I.
[S41] BROOKS Family History, Donna Collings.
[S90] BROOKS Family History (original / unsourced), Mildred Winona Brooks; Janet Crowder; one anonymous contributor, (1963 and 1975).
[S53] Census of Canada, 1901, (31 March 1901).
[S308] Census of Canada, 1911, (1 June 1911).