Branch No. 50

 

 


No Branch Captain.  Volunteer needed.

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LAST NUMBER USED: 45
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                                                                                                           0 Unknown (1) LATTA


May have been living in Ireland or Scotland.  May have also had a son who settled in Virginia.

Had 2 known children:
1 JOSEPH (2) b. abt. 1796; d. December 2, 1874. Married: Elizabeth McMorris.
1- (A) ELIZABETH (2) Married: Robert John Roulston and lived in Ardagh, Donegal, Ireland. After the death of her husband, her brother, Joseph requested that she come to his home in Canada to keep house and help take care of his children.  She brought one daughter with her, Margery Ann Roulston who married Hardy Smith. Supposedly left two other children in Ireland with their grandparents.  Ardagh is south of Bready and St. Johnston, Ireland.



                                                                                                       1 JOSEPH (2) LATTA


Unknown (1) Born abt. 1796 in Ireland, likely St. Johnston near Ardagh. Died on December 2, 1874. Buried at River Herbert, N.S. Canada. Occupation: Farmer & Stone Cutter. Joseph left Scotland for Ireland, lived there for three years, then came to Canada abt. 1820. Landed at St. John, N.B. Canada, and came to Lower Cove, Cumb. Co., N.S. Canada with Mr. Read. Mr. Read owned the stone quarries there. Joseph left the Read's and Purchased the "Old Latta Homestead" in the 1800's at River Hebert, N.S. Canada. Married: Elizabeth McMorris (Also seen as "Morris"). She was born avt. 1811 in Ireland and died on April 8, 1844. Buried at River Herbert. She was the daughter of Matthew McMorris.  Matthew McMorris came from County Donegal, Ireland to N.B. in 1823 and first settled on Shemogne Harbour, Botsford Parish, Westmorland County. (A History and Story of Botsford, pgs 84-85)
Four children:
2 ABRAHAM (3) (1835-1919) m. Diana Wood.
3 MATTHEW (3) b. abt. 1838; d. May 4, 1864 at River Hebert, N.S. Canada.  Buried in Trinity  Cemetery.
4 ELIZABETH SARAH (3) b. June 19, 1840 in Amherst or at Buctouche, N.S., Canada; d. April 21, 1920 in Saskatoon, Sack., Canada; m. Thomas Edward Anderson about 1861. He was born Feb. 2, 1831 in Sackville, N.B., Canada. Died April 28, 1917 in Saskatoon, Sask. Canada.  They took up homesteading in the Long Laketon region of Southern Saskatchewan in late 1183.
5 JANE (3) b. ab.t 1844; d. March 23, 1882; m. David Amos on March 26, 1867. Jane is buried in Murry Corner "Pioneer" Cemetery, NE of Port Elgin on Rt. 955.




                                                                                                       2 ABRAHAM (3) LATTA


Joseph (2) Unknown (1) Born: Dec. 16, 1835. In: Nova Scotia, Canada. Died: 1919. Buried: New River Hebert Cemetery, River Hebert, N.S. Canada. Occupation: Farmer in 1865.
Married: Dianna Wood, Feb. 6, 1865 at River Hebert. She was Born: Feb. 16, 1844. In: N.S. Canada. Died: 1917. Buried: New River Hebert Cemetery.  She was the daughter of Thomas Wood & Sarah Berry.

Children:
6 JOSEPH MERTON (4) b. Aug. 9, 1865; d. May 17, 1919 in Duluth, Minn, USA.  Married: Name not known. One child: Ethel Latta, Never married.
7 SARAH JANE (4) b. Jan. 27, 1867; d. Dec. 1934, In: Manchester.  Married: George Dow.
8 MATTHEW MILLARD (4) b. April 15, 1868; d. Oct. 8, 1953 in New York, USA. Married Ida Marie Batcher.
9 WILLIAM TELL (4) b. Jan. 3, 1870; d. Feb. 23, 1949. Never married.
10 GEORGE WASHINGTON (4) b. May 9, 1871; d. Nov. 4, 1962 in Amherst, N.S. Canada. Married Elsie Jean MacIntosh.
11 MINNIE E (4) b. Nov. 9, 1873. Married Philip Baxter.
12 BERTHA MAY (4) b. May 9, 1876; d. Aug. 22, 1936 in Amherst, N.S., Canada. Never married.
13 MILTON A. (4) b.  Aug. 17, 1880; d. April 1956 in Amherst, N.S. Canada. Married Margaret Betts (1881-1951).  Buried in New River Hebert Cemetery.
14 RENWICK BARRY (4) b. Oct. 23, 1882. d. Dec. 12, 1964, Edmonton, Alberta,Canada. Married: Ann Dahms, nee Holte, July 11, 1956 In: Edmonton, Alb., Canada. No children.


 

                                                                                                      6 JOSEPH MERTON (4) LATTA

Abraham (3) Joseph (2) Unknown (1) b. Aug. 9, 1865; d. May 17, 1919 in Duluth, Minn, USA.  Married: Name not known.

Children:
46 ETHEL D. (4)  Attended the State Teachers College, St. Cloud, MN.  Graduated in 1926.

 

Ethel Latta, yearbook photo


                                                                                          8 MATTHEW MILLARD (4) LATTA


Abraham (3) Joseph (2) Unknown (1) Born April 15, 1868 in River Hebert, N.S. Canada. Died: Oct. 7, 1953 in Scarborough, N.Y., USA. Occupation: Contractor. Married: Ida Marie Batcher. She died: Feb. 1928 in NYC, NY, USA.

Children:
15 HERBERT ELMER (5)
16 DWIGHT MILLARD (5) b. Nov. 4, 1902.
45 WILFRED LAURIER (5) b. 1903.

 

                                                                                          10 GEORGE WASHINGTON (4) LATTA


Abraham (3) Joseph (2) Unknown (1) Born: May 9, 1871 in River Hebert, N.S. Canada. Died: Nov. 4, 1962 in Amherst. Buried: River Hebert, N.S. Canada. Married: Elsie Jean MacIntosh, Sept. 25, 1907 at State rd.., Malagash. She was Born: 1877 in ? Malagash. Died: 1949 in RiverHebert. She was the daughter of John MacIntosh & Margaret MacDonald. Children:
17 ALEXIA DIANA (5) Born: Dec. 18, 1909 in River Hebert, N.S. Canada. Died: March 15, 1977 in Florida, USA. Buried: River Hebert, N.S. Canada. Married: Mac o Swze?er.
18 MARGARET ISABELL (5) Born: Jan. 7, 1912 in River Hebert, N.S. Never married.
19 ALLAN (also seen as Alan Mac D.) (5) b. 1916; d. 2003; m. Jean C. Wood (1913-2006); buried in River Hebert Cemetery.
20 IAN MacINTOSH (5) b. 1914; d. 1985; buried in Riber Hebert Cemetery; m. Francis Fowler (1919-2002).
21 IVAN McLAREN (5) b. 1918; d. 1983; m. Hazel Mary Chappell
22 GEORGE (5)
23 Infant Son (5) c.1920.


                                                                                                   13 MILTON A (4) LATTA


Abraham (3) Joseph (2) Unknown (1) Born: Aug. 17, 1879 in River Hebert, N.S., Canada. Died: April 7, 1956 in Amherst. Buried: River Hebert, N.S. Latta Cemetery. Occupation: Blacksmith. Married: Margaret Betts, Sept. 23, 1905 in Springhill. She was Born: 1881 in Victoria, wmb co. Died: Dec. 29, 1957. Buried: River Hebert, N.S., Canada, Latta Cemetery. She was the daughter of Samuel Betts & Jessie Fraser.

Children:
24 WALTER MILTON (5) b. _____; d. 1985; m. (1) Roxie Vance and (2) Helen F Dewitt
25 DAVID (5)

                                                                                                         19 ALLAN (5) LATTA


George W (4) Abraham (3) Joseph (2) Unknown (1) Born: March 1, 1916 in River Hebert, N.S., Canada. Occupation: School Teacher, Sales MPG- Research Office. Married: Jean Wood, Aug 1939. She was Born: Jan. 12, 1913 in Brooklyn. Hints Co., (Newport).

Children:
26 MARY ELIZABETH (6) Born: Sept. 25, 1950 in Amherst.
27 JUDY (6) Born: June 18, 1954 in Amherst.



                                                                                                      20 IAN MacINTOSH (5) LATTA


George W (4) Abraham (3) Joseph (2) Unknown (1)  Ian M. Latta was born 1914 in Toronto, ON, and died 21 May 1985. He married Francis M. Fowler, daughter of Simon Joseph Fowler and Julia M. Burbine.  Buried in River Hebert Cemetery, River Hebert, N.S..
 

Children:
28 JOHN C. (6) Born in River Hebert, N.S. Canada.
29 CORNELIUS "GORNELL" (6) Born: 1943. Died: 1971. Never married.


                                                                                                    21 IVAN MacLAREN (5) LATTA


George W (4) Abraham (3) Joseph (2) Unknown (1) Born: Oct. 11, 1918. Died: May 16, 1983 in Amherst. Married: Hazel Mary Chappell, Nov. 23, 1942. She was Born: Nov. 11, 1921.  Died: Feb. 13, 1973. She was the daughter of Fred Chappell & Sadie Black.  Lived in Nova Scotia.

Children:
30 CONSTANCE ANN (6) Born: April 10, 1943. Married: Raoul "Ralph" Francois Boyer, Aug 196?. Three children: Michael, Lisa, Paul.
31 ROBERT " Larry" McLAREN (6) b. 1945; m. Rachael Theresa Munro.
32 SUSAN DIANA (6) Born: Feb. 4, 1949, Amherst. Married: Charles Leonard Lamb, 1970. Two children: Victoria & Karen.
33 PETER MacINTOSH (6) b. 1954; m. Diane Tye.  b. 1954 (an early CCMA Curator for the Cumberland County Museum Archives (CCMA).  He created the collection policy, established the collection, and researched the county history that led to the focused for Cumberland Co. and thus the preservation of its most important documentary history of the industrial development of the county (Nova Scotia).


                                                                                                   24 WALTER MILTON (5) LATTA


Milton A (4) Abraham (3) Joseph (2) Unknown (1) Born:____ Died: Sept. 1985. Occupation: Miner. Married for his first wife: Helen F Dewitt. She was Born: c.1911 in River
Hebert, N.S., Canada. Died: Nov. 1967 in VG, Halifax. Buried: River Hebert east cemetery. She was the daughter of George & Laura Dewitt. His 2nd Common Law Wife was Roxie Vance.

Children:
34 DAVID CECIL (6) b. ______; d. 1991; m. Sandra Joyce Lamy.
35 JANICE ELIZABETH (6) Born: c.1938. Died: 1960. Never married.
36 WALTER MILTON Jr. (6) Married: Hope Kristine Paulson.
37 MARGARET (6) Married: Gordon Pierce.
38 DIANA (6)



                                                                                                   31 ROBERT "Larry" McLAREN (6) LATTA


Ivan M (5) George W (4) Abraham (3) Joseph (2) Unknown (1) Born: April 9, 1945 in Amherst. Occupation: Chrysler Executive, Vice President and General Sales. Married: Rachael Theresa Munro, June 29, 1968 in Amherst. She was the daughter of Walter Munro & Winnie Bourgeois.

Children:
39 ROBERT SCOTT (7) Born: Jan. 29, 1972 in N.B Canada.
40 PETER JOHN (7) Born: Nov. 12, 1973 in Truro N.S. Canada.


                                                                                                33 PETER MacINTOSH (6) LATTA


Ivan M (5) George W (4) Abraham (3) Joseph (2) Unknown (1) Born: Dec. 8, 1954 in Amherst. Occupation: Museum Curator. Married: Diane Isabel Tye, Sept. 13, 1980 at MTA Chapel, Sackville, N.B., Canada. She was Born: June 8, 1957 in Neils Harbour, Cape Breton. She is the daughter of John Henry Tye & Laurene Annette Falconer.

Children:
41 CALLUM MacINTOSH (7) Born: March 31, 1995. Halifax, N.S., Canada.


                                                                                                     34 DAVID CECIL (6) LATTA


Walter M (5) Milton A (4) Abraham (3) Joseph (2) Unknown (1) Born: ____. Died: Aug 1991. Married: Sandra Joyce Lamy, Nov. 17, 1962 in Amherst- Christ Church. She is the daughter of A. Robson Lamy & Pauline Hill.

Children:
42 CHRISTOPHER JAMES (7) Born: July 14, 1968.
43 ROBIN (7) Born: June 15, 1969.
44 AARON (7) Born: May 25, 1972.



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The above family line was compiled and sent Jan. 21, 1997 By: Diane Isabel Tye Latta ( the wife of; 33 Peter MacIntosh (6) Latta)
37 FairBanks St. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B3A 1B9
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Information was added to this branch on May 17, 1997 from the records of Dr. Robert N. Anderson
# 134 1237- 4th Ave. South Letheridge, Alberta. Canada. T1J 0P9