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Robert Young BURTON

Male 1852 - 1927  (75 years)


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  • Name Robert Young BURTON 
    Born 27 Feb 1852  Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Haliburton.
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Jul 1927  York County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Aged 75y 4m 17d. COD: Aginia? pectoris
    Buried Nashville / Zoar Primitive Methodist Church Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ref: Death Cert. Verify listed Hilltop Gore Cemetery, Clairville, ON.
    Person ID I199  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2019 

    Family Margaret Annie LAWRENCE, .xi
              b. 10 Dec 1861, Claireville, Gore Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 27 Jan 1938, Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 1 Nov 1880 
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    Children 
     1. Mary Gertrude GERTIE BURTON
              b. 30 Oct 1880, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 3 Aug 1972, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     2. Henry HARRY BURTON
              b. 11 Feb 1882, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 May 1912, Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
     3. May BURTON
              b. 1883, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1893, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 10 years)
     4. Margaret BURTON
              b. 31 Jul 1884, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1942  (Age 57 years)
     5. Frank BURTON
              b. 14 Jul 1885, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1973  (Age 87 years)
     6. Anne Josephine BURTON
              b. 17 Feb 1887, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1977  (Age 89 years)
     7. Jean BURTON
              b. 20 Jul 1888, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1893  (Age 4 years)
     8. William WILLIE BURTON, .1
              b. 25 Apr 1890, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 28 Jun 1983  (Age 93 years)
     9. Gideon BURTON
              b. 1 Jul 1891, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 29 May 1962  (Age 70 years)
     10. Verla BURTON
              b. 20 Sep 1895, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 4 Sep 1973  (Age 77 years)
     11. Charles Lawrence CHARLIE BURTON
              b. 1897, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Dec 1929  (Age 32 years)
     12. Orville Imrie BURTON
              b. 10 Oct 1898, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Oct 1986, Nobleton, King Twp., York Co., ON Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     13. Alvin Edgar BURTON
              b. 23 Jan 1900, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 31 Jul 1968  (Age 68 years)
     14. Robert Errol BOB BURTON
              b. 24 Dec 1903, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Aug 1984  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 5 Dec 2015 
    Family ID F156  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • . Robert was the son of Margaret Kerr Patterson & Henry Burton 1806-1881. Henry Burton was a stonemason, Hawick, Roxborough, Scotland. Osgoode Hall. Henry Burton emigrated in 1828 to Little York. Toronto Gore Lot 13, Con 9.

      . Robert was the youngest son & was born on Lot 13 Con 9, Vaughan.

      . 1883 Apr 5 - A Valuable Horse- Mr John Bell of L'Amaroux sold the stallion "Sampson" a short time ago, to Robert Burton of albion for $2,000. This horse was imported by Mr Bell in September 1881. He is a well-built heavy-draught horse, 3 years old, stands 16.5 hands high & weights 1900 lbs.
      Ref: York Herald newspaper, Richmond Hill.

      . Robert Burton, Lot 13, Concession 9, was born in the year 1852 on the lot which he now owns & cultivates. He is the youngest son of the late Henry Burton, who was one of the earliest settlers in this part of Vaughan, & was a man well known in the neighbourhood. Mr. Burton, Senr. was originally from Scotland & on emigrating to Canada settled first in little York, removing to Vaughan in the year 1834, where he resided until his death in 1881, at the age of 75 years. Robert Burton married in 1860 Margaret Lawrence, daughter of Mr. Isaac Lawrence, of Toronto Gore, by who he has 3 children. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church & is a Reformer in politics.
      Ref: History of Toronto & County of York, Ontario, Volume 2.

      The Liberal newspaper, Richmond Hill:
      . 1930 Aug 28, Woodbridge Century Burton in Canada Lot 13, Con 10.

      . 1935 Jul 4, Burton Call Ancestors Remembers at Reunion on Dominion Day. - - - [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S108] C Blackett Robinson, Publisher, 1885.