1887 - 1946 (59 years)
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Name |
Andrew Houliston |
Born |
20 February 1887 |
Home Farm, Whittinghame, Haddington, Scotland |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
4 May 1946 |
Southey, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Cause: Parkinson's disease |
Buried |
Southey, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Notes |
- Birth record of ANDREW HOULISTON in 1887 in WHITTINGEHAME GRO ref 724/ 0002
Houliston, Andrew birth 1887 in Whittingehame Scotland GRO Ref. 724/0002
Scotland census 5th April 1891:
HOWLISTON ANDREW age 37 in WHITTINGEHAME, EAST LOTHIAN GRO ref 724/00 002/000 3
HOWLISTON MARGARET age 32 in WHITTINGEHAME, EAST LOTHIAN GRO ref 724/00 002/000 3
HOWLISTON ELIZABETH age 9 in WHITTINGEHAME, EAST LOTHIAN GRO ref 724/00 002/000 3
HOWLISTON JANET age 7 in WHITTINGEHAME, EAST LOTHIAN GRO ref 724/00 002/000 3
HOWLISTON JOHN age 6 in WHITTINGEHAME, EAST LOTHIAN GRO ref 724/00 002/000 3
HOWLISTON ANDREW age 4 in WHITTINGEHAME, EAST LOTHIAN GRO ref 724/00 002/000 3
HOWLISTON GEORGE age 2 in WHITTINGEHAME, EAST LOTHIAN GRO ref 724/00 002/000 3
1901 census HOULISTON ANDREW age 14 in WHITTINGEHAME, EAST LOTHIAN GRO ref 724/ 002/000
While working at the Lord Balfour Castle as an assistant games keeper he said that there were a lot of poachers.
He was very fond of animals.
He left Scotland when he was only 17 and travelled to New York where he worked for a few years. He returned to Scotland and later came to Canada. He married in Canada (to a lady whose husband had died) in about 1919.
After coming to Canada Andrew married Laura Ann (Thomas) Williams, widow of John Williams, and they
farmed for awhile in the Rosetown area. Later they moved back to the Southey district and eventually started
farming in the Crosswood district where they lived until Andrew died in May of 1946. His son William (Bill)
married Helen Jasper Anderson in October of that same year. Mrs Houliston (Laura) and her daughter Margaret
moved to Victoria B.C. They would travel back to the old home in Saskatchewan, in the summer, for many years
to visit with friends and family. (From Southey local history book)
Andrew Houliston was partially paralysised for 16 or 17 years and died May 4, 1946 on farm near Southey of Parkinson's disease.
Emigration: Bet. 1910 - 1911, Went back to Scotland & came to Canada later
Immigration: Abt. 1904, When 17 to New York from Scotland
Land 1: 1923, S1/2 30-25-18 Crosswood District
Land 2: Abt. 1923, leased W1/2 29-25-18 for pasture
Land 3: 1929, Purchased S1/2 29-25-18 Crosswood Dist
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possible reference to a 1st wife?
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3198928&id=I3006
# ID: I3006
# Name: Andrew Taylor HOULISTON
# Sex: M
# Birth: 20 FEB 1887 in Home Farm,Whittinghame,Haddington,Scotland
# Census: 1901 Whittinghame,Haddington,Scotland
# Occupation: Farm Servent(1901)
# Change Date: 20 FEB 2006
Father: Andrew Taylor HOULISTON b: 28 OCT 1849 in Prestonkirk,East Lothian,Scotland
Mother: Margaret ROBERTSON b: 1858
Marriage 1 Agnes KIRKLAND
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Person ID |
I729 |
Houliston Family Tree |
Last Modified |
24 September 2007 |
Father |
Andrew Taylor Houliston, b. 28 October 1849, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland , d. 16 November 1944, Athelstaneford, Haddington (East Lothian), Scotland (Age 95 years) |
Mother |
Margaret (Maggie) Robertson, b. 2 February 1858, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland , d. 1934, Prestonkirk, Haddington, Scotland (Age 75 years) |
Married |
30 April 1880 |
Blackdykes, North Berwick, Scotland |
Notes |
- Marriage record of HOULISTON, ANDREW to ROBERTSON, MARGARET in 1880 in NORTH BERWICK GRO ref 713/ 0002
Houliston, Andrew marriage to Margaret Robertson date 1880 in North Berwick Scotland GRO Ref. 713/0002
Married: 30 APR 1880 in Blackdykes,North Berwick,Scotland
|
Family ID |
F392 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family/Spouse |
Laura Ann Thomas, b. 29 May 1889, Llandanwg, Merionethshire, Wales , d. 30 July 1984, Victoria, BC, Canada (Age 95 years) |
Married |
about 1919 |
Saskatchewan, Canada |
Children |
+ | 1. William John (Bill) Houliston, b. 14 March 1920, At home, Crosswood District, Southey, Saskatchewan , Canada , d. 1997, Regina Pasqua Hospital, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 76 years) |
| 2. Living |
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Family ID |
F445 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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