Andrew Houliston

1887 - 1946  (59 years)

• 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 ======================== 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 ======================================
  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
  Family ID	F445	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart