Apted Ancestry – England and Scotland to Canada

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The Apted family in Canada begins with George Apted (Junior) who was born about 1885 in Brighton, Sussex, England. He was the son of George Apted (Senior) (~1865-1914) and Elizabeth Ellen Prevett (1870-1925). According to the 1921 Canada Census, George Apted (Junior) moved to Canada from England in 1906. He married Edith Mary Walker on February 17, 1909 in the County of York, Division of Toronto. The Ontario Marriage Registration states that George was a farmer and that both George and Edith were 23 years old.

Edith Mary Walker was born in April 1885 in Ayrshire, Scotland, the daughter of Edwin John Walker (1853), aged 32, and Agnes Smithson (1853), aged 31. Edith is listed as 16 years old in the 1901 England Census when the family lived in Bristol, England. At that time, she worked as a boot machinist. In 1907, Edith moved to Canada.

The 1911 Canada Census states that George and Edith Apted lived in Toronto, Ontario. Two sons were born in Toronto: Ronald Austin Apted (March 26, 1913) and Ralph Douglas Apted (March 30, 1920). The 1921 Canada Census notes that the family comprising George (age 37), Edith (age 36), Ronald (age 7) and Ralph (age 2) lived in Toronto. The 1935 Canada Elections Act - List of Electors states that George Apted was living at that address with his wife and his son Ronald Apted. The 1940 List of Electors states that George Apted (stationary engineer) was still living there with his wife, his son Ronald (a Hydro layman) and his son Ralph (a mechanic).

Ralph Douglas Apted, 1968

Ralph Douglas Apted married Catherine Boyd Duff who was born in 1923 at Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland. They had two sons. The 1957 Voters List states that Ralph Apted (a manager) and his wife Catherine lived in the Electoral District of Danforth, Toronto. By 1972, the Voters List states that Ralph and Catherine lived in Scarborough, Toronto. Their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren can now explore their Apted ancestry back to both England (before 1906) and Scotland (before 1907).