Latta Ancestry – Four Generations in Canada (Part 2)

Walter James Latta (1873-1932) and Sadie Elizabeth Coulson (1881-1941)

Walter James Latta was born on August 12, 1873 in Hungerford, Hastings East, Ontario, Canada. His father, James Gilbert Latta (1852-1938), was 21 and his mother, Julia Ann Latta (1856-1946) was 17. Walter was the first-born son and first of nine children. He became a cheesemaker (chaumber) by trade.

Walter James Latta - Family Tree

Walter James Latta and Sadie Elizabeth Coulson

On October 19, 1898, Walter James Latta married Sadie Elizabeth Coulson in his hometown (a copy of the Ontario Marriage Registration is provided below) . They had two children. The Ontario Birth Records indicate that James Cyril Latta was born on March 18, 1901 in Thurlow, Northumberland, Ontario. Marjorie Uldean Latta was born in Toronto, Ontario on April 28, 1905.

Sadie Elizabeth Coulson, c.1898

Sadie Elizabeth Coulson was born on June 30, 1881, in Hungerford, Hastings East, Ontario, Canada. Her mother Harriet Ann Sexsmith (1853-1923) was 28, and her father Richard Coulson (1847-1928), who came from Ireland as a baby in 1847, was 33 years old. 

The family photograph taken about 1891 shows they had 9 children at that time. The photograph was taken at Thomasburg, Tweed, Ontario Canada (Back Row: Sadie (Sarah), Mary Mabel, Ellen, Jennie (Jane), Annie May. Middle row: Richard, Thomas and Harriet Front row: Hattie Gertrude, Alice, John Earl).

Richard Coulson, Harriet Ann Sexsmith and Family

According to the Ontario Death Certificate (see below), Walter James Latta died on April 3, 1932 at the age of 58 in Healy Falls, Northumberland, Ontario. He was suffering from acute myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle). His son, James Cyril Latta signed as the informant.

Walter James Latta - Ontario Death Certificate 1932 

According to the Florida Death Index, Sadie Elizabeth Coulson died in 1941 at the age of 59, in Osceola, Florida, United States.