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| Four Generations of Latta Men in Canada, c.1906 |
The Latta family
emigrated from Ireland to the United States in 1768 and then came to Canada in 1833 (refer to the previous post about
the Latta Ancestry –
Ireland to Canada). In the above photograph, four generations of our direct
Latta lineage in Canada are gathered together:
- Gilbert James Latta (1822-1906),seated
- James Gilbert Latta (1852-1938), left rear
- Walter James Latta (1873-1932),right rear
- James Cyril Latta (1901–1986) at 5 years of age.
James
Cyril Latta (1901–1986) and Jane
Evelyn Sexsmith (1902-1996)
The Ontario Birth Records indicate that James Cyril Latta was born on March 18, 1901 in Thurlow, Ontario. He was the first-born and only son of Walter James Latta (1873-1932) and Sadie Elizabeth Coulson (1881-1941). Cyril had only one sister, Marjorie Uldean Latta, who was born in Toronto, Ontario on April 28, 1905.
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| James Cyril Latta Family Tree |
As the following ancestry chart shows, Jennie and Cyril were both related
to Jane Rath (1823-1917) who was born in Enniscorthy, Ireland. Jennie was the great-granddaughter and Cyril was the great-grandson. For more information on
the Rath family history, refer to the Genealogy Report – Descendants of Henry Rath prepared by Dave and Lucille Wright, November 2004.
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| James Cyril Latta - Ancestry |
During the second World War, Cyril
and Jennie worked at the Battawa factory making war materials. He returned to
aluminum sales after the war. In his later years, he worked at the “new” liquor
store in Tweed and was the Bailiff for Central Hastings. Cyril loved to hunt,
fish and sell!
Cyril Latta died on June 19, 1986
at the age of 85. Jennie Sexsmith died on December 9, 1996 in Picton, Ontario
at the age of 94.
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| Cyril Latta and Jennie Sexsmith Headstone |
