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Branch No. 23
No Branch Captain at this time.
Volunteer
needed.
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LAST NUMBER USED: 42
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1 COLIN (1) LATTA
Lived in Scotland.
Born
Jan.
20,
1771, married twice: 1) Mary Muir, and 2) Janet Barick Bauch. Mary
Muir was born abt. 1768 at Dalgety, Fife, Scotland.
In the 1841 Census, at Dalgety is William Latta, age 45, "agricultural labourer",
and wife, Janet Fife, age 45, and son Robert, age 12. Next door is Thomas
Muir, age 65, "coal miner" and Catharine Muir, age 20. Address for both is
"Coalton."
Children by Mary Muir:
2 THOMAS (2) b. Feb. 7, 1793 at
Dalgety, Fife, Scotland.
3 JOHN (2) b. Nov. 8, 1790 at Dalgety,
Fife, Scotland.
8 HUE (2) d. young.
11 HELEN (2)
b.
August
6,
1797 at Dalgety, Fife, Scotland; m.
Colin Beveridge,
son of
David
Beveridge. In the 1841 Census for Coalton, Dalgety, Fife, Scotland, there
is a "Janet Beveridge, age 35, "outdoor labourer" living with a Jean
Russel, age 78, pauper. Next door is William Latta, age 45, "agricultural
labourer", and wife Janet Fife, age 45, and son, Robert, age 12. Is there
a mix up as to who married the "Beveridge." Did "Janet" below marry
a Beveridge also? Would William be a
brother?
Children by Janet Barick Bauch:
9 COLIN (2)
10 JANET (2) b. March 25, 1802 at Dalgety, Fife,
Scotland.
12 SOPHIA (2) b. July 9, 1809 at Kilsyth,
Stirling, Scotland.
13 ELIZABETH (2)
There is a Sophia Latta in the 1841 Census, living alone, age 60, at Dalgety, born in Fife, listed
as an "outdoor labourer." Address Calaishill. Living next door to
her is William Muir, age 65, "agricultural labourer", and his wife, Catherine
Muir, age 64. Two houses down on the opposite side of Sophia
Latta address "Coalton" is Janet Muir, age 37, and son, Thomas, age 18, "coal
miner", and daughter, Agnes, 14. Could this be Janet Latta listed
above?
Was Sophia Latta the mother of Colin Latta above??
2 THOMAS (2) LATTA
Colin (1). Born b. Feb. 7, 1793 at Dalgety, Fife,
Scotland; d.
48 years of age. Coal miner. Injured
in the mine near Glasgow then kept store. Married Margaret Kiddie at Liberton
Parish, Scotland, about three miles from Edinburgh. Children:
4 COLIN (also seen as Collin) (3) Born at Gilberton Parish of
Liberton near Glasgow, Scotland on October 15, 1822; Colin Latta came to America in
May of 1848; d. at Inkerman, Luzerne Co., Pa.
October 25, 1852. Killed in coal mine.
14 ROBERT (3) When three years in America was drowned in the
Ohio River. Born
April 23, 1823; d. 1850.
5 THOMAS (3) Born March 19, 1826;
d. about 1876; m. Elizabeth Simpson.
15 JANET (3) twin with Thomas b. March
19, 1826; m. Robert Simpson, brother of
the wife of Thomas. Lived in Pittston, Pa. Her daughter married Dr. D.
Thompson and lived in Denver, Colo.
16 MARY (3) b. _____________; died at age of 5 years.
17 MARGARET (3) d. April 1887 in New Zealand where she
went for her health; m.
John Atkins in Falkirk, Scotland.
18 GEORGE (3) b. abt. 1833. 1851 Scotland
Census, George Latta, 18, servant, Grocer's shopman, b. Gilmerton,
Midlothian, living in the Margaret Dickson household (she was listed as age 61),
at High Street "Walkers Land", Falkirk, Stirlingshire. Went to Melbourn, Australia when 20 years old.
6 JOHN (3) b. abt. 1835.
19 DAVID (3) b. abt. 1839 at Brintone, Stirling,
Scotland; d. abt. 1852.
1841 Scotland Census - Glen Village,
Stirlingshire, Falkirk Parish
Thos. Latta, 45, b. Scotland, coal m.
Margt Latta, 45, b. Scotland
Collin Latta, 15, b. Scotland, coal m.
Robt. Latta, 15, b. Scotland, coal m.
Thos Latta, 15, b. Scotland, coal m.
Margt Latta, 10, Scotland
George Latta, 8, b. Scotland
John Latta, 6, b. Scotland
David Latta, 2, b. Scotland
(Notice that Collin, Robert and Thomas are all
listed as being 15 years of age. Were they triplets?)
3 JOHN (2) LATTA
Colin (1). b. Nov. 8, 1790 at Dalgety, Fife,
Scotland; married _______________ and had two children:
20 Unknown (3).
21 Unknown (3).
4 COLIN (3) LATTA
Thomas (2) Colin (1). Born at Gilberton Parish of
Liberton near Glasgow, Scotland
October 15, 1822; d. at Inkerman, Jenkins Township, Luzerne Co., Pa. October 25,
1852. Came to American in May, 1848, and was killed in a coal mine at the age
of thirty; m. Jeanette McGregor, daughter of Alexander and Ellen (Henderson)
McGregor, of Falkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland. Her people were Highlanders.
After Colin's death, Jeanette married John Black, a fire-boss in the mines at
Inkerman on March 8, 1854. They had 4 children, two of whom were Ellen (Mrs.
John B. Evans), and John P. Black, of the firm of Doyle & Black, proprietors of the
Metropolitan Theater, Cooper Avenue, Aspen, Colorado. Jeanette's husband, John
Black, was a member of the IOOF and the K. of H., a Republican and a member of the
Board of Mine Examiners.
Biography of John Black in "History
of Luzerne County, PA"
stated
below. Children:
22 THOMAS (4) b. in Falkirk, Scotland February 27,
1846; d. 1847.
23 ALEXANDER (4) b. April 14, 1849 in Schuylkill
County, PA.
24 THOMAS (4) b. December 2, 1850 in Pa. Was a
hotel keeper in Aspen, Pitkin Co., Colo. In 1906 lived at Glenwood, Colo. (See story of the "Red Onion" in
Aspen)
25 COLIN (4) b. January 5, 1853; d. July 9, 1854 in
Pa.
1850 US Census - New Castle, Schuylkill, PA
Collin Latta, 27, b. Scotland
Jennett Latta, 26, b. Scotland
Alexander Latta, 1, b. PA
JOHN
BLACK,
fire-boss
at the
No. 5
Colliery,
Pennsylvania
Coal
Company,
Inkerman,
Jenkins
township,
was
born in
the
County
of
Northumberland,
England,
May 13,
1832, a
son of
Pearson
and
Margaret
(Atkinson)
Black.
His
father,
who was
an
outside
stable-boss
at the
mines,
reared
a
family
of six
children,
three
of whom
are
still
living,
viz.:
Mary
(Mrs.
Henry
Heffern,
Colo.),
John,
and
Jacob,
who is
a
retired
railroad
accountant
in
England.
Our
subject
embarked
in
life,
working
about
the
mines,
at the
age of
eleven
years,
and
this
has
been
the
occupation
of his
life.
He came
to
America
in
1852,
and was
engaged
in
mining
for six
months
at each
of the
following
places:
St.
Clair,
Gold
Mine
Gap and
Sweet
Aaron,
Pa. He
then
came to
Inkerman,
where
he
followed
mining
till
1880.
From
1880 to
1890 he
was
fire-boss
and
miner,
and
since
1890 he
has
been
fire-boss
alone.
Mr.
Black
was
married
March
8,
1854,
to Mrs.
Jeanette
Latta,
daughter
of
Alexander
and
Ellen
(Henderson)
McGregor,
natives
of
Scotland,
and
widow
of
Colin
Latta,
by whom
she had
four
children,
two of
whom
are
living.
This
happy
union
has
been
blessed
with
four
children,
two of
whom
are
living,
viz.:
Ellen
(Mrs.
John B.
Evans,
Plains),
and
John
P., of
the
firm of
Doyle &
Black,
proprietors
of the
Metropolitan
theater,
Cooper
Avenue,
Aspen,
Colo.
Mr.
Black
is a
member
of the
I.O.O.F.
and the
K. of
H. He
is a
Republican
in his
political
views,
and is
at
present
a
member
of the
board
of
miner
examiners.
5 THOMAS (3) LATTA
Thomas (2) Colin (1). Born March 19, 1826 at
Gilberton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; d. about
1876. Twin with Janet. Married
Elizabeth Simpson. They lived near Glasgow, Scotland in 1890. Children:
26 THOMAS (4) b. abt. 1852. 1881 Scotland Census:
Main St., Glasgow Rd., Bothwell, Lanarkshire - Thomas Latta, 29, grocer, b.
Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Beatrice Latta, 28, wife, b. Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
1891 Scotland Census: Magdala, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Thomas Latta, 31,
head, grocer, b. Falkirk, Stirling, Marion Scoular, 56, servant, housekeeper.
27 ROBERT (4) b. abt. 1854. 1881 Scotland
Census: Springwell Place, Bothwell, Lanarkshire - Robert Latta, 27,
grocer, b. Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Mary Latta, 24, Mary M. Latta, 11 Mo.
28 HELEN (4) b. abt. 1857
29 MARGARET (4) b. abt. 1862
30 ELISABETH (4) b. abt. 1865
31 JESSIE (4) b. abt. 1867
32 MARY (4) b. abt. 1869
33 HANNAH (4) b. abt. 1870
34 Unknown (4)
35 Unknown (4)
1851 Census -
Scotland: Stirlingshire, Falkirk
Latta, Thomas, 25, coal miner
Latta, Elizabeth, 21
1871 Census -
Scotland: Bothwell, Glasgow Rd., Lanarkshire
Latta, Thomas, 45, grocer & spirit merchant, b.
Gilberton, Edinburgh, Midlothian
Latta, Elisabeth, 40, wife, b. Larbert,
Stirling
Latta, Thomas, 19, clerk at Iron Works, b.
Falkirk, Stirling
Latta, Robert, 17, shopboy, b. Falkirk,
Stirling
Latta, Helen, 14, b. Falkirk, Stirling
Latta, Margaret, 9, b. Slamannan, Stirling,
scholar
Latta, Elisabeth, 6, b. Bothwell, scholar
Latta, Mary, 2, b. Bothwell, Lanark
Latta, Hannah, 11m, b. Bothwell, Lanark
Janet Hutton, 18, servant
6 JOHN (3) LATTA
Thomas (2) Colin (1). Twin with George. Married
Mary Lang, who died on voyage to
New England. In 1890 he lived in New Zealand. Children:
36 THOMAS (4) born about 1866.
37 Unknown (4) died when her father landed in
New Zealand.
23 ALEXANDER (4) LATTA
Colin
(3)
Thomas
(2)
Colin
(1).
born in
Schuylkill
County,
PA on
April
14,
1849 to
Colin Latta and Jeanette (McGregor) Latta, natives of
Scotland. Died March 22, 1908 at the age of 60 in Inkerman, Luzerne Co.,
PA. Alexander was a miner in Jenkins Township. Educated in the
public school, and in the select school of Benjamin Evans, Pittston, and at the age
of eleven years began working about the mines, which vocation he has since followed,
including twenty-one years mining. He built his residence in 1887. Mr. Latta was married August 17, 1878, to Miss Jane Robertson, daughter of William and
Barbara (Laird) Robertson, natives of Scotland. He and his wife attended the
Presbyterian Church, of which Mrs. Latta was a member. Mr. Latta was a
member of the K. of P. and was a Republican in his political views. Children:
38 JESSIE (5) b. March 30, 1879; at Inkerman, Pa.
EXTRACTS
FROM
THE
PITTSTON
GAZETTE
20
SEPTEMBER
1904,
Page 7.
Arch
HENSHALL,
formerly
of West
Pittston,
now of
Cresson,
will
marry
Miss
Jessie
LATTA
at
Inkerman
tonight.
21
SEPTEMBER
1904,
page 3:
Archibald
HENSHALL,
son of
Mr. &
Mrs.
John
HENSHALL,
of
Delaware
Avenue,
West
Pittston,
and
Miss
Jessie
LATTA,
daughter
of Mr.
& Mrs.
Alexander
LATTA,
of
Inkerman,
were
married
at her
parents’
home
last
evening.
The
groom
is
employed
in
Cresson,
PA as a
voucher
clerk
for
Pennsylvania
Coal &
Coke
Company.
The
couple
will
live in
Cresson.
39 MAY (5) b. May 20, 1880 at Inkerman, Pa.; d. July
16, 1880.
ALEXANDER LATTA, miner,
P.O. Inkerman, Jenkins township, was born in Schuylkill county, Pa., April 14,
1849, a son of Colon and Jeanette (McGregor) Latta, natives of Scotland. His
father, who was a miner, came to America in May, 1848, and died October 25,
1852, at the age of thirty years. The family consisted of four children, two of
whom are living: Alexander, and Thomas, a hotel keeper in Aspen, Pitkin Co.,
Colo. Our subject was educated in the public school, and in the select school of
Benjamin Evans, Pittston, and at the age of eleven years began working about the
mines, which vocation he has since followed, including twenty-one years mining.
He built his present residence in 1887. Mr Latta was married August 17, 1878, to
Miss Jane, daughter of William and Barbara (Laird) Robertson, natives of
Scotland. They have two children, one of whom is living, Jessie. He and his wife
attend the Presbyterian Church, of which Mrs. Latta is a member. He is a member
of the K. of P., and is a Republican in his political views.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~paluzern/bios/labios.htm
WILLIAM
ROBERTSON,
who in
his
lifetime
was a
prominent
citizen
of
Inkerman,
Jenkins
township,
and who
had
worked
in the
mines
in
Scotland
and
America
for
forty
years
without
receiving
any
injury,
died at
his
residence,
October
7,
1874,
at the
age of
fifty-two
years.
He came
to
America
in
1854,
and
followed
mining
till
the
time of
his
death.
Mr.
Robertson
was
married
September
30,
1841,
to Miss
Barbara,
daughter
of
Edward
and
Jane
(Beverage)
Laird,
natives
of
Scotland,
and the
fruit
of this
union
was as
follows:
William;
Jane,
married
to
Alexander
Latta,
a
miner,
of
Inkerman;
John,
engaged
in
mining,
and
living
at
home;
Barbara
(Mrs.
William
Jones),
who
died at
the age
of
twenty-six
years;
Marion,
married
to
William
F.
McIntyre,
a
boiler
maker,
in
Ohio;
Alexander,
engaged
in
mining,
and
living
with
his
mother;
Edward,
who
died at
the age
of five
years;
Edward
(second),
engaged
in gold
and
silver
mining
in
Colorado;
and
David,
living
at
home.
This
family
have
been
identified
with
the
Presbyterian
Church,
and are
Republican
in
their
political
views.
24 THOMAS (4) LATTA
Colon (3) Thomas (2) Colin (1). b. December 2,
1850 in PA; married Laura _________, b. Jan. 1860. Thomas was a hotel
keeper and saloonkeeper in Aspen, Colorado (See story of the
"Red Onion" in Aspen).
Left Aspen and is found in 1910 near Phoenix, Arizona, owner of a grocery store. Children:
42 GRACE (stepdaughter) (4) b. August 18, 1886
1900 Federal Census
of Aspen, Pitkin County, CO
Latta, Thomas, 49,
salonkeeper, b. PA, Father born Scotland, mother born Scotland
Latta, Laura, 40, b.
England (5 children, 1 living)
Latta, Grace, 16,
(stepdaughter), b. Kansas, father born Ohio, mother born England
1910 Census,
Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ
Precinct 4 - Outside City
of Phoenix
Latta, Thomas, 59, keeper
- grocery store, owner, b. PA, father born Scotland, mother born Scotland
Latta, Laura O.?, 50, b.
England, father born England, mother born England. (5 children, 1 living)
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Colon Latta was a member of Company E, 155th PA Vol. Infantry in the Civil War.
Company E was recruited from Allegheny County, PA. The 155th PA Vol. Infantry
served at Antietam at Sharpsburg, MD, in the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of
Chancellorsville, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Pursuit of Lee, were on duty at the
line between the Rappahannock and Rapidan till October of 1863, were in the Bristoe
Campaign, the Mine Run Campaign, the Rapidan Campaign, which consisted of the Battle
of the Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania, Spottsylvania Court House, the Siege
of Petersburg, and the Appoxmattox Campaign, where they were at the Appomattox Court
House during the surrender of Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. They also
participated in Washington D.C. at the Grand Review of May 23, 1865, and were
mustered out on June 2, 1865. Colon Latta's dates of service are unknown at
this time, but of the total enrollment of 149 when they were mustered into service, 5
were not on muster out or never joined, 16 were killed, 14 died of disease, 44 were
discharged for wounds and disabilities, 7 were transferred to V.R.C., 18 were
transferred to other units, 3 were discharged for various reasons, 4 were discharged
by G.O. or expiration of terms, 21 were wounded, and only 38 were mustered out with
the Regiment.
The following information may or may not be
related to this branch, but since Glasgow, Scotland was
mentioned in the article, it has been placed here until more
information is found:
JAMES LATTA, dealer in drugs, medicines, paints, oils and
druggists' sundries, opened business in November, 1877. He
erected his store building in 1877, and occupies rooms 18x54
feet. He carries an average stock of about $2,000. He was
born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1848; went to Glasgow,
Scotland, in 1856 with his father (John Latta), where he was
educated; he clerked there in a clothing store; he returned
to his native city in 1869 and engaged in bookkeeping until
coming to Kansas on account of health; but about six months
after he landed he engaged in the above business. Married in
1878 to Miss Janet Mair, of Philadelphia, Pa. They have one
son, James Mair Latta. Mr. Latta is a member of the Masonic
order, and I. O. O. F. of Philadelphia, Pa.
William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas,
Ellsworth County.
Robert
Latta,
born
Jan.
12,
1830 at
Alloa,
CLK,
son of
Thomas
Latta
and
Sarah
Gibson,
married
Jane
Linn in
Macclesfield
AUS on
July
22,
1858.
Source
No.
616.Manchester
&
Lancashire
Family
History
Society
-
http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/AngloScots/K%20L.pdf
Soccer:
World's
Top
International
Goal
Scorers
for
each
year....1888
Alexander
Latta
(Scotland),
# of
goals
(2).
http://www.iffhs.de/?c02bc4ac1398c433ccdd52b9b95405fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeeda083f0e
Who's
Who in
Glasgow
- 1909:
http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/eyrwho/eyrwho1110.htm
ROBERT
LATTA
ELDEST
son of
Alex.
Latta,
solicitor,
the
Professor
of
Logic
and
Rhetoric
in
Glasgow
University
was
born in
Edinburgh,
15th
June,
1865,
and was
educated
at the
High
School
and
University
of that
city,
where
he
graduated
M.A.
with
first-class
honours
in
philosophy
in
1886,
and as
Doctor
of
Philosophy
in
1897.
From
1892 to
1898 he
was
Assistant
and
Lecturer
in
Logic
and
Metaphysics
at St.
Andrews
University,
from
1898 to
1900
Lecturer
in
Logic
and
Moral
Philosophy
at
University
College,
Dundee,
and
from
1900 to
1902
Professor
of
Moral
Philosophy
in the
University
of
Aberdeen.
In 1902
he
received
the
appointment
to the
Chair
he now
holds
in
Glasgow
University.
He is
also
Chairman
of the
College
Division
Liberal
Association.
His
chief
publication
has
been "Leibnitz,
the
Monadology
and
other
Philosophical
Writings
translated,
with
Introduction
and
Notes;"
he
edited
the
Philosophical
Essays
of D.
G.
Ritchie
with a
memoir,
in
1898,
and he
has
also
been a
contributor
of
articles
to
reviews.
Professor
Latta
married
in 1907
the
elder
daughter
of
Professor
J.
Harvard
Biles
of
Glasgow
University.
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