Branch No. 34

No Branch Captain. Volunteer Needed.

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LAST NUMBER USED: 31
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                                                   1 UNKNOWN (1) LATTA
Born____ Died_____ Married______.
     Lived at "Millarstown Farm" Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland. Had at least one child:
2    JOHN (2).
 

                                                2 JOHN (2) LATTA
     ____ (1).  Born and died at "Millarstown Farm," Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland. 
Married Wife Unknown.  Died at Glasgow.  Had at least six children:
3      PETER (3) b. 1801 at Stair Ayr, Scotland.
10    JAMES (3) b. at Ayrshire, Scotland.  Went on road, probably to America.
4     JOHN (3) b. abt. 1810 in Scotland.
11   WILLIAM (3) b. at Ayrshire, Scotland.  One of the heads of famous Coats Thread
Mill, Paisley, Scotland, where he died in the early 60's.  No family.
12     ANN (3) b. abt. 1827 at Stair Ayr, Scotland.  Never married.
13     MARY (3) b. abt. 1825, at Stair, Ayr, Scotland.  Never married.

                                                3 PETER (3) LATTA
     John (2) ____ (1).  Born in 1801 at Stan, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.  Married: Mary Smith.  She died after confinement about 35 years of age.  He was wholesale dealer in teas, sugar, etc. in Glasgow, Scotland.  Five children:
16     JANE (4) b. abt. 1838 at Glasgow, Scotland; lived and died in Ayrshire, Scotland. Married twice: Alex B. Hutton and William Anderson. No children. In 1851 living with her grandmother, Jane Smith. In 1861, married and living with her father.
5       JOHN (4) b. abt. 1842 at Glasgow, Scotland.  In 1851 living with his grandmother, Jane Smith.  In 1861 living with his father and working as a sugar merchant clerk.  In 1871 working as a tea merchant and living with his sister, Jane Hutton.
14     PETER (4) b. Ayrshire, Scotland; d. in infancy.
15     WILLIAM (4) b. abt. 1844 at Glasgow, Ayrshire, Scotland; d. on West Coast of Africa.  Single.  In 1851 living with his grandmother, Jane Smith.  In 1861 living with his father, and working as  a sugar merchant clerk.
17     MARY (4) b. in Ayrshire, Scotland; d. in infancy.

 1851 Census - Scotland: 102 Brunswick St., Glasgow St. David, Lanarkshire Co. (ancestry.com)

                                                 4 JOHN (3) LATTA
     John (2) ____ (1).  abt. 1810 in Ayrshire, Scotland; d. in Glasgow, Scotland in 1868.  Went to
Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.; married Janet Mair, daughter of an extensive manufacturer of Philadelphia.  Had four children:
6      JAMES (4) b. abt. 1847.
18    ELIZABETH (4) b. abt. 1843; in Philadelphia, Pa.  Went to Scotland with brother James.  Died in Scotland.
19    ROBERT (4) nothing is known of him.
7    THOMAS (4) b. abt. 1840.

                                                     5 JOHN (4) LATTA
     Peter (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born August 12, 1843 in Glasgow, Scotland; d. November 6,
1929 at Langley, B.C. Canada.  Married Frances Elizabeth McCullough of Tyllyston House,
Finea, West Meath, Ireland in 1878.  She was born 1856 and died of valvular heart trouble at Vancouver, B.C. Canada September 13, 1909, aged about 53 years.  He was a tea merchant in Glasgow, Scotland until about 1889.  Lived for many years at Marchfield Cottage, New Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland.  Moved with his family in May, 1890, to Vancouver, B.C. Canada, and opened general store at Port Kells on the Fraser River; after about six years in business retired to a farm at Kangley, B.C. and was living there in 1910.  Six children:
8      WILLIAM SMITH (5) b. April 14, 1879 in Scotland.
9      JOHN (5) b. abt. 1881.
20    FRANCIS JAMES McCULLOUGH (5) b. March 20, 1884 at Marchfield Cottage,
New Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland.  In May 1890 went to Vancouver, B.C. Canada with his
parents.  In 1910 farmer at Bulkley Valley, B.C.  He died of cancer September 25, 1915 in Vancouver.
21     ROBERT PETER (5) b. January 30, 1886 at Marchfield Cottage, New Prestwick,
Ayrshire, Scotland.  In May 1890 went to Vancouver, B.C. with his parents.  In 1910 printer
(R.P. Latta & Co.) at Vancouver, B.C.  Killed at the battle of ......, Belgium April 23, 1915.
Lieut.  7th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, World War.
22    HENRY BLANDFORD (5) b. February 13, 1888 at Marchfield Cottage, New
Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland.  In May 1890 went to Vancouver, B.C. with his parents.  In 1910
farmer at Bulkley, Valley, B.C.  In 1931 at Kelowna, B.C. Canada.
23    EDWARD FRASER (5) b. at Port Kells, B.C. Canada January 1, 1892; d. Oct. 31, 1972 in North Vancouver.  In 1910 lived at Fairfield, Spokane Co., Wash. U.S.A.  Printer.  In 1931 lived at No. Vancouver, B.C.  Canadian Soldiers of WWI lists Edward Fraser Latta, and nearest relative as his wife, Elizabeth Latta.

The brothers who climbed the East and West Lion Mountains in 1903 were John
Latta, Robert Peter Latta, and William Smith Latta. Their family moved to
British Columbia from Scotland in 1890. While serving with the Canadian
Army, Robert was killed in action during WWI in 1915, and William was
severely wounded in action at the Battle of Amiens, France in 1918. William,
a battalion commander, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order with two
bars. William's son, John Blandford Latta, was a decorated fighter pilot with the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain in WWII, and was killed in action in January, 1942. (See List Archives)

Keys to History
The Lions are the most iconic and distinctive of the North Shore peaks. The
earliest recorded climb of the western Lion took place in 1889, when a group of
hunters following a herd of mountain goats, led by Native Chief Joe Capilano,
found itself at its base. Party member Dr. Henry Bell-Irving asked the chief to
time a young Native runner's ascent--the return trip took the naked youth under
20 minutes. The steep granite face of the eastern Lion deterred climbers until
1903, when John Latta and his two brothers scrambled to the top without the aid
of the rope they had brought along but didn't know how to use. Some years later,
it became a BC Mountaineering Club tradition for a party to climb the Lions on
Labour Day weekend, in part to "test" prospective club members, who were
required to successfully complete two test climbs before getting the nod.

here:

http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/1985-055_5681&section=196

 

                                              6 JAMES (4) LATTA
     John (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born in Philadelphia, Pa. January 17, 1849; m. Janet ________.  She was born abt. 1853 and died prior to 1900 census.  Went to Scotland when a young man, and spent several years in the tea business with John, son of Peter.  Later returned to America.  In 1908 druggist at Wilson, Kan.  His brother, Thomas Latta, then a widow, is listed as living with him in the 1900 and 1910 census.
24     JAMES M. (5) b. abt. 1881.
25     ____ (5).

                                          7 THOMAS (4) LATTA
     John (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1839; m. and had at least one
daughter.  Widowed by age 61, and living in Wilson, Ellsworth Co., Kansas, USA with brother, John Latta. 
26     ____ (5).
 

                                      8 WILLIAM SMITH (5) LATTA
     John (4) Peter (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born Marchfield Cottage, New Prestwick, Ayrshire,
Scotland, April 14, 1879; m. Martha Ann Sayer of New Westminster, B.C.  She was born at West Harlepool, Yorkshire, England February 13, 1884.  In 1890 went with his parents to Vancouver, B.C.  For five years with W.H. Malkin Co. wholesale grocers, Vancouver, B.C.  In 1910 business manager, R.P. Latta & Co. printers, Vancouver, B.C.  he served four years 1814-1818 in the World War in the 29th (Vancouver) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force.  Promoted to Lieutenant in command of battalion August 1, 1917.  Awarded Distinguished Service Order and two bars.  Severely wounded at Battle of Armiens, France August 9, 1918.  Discharged from army June 1, 1919.  Then entered the Provincial Government Service at Director of the Land Settlement Board and served for twelve years.  Retired August 1932.  Living at Victoria, B.C.
Children:
27     WILLIAM SAYER (6) b. at Vancouver, B.C. October 19, 1909.  Forestry
engineer.  Obtained degree Bachelor of Science in 1931.
28     JOHN BLANDFORD (6) b. August 6, 1914.
29     FRANCIS ROBERT (6) b. August 8, 1924.  In 1937 this family lived at ____ Delhousie
St., Victoria, B.C.
__     HENRY BLANDFORD (6) b. Feb. 15, 1916 in Ayr, Scotland. Canadian Soldiers of WWI lists him as living at 2629 Keith Dr., Vancouver, BC.  Lists his nearest relative as brother, John Latta.

                                              9 JOHN F. (5) LATTA
     John (4) Peter (3) John (2) ____ (1).  Born Marchfield Cottage, New Prestwick, Ayrshire,
Scotland April 14, 1881; m. Christina Munro MacKenzie September 15, 1909.  She was born at
New Westminster, B.C., Canada March 22, 1884.  He came to America with his parents in May
1890.  He settled at Vancouver, B.C.  Mechanical engineer. In 1910 partner in McEwen & Latta,
timber lands and real estate, at Vancouver.  In 1937 partner in Murray & Latta, machinists, at
Vancouver at 6811 Cypress Street, Vancouver, B.C.  Children:
30     FRANCES MAY (6) b. at Vancouver, B.C. November 23, 1910.
31     MARION ISOBEL (6) b. at Vancouver, B.C. October 22, 1914; d. February 24, 1923.

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     The records of this family are all to be found in the Parish Churches at Mauchline, Schiltree, and Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland.  The crest of the family can be had from any of the leading stationers of Glasgow.--5 John Latta.  He also said that a certain Judge Latta, S.S.C. every eminent judge who resided in Edinburgh, Scotland, in his time, had collected a large amount of information about the Latta family.  I wrote to Judge Latta in 1931 but the letter was returned, unknown.
     November 29, 1937 wrote to 9 John F. Latta and asked him to get the address of Judge
Latta of Edinburgh, Scotland, mentioned above.  Or some of his descendants.

Marriage Notices from the Wigtownshire Free Press: LATTA, David - M19/10/1946 - At Dumfries, on the 19th inst., by the Rev. Dr. Freeland of St. Mary's, Mr David Latta, Glasgow, to Jessie Carson, eldest daughter of Mr H.R. Douglas, Dumfries.

Marriage Notices from the Wigtownshire Free Press: LATTA, James - M5/2/1869 - At 29 Sheuchan Street, Stranraer, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. George Sherwood, Sheuchan Free Church, Mr. James Latta, shipmaster, Alloa, to Mary, second daughter of the late Mr. Alexander Torrance, mariner, Stranraer.  (Branch 12 also has Latta and Torrance families in North Carolina)

Mariners & Ships in Australian Waters [Cusco]; of Liverpool, George Nugent Conlan, Master, Burthen 2436 Tons from the Port of London via Melbourne to Sydney, New South Wales, 15th Nov. 1877: Latta, James; station-sales; age-20; Of What Nation-Glasgow; Status-Crew.