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 Mary
Black.
Died at Glasgow.
Had at least six children:
3 PETER (3)
b. 1800-1801 at Stair, Ayrshire, Scotland; d. January 18, 1870 at St.
Quivox,Scotland.
10
JAMES (3) b. at Ayrshire, Scotland. Went on road, probably to America.
4 JOHN (3).
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) m. Dead; no family.
13 MARY
(3) d. of old age; not married.
3 PETER (3) LATTA,
John (2)
____ (1). Born 1800-1801 at Stair, Ayrshire, Scotland. Married: Mary Smith in
April 1835. She died after
confinement about 35 years of age. He was wholesale dealer in teas, sugar, etc.
in Glasgow, Scotland. He died January 18, 1870 at St. Quivox, Scotland.
Five children:
5 JOHN (4)
b. July 31, 1841 at Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
14 PETER (4) b.
November 3, 1845 at Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; d. in infancy.
15 WILLIAM (4) b.
May 25, 1843 at Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; d. on West Coast of Africa. Single.
16 JANE
(4)
lived and died in Ayrshire, Scotland. Born in Ayrshire. Married twice: James
Hutton in 1859 in Central District Glasgow, and William Anderson. No children.
17 MARY (4) b. in Ayrshire,
Scotland; d. in infancy.
__ JEAN (4) b.
March 19, 1837 at Barony Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
4 JOHN (3) LATTA
John (2) ____ (1).
Born July 31, 1841 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; d. in High Church Glasgow, Scotland in 1868. Went to
Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. and there married Miss Mair, daughter of an extensive
manufacturer of Philadelphia.
Had four children:
6 JAMES (4).
18 BETHEA (4) b. in Philadelphia, Pa. Went to Scotland with brother
James. Died in Scotland.
19 ROBERT (4) nothing is known of him.
7 THOMAS (4).
5 JOHN (4) LATTA
Peter (3) John (2) ____
(1). Born in Glasgow, Scotland August 12, 1843; 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 in 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.
1879 at St. Quivox, Scotland.
9 JOHN (5)
b. 1881 at St. Quivox, Scotland.
20 FRANCIS JAMES
M'Culloch (McCULLOUGH)
(5) b. March 20, 1884 at St. Quivox, 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 1915.
21
ROBERT PETER (5) b. January 30, 1886 at
St. Quivox, 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 St. Quivox,
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. In 1910 lived
at Fairfield, Spokane Co., Wash. U.S.A. Printer. In 1931 lived at No. Vancouver,
B.C.
6 JAMES (4) LATTA,
John (3) John (2) ____ (1). Born in
Philadelphia, Pa. January 17, 1849; m. Janet Mair in 1878. Family all dead in
1908. 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.
24
JAMES MAIR (5).
25 ____ (5).
William G. Cutler's History of Kansas - Ellsworth County - Biographies
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.
The National Druggist - Vol. 30, page 372 (google books)
Kansas Pharmacy Board - Ellsworth, Kansas, Sept. 6 (1900). "At the meeting of the third quarter, held by the Kansas Board of Pharmacy, at Pittsburg, September 5. 35 applicants were present and took the examination. The following were successful....There were registered without examination, by virtue of being graduates of recognized colleges of pharmacy.....Thomas Mair Latta, Wilson...."
7 THOMAS (4) LATTA,
John (3) John (2) ____ (1). Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1839; m. and had at
least one daughter. Both living in 1908.
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.
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.