David 1864

The majority of the information we have to date on the family of David Laughton (1864) was submitted by John Ivan Laughton (1929), starting in September 2008. We corrected the birth year to 1864 from 1861 based on the data shown in the 1901 and 1911 Canadian Census.

You will find below a number of photographs provided by John Ivan Laughton 1829, scanned and e-mailed to me in 2008-2009. Congratulations to John Ivan and his family for undertaking this task and ensuring that this information is available for the rest of the Laughton Clan. As on all pages, click on the image to see the full scale version. Once we have a better grasp on all of the photographs and information that we have from John Ivan, we will break up this page into the various generations of David 1861. For now, it is all here!

The Family of David Laughton 1861
Photo courtesy of John Ivan Laughton

Back row:
John "Jack" Addison Corbett 1895; William Muir 1893; David 1864

Front Row:
Jean Irene 1897; Mary Eleanor "Minnie" 1875; Grace Althea 1905

The 1901 and 1911 Canadian Census show that David was originally from Ontario and his wife Mary Eleanor "Minnie" McAlmon was from New Brunswick. There is a David and a Mary McAlmon in the 1901 Canadian Census, probably Minnie's parents. The 1911 shows only Mary McAlmon. Minnie does not appear in the New Brunswick Census.

This photograph was provided by David Laughton's grandson - John Ivan Laughton is his collection of September 2008. It was labeled "Grampa Laughton Family":

	John Addison Corbett Laughton (January 11, 1895 - 1983) - married Edith Agusta Euerby June 1, 1928
	William Muir Laughton (January 24, 1893 -March 31, 1943) - married Martha "Mattie" Harvey
	David Laughton (June 8,1861 - ) - married Mary Elenor "MInnie" McAlmon January 20, 1892 in Brandon Manitoba
	Jean Irene Laughton (April 9,1897 - June 9,1975) - never married, boyfriend was killed in train mishap
	Mary Eleanor "Minnie" McAlmon (May 13, 1875 - July 25, 1959) - born in Kingston, Kent County, New Brunswick
	Grace Althea Laughton (November 11, 1905-October 1978) - married Wallace Davis, no children
	Robert Burns Laughton (July 17, 1900 - October 6,1977) - married Margaret Irwin

In amongst the newspaper clippings from John Ivan in 2008 was a news clipping about visit f David to Walkerton, some 70 years after he left the area circa 1876 (it says he left when he was 15 years old).

"Mr. David Laughton of Nelson. B.C. paid Walkerton a visit this week, the first in seventy years. This venerable native son of the Bruce Capital was fifteen years old when he left town to make his mark on the world. He was accompanied by his wife and two daughters, Grace and Irene, and also by his brother Edward Laughton and Mrs. Laughton (my note: probably "Bert") of Manheim, Penn. Messrs. David and Edward Laughton are the sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Laughton of Walkerton ..."

David Laughton 1864
Cropped from family photo (temporary)

David Laughton, son of John Laughton 1829 and brother of John Hugh Laughton 1859.

Second child of John Laughton and Kathleen Murphy, born in Malton Ontario. To alleviate issues with a "strict father", John Ivan Laughton reports that he joined the railroad and move out west from the main core of the Laughton family. He was on the first train that entered Ashcroft, the end of the line at that time. He then went to Brandon Manitoba with the CPR and was transferred to Donald, British Columbia in 1894.

The text extracted from the e-mails from John Ivan Laughton in 2008 are noted as follows:

	John and Margaret (nee) Murphy eloped from the Orkney's and originally settled in Ontario and their first four children were born in Canada, John Hugh being the first of their children, the second child was also a son, David (my grandfather), who unlike the others came west with C.P.R., first from Ontario, to Brandon, Manitoba with his wife Mary Elenor (nee) McAlmon from Rexton N.B.,from Brandon to Goldon, B.C. on the C.P.R. main line and eventually to Nelson B.C. on the shores of Kootenay Lake, where my dad and siblings grew up. Dad married a girl from a neighbouring town and I arrived on seen 14 month's later in 1929. Grandpa Dave took his family back east on a few occasions and my father did go to school in Toronto and met some of his cousins. I married a girl from Amherst Nova Scotia and did make a trip back there and did meet John E LAUGHTON, met great aunt Julia, who was blind and almost deaf and it was she who showed me their oil skin pass port, sailing from Glasgow to Montreal aboard the S.S. Jamaican, often wonder where it got to ............There was also a middle aged women that seem to be looking after her, not sure if this could have been Irene Black.....
	Norman Laughton made a trip to the Orkney Isles and he met up with a James Laughton and it seems this unrelated Laughton came across a book in a second hand store with references to the LAUGHTON'S name dating back hundreds of years, but this James wouldn't let the book out of his sight nor would he allow anything to be copied from it, Norman could fill you in on this story.
	David B Laughton was born June 8, 1861 (note: we have changed that to 1864 based on Census information) in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. He married Mary (Minnie) Eleanor McAlmon Jan 20 1892 in Brandon, Man. i William Muir b. Jan. 24, 1893 d. Mar. 1943 (Cancer of the Jaw) .. WWI and WW II veteran ii John (Jack) Addison Corbett b.Jan 11, d. Feb 26 1983 veteran, but did not see active service iii Jean Irene b.Ap 09 1897 d. Jun.09,1975 (Diabetic) never married iv Robert Burns b.Jul 17 1900 d. Oct 06,1977 v Grace Althea b. Nov. 1905 d. Oct. 1978 married Wally Davis, no family (Diabetic)
	Wm. married Martha Harvey and they had one son David Benson b.Oct.20 1920 Jack married Edith Agusta (nee) and they had only one son me, John Ivan Oct.17, 1929 Jean Irene never married, she did have a boy friend who was killed in a train accident Bob married Margaret Irwin and they had Robert Irwin Jul.13,1938& Barbara Colleen b.Apr.13,1952 Grace married Wally late in life and had no family, just relatives