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Family Chart No. R-11 Parents - Chart No. R-5
4th Generation HOUSTON/ROSS Family
ALFRED F. HOUSTON
son of ROBERT MACLAREN and MARGARET (TAIT) HOUSTON
was born at Edinburgh, Scotland
died 13 November 1932 at Vancouver, British Columbia
buried at Vancouver in the family lot in Mountain View cemetery
Resided at Montreal, Que. and in 1910 moved to Vancouver.
Occupation: Manufacturer's Agent, representative in Canada for J. & N. Phillips of
Manchester, England.
Received his education in England. After its completion he emigrated to Montreal, Canada,
to join his widowed mother, she having preceded him accompanied by his elder brother
ROBERT, and a younger sister, MARGARET.
He married HARRIET LOUISA ROSS
on 19 Aug 1991 at All Saints Anglican, Montreal, Quebec.
She was daughter of MUNRO ROSS and SUSAN ANN (WIGGS) ROSS.
she was born 31 December 1860 at Quebec City
and died 29 December 1949 at Vancouver, British Columbia
buried at Vancouver, in the family lot in Mountain View cemetery.
By her parents' marriage, she was related to both the Ross and the Wiggs families of Quebec.
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Children of ALFRED and LOUISA (ROSS) HOUSTON
DOROTHY MARGARET
Born 6 November 1896 at Montreal, Quebec
Married WILLIAM JAMES ROY MACLAREN, Vancouver, 27 June 1925
Had one son, LOYD, born 22 November 1926
Her husband lost his life 22 May 1928 in a canoe accident.
ROBERT GORDON
Born 9 September 1901 at Montreal, Quebec
Died 6 September 1907 of diphtheria. Buried in Mount Royal Cemetery.
CHARLES EDGAR (twin brother)
Born 9 September 1901 at Montreal, Quebec
Died 30 June 1971 at Sechelt, B. C.
Married MARIE HAGOOD 3 July 1930 at Flagstaff, Arizona
children: OWEN RUSSELL, born 30 June 1932 at Flagstaff
Married EILEEN WEIR on 16 July 1955
Children: GREGORY, born 22 November 1956
BRADLEY, born 28 December 1958
GUY, born 18 February 1963
JAMES VICTOR, born 5 January 1945 at Vancouver
Married SUSAN WILLINGTON
This record was compiled by Henry Ross Wiggs of Westmount Que.
22 June 1971
Sources of data: Mrs. Dorothy M. MacLaren, Vancouver, B.C., and records of the Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec.
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