Name: George Henry HOUGHTON
Also known as:
Born: 14 Feb 1874 At: Redditch, WOR, ENG Sex: M
Christened: At:
Died: 4 Oct 1916 At: Vimy Ridge, FRA Cause:
Burial /cremation: At:
Parents: Father: ? Mother: ?
Spouse/partner: Elizabeth WEBB Born: 31 Oct 1875 Died: 21 May 1962
Married: 25 Dec 1893 At: Redditch, WOR, ENG
Children: James HOUGHTON,  Ernest HOUGHTON,  Elizabeth HOUGHTON,  Frederick HOUGHTON,  Elsie HOUGHTON,  George Hugh HOUGHTON,  Hilda HOUGHTON

Biographical notes:


Son of Henry Houghton & Sarah Ann Addis.
Occupation: Stone mason (1891 & 1911), Farm laborer (1912), Stone cutter (1915).
Addresses: At 1881 census - 16 Windsor St, Redditch, WOR; At 1891 census - Victoria Buildings, Prospect Road, Redditch, WOR; At 1911 census - 2 Stevenson Bdgs, Back of 23 Templefield St, Birmingham, WAR, 1915 - Orpington Road, Brownton, P.O.,ON.
Migrated to Canada with family from Liverpool to Quebec on the Canada arriving 26 May 1912. Destination Peterboro', ON.
Served in WWI in the Royal Canadian Regiment, Rank : Private, No.455476. Died at Vimy Ridge, age 40. Commemorated at the Canadian National Memorial - Vimy.
Not found in 1901 census.
Reference documents:
1874 birth registration index record.
1881 census return (Henry Houghton).
1891 census return.
1893 marriage registration index record.
1911 census return.
1912 passenger list Liverpool-Quebec.
1915 WWI attestation paper
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Certificate.