Journalist, real estate agent.
Born at Orillia, Ontario on 11 February 1874, son of Donald J. and Mary Beaton, he was educated at Manitoba public schools. In 1895, he began work as a reporter with the Manitoba Free Press, and later as sporting editor of the Montreal Herald (1898-1899), and editor of the Nelson (BC) Daily Miner (1901-1902). He went to Seattle in 1903 in connection with the Seattle Times and was chief of the Department of Publicity for the Alaska-Yukon Exposition at Seattle, in 1909.
He returned to Winnipeg and, in 1911, was an agent with the firm of Beaton & Vezina in the Enderton Building. He later worked as a writer for motion pictures in Hollywood.
In 1908, he married Louise Tye (1879-1967) at Spokane, Washington and they had one son and one daughter. The family lived at 59 Alloway Avenue, Winnipeg (c1911).
He died at Los Angeles, California on 10 December 1951 and was buried in the Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
“Welford Beaton, retired publisher, taken by death,” Los Angeles Times, 12 December 1951, page 29.
Welford Beaton, FindAGrave.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 June 2024
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