Real estate agent.
Born in Grey County, Ontario on 15 June 1874, son of Samuel Horton and Margaret Miller, he attended public school in Derby Township and business college at Owen Sound. He then returned to the family farm for a short time before moving to Winnipeg in 1898. He worked for a year as a clerk in the wholesale coffee dealership of McKenzie & Mills, then four years in the implement business of Frost & Wood Company. In 1904 he went into the real estate business, being Manager of the Crescent Land Company and President of the Horton Investments Company. He was also a Director of the Rosewood Crescent Estate Limited, Mutual Investments Limited and the Mortgage Company of Winnipeg Limited.
On 28 July 1909, he married Margaret Raine (?-?) and they had two daughters: Edith Margaret Horton (1910-?) and Gladys Evelyn Horton (1911-?). He was a member of the Canadian Club of Winnipeg, IOOF, and Methodist church.
He died at North Vancouver, British Columbia on 3 June 1960 and was buried in the Capilano View Cemetery at West Vancouver.
Birth registrations [Edith Horton, Gladys Evelyn Horton], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Death registration [George Edward Horton], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 4 June 1960, page 51.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 June 2024
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