Our Family Roots in The Netherlands

A Study of the Haasdijk, Scheffer, Benner and Neering families in The Netherlands

William Lewis Morton

Male 1908 - 1980  (71 years)


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  • Name William Lewis Morton 
    Birth 13 Dec 1908  Gladstone, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • on land homesteaded by his father's parents
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Abt 1936  U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Prof. of History for 25 years; "One of Canada's most distinguished writers of history" 
    Occupation Abt 1966  Trent University, Peterborough, ON, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    master of Champlain College, Vanier Prof. of History and Chancellor 
    Reference Number 61642 
    Death 07 Dec 1980  Medicine Hat, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • of a stroke while traveling from Calgary to Winnipeg after serving as guest professor at the U. of C.
    Person ID I61642  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2012 

    Father William Morton,   b. 03 Jul 1884, Gladstone, Westbourne, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1958, Winnipeg, MB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Mary Mathilda Manwaring,   b. Abt 1885 
    Marriage 07 Dec 1907 
    Family ID F9040  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • graduated, and went to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar
    • first provost of University College to 1966
    • Officer of Order of Canada
    • His info from a plaque found outside Gladstone museum in September 2012!!


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