Dr.
Walter
Horatio
Burritt
Born about in Marlborough, Grenville, Upper Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Daniel Burritt
and Electa (Landon) Burritt UE
Brother of
George Landon Burritt, Urania (Burritt) Loucks, Daniel Hamlet Burritt and Minerva (Burritt) Bottum
Husband of
Maria (Schofield) Burritt
— married
about Sep 1837 in Upper Canada
Descendants 
Father of
Maria (Burritt) Rogers, Horatio Charles Burritt, Henrietta (Burritt) Ward, Eliza Burritt, James Henry Burritt, Hattie Burritt and Daniel H. Burritt
Died
at about age 77
in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jun 2013
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Biography
According to The History of the County of Peterborough, Ontario, Walter was born September 18, 1809, in Marlborough Township, Upper Canada. His early studies were under Mr Blackburn in the town of Brockville. He read medical books in the office of Dr Basil P. Church in Merrickville. After attending medical college in Fairfield, New York, he passed his examination before the Medical Board of Upper Canada in 1835. He practised in Smith's Falls for 35 years before moving to Peterborough in 1870. He was a school trustee for 20 years and 16 years as the Chairman of the Joint Board of Grammar and Common School Trustees. He was a coroner for Lanark and Renfrew for 21 years and coroner for Leed and Grenville for 10 years. In religion he was Church of England and in politics he was Conservative. He was Reeve for three years.
In 1837 he married Maria Schofield; they had seven children.[1]
In 1870 he moved to Peterborough. He died in 1886.[2]
Sources
- ↑ The History of the County of Peterborough, Ontario 1884, p. 520. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. C. Blackett Robinson. 1884.
- ↑ Ontario Deaths Walter Horatio Barrett, died 21 Dec 1886; Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,853,482.
Primary
- 1851 Census of Canada Elmsley North, Lamarck, Ontario
- WH Burritt 43 born Marlboro Twp, Canada West, Physician & Surgeon
- Maria Burritt 34 Beverley Twp, CanWest
- Maria Burritt. 14 Smith Falls, CanWest
- Horatio Burritt 12 Smith Falls, CanWest
- Henrietta Burritt 10 Smith Falls, CanWest
- Eliza Burritt 8 Smith Falls, CanWest
- James H? Burritt 6 Smith Falls, CanWest
- Hannah Mahon 32 C Maho Ireland, Servant
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- Deaths in 1851: female age 2 years, died of measles
- Frame House and Office, Lot and Garden
- Office and Apothecary Shop
- ….
Secondary
- Burritt, Lewis L. The Burritt Family in America: descendants of William Burritt of Stratford, Conn. . 1940. p.43,74; Available at The Internet Archive
- Find a Grave memorial page for Dr Walter Horatio Burritt (18 Sep 1809–21 Dec 1886), Find A Grave: Memorial #155952903, citing Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by chasseur (contributor 48705606) .
Acknowledgments
- Thanks to Rob Ton for starting this profile.
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