Robert
Walter
Beaton
Born in Greenwood, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Brother of
Elizabeth Christine (Beaton) Linton, Davis Beaton, [private brother (1930s - unknown)] and Marilyn (Beaton) Purvis
Husband of
Emily Minor (Saunders) Beaton
— married
27 Nov 1954 in Berwick, NS, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
[private daughter (1950s - unknown)], [private son (1950s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1960s - unknown)]
Died
at age 54
in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Apr 2014
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Biography
Robert was born in 1928. He passed away in 1983. [1]
Major Robert W Beaton - Tuesday 22 Mar 1983
- Thorburn - Major Robert W Beaton (Ret'd) CD, 54, of Yellowknife, NWT, formerly of Thorburn, died Tuesday in the Victoria General Hospital.
- Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Mrs. James Straight, Pictou, the former Allison (Kirkwood) Beaton, and the late Walter Malcolm Beaton.
- He was a professional pilot for more than 30 years. Following his military career he was employed by Quebec Air in Montreal. For the past three years, he had been chief Hercules pilot for Echo Bay Mines, Yellowknife. He was a member of Yellowknife United Church and the RCAF Association.
- Surviving besides his mother are his wife, the former Emily Saunders; two daughters Catherine (Mrs. Michael McAuley) Yellowknife; Cynthia, Edmonton; a son, Robert, Calgary; two sisters, Elizabeth (Mrs. Robert Linton), Plymouth; Marilyn (Mrs. Clifford Pervis), Stellarton; two brothers, David, Winnipeg, and Graham, Ottawa.
- The Body will be in R H Porter Funeral Home, New Glasgow, after 7 pm today. Funeral will be 3 pm Satrday in Union Presbyterian Church, with burial in Thorburn Cemetery.
- In Liew of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.
Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Alan Whitman, Thursday, April 17, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
- Obituary from my mother Amanda Whitman's scrapbook. Her sister Emily was Bob's wife
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
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