Bettie Leigh Canada1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 22479, (1868 - 1940)
FatherHenry Harrison Canada4,5 (15 May 1843 - 8 Sep 1924)
MotherEllen Pocahontas Morgan6,7,5 (abt 1850 - bef 1910)

Key Events:

Birth: 12 May 1868, Halifax Co., Virginia8,9,10
Marriage: about 1888, Staunton Hill, Halifax Co., Virginia, Henry Lacy Britton (22 Nov 1868 - 6 Apr 1935)11,12,13
Death: 24 Jun 1940, Richmond, Virginia5
Burial: 26 Jun 1940, Riverview Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia5
ChartsDescendants of David Dutt/Toot

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Narrative:

     Bettie Leigh Canada was born on 12 May 1868 in Halifax Co., Virginia.8,9,10
     She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia, in the household of her mother, Ellen Pocahontas Morgan. Her father, Henry Harrison Canada, was enumerated the same day, 13 households away. It would appear they are living separately, but it may have been an error by the enumerator.14,15
     She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia, in the household of her parents, Henry Harrison Canada and Ellen Pocahontas Morgan.4
     Bettie married Henry Lacy Britton, son of William Edward Britton and Frances A. Buster, about 1888 in Staunton Hill, Halifax Co., Virginia.11,12,13
     Bettie and Henry appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Danville, Virginia, at 512 Peach St., enumerated 4 Jun 1900, reporting they rented their home. Their children Annie, Henry, Bettie, Sarah and Mable were listed as living with them, as was Kenneth Thornton, a locomotive fireman, who was listed as a boarder.16
     Bettie and Henry appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Danville, Danville Co., Virginia, at 414 Plum St., enumerated 23 Apr 1910, reporting they rented their home. Their children Henry, Bettie, Sarah, Mable, Cecille and Hughes were listed as living with them, as were J. B. and H. I. Lester, both railroad brakemen, who were listed as boarders.17
     Bettie and Henry appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Richmond, Virginia, at 516 W 28th St., enumerated 10 Jan 1920, reporting they rented their home. Their children Henry, Mable, Cecille and Hughes were listed as living with them, as were their widowed daughter Annie and her children Benton and Marion Shields.18
     Bettie and Henry appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Richmond, Virginia, at 413 West Twenty Fourth St., enumerated 10 Apr 1930, reporting they owned a home valued at $5,000, and owned a radio. Their daughter Annie was listed as living with them, with her children Benton and Marion Shields.19
     Her husband died on 6 Apr 1935 in Richmond, Virginia.20
     Bettie appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Richmond, Richmond City Co., Virginia, at 413 West 24th St., enumerated 11 Apr 1940, reporting she owned a home valued at $5,000, and that they had lived in the same house in 1935. Her daughters Annie and Mable, Annie's daughter Marion, Mabel's husband Richard Owen, and their children Richard and Mary, were listed as living with her.21
     Bettie died on 24 Jun 1940 in Richmond, Virginia, at age 72.5 She was buried on 26 Jun 1940 in Riverview Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.5

Children:
     Children with Henry Lacy Britton

Henry and Bettie had an additional child, whose name is unknown, who was born and died before 1900.35
  • Annie Ellen Britton22,23,24 (28 Mar 1889 - 16 Jun 1964)
  • Henry Edward Britton25,26,27 (24 Mar 1891 - 6 Dec 1971)
  • Bettie Willis Britton22,28 (28 Apr 1893 - 18 Nov 1918)
  • Sarah Virginia Britton22,28,29 (28 May 1897 - 30 Nov 1929)
  • Mable Eunice Britton30,22,31 (2 Sep 1899 - 14 Jun 1969)
  • Cecille L. Britton26,23,32 (10 Feb 1903 - 8 Jun 1955)
  • Hughes Lacy Britton26,33,34 (27 Dec 1905 - 25 Aug 1973)

Citations

  1. [S9613] Ellen Canada household, 1870 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows name as Bettie Canada.
  2. [S9611] Henry Canada household, 1880 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows name as Bettie L. Canada.
  3. [S9599] Bettie Leigh Britton, Certificate of Death, shows father's surname as Canada.
  4. [S9611] Henry Canada household, 1880 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia.
  5. [S9599] Bettie Leigh Britton, Certificate of Death.
  6. [S9613] Ellen Canada household, 1870 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  7. [S9611] Henry Canada household, 1880 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows the girl as daughter of Ellen's husband.
  8. [S9611] Henry Canada household, 1880 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows age 14 and state.
  9. [S9598] Henry L. Britton household, 1900 U.S. Census, Danville City, Virginia, shows month, year, as 1867, age 33, and state.
  10. [S9599] Bettie Leigh Britton, Certificate of Death, shows date, with year as 1868, county, and state.
  11. [S9598] Henry L. Britton household, 1900 U.S. Census, Danville City, Virginia, shows married 12 years.
  12. [S9605] H. L. Britton household, 1910 U.S. Census, Virginia, shows married 22 years.
  13. [S9604] Mable Eunice Britton, Delayed Certificate of a Birth, shows town, county, and state.
  14. [S9613] Ellen Canada household, 1870 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia.
  15. [S9614] H. H. Canda household, 1870 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia.
  16. [S9598] Henry L. Britton household, 1900 U.S. Census, Danville City, Virginia.
  17. [S9605] H. L. Britton household, 1910 U.S. Census, Virginia.
  18. [S9608] Henry L. Britton household, 1920 U.S. Census, Richmond Co., Virginia.
  19. [S9609] Henry L. Britton household, 1930 U.S. Census, Richmond Co., Virginia.
  20. [S9597] Henry L. Britton, Certificate of Death.
  21. [S9610] Betty C. Britton household, 1940 U.S. Census, Richmond City Co., Virginia.
  22. [S9598] Henry L. Britton household, 1900 U.S. Census, Danville City, Virginia, shows the girl as daughter of Bettie's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  23. [S9608] Henry L. Britton household, 1920 U.S. Census, Richmond Co., Virginia, shows the girl as daughter of Bettie's husband.
  24. [S9600] Annie Ellen Shields, Certificate of Death.
  25. [S9598] Henry L. Britton household, 1900 U.S. Census, Danville City, Virginia, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  26. [S9605] H. L. Britton household, 1910 U.S. Census, Virginia, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  27. [S9601] Henry Edward Britton, Certificate of Death.
  28. [S9605] H. L. Britton household, 1910 U.S. Census, Virginia, shows the girl as daughter of Bettie's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  29. [S9602] Sarah Va. Bowe, Certificate of Death.
  30. [S9604] Mable Eunice Britton, Delayed Certificate of a Birth.
  31. [S9603] Mabel Britton Owen, Certificate of Death.
  32. [S9606] Cecille Britton Hall, Certificate of Death.
  33. [S9608] Henry L. Britton household, 1920 U.S. Census, Richmond Co., Virginia, shows him as the son of her husband.
  34. [S9607] Hughes Lacy Britton, Sr., Certificate of Death.
  35. [S9598] Henry L. Britton household, 1900 U.S. Census, Danville City, Virginia, shows her as mother of six, with five living.