Canada Incoming Passenger Lists
Departed Glasgow, Scotland, arrived June 1 1908, Montreal, Quebec on the Hesperian
Mrs I. S. Ritchie, age 41, going to husband - frmer, housewife, going to Summerland, B.C.
Maggie Ritchie, age 11
Elizabeth Ritchie, age 9
Jeannie Ritchie, age 8
Minnie Ritchie, age 6
Joan Ritchie, age 3

Death date and location from the John Newton Family Tree at ancestry by John Newton

Parish Records - St. Margaret, Horsforth, West Yorkshire
Born February 20, 1885, baptism August 23, 1885, Benjamin Newton, parents Samuel & Margaret Brodie Newton, of Drury Lane, Horsforth, father is a forgeman, ceremony by PRW Pearson

In the 1891 census Hall Lane, Horsforth, Yorkshire
Head Samuel Newton, age 36, ?ipe & cow heel dresser, neither employed nor employer, born Horsforth
Wife Margarett Newton, age 33, born Horsforth
Son Edward H. Newton, age 13, office boy, employed, born Horsforth
Son Frederick Newton, age 11, scholar, born Horsforth
Son Phillip Newton, age 10, scholar, born Horsforth
Daughter Annie Newton, age 8, scholar, born orsforth
Son Benjamin Newton, age 6, scholar, born Horsforth
Daughter Isabella Newton, age 4, born Horsforth
Daughter Margarett Newton, age 2, born Horsforth
[I can’t decipher Samuel’s occupation. Perhaps he is some kind of stone dresser or mason]

In the 1901 census Town Street, Horsforth, Yorkshire
Head Samuel Newton, age 46, stone mason, worker, born Horsforth
Wife Margaret Brodie Newton, age 43, born Horsforth
Son Edward Holdsworth Newton, single, age 23, cloth buyer’s assistant, worker, born Horsforth
Son Frederick Newton, single, age 21, tailor, worker, born Horsforth
Son Philip Brodie Newton, single, age 20, boot maker, worker, born Horsforth
Daughter Annie Elizabeth Newton, single, age 18, born Horsforth
Son Benjamin Newton, single, age 16, grocer’s assistant, worker, born Horsforth
Daughter Isabella Newton, age 14, born Horsforth
Daughter Margaret Louisa Newton, age 12, born Horsforth
Son John Newton, age 9, born Horsforth
Daughter Nora Mary Newton, age 7, born Horsforth
Daughter Agnes Ellen Newton, age 3, born Horsforth

In the 1911 census Town Street, Horsforth, West Riding Yorkshire
Head Samuel Newton, age 56, road foreman for district council, worker, born Horsforth
Wife Margaret Brodie Newton, age 53, married 33 years, 11 children born alive all still living, born Horsforth
Son Benjamin Newton, age 26, single, insurance agent, worker, born Horsforth
Daughter Isabella Newton, age 24, single, dressmaker, worker, born Horsforth
Son John Newton, age 19, single, clerk out of work, born Horsforth
Daughter Nona Mary Newton, age 17, single, laundress ironer, worker, born Horsforth
Daughter Agnes Helen Newton, age 13, at school, born Horsforth
Son Samuel Newton, age 8, at school, born Horsforth
Boarder John Johnson, age 24, single, ironmonger’s shop assistant, born Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland

Canada Ocean Arrivals
Departed Liverpool, England, on the Corsican, arrived April 30, 1911, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
John Newton, age 19, born England, destination Summerland, BC, occupation from which you came - postman, intended occupation - labourer
Ben Newton, age 25, born England, destination Summerland, occupation from which you came - collector, intended occupation - labourer
[There is a detained which may be next to John’s name or the person above.]

He was identified in a picture of a soccer tam in Summerland in 1912.

Canadian World War I Canadian Expeditionary Force Personel Files
Benjamin Newton, 2nd Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles, regimental number 2165, later 107460, private
[Note: his 3rd cousin, my grandfather was in the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles]
Born Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Next of Kin father Samuel Newton, Horsfield [later shown as Horsforth], Leeds
Later father’s address is Town Street, Horsforth, Headingly, Leeds
His latest address is Box 104, West Summerland British Columbia
Later gives his wife’s Name and address as Mrs Jane S. Newton, Main Street, Cumbernauld, Glasgow, Scotland
Born February 20 1885
Grocer
Not married
Ever served in military: yes, Leeds Rifles 5 1/2 years
Attested December 8 1914, Victoria, British Columbia
Height 5 feet 4 1/2 inches, complexion ruddy, eyes hazel, hair brown
Church of England
Theatre of War France August 22 1915
Returned from leave December 1 1916
Granted permission to marry July 1 1917
Granted 10 days leave August 8 1917 [to get married?, yes]
December 2 1917 to course 1st Army Skl Cookery
December 18 1917 returned from course
January 26 1918 Appointed cook
February 23 1918, 14 days leave to UK
October 29 1918 Granted 14 days special leave to UK [His wife had just died, thus he would have been in the UK when the war ended.]
This leave was extended 3 times
December 14 1918 Rejoined unit
SOS to Canada March 17 1919
demobilized April 2 1919
Proposed address after discharge Sumerland B.C.
[His regiment was on June 2 1916 located near Maple Grove behind the 1st CMRs who were located near Sorrell Wood. That day the 1st CMRs were effectively destroyed as a unit by the Germans and passed through them to the 2nd CMR’s. Likely Benjamin Newton would have been a part of this engagement. My grandfather was wounded, left for dead and became a POW.]

Parish Records St. Margaret, Horsforth, Yorkshire
Marriage August 15, 1917
Benjamin Newton, age 323, bachelor, Trooper Canadian Mounted Rifles, residence Tylte? Cottage, Town Street, Horsforth, fathe Samuel Newton, Mason and
Jane Smith Walker, age 32, spinster, residence Main Street, Cumbernauld, Glasgow, father John Walker,
After Banns by Robert Garrad
In the presence of Samuel Newton, Agnes Helen Newton, John Walker and Janet Walker

British Columbia Marriage Index
Benjamin Newton and Margaret Mcluski Ritchie married April 20, 1921, west Summerland.

1921 Census of Canada
West Summerland, Summerland, British Columbia
Head Benjamin Newton, age 36, born England, parents born England, immigrated 1911, Church of England, ditch tender, irrigation
Wife Margaret M. Newton, age 24, born Scotland, parents born Scotland, immigrated 1908, Presbyterian
1 boarder

In the 1931 Canada Census
Summerland, Yale, British Columbia
Owner, value of home $1000, single floor, wood, 5 rooms, no radio
Head Benjamin Newton, age 46, born England, parents born England,immigrated 1911, ditch tender - municipal
Wife Margaret McLusky Newton, age 34, born Scotland, parents born Scotland, immigrated 1908, homemaker
Son John Samuel Newton, age 9, born British Columbia, student
Son Edward Alexander Newton, age 6, born British Columbia, student

British Columbia Death Index
Benjamin Newton, died age 76, May 20, 1961, West Summerland, British Columbia