Descendants of Curtis William McLaughlin
1. CURTIS WILLIAM3 MCLAUGHLIN (WILLIAM2, PATRICK HENRY1) was born 2 December 1851 in Swanton, VT., USA, and died 24 March 1897 in Warden, Shefford, Quebec, Canada. He married MIRIAM HALL MCCLINTOCK 23 June 1874 in Waterloo, Shefford, Quebec, Canada, daughter of HUGH MCCLINTOCK and HANNAH HALL.
Children of CURTIS MCLAUGHLIN and MIRIAM MCCLINTOCK are:
i. CORA ETHEL4 MCLAUGHLIN, b. 5 May 1875, Warden, Shefford, Quebec, Canada; d. 12 October 1930, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; m. (1) GEORGE THOMAS HIGGINS, 12 September 1893, Sweetsburg, North Shefford, Quebec, Canada; m. (2) HAROLD WOLFASTAN HIGGINS, 16 February 1906, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
ii. LENA MAUD MCLAUGHLIN, b. 12 March 1879, Warden, Shefford, Quebec, Canada; d. 15 September 1900, Liege, Belgium.
A memorial is written to Lena on the tombstone of her parents, Curtis McLaughlin & Miriam McClintock.
Lena Maud McLaughlin was sent to Liege Belgium, as a teenager, to perfect her talent of violin playing. She studied at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Liege on Rue Forgeur 14, Liege 4000, Belgium.
One day her possessions were sent to family members in Quebec with a note simply stating that she had died, no further explanations were enclosed. The circumstances surrounding her death were indeed suspicious, however there was either not enough money or the boys ( her brothers ) were not old enough to be sent to Liege Belgium to discover the circumstances surrounding her death.
iii. HUGH LESLIE MCLAUGHLIN, b. 8 March 1884, Warden, Shefford, Quebec, Canada; d. Denver, Colorado, USA; m. LOUISE, Abt. 1910, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Hugh had T.B. as a young man. The doctor's collapsed one of his lungs and ordered him to move to a warmer climate. He chose Denver Colorado. This is where he died.
iv. WILLIAM HAROLD MCLAUGHLIN, b. 6 August 1887, Warden, Shefford, Quebec, Canada; d. 15 June 1927, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada; m. RETA EILEEN D'ARCY, Abt. 1915, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
RCMP Historian at the museum in Regina:
Constable William Harold McLaughlin, Regimental Number 7547, was born August 8, 1887 at Waterloo, Quebec. He engaged in the Royal North-West Mounted Police January 10, 1919 at Regina. Prior to joining the Force, Constable McLaughlin had served with the Dominion Police and the Saskatchewan Provincial Police. He also served four years as Deputy Sheriff of Sweetwater County, Wyoming and in the Phillippines from 1905 to 1908 with the 8th U.S. Cavalry. On his application he stated that he spoke French and some Spanish.
Constable McLaughlin served as a detective during the Winnipeg General Strike and he was commended by his superiors for his work. He was transferred to Prince Albert in 1920 and he left the Force December 2, 1920. In 1921 he was working for the Pioneer Detective Bureau in Winnipeg and then Regina.
