David Alexander Houston ^249,294,738

   Another name for David was David Curr Houston.¹⁰³

  General Notes:

See attached sources.

  Noted events in his life were:

• 1881 Census of Canada, 1881, St. Francis-Xavier, Marquette, Manitoba, Canada. ⁷³⁶ Manitoba, Marquette Dist., St Francois Xavier Mun., p. 10, lines 15-21 , household 39;
David, age 4, with father Alexander, age 35, mother Isabella, age 27 , and siblings John, age 3, and Marianne, age 10 months.
Two others are in the household, Jane Procer, age 10, b. England, an d Harriet Demsey, age 22, b. Ontario.

• 1891 Census of Canada, 1891, St. Francis-Xavier, Marquette, Manitoba, Canada. ^249,294,737 Manitoba, Lisgar Dist., St. Francis-Xavier Sub-Dist., p. 9, lines 4-12 , family 36;
David, age 14, with father Alexander, age 40, mother Isabella, age 36 , siblings John, age 13, Jenetta, age 3, and Robert, age 9 months, wit h Labourer Jos Brennan, age 16, and Lodger (School Teacher) Thos Laidl aw, age 24.

• 1901 Census of Canada, 1901, Macdonald, Manitoba, Canada. ^249,294,738 Manitoba, MacDonald Municipality, p. 6, lines 41-50, household 52;
David, age 23, with father Alexander, age 54, mother Isabella, age 46 , and siblings John, age 21, Jennet, age 13, Minnie, age 8, Robert, ag e 10, Alexr S. L., age 4, with Uncle from Ireland Solomon Dempsey, ag e 79, and domestic Millisie Powers, age 17.

• 1906 Census of Canada (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta), 1906, Starbuck, Manitoba, Canada. ⁷³⁹ Manitoba, MacDonald Dist., Starbuck, p. 18, lines 7-15, family 148;
NOTE: This Census image is poor quality, and the ages and some names d o not seem correct. The following is what was recorded by the interpr eter.
David, age 27, with father Alexander, age 51, mother Isabella, age 52 , and siblings John, age 26, Robert, age 16, Nettie (Janet), age 18, M innie, age 13, and Lowry, age 10.

• 1911 Census of Canada, Jun 1911, Macdonald, Manitoba, Canada. ⁷⁴⁷ Manitoba, MacDonald Municipality, p. 3, lines 32-38, household 28;
David, age 34, with wife Laura, age 27, and children Marion Isabella , age 2, and John Nina, age 1, with domestic Annie Horwat, age 19, ser vant John Montgomery, age 26, and servant Robert Kerr, age 29.

• 1916 Census of Canada (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta), 1916, Macdonald, Manitoba, Canada. ⁷⁴⁸ Manitoba, MacDonald Municipality, Twp. 9, Rge. 2, W1, p. 14, lines 4-9 , household 149;
David, age 29, with wife Laura, age 26, and children Marian, age 7, Jo hn, age 6, and Lorain, age 1, with servant Arnold Qualley, age 21.

• 1921 Census of Canada, 1921, Macdonald, Manitoba, Canada. ⁷⁴⁹ Manitoba, Provencher Dist., MacDonald Municipality, Starbuck Village , p. 15, line 50, p. 16, lines 1-7, household 143;
David, age 44, with wife Laura, age 37, and children Marian, age 12, J ohn, age 11, Verna (Lorain ?), age 6, Orville, age 4, and Doris, age 1 , with servant Mike Burtney, age 19.

David married Laura Rice on 25 Dec 1907 in Macdonald, Manitoba, Canada.⁷⁴⁵ (Laura Rice was born about 1884 in USA ⁷⁴⁵.)