Notes A birth registration was found for Edith Malin; Year of Registration: 1896; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; District: Aston (1837-1924); County: Warwickshire; Volume: 6d; Page: 271. (Parents: Frederick Malin and Martha Shepherd, married in Kings Norton, Warwickshire, England, in 1885.)
In 1901, Edith Malin, 4 years of age, was residing at 2 Railway Terrace, Yardley, Warwickshire, England. Other family members included: Frank Malin, 2; Frederick Malin, 34, painter / house; Frederick Malin, 14; John Malin, 2; Martha Malin, 34; and Martha Malin, 7.
A death registration was found for Martha Malin: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865; Year of Registration: 1908; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; Age at Death: 43; District: Aston (1837-1924); County: Warwickshire; Volume: 6d; Page: 211.
In 1909, Edith Malin, 11 (along with her sister, Clara Malin, 8, and brother, Frank Malin, 10) arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with a group of 130 children en route to various destinations in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada.
In 1911, Edith Malin, 15, is shown as an adopted child with Roderick and Mary Ann McDonald and family in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her date of birth is shown as April 1896 and her immigration year as 1909.
On December 25, 1922, in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA, Edith Malin married John Henry Horton. Edith and John had six children.
In 1930, Edith Horton, 33, was residing with her husband and family at 27 Phillips Street, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Edith stated she was born in England and emigrated to the United States in 1921. Family members included: John Henry Horton, 29, truck driver for coal company; Ellen Horton, 10 (born in Canada, emigrated in 1921); Annie Horton, 7; George Horton, 4-5/12; Dorothy Horton, 3-10/12; and Edith Horton, 2-6/12. (Source: 1930 Census of the United States; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 949; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 316; Image: 150.0.)
John Henry Horton died on May 26, 1967, in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, and Edith Malin Horton died on May 30, 1978, in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.