52 Ancestors #9: At the Courthouse

Woot, this was FUN!  Frankly until this past weekend I had NO idea how I was going to work a courthouse into my blog.  Then on Saturday, my Mom and I went through an old photo album with pictures from both the Parker and Beaman families.  One of the pictures was a group shot of my paternal grandmother, Jetta Augusta Mitton, and her father, George Mitton.  It was apparently taken in 1918 at the wedding of her sister Nellie to Arthur Nethercoat. 

In addition, there was this photo, marked simply as George T Beaman.  

I posted on a couple of Facebook groups that I belong to, and fortunately a few people recognized George T. Mitton and identified him as being a lawyer, and Justice of the Peace.  I had found my "At the Courthouse" connection. 

Source:
"George Thomas Mitton, the son of George Gilmore Mitton and Evangeline Price, was born at Steeves Mountain, Westmorland County, New Brunswick on 21 June 1895. He received his early education in public schools, and later attended Acadia Collegiate Academy and Acadia University. Mitton graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a bachelor of arts degree and a master of arts degree in 1919 and 1921 respectively. He pursued the study of law at Kings College and, in 1921, received his B.C.L. from Harvard University. He married Bessie Ayer Irving in 1934. In the early 1920s George Mitton practised law in Moncton, N.B. Among his early clients was Loundsbury Company Limited. Well-known in Moncton, Mitton was active in the Liberal Party and a member of First United Baptist Church. He died in 1979."
Source:
Prominent People of New Brunswick, 1937

In addition, George Mitton was also:

• named King's Counsel in 1950
• a judge of probate for Westmorland County, New Brunswick from 1960-1970
• past president of the Moncton Barristers' Society
• vice-president of the Canadian Bar Association for New Brunswick  
• honoured by the Canadian Bar Association in 1976 as a member of 50 years
• senior counsel in the law firm of Mitton and Mitton
• a 50 year member of  Keith Lodge Masonic Order, a member of the Luxor Temple Shrine and the Scottish Rite

I'm so thrilled to make the connection of a fourth cousin through this inquiry - and to learn about my paternal great-uncle George.  Since my dad is gone, it's a link to him that I will always cherish.

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