Edward Everett Horton

Birth Name: Edward Everett Horton, Jr.

Date of Birth: March 18, 1886

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States

Date of Death: September 29, 1970

Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Ethnicity:
*father – English, German, Scottish, possibly other
*mother – Scottish

Edward Everett Horton was an American actor. He appeared in film, theatre, radio, television, and voice-over for animation. His roles included the films Alice in Wonderland (1933), Biography of a Bachelor Girl, Top Hat, Lost Horizon (1937), Arsenic and Old Lace, Pocketful of Miracles, and It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. He was also known as E. E. Horton, Edward Horton, and Edward E. Horton.

Edward was the son of Isabella Steven/Stephen and Edward Everett Horton, a compositor for The New York Times. His mother was born on Matanzas, Cuba, to Scottish parents.

Edward’s paternal grandfather was Henry Peter Horton (the son of James Henry Horton and Elizabeth Dieffenderffer/Dieffenderfer/Diffenderffer). Henry was born in Maryland. James was the son of James B. Horton and Alice Munro/Monroe. Elizabeth was of German descent, and was the daughter of Peter Diffenderffer and Catharina Myers.

Edward’s paternal grandmother was named Rachael/Rachel Ann Woolff/Wolff. Rachael was born in Maryland.

Edward’s maternal grandfather was George S./T. Diack (the son of Alexander Diack and Isabella Steven/Stephens/Stephen). George was Scottish, with family from Aberdeen. Alexander was the son of George Diack and Emily Douglas.

Edward’s maternal grandmother was Mary F./D. Orr (the daughter of Peter Orr and Margaret Richmond Lancaster). Mary was Scottish. Margaret was the daughter of Hugh Richmond and Margaret Dykes.

Sources: Genealogies of Edward Everett Horton – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
https://www.findagrave.com

Genealogy of Edward Everett Horton (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com

Edward’s father on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Genealogy of Edward’s paternal grandfather, Henry Peter Horton – https://www.findagrave.com