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Mary (?)

F, #121921

Family: Gary Houghton

Marriage*: Mary (?) married Gary Houghton, son of Robert James Houghton and Barbara L. Tuzio.

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Donna Houghton

F, #121922

Family: (?) Greene

Marriage*: Donna Houghton married (?) Greene.

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NY, USA

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(?) Greene

M, #121923

Family: Donna Houghton

Marriage*: (?) Greene married Donna Houghton, daughter of Robert James Houghton and Barbara L. Tuzio.

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Steven Houghton

M, #121924

Family: Darlene (?)

Marriage*: Steven Houghton married Darlene (?)

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NY, USA

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Darlene (?)

F, #121925

Family: Steven Houghton

Marriage*: Darlene (?) married Steven Houghton, son of Robert James Houghton and Barbara L. Tuzio.

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Peter Delvin Haughton

M, #121926, b. 22 September 1954, d. 25 January 1980

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Birth

Sep 22, 1954

Amityville, NY, USA

Occupation

American harness race driver

Death

Jan 25, 1980

East Rutherford, NJ, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia (2025): Peter Delvin Haughton (September 22, 1954 – January 25, 1980) was an American harness driver. He was the son of United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame inductee Billy Haughton. Racing career: Haughton made his first competitive drive at 16. He won the race driving Dr. Dewars. In the eight-year career that followed, Peter won a total of 571 races and more than $6 million in purses. In 1974 he won Prix d'Été on Blue Bonnets Raceway with Armbro Omaha. He was especially successful in big stake races, taking the Roosevelt International Trot twice, with Cold Comfort in 1978 and with Doublemint in 1979.
Haughton also won the Dexter Cup and the Zweig Memorial with Cold Comfort. In the 1976 Kentucky Futurity, Peter spoiled his father Bill's Triple Crown bid with Steve Lobell by nosing him out in the fourth heat with Quick Pay. Peter Haughton died in an automobile accident in East Rutherford, New Jersey on January 25, 1980.[1] He was inducted in the United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1981.[2] Since 1981, the race Peter Haughton Memorial is run at the Meadowlands Racetrack
Major racing wins: Prix d'Été (1974), Dexter Cup (1977), Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial (1977), Maple Leaf Trot (1978), International Trot (1978, 1979)
U.S. Trotting Triple Crown wins: Kentucky Futurity (19: 1976, 1978). Honours: United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame, Peter Haughton Memorial
Significant horses: Armbro Omaha, Quick Pay, Cold Comfort, Doublemint

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HAUGHTON— Peter D.. of Ovster Bay Cove, N.Y., suddenly on January 25,1980, in his 25th year. Beloved son of Dorothy and William. Grandson of Mrs. Esther Bischoff of Florida. Also survived by three brothers, William H., Jr., Thomas L., and Robert Cameron and one sister Holly Ann.

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Dorothy Bischoff

F, #121927, b. circa 1932, d. 31 March 2019

Family: William Robert Haughton

Marriage*: Dorothy Bischoff married William Robert Haughton, son of William Francis Haughton and Edith B. Green, on Nov 24, 1951 at NY, USA.

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circa 1932

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Nov 24, 1951

Marriage*: Julie Lambert Weintraub married Christopher M. Haughton, son of Milton Arnold Haughton and Theresa Miner.

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2025

Sheridan, OR, USA

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Giles Houghton

M, #121933, b. circa 1850

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circa 1850

NY, USA

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Leslie McNeil Haughton Sr

M, #121934, b. 12 December 1920, d. 15 November 1980

Family: Cora Muriel Boston

Marriage*: Leslie McNeil Haughton Sr married Cora Muriel Boston on Jul 18, 1942 at Manhattan, NY, USA.

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Birth

Dec 12, 1920

New York City, NY, USA

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Feb 15, 1942

NY, USA, age 21, living with father

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Jul 18, 1942

Manhattan, NY, USA

1950 US Census

1950

New York, NY, USA, age 29, wire factory oiler

Death

Nov 15, 1980

Yonkers, NY, USA

Obituary

Nov 17, 1980

HAUGHTON, Leslie M. Sr. Age 59, of Yonkers, on Saturday, November 15, 1980. Son of Cecil M. Haughton Sr. and the late Doris (McNeil) Haughton. Dearly beloved husband of Cora Muriel (Boston) Haughton. Loving father of Leslie M. Jr. and Jeffery Haughton and Mrs. Sandra Browdy. Step-brother of Dudley L Mayers. Also surviving are two grandchildren, two sisters- in-law; Mrs. Harriet Booker, of Yonkers, and Mrs. Carolyn Fletcher, of NYC, other relatives and friends. He was predeceased by two brothers; Raymond and Cecil M. Haughton Jr. Funeral Services 1pm Tuesday, November 18, ' at BROOKS MEMORIAL HOME, INC., 275 Warburton Ave., Yonkers Rev. Willie H. Upshaw, D D., officiating. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery, Hastings, NY.

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