Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Wharton was born in 1878, in South Carolina, United States, her father, Elijah Wharton, was 35 and her mother, Etha Delinda Stewart, was 27. She married Alfred Butler on 26 August 1895, in Moscow, Latah, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Wapato, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1920 and Yakima, Washington, United States in 1920. She died on 8 March 1960, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (23)
- Rebecca Wharton in entry for Butler, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
- Rebecca Palmer in household of Sally Palmer, "United States Census, 1920"
- Rebekah Warton in entry for George Michael Russell and Inez Estell Butler, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
Spouse and Children
1875–1906 Male
1878–1960 Female
Children (5)
1896–1967 Female
1898– Male
1900–1966 Female
1902–1981 Male
1906–1985 Female
Parents and Siblings
1843–1919 Male
1851–1941 Female
Siblings (7)
1878–1960 Female
1880– Male
1882–1959 Female
1885–1957 Female
1887– Female
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World Events (8)
1878 · Liberian Exodus
Age 0
1880 · The Great Gale of 1880
Age 2
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 22
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from any of various places called Wharton, in Westmorland, Cheshire, and Lincolnshire, or from Warton in Lancashire, Northumberland, and Warwickshire. The Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Northumberland placenames probably derive from Old English weard ‘watch’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Cheshire and Warwickshire placenames derive from Old English wæfre ‘swamp, marshy ground’ + tūn. The Westmorland placename may derive from Old English hwearf ‘embankment, shore, wharf’ + tūn.
perhaps occasionally a habitational name from Wiverton in Nottinghamshire, derived from the Old English personal name Wīgfrith + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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