Brief Life History of John Richard
When John Richard Wharton was born on 25 February 1889, in Maplehurst, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Hanford Warren Wharton, was 21 and his mother, Mary Eliza Butterfield, was 20. He married Rhoda Mae Oakes on 30 August 1916, in Andover, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada in 1901 and Carleton, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada in 1911. He died on 24 June 1924, in Maplehurst, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 35, and was buried in Carleton, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Sources (12)
- John Wharton in household of Hanford Wharton, "Canada Census, 1911"
- John Wharton, "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"
- John B Whorton, "New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938"
Spouse and Children
1889–1924 Male
1897–1981 Female
Children (4)
1918–1988 Female
1920–2003 Male
1921–1977 Male
1923–2012 Female
Parents and Siblings
1867–1941 Male
1868–1939 Female
Siblings (11)
1886–1971 Female
1889–1924 Male
1892–1955 Female
1895–1916 Female
1897–1974 Male
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World Events (1)
1901 · Hartland Covered Bridge
Age 12
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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