Piety Grace Wheaton

Brief Life History of Piety Grace

When Piety Grace Wheaton was born in 1842, in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, Thomas Wheaton, was 44 and her mother, Jane Sarah Chase, was 40. She married Hiram Bowser Read in 1866, in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada in 1901 and Westmorland, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada in 1911. She died on 13 September 1923, in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 81, and was buried in Upper Sackville, Sackville Town, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Hiram Bowser Read
1840–1913
Piety Grace Wheaton
1842–1923
Marriage: 1866
E Elton Read
1868–1870
Arnold Edwin Read
1870–1877
Emma Lizzie Read
1875–1877
Losa Dwight Read
1878–1879
Hiram Earle Read
1880–1967
Jane Chase Read
1882–1950
Carrie Killam Read
1885–1967

Sources (19)

  • Piety Read in household of Hiram B. Read, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Piety Wheaton, "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"
  • Piety W Read, "New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938"

World Events (3)

1867 · British North America Act

The British North America Act or Constitution Act of 1867 caused three British colonies, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada to be united as one under the name Canada. Until this point New Brunswick had been the British crown colony.

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1901 · Hartland Covered Bridge

July 4, 1901, the Hartland covered bridge was finished. It spans across the Saint John River, making it the longest covered bridge. Until it was built, the only way across the river was by ferry.

Name Meaning

English (Devon): variant of Whiddon .

History: Robert Wheaton came from England to Rehoboth, MA, c. 1636.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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