When Joseph Anthony Howland was born on 6 July 1880, in Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Howland, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Gibson, was 40. He married Jessie Todd Butchart on 24 December 1906, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and York, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He died on 28 May 1934, in York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 53, and was buried in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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History: Howland was the name of three Quaker brothers, original settlers in Marshfield, MA. They were from Huntingdonshire, England. The eldest, John Howland (c. 1593–1672) was a passenger on the Mayflower, servant to Gov. John Carver, who died in the first winter at Plymouth Colony.
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