Brief Life History of Joseph Wheeler
When Joseph Wheeler Wharton was born on 9 October 1906, in Hobbs Island, Madison, Alabama, United States, his father, William Thomas Wharton, was 32 and his mother, Cordelia Beard, was 23. He lived in Red River, Texas, United States in 1920 and Kern, California, United States in 1930. He died on 2 April 1976, in San Joaquin, California, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Wasco, Kern, California, United States.
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- Wheeler S Wharton in household of William Wharton, "United States Census, 1930"
- Joe Wheeler Wharton, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
- Joseph W Wharton, "California, San Joaquin, County Public Library Obituary Index, 1850-1991"
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1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
1910 · Angel Island Serves Immigrants
Angel Island served as a western entry point for hundreds of thousands of U.S. immigrants, mainly from China, from 1910 to 1940.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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