James Percy Mitton

Brief Life History of James Percy

When James Percy Mitton was born on 17 January 1887, in Bayfield, Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, William Andrew Mitton, was 28 and his mother, Margaret 'Maggie' Ann Cole, was 21. He married Bessie Maude Allen on 25 October 1905, in Port Elgin, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada in 1891 and Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada for about 10 years. He died in 1973, in New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 86, and was buried in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Family Time Line

James Percy Mitton
1887–1973
Bessie Maude Allen
1884–1949
Marriage: 25 October 1905
Horace Allen Mitton
1908–1971
Margaret Eliza Mitton
1910–1997
Hilda Gertrude Mitton
1911–2000
Helen Vivian Mitton
1913–2005
Nellie Frances Mitton
1916–1959
Emma Jean Mitton
1917–2005
Isabel Mitton
1919–1990
Thorold Bayfield Mitton
1921–2012
Harold Eugene Mitton
1925–2011

Sources (17)

  • Percy Milton, "Canada Census, 1911"
  • James Percy Mitten, "New Brunswick, Provincial Returns of Births and Late Registrations, 1810-1906"
  • Persy J Mitton, "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"

World Events (3)

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.

1937 · Miramichi Strike

August 20, 1937, the Miramichi lumber strike took place. Over 1,500 millworkers and longshoremen struck 14 lumber firms for wage increases.

1955 · Recorder Low Temperature

In 1955, New Brunswick broke the record with a freezing temperature of -47.2° C, in Sisson Dam

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from any of the places in Lancashire, Yorkshire, and the West Midlands, so named in Old English as ‘farmstead at a river confluence’, from (ge)m̄ȳthe ‘river confluence’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

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

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