When William Wightman was born on 4 January 1851, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, his father, James Wightman, was 31 and his mother, Mary Steedman, was 28. He married Catherine Ferguson Smith on 31 December 1872, in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Hamilton Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Ward Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. In 1900, at the age of 49, his occupation is listed as farmer in Ward Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States. He died on 22 November 1942, in Canton, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Park Cemetery, Canton, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English wight, Older Scots wicht ‘brave, strong; swift, nimble, agile’ (see Wight ) + man ‘man’, also used in Middle English as a personal name. It may sometimes have been confused with Whiteman , a variant of Whitman .
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