Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Wharton was born on 24 January 1893, her father, James Wharton, was 20 and her mother, Alice Ann Waring, was 19. She married Alec Brindle in 1914, in Chorley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. She died in Chorley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Maggie Wharton in household of James Wharton, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
- Maggie Warton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Maggie Wharton, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers
The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1924
First UK government led by the Labor party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.
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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