Martha Madeline Stopps

Brief Life History of Martha Madeline

When Martha Madeline Stopps was born on 17 January 1869, in Brentford, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Stopps, was 24 and her mother, Martha Jackman, was 28. She married Robert Whitney on 16 November 1887, in Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Old Brentford, Ealing, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Simcoe, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 15 July 1922, in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 53.

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Family Time Line

Robert Whitney
1860–1940
Martha Madeline Stopps
1869–1922
Marriage: 16 November 1887
PVT Joseph William Whitney
1888–1918
Martha Madeline Whitney
1890–
Robert Ernest Edwin Whitney
1892–1917
Walter Elmer Whitney
1894–
Mary Ethel Whitney
1896–1927
Herbert Stanley Whitney
1898–1978
Norman Methmond Whitney
1900–
Henry Thomas Whitney
1902–1981
David Edward Whitney
1903–
Elsie Olive Whitney
1904–1977
Leslie Phillip Whitney
1906–2000
Alice Gertrude Whitney
1910–1996
Dora W Whitney
1913–1987

Sources (28)

  • Martha Stopps in household of Joseph Stopps, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Martha Madeline Stopps - Government record: birth-name: Martha Madeline Stopps
  • Martha Madeline Stopps, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

World Events (8)

1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

1883 · Mining Boom

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

English: variant of Stopp (1) with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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