Thomas Barratt Whitby

Brief Life History of Thomas Barratt

Thomas Barratt Whitby was born on 29 August 1845, in Sutton Bonington St Michael, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. He married Emma Sarah Freestone on 9 December 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Sneinton St Stephen, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 29 January 1909, in Alpine, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Alpine Cemetery, Alpine, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Barratt Whitby
1845–1909
Emma Sarah Freestone
1852–1906
Marriage: 9 December 1872
Mary Emma Whitby
1873–1918
Thomas Alvin Whitby
1874–1955
Loretta Ann Whitby
1876–1898
Oscar Alfred Whitby
1878–1947
Clara Matilda Whitby
1881–1978
Franklin Lorenzo Whitby
1883–1884
John Albert Whitby
1885–1972
Ernest Leroy Whitby
1887–1946
Minnie Vilate Whitby
1889–1984
Walter James Whitby
1893–1910
Della Whitby
1895–1918

Sources (32)

  • Thos Barret in household of Thos Barret, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Thomas Whitby birth registration 1845
  • Thomas B. Whitby Kristine M. Larsen Marriage 1908

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World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1848

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Whitby, a port in North Yorkshire, or from Whitby in Cheshire. The North Yorkshire placename probably derives from the Old Norse personal name Hvíti or Old Norse hvítr ‘white’ + ‘farmstead, village’. The Cheshire placename derives from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + burg ‘fortress’, later replaced by Old Norse .

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

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THOMAS BARRATT WHITBY LIFE HISTORY

Written by Eva W. Lamb, 1966 Thomas Whitby was born 29 August 1845 in Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire, England. He was the only child of John Whitby and Mary Morgan. His father, a shoemaker, was t …

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