When John Wilkes was born on 3 October 1852, in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Wilkes Jr, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Haines, was 26. He married Martha Elizabeth Hunt on 20 October 1873, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860 and St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1880. He died on 10 June 1928, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Afton Cemetery, Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1856: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
Historical Boundaries 1882: Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1885: Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bingham, Idaho, United States 1893: Bannock, Idaho, United States
English (West Midlands): either a variant of Wilk , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, or from the Middle English personal name Wilcus, an uncommon pet form of a personal name in Wil-. The suffix is a double diminutive -k + -us, the latter being used with Old English female names (compare Aldous ). So Wilcus may also be a pet form of an Old English female name such as Wilburg. Alternatively, it may have been used with Norman personal names of either gender, for example as a pet form of William . If Wilcus became an inherited surname it would quickly have become merged with Wilkes. Wilcus may also have been absorbed into Wildgoose .
Dutch and North German: patronymic from the personal name Wilke, a pet form of Will.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesBiography of John Wilkes (1852-1928) by Loyn Blacker John Wilkes Family Organization Quarterly Letter Vol 8, Num 2, 22 June 1972 John Wilkes was born on the 3rd of October 1852 to Elizabeth Haines an …
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