Vida Pearl Appleton

Brief Life History of Vida Pearl

When Vida Pearl Appleton was born on 17 August 1889, in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, her father, Ernest Edwin Appleton, was 29 and her mother, Almira Victoria Beeden Wice, was 26. She lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 5 November 1902, in York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 13, and was buried in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Ernest Edwin Appleton
1860–1901
Almira Victoria Beeden Wice
1862–1956
Ernest Elmo Clifford Appleton
1884–1952
Herbert Percival Appleton
1887–1974
Vida Pearl Appleton
1889–1902
Clarence Norman Appleton
1895–1983

Sources (10)

  • Vida P Appleton in household of Almyra V B Appleton, "Canada Census, 1901"
  • Vida Pearl Appleton, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
  • Vida Pearl Appleton, "Canada, Ontario, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, 1826-1989"

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the many places in all parts of England named Appleton, from Old English æppeltūn ‘orchard’ (literally ‘apple enclosure’). Apples were particularly important in the Middle Ages as a food for survival through the winter.

History: This surname was brought to North America in 1635 by Samuel Appleton, who migrated from Ipswich, England, to Ipswich, MA.

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

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