Brief Life History of James Dewitt
When James Dewitt Applegate was born on 16 October 1915, in Essa Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, his father, Norman George Applegate, was 34 and his mother, Josephine McCarty, was 33. He married Dorothy Margaret Coburn on 19 April 1937, in Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. He died on 13 May 1946, in Alliston, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 30, and was buried in Alliston Union Cemetery, Alliston, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.
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- Dewett Applegate, "Canada Census, 1931"
- James Dewitt Applegate, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (2)
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election
George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.
Name Meaning
English (northern): variant of Applegarth , in which the less familiar final element has been assimilated to the northern Middle English word gate ‘road’ or to modern English gate.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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