John Wesley Weaver

Brief Life History of John Wesley

When John Wesley Weaver was born on 10 September 1863, in Rawdon Township, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, his father, Gustavis Weaver, was 36 and his mother, Annas Cummings, was 33. He married Catherine Jane Potts on 14 October 1889, in Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Manitoba, Canada in 1901. He died on 26 September 1936, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

John Wesley Weaver
1863–1936
Catherine Jane Potts
1866–1925
Marriage: 14 October 1889
Albert Weaver
1885–
Lelland Austin Weaver
1886–1950
Melvin Weaver
1890–
James Arthur Weaver
1890–1972
Violet Myrtle Weaver
1894–
Iva Beatrice Weaver
1895–
Weaver
1896–
Vada Blanche Weaver
1899–1921
William Delbert Weaver
1902–1972
Goldie Marcus Weaver
1904–1971
Frederick Percival Weaver
1908–1987

Sources (13)

  • John W Weaver, "Canada Census, 1901"
  • John W Weaver, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
  • John Weaver, "Canada, British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1867 · Ontario Founded

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

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.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan).

English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wēfer(e) ‘winding stream’.

Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘weaver’, for example German Weber , Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Tkacz or Tkach , Hungarian Takács (see Takacs ), and Slovenian Tkalec, Tekavec or Veber .

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

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