Emma Jane Tatham^[1]

1875 - 1951  (75 years)

• Name	Emma Jane Tatham
  Born	21 Aug 1875	Bingley, , Yorkshire, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203238972
  Residence	1881	Bingley, , Yorkshire, England   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-473284
  Died	8 Feb 1951	Birmingham, Oakland, Michigan, United States   [2]
  Buried	Saint James Anglican Church, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I473284	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Hartley Whittaker,   b. 16 Aug 1873, Keighley, , Yorkshire, England ,   d. 4 Jan 1933, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States  (Age 59 years)
  Children	1. Leslie Victor Whittaker,   b. 31 Dec 1895, Springburg, Keighley, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 26 Apr 1974, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F293847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MRS. EMMA J. WHITTAKER, 75, died Feb. 8 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William K. Gardner, 512 Landon, where she had made her home for several years. She was born Aug. 21, 1875 in England and lived in Canada and Detroit before coming here. Besides Mrs. Gardner she is survived by two sons, Leslie V. and Geoffrey of Detroit; two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Blight and Mrs. Constance McConkey of Ontario; 11 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. The body was taken from the Bell funeral home to New Hamburg, Ont for services and burial on Monday. Eccentric, Birmingham, Michigan, 15 Feb 1951 pg 3 __________________ Buried At St. James' Cemetery The death of Mrs. Hartley Whittaker, widow of the late Hartley Whittaker, occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Gardner, Birmingham. Mich., last Thursday. She is survived by two sons, Leslie and Geoffrey, Detroit; three daughters, Mrs Blight (Dorothy) of Jarvis; Mrs. McConkey (Constance) Brantford, and Mrs. Gardner (Phyllis), of Birmingham, Mich.; eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The funeral took place from the Becker Funeral Home, New Hamburg, on Monday, with interment in St. James' Cemetery, Huron Road, with Rev. D. D. Jones, rector of St. George's Anglican Church, New Hamburg, officiating. The late Mrs. Whittaker was the former Emma Jane Swire [father was Swire Tatham], and was a native of Keithley [1881 census state Bingley], Yorkshire, England. Her husband, who predeceased her 17 years ago, lived for some time with the late Wm. Illingworth family in Wilmot township. New Hamburg Independent 2 Feb 1951

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020669-24. Leslie Victor Whittaker, 28, occ. Insurance Agent, b. Keighley England, res. Woodstock, son of Hartley Whittaker (B. Keighley England) and Emma Jane Totham married Doretta Marie Liphardt, 22, occ. Home Duties, b. Waterloo, res. Waterloo, daughter of Henry John Liphardt (B. Waterloo) and Ida Josephine Engelhardt, Witn: Mr. J.H. Laird of Hamilton and Miss Lauraine Conrad of Waterloo, 1 October 1924 in Waterloo. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203238972. [S1522] Census - England - 1881, Class: RG11; Piece: 4345; Folio: 41; Page: 10; GSU roll: 1342038, England, Yorkshire, Bingley Township.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Aug 1875 - Bingley, , Yorkshire, England Residence - 1881 - Bingley, , Yorkshire, England Died - 8 Feb 1951 - Birmingham, Oakland, Michigan, United States Buried - - Saint James Anglican Church, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth