John B. Whiffen

  General Notes:

ancestry Whiffen fam Tree

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Name:John WHIFFEN
Birth:Dec 1868Place: Southern Harbour, NF
Death:5 May 1958Place: St. John's, NF
Burial:1958Place: Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Occupation:1890 Miner/LaManche, 1898 Fisherman/SHarbour, And Carpenter - Reid NF. Co., St. John's 1920, Retired In 1932 And In 1949 It Became Canadian National Railway
Education:...................................................
Religion:Catholic
Father:James WHIFFEN (1832-)
Mother:Unknown
2nd spouse:Ellen BEST

Marriage:26 Oct 1891Place: St. Kyrans, NF
Spouse:Bridget HYNES
Notes for John WHIFFEN
LaManche was a couple of miles from So. Harbour, they mined Galena, a mineral from which lead and nickle is extracted. In 1920, moved to St. Johns, lived in Boarding house on either Brazil Sq or Patrick Sq - St. Patrick's his parrish. He also lived on Lime and 9 Water Street in 1923. His favorite food was corn beef and cabbage and fish and brews. He always looked young even tho he had no hair. Always went to school events, liked to go to bed at 9:30 and went to church events and daily mass. He was very quiet and his second wife (Ellen Best) never heard him say a harsh word in his life per his daughter Violet Whiffen. He was a widow when he died having outlived two wives.

John married Bridget Hynes, daughter of Isaac Hynes and Hannah Webber, on 26 Oct 1891 in St. Kyran's, Newfoundland. (Bridget Hynes was born in 1872 in St. Kyran's, Newfoundland and died on 19 Jan 1917 in Southern Harbour, Newfoundland.). The cause of her death was "blood disorder" [pernicious anemia?].

  Marriage Notes:

Whiffen Fam tree
wits: Alexander Whiffen/Mary Mansfield

John next married Ellen Best, daughter of Maurice Best and Mary Ellen Pike, after 1917. (Ellen Best was born in Jun 1879 in Southern Harbour, Newfoundland and died in 1954 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.)

  Marriage Notes:

est date based on death of first wife

John next married.