John Whan and Mary Stinson

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Husband John Whan ^{1 2}

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           Born: 25 Mar 1791 - ? Ireland 1
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           Died: 13 Jul 1868 - Big Beaver Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Whan (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Mary Stinson ^{1 3}

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            AKA: Mary Stevenson 2
           Born: 14 Oct 1795 - New Jersey 1
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           Died: 11 Dec 1887 1
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Children

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1 M William Whan ¹

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           Born: 24 Dec 1814 - Big Beaver Twp, Beaver (later Lawrence) Co, PA 1
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           Died: 30 Nov 1877 - ? Darlington Twp, Beaver Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Margaret Marshall (1821-Aft 1888) 1 4

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2 M Thomas Whan ¹

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           Died: Aft 1888
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3 M Robert Whan ¹

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           Died: Aft 1888
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4 M James Whan ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1888 - Beaver Co, PA
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5 F Margaret A. Whan ^{1 2}

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           Born: 15 Feb 1824 2
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           Died: Aft 1888
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         Spouse: Thomas Stevenson (1798-1881) 2
           Marr: 28 Sep 1852 2

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6 F Hannah Whan ^{1 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1888 - near Wampum, Big Beaver Twp, Lawrence Co, PA
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         Spouse: John Beatty (      -      ) 1

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7 F Mary Jane Whan ¹

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            AKA: Mary Jane Whann 5
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           Died: Aft 1888
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         Spouse: William Rhodes (1814-1883) 5 6
           Marr: 5 Apr 1856 7

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8 F Elizabeth Celicia Whan ¹

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         Spouse: Peter Overlander (      -      ) 1

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9 F Isabel Whan ¹

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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10 F Nancy Adaline Whan ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1888
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         Spouse: Capt. Alexander Gilkey (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Whan

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He was brought by his parents, from Ireland to America, when he was three years old. He was reared on the pioneer farm and helped to clear off the native growth of timber and built his home near Wampum. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He died in Big Beaver Township, Lawrence County, at the age of seventy-seven years. He and his wife had thirteen children.

He and his wife lived on a farm adjoining the original homestead; [they had thirteen children] and reared ten children to maturity.

1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 736.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 636.

3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 940.

4 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 413.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1042, 1056.

6 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 714, 736.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1042.