Researching John Whyte
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5078 people with the Whyte surname? In that year Whyte was ranked number 836 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Whyte on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Whyte and the Whyte Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Whyte Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Whyte family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 9660 people with the Whyte surname in the UK? Whyte is now ranked number 604 for popularity in the UK. |
Whyte Family History Databases
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Whyte Forums
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Some Famous People called John Whyte
John Whyte (politician)
John Whyte (January 4, 1838 – September 16, 1924) was a Scottish-born merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Mégantic in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1884 to 1886 as a Liberal.
He was born in Dunfermline, the son of John Whyte and Elspeth Simpson. Whyte was educated in Fife and came to Canada East in 1858. In 1859, he married Harriet Donaldson Johnson. He worked at the Harvey Hill mine until 1862 and then was foreman at the mine in Sutton. He became a merchant at Leeds (later Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton) in 1865. He was elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1884 by-election held after George Irvine was named a judge. Whyte was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1886 and 1892. He died in Leeds at the age of 88.
Source: John Whyte (politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJohn Blair Whyte
John Blair Whyte (1840 – 21 July 1914) was a Member of Parliament and Mayor in the Waikato region of New Zealand.
He was the Mayor of Hamilton from December 1878 to December 1879, when he resigned. From 1879 he represented the Waikato electorate, until his retirement in 1890. He was then a member of the Legislative Council from 1891 to 1897, when he resigned. He was appointed from 22 January 1891 as one of seven new members (including Harry Atkinson himself) appointed to the Council by the outgoing fourth Atkinson Ministry, a move regarded by Liberals as a stacking of the upper house against the new government.
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