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James Stephen Whitehead 1832 – 1879 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1832

Birth Location: Lyminge, Kent, England

Death Date: 1879

Death Location: New Zealand

Father: James Whitehead

Mother: Anne Stone

Spouse(s): Sophia Shirley

Children(s): Mathew Whitehead, James Whitehead, Alfred Whitehead, William Whitehead, James Whitehead, Mary Whitehead, Emily Whitehead, John Whitehead, Sophia Whitehead, Richard Whitehead, Stephen Whitehead, Edward Whitehead, Amelia Whitehead, Sarah Whitehead

In 1832, James Stephen Whitehead entered the world in Lyminge, Kent, England, born to James Stephen Whitehead and Anne Maria Stone. Years later, James Stephen Whitehead married Sophia Shirley, and the couple became parents to Mathew Whitehead, James Thomas Whitehead, Alfred Whitehead, William H Whitehead, James Stephen Whitehead, Mary Ann Elizabeth Whitehead, Emily Whitehead, John Whitehead, Sophia Whitehead, Richard Whitehead, Stephen Whitehead, Edward Whitehead, Amelia Sophia Whitehead and Sarah Whitehead. James Stephen Whitehead died in 1879 in New Zealand.

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Parents

James Whitehead
1796 – 1838
Birth Location: Willesborough, Kent, England
JW
Anne Stone
1803 – 1879
Birth Location: Kennington, Surrey, , England
AS

Spouses(s)

Sophia Shirley
1835 – 1905
Birth Location: Horsington, Somerset, England
SS

Children(s)

Mathew Whitehead
1855 – 1857
Birth Location: Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
MW
James Whitehead
1855 – 1882
Birth Location: Wellington, New Zealand
JW
Alfred Whitehead
1856 – 1917
Birth Location: Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand
AW
William Whitehead
1857 –
Birth Location: –
WW
James Whitehead
1860 – 1941
Birth Location: Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand
JW
Mary Whitehead
1861 – 1929
Birth Location: Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand
MW
Emily Whitehead
1863 – 1937
Birth Location: Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand
EW
John Whitehead
1866 – 1939
Birth Location: Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand
JW
Sophia Whitehead
1866 – 1921
Birth Location: Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand
SW
Richard Whitehead
1868 – 1939
Birth Location: Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand
RW
Stephen Whitehead
1870 – 1941
Birth Location: New Zealand
SW
Edward Whitehead
1871 – 1911
Birth Location: Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand
EW
Amelia Whitehead
1873 – 1943
Birth Location: Pigeon Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand
AW
Sarah Whitehead
1874 – 1926
Birth Location: Pigeon Bay, Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand
SW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1832
    Event Place: Lyminge, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1879
    Event Place: New Zealand
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