Cleric.
Born on a farm at Dand on 26 January 1911, third of four sons of Jacob Clinton Whetter (1884-1925) and Annie Alberta Hodgson (1882-1972), in 1955 he was ordained as a minister in the United Church of Canada. He served at churches in communities around Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and northwestern Ontario, including Starbuck United Church and Ferndale United Church. On 3 July 1943, he married Frances Gertrude “Gertie” Dobbyn (1909-2017, granddaughter of Richard John Dobbyn) at Melita and they had three daughters. He died at Winnipeg on 19 October 2009.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Whetter Barn (Municipality of Grassland)
Birth registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Jacob Clinton Whetter], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 21 October 2009.
Obituary [Frances Gertrude Whetter], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 May 2017.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Brien Farrell for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 6 September 2024
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