Farmer.
Born at Exeter, Ontario on 3 April 1872, one of eight children of Adam Whiteford and Jennett Logie, he came to Manitoba in 1888 and found work as a farm hand. Four years later he returned to Ontario and took over the family farm, returning to Manitoba two years later where he purchased 160 acres of farmland near Virden. On 29 May 1895, he married Ada Campbell Green (1872-?) of the Joslin district. They had four children: Ettel May Whiteford (1896-?), Susan Margaret Whiteford (1898-?), Jessie Irene Whiteford (1900-?), and James Lloyd Whiteford (1904-?). He was a member of the IOOF and the Presbyterian Church. He served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Montgomery school district.
Marriage registration [John Login Whiteford, Ada Campbell Green], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [Susan Margaret Whiteford, Jessie Irene Whiteford, James Lloyd Whiteford], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
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