Joseph
Checkley
Wilkinson
Born in Margate, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Ancestors 
Brother of
William Nicholson Wilkinson, Thomas Wilkinson, Mary Ann Wilkinson, John Wilkinson Jr., Elizabeth Burris (Wilkinson) Kinley, Rebecca Jane Wilkinson, Alice Nicholson Wilkinson, Walter Bee Wilkinson and Albert Bousfield Wilkinson
Husband of
Elizabeth Jane (England) Wilkinson
— married
28 Sep 1896 in Paradise, Nova Scotia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 90
in Springfield West, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Aug 2012
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Biography
Guardian Thursday September 5, 1946 IN MEMORIAM MR. J. C. WILKINSON Mr. J. C. Wilkinson of Spring- field West (O'Leary, RR.) PE.- assed to his eternal reward on August 29th. He was born at Mar- gate. P.E.l., Ncwember‘ 4, 1855 and when a child of five years he mov- ed with hls parents to Mlminigash where he grew to early manhood. He learned the carriage building trade, that being an important industry
Sources
- "Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F2LM-RV9 : accessed 10 Oct 2014), Joseph C. Wilkinson and Elizabeth J. England, 28 Sep 1896; citing Paradise, Nova Scotia, reference P261 CN83; FHL microfilm 1298863.
- Wilkinson, J. C. Summerside Journal - 5 September 1946, page 3, col. 3
- Obituary Charlottetown Guardian Thursday September 5, 1946 page 8 says he was born in Margate PEI and moved to Miminigash at a young age
- "Canada, Prince Edward Island Baptism Card Index, 1721-1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXK-JKR : 8 March 2021), John Wilkinson in entry for Joseph Checkley Wilkinson, 24 Dec 1855; citing p. 58, volume 1, , Prince Edward Island, Public Archives, Charlottetown; FHL microfilm 1,487,768.
- "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVN7-W47 : 2 March 2021), Joseph C. Wilkinson in household of John Wilkinson, Lot 3, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing John Wilkinson, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
- "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2LM-RVQ : 1 February 2020), Joseph C. Wilkinson, 1896.
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Jane Dyment
Wilkinson-1854 and Wilkinson-5790 appear to represent the same person because: same date of birth - died after 1912, according to his obit. Checkley seems the more likely middle name
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on Wilkinson-5790 (merged)
by Jane Dyment
Jane Dyment
Died 29 August 1946, RG19/s2/ss6: Death registration books, 1946
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by Jane Dyment
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