David Whelpley

1811 - 1897  (86 years)

• Name	David Whelpley
  	Nut and Bolt Maker
  Birth	1811	Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America   [1, 2]
  Census	1851 (40 years)	Grand Manan, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, British North America   [3]
  In the 1851 Canadian Census, he was recorded, age 39, living in Grand Manan, Charlotte County, New Brunswick.
  History	1 Jul 1867 (56 years)	Dominion of Canada established
  Census	1891 (80 years)	Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada   [4]
  In the 1891 Canadian Census, he was recorded, age 79, living in Saint John, Queens County, New Brunswick. He was a nut and bolt maker.
  Death	21 Jul 1897	Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada   [2, 5]
  	Death Record of David Whelpley
  Burial	Aft 21 Jul 1897	Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada Fernhill Cemetery,  Saint John, New Brunswick   [2]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 4 sisters
  + 1. William Whelpley,   b. Oct 1805, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 16 Apr 1873, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 67 years) ▻ Hannah Malone > 2. Thomas Whelpley,   b. Abt 1807, Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America d. 16 Apr 1873, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 66 years) ▻ Mary Thomas,  m. Abt 1840 > 3. David Whelpley,   b. 1811, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 21 Jul 1897, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 86 years) ▻ Jane Thomas,  m. 1850   4. Mary Ann Whelpley,   b. Abt 1811, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 8 Dec1886, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 75 years) > 5. George W. Whelpley,   b. Abt 1814, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada ▻ Rebecca McKee > 6. Hannah Whelpley,   b. 26 Sep 1817, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 31 Mar 1888, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 70 years) ▻ Joseph Ball,  m. 16 May 1840 > 7. Jane Waterbury Whelpley,   b. Abt 1817, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 7 Mar 1891, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 74 years) ▻ Captain Willaim Vaughn,  m. 28 May 1838 > 8. Henry Gilbert Whelpley,   b. 4 Aug 1819, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. May 1902, Grand Manan, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 82 years) ▻ Margaret Scriber;   Sarah Elizabeth Small > 9. Edward Whelpley,   b. Abt 1820, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 1 Aug 1903, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 83 years) ▻ Margaret Wallace > 10. Eliza Isabel Whelpley,   b. 1825, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 21 Dec 1907, Randolph, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 82 years) ▻ Jacob Hughes
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Edward Wakeley,   b. 1510, Lenham, Kent, England d. —, Lenham, Kent, England   (7 x Great Grandfather)  Mary Blakeslee,   b. 1750, Connecticut Colony d. 2 Feb 1823, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 73 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I13640
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	William Whelpley,   b. Abt 1781, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. May 1830, Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Mabel Thomas,   b. Abt 1781, Saint John, Queens County, Colony of Nova Scotia (now New Brunswick), British North America d. 5 May 1866, Mispec, Saint John, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F7656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Jane Thomas,   b. 1824, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 14 May 1903, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1850  [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 39 years - She : ~ 26 years.
  Children	1851 to 1866  [1]
  1. Charles Whelpley 2. Isabel Jane Maude Whelpley(1856–1928) 3. Amanda Whelpley(1862–____) 4. Harriet Louise Whelpley(1863–1927) 5. Amelia Whelpley(1866–____)
  Family ID	F9303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2026

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1David Whelpley(1811 – 1897) 2William Whelpley(Abt 1781 – 1830) 4Darling Whelpley(1738 – 1813) 8Jonathan Whelpley(1698 – 1772) 16Jonathan Whelpley(Abt 1650 – 1713) 17Sarah ______(1670 – 1704) 9Martha Pennoyer(1706 – 1739) 18Thomas Pennoyer(1658 – 1723) 19Linda Knapp(1668 – 1710) 5Abigail Peck(1738 – 1813) 10Jeremiah Peck(1690 – 1765) 20Captain Samuel Peck(1659 – 1746) 21Ruth Ferris(1659 – 1745) 11Mary Johnson(1699 – 31 Aug1779) 22Deacon Samuel Johnson(1670 – 1727) 23Mary Sage(1672 – 1726) 3Mabel Thomas(Abt 1781 – 1866) 6Thomas Cope Thomas(1747 – 1831) 12Charles Thomas(1722 – 1773) 24Daniel Thomas(1676 – 1760) 25Eunice Brown(1681 – 1738) 13Lydia Augur(1726 – 1803) 26John Augur(1686 – 1726) 27Elizabeth Bradley(1686 – 1780) 7Mary Blakeslee(1750 – 1823) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1811 - Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America Census - 1851 - Grand Manan, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, British North America Census - 1891 - Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada Death - 21 Jul 1897 - Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada Burial - Aft 21 Jul 1897 - Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 235385021 David Whelpley . [S147] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Year: 1851; Census Place: Grand Manan, Charlotte County, New Brunswick; Schedule: I; Roll: C_994; Page: 8; Line: 19. [S212] Library and Archives Canada, 1891 Census of Canada , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008), Year: 1891; Census Place: Wellington Ward, Saint John City, New Brunswick, Canada; Roll: T-6304; Family No: 17. [S2043] Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada, Deaths, 1888-1938, ( Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017), Death Record of David Whelpley.