Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameWharton SANDS, 3C2R
Birth24 Aug 1883, Bradford, Yorkshire
Death14 Jan 1931, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
FatherJoseph SANDS (1856-1915)
MotherMaude Maria CLAYTON (~1856-1927)
Spouses
BirthMay 1879, England, UK
Death5 Jul 1965
Marriage18 Nov 1905, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
ChildrenRaymond Wharton (1907-1985)
 Horace Jack (1908-1999)
 Joshua (1911-)
 Victor Alfred (1917-1999)
Notes for Wharton SANDS
In the 1891 census New Road Side, Horsforth, West Yorkshire
Head Joseph Sands, age 35, assurance agent, employed, born Horsforth
Wife Maude M. Sands, age 35, born Bradford, Yorkshire
Son Wharton Sands, age 7, scholar, born Bradford
Daughter Louisa Sands, age 6, scholar, born Horsforth
William Sands, age 14, dyer’s labourer, born Bradford

UK Postal Service Appointment Books
Appointed March 1901 Wharton Sands, learner at Leeds [Yorkshire]

In the 1901 census 59 Bagby Road, Leeds, Yorkshire
Head Joseph Sands, age 45, [profession not decipherable], born Horsforth, Yorkshire
Wife Maud M. Sands, age 46, born Bradford, Yorkshire
Son Wharton Sands, age 17, born Bradford
Daughter Lillie Sands, age 6, born Scarborough, Yorkshire

Winnipeg, Manitoba marriage index
Wharton Sands and Kate May White, November 18 1905

In the 1906 Canadian census of Manitoba, Saskatcewan and Alberta
Wharton and Kate Sands with a boarder are living at 50 Grove Street in Winnipeg. In this census Wharton lists his year of immigration as 1903.

1911 Census of Canada 321 Simcoe, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Head Wharton Sands, age 28, born August 1883 in England, immigrated 1902, post office clerk
Wife Kate Sands, age 32, born May 1879 in England, immigrated 1905
Son Raymond Sands, age 4, born February 1907 in Manitoba
Son Jack Sands, age 2, born August 1908 in Manitoba
Son Joshua Sands, age 4 months, born February 1911

In the 1916 Canadian census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
Wharton, Kate, Raymond, Jack Wesley [must be Joshua] and Lillian Sands are living at 367 Union, Winnipeg

1921 Census of Canada 57 Martin Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Head Wharton Sands, age 38, born England, immigrated 1902, dispatcher for post office
Wife Kate Sands, age 42, born England
Son Raymond Sands, age 14, born Manitoba
Son Jack Sands, age 12, born Manitoba
Son Joshua Sands, age 10, born Manitoba
Daughter Lillian Sands, age 7, born Manitoba
Son Victor Sands, age 3, born Manitoba

Canada Arriving Passenger Lists
Arrived at Quebec on the Antonia September 9 1928
Wharton Sands, age 44, married, born Bradford England, in Canada before 1903 to 1928 in Winnipeg, occupation postal clerk, destination 57 Martin Avenue Winnipeg, nearest relative from the country you came sister Mrs L. Lee, 3 Cranmer Road Bradford

Findagrave.com
Wharton Sands, born August 24 1883, died January 14 1931, age 46, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Buried Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba Plot 16A-G0251
Spouse Kate May White Sands, born May ? 1879, died July 5 1965
Children Raymond Wharton Sands and Jack Horace Sands

Winnipeg Tribune January 16 1931
Wharton Sands Laid to Rest at Elmwood
Wharton Sands, 46 of 57 Martin ave, Elmwood, for 29 years and employe [as spelled] of the central post office, who dropped dead from a heart attack, Wednesday morning at the corner of Hespeler ave and Beatrice st., was buried today in Elmwood cemetery. The funeral was held at 2:30 p.m. from Bardal’s funeral home, Rev. H. Sherstone, rector of St. Stephen’s Anglican church, East Kildonian, officiated.
Mr. Sands, who was born in Bedford [Bradford], England, came to Eastern Canada in 1898. In 1901 he came to Winnipeg, and had been employed at the central post office since. He had been a member of St. Stephen’s church for 17 years.
He is survived by his widow, one daughter - Lillian, four sons - Raymond, Jack, Josh and Victor; and one sister Mrs. H. [should be L.] Lee, Bedford [probably should be Bradford], England
[He came to Canada in 1902 or 3. Not sure if he came to Eastern Canada in 1898 at the age of 14.]
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