John William Washington Nason
John William Washington Nason
b ca 1847
3 August 1871 Monkstown, Dublin
d 1876 Dublin
Children
No name girl 1872-1872
Ethel F. Maude 1873-?
Kate Evelyn 1875-1933
Documentation
Marriage certificate
Kate’s birth certificate
Secrets of the 43 Club by Kate Meyrick
John
origins
Hebrew meaning ‘favoured of God’. An all-time favourite name. In his case he was probably named after his paternal grandfather.
variations
Jon, Jonathan, Johan, Jean
abbreviations
Johnny, Johnno, Jack
William
origins
An extremely common name in the 19th century. It is apparently Teutonic in origin meaning will and resolve, but was taken to England by the Normans as Guillaume. His father was called William.
variations
Guillaume, Gwilym, Wilhelm
abbreviations
Bill, Will, Wills is a current version.
Washington
origins
Washington is simultaneously a place name and a surname. It comes form the old English meaning the place or farm of the folk of Wasa. It appears here and there in the Nason family, so presumable somewhere in the family tree, somebody married a Washington.
abbreviations
Wash
No this is not a photograph of John William Washington Nason, it is an unnamed portrait of a young man ca1870, but I think it is probably pretty representative of a type, so I hope this young man’s descendants will forgive me for its use. Not much is known about John William Washington and initially in my researches I became mightily confused because there is yet another John William Washington Nason (in Cork) having children at the same time as our John. Was it the same person I wondered, with two families in two different places? Surely there can’t be two people with such a distinctive name. But indeed there were - and I think they were cousins of some kind.
Our John William Washington’s life was short. He was only 29 when he died and details are in short supply, but I will do what I can with what I have.
