Family:Whitney, Eliab Latham (1831-1868)
Eliab Latham7 Whitney (Joel6, Micha5, Abel4, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Joel6 and Sally (Dyer) Whitney, was born 6 Jun 1830 or 18 May 1831, Phillips, ME,[1] and died 2 Feb 1868. Eliab is buried in Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul, MN.
He married, 1854, Helen M. Burbanks, daughter of Simeon and Nancy (Wilder) Burbank. She was born 8 Jan 1830, VT, and died 21 Jan 1878, St. Paul, MN.
He resided Saint Paul, MN.
Children of Eliab Latham7 and Helen M. (Burbanks) Whitney:
i. Fred C.8 Whitney, b. ca. 1856, MN. ii. Ada L. Whitney, b. ca. 1859, MN. Ada is buried in Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul, MN.
Census
83 96 Christopher Way 45 M - Tanner $500 N.H. Susan " 51 F - Mass. Frances " 13 F - Me. Attended school George " 10 M - " Attended school Edward " 9 M - " Attended school Albert " 5 M - " Attended school Harriet N. Strout 32 F - " George Reed 32 M - Tanner " George H. Bradbury 29 M - " " Eliab L. Whitney 19 M - Labourer " George Dyer 31 M - Farmer $500 " Charles Sawyer 20 M - Labourer " Albion Chase 22 M - Labourer "
114 100 L. Whitney 29 M - Express messenger $200 Maine H. M. " 28 F - Vermont Fred C. " 4 M - Minn. Ada " 1 F - do
170 178 Burbank, Simon 75 M W At Home $800 Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 Nancy 68 F W Keeping House Vermont Carrie 36 F W At Home New York Whitney, Nellie 39 F W " Vermont Ada 11 F W At School Minnesota Attended school Bertha L. 32 F W " New York Carrie 11 F W " Minnesota Attended school Lina 4 F W " Upham, Henry P. 33 M W Banker $10000 Massachusetts Gertrude 25 F W At Home New York Kamball, Lizzie 18 F W Domestic Svt. Germany Parents foreign born
These are the widows and children of Eliab and brother Andrew.
- 1880, Helen/Nellie and Ada not found.
References
- Census records.
- All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 232.
- Whitney, Kenneth L., The Ancestors and Descendants of Ebenezer Whitney and Dorcas Drury Parlin (Silver Spring, MD: The author, 2003).
1.^ "8 May 1831 Eliab Luthan, s. Joel Whitney and Sally [born]," according to Phillips, Maine, Vital Records.
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