Family:Whitney, Luther Farwell (1819-1876)
Luther Farwell8 Whitney (Richard7, James6, Richard5, Richard4, Richard3, Richard2, John1), son of Richard7 and Sally (Turner) Whitney, was born 8 Nov 1819,[1] Harvard, MA,[2] and died 3 Mar 1876, Boston, MA, aged 56 years 11 months 24 days, of perforation of duodenum and peritonitis.[3]
Marriage intentions were published 15 Sep 1849, Charlestown, MA, for him and Lydia Lorinda Carleton, daughter of William and Lydia (Hunting) Carleton.[4] She was born 12 Mar 1822,[5] Boston, MA, and died 18 May 1894, Dedham, MA, aged 72 years 2 months 6 days, of pneumonia, bur. Watertown, MA.[6]
Child of Luther Farwell8 and Lydia Lorinda (Carleton) Whitney:
i. (son)9 Whitney, stillborn 12 Jul 1851, Charlestown, MA.[7] ii. Sarah Lovina Whitney, b. 1 Dec 1853, Charlestown, MA;[8] m. 2 Sep 1875, Bostpn, MA, Arthur G. Fuller, b. ca. 1847, Charlestown, MA, son of James G. and Harriet (-----) Fuller.{[9]
Census
693 986 Luther F. Whitney 31 M - Painter $8000 Mass. Lydia S. " 21 F - "
64 89 Luther F. Whitney 46 M - Lamp Manufr. Mass. Lydia " 43 F - " 65 90 Sarah L. Whitney 1 F - Mass. Catharine Bonn 17 F - Germany
2346 3194 Luther F. Whitney 41 M - Salesman $8000 $3000 Mass. Lorinda " 36 F - " Sarah " 6 F - " Elizabeth Murray 19 F - Domestic Nova Scotia
697 1161 Luther F. Whitney 45 M W Harvard, Mass. M Gas Fixtures - - 1 1 - Lorenda Whitney 40 F " Charlestown, " " - - - - - Sarah Whitney 11 F " " " S - - - - - Caroline A. Conning 26 F " Parsborough, N.S. " - - - - -
1131 1656 Whitney, Luther F. 55 M W Gas Fixture Manf. Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Matilda 49 F W Keeping house " -----, Sarah 19 F W At home " McKenna, Caroline 27 F W Domestic Servant Nova Scotia Parents foreign born
Arthur G. FULLER 33 Self M M W MA Farmer MA MA Sara L. FULLER 26 Wife F M W MA Keep House MA MA Percy L. FULLER 2 Son M S W MA MA MA Lydia L. WHITNEY 55 Moth F W W MA House Wk. MA MA George W. SWEENEY 26 Oth M M W VA Dom. Servant VA VA Frances I. SWEENEY 24 Oth F M W MD Dom. Servant MD MD Mary F. HOLT 20 Oth F S B MD Dom. Servant MD MD
References
- Census records.
1.^ "Luther Farwell [Whitney], s. of Richard 2d and Sally, [born] Mar. 8, 1819," according to Harvard Vital Records.
2.^ "Luther Farwell [Whitney], [born] Mar. 8, 1819. G.R.3," according to Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1914-1915).
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 285, page 59.
4.^ "Luther F. Whitney of Charlestown, 30, painter, b. Harvard, MA., son of Richard & Sally T., 1st mar., & L. Lorinda Carleton of Charlestown, 27, b. Boston, dau. of William & Lydia, 1st mar., entered Sept. 15, 1849," according to Roger D. Joslyn, F.A.S.G., comp. and ed., Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984). Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 38, page 27.
5.^ "Lorinda Carleton [Whitney], [born] Mar. 12, 1822. G.R.3," according to Cambridge Vital Records.
6.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 446, page 481.
7.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 58, page 48.
8.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 73, page 67.
9.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 273, page 108.
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