View source for Family:Whitney, William Washington (c1849-1920)

'''William Washington Whitney''' (Sewell, Jonathan, Jonathan, Samuel, John, Benjamin, John), was born abt  1849, Kenduskeag or Kirkland, ME, and died 12 11 1920, prob. Oak Harbor, Island Co., Washington.

He is found in census records as Washington W. Whitney, and his grave marker reads Washington Whitney. He was a farmer, being found in census records from 1880 through 1920 in Island Co., Washington. He apparently never married, and died s.p. Throughout these records he is found cohabiting with Martha Jane Annis as brother and sister. No record has yet been found that he had a sister Martha Jane Whitney. Both Washington Whitney and Martha Jane Annis are buried in Maple Leaf Cemetery in Oak Harbor, WA.

Census 1850: Kirkland, Penobsot, ME: 1 year old with family.

Census 1880: Whidby & Camain Island, Island Co., WA; 31, farmer; b. ME; lives with Martha Annis, sister, 37, b. ME, and her two sons Augustus and Wilbert.

Census 1883 Washington State, Island Co.: W.W. Whitney, 39, single; farmer; b. ME. Lives with Mrs. M.J. Annis, 45, single, b. ME; and her son Wilbert. 

Census 1900 Oak Harbor, WA: Whitney, Washington, b. Oct 1846, ME; farmer. Lives with Annis, Martha J., sister, b. Feb 1842, ME; no children, none survive.

Census 1910 Oak Harbor, WA: Whitney, Washington W., 61, b. ME; farmer. Lives with Annis, Martha, Sister; 68, b. ME; 2 children, 2 survive.

1920 Census, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA: Annis, Martha J.; 81, b. ME; widow. Lives with Whitney, Washington W., brother; 75; single; b. ME

From Findagrave.com: 

Washington Whitney

Birth: 	unknown

Death: 	Dec. 11, 1920

Burial:
Maple Leaf Cemetery
Oak Harbor
Island County
Washington, USA

Martha Jane Annis

Birth: 	1832

Death: 	1932

Burial:
Maple Leaf Cemetery
Oak Harbor
Island County
Washington, USA

'''Martha Jane Annis:'''

From "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
Martha Jane Frasier m. Edward H. Annis, 3 Jan 1858, civil in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine

Minnesota Census of 1 May 1875; Anoka, Anoka Co., MN:
Edward Annis, b. ME, 41
Martha Annis, b. ME, 32
Augustus Annis, b. ME, 14
Wilbert Annis, b. MN, 6

From Public Member Tree, Townsend Family, Ancestry.com:
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/26357149/person/2020892890?ssrc=

Edward H. Annis was b. 1833 in Maine. He m. Martha Jane Frasier on 3 Jan 1858 in Bangor, ME 

He and Martha resided in Anoka, MN in 1875.

On 4 June 1879, Edward H. Annis m. Mercy Ellen (Houston) Townsend. She had previously m. Charles H. Townsend, whom she divorced in Oct 1878 in Penobscot Co., ME.


==References==

Census Records

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSln=whitney&GSfn=washington&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=50&GScnty=2967&GScntry=4&GSob=n&CRid=76914&df=all&pt=Maple%20Leaf%20Cemetery&

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=annis&GSiman=1&GScid=76914&GRid=46618412&

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/26357149/person/2020892890?ssrc=


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