Family:Whitney, James Shields (1830-a1880) - Revision history

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 Children of James Shields<sup>8</sup> and Elizabeth Field (Knap) Whitney:
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 == Census ==
-* [[Archive:1870 Census Extracts, Pennsylvania|1870, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA]]:
+* [[Archive:1870 Census Extracts, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County#28|1870, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA]]:
 <p class="Plaintext"> 775  975 Whitney, James        39 M W Car Wheel Manufr. $27000 $6300 New York  Male citizen over 21
            -----, Elizth.        33 F W Keeps House                New York

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 == Census ==
-* 1870, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, p. 135/354:
+* [[Archive:1870 Census Extracts, Pennsylvania|1870, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA]]:
 <p class="Plaintext"> 775  975 Whitney, James        39 M W Car Wheel Manufr. $27000 $6300 New York  Male citizen over 21
            -----, Elizth.        33 F W Keeps House                New York

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	[[Image:WRG Photo 33.jpg\|thumb\|Elizabeth Field (Knapp) Whitney]]		[[Image:WRG Photo 33.jpg\|thumb\|Elizabeth Field (Knapp) Whitney]]

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 [[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John<sup>1</sup>]]),
 son of [[Family:Whitney, Asa (1791-1874)|Asa<sup>7</sup> and Clarinda (Williams) Whitney]],
-was born 2 Dec 1830, Brownville, NY.
+was born 2 Dec 1830, Brownville, NY, and died after 1880.
-He married, 6 Sep 1860, New Berlin, NY, '''Elizabeth Field Knap'''.  She was born 22 Dec 1837.
+He married, 6 Sep 1860, New Berlin, NY, '''Elizabeth Field Knap'''.  She was born 22 Dec 1837, and died after 1880.
 He was born at Brownville, NY, removed thence to Schenecatady in 1831, where his father, Asa, had been appointed assistant superintendent on the Mohawk & Hudson railway (from Albany to Schenectady, now a part of the New York Central).  In 1836 his father went to Smithfield furnace, near Newburgh, NY, to take charge of a furnace, and the family removed thither.  In 1837 they returned and his father resumed his postion on the railroad, where he had been made superintendent in 1832.  In 1839 he removed to Albany, NT, where he remained till 1842, his father being one of the canal commissioners of the state.  He attended the Albany academy there.  In the fall of 1842 he removed to Philadelphia, his father entering into partnership with Mr. M. W. Baldwin, in the Baldwin Locomotive works.  There he attended the public schools, graduating at high school in 1848.  He then went into the car wheel foundry business, which his father and brother George had established in 1847, and became a partner in 1855.  At present he carrying on this business as sole proprietor, under the old name A. Whitney & Sons.  He was married Sept. 6, 1860, at New Berlin, NY, to Miss Elizabeth Field Knap, of that place; removed to Wallingford, PA, twelve and one-half miles out of Philadelphia, in 1892; was a member of the board of public education, Philadephia, from 1873 to 1879, and from 1885 to 1889, when he resigned (both times), otherwise has never held any public office; resided Wallingford, PA; address, 1815 True St., Philadelphia, PA.

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 | '''Emma Seiler Whitney''', b. 7 Apr 1873.
 |}
 == References ==
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 ----
-Copyright &copy; 2006, 2009, [[User:Rlward|Robert L. Ward]] and the [[Whitney Research Group]]
+Copyright &copy; 2006, 2009, 2010, [[User:Rlward|Robert L. Ward]] and the [[Whitney Research Group]]
 [[Category:New York]]

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 [[Family:Whitney, Jonathan (c1634-1703)|Jonathan<sup>2</sup>]],
 [[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John<sup>1</sup>]]),
-son of [[Family:Whitney, Asa (1791-1874)|Asa<sup>7</sup> and Clarinda (Williams) Whitney]];
+son of [[Family:Whitney, Asa (1791-1874)|Asa<sup>7</sup> and Clarinda (Williams) Whitney]],
-born Brownville, New York, 2 Dec 1830; married at New Berlin, New York, 6 Sep 1860, '''Elizabeth Field Knap''', born 22 Dec 1837.
+was born 2 Dec 1830, Brownville, NY.
-He was born at Brownville, New York, removed thence to Schenecatady in 1831, where his father, Asa, had been appointed assistant superintendent on the Mohawk & Hudson railway (from Albany to Schenectady, now a part of the New York Central). In 1836 his father went to Smithfield furnace, near Newburgh, New York, to take charge of a furnace, and the family removed thither. In 1837 they returned and his father resumed his postion on the railroad, where he had been made superintendent in 1832. In 1839 he removed to Albany, New York, where he remained till 1842, his father being one of the canal commissioners of the state. He attended the Albany academy there. In the fall of 1842 he removed to Philadelphia, his father entering into partnership with Mr. M. W. Baldwin, in the Baldwin Locomotive works. There he attended the public schools, graduating at high school in 1848. He then went into the car wheel foundry business, which his father and brother George had established in 1847, and became a partner in 1855. At present he carrying on this business as sole proprietor, under the old name A. Whitney & Sons. He was married Sept. 6, 1860, at New Berlin, New York, to Miss Elizabeth Field Knap, of that place; removed to Wallingford, Pennsylvania, twelve and one-half miles out of Philadelphia, in 1892; was a member of the board of public education, Philadephia, from 1873 to 1879, and from 1885 to 1889, when he resigned (both times), otherwise has never held any public office; resided Wallingford, Pennsylvania; address, 1815 True St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
+He married, 6 Sep 1860, New Berlin, NY, '''Elizabeth Field Knap'''.  She was born 22 Dec 1837.
 Children of James Shields<sup>8</sup> and Elizabeth Field (Knap) Whitney:
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 :{|
 | align=right valign=top | i.
-| [[Family:Whitney, Asa Williams (1861-?)|'''Asa Williams<sup>9</sup> Whitney''']], born 31 May 1861; married Helen F. Stebbins.
+| [[Family:Whitney, Asa Williams (1861-?)|'''Asa Williams<sup>9</sup> Whitney''']], b. 31 May 1861; m. Helen F. Stebbins.
 |-
 | align=right valign=top | ii.
-| '''Anne Knap Whitney''', born 12 Nov 1862.
+| '''Anne Knap Whitney''', b. 12 Nov 1862.
 |-
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-| '''Thomas Brown Whitney''', born 19 Jun 1869.
+| '''Thomas Brown Whitney''', b. 19 Jun 1869.
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-| '''Emma Seiler Whitney''', born 7 Apr 1873.
+| '''Emma Seiler Whitney''', b. 7 Apr 1873.
 |}
-==References==
+== References ==
 * All data imported from [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, page 547|Frederick Clifton Pierce, ''The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635'', (Chicago: 1895), pp. 547-548]].
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-Copyright &copy; 2006, the [[Whitney Research Group]]
+Copyright &copy; 2006, 2009, [[User:Rlward|Robert L. Ward]] and the [[Whitney Research Group]]
 [[Category:New York]]

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 [[Category:Chenango County, New York]]
 [[Category:New Berlin, Chenango County, New York]]
-[[Category:Brownville, New York]]
+[[Category:Jefferson County, New York]]
 [[Category:Orange County, New York]]
 [[Category:Newburgh, Orange County, New York]]

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 [[Category:Albany County, New York]]
 [[Category:Albany, Albany County, New York]]
-[[Category:New Berlin, New York]]
+[[Category:Chenango County, New York]]
 [[Category:Brownville, New York]]
 [[Category:Orange County, New York]]