Family:Whitney, Stephen J. (1863-1943)

Stephen J.⁸ Whitney (Stephen Page⁷, Stephen⁶, Alexander⁵, Eleazer⁴, Eleazer³, Thomas², John¹), son of Stephen Page⁷ and Mary Jane (Pollard) Whitney, was born 14 Jul 1863, Newport, NH, and died 5 Dec 1943, Goffstown, NH.

He married firstly, 14 Jul 1883, Antrim, NH, Emma E. Holt, daughter of Samuel and Mary M.⁸ (Whitney) Holt. She was born about 1862, Antrim, NH, and died after 1886.

He married secondly, about 1891 (but recorded 9 Sep 1908, Hillsborough, NH), Carrie Elfrida Chambers, daughter of Joseph and Olive J. (Short) Chambers. She was born Jun 1864, NH, and died 26 Nov 1937, Hillsborough, NH.

He resided Newport, NH.

Children of Stephen J.⁸ and Emma E. (Holt) Whitney:

i.	Gertrude M.9 Whitney, b. 1 Aug 1886.

Children of Stephen J.⁸ and Carrie Elfrida (Chambers) Whitney:

ii.	Mary E.9 Whitney, b. Feb 1893, FL.
iii.	Almira Caroline Whitney, b. 3 Jan 1893, Hillsborough, NH.
iv.	Almira Caroline Whitney, b. 11 Mar 1896, Hillsborough, NH; m. 14 Jul 1912, Hillsborough, NH, James F. Adams.
v.	Harriet S. Whitney, b. Dec 1897, NH.
vi.	(child) Whitney, b. say 1899, NH; d. young.
vii.	Stephenetta Jane Whitney, b. 24 Aug 1900, Hillsborough, NH; m. 28 Apr 1917, Henniker, NH, Frank F. Blanchette.
viii.	Stephen Page Whitney, b. ca. 1903; m. 26 Jun 1927, Hillsborough, NH, Ida Josephine Willis Tuttle, b. ca. 1907.
ix.	John Harry Whitney, b. ca. 1906; m. 20 Jan 1934, Concord, NH, Aurore Vezina, b. ca. 1914.

Notes

There must have been a divorce, because there is recorded the marriage, 18 Nov 1896, Antrim, NH, of Emma E. Holt and Morris H. Wood. She was daughter of Samuel A. and Mary M. (Whitney) Holt, he son of George O. and Ella S. (Weston) Wood.

Census

• 1900, Antrim, Hillsborough Co., NH: Morris Wood, 25, wife Emma E. Wood, 38, and step-daughter Gertrude M. Holt, 14.
• 1900, Hillsborough, Hillsborough Co., NH: Stephen J. Whitney, b. Jul 1863, NH, married 9 years, farmer; wife Carrie E., b. Jan 1864, NH, 4 children, 3 living; Mary E., dau., b. Feb 1893, FL, single; Almira C., b. Mar 1896, NH, single; Harriet S., dau., b. Dec 1897, NH, single; Seth Mellen, boarder, b. Jul 1816, VT, widowed; Harriet Sargent, boarder, b. Jan 1826, NH, widowed.

References

• 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. 540.

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