Family:Whitney, Charles Oreson (1855-a1920)

Charles Oreson¹⁰ Whitney (James Osgood⁹, Oreson⁸, Luke⁷, William⁶, William⁵, William⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of James Osgood⁹ and Marie (Drury) Whitney, was born 30 May 1855, Baldwinville or Westminster, MA, and died after 1920.

He married, 29 Nov 1874, Hyde Park, MA, Rhoda Ann Perry, daughter of James F. and Jannet (-----) Perry. She was born 4 Jul 1845, Shelburne, NS,^[1] and died after 1920.

He is a carpenter; resided Marblehead, MA.

Children of Charles Oreson¹⁰ and Rhoda Ann (Perry) Whitney:

i.	James Evander11 Whitney, b. 7 Nov 1875, Quincy, MA;[2] m. 24 Jan 1900, Boston, MA, Carrie F. Johnson, b. ca. 1869, Charlestown, MA, dau. of Alfred and Phebe A. (Walker) Johnson.[3] He was a machinist, res. 37A Rogers Ave., Somerville, MA. Children: a. Everett Walker12 Whitney, b. 19 Jul 1902, Somerville, MA.[4] b. Herbert James Whitney, b. 20 Jul 1904, Boston, MA.[5] c. (daughter) Whitney, stillborn 15 Aug 1909, Medford, MA.[6] d. Mildred Johnson Whitney, stillborn 18 Jan 1910, Medford, MA.[7]
ii.	Marie Whitney, b. 17 Jun 1877; d. 23 Jun 1877.
iii.	Charles Robert Whitney, b. 4 Apr 1879, Shelburne, NS; m. 13 Oct 1900, Grafton, MA [recorded Somerville, MA], Anna Eliza Brown, b. ca. 1880, Grafton, MA, dau of James F. and Mary T. (Griffin) Brown.[8] He res. 129 Glen St., Somerville, MA. Children: a. Charles James12 Whitney, b. 28 Feb 1901, Somerville, MA.[9]
iv.	Flora Martha Geneva Whitney, b. 18 Aug 1881, Canada; m. 15 Jul 1903, Hyde Park, MA, David John Rafter, b. ca. 1879, St. John, NB, son of Benjamin and Mary (Adams) Rafter.[10]

Census

• 1881, Clyde River, Shelburne Co., NS:

43 Charles O. WHITNEY M Male English 26 USA Carpenter Methodist Canada Rhoda WHITNEY M Female English 38 Nova Scotia Methodist Canada James E. WHITNEY S Male English 5 USA Methodist Canada Charles R WHITNEY S Male English 2 Nova Scotia Methodist Canada

• 1900, Boston Ward 4, Suffolk Co., MA.
• 1900, Boston, MA: Jas. E. Whitney, b. Nov 7, 1875.
• 1910, Boston Ward 22, Suffolk Co., MA.
• 1920, Bellingham, Norfolk Co., MA.

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), pp. 661-662.

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 263, page 250.

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 269, page 289.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 503, page 21.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 521, page 599.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 499, page 228.

6.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 1909/66 (death), page 161.

7.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 583, page 585.

8.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 502, page 279, and volume 501, page 579.

9.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 509, page 588.

10.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 538, page 55.

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