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'''Alvah<sup>8</sup> Whitney'''
 
'''Alvah<sup>8</sup> Whitney'''
 
([[Family:Whitney, Zimri (1775-1862)|Zimri<sup>7</sup>]],
 
([[Family:Whitney, Zimri (1775-1862)|Zimri<sup>7</sup>]],
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was born 27 Jun 1808{{ref|1}}, and died 29 Sep 1870, Cambridge, MA, aged 62 years 3 months, drowned.{{ref|2}}
 
was born 27 Jun 1808{{ref|1}}, and died 29 Sep 1870, Cambridge, MA, aged 62 years 3 months, drowned.{{ref|2}}
  
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He married, 26 Apr 1838, '''Caroline Geyer''', daughter of Martin and Eunice (-----) Geyer.  She was born 26 Dec 1811,{{ref|3}} Friendship, ME, and died 8 Jul 1889, Cambridge, MA, aged 77 years 6 months, of cancer.{{ref|4}}
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He married, 26 Apr 1838, Boston, MA, '''Caroline Geyer''',{{ref|3}} daughter of Martin and Eunice (-----) Geyer.  She was born 26 Dec 1811,{{ref|4}} Friendship, ME, and died 8 Jul 1889, Cambridge, MA, aged 77 years 6 months, of cancer.{{ref|5}}
  
 
He was a soap maker.  He resided Boston and Cambridge, MA.
 
He was a soap maker.  He resided Boston and Cambridge, MA.
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| '''Eunice Ann<sup>9</sup> Whitney''', b. 28 Feb 1840, Cambridge, MA; m. 24 Apr 1865, Cambridge, MA, Edward Melville;{{ref|5}} b. 25 Aug 1830; d. 23 Mar 1893; she resided 3 Creighton St., N. Cambridge, MA.  
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| '''Eunice Ann<sup>9</sup> Whitney''', b. 28 Feb 1840, Cambridge, MA; m. 24 Apr 1865, Cambridge, MA, Edward Melvill, b. 25 Aug 1830, son of Manuell Huertes and Margaret (-----) Melville, {{ref|6}} d. 23 Mar 1893; she resided 3 Creighton St., N. Cambridge, MA.   Children:
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:Ch.: Carrie May, b. 24 Oct 1866; d. 29 Aug 1873; Lizzie Searles, b. 5 Sep 1871; m. 15 Jun 1892, Walter Eugene Bowen; lives at 3 Creighton St., No. Cambridge, MA; Isabel Calef, b. 28 Mar 1877; unmarried and resided 3 Creighton St., No. Cambridge, MA.  
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| '''Carrie May Melville''', b. 24 Oct 1866; d. 29 Aug 1873.
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| '''Lizzie Searles Melville''', b. 5 Sep 1871; m. 15 Jun 1892, Walter Eugene Bowen; lives at 3 Creighton St., No. Cambridge, MA.
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| '''Isabel Calef Melville''', b. 28 Mar 1877; unmarried and resided 3 Creighton St., No. Cambridge, MA.
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| '''Emma Frances Whitney''', b. 7 Mar 1850, Cambridge, MA [but no record found]; resided with Eunice; m. 27 Nov 1902, Cambridge, MA, Charles Edwin Gove.{{ref|6}}
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| '''Emma Frances Whitney''', b. 7 Mar 1850, Cambridge, MA;{{ref|7}} resided with Eunice; m. 27 Nov 1902, Cambridge, MA [also recorded at Nahant, MA], Charles Edwin Gove, b. ca. 1839, Lynn, MA, son of Worthen and Emeline (Spencer) Gove.{{ref|8}}
 
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           Eunice A.  "          10 F -                          Mass.
 
           Eunice A.  "          10 F -                          Mass.
 
           Emma F.    "        3/12 F -                            "</p>
 
           Emma F.    "        3/12 F -                            "</p>
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* [[Archive:1855 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Middlesex County#33|1855, Cambridge Ward 3, Middlesex Co., MA]]:
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<p class="Plaintext"> 277  504 Alvah Whitney          47 M - Soap Maker              Mass.
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          Caroline  "          44 F -                          Maine
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          Eunice A.  "          15 F -                          Mass.
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          Emma F.    "            5 F -                            "
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          Dorothy Glasgow        28 F -                          Nova Scotia</p>
 
* [[Archive:1860 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Middlesex County#21|1860, Cambridge Ward 3, Middlesex Co., MA]]:
 
* [[Archive:1860 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Middlesex County#21|1860, Cambridge Ward 3, Middlesex Co., MA]]:
 
<p class="Plaintext"> 313  506 Alva Whitney        52 M - Soapmaker            $200 Mass.
 
<p class="Plaintext"> 313  506 Alva Whitney        52 M - Soapmaker            $200 Mass.
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           Mary    "          40 F -                            "  "
 
           Mary    "          40 F -                            "  "
 
           Wm.      "          19 M - Carpenter                  "  "</p>
 
           Wm.      "          19 M - Carpenter                  "  "</p>
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* 1870, Cambridge Ward 3, Middlesex Co., MA:
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* [[Archive:1865 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Middlesex County#27|1865 State, Cambridge Ward 3, Middlesex Co., MA]]:
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<p class="Plaintext"> 277  529 Alvah Whitney        57 M - Mass.        M Soap Cutter    - - 1 1 -
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408  588 Whitney, Alvah      62 M W Watchman Glass Factory $1000 Mass.          Male citizen over 21
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          Caroline  "          53 F - Mass.        M                - - - - -
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           -----, Caroline    58 F W Keeping House                 Maine
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          Emma      "          15 F - Mass.        S                - - - - -
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           -----, Emma        20 F W Glass Furnisher              Mass.
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          Charles Bieber        45 M - Germany      S Carver          - - 1 1 1</p>
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           Thompson, James    40 M W Glass Cutter                  England        Parents foreign born, Male citizen over 21
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* [[Archive:1870 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Middlesex County#27|1870, Cambridge Ward 3, Middlesex Co., MA]]:
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           Langley, Olive E.  44 F W At Home           $2500   -- New Hampshire
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<p class="Plaintext"> 408  588 Whitney, Alvah      62 M W Watchman Glass Factory $1000 Mass.          Male citizen over 21
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           -----, George L.    18 M W App. Machinist                     "
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           -----, Caroline    58 F W Keeping House               Maine
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           -----, Lawrence T.  13 M W At School                           "        Attended school</p>
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           -----, Emma        20 F W Glass burnisher              Mass.
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           Thompson, James    40 M W Glass cutter                England        Parents foreign born, Male citizen over 21
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           Langley, Olive E.  44 F W At Home         $2500   -- New Hampshire
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           -----, George L.    18 M W App. Machinist                     "
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           -----, Lawrence T.  13 M W At School                         "        Attended school</p>
 
* [[Archive:1880 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Middlesex County#376|1880, Cambridge Ward 3, Middlesex Co., MA]]:
 
* [[Archive:1880 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Middlesex County#376|1880, Cambridge Ward 3, Middlesex Co., MA]]:
 
<p class="Plaintext">Edward MELVILLE        50 Self M M W  CHILI Cook Restaurant  ENG CHILI
 
<p class="Plaintext">Edward MELVILLE        50 Self M M W  CHILI Cook Restaurant  ENG CHILI
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Caroline WHITNEY      68 MotL F W W  ME                      MA  MA
 
Caroline WHITNEY      68 MotL F W W  ME                      MA  MA
 
Emma F. WHITNEY        30 SisL F S W  MA                      N.H. ME</p>
 
Emma F. WHITNEY        30 SisL F S W  MA                      N.H. ME</p>
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* [[Archive:1900 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Middlesex County#33|1900, 3 Hancock Park, Cambridge Ward 2, Middlesex Co., MA]]:
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<p class="Plaintext90">  1  26 Bowen, Walter E.      Head W M Jun 1862 37 mar  7          New Hampshire Connecticut  New Hampshire
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        -----, Lizzie        Wife W F Sep 1871 28 mar  7 4ch 3liv Massachusetts Chile        Massachusetts  At school
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        -----, Louise        Dau  W F Oct 1894  5 sgl            Massachusetts New Hampshire Massachusetts
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        -----, Melville      Dau  W F Oct 1896  3 sgl            Massachusetts New Hampshire Massachusetts
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        -----, Florence      Dau  W F Aug 1898  1 sgl            Massachusetts New Hampshire New Hampshire
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        Melville, Eunice A.  MiL  W F Feb 1840 60 wid    3ch 2liv Massachusetts Massachusetts Maine          House keeper
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        Whitney, Emma        Brdr W F Mar 1850 50 sgl            Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts  Public singer
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        Melville, Isabelle    SiL  W F Mar 1877 23 sgl            Massachusetts Chile        Massachusetts  House servant</p>
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
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* Census records.
  
 
* All data imported from [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, page 469|Frederick Clifton Pierce, ''The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635'', (Chicago: 1895), p. 469]].
 
* All data imported from [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, page 469|Frederick Clifton Pierce, ''The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635'', (Chicago: 1895), p. 469]].
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2.{{note|2}} "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: [http://www.NewEnglandAncestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society], 2004; volume 230, page 111.
 
2.{{note|2}} "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: [http://www.NewEnglandAncestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society], 2004; volume 230, page 111.
  
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3.{{note|3}} "Caroline [Whitney], w. Alvah, [born] ______, 1811, GR 5," according to [[Archive:Lynn, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Lynn Vital Records]].
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3.{{note|3}} [[Archive:Boston, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Boston Vital Records]].
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4.{{note|4}} "Caroline [Whitney], w. Alvah, [born] ______, 1811, GR 5," according to [[Archive:Lynn, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Lynn Vital Records]].
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5.{{note|5}} "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: [http://www.NewEnglandAncestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society], 2004; volume 401, page 74.
  
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4.{{note|4}} "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: [http://www.NewEnglandAncestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society], 2004; volume 401, page 74.
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6.{{note|6}} "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: [http://www.NewEnglandAncestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society], 2004; volume 181, page 51.
  
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5.{{note|5}} "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: [http://www.NewEnglandAncestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society], 2004; volume 181, page 51.
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7.{{note|7}} "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: [http://www.AmericanAncestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society], 2004; volume 43, page 46.
  
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6.{{note|6}} "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: [http://www.NewEnglandAncestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society], 2004; volume 525, page 358.
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8.{{note|8}} "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: [http://www.NewEnglandAncestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society], 2004; volume 525, page 358, volume 524, page 541.
  
 
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Copyright &copy; 2006-2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, [[User:Rlward|Robert L. Ward]] and the [[Whitney Research Group]].
  
 
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Alvah8 Whitney (Zimri7, John6, Zachariah5, John4, Joseph3, John2, John1), son of Zimri7 and Susanna (Sanderson) Whitney, was born 27 Jun 1808[1], and died 29 Sep 1870, Cambridge, MA, aged 62 years 3 months, drowned.[2]

He married, 26 Apr 1838, Boston, MA, Caroline Geyer,[3] daughter of Martin and Eunice (-----) Geyer. She was born 26 Dec 1811,[4] Friendship, ME, and died 8 Jul 1889, Cambridge, MA, aged 77 years 6 months, of cancer.[5]

He was a soap maker. He resided Boston and Cambridge, MA.

Children of Alvah8 and Caroline (Geyer) Whitney:

i. Eunice Ann9 Whitney, b. 28 Feb 1840, Cambridge, MA; m. 24 Apr 1865, Cambridge, MA, Edward Melvill, b. 25 Aug 1830, son of Manuell Huertes and Margaret (-----) Melville, [6] d. 23 Mar 1893; she resided 3 Creighton St., N. Cambridge, MA. Children:
a. Carrie May Melville, b. 24 Oct 1866; d. 29 Aug 1873.
b. Lizzie Searles Melville, b. 5 Sep 1871; m. 15 Jun 1892, Walter Eugene Bowen; lives at 3 Creighton St., No. Cambridge, MA.
c. Isabel Calef Melville, b. 28 Mar 1877; unmarried and resided 3 Creighton St., No. Cambridge, MA.
ii. Emma Frances Whitney, b. 7 Mar 1850, Cambridge, MA;[7] resided with Eunice; m. 27 Nov 1902, Cambridge, MA [also recorded at Nahant, MA], Charles Edwin Gove, b. ca. 1839, Lynn, MA, son of Worthen and Emeline (Spencer) Gove.[8]

Census

1512 1753 Oliver B. Durrell 29 M - Soap Boiler Me. Betsey G. " 23 F - " Oliver B. " 3 M - Mass. 1754 Alvah Whitney 41 M - Soap Boiler N.H. Caroline " 38 F - Me. Eunice A. " 10 F - Mass. Emma F. " 3/12 F - "

277 504 Alvah Whitney 47 M - Soap Maker Mass. Caroline " 44 F - Maine Eunice A. " 15 F - Mass. Emma F. " 5 F - " Dorothy Glasgow 28 F - Nova Scotia

313 506 Alva Whitney 52 M - Soapmaker $200 Mass. Caroline " 48 F - Maine E. Ann " 20 F - Gilder Mass. E. Frances " 10 F - " Charles Beaver 38 M - Carver Germany John H. Cook 40 M - Pedler - $100 New Hamp. Mary " 40 F - " " Wm. " 19 M - Carpenter " "

277 529 Alvah Whitney 57 M - Mass. M Soap Cutter - - 1 1 - Caroline " 53 F - Mass. M - - - - - Emma " 15 F - Mass. S - - - - - Charles Bieber 45 M - Germany S Carver - - 1 1 1

408 588 Whitney, Alvah 62 M W Watchman Glass Factory $1000 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Caroline 58 F W Keeping House Maine -----, Emma 20 F W Glass burnisher Mass. Thompson, James 40 M W Glass cutter England Parents foreign born, Male citizen over 21 Langley, Olive E. 44 F W At Home $2500 -- New Hampshire -----, George L. 18 M W App. Machinist " -----, Lawrence T. 13 M W At School " Attended school

Edward MELVILLE 50 Self M M W CHILI Cook Restaurant ENG CHILI Eunice MELVILLE 40 Wife F M W MA Keeping House N.H. ME Lizzie S. MELVILLE 8 Dau F S W MA Attends School CHILI MA Isabel C. MELVILLE 3 Dau F S W MA CHILI MA Caroline WHITNEY 68 MotL F W W ME MA MA Emma F. WHITNEY 30 SisL F S W MA N.H. ME

1 26 Bowen, Walter E. Head W M Jun 1862 37 mar 7 New Hampshire Connecticut New Hampshire -----, Lizzie Wife W F Sep 1871 28 mar 7 4ch 3liv Massachusetts Chile Massachusetts At school -----, Louise Dau W F Oct 1894 5 sgl Massachusetts New Hampshire Massachusetts -----, Melville Dau W F Oct 1896 3 sgl Massachusetts New Hampshire Massachusetts -----, Florence Dau W F Aug 1898 1 sgl Massachusetts New Hampshire New Hampshire Melville, Eunice A. MiL W F Feb 1840 60 wid 3ch 2liv Massachusetts Massachusetts Maine House keeper Whitney, Emma Brdr W F Mar 1850 50 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Public singer Melville, Isabelle SiL W F Mar 1877 23 sgl Massachusetts Chile Massachusetts House servant

References

  • Census records.

1.^  "Alvah [Whitney], [born] _____, 1808. GR 5," according to Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1905-1906).

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 230, page 111.

3.^  Boston Vital Records.

4.^  "Caroline [Whitney], w. Alvah, [born] ______, 1811, GR 5," according to Lynn Vital Records.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 401, page 74.

6.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 181, page 51.

7.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 43, page 46.

8.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 525, page 358, volume 524, page 541.

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