Family:Whitney, Robie (1818-1893)

Robie⁷ Whitney (Edmund⁶, Isaac⁵, Isaac⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Edmund⁶ and Martha (Meserve) Whitney, was born 16 Feb 1818, Gorham, ME, and died 28 Dec 1893, Manchester, NH.

He married 1 Sep 1844, Lowell, MA, Mary Jane Hall, daughter of Solomon and Jane (Willoughby) Hall.^[1] She was born 28 Dec 1824, and died 7 Oct 1891, Manchester, NH.

Robie and Mary are buried in the North Street Cemetery in Gorham, ME.

Children of Robie⁷ and Mary J. (Hall) Whitney:

i.	Eugene S.8 Whitney, b. 2 Feb 1852, Gorham, ME; m. Helen L. "Nellie" Stearns.
ii.	Adelaide J. Whitney, b. 28 Sep 1855, Gorham, ME; "Miss Addie J." "of Gorham" m. 13 or 14 Jan 1883, North Berwick, ME, Albert Merrill "of Manchester, N.H."[2]
iii.	Frank Leslie Whitney, b. 11 Apr 1858, Gorham, ME; d. 10 Jan 1928, Gorham, ME; m. Cora Belle Whitney.
iv.	Kate C. Whitney, b. 17 Feb 1867, Gorham, ME; d. 28 Aug 1886, Manchester, NH. She is buried in the North Street Cemetery, Gorham, ME.

Census

• 1840, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME: Rubie Whitney, 1 male 20-29; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME:

355 375 Edmond Whitney 77 M - Farmer $3000 Maine Martha " 67 F - " Freeman " 40 M - Farmer " Robie " 32 M - " " Marshall " 28 M - " " Ann M. " 12 F - " Attended school Sewel Wescott 17 M - Farmer " Attended school Mary J. " 26 F - N.H. Attended school Lydia A. " 39 F - "

• 1860, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME:

245 259 Reuben Whitney 42 M - Farmer $3600 $1000 Maine Mary G. " 36 F - " Eugene S. " 8 M - " Attended school Jane A. " 6 F - " Attended school Frank L. " 2 F - " 260 Marshal " 38 M - " " Sarah A. Whitney 30 F - Maine Eva L. " 6 F - " Attended school Alston L. " 1 M - "

• 1870, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME:

476 529 Whitney, Robie 52 M W Farmer $6000 $1000 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary J. 46 F W Keeping house New Hampshire -----, Eugene S. 19 M W Farm laborer Maine -----, Adelaide 15 F W Maine Attended school -----, Frank L. 12 M W At school Maine -----, Katy C. 3 F W Maine -----, Merrill 54 M W Farm laborer Maine

• 1880, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME:

Roby WHITNEY 62 Self M M W ME Farmer ME ME Mary J. WHITNEY 56 Wife F M W NH Keeping House NH NH Frank L. WHITNEY 22 Son M S W ME Works On Farm ME NH Kate C. WHITNEY 13 Dau F S W ME At School ME NH Merrel WHITNEY 64 Bro M W W ME Works On Farm ME NH

• 1880, Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., ME:

A.S. HIGGINS 47 Self F W W ME Keeping House ME ME Nellie M. HIGGINS 22 Dau F S W ME At Home ME ME Alphonzo WAGG 30 Oth M M W ME Works In Cotton Mill ME ME Ella WAGG 27 Oth F M W ME Works In Cotton Mill ME ME Marcelles AUSTIN 30 Oth M M W ME Works In Shoe Shop ME ME Fanny AUSTIN 32 Oth F M W ME Works In Cotton Mill ME ME Eugene WHITNEY 27 Oth M M W ME Painter ME ME Augustus BERRY 22 Oth M M W ME Works In Cotton Mill ME ME May BERRY 20 Oth F M W ME Dressmaker ME ME Charles ROLLINS 19 Oth M S W ME Works In Cotton Mill ME ME Clara ROLLINS 23 Oth F S W ME Housekeeper ME ME John KANE 33 Oth M W W MA Hustler MA MA Mary CLOOK 28 Oth F S W ME Works In Cotton Mill ME ME Jeannie YOUNG 38 Oth F S W N.B. CAN Works In Cotton Mill N.B. CAN N.B. CAN Elsie HOYT 28 Oth F S W N.B. CAN Works In Cotton Mill N.B. CAN N.B. CAN Jeanett HODGKINS 23 Oth F S W ME Works In Cotton Mill ME ME Mary BARTER 23 Oth F S W ME Works In Cotton Mill ME ME Jeannie ROBBINS 30 Oth F M W ME Works In Cotton Mill CAN P.E.I. ME Ella RILEY 14 Oth F S W NY Works In Cotton Mill IRE IRE Mary RENY 19 Oth F S W CAN P.I. Works In Cotton Mill CAN CAN (Continued)

• 1880, Manchester, Hillsborough Co., NH:

Eugene S. WHITNEY 28 Self M M W ME Brick Mason ME NH Helen L. WHITNEY 28 Wife F M W NH Keeping House NH NH Bertha C. WHITNEY 2 Dau F S W NH ME NH Fred S. BEAN 24 Oth M S W NH Works Iron Shop NH NH Adda J. WHITNEY 24 Oth F S W ME Works Cotton Mill ME NH

References

1.^  "Robie [Whitney], unm., of L., a. 26y., operative, s. Edmund and Martha, and Mary Jane Hall, unm., of L., a. 20y., operative, d. Solomon and Jane, [married] Sept. 1, 1844," according to Vital Records of Lowell, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1930). "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 13, page 36.

2.^  "Addie J., Miss, of Gorham, and Albert Merrill of Manchester, N.H., 14 January 1883; by F.C. Bradeen of North Berwick, Pastor, 2nd Freewill Baptist Church," according to John Eldridge Frost and Joseph Crook Anderson II, eds., Vital records of Berwick, South Berwick, and North Berwick, Maine to the year 1892 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, c1993).

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