Family:Whitney, Charles Abijah (1855-1909)

Charles Abijah⁹ Whitney (Samuel Butterick⁸, Abijah⁷, Abijah⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, Joseph³, John², John¹), son of Samuel Butterick⁸ and Mary Watson (Crehore) Whitney, was born 15 Aug 1855, Waltham, MA,^[1] and died 28 Jul 1909, Waltham, MA, aged 54 years, of cerebral hemorrhage.^[2]

He married, 13 Nov 1881, Waltham, MA, Leila Porter, daughter of Fred K. and Eliza C. (-----) Porter.^[3] She was born about 1856, Waltham, MA.

He resided Waltham, MA. He was a wood turner and draftsman.

Children of Charles Abijah⁹ and Leila (Porter) Whitney:

i.	Elsie Chehore10 Whitney, b. 5 Mar 1883, Waltham, MA;[4] "Elise" m. 19 Sep 1910, Waltham, MA, Hugo Bruno Seikel, b. ca. 1881, New Haven, CT, son of George C. and Minnie A. (Fleurin) Seikel.[5]
ii.	Thomas Lawrence Whitney, b. 13 Oct 1885, Waltham, MA;[6] d. 5 Oct 1906, Waltham Hospital, Waltham, MA, aged 21 years, of Bright's disease;[7] He was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, MA.
ii.	Charles Abijah Whitney, b. 11 Jan 1899 [twin], Waltham, MA;[8] d. 28 Jan 1900, Waltham, MA, aged 1 year 18 days, of acute pulmonary edema.[9]
ii.	Samuel Butterick Whitney, b. 11 Jan 1899 [twin], Waltham, MA;[10] d. 19 Sep 1899, Waltham, MA, aged 8 months 8 days, of meningitis (vaselar) and enterocolitis.[11]

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. 618.

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 91, page 169.

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 1909/97 (death), page 432.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 326, page 248.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 341, page 240.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 595, page 751.

6.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 359, page 268.

7.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 1906/89 (death), page 291.

8.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 485, page 637.

9.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 505, page 734.

10.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 485, page 637.

11.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 493, page 661.

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