Family:Whitney, Henry Austin (1826-1889)
Henry Austin8 Whitney (Joseph7, Joseph6, Samuel5, Benjamin4, Thomas3, Thomas2, John1), son of Joseph7 and Elizabeth (Pratt) Whitney, was born Boston, 6 Oct 1826,[1] Boston, MA, and died 21 Feb 1889, Boston, MA.
He married, 3 Mar 1852, Fanny Lawrence. She was born 19 Aug 1828,[2] and died 28 Jan 1883.
A Boston paper published the following obituary: "President H. A. Whitney. Death of a noted financier and railroad operator. Henry A. Whitney, the banker and ex-president of the Boston & Providence railroad, died 21 Feb 1889, at 6 o'clock at his residence, 261 Marlboro street. Mr. Whitney was born in this city in 1826, and after receiving a public school education entered early in life into a course of commercial training. Entering Harvard he was graduated in the class of 1846. He became a banker, and invested his capital in railroad shares. He was a large holder in the Boston & Providence railroad, and succeeded W. W. Woolsey as president of the corporation. Last summer the road was absorbed by the Old Colony system. Mr. Whitney was a very able man." He was a prominent member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and has privately printed the following works: "A Brief Account of the Descendants of John and Eleanor Whitney," 1857; "Incidents in the Life of Samuel Whitney," 1860; "An Account of the First Settlers of Hingham;" he resided Boston, MA.
Henry and Fanny are buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA with their son Hugh.
Children of Henry Austin8 and Fanny (Lawrence) Whitney:
i. Henry Lawrence9 Whitney, b. 27 Oct 1853; d. 23 Oct 1866, accidentally shot. ii. Joseph Cutler Whitney, b. 7 Dec 1856; m. Georgianna Hayward. iii. Ellerton Pratt Whitney, b. 21 Aug 1858; resided Blue Hill, MA. iv. Elizabeth Whitney, b. 23 Mar 1860; m. 1884, Dr. James Jackson Minot; resided 188 Marlboro St., Boston. He was b. 11 Oct 1852, graduated at Harvard college, 1874, A. B.; Harvard college, 1878, M. D.; physician Carney Hospital; physician to out-patients Massachusetts General Hospital. - Ch.: George Richards, b. 2 Dec 1885; James, b. Oct 1891.
v. Constance Whitney, b. 11 May 1865; m. 11 Sep 1890, Franz Edouard Zerrahu; resided Blue Hill, MA. He was born in Boston, 1857; studied architecture at the Boston Institute of Sociology; architect by profession. - Ch.: Constance, b. 21 Jun 1891.
vi. Hugh Whitney, b. 7 Sep 1870, Milton, MA; m. 20 Oct 1897, Beverly, MA, Eleanor Shattuck, daughter of George B. and Amalia (---) Shattuck [3]; d. 23 Oct 1907, Beverly, MA, cause of death: suicide by shooting [4].
Census
66 64 Henry Whiteney 34 M - Merchant $30000 - Mass. Fanny L. " 30 F - " Henry L. " 6 M - " Attended school Joseph C. " 4 M - " Elleston " 2 M - " Elizabeth " 2/12 F - " Wm. Averes 40 M B Servant Virginia Abigal Dennes 50 F - " Mass. Margaret McCulls 40 F - " Ireland Margaret Browne 26 F - " " Jane Barry 35 F - " Novascotia
137 201 Whitney, Henry A. 45 M W Shoe & Leather Dealer (Wh) $50000 $5000 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Fannie 36 F W Keeping House do -----, Joseph C. 12 M W Attending School do Attended school -----, Ellerton P. 10 M W Attending School do Attended school -----, Bessie 8 F W Attending School do Attended school -----, Constance 5 F W At Home do Dennis, Abigail 66 F W House Keeper do Sawin, Frances 25 F W Seamstress Mass. Harris, Ada 48 F B Domestic Servant do Buck, Sarah 45 F B Domestic Servant do Illiterate Brown, William 35 M B Domestic Servant do Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah 30 F B Domestic Servant do Edwards, James 25 M M Domestic Servant do Male citizen over 21
Henry A. WHITNEY 60 Self M M W MA Pres. B & Rov. R.R. MA MA Fannie L. WHITNEY 58 Wife F M W MA Keeping House MA MA Joseph C. WHITNEY 30 Son M S W MA MA MA Ellerton P. WHITNEY 24 Son M S W MA MA MA Bessie WHITNEY 19 Dau F S W MA MA MA Constance WHITNEY 15 Dau F S W MA MA MA Hugh WHITNEY 11 Son M S W MA MA MA Daniel A. MURRAY 40 Oth M M W IRE Domestic Serv. IRE IRE Ellen MURRAY 28 Oth F M W MA Domestic Serv. IRE IRE
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. 534.
1.^ "Henry Austin [Whitney], [born] Oct. 6, 1826. G.R.3," according to Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1914-1915).
2.^ "Fanny Lawrence [_____] [Whitney], w. of Henry Austin, [born] Aug. 19, 1828. G.R.3," according to Cambridge Vital Records.
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 469, page 323.
4.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 1907/5, page 242.
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