Family:Whitney, Louis (1812-a1857)

Louis⁷ Whitney (Lemuel⁶, Lemuel⁵, Lemuel⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Lemuel⁶ and Dorcas (Gates) Whitney, was born 8 Jun 1812, Grafton, VT, and died after 23 Oct 1857.

He "Lewis" married, 24 Sep 1844, Boston, MA, Louisa W. Parmenter,^[1] daughter of Jonas and Marcy (Rogers) Parmenter. She was born about 1812, Holden, MA, and died 23 Oct 1857, Boston, MA, aged 36 years, of dysentery.^[2]

i.	Ann L. Whitney, b. ca. 1846, MA.
ii.	Mary Adeline Whitney, b. ca. 24 Aug 1846, Boston, MA; d. 30 Jan 1848, Lawrence, MA, aged 1 year 5 months, 6 days, of convulsions.[3]
iii.	Charles A. Whitney, b. ca. 1848, MA.

Census

• 1850, Lawrence, Essex Co., MA:

766 1007 Louis Whitney 37 M - [Resmentor?] Vt. Louisa W. " 26 F - Mass. Ann L. " 4 F - " Charles A. " 2 M - Mass.

• 1855, Boston Ward 6, Suffolk Co., MA:

1224 1977 Lewis Whitney 35 M - Laborer Vermont Louisa W. " 33 F - Mass. Ann L. " 10 F - " Charles A. " 8 M - "

• 1860: not found.

References

1.^  Boston, Massachusetts, Vital Records.

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 113, page 74.

3.^  "Mary A[deline, G.R.1] [Whitney] b. Boston, d. Lewis and L. W., convulsions, [died] Jan. 30, 1848 a. 1y. 5m. 6d.," according to Vital Records of Lawrence, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1926), p. 125.

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