Family:Whitney, Charles Oreson (1855-a1920)

Charles Oreson¹⁰ Whitney (James Osgood⁹, Oreson⁸, Luke⁷, William⁶, William⁵, William⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of James Osgood⁹ and Marie (Drury) Whitney, was born 30 May 1855, Baldwinville or Westminster, MA, and died after 1920.

He married, 29 Nov 1874, Hyde Park, MA, Rhoda Ann Perry, daughter of James F. and Jannet (-----) Perry. She was born 4 Jul 1845, Shelburne, NS,^[1] and died after 1920.

He is a carpenter; resided Marblehead, MA.

Children of Charles Oreson¹⁰ and Rhoda Ann (Perry) Whitney:

i.	James Evander11 Whitney, b. 7 Nov 1875, Quincy, MA; m. 24 Jan 1900, Boston, MA, Carrie F. Johnson, b. ca. 1869, Charlestown, MA, dau. of Alfred and Phebe A. (Walker) Johnson.[2] Children: a. Herbert James12 Whitney, b. 20 Jul 1904, Boston, MA.[3]
ii.	Marie Whitney, b. 17 Jun 1877; d. 23 Jun 1877.
iii.	Charles Robert Whitney, b. 4 Apr 1879, NS; m. 13 Oct 1900, Grafton, MA, Anna Eliza Brown, b. ca. 1880, Grafton, MA, dau of James F. and Mary T. (Griffin) Brown.[4] Children: a. Charles James12 Whitney, b. 28 Jan 1901, Somerville, MA.
iv.	Flora Martha Geneva Whitney, b. 18 Aug 1881.

Census

• 1881, Clyde River, Shelburne Co., NS:

43 Charles O. WHITNEY M Male English 26 USA Carpenter Methodist Canada Rhoda WHITNEY M Female English 38 Nova Scotia Methodist Canada James E. WHITNEY S Male English 5 USA Methodist Canada Charles R WHITNEY S Male English 2 Nova Scotia Methodist Canada

• 1900, Boston Ward 4, Suffolk Co., MA.
• 1900, Boston, MA: Jas. E. Whitney, b. Nov 7, 1875.
• 1910, Boston Ward 22, Suffolk Co., MA.
• 1920, Bellingham, Norfolk Co., MA.

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), pp. 661-662.

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 263, page 250.

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 503, page 21.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 499, page 228.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 502, page 279.

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