Family:Whitney, George Hilliard (1853-1939)
George Hilliard9 Whitney (George Reddington8, Simon7, Simon6, Timothy5, Jonas4, Moses3, Richard2, John1), son of George Reddington8 and Pauline Brown (Hilliard) Whitney, was born 4 Jul 1853, Haverhill or Provincetown, MA, and died 24 Feb 1939, Downers Grove, IL, aged 86 years.[1] He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Downers Grove, IL.
He married firstly, 24 Jun 1873, North Bridgewater, MA, Winifred W. Dunbar, daughter of Eliphalet Thayer and Lucinda Cobb (Snow) Dunbar.[2] She was born 27 Jul 1854, Easton, MA. Apparently they were divorced, because she married secondly, 28 Jan 1883, Brockton, MA, Charles W. Fuller, b. ca. 1855, Braintree, MA, son of Waldo A. and Sarah A. (-----) Fuller.[3]
He married secondly, Mary J. Gilman, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Southworth) Gilman. She was born 8 Nov 1824, MA, and died 4 Dec 1912, Brockton, MA. Apparently they, too, were divorced.
He married thirdly, Sep 1889, Adeline May Ellis. She was born Aug 1871, and died after 1939. He resided Chicago, IL, and, at death, 4811 Highland Ave., Downers Grove, IL.
Children of George Hilliard9 and Winifred (Dunbar) Whitney:
i. Ernest Eliphalet10 Whitney, b. ca. 1875, MA; m.(1) 14 Feb 1893, North Easton (recorded in Brockton), MA, Sina/Lina Loretta Holmes, b. ca. 1877, Mansfield, MA, dau. of John B. and Florence N. (George) Holmes;[4] divorced; m.(2) Antoinette V. Heller, b. Freeport, IL. In 1909 he was a salesman living at 72 Hamilton St., Boston, MA. Sina m.(2) 5 Nov 1904, Easton, MA, Edward Earl Staples, b. ca. 1882, Brockton, MA, son of George E. and Sarah E. (Rounds) Staples.[5] Children by Sina:
a. Irvena May11 Whitney, b. 9 May 1893, Brockton, MA (and Ervina May, b. 8 May, Easton, MA).[6]
Children by Antoinette:
a. Waldo Dunbar11 Whitney, b. 8 Feb 1898, Brockton, MA,[7] or Riverside, CA; d. 23 Aug 1906, Falmouth, MA (recorded at Brockton, MA), aged 8 years 6 months 15 days, of progressive anaemia.[8] b. Lucille Whitney, b. 22 Oct 1899, Brockton, MA.[9] c. Marion Whitney, b. 19 Nov 1902, Brockton, MA;[10] d. 3 Dec 1902, Brockton, MA, aged 14 days, of convulsions.[11] d. Eleanor Whitney, b. 9 Jun 1904, Brockton, MA.[12] e. Geralding May Whitney, b. 21 Apr 1909, Boston, MA.[13]
ii. (daughter) Whitney, b. 29 Dec 1875, Brockton, MA;[14] not in family in 1880.
Children of George Hilliard9 and Addie May (Ellis) Whitney (incomplete):
ii. Fannie Pauline10 Whitney, b. 25 Apr 1892.
Census
Geo. R. WHITNEY 51 Self M M W MA Keeps Music Store MA MA Pauline B. WHITNEY 47 Wife F M W MA Keeping House MA MA George H. WHITNEY 23 Son M S W MA Clk. In Music Store MA MA Charles B. WHITNEY 19 Son M S W MA Cracker Dealer MA MA Fred H. WHITNEY 17 Son M S W MA MA MA Lena L. WHITNEY 14 Dau F S W MA At School MA MA Addie May WHITNEY 4 Dau F S W MA MA MA
Lucinda DUNBAR 48 Self F M W ME Keeping House MA MA Mary J. BILLINGS 27 Dau F M W MA In Shoe Shop MA ME Winnie WHITNEY 23 Dau F M W MA In Shoe Shop MA ME Elliot C. DUNBAR 16 Son M S W MA Needle Maker MA ME Earnest WHITNEY 5 GSon M S W MA MA MA
- 1900, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA: Geo. H. Whitney, wife Mary E.
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. 626.
1.^ Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, from Ancestry.com.
2.^ Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915, at FamilySearch.org.
3.^ Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915, at FamilySearch.org. Also "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 344, page 350.
4.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 434, page 531, and volume 433, page 135.
5.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 548, page 165, and volume 546, page 159.
6.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 431, page 590, and volume 430, page 156.
7.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 476, page 626.
8.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 1906/23 (death), page 265, and volume 1906/39 (death), page 193.
9.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 486, page 143.
10.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 522, page 147.
11.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 530, page 175.
12.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 544, page 146.
13.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 585, page 89.
14.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 269, page 317.
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