Family:Whitney, Ellis (1851-a1892)

Ellis⁸ Whitney (Jeremiah⁷, Jeremiah⁶, Jeremiah⁵, Jeremiah⁴, Nathan³, John², Henry¹), son of Jeremiah⁷ and Sarah (Goodwin) Whitney, was born 13 May 1851, Middlebury, PA, and died after 1892.

He married firstly, before 1878, Della/Delilah Shellman, daughter of Jerry and Elisabeth (-----) Shellman. She was born about 1860, and died after 1910. They must have been divorced, since both remarried. She married secondly, about 1885, John Nusom.

He married secondly, about 1880, Lillia -----. She was born about 1867, and died after 1892.

Children of Ellis⁸ and Della (Shellman) Whitney:

i.

Alfred Laverne9 Whitney, b. 27 Apr 1878, PA; d. aft. 1940; m.(1) ca. 1895, Cora A. Hunt, b. 25 May 1877, Brookfield, PA, dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Lewis) Hunt; divorced 1 Aug 1921, Wellsboro, PA; m.(2) ----- -----; m.(3) 21 Aug 1928, Livingston Co., NY, Cora A. (Hunt) Whitney, b. 25 May 1877, Brookfield, PA, dau. of Hiram Benjamin and Mary Ann (Lewis) Hunt.[1]

Children of Ellis⁸ and Lillia (-----) Whitney:

Children:

ii.	Benjamin9 Whitney, b. ca. 1880.
iii.	Giles Whitney, b. ca. 1882.
iv.	Alice Whitney, b. ca. 1886.

Census

• 1880, Jasper, Steuben Co., NY:

Judson WHITNEY 26 Self M M W PA Farmer NY PA Ella WHITNEY 23 Wife F M W PA Keeping House PA PA Bertha M. WHITNEY 3 Dau F S W PA PA PA William WHITNEY 6M Son M S W NY PA PA James WHITNEY 27 Cous M S W PA Farm Laborer NY PA Ellis WHITNEY 29 Bro M S W PA Farm Laborer NY PA

• 1880, Chatham, Tioga Co., PA:

Jerry SHELMAN 48 Self M M W NY Farmer NY NY Elisabeth SHELMAN 40 Wife F M W PA K. House NY NY Delilah SHELMAN 28 Dau F M W PA At Home NY PA May SHELMAN 14 Dau F S W PA At Home NY PA Nelson SHELLMAN 12 Son M S W PA At Home NY PA Eliza SHELLMAN 9 Dau F S W PA At Home NY PA Alfred WHITNEY 2 GSon M S W PA At Home PA PA John W. SHELLMAN 18 Son M S W PA At Home PA PA

• 1892 State, Greenwood, Steuben Co., NY, p. one:

Ellis Whitney M 42 - U.S. - Laborer Lillia Whitney F 25 - " - Benjamin Whitney M 10 - " - Giles Whitney M 8 - " - Alice Whitney F 4 - " -

References

• Census records.

1.^  New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936, at FamilySearch.org.

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