Family:Whitney, William Ellery Channing (1851-a1888)

William Ellery Channing⁸ Whitney (Benjamin Franklin⁷, Cyrus⁶, Isaiah⁵, Isaiah⁴, Isaiah³, Thomas², John¹), son of Benjamin Franklin⁷ and Louisa (Lawrence) Whitney, was born 11 Apr 1851 [Pierce] or 18 Apr 1851, Harvard, MA [given name omitted],^[1] and died after 1888.

He married, 6 Oct 1881, Alma C. Walker. She was born 22 Jan 1854.

He was graduated at the Massachusetts Agricultural college in the class of 1872. Studied architecture in Boston until 1877, when he went to Minneapolis, where he has since resided practicing his profession; resided Minneapolis, MN. Designed the Horace Hills Irvine home on Summit Avenue, in St Paul, Minnesota, which was donated in 1965 for use as the Minnesota governor's residence (plans available at the Minnesota Historical Society).

Children of William Ellery Channing⁸ and Alma C. (Walker) Whitney:

i.	Marion9 Whitney, b. 19 Aug 1882.
ii.	Katherine Whitney, b. 16 Mar 1888.

Census

• 1870, Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA:

Mass. Agg'l College 300 348 Baker, Frederick W. Jr. 17 M W Student Mass. ... Whitney, Frank L. 19 M W Student Maryland ... Whitney, William C. 19 M W Student Mass. ...

• 1880, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN:

Belle C. RAMSEY 45 Self F W W --- --- --- William A. RAMSEY 24 Son M S W OH Book Keeper PA PA Marion S. RAMSEY 19 Dau F S W MO PA PA William C. CALLENDER 21 Oth M S W OH Clerk In Store NH OH William C. WHITNEY 26 Oth M S W MA Architect MA MA Nellie OLEARY 18 Oth F S W MN Servant 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. 544.

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 53, page 163.

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