Family:Whitney, Arthur Sumner (1856-1907)

Arthur Sumner⁹ Whitney (Ephraim⁸, Daniel⁷, Daniel⁶, Daniel⁵, Richard⁴, Richard³, Richard², John¹), son of Ephraim⁸ and Mary (Haskell) Whitney, was born 16 May 1856, Ashburnham, MA,^[1] and died 24 Oct 1907, Chico, CA. He was buried in Chico Cemetery, Chico, CA.^[2]

He married, 17 Apr 1877, Harvard, MA, Alice A. McIntyre, daughter of James E. and Anna D. (-----) McIntyre.^[3] She was born about 1857, Somerville, MA.

He married secondly, 30 Nov 1898, South Acton, MA [recorded Stow, MA], Eliza (-----) Halum/Kalum/Ralum, daughter of Charles and Deborah (Halum) -----.^[4] She was born about 1870, Boston, MA. The identity of her first husband is unknown.

Children of Arthur Sumner⁹ and Alice A. (McIntyre) Whitney:

i.	Edward A.10 Whitney, b. 29 Jan 1878, Boxborough, MA;[5] d. 6 Jul 1880, Ayer, MA, aged 2 years 3 months 16 days, of acute hydrocephalus.[6]
ii.	Ellen G. Whitney, b. ca. 1879, Still River, MA; m. 26 Aug 1896, Falmouth, MA, Oliver S. Fish, b. ca. 1875, Falmouth, MA, son of Cornelius B. and Lucy C. (Pratt) Fish.[7]
iii.	Alice Augusta Whitney, b. 27 Dec 1880, Ayer, MA;[8] m. 29 Aug 1900, Attleborough, MA, Thomas F. Williams, b. ca. 1878, Attleborough, MA, son of Douglass and Abby (Kennedy) Williams.[9]

Census

• 1880, Ayer, Middlesex Co., MA:

Arther WHITNEY 24 Self M M W MA Teamster MA MA Alice WHITNEY 22 Wife F M W MA Keeping House MA MA Edward A. WHITNEY 2 Son M S W MA MA MA Ellen G. WHITNEY 1 Dau F S W MA MA MA

References

• Census records.

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 125, page 145.

2.^  Find A Grave memorial #60170786, Arthur Sumner Whitney.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 291, page 208.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 479, page 367.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 296, page 48.

6.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 320, page 42.

7.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 460, pages 133 and 13.

8.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 314, page 46.

9.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 500, page 139.

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