Family:Whitney, Aaron Ferdinand (1854-1922)
Aaron Ferdinand9 Whitney (Jason8, Ohio7, Silas6, Samuel5, William4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of Jason8 and Susan Elvira (Barrett) Whitney, was born 29 Aug 1854, Ashburnham, MA, and died 13 Apr 1922, New Ipswich, NH.
He, of Westminster, married, 18 Jun 1876, Greenwich, MA, or Westminster, MA, Almira/Elmira Sophia Gleason, of Greenwich, daughter of James or Henry and Charlotte (King) Gleason.[1] She was born 22 Sep 1859, East Brookfield, MA, or Greenwich, MA, and died 1934.
Whitney, Ferdinand A., marriage, 1876, vol. 282, p. 273:
- [number] 7; [marriage date and place] June 18; [date of record] --; [groom] Fredinand A. Whitney; [residence] Westminster; [age] 22; [occupation] Farmer; [birthplace] Ashburnham; [parents] Jason & Susan; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Elmira S. Gleason; [residence] Greenwich; [age] 17; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Greenwich; [parents] Henry & Charlotte; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] E. P. Blodgett, Pastor, Greenwich.
He was a farmer, and resided Fitchburg, MA.
Children of Aaron Ferdinand9 and Almira/Elmira Sophia (Gleason) Whitney:
i. Agnes Maria10 Whitney, b. 28 May 1878 [sic], Westminster, MA;[2] d. 14 Jul 1963, Los Angeles, CA; age 20, m. 12 Nov 1896, Chelsea, VT, Herman James Bugbee. ii. Jason Franklin Whitney, b. 3 Sep 1878 [sic], Westminster, MA;[3] d. 1955, Evanston, IL; m.(1) 24 Nov `1898, Boston, MA, Mabel F. Davis, b. ca. 1879, Boston, MA, dau. of Forrest and Sarah A. (Taylor) Davis;[4] m.(2) June B. -----. Children: a. Earle Franklin11 Whitney, b. 29 Apr 1902, Boston, MA.[5]
iii. Walter Ferdinand Whitney, b. 10 May 1880, Westminster, MA;[6] d. 1962, Nashua, NH; m. 14 Jun 1900, Somerville, MA, Lillian Isabella Cameron, b. ca. 1879, NS, dau. of William G. and Sarah E. (Logan) Cameron.[7] He was a grocery and provision dealer, living at 30 Campbell Park, Somerville, MA. Children: iv. Bertha Luella Whitney, b. 22 Oct 1882, Westminster, MA;[10] d. FL; m.(1) 17 Sep 1901, Fitchburg, MA, Herbert R. Hackett, b. ca. 1879, Tunbridge, VT, son of Russell and Emily (Colby) Hackett;[11] m.(2) 23 Aug 1910, Ashby, MA, Fred Humphry Harris, b. ca. 1889, Ashburnham, MA, son of Charles F. and Aletia R. (Wilder) Harris;[12] m.(3) Ralph Currant. v. Lura Eleanor Whitney, b. 1 Jun 1884, Fitchburg, MA [given name omitted], or "Ellinor", Lunenburg, MA;[13] d. 1976, Jersey City, NJ; m.(1) 6 Jul 1906, Fitchburg, MA, Vernon Wiswell Smith, b. 27 Oct 1880, Cambrdige, MA, son of Herbert V. and Elizabeth R. (Wiswell) Smith;[14] m.(2) John Hunt. vi. Frances Ella Whitney, b. 19 Jan 1886, Lunenburg, MA;[15] m. 31 Aug 1908, Fitchburg, MA, Walter Henry Davies, b. ca. 1886, Shirley, MA, son of Joseph A. and Jennie E. (Brewell) Davies.[16] vii. Maude Almira Whitney, b. 15 Dec 1888, Fitchburg, MA [given name omitted],[17] and 13 Dec 1887, Lunenburg, MA;[18] d. 9 Feb 1993, West Boylston, MA; m. 4 or 14 Feb 1906, Ashby, MA or 14 Feb 1906, Fitchburg, MA, Carl Leon Ingerson, b. ca. 1885, Mason, NH, son of Frank N. and Flora E. (Hodgman) Ingerson.[19] viii. Jennie Elizabeth Whitney, b. 26 Mar 1890, Lunenburg, MA;[20] m. 25 Feb 1909, Townsend, MA, Jesse Lane Cutting, b. ca. 1872, Ashby, MA, son of John W. and Susan (Kenneston) Cutting.[21] ix. Ruth Edna Whitney, b. 30 May 1892, Fitchburg or Lunenburg, MA;[22] d. 30 Oct 1980, East Longmeadow, MA; m. 5 Jan 1910, Ashby, MA, Frederic Leonard Mansfield, b. ca. 1888, New Ipswich, MA, son of Frank L. and Louisa R. (Foskett) Mansfield.[23] x. Arthur James Whitney, b. 16 Aug 1894, Vershire VT;[24] d. 1949, NY; m. Flora B. -----. xi. Margery Inez Whitney, b. 7 Dec 1897, Lunenburg, MA;[25] d. Jul 1987, Milford, NH; m. Willis Mansfield. xii. Bernice Lyle Whitney, b. 17 Oct 1902, Fitchburg, MA;[26] d. 1994, Ashby, MA; prob. m. before 1920, James A. Curran.
Census
336 388 Whitney, A. Ferdinand W M 25 mar Farmer Mass. Mass. Mass. -----, Almira S. W F 20 Wife mar Keeping house Mass. Mass. Mass. -----, Agnes M. W F 3 Dau sgl Mass. Mass. Mass. -----, J. Frank W M 1 Son sgl Mass. Mass. Mass. -----, Walter F. W M 1/12 Son sgl Mass. Mass. Mass. Born May
- 1900, 37 Newton Place, Fitchburg Ward 2, Worcester Co., MA, p. 3452/8B:
105 149 Whitney, Aaron F. Head W M Aug 1854 45 mar24 MA MA MA Teamster Rents house -----, Almira S. Wife W F Sep 1858 41 mar24 11ch 11liv MA MA MA -----, Bertha L. Dau W F Oct 1882 17 sgl MA MA MA -----, Lura E. Dau W F Jun 1883 16 sgl MA MA MA At school -----, Francis E. Dau W F Jan 1886 14 sgl MA MA MA At school -----, Maude A. Dau W F Dec 1887 12 sgl MA MA MA At school -----, Jennie E. Dau W F Mar 1890 10 sgl MA MA MA At school -----, Ruth E. Dau W F May 1892 8 sgl MA MA MA At school -----, Arthur J. Son W M Aug 1894 4 sgl MA MA MA -----, Margery I. Dau W F Dec 1897 2 sgl MA MA MA
- 1910, Ashby, Middlesex Co., MA
- 1920, Ashby, Middlesex Co., 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 281, page 12, and volume 282, page 273. Also "Ferdinand [Whitney], son of Isaac and Susan Whitney, aged 22, b. in Ashburnham, and Elmira S. Gleason, aged 17, b. in Greenwich, m[arried] 18 Jun 1876," according to Vital Records of Greenwich, Massachusetts, as extracted in the L.D.S. International Genealogical Index.
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