Family:Whitney, Alvah (1808-1871)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchAlvah8 Whitney (Zimri7, John6, Zachariah5, John4, Joseph3, John2, John1), son of Zimri7 and Susanna (Sanderson) Whitney, was born 27 Jun 1808, and died 29 Sep 1871, Cambridge, MA.
He married, 26 Apr 1838, Caroline Geyer. She was born 26 Dec 1811, and died 8 Jul 1889.
He was a soap maker. He resided Boston and Cambridge, MA.
Children of Alvah8 and Caroline (Geyer) Whitney:
i. Emma F.9 Whitney, b. 7 Mar 1850; unmarried; resided with Eunice. ii. Eunice A. Whitney, b. 28 Feb 1840; m. 24 Apr 1865, Edward Melville; b. 25 Aug 1830; d. 23 Mar 1893; she resided 3 Creighton St., N. Cambridge, MA. - Ch.: Carrie May, b. 24 Oct 1866; d. 29 Aug 1873; Lizzie Searles, b. 5 Sep 1871; m. 15 Jun 1892, Walter Eugene Bowen; lives at 3 Creighton St., No. Cambridge, MA; Isabel Calef, b. 28 Mar 1877; unmarried and resided 3 Creighton St., No. Cambridge, MA.
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. 469.
1.^ "Alvah [Whitney], [born] _____, 1808. GR 5," according to Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1905-1906).
2.^ "Caroline [Whitney], w. Alvah, [born] ______, 1811, GR 5," according to Lynn Vital Records.
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