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Jay Mack Holbrook, Southbridge, Massachusetts, Vital Records to 1850 (Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute, 1981); pp. 285-286.

Births

WHITNEY

Arthur P., s. Reuben P., peddler, Jan. __, 1842. [p. 38]

Maryan, d. Ezra and Lucy, 30 Apr 1819. [p. 248]

Joseph, s. R. P. and Hannah, July __, 1849. [p. 172]

William Stephens, s. Wm. D. and Harriot, 28 Nov 1825. [p. 253]

Marriages

None.

Deaths

WHITNEY

Joseph, s. R. P. and Hannah, 16 Jul 1849, a. 4d. [p. 172]

William, 16 Jul 1827. [p. 271]

_____, s. Wm. D., d. 30 Sep 1830, a. 1y. 6m. [p. 272]

_____, s. Mr. _____, d. 6 Aug 1842, a. 1y., 6m., of dysentery. [p. 276] [NOTE]

_____, Miss, 29 Oct 1843, a. 35y., of consumption. [p. 277] [NOTE]

_____, Mrs., w. Reuben P., 10 Dec 1847, a. 39y., of consumption. [p. 160]

1841-1910

From "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.

Births

Whitney, Alice Flora, birth, 1877, vol. 288, p. 336:

[number] 114; [birthdate] Sept. 8th; [date of record] --; [name] Alice Flora Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] Southbridge; [parents] George C. Whitney, Elizabeth D. White (Richardson); [residence of father] Southbridge; [occupation of father] Spec maker; [birthplace of father] Woonsocket, R.I.; [birthplace of mother] St. George, Me.

Whitney, Arthur P., birth, 1842, vol. 74, p. 214:

[number] 10; [birthdate] Jany. 1842; [date of record] --; [name] Arthur P. Whitney; [sex] Male; [birthplace] Southbridge; [parents] Reuben P. & -----; [residence of father] Southbridge; [occupation of father] Peddler; [birthplace of father] --; [birthplace of mother] --.

Whitney, Cora Mabel, birth, 1880, vol. 315, p. 336:

[number] 71; [birthdate] May 4; [date of record] --; [name] Cora Mabel Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] Southbridge; [parents] Pliney W. & Mary Amanda Whitney; [residence of father] Southbridge; [occupation of father] Spectacle maker; [birthplace of father] --; [birthplace of mother] Southbridge.

Whitney, George Herbert, birth, 1879, vol. 306, p. 323:

[number] 143; [birthdate] Sept. 1; [date of record] --; [name] George Herbert Whitney; [sex] Male; [birthplace] Southbridge; [parents] Geo. C. & Lizzie D. (Richardson); [residence of father] Southbridge; [occupation of father] Spect maker; [birthplace of father] Woonsocket, R.I.; [birthplace of mother] St. George, Me.

Whitney, Henry Algernon, birth, 1856, vol. 98, p. 284:

[number] 9; [birthdate] Feb. 4, 1856; [date of record] --; [name] Henry Algernon Whitney; [sex] Male; [birthplace] Southbridge; [parents] Reuben P. & Hannah W. Whitney; [residence of father] Southbridge; [occupation of father] Pedlar; [birthplace of father] Jamaica, Vt.; [birthplace of mother] Charlton.

Whitney, Martha E., birth, 1850, vol. 65, p. 208:

[number] 18; [birthdate] Nov. 21, 1852; [date of record] --; [name] Martha E. Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] Southbridge; [parents] R. P. & H. W. Whitney; [residence of father] Southbridge; [occupation of father] Pedler; [birthplace of father] --; [birthplace of mother] --.

Whitney, Nellie M., birth, 1875, vol. 270, p. 361:

[number] 144; [birthdate] Aug. 30; [date of record] --; [name] Nellie M. Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] Southbridge; [parents] George C. Whitney, Lizzie D. Richardson; [residence of father] Southbridge; [occupation of father] Mechanic; [birthplace of father] Woonsocket, R.I.; [birthplace of mother] Maine.

Marriages

Whitney, Alice F., marriage, 1899, vol. 490, p. 356:

[number] 25; [marriage date and place] March 30, Southbridge; [date of record] Jany. 1900; [groom] William M. Gale; [residence] Webster; [age] 21; [occupation] Music teacher; [birthplace] Webster; [parents] William T., Augusta A.; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Alice F. Whitney; [residence] Southbridge; [age] 21; [occupation] Spec-maker; [birthplace] Southbridge; [parents] George C., Elizabeth I. D. Richardson; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] C. H. Walters, Pastor, M. Church.

Whitney, Ella M., marriage, 1869, vol. 219, p. 280:

[number] 35; [marriage date and place] June 15th; [date of record] ; [groom] Edgar Dilaber; [residence] Southbridge; [age] 23; [occupation] Weaver; [birthplace] Sturbridge; [parents] Benjamin & Pricilla Dilaber; [number of marriage] Second; [bride] Ella M. Whitney; [residence] Nassau, N.Y.; [age] 17; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Nassau, N.Y.; [parents] Samuel & Jane Whitney; [number of marriage] Second; [officiant] W. A. Beaman, M. E. Clergyman.

Whitney, George Herbert, marriage, 1906, vol. 564, p. 413:

[number] 42; [marriage date and place] June 6, 1906, Southbridge; [date of record] Feb. 1907; [groom] George Herbert Whitney; [residence] Southbridge; [age] 26; [occupation] Optical employee; [birthplace] Southbridge; [parents] George C. Whitney, Elizabeth D. Richardson; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Annie Mae Angell; [residence] Southbridge; [age] 21; [occupation] At home; [birthplace] Southbridge; [parents] Isaac O. Angell, Sarah E. Buckley; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] Arthur W. L. Nelson, Southbridge, Clergyman.

Whitney, Mabel G., marriage, 1889, vol. 399, p. 420:

[number] 19; [marriage date and place] May 16, Milford; [date of record] Jan. 1890; [groom] Maitland P. Foster; [residence] Southbridge; [age] 26; [occupation] Editor; [birthplace] Concord, N.H.; [parents] Henry B., Harriet S. (Dole); [number of marriage] First; [bride] Mabel G. Whitney; [residence] Milford, Ms.; [age] 21; [occupation] At home; [birthplace] Milford, Mass.; [parents] James J., Susan E. Thwing; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] S. A. Gardiner, Pastor, Univ. Ch., Milford.

Whitney, Mary Lomeda, marriage, 1861, vol. 146, p. 205:

[number] 33; [marriage date and place] Oct. 24, 1861, at Sturbridge; [date of record] --; [groom] Joel Allen Chapman; [residence] Southbridge; [age] 23; [occupation] Farmer & painter; [birthplace] Voluntown, Ct.; [parents] Adam C. & Mary, m.n. Tucker; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Mary Lomeda Whitney; [residence] Southbridge; [age] 22; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Westboro, Ms.; [parents] Dexter O. W. & Catherine (dec.); [number of marriage] First; [officiant] S. G. Clapp, Pastor of Cong. Church, Sturbridge.

Whitney, Myra W., marriage, 1899, vol. 490, p. 360:

[number] 93; [marriage date and place] Dec. 7, Worcester; [date of record] --; [groom] George White; [residence] Worcester; [age] 26; [occupation] Mason; [birthplace] Canada; [parents] Joseph, Mary Vassey; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Myra W. Whitney; [residence] Southbridge; [age] 24; [occupation] At home; [birthplace] Woodstock; [parents] George C., Elizabeth Richardson; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] Woodman Bradbury, Baptist Minister, Worcester.

Whitney, Pliney W., marriage, 1875, vol. 273, p. 281:

[number] 43; [marriage date and place] Sept. 2; [date of record] --; [groom] Pliney W. Whitney; [residence] Southbridge; [age] 28; [occupation] Optician; [birthplace] Vermont; [parents] Samuel & Martha Whitney; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Mary A. Horton; [residence] Southbridge; [age] 25; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Sturbridge; [parents] Levi & Laney; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] C. D. Hills, Clergyman.

Whitney, Reuben Parmenter, marriage, 1860, vol. 137, p. 225:

[number] 23; [marriage date and place] June 10, at Holland; [date of record] --; [groom] Reuben Parmenter Whitney; [residence] Southbridge; [age] 54; [occupation] Pedlar; [birthplace] Jamaica, Vt.; [parents] Saml. Whitney dec., Martha W. m.n. Parmenter dec.; [number of marriage] Third; [bride] Mary Lucy Wallis; [residence] Southbridge; [age] 32; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Holland, Ms.; [parents] John W., Lucy W. m.n. Shumway; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] Francis Wood, Congregational Minister.

Deaths

Child, Lucia D. [Whitney], death, 1896, vol. 465, p. 701:

[number] 17; [death date and place] Feby. 9; [date of record] ; [name] Lucia D. Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Widow of Elisha Child; [age] 77 2 15; [cause] Valvular disease of heart; [residence] Southbridge; [occupation] House keeper; [birthplace] Woodstock, Ct.; [parents] Job Whitney, Abigail Buckman; [parents' birthplaces] No. Woodstock, Ct., No. Woodstock, Ct.; [buried] No. Woodstock, Ct.

Whitney, [Female] [-----] [NOTE], death, 1843, vol. 9, p. 154:

[number] 44; [death date and place] Oct. 27, Southbridge; [date of record] Oct. 27; [name] Mrs. Whitney [NOTE]; [sex] Female; [marital status] --; [age] 35 - -; [cause] Consumption; [residence] --; [occupation] --; [birthplace] --; [parents] --; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, [Female] [-----], death, 1847, vol. 33, p. 210:

[number] 23; [death date and place] Dec. 10th, 1847; [date of record] Feb. 21st, 1848; [name] ----- Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Married to Reuben P. Whitney; [age] 39 - -; [cause] Consumption; [residence] --; [occupation] --; [birthplace] --; [parents] --; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, [Male] [NOTE], death, 1842, vol. 3, p. 269:

[number] --; [death date and place] Aug. 6, 1842; [date of record] --; [name] ----- Whitney [NOTE]; [sex] Male; [marital status] --; [age] 1-1/2; [cause] Dysentery; [residence] --; [occupation] --; [birthplace] --; [parents] M. Whitney [NOTE]; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, George Clinton, death, 1907, vol. 1907/91 (death), p. 486:

[number] 159; [death date and place] Sept. 12, 1907, Southbridge; [date of record] Oct. 7, 1907; [name] George Clinton Whitney; [sex] Male; [marital status] Married; [age] 64 2 14; [cause] Enlargement of heart; [residence] Southbridge; [occupation] Optician; [birthplace] Woonsocket, R.I.; [parents] William Whitney, ----- Draper; [parents' birthplaces] Unknown, Unknown; [buried] Oak Ridge Cemetery, Southbridge.

Whitney, George P., death, 1855, vol. 95, p. 154:

[number] 74; [death date and place] Dec. 21, 1855, Southbridge; [date of record] --; [name] George P. Whitney; [sex] Male; [marital status] Single; [age] 22 - -; [cause] Consumption; [residence] --; [occupation] Bootmaker; [birthplace] Leicester; [parents] R. P. & Rebecca A. Whitney; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, Hannah W., death, 1858, vol. 122, p. 160:

[number] 17; [death date and place] May 27, 1858, Southbridge; [date of record] --; [name] Hannah W. Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Wife of Reuben P. Whitney; [age] 40 4 -; [cause] Consumption; [residence] --; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Charlton; [parents] --; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, Herman S., death, 1881, vol. 330, p. 406:

[number] 23; [death date and place] Febry. 21; [date of record] --; [name] Herman S. Whitney; [sex] Male; [marital status] Single; [age] - 1 20; [cause] Debility; [residence] Southbridge; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Southbridge; [parents] Geo. C. & Elizabeth D. (Richardson); [parents' birthplaces] Woonsocket, R.I., St. George, Me.

Whitney, Joseph A., death, 1849, vol. 41, p. 325:

[number] 85; [death date and place] July 16, 1849; [date of record] --; [name] Joseph A. Whitney; [sex] Male; [marital status] Single; [age] --; [cause] --; [residence] --; [occupation] --; [birthplace] --; [parents] R. P. & Hannah Whitney; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, Martha, death, 1853, vol. 77, p. 167:

[number] 40; [death date and place] Oct. 4th, Southbridge; [date of record] --; [name] Martha Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Single; [age] - 10 -; [cause] Teething; [residence] --; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Southbridge; [parents] R. P. & Hannah; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, Mary Lucy [Wallace], death, 1869, vol. 222, p. 300:

[number] 46; [death date and place] Aug. 16, Southbridge; [date of record] --; [name] Mary Lucy Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] [Married]; [age] 41 3 25; [cause] Consumption; [residence] --; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Holland; [parents] John Wallace, Lucy Shumway; [parents' birthplaces] Holland, Sturbridge.

Whitney, Mary [Horton], death, 1910, vol. 1910/94 (death), p. 7:

[number] 33; [death date and place] Mar. 16, 1910, Southbridge; [date of record] Apr. 2, 1910; [name] Mary Whitney, m.n. Mary Horton; [sex] Female; [marital status] Widow of Pliny Whitney; [age] 60 6 -; [cause] pulmonary tuberculosis; [residence] Southbridge; [occupation] Domestic; [birthplace] Southbridge; [parents] Levi Horton, Lanny Durfey; [parents' birthplaces] Rhode Island, United States; [buried] Southbridge, Oak Ridge.

Whitney, Olive, death, 1882, vol. 339, p. 430:

[number] 65; [death date and place] April 23; [date of record] --; [name] Olive Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Single; [age] 73 - -; [cause] Pneumonia; [residence] Southbridge; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Vt.; [parents] Not known; [parents' birthplaces] Not known.

Whitney, Pliny Walker, death, 1906, vol. 1906/81 (death), p. 407:

[number] 14; [death date and place] Jan. 17, 1906, Southbridge; [date of record] Mar. 2, 1906; [name] Pliny Walker Whitney; [sex] Male; [marital status] Married; [age] 58 5 17; [cause] Apoplectic shock; [residence] Southbridge; [occupation] Optician; [birthplace] Unknown; [parents] Samuel B. Whitney, Sophia Walker; [parents' birthplaces] Woodstock, Conn, Unknown; [buried] Southbridge.

Whitney, Reubin P., death, 1871, vol. 240, p. 302:

[number] 108; [death date and place] Oct. 21st; [date of record] --; [name] Reubin P. Whitney; [sex] Male; [marital status] --; [age] 65 6 6; [cause] Consumption; [residence] Southbridge; [occupation] Pedlar; [birthplace] Jamaica, Vt.; [parents] Samuel Whitney, Martha Parmenter; [parents' birthplaces] Jamaica, Vt., Princetown.

Whitney, Sally L. [Litchfield], death, 1879, vol. 312, p. 381:

[number] 32; [death date and place] April 26; [date of record] --; [name] Sally L. Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Married; [age] 72 6 20; [cause] Rheumatism & dropsy; [residence] Southbridge; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Charlton; [parents] Cummings Litchfield & Sally Blanchard; [parents' birthplaces] Scituate, Charlton.

Whitney, Schuyler, death, 1879, vol. 312, p. 381:

[number] 28; [death date and place] April 1; [date of record] --; [name] Schuyler Whitney; [sex] Male; [marital status] Married; [age] 72 6 22; [cause] Heart disease; [residence] Southbridge; [occupation] Physician; [birthplace] Woodstock, Ct.; [parents] James & Clarissa G.; [parents' birthplaces] Woodstock, Ct.

Whitney, Sylvia A., death, 1880, vol. 321, p. 425:

[number] 86; [death date and place] Aug. 30; [date of record] --; [name] Sylvia A. Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] --; [age] 65 8 7; [cause] --; [residence] Dudley; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Ashford, Ct.; [parents] Wm. Walker, Sylvia; [parents' birthplaces] Conn., Dudley.

NOTE: The surname should be Whiting, not Whitney. She m. 15 Jul 1838, Uxbridge, MA, Cyprian⁷ Whiting (Abner⁶, David⁵, Caleb⁴, Josiah³, Samuel², Nathaniel¹).

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