Family:Whitney, Elias (1849-a1880)
Elias8 Whitney (George7, Jonathan6, Elias5, Elias4, Jonathan3, Benjamin2, John1), son of George7 and Louisa P. C. (Lincoln) Whitney, was born 21 Jan 1849, Milford, MA,[1] and died after 1885.
He married, 11 Sep 1872, Milford, MA, Mary Elizabeth Gleason, daughter of J. Marshal and Mary J. (Boston) Gleason.[2] She was born 21 Feb 1852, Milford, MA, and died after 1885.
The greater part of his life was spent in Milford, MA; moved to Brooklyn, NY, where he now resides, in Apr 1882; received a common school education in the public schools of Milford; graduated from Bryant & Stratton Commercial college in 1866, since which time has been engaged in various mercantile pursuits, and at present a stockholder and closely identified with the E. P. Gleason Manufacturing Company, extensive manufacturers of gas and electric light supplies, 181 to 189 Mercer St., New York City, and 93 to 99 Commercial St., Brooklyn. During the last ten years of his living in Milford he was an active member of the Milford brass band; was made an Odd Fellow in Tisquantum Lodge No 46, Sept 4, 1871, at Milford; joined Milford Lodge No 692, Knights of Honor, in 1878; is a thirty-second degree Mason, and a member of Mecca Temple A.A.O.M.S. of New York City. In Mar 1891, he was the recipient of a valuable past master's jewel from the brethren of Enterprise Lodge No. 228 of Masons of New York City; resided 132 1/2 Noble St., Brooklyn, NY.
Children of Elias8 and Mary Elizabeth (Gleason) Whitney:
i. Charles Wilfred9 Whitney, b. 3 Apr 1881 "Charles Wilson", Milford, MA;[3] d. 4 or 3 Apr 1881, Milford, MA, aged 18 hours, premature.[4] ii. Gladys Louise Whitney, b. 14 Sep 1885.
Census
Elias WHITNEY 31 Self M M W MA Dry Goods Merchant MA MA Mary E. WHITNEY 28 Wife F M W MA MA MA
* 1900, 132 1/2 Noble Street, Brooklyn Ward 17, Kings Co., NY:
2 208 Whitney, Elias Head W M Jan 1850 50 mar 28 Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Superintendent (Glass Store), Owns mortgaged house -----, Mary Wife W F Feb 1853 47 mar 28 2ch 1liv Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine -----, Gladys Dau W F Sep 1885 14 sgl New York Massachusetts Massachusetts At School Gleason, Mary MiL W F Oct 1829 70 wid 3ch 3liv Maine Maine Maine HaKate Srvt W F Aug 1876 23 sgl Ireland Ireland Ireland Servant, Imm. 1896
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. 590.
1.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 36, page 347.
2.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 246, page 281.
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 324, page 313.
4.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 330, page 378.
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