Family:Whitney, Frank H. (1852-1887)

Frank H.⁹ Whitney (George Freeman⁸, Freeman⁷, Enoch⁶, Moses⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of George Freeman⁸ and Mary A. (Bailey) Whitney, was born 30 May 1852, Harrison, ME or 30 May 1853, Hallowell, ME,^[1] and died 11 Mar 1887, Harrison, ME, aged 34 years 9 months.^[2] He is buried in the Harrison Village Cemetery.

aged 34 years 9 months, d. 11 Mar 1889.

He married, 31 July 1873, Hallowell, ME,^[3] or 30 Jul 1873, Worcester, MA, Almeda F. Cutter, of Westbrook, ME, daughter of Abial and Louisa (-----) Cutter.^[4] She was born about 1853, Westbrook, ME.

He resided Harrison, ME, and Worcester, MA. He was a wire drawer.

Children of Frank H.⁹ and Almeda F. (Cutter) Whitney:

i.	Anna Louisa10 Whitney, b. 17 Oct 1874, Hallowell, ME;[5] m. 10 or 17 Oct 1894, Lewis F. Briggs, of Harrison, ME.[6] Children: a. Hazel Erdine Briggs, b. 10 Oct 1895. b. Frank Laurence Briggs, b. 29 Oct 1898. c. Myron Whitney Briggs, b. 11 Jul 1905.
ii.	May Evelyn Whitney, b. 9 May 1880, Harrison, ME or 1881, Hallowell, ME,[7] or 9 May 1881, Worcester, MA [given name omitted];[8] m. aft. 1910, W. C. Porter of Dixfield, ME.

Census

• 1880, Worcester, Worcester Co., MA:

Frank H. WHITNEY 28 Self M M W ME Works In Wire Mill ME ME Almeda WHITNEY 27 Wife F M W ME Keeping House ME ME Anna L. WHITNEY 5 Dau F S W ME ME ME Harlan W. CUTTER 19 Oth M S W ME Machinist ME ME Geo. F. WHITNEY 29 Oth M S W ME Works In Wire Mill ME ME

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. 655.

• Moulton, Alphonso, Howard L. Sampson, and Granville Fernald, comps. and eds., Centennial History of Harrison, Maine: Containing The Centennial Celebration of 1905, and Historical and Biographical Matter (Portland: Southworth Printing Company, 1909), pp. 709-710.

1.^  "Frank H. [Whitney], [born] May 30, 1853," according to Hall, Mabel Goodwin, comp., Vital records of Hallowell, Maine, to the year 1892 (Auburn, ME: Maine Historical Society, 1924).

2.^  Harrison, Maine, Vital Records.

3.^  "Frank H. [Whitney], 20, and Almeda F. Cutter, [married] July 31, 1873," according to Hall, Mabel Goodwin, comp., Vital records of Hallowell, Maine, to the year 1892 (Auburn, ME: Maine Historical Society, 1924).

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 255, page 362.

5.^  "Anna L. [Whitney], ch. Frank H. and Almeda F., [born] Oct. 17, 1874," according to Hall, Mabel Goodwin, comp., Vital records of Hallowell, Maine, to the year 1892 (Auburn, ME: Maine Historical Society, 1924).

6.^  Harrison, Maine, Vital Records.

7.^  "May [Whitney], ch. Frank H. and Almeda F., [born] May 9, 1881," according to Hall, Mabel Goodwin, comp., Vital records of Hallowell, Maine, to the year 1892 (Auburn, ME: Maine Historical Society, 1924).

8.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 324, page 402.

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