Family:Whitney, Frederick Randall (1818-1879)

Frederick Randall⁷ Whitney (Erastus⁶, Samuel⁵, John⁴, Henry³, John², Henry¹), son of Erastus⁶ and Hannah (Jerome) Whitney, was born 6 Jan 1818, Henderson, NY, and died 7 Oct 1879, Waukesha County, WI.^[1]

He married firstly, 3 Jan 1845, Henderson, NY, Cornelia Vorce, daughter of Alanson and Mary (Sweet) Vorce. She was born about 1824, or 12 Oct 1821, Henderson, NY, and died 31 Jan 1858, IL.^[2]

He married secondly, before 1870, Hannah B. -----, whose mother was of foreign birth. She was born about 1824, New Jersey, and died after 1870.

Phoenix says the following:

". . . a carpenter and joiner; lived at Oconomowoc, Wis., in 1874."

Children of Frederick Randall⁷ and Cornelia (Vorce) Whitney:

i.	Romeo Frederick Whitney, b. ca. 1846, Jefferson Co., NY; served in the war of 1861.
ii.	Juliet Hannah Whitney, b. ca. 1848, Jefferson Co., NY.
iii.	Angelo A. Whitney, b. ca. 1850, Jefferson Co., NY; not in family in 1870.

Frederick Randall⁷ and Hannah B. (-----) Whitney had no children.

Census

• 1850, Henderson, Jefferson Co., NY:

U.S. Census, New York, Jefferson County, Henderson, p. 222 77 80 Randal F. Whitney 32 M - Farmer $800 [N.Y.] Cornelia " 26 F - [N.Y.] Romeo " 4 M - [N.Y.] Hannah J. " 2 F - [N.Y.] Angelo A. " 1/12 M - [N.Y.] Mary E. Force 13 F - [N.Y.]

• 1860, Concord, Jefferson Co., WI:

721 655 Archibald Vorce 51 M - Farmer $800 $124 N.Y. Hannah B. 36 F - Do Charles A. 1 M - Wis. Evelina E. Ingles 9 F - Do Attended school F. R. Whitney 41 M - Farmer N.Y.

• 1855 State, Henderson, Jefferson Co., NY:

175 Whitney, Randall 38 M - - Jefferson 1 - 38 Farmer 1 - - - - 1 - Whitney, Cornelia 31 F - Wife Jefferson 1 - 31 - - - - - - - - Whitney, Romeo 9 M - Chld Jefferson - - 9 - - - - - - - - Whitney, Juliaet 7 F - Chld Jefferson - - 7 - - - - - - - - Whitney, Angelo 5 M - Chld Jefferson - - 5 - - - - - - - - Vorce, Arnold 47 M - Labr Dutchess - - 27 Farmer 1 - - - - - - Vorce, Ann Alida 19 F - SiL Jefferson - - 19 - - - - - - - -

• 1860, Franklin, DeKalb Co., IL:

3656 113 Angelo Voorhees 29 M - Farmer $1600 $400 N.Y. Sophia Do 23 F - Housekeeper Ill. Lewis Do 1 M - N.Y. Romeo Whitney 14 M - N.H. Attended school

• 1870, Summit, Waukesha Co., WI:

52 50 Whitney, Fredrick 52 M W Carpenter $1500 $150 New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Hannah 32 F W Keeping House New Jersey Father foreign born -----, Romeo 24 M W Carpenter New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Juliet 22 F W At Home New York

• 1880: not found.

Notes

"Mary E. Force" was Cornelia's younger sister.

Archibald Vorce was Cornelia's uncle, and Hannah B. Vorce was Frederick's younger half-sister.

In the 1860 census, Juliet seems to be missing.

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 469 and p. 1123.

1.^  Ancestry.com. "Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907" [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. "Wisconsin Vital Record Index, pre-1907." Madison, WI, USA: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Vital Records Division. Volume: 01, Page #: 0056, Reel: 134, Image: 0892, ImageNum: 105748, Sequence #: 417563.

2.^  Charles Marvin Vorce, A Genealogical and Historical Record of the Vorce Family in America with Notes on Some Allied Families (Cleveland, OH: 1901), p. 69.

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