Family:Whitney, Gideon S. (1833-a1900)
Gideon S.9 Whitney (Lorenzo8, Salmon7, Moses6, Ephraim5, Moses4, Moses3, Richard2, John1), son of Lorenzo8 and Elizabeth (Sprague) Whitney, was born Feb 1833, ME.
He married, before 1859, Matilda -----. She was born about 1842, CA, and died after 1870.
Gideon Whitney went to California when a young man; was not heard from for thirty years, then he wrote home; lived to old age; married and had a son William, probably other children.
Children of Gideon S.9 and Matilda (-----) Whitney:
i. Ellen10 Whitney, b. ca. 1859, CA. ii. William Whitney, b. ca. 1862, CA. iii. Eliza Whitney, b. ca. 1865, OR. iv. Safrona Whitney, b. ca. 1868, OR.
Census
- 1860: not found.
- 1870, John Day Precinct, Grant Co., OR:
57 57 Whitney, G. S. 38 M W Teamster $1000 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Matilda 28 F Ind Keeping House Calafornia -----, Ellen 11 F W Calafornia Attended school -----, William 8 M W Calafornia -----, Eliza 5 F W Oregon -----, Safrona 2 F W Oregon
Mary A. NOURSE 49 Self F W W VA Keeping Hotel VA VA Daniel NOURSE 8 Son M S W MO VA VA Anna MARR 24 Dau F S W IL VA VA Charles NASH 33 Oth M S W NY Cook In Hotel NY NY James HARDING 42 Oth M S W PA Laborer PA PA William T. JEWETT 39 Oth M S W TX Miner OH NC Albert F. LIVINGSTON 36 Oth M S W IL Miner OH NY James W. GRAZHONG 20 Oth M S W WI Miner MO MO George S. WHITNEY 42 Oth M S W ME Miner ME ME Edwin B. GROSHING 21 Oth M S W WI Miner MO MO William ROBINSON 27 Oth M S W ME Engineer SCOT SCOT James W. MC FARLAND 32 Oth M S W IL Miner IL IL Robert MORRILL 40 Oth M S W CAN Miner NH NH George NORRIS 55 Oth M S W ME Miner SC NH Benjamin WORKMAN 32 Oth M S W OH Miner OH OH William ALLEN 33 Oth M S W KY Miner KY KY Joseph MAUTRA 66 Oth M S W CAN Miner CAN CAN Charles LECLAIR 27 Oth M S W CAN Carpenter CAN CAN Edwin MAJOR 26 Oth M S W MI Carpenter ENG ENG
Whitney, Gideon S. Head W M -----, Elizabeth
References
- Census records.
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