Family:Whitney, James Henry (1847-1875)

James Henry⁷ Whitney (Richard Lewis⁶, Henry⁵, Eliasaph⁴, Nathan³, John², Henry¹), son of Richard Lewis⁶, was born 29 Oct 1847, Rochester, NY, and died Sep 1875, Rochester, NY. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY.^[1]

He married, 3 May 1871, Rochester, NY, Josephine Eales, daughter of Walter and Lucy (Stevenson) Eales. She was born 14 Sep or Oct 1849, Rochester, NY, and died 17 Aug 1873, Rochester, NY. She was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY.^[2]

He married secondly, before 1875, Emma -----. She was born about 1853, Monroe Co., NY.

Phoenix says the following:

". . . a dry-goods salesman . . . . He was living at 69 East Main Street, Rochester, in 1874."

Child of James Henry⁷ and Josephine (Eales) Whitney:

i.	Bertha8 Amelia Whitney, b. 16 Jun 1872, Rochester, NY; d. 30 Nov 1942, Rochester, NY; bur. Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY.[3]

Census

• 1870, Rochester Ward 6, Monroe Co., NY:

30 35 Whitney, J. H. 23 M W Clerk New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary 9 F W At School " Attended school -----, Frank 6 M W " " " Attended school Flora 3 F W "

• 1875 State, Rochester Ward 7, Monroe Co., NY:

Family Number: 727 Luccia Earles 53 M - ---- Monroe w House Keeper Elizabeth Earles 27 F - Dau " s Machine Operator Luccia Earles 23 M - Dau " s " " John H. Whitney 28 M - Brdr " m Clerk Dry Goods Emma Whitney 22 F - Wife " m - Bertha Whitney 3 F - Dau " - -

• 1880, Rochester, Monroe Co., NY:

Lucy EELS 58 Self F W W NY Keeping House ENG IRE Elizabeth EELS 31 Dau F S W NY Works In Shoe Store NY ENG Lucy B. EELS 27 Dau F S W NY Works In Picture Frames NY ENG Bertha WHITNEY 7 GDau F S W NY At School NY NY

• 1892 State, Jamestown Ward 1, Chautauqua Co., NY:

Charles Taylor M 30 - U.S. C. Blacksmith Maggie Taylor F 34 - U.S. C. Bertha Whitney F 20 - U.S. C.

• 1892 State, Rochester Ward 12 E.D. 01, Monroe Co., NY:

Joseph C. Farmer M 53 - England C. Carpenter Melissa A. Farmer F 52 - U.S. C. Joel Deland M 84 - “ C. Minnie A. Mitchel F 32 - “ C. Sails lady Lucy Eales F 70 - “ C. Bertha Whitney F 20 - U.S. C. Copiest

• 1900, 4 Denning Street, Rochester Ward 4, Monroe Co., NY:

93 114 Eales, Lucy Head W F Oct 1822 77 wid 4ch 1liv New York unknown unknown Rents house Whitney, Bertha A. SDau W F Jun 1872 27 sgl New York New York New York At school

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. 830 and p. 1699.

1.^  Find A Grave Memorial #41438914, James Henry Whitney.

2.^  Find A Grave Memorial #41438919, Josephine Eales Whitney.

3.^  Find A Grave Memorial #200738362, Bertha Amelia Whitney.

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