Family:Whitney, Leonard M. (1830-1868)
Leonard M.8 Whitney (Caleb7, Jonathan6, Caleb5, Jonathan4, Richard3, Richard2, John1), son of Caleb7 and Abigail R. (Sargent) Whitney, was born about 20 Aug 1830, Sterling, MA, and died 12 Jan 1868, Clinton, MA, aged 37 years 4 months 22 days, of consumption.[1]
He married, 11 Jan 1854, Worcester, MA, or 7 Jan 1854, Sterling, MA, Elizabeth A. Monroe, daughter of Oliver and Caroline (-----) Monroe.[2] She was born about 1835, Boston, MA, or Northborough, MA. She married secondly, 6 May 1871, Fitchburg, MA, Amos P. Day, born about 1821, Shirley, MA, son of Amos and Lydia (Garfield) Day.[3]
Children of Leonard M.8 and Elizabeth A. (Monroe) Whitney:
i. Edward Munroe9 Whitney, b. 19 Jun 1857, Misshawka, IN (recorded in Sterling, MA);[4] m. 13 Apr 1878, Fitchburg, MA, Jamie L. Landfair, b. ca. 1855, Quebec, Canada, dau. of William and Mary (-----) Landfair.[5]
Census
60 76 Leonard M. Whitney 25 M - Chairmaker Mass. Elizabeth Whitney 19 F - " 77 Abigail Whitney 55 F - " Charlott Whitney 30 F - " Mary Whitney 22 F - " George T. Burpee 28 M - Chairmaker "
2357 2351 L. Whitney 29 M - Mechanic $600 $100 Do S. Whitney 23 F - Wife Do E. Whitney 3 M - Do A. Whitney 60 F - Do J. Whitney 22 M - Mechanic Do S. Whitney 20 M - Do Do
26 28 Leonard M. Whitney 36 M W Mass. M Chair maker - - 1 1 - Elizabeth A. Whitney 29 F " " " - - - - - Edward M. Whitney 6 M " Indiana S - - - - -
- 1870: Widow Elizabeth and son Edward not found.
- 1900, 76 Alder Street, Waltham Ward 6, Middlesex Co., MA:
40 41 Whitney, Edward M. Head W M Jun 1857 42 mar 21 Indiana Massachusetts Massachusetts Tool maker, Rents house -----, Jennie S. Wife W F Jan 1857 43 mar 21 0ch 0liv Massachusetts Massachusetts Vermont 42 Philips, James Head W M Aug 1840 59 mar 12 Maine Maine Maine Engineer (stationary), Owns mortgaged house -----, Francis S. Wife W F Apr 1859 41 mar 12 1ch 1liv Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts -----, Mabel E. Dau W F Nov 1890 9 sgl Massachusetts Maine Massachusetts At school
References
- Census records.
1.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 213, page 248.
2.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 80, page 290.
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 237, page 250.
4.^ Frances Pratt Tapley, comp., Vital Records of Sterling, Massachusetts (Sterling, MA: Historical Commission, 1976).
5.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 300, page 207.
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