Family:Whitney, Nicholas (1806-1893)

Nicholas² Whitney (Thomas¹, Nicholas^A, Benjamin^B, Thomas^C) son of Thomas¹ and Martha (Whitney) Whitney, was born 26 Jun 1806, Old Court, Adamstown, co. Wexford, Ireland, and died 17 Feb 1893, Lowden, Cedar Co., IA. He was buried in Lowden Cemetery, Lowden, IA.^[1]

He married, 23 Nov 1839, Anglican Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, QC, Eliza McKim,^[2] daughter of .... She was born 10 May 1808, Ireland, and died 13 Nov 1879, Lowden, Cedar Co., IA. She was buried in Lowden Cemetery, Lowden, IA.^[3]

From an 1893 Nance County, Nebraska, newspaper clipping file, publication date unknown, transcribed by Linda Berney:

Died, at Louden, Cedar Co., Iowa, Feb. 17th, 1893, of pneumonia, Nickolas Whitney in his 87th year. Mr. Whitney was a resident of Cedar Co. for over 30 years and was formerly from Canada. He left an only son John W. Whitney of this place, and two daughters, Mrs. W. F. Rice of Lexington, Neb. and Mrs. W. E. Boyd of Montreal, Canada. Mr. Whitney was at the bedside of his father when he died and returned home on Thursday last.

Children of Nicholas² and Eliza (McKim) Whitney:

i.	Elizabeth Martha³ Whitney, b. 22 Jan 1841, Île-aux-Noix, QC; d. 2 Jul 1932, Long Beach, CA;^[4] bur. Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, CA; m. 24 May 1872, Cedar Co., IA, William Eddington Boyd, Sr.^[5]
ii.	Nicholas Thomas Whitney, b. 15 Oct 1842, Île-aux-Noix, QC; d. 22 Jan 1874, Lowden, IA; bur. Lowden Cemetery, Lowden, IA;^[6] unmarried.
iii.	Mary Foster Whitney, b. 5 Jan 1844 (twin), Île-aux-Noix, QC; d. 10 Oct 1863, Lowden, IA; bur. Lowden Cemetery, Lowden, IA;^[7] unmarried.
iv.	Katharine Alice Whitney, b. 5 Jan 1844 (twin), Île-aux-Noix, QC; d. 14 Apr 1934, Compton, CA;^[8] bur. Sunny Side Cemetery, Long Beach, CA;^[9] m. 5 Nov 1885, Mount Vernon, IA, William Flowers Rice.^[10]
v.	John William Benjamin Whitney, b. 29 Mar 1846, Île-aux-Noix, QC; m. Louise Georgiana Riehl.

Census

1842: not found.
1850 and 1851: not found.
1860, Springfield, Cedar Co., IA:

431 436 Nicholas Whitney 50 M - Merchant $1000 $500 Ireland Elizabeth " 50 F - " Elizabeth M. " 19 F - Canada N. F. " 17 M - " Mary " 16 F - " Catharine " 16 F - " John " 14 M - "

1870, Lowden, Cedar Co., IA:

11 11 Whitney, Nicholas 63 M W Dry Goods Merchant $2000 $1000 Ireland Parents foreign born -----, Eliza 60 F W Keeping House " Parents foreign born -----, Elizabeth 29 F W Canada Parents foreign born -----, Nicholas T. 27 M W Clerk in Store " Parents foreign born, Male citizen over 21 -----, Catharine 25 F W " Parents foreign born -----, John 23 M W Clerk in Store " Parents foreign born, Male citizen over 21

1880, Lowden, Cedar Co., IA:

Nicholis WHITNEY 73 Self M W W IRE Retired Merchant IRE IRE Kathrine WHITNEY 30 Dau F S W CAN Keeping House IRE IRE Alice REHL 22 DauL F S W IL Teaching School MD GER