Family:Whitney, Willis Norton (1855-1918)
Willis Norton8 Whitney (William Cogswell7, William6, Jared5, John4, Richard3, John2, Henry1), son of William Cogswell7 and Anna Lavina (Mockridge) Whitney, was born 18 Oct 1855, Newark, NJ, and "Dr." died 26 Oct 1918, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. He was buried in Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan.
He married, 29 Dec 1885, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, Mary Caroline Braithwaite, daughter of Joseph Bevan and Martha (Gillett) Braithwaite. She was born 4 Apr 1857, St. Pancras, London, England, and died 4 Jul 1935, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.
They lived in Baltimore, MD, in 1911.[1]
Children of Willis Norton8 and Mary Caroline (Braithwaite) Whitney:
i. Willis Beven9 Whitney, b. 20 Mar 1888, Tokyo, Japan; d. Mar 1972, Poole, Dorsetshire, England; m. Sep 1927, Chelsea, Middlesex, England, Dorothy Alice Robinson; Ph.D.; civil engineer. ii. Isaac Braithwaite Whitney, b. 19 Mar 1889, Tokyo, Japan; d. 21 Feb 1890, at sea. iii. John Norton Whitney, b. 19 Mar 1889, Tokyo, Japan; d. 26 Nov 1889, Tokyo, Japan; bur. Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD.[2] iv. George Gillett Whitney, b. 27 Dec 1890, Tokyo, Japan; d. 1979, West Chester, PA; m. Sep 1917, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, Janet Eleanor Lily Payne; Quaker; artist; schoolmaster. v. Joseph Rankin Whitney, b. 16 Jul 1894, Tokyo, Japan; d. 29 Jul 1960, Collingwood, NJ; m. 25 Apr 1925, Landsdown, PA, Dorothy Catherine Wallace Laing. vi. Anna Braithwaite Whitney, b. 30 Nov 1896, Tokyo, Japan; d. 15 Feb 1965, Dublin, Ireland; m. 16 May 1917, Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England, Wilfred Harris Lamb. vi. Charles Lloyd Whitney, b. 22 Feb 1898, Tokyo, Japan; d. 3 Jun 1993, San Diego, CA; m. Dec 1920, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, Nora Matthews.
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References
1.^ U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, from Ancestry.com.
- Census records.
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