Family:Whitney, Christopher Fairbanks (1856-?)

Christopher Fairbanks⁹ Whitney (Reuben Fairbanks⁸, Elias⁷, Jacob⁶, Richard⁵, Richard⁴, Richard³, Richard², John¹), son of Reuben Fairbanks⁸ and Jane L. (Tubbs) Whitney, was born 7 Jul 1856, Stoddard, NH.

He married, 31 May or 2 Jun 1880, Keene, NH, Nellie L. Todd.^[1] She was born 25 Dec 1856, Concord, MA.

He manufactured hollow ware. He was of the firm of Hill & Whitney, 148-150 Pearl Street., Boston, MA; resided Hartford, CT, Newtonville, MA.

Children of Christopher Fairbanks⁹ and Nellie L. (Todd) Whitney:

i.	Helen Mary10 Whitney, b. 6 Sep 1885, Hartford, CT; m. 23 Sep 1909, Newton, MA, Benjamin Frank King, of Parnassus, PA, b. ca. 1883, Washington, PA, son of Benjamin F. and Elizabeth (Clawson) King.[2]
ii.	Mabelle Henrietta Whitney, b. 26 May 1887, Newton, MA.[3]
iii.	Bertha Nellie Whitney, b. 27 Oct 1889, Newton, MA.[4]

Census

• 1880, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT:

Christopher F. WHITNEY 24 Self M M W NH Machinist MA VT Nellie L. WHITNEY 24 Wife F M W MA NH MA

• 1900, 365 Cabot Street, Newton Ward 2, Middlesex Co., MA:

77 80 Whitney, Christopher Head W M Jul 1856 43 mar 20 New Hampshire Massachusetts Vermont Dealer in aluminum goods, House -----, Nellie Wife W F Dec 1856 43 mar 20 3ch 3liv Massachusetts New Hampshire Massachusetts -----, Helen Dau W F Sep 1885 14 sgl Connecticut New Hampshire Massachusetts -----, Mabelle Dau W F May 1887 13 sgl Massachusetts New Hampshire Massachusetts -----, Bertha N. Dau W F Oct 1889 10 sgl Massachusetts New Hampshire Massachusetts

References

• All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 628.

1.^  "Christopher F. Whitney (b. 1856, Stoddard, NH, s. of Reubin Whitney) & Nellie L. Todd, m. 31 May 1880, Keene, Cheshire Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 587, page 632.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 377, page 224.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 395, page 255.

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