Family:Whitney, Jerry Howard (1854-a1880)
Jerry Howard8 Whitney (Elhanan Winchester7, Simon Howard6, Abraham5, Abraham4, Isaiah3, Thomas2, John1), son of Elhanan Winchester7 and Sarah A. (Bogert) Whitney, was born 11 Sep 1854, Fitchburg, MA.[1]
He married, 1 Oct 1872, Fannie B. Barnum. She was born 27 Jun 1855.
He resided Ypsilanti, MI.
Children of Jerry Howard8 and Fannie B. (Barnum) Whitney:
i. Howard E.9 Whitney, b. 14 Jul 1873. ii. Gilbert L. Whitney, b. 4 Jan 1875. iii. Madge Whitney, b. 1 Oct 1889.
Probable adopted child:
iv. Annie Whitney, b. ca. 1866, MI; d. aft. 1880.
Census
Jerry WHITNEY 27 Self M M W MA Paper Maker --- --- Fanny B. WHITNEY 24 Wife F M W MI Keeping House NY YORK STATE Howard WHITNEY 6 Son M S W MI At School MA MI Gilbert WHITNEY 5 Son M S W MI MA MI Annie WHITNEY 14 Dau F S W MI At School --- ---
Perhaps Annie was adopted? She is too old to be Jerry's or Fanny's child.
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. 547.
1.^ "Jerrie Howard [Whitney], s. Elhanan and Sarah A., [born] Sept. 11, 1854," according to Walter A. Davis, comp., Old Records of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Fitchburg, MA: Fitchburg City Council, 1898-1913), vol. 8, p. 97.
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