Family:Whitney, Melbourne Wallace (1846-a1880)

Melbourne Wallace⁹ Whitney (Jonathan Wallace⁸, Samuel⁷, Asa⁶, Levi⁵, Daniel⁴, Jonathan³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Jonathan Wallace⁸ and Mary A. (Brooks) Whitney, was born 18 Sep 1846, Winchester or Woburn, MA,^[1] and died after 1900.

He married, 25 Oct 1876, Providence, RI, Abby F. Lee. She was born about 1846, RI, and died after 1900.

He resided Providence, Rhode Island, P. O. box 1560.

Children of Melbourne Wallace⁹ and Abby F. (Lee) Whitney:

i.	May Brooks10 Whitney, b. 25 May 1879, RI; d. aft. 1900.

Census

• 1870, Providence Ward 3, Providence Co., RI:

232 326 Hall, Alvin E. 44 M W Policeman $400 Rhode Island Male citizen over 21 -----, Martha L. 40 F W Keeping House Maine Hall, Louisa E. 22 F W Works on Paper Boxes Massachusetts -----, Martha B. 16 F W Clerk in Store Massachusetts Atteneded school -----, George F. 4 M W Rhode Island -----, Lillias A. 2 F W Rhode Island -----, Alvin C. 9/12 M W Rhode Island Born in Sep Flint, Martha W. 77 F W Massachusetts 327 Whitney, Mary A. 49 F W Keeping House $300 Massachusetts -----, Milburn W. 23 M W Clerk in Store Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 -----, Ellis B. 21 M W Book-keeper Massachusetts Male citizen over 21

• 1880, Providence, Providence Co., RI:

Melbourne WHITNEY 33 Self M M W MA Dry Goods Dealer MA MA Abbie WHITNEY 34 Wife F M W RI Keeps House MA RI Mary WHITNEY 1 Dau F S W RI MA RI Jane A. CHISHOLM 28 Oth F S W NOVA SCOTIA Servant SCOT NOVA SCOTIA

• 1900, 87 John Street, Providence Ward 1, Providence Co., RI:

69 97 Whitney, Melbourne Head W M Sep 1847 52 mar 24 Massachusetts Massachusetts New Hampshire Rents house -----, Abbey L. Wife W F Jun 1847 52 mar 24 1ch 1liv Rhode Island Massachusetts Rhode Island -----, May B. Dau W F May 1879 21 sgl Rhode Island Massachusetts Rhode Island Lindahl, Annie Srvt W F Jan 1869 31 sgl Sweden Sweden Sweden Servant

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. 650.

1.^  "Wallace M. [Whitney], s. Wallace M. and Mary, [born] Sept. 18, 1846," according to Edward F. Johnson, Vital Records of Woburn, Massachusetts, 1640-1873 (Woburn, MA: Andrews, Cutler and Company, 1890-1919). Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 23, page 95.

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