Family:Whitney, Mervin Richardson (1845-1919)

Mervin Richardson⁷ Whitney (Valentine Trumpbour⁷, James⁶, Ezekiel⁵, James⁴, Henry³, John², Henry¹), son of Valentine Trumpbour⁷ and Sarah Catherine (Schoonmaker) Whitney, was born Sep 1845, Saugerties, and died 1 Apr 1919, West Camp, NY.

He married, 13 Feb 1868, West Camp, NY, Arietta Bear. She was born 1849, and died 7 Jan 1926, West Camp, NY.

They lived at Saugerties, NY.

Children of Mervin Richardson⁷ and Arietta (Bear) Whitney:

i.	Valentine Wertz8 Whitney, b. 6 Mar 1870, NY; d. 27 Oct 1870, Saugerties, NY.
ii.	Henry M. Whitney, b. ca. 1872, NY.
iii.	Edgar George Whitney, b. ca. 1877, NY; d. 15 Jun 1959; m. bef. 1907, Jersey City, NJ, Dora E. Junge.

Census

• 1860, Saugerties, Ulster Co., NY:

60 59 Valentine S. Witney 45 M - Farm Laborer $700 $100 New York Sarah C. " 49 F - " Mirven K. " 14 M - " Attended school

• 1870, Saugerties, Ulster Co., NY:

1419 1680 Whitney, Merwin 24 M W Works in Ice house N.Y. State Male citizen over 21 " Anetta 20 F W Keeping house " " " Valentine 5/12 M W " " Born in Mar

• 1880, Saugerties, Ulster Co., NY:

Merwin R. WHITNEY 33 Self M M W NY Works In Ice House NY NY Araelta WHITNEY 29 Wife F M W NY Keeping House NY NY Henry M. WHITNEY 8 Son M S W NY NY NY Edgar W. WHITNEY 2 Son M S W NY NY NY

• 1900, Saugerties, Ulster Co., NY

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 1247 and p. 2024.

• Census records.

---

Copyright © 2015, Robert L. Ward and the Whitney Research Group.