Family:Whitney, Orange (1849-a1920)
Orange9 Whitney (John8, Joseph Glazier7, Abner6, Samuel5, William4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of John8 and Eliza (Cushing) Whitney, was born 16 Mar 1849, Westminster, MA,[1] and died after 1887.
He married firstly, 5 Jan 1875, Amherst, MA, Laura M. Collester, daughter of Thorley and Abigail Marie8 (Whitney) Collester,[2] and granddaughter of Joseph7 and Nancy (Sawin) Whitney. They were seventh cousins. She was born 17 Dec 1849,[3] and died 28 Jan 1885, Winchendon, MA, aged 35 years 1 month 11 days, buried at Gardner, MA.[4]
He married secondly, 28 Dec 1887, Winchendon, MA, Ida F. Smith, daughter of George and Sophronia M. (-----) Smith. She was born about 1865, Winchendon, MA.
He was born in Ashburnham, MA, where he always resided until 1881, when he moved to Winchendon. Like his father he was engaged in the manufacture of chairs, and at one time was located in the Burgess mills, in Ashburnham. Has many town offices of trust and honor; resided Ashburnham and Winchendon, MA.
Census
Oranze WHITNEY 31 Self M M W MA Chair Manufacture MA MA Laura M. WHITNEY 30 Wife F M W MA Keeping House NH MA
- 1900, Winchendon, Worcester Co., MA
- 1910, Winchendon, Worcester Co., MA
- 1920, Winchendon, Worcester Co., MA
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. 612.
1.^ "Orange [Whitney], s. John and Eliza, [born] Mar. 16, 1849," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1915).
2.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 273, page 204; also volume 273, page 1.
3.^ "Laura M. [Whitney], w. Orange, [born] Dec. 17, 1819. G.S.2," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Gardner, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1907). NOTE: This is an error in the reading of her gravestone. She was born in 1849, not 1819, according to her death record.
4.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 366, page 406.
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