Archive:Canaan, Maine, Vital Records
Vital Records of Canaan, Maine
Nelson, Sally Furber, comp., Vital records of Canaan, Maine, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication #55 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 2008).
Whitney Entries:
Marriage Intentions
CHASE, Jonathan H. & Miss Ruth A. Whitney, both of Canaan, intend marriage 13 March 1858.
Marriages:
Whitney, Amos of Newport, m. 3 December 1818 to Anna Done
Whitney, Mason G. and Miss Jennie M. Chase, both of Canaan joined in m. at Canaan 18 October 1874 by Otis Williams, Min. of the Gospel.
Whitney, William G. of Troy and Miss Sarah E. Newcomb of Pittsfield m. 24 September 1877 by Rev. Elijah Chase, Minister of the Gospel.
Mr. Ozno Curtin and Miss Susan Whitney NOTE, both of Hartland, m. in Canaan by Levi Bartlett, J.P. 10 November 1839.
Births:
LEWIS, Lottie F., illegitimate, b. 10 December 1892 , child of Benjamin Lewis, farmer, b. Canaan & Clara Whitney, b. Hartland.
LEWIS, Inez, b. 17 December 1907, 5th child of Benjamin F. Lewis, farmer, & Clara Whitney, b. Hartland.
LEWIS, Lila Belle, b. 20 April 1905; 4th child of Benjamin Lewis, farmer, b. Canaan & Clara B. Whitney, b. Hartland.
LEWIS, Ethel, illegitimate female; b. 1 October 1896; 2nd child of Benjamin Lewis, farmer, b. Canaan & Clara Whitney, b. Hartland.
LEWIS, Nettie, 11 April 1901; 3rd child of Benjamin Lewis, farmer, b. Canaan & Clarra Whitney, b. Hartland.
Whitney, Gracie M., b. 29 December 1903 (sic), 12th child of Joseph Whitney, farmer, b. Fairfield & Ida E. Wyman, b. Skowhegan.
Deaths:
Whitney, Stillborn; 26 August 1892; 11th child of Sumner Whitney, 50, laborer, b. Palmyra, & Harriet Wyman, 44, b. Skowhegan
LEWIS, Stillborn; 23 February 1898; 4th child of Benjamin Lewis, farmer, b. Canaan & Clara Whitney, b. Hartland.
LEWIS, Stillborn; 11 September 1899; 4th child of Benjamin Lewis, farmer, b. Canaan & Clara Whitney, b. Hartland.
LEWIS, Stillborn female; 9 September 1910; 6th child of Benjamin F. Lewis, b. Canaan & Clara Whitney, b. Hartland.
Austin, male; 9 January 1906; 2nd child of Will Austin, farmer, b. Skowhegan & Minnie Whitney, b. Canaan.
ADDENDUM: FAMILY RECORDS OF BENJAMIN F. LEWIS
Benjamin F. Lewis and Mrs. Emma O. Burrill, both of Canaan, intend m. 18 April 1878.
Children of Benjamin Lewis and Emma, his wife, entered May 1882:
Stephen A., b. 7 July 1881
Emma Lewis died 6 December 1884.
Children of Benjamin Lewis and his 2nd wife, Florence, entered May 1887:
Son, b. 11 February 1887
Son, b. 8 August 1889
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