Family:Whitney, Robert M. (1846-a1910)

Robert M. Whitney (Family:Whitney, Leonard (1812-1887)), son of Leonard and Celia (Hart) Whitney, was born Jan 1846, Bartlett, NH, and died after 1910.

He married firstly, 6 Jan 1868, Charleston, VT, Martha Tibbets, daughter of Benjamin and Eliza (-----), or Hannah (Roule), Tibbets.^[1] She was born about 1845, Stanstead, QC, and died 8 Oct 1888, Brighton, VT, of gastric fever.^[2] There must have been a divorce, because she married secondly, 5 Oct 1878, Brighton, VT, Christopher Danforth, b. 1845, Holland, VT, son of Denison and Hannah (Blake) Danforth.^[3]

He married secondly, about 1875, Cora S. Senter, daughter of James and Sophia (Plummer) Center. She was born Jun 1851, NH, and died 24 Apr 1905, Londonderry, NH, aged 54 years 2 months.^[4]

Children of Robert M. and Martha (Tibbetts) Whitney, if any, unknown.

Children of Robert M. and Cora S. (Senter) Whitney:

i.	Leonard M. Whitney, b. ca. 1877, Manchester, NH; d. ...; m. 7 Jun 1899, Newton, NH, Lottie A. Currier,[5] b. ca. 1880, Newton, N.H., dau. of Frank and Mary (-----) Currier.[6] Child: a. Norman Morrison Whitney, b. 7 Jul 1900, Londonderry, NH,[7] or 4 Jul 1900, Haverhill, MA.[8]
ii.	Maud May Whitney, b. 21 Feb 1882, Londonderry, NH;[9] d. 15 Sep 1882, Londonderry, NH.[10]

Census

• 1870: not found.
• 1870, Brighton, Essex Co., VT:

93 97 Bonett, Abner H. 30 M W Manufacturer of tin ware $8000 $10000 Vermont Male citizen over 21 Eliza A. 22 F W Keeping House Canada Whitney, Martha 25 F W Domestic Servt. Canada Father foreign born Tibbits, Horace 20 M W Tinman $250 Canada Father foreign born, Male citizen over 21 [sic] Winship, Wm. F. 24 M W Clerk in Store Mass. [sic] Bonett, J. N. 21 M W Tinman Vermont Male citizen over 21 Buchanan, Ordway 20 M W Clerk in Store Vermont Parents foreign born

• 1880, Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH:

Robert M. WHITNEY 33 Self M M W NH Carpenter NH NH Cora WHITNEY 28 Wife F M W NH Keeping House NH NH Leonard M. WHITNEY 7 Son M S W NH NH NH Martha P. YOUNG 75 Aunt F M W NH Helps Keep House MA MA

• 1900, Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH:

Whitney, Robert M. Head W M Jan 1846 54 mar New Hampshire -----, Cora S. Wife W F Jun 1851 48 mar 2ch 1liv New Hampshire

• 1910, Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH: Robert C. Whitney, 60, b. NH, married, but living alone.

References

1.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.

2.^  [Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, at FamilySearch.org.

3.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.

4.^  Londonderry, NH: Vital Records of Londonderry.(Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) Originally published as: Vital Records of Londonderry, New Hampshire. A full and accurate transcript of the births, marriage intentions, marriages and deaths in this town from the earliest date to 1910 / compiled from the town books, church records, graveyard inscriptions, and other sources by Daniel Gage Annis; the subject matter edited, with introduction, sketches, and annotations by George Waldo Browne. by Daniel Gage Annis. Manchester, N.H.: Granite State Publishing Company, 1914. Page 318.

5.^  "Leonard M. Whitney (b. 1877, Manchester, NH, s. of Robert M. Whitney & Cora S. Senter) & Lettie A. Currier, m. 7 Jun 1899, Newton, Rockingham Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

6.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 488, page 360.

7.^  Londonderry, NH: Vital Records of Londonderry.(Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) Originally published as: Vital Records of Londonderry, New Hampshire. A full and accurate transcript of the births, marriage intentions, marriages and deaths in this town from the earliest date to 1910 / compiled from the town books, church records, graveyard inscriptions, and other sources by Daniel Gage Annis; the subject matter edited, with introduction, sketches, and annotations by George Waldo Browne. by Daniel Gage Annis. Manchester, N.H.: Granite State Publishing Company, 1914. Page 122.

8.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 496, page 447.

9.^  Londonderry, NH: Vital Records of Londonderry.(Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) Originally published as: Vital Records of Londonderry, New Hampshire. A full and accurate transcript of the births, marriage intentions, marriages and deaths in this town from the earliest date to 1910 / compiled from the town books, church records, graveyard inscriptions, and other sources by Daniel Gage Annis; the subject matter edited, with introduction, sketches, and annotations by George Waldo Browne. by Daniel Gage Annis. Manchester, N.H.: Granite State Publishing Company, 1914. Page 122.

10.^  Londonderry, NH: Vital Records of Londonderry.(Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) Originally published as: Vital Records of Londonderry, New Hampshire. A full and accurate transcript of the births, marriage intentions, marriages and deaths in this town from the earliest date to 1910 / compiled from the town books, church records, graveyard inscriptions, and other sources by Daniel Gage Annis; the subject matter edited, with introduction, sketches, and annotations by George Waldo Browne. by Daniel Gage Annis. Manchester, N.H.: Granite State Publishing Company, 1914. Page 318.

---

Copyright © 2014, 2015, Robert L. Ward and the Whitney Research Group.