Family:Whitney, Luke Henry (1840-a1880)

Luke Henry⁸ Whitney (Luke⁷, Aaron⁶, Levi⁵, Daniel⁴, Jonathan³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Luke⁷ and Mary Thankful (Smith) Whitney, was born 5 May 1840, Saco, ME.

He married, 6 Jun 1867, Waltham, MA, Mary Ellen Edwards, daughter of Theodore B. and Martha R. (-----) Edwards.^[1] She was born 6 Oct 1847, ME.

He is a trader, Episcopalian and republican; resided North Cambridge, MA.

Children of Luke Henry⁸ and Mary Ellen (Edwards) Whitney:

i.	Arthur Henry9 Whitney, b. 13 Apr 1868; d. 3 Aug 1868, Waltham, MA, aged 3 montns 21 days, of disease of the brain.[2]
ii.	Herbert Fales Whitney, b. 1 Nov 1869; d. 1 Aug 1870.

Census

• 1865 State, Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA:

811 1019 Luke Whitney 56 M - New Hampshire W - - 1 1 - Luke H. Whitney 25 M - Maine S - - 1 - - H. Adaline Whitney 39 F - Massachusetts S Variety Store - - - - - Susan C. Pinkham 15 F - Massachusetts S - - - - - Sarah M. Bond 35 F - Vermont M Dressmaker - - - - - Charles D. Bond 10 M - Massachusetts S - - - - -

• 1870, Portland Ward 2, Cumberland Co., ME:

309 497 McLellan, George 61 M W Cooper $7000 $2000 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah 56 F " Keepng house " -----, Charlotte M. 29 " " " Melcher, Holman S. 29 M " Grocer (wh) $3500 " Male citizen over 21 -----, Nellie M. 26 F " " Whitney, Luke H. 30 M " Life Ins. Ag't $500 " Male citizen over 21 -----, Ella 22 F " " -----, Herbert F. 8/12 M " " Born in Nov

• 1880, North Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA:

Luke H. WHITNEY 40 Self M M W ME Spring Bed Mfgr. MA NH Mary E. WHITNEY 33 Wife F M W ME Keeping House ME ME

• 1900, 10 King Street, Cambridge Ward 5, Middlesex Co., MA:

307 433 Whitney, Luke H. Head W M May 1840 60 mar 33 Maine New Hampshire New Hampshire Real estate agt., Rents house -----, Mary E. Wife W F Oct 1847 52 mar 33 2ch 0liv Maine Maine Maine

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. 550.

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 200, page 267.

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 212, page 215.

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