Family:Whitney, James Leffert (1857-1937)
James Leffert8 Whitney (Elhanan Winchester7, Simon Howard6, Abraham5, Abraham4, Isaiah3, Thomas2, John1), son of Elhanan Winchester7 and Sarah A. (Bogart) Whitney, was born 17 Nov 1857, Lancaster, MA [given name omitted],[1] and died 30 Apr 1937, Harvard, MA, aged 79 years 5 months 13 days, of mitral insufficiency and hypostatic pneumonia.[2]
He married firstly, 21 Dec 1890, Harvard, MA, Lizzie Eugenia Barnard, daughter of Abner and Rebecca E. (Willard) Barnard.[3] She was born 5 Apr 1858, Harvard, MA, and died 22 Nov 1915, Harvard, MA, aged 57 years 7 months 17 days, of pericarditis.[4] She was buried in Bellevue Cemetery, Harvard, MA.
He married secondly, 29 Dec 1917, Harvard, MA, Helen Louisa Barnard, daughter of Abner and Rebecca E. (Willard) Barnard.[5] She was born about 1860, Harvard, MA.
From 1879-81 was a member of the school committee; resided Harvard, MA.
Children of James Leffert8 and Lizzie Eugenia (Barnard) Whitney:
i. Warren9 Whitney, b. 29 Jan 1892 [Pierce] or ca. 17 Jan 1892, Harvard, MA; d. 29 Jan 1892 [Pierce] or 28 Jan 1892, Harvard, MA, aged 1 day, of difficult delivery.[6] ii. Helen Eugenia Whitney, b. 29 Mar 1894, Harvard, MA.[7]
Census
227 236 Whitney, James L. Head W M Nov 1857 42 mar 9 Massachusetts Massachusetts New York Carpenter, Owns mortgaged house -----, Eugenia E. Wife W F Apr 1858 42 mar 9 2ch 1liv Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts -----, Helen E. Dau W F Mar 1894 6 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts At school 237 Barnard, Abner Head W M Feb 1832 68 mar 43 Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Mill laborer, Rents house -----, Rebecca E. Wife W F Aug 1830 69 mar 43 2ch 2liv Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts -----, Helen L. Dau W F May 1860 40 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Brown, Arthur W. GSon W M Jun 1881 18 sgl Rhode Island Massachusetts Massachusetts At school -----, Edith C. GDau W F Aug 1883 16 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts At school
References
- Census records.
- 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. 547.
1.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 107, page 209.
2.^ [http://interactive.ancestry.com/2495/40143_266238__0130-00104/6815253 Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988], from Ancestry.com.
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 497, page 380.
4.^ Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, at FamilySearch.org.
5.^ Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920, at FamilySearch.org.
6.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 429, page 581.
7.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 441, page 416.
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