Family:Whitney, Walter (1827-a1880)
Walter7 Whitney (Nehemiah6, Walter5, Samuel4, Richard3, John2, Henry1), son of Nehemiah6, was born 28 Jan 1827, Meredith, NY, and died after 1880.
He married, 1 Jan 1850, Ogdensburgh, NY, Catherine M. Wilson, daughter of Andrew and Catharine (Moffatt) Wilson. She was born 4 Mar 1827, County Longford, Ireland, and died after 1880.
Phoenix says the following:
- ". . . a marble-engraver . . . . They lived in Potsdam, N.Y., about one year; in Prescott, C.W., about two years; and settled, 20 Oct. 1854, at Flint, Mich., where they were living in Sept. 1874."
Children of Walter7 and Catharine M. (Wilson) Whitney:
i. Edwin John8 Whitney, b. 13 Jan 1852, Potsdam, NY; m. Etta M. Ticknor. ii. Clarissa Ruth Whitney, b. 12 Apr 1854, Prescott, Canada West; and was living with her parents, at Flint, MI, in 1874; m. 15 Aug 1876, Flint, MI, George R. Shatto. iii. George Walter Whitney, b. 1 Feb 1855, Flint, MI; m. Lizzie A. Cone.
Census
- 1850, living with his parents; Catherine found as "Wilson" in the household of brothers John, Robert, James, and Hamilton Wilson, Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence Co., NY, aged 20.
- 1860, Flint, Genesee Co., MI:
1010 978 Walter Whitney 30 M - Farmer $2000 $600 N.Y. Catharine " 30 F - Ireland Edwin J. " 8 M - N.Y. Clarasa " 6 F - Canada George W. " 5 M - Mich. John Wilson 31 " - " Ireland Hamilton " 23 " - Stone Cutter "
236 229 Whitney, Walter 40 M W Marble Dealer $2500 $3000 New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Catherine 38 F W Keeping house Canada Parents foreign born -----, Edwin 18 M W At School New York Mother foreign born, Attended school -----, Clara 16 F W At School New York Mother foreign born, Attended school -----, George 14 M W At School New York Mother foreign born, Attended school
Walter WHITNEY 53 Self M M W NY Marble Dealer NY NY Catharine WHITNEY 52 Wife F M W IRE Keeping House IRE IRE Edwin WHITNEY 26 Son M S W NY Marble Dealer NY IRE George W. WHITNEY 23 Son M S W MI Clerk In Store NY IRE
- 1900, Walter and Catherine not found.
References
- All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 684 and p. 1491.
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