Family:Whitney, Walter (c1830-a1880)
Walter1 Whitney (WalterA, WalterA, TheophilusB), son of Walter and Leah (Edmunds) Whitney, was born circa 1830, Llanelly, Breconshire, Wales, and died after 1880.
He married, first, Sep 1850, Caroline Cross, b. ca. 1828, Llanelly, Breconshire, Wales, died after 1860.
He married, second, after 1860, Eliza F. -----. She was born circa 1835, England or Wales, and died after 1880.
In 1841 (age 12) he was listed as a miner. In 1851, he was listed as a coal miner.
Family sources state that they emigrated to PA in 1867 with three children, but census records prove they were in PA by 1857.
Walter, Caroline, and Zachariah Whitney emigrated to America on the ship Wyoming, departing from Liverpool, England, and arriving in Philadelphia on 21 Jun 1852. They had three boxes of clothing and bedding. With them was the family of Walter's Aunt Leah (Whitney) Morgan.[1]
Children of Walter1 and Caroline (Cross) Whitney:
i. Zachariah2 Whitney, b. 17 May 1851, Pentwynmawr Clydach Iron Works, near Llanelly, Breconshire. His birth was registered in the Crickhowell district. He was listed as "Cyrus" in 1860. ii. Ruth A. Whitney, b. ca. 1857, PA. iii. Mary R. Whitney, b. ca. 1860, PA.
Children of Walter Whitney, perhaps of his second wife Eliza F. (----):
iv. Rebecca Whitney, b. ca. 1863, PA. v. William Whitney, b. ca. 1865, PA. He was not with his parents in 1880.
Census
- 1851, Llanelly, Breconshire, Wales: Walter Whitney
- 1860, Carbon, Huntingdon Co., PA:
45 51 Walter Whitney 30 M - Coal Miner Wales Caroline " 32 F - Do Cyrus " 9 M - Do Attended school Ruth A. " 3 F - Penna. Mary R. " 1/12 F - Do
21 24 Whitney, Walter 39 M W Coal Miner $400 -- Wales Parents foreign born, Male citizen over 21 -----, Eliza 35 F " Keeping House England Parents foreign born -----, Zach. 18 M " Coal Miner " Parents foreign born -----, Rebecca 7 F " Penna. Parents foreign born, Attended school -----, William 5 F " " Parents foreign born [sic]
Walter WHITNEY 49 Self M M W WALES Miner WALES WALES Eliza F. WHITNEY 45 Wife F M W WALES Keeping House WALES WALES Rebecca WHITNEY 18 Dau F S W PA WALES WALES
References
1.^ Ancestry.com. Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.
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