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Revision as of 11:26, 10 May 2010
George Leavitt8 Whitney (Hananiah7, Hananiah6, Samuel5, William4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of Hananiah7 and Mary Leavitt (Beals) Whitney, was born 16 Dec 1817, Winchendon, MA, and was baptized 29 Sep 1823, Winchendon, MA,[1] and died 22 Aug 1889, Newton, MA, aged 72 years 8 months 6 days, of dilatation of heart.[2]
He married firstly, 30 Mar 1841, Lowell, MA, Harriet A. Mears "both of Lowell",[3] daughter of Daniel and Mary (-----) Mears. She was born about 15 Dec 1819, Albany, ME, and died 4 Mar 1866, Stoneham, MA, aged 46 years 2 months 19 days, of scrofula humor.
He married secondly, 7 Nov 1866, Stoneham, MA, Elizabeth Ann (Leeds) Washburn, daughter of Joseph and Eliza (Lynde) Leeds. She was born 9 Jan 1830, Stoneham, MA.[4] The identity of her first husband ----- Washburn is not known.
He was a grocer and farmer.
Children of George Leavitt8 and Harriet A. (Mears) Whitney:
i. George M.9 Whitney, b. ca. 1846, MA. ii. Clara B. Whitney, b. 2 Nov 1848, Lowell, MA.[5] Her name was alternately Clara J. Whitney.
George Leavitt8 and Elizabeth Ann (Leeds)(Washburn) Whitney had no children.
Census
106 118 Daniel Mears 74 M - Farmer $2000 Mass. Mary " 72 F - do George L. Whitney 32 M - Farmer New Hampshire Harriett " 39 F - Mass. George M. " 4 M - do Attended school Clara B. " 1 F - do Wm. French 28 M - Laborer Maine Heman Morse 20 M - do Vt.
1941 2236 Geo. L. Whitney 42 M - Master Machinist $1000 Mass. Harriet A. " 40 F - Me. George M. " 14 M - Mass. Attended school Clara R. " 11 F - " Attended school Ada Lovejoy 22 F - Domestic "
1050 1115 Whitney, George L. 53 M W Dealer in R.R. Supplies Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Eliza A. 40 F W Housekeeping Mass. -----, George W. 23 M W Clerk in Store Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Clara B. 21 F W No Occupation Mass. Male citizen over 21 [sic]
Geo. B. WHITNEY 62 Self M M W MA R.R. Supplies MA MA Elisa A. WHITNEY 50 Wife F M W MA Keeping House MA MA Abbie GERRY 26 Oth F S W ME MA ME
- 1880, son George not found.
References
1.^ "George Leavitt [Whitney], s. Capt. Hananiah Jr. and Mary, [born] _____ ___, ____. [Bap. Sept. 29, 1823, C.R.]," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1909).
2.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 401, page 202.
3.^ "George L. [Whitney], and Harriet A. Mears, both of L., [married] Mar. 30, 1841," according to Vital Records of Lowell, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1930).
4.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 190, page 243.
5.^ "Clara J. [Whitney], d. Geo[rge] L., grocer, and Harriet, [born] Nov. 2, 1848," according to Lowell Vital Records.
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