Family:Whitney, Eli Bradstreet (1853-a1910)
Eli Bradstreet Whitney (Jacob, Eli, James), son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Bradstreet) Whitney, was born 1853, Shandaken, NY, and died after 1910.
He married, 1 Jan 1875, Millie S. Schermerhorn, daughter of Philip and Hannah (Goes) Schermerhorn. She was born 22 Aug 1852, and died 2 Feb 1930, Brooklyn, NY.
Child of Eli Bradstreet and Millie S. (Schermerhorn) Whitney:
i. Edythe Whitney, b. Sep 1875, Shandaken, NY; d. 8 Sep 1938, Phoenicia, NY; m. Joseph D. Boyd; no children (but see 1910 census, which says 1 child, not living).
Census
Jacob WHITNEY 60 Self M M W NEW YORK Farmer NY NY Betsey WHITNEY 56 Wife F M W NEW YORK Keeping House NH NY Angie WHITNEY 24 Dau F S W NEW YORK School Teacher NY NY Libbie WHITNEY 28 Dau F S W NEW YORK At Home NY NY Elis WHITNEY 26 Son M M W NEW YORK Farmer NY NY Millie WHITNEY 27 Dau F M W NEW YORK At Home NY NY Edith WHITNEY 4 GDau F S W NEW YORK NY NY
"Eli B."--not "Elis"; "Millie" is Eli's wife.
1892 State, E.D. 4, Co., NY, p. 5: Eli Whitney M 38 - U.S. C. Clerk Miller Whitney M 39 - " C. Edith Whitney F 16 - " C.
70 104 Whitney, Edward Head W M Jan 1853 47 mar 25 New York New York New York Inspector B.H.R.R., Rents house -----, Millie Wife W F Aug 1852 47 mar 25 1ch 1liv New York New York New York Boyd, Edythe Dau W F Sep 1875 24 mar 3 0ch 0liv New York New York New York -----,Joseph D. SiL W M Mar 1873 27 mar 3 Maryland Maryland Maryland Salesman Dry Goods -----, Harry S. Brdr W M Jun 1888 11 sgl Maryland Maryland Maryland At school
- 1910, 107 Sterling Place, Brooklyn Ward 9, Kings Co., NY:
48 61 Whitney, Eli B. Head M W 58 m1 35 New York New York New York Collector Gas Company, Rents house -----, Millie S. Wife F W 57 m1 35 1ch 1liv New York New York New York None Boyd, Edythe W. Dau F W 33 m1 12 1ch 0liv New York New York New York None -----, Joseph D. SiL M W 38 m1 12 Maryland Maryland Maryland Sales Clerk Hats
References
- Census records.
- Edmund J. Longyear, The Descendants of Jacob Longyear of Ulster County, New York (Los Angeles, privately printed, 1942), p. 152, 311.
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