Family:Whitney, Frederick H. (1859-1906)
Frederick Hall alias Frederick H. Whitney, son of William R. and Sarah Abigail (Wyman) Hall, was born May 1859, Lowell, MA, and died 3 Jan 1906, Lowell, MA, aged 46 years 7 months, of intestinal hemorrhage.[1]
He was adopted by Abigail B. (Ford) Whitney. The records of the Tewksbury Almshouse show that Frederick Hall was {admitted 7 May 1861, age 2, from Lowell, born Lowell, discharged 17 May 1861, to mother in Lowell. In 1867, he was visited: "Abby Whitney keeps a boarding house in Centerville. Frederick is withher; is adopted; a very nice boy; it is no known that he was ever a pauper; has a fine home & every advantage." 28 Jun 1869. Visited. Mrs. Whitney lives on 3rd St. Centralville Dracut the house of L. G. Howe; boy is well & attends school; did not see Mrs. W. she being away.[2]
He married, 15 Sep 1886, Lowell, MA, Edith M. Parkin, daughter of John A. and Sarah A. (-----) Parkin.[3] She was born Jul 1863, Calais, ME.
Children of Frederick H. and Edith M. (Parkin) Whitney:
i. Frederick A. Whitney, b. 3 Sep 1889, Lowell, MA.[4] ii. Edward P. Whitney, b. 10 Aug 1891, Lowell, MA;[5] d. 19 Mar 1892, Lowell, MA, aged 7 months 9 days, of congestion of the lungs.[6] iii. Abbie L. F. Whitney, b. 13 Aug 1899, Lowell, MA.[7] iv. Albie L. F. Whitney, b. 13 Aug 1900, Lowell, MA.[8]
Notes
Frederick's death record gives his mother's maiden name as Abby Ford, but omits his father's name. She was his adoptive mother, not his biological. It seems extremely likely that he was the "George F." Hall living with Sarah A. (Wyman) Hall in the 1860 census, both in Abby Whitney's boarding house. Perhaps his middle initial F stood for Frederick. No birth record has been found for either George or Frederick Hall in Massachusetts vital records. His father was William R. Hall, son of Uriah and Olive (Rand) Hall, born about 1829, Hookset, NH, and died 26 Aug 1858, Tyngsborough, MA, age 29. His mother was Sarah Abigail Wyman, daughter of Asa and Mercy (Hall) Wyman, 12 Dec 1832, Tyngsborough, MA, and died 31 Dec 1887, Hillsborough Co., NH. The 1860 census reports, however, that she was born in St. Kitts, West Indies. It also says that she was married within the year. Sure enough, she m. 22 Sep 1860, Lowell, MA to George Lawrence Newhall, 39 (so b. 1821, said in Lancaster), son of James and Mary (-----) Newhall, as his second wife and her second husband. They were in Chelmsford, MA, in 1865 and 1870, and back in Lowell, MA, in 1880. They had ten children born 1861 through 1879.
Census
1027 1241 Byron W. Getchill 25 M - Mill Hand $150 Maine Ellen M. 23 F - Vermont Mary E. 1 F - Mass. 1242 Major C. Perkins 38 M - Overseer in Mill $500 Canada Married within the year 1243 Abby B. Whitney 42 F - Boarding House N.H. Augustus " 15 M - " " Mass. Attended school Sarah Bowley 20 F - " " Maine Ann " 18 F - " " " Marion " 19 F - " " " Agnes Escott 22 F - " " Canada Married within the year Rosinda Curtis 20 F - " " Maine Hulda Vestery 48 F - " " New York Harriet Newhall 31 F - " " Maine Susan Laurence 24 F - " " N.H. Mary Noyes 24 F - " " Mass. Ruby Morse 18 F - " " Vermont Ann Brown 19 F - " " Maine Phoebe Bratt 24 F - " " " Rhoda " 22 F - " " " Lorinda M. Lane 20 F - " " " Ellen Emery 16 F - " " " Sarah Merrill 17 F - " " " Mary Sanborn 22 F - " " N.H. Lydia Dome 21 F - " " " Mary Fletcher 35 F - " " " Caroline Cragg 30 F - " " Maine Mary " 21 F - " " " Susan Currier 23 F - " " Vermont Martha Ennis 17 F - " " " Mary " 19 F - " " " Maria Faver 19 F - " " Mass. Ann Perkins 17 F - " " " Amanda Webster 20 F - Maine Sarah A. Hall 26 F - Servant St. Kitts W. Indies Married within the year George F. Hall 1 M - Mass.
Joshua HOVEY 72 Self M W W MA Shoe Maker MA MA Sarah E. HOVEY 36 Dau F S W MA Keeping House MA MA James W. HOVEY 23 Son M S W MA Works In Wire Works MA MA Joshua W. HOVEY 23 Son M S W MA Clerk Grocery Store MA MA Fred H. WHITNEY 21 Oth M S W MA Bookkeeper Wire Works MA MA
89 92 Whitney, Fredrich Head W M May 1859 41 mar Massachusetts New Hampshire New Hampshire Book-keeper, Owns mortgaged house -----, Edith M. Wife W F Jul 1863 37 mar 13 2ch 2liv Maine New Brunswick New Brunswick -----, Frederick A. Son W M Sep 1890 9 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts Maine At school -----, Abby L. F. Dau W F Jun 1899 10m -- Massachusetts Massachusetts Maine Parkin, John A. FiL W M Mar 1829 71 mar 48 New Brunswick England New Brunswick Retired watchman -----, Sarah A. MiL W F Oct 1830 69 mar 48 5ch 4liv Maine New Brunswick Scotland -----, Prescot R. BiL W M Dec 1872 27 sgl Maine New Brunswick New Brunswick Medicine clerk
References
- Census records.
1.^ Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915, at FamilySearch.org. Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 1906/52 (death), page 480.
2.^ Admission records and case histories, 1854-1882, Tewksbury Almshouse, page 392, case number 15545, from FamilySearch.org.
3.^ Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, at FamilySearch.org. Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 371, page 148.
4.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 395, page 162.
5.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 424, page 223.
6.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 428, page 227.
7.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 485, page 447.
8.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 497, page 464.
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