Family:Whitney, George Henry (1852-1886)
George Henry9 Whitney (Samuel8, Joseph7, Daniel6, Daniel5, Richard4, Richard3, Richard2, John1), son of Samuel8 and Mary Jane (Carpenter) Whitney, was born 30 May 1852, Fitzwilliam, NH, and died 1 Apr 1886, Boston, MA, aged 33 years 11 months, of erysipelas of face and peritonitis.[1]
He married, 6 Oct 1885, Elizabeth W. Brown, daughter of James and Almira (Libby) Brown. She was born about Jun 1856, Dorchester, MA, and died 4 Apr 1886, Boston, MA, aged 29 years 10 months, of lacerated peninaeum and pueral septicaemia.[2]
He was born in Fitzwilliam, NH; was an engineer, and at the time of his death was in the employ of Doliber, Goodale & County, at 41 Central Wharf, Boston, MA, manufacturers of Mellen's food for infants and invalids. He was strictly temperate, never used liquor or tobacco in any form, was industrious and a staunch republican. He resided Boston, MA, 1098 Washington St., Madison Hotel.
In 1886 he was an engineer.
Children of George Henry9 and Lizzie (Brown) Whitney:
i. Irene Elizabeth10 Whitney, b. 14 Mar 1886, Boston, MA;[3] resided above address.
References
- All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 627-628.
1.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 375, page 88.
2.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 375, page 91.
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 369, page 206.
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