Family:Whitney, George Freeman (1850-1930)

George Freeman⁹ Whitney (George F.⁸, Freeman⁷, Enoch⁶, Moses⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of George F.⁸ and Mary A. (Bailey) Whitney, was born 24 Sep 1850, Harrison or Hallowell, ME, died 9 Jul 1930, and is buried in the Harrison Village Cemetery, Harrison, ME.

He married firstly, 10 Nov 1875, Frederica Boody of Westbrook, ME. She died 28 June 1878 in Harrison, ME.

He married secondly, 21 Sep 1880, Worcester, MA, Susan Edith Converse (as "Edith S."), daughter of Alpheus and Sophia A. Converse,^[1] of North Brookfield, MA. She was born 17 May 1858, MA, and died 13 Jan 1913.

He resided 175 Lincoln St., Worcester, MA.

Children of George F.⁹ and Frederica (Boody) Whitney:

i.	Frederica May10 Whitney, b. 10 Nov 1876, Harrison, ME;[2] m. 3 Sep 1906, Fitchburg, MA, Frederick William Baeslock, M.D., b. ca. 1884, Hohenstein, Germany, son of Gustave A. and Auguste E. (Nurnberger) Baeslock,[3] of Buffalo, NY.

George F.⁹ and Susan Edith (Converse) Whitney had no children.

Census

• 1880, Harrison, Cumberland Co., ME:

George F. WHITNEY 54 Self M M W ME Farmer ME MA Mary A. WHITNEY 58 Wife F M W ME House Keeping ME ME George F. WHITNEY JR. 29 Son M W W ME Works In Wire Factory ME ME Frederica M. WHITNEY 3 GDau F S W ME ME ME

• 1880, Worcester, Worcester Co., MA:

Frank H. WHITNEY 28 Self M M W ME Works In Wire Mill ME ME Almeda WHITNEY 27 Wife F M W ME Keeping House ME ME Anna L. WHITNEY 5 Dau F S W ME ME ME Harlan W. CUTTER 19 Oth M S W ME Machinist ME ME Geo. F. WHITNEY 29 Oth M S W ME Works In Wire Mill ME ME

Duplicate enumeration of George.

• 1900, Harrison, Cumberland Co., ME:

51 52 Whitney, George F. Head W M Jun 1826 74 wid Maine Maine Massachusetts Farmer, Owns mortgaged garm -----, George F. Son W M Sep 1850 49 mar 20 Maine Maine Maine Farmer -----, Edith S. DiL W F May 1858 42 mar 20 0ch 0liv Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts

• 1900, Pearsons Hall, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA:

82 97 Williams, Mary G. Head W F Jun 1863 36 sgl New York New York New York Teacher [1 matron and 21 students] Whitney, Fredrica M. Stdt W F Nov 1877 22 sgl Maine Maine Maine Student [85 students, 1 servant, 5 teachers, 1 faculty]

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), p. 655.

• Moulton, Alphonso, Howard L. Sampson, and Granville Fernald, comps. and eds., Centennial History of Harrison, Maine: Containing The Centennial Celebration of 1905, and Historical and Biographical Matter (Portland: Southworth Printing Company, 1909), p. 709.

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 318, page 359.

2.^  Harrison, Maine, Vital Records.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 564, page 312.

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