John Wallace Whitman (1857 - 1944)

Born 5 Jan 1857 in Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ella (Dobson) Whitman — married 15 Jun 1882 in Boston, Mass., USA

Descendants

Died 10 Nov 1944 at age 87 in Allston, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

John Wallace Whitman was born on 5 January 1857, in Inglisville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia to Isaac Whitman and Mariah Banks.

He married Mary Ella Dobson on 15 June 1882, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were both residents of Boston, both born in Nova Scotia, Canada. John was 25 and employed as a Carpenter, Mary was 22.

Mass. Vital Records: Married 15 Jun 1882, John Wallace WHITMAN, born 5 Jan 1857, son of Isaac and Maria (BANKS) WHITMAN, AND, Mary Ella DOBSON, born 8 Jun 1859 in Lawrencetown, daughter of James and Amelia DOBSON. (History of the Descendants of John Whitman of Weymouth, Mass. (1889) by C.H. Farnam, page 661) ^[1] They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters.

Children include:

Fred M. Whitman

Archie R. Whitman

Wallace Vernon Whitman

Nina A. Whitman Young

Eva Whitman Porter

Ralph G. Whitman

Chester Brandon Whitman

George Beattie Whitman ^[2] He lived in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1901.

Wallace Whitman Census • Canada Census, 1901

Nina A Whitman Daughter F 12 Mass Wallace Whitman Son M 4 Ns Archie R Whitman Son M 3 Ns Eva M Whitman Daughter F 14 Mass Fred M Whitman Son M 16 Mass Ralph Whitman Son M 6 Ns Lilla M Whitman Daughter F 10 Mass George B Whitman Son M 17 Mass Mary E Whitman Wife F 41 Ns ^[3]

John W. Whitman (67) married Christie A. Allen,(63) daughter of Nathaniel Strang and Eliza Trenholm, 26 Nov. 1924, at Boston, Suffolk, Mass.^[4]

He died in 1944, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage records-1882 Mass Vital Records, Wayne W. Walker, Dec 5, 2015
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172141070/john-wallace-whitman: accessed 22 December 2023), memorial page for John Wallace Whitman (1857–11 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 172141070, citing Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Robert Sage (contributor 47414838).
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHKN-KR3 : Tue Oct 03 09:04:46 UTC 2023), Entry for Wallace Whitman and Mary E Whitman, 1901.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28K-Z9SJ : 24 November 2022), John W Whitman and Christie A Allen, 1924.

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6B-WSN : 4 November 2017), John W. Whitman and Mary E. Dobson, 15 Jun 1882; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 817,790.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZZ-4ZX : 9 February 2018), John W. Whitman in entry for George Beattie Whitman, 06 Dec 1883; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 592,817.

"Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRF-G45P : 8 November 2017), John Wallace Whitman in entry for Archie Roy Whitman, 11 Sep 1897; citing Birth, Lawrencetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate number 991414, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.

"Canada Census, 1901", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHKN-KR3 : Tue Oct 03 09:04:46 UTC 2023), Entry for Wallace Whitman and Mary E Whitman, 1901.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LF-M88 : 10 February 2018), John W Whitman in entry for Chester Brandon Whitman, 18 Jan 1902; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, ; FHL microfilm 740,454.

"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4HZ-12G : 16 December 2022), John W Whitman in entry for Fred M Whitman and Reta A Tedford, 1905.

"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N488-6GT : 24 November 2022), John W Whitman in entry for George B Whitman and Amy L Chase, 1906.

"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4F7-YY4 : 4 November 2022), John W Whitman in entry for Leon J Young and Nina A Whitman, 1908.

"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N48J-BY6 : 29 October 2022), John W Whitman in entry for Allan F Flagg and Lilla M Whitman, 1909.

"United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M22Z-V62 : Thu Oct 05 23:07:36 UTC 2023), Entry for John W Whitman and Mary E Whitman, 1910.

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4FF-GY3 : 18 January 2018), John W Whitman in entry for Fenno J Porter and Eva M Whitman, 28 Jun 1911; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,409,942.

"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2V74-J49 : Tue Oct 31 17:43:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Wallace Vernon Whitman and John Wallace Whitman, 19 Apr 1916.

"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGR-NP1C : 13 March 2018), John W Whitman in entry for Ralphe G Whitman and Glendelia I Ganong, 1919.

"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGR-5YBR : 13 March 2018), John W Whitman in entry for Archie R Whitman and Marion Wood, 1919.

"United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF94-VHV : Fri Dec 08 02:43:08 UTC 2023), Entry for John W Whitman and Mary E Whitman, 1920.

"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28K-Z9SJ : 24 November 2022), John W Whitman and Christie A Allen, 1924.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DK-SF9R : 3 August 2020), John Wallace Whitman, ; Burial, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Newton Cemetery; citing record ID 172141070, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

See Also: Book, History of the Descendants of John Whitman of Weymouth, Mass

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Gerry Whitman for creating WikiTree profile Whitman-1623 through the import of Whitman.ged on Aug 7, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Gerry and others.