Alva Whitney (1806 - 1886)

Born 6 Mar 1806 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Heald) Whitney — married 10 Nov 1831 in Chester, Windsor, Vermont, United States

Died 1886 at about age 79 in Granville, Putnam, Illinois, United States

Biography

Alva was born in 1806. ^[1]

Alva Whitney, b. 6 Mar 1806, Athol, MA; ^[2]

Marriage

He married, 10 Nov 1831, Chester, VT, Lydia Heald. ^[3] She was born about 1808, VT, and died after 1850.

Children

1. Lydia9 Whitney, b. ca. 1833, VT; d. aft. 1850, then unmarried.
2. Jeanette Ann Whitney, b. ca. 1835, OH; d. aft. 1900; m. Erastus H. Baker; 2 children.
3. Mary Abby Whitney, b. ca. 1845, OH; d. aft. 1900, then unmarried.

Death

died 1886, Granville, Putnam Co., IL.

Census

1840, Pittsfield, Lorain Co., OH: Alvin Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 0-4; 1 engaged in agriculture.

1850, Pittsfield, Lorain Co., OH:

397 401 Alvah Whitney 44 M - Carpenter & Joiner $600 Mass. Lydia 42 F - Vermont Lydia 17 F - " Attended school Ann 15 F - Ohio Attended school Mary 5 F - " Attended school

1860, Russia, Lorain Co., OH:

215 215 Alvey Whitney 54 M - Mast. Carpenter $3500 $350 Mass. Lydia H. " 52 F - Vermont Jeanette A. " 25 F - School teacher Ohio Mary A. " 15 F - Student "

1870, Oberlin, Lorain Co., OH:

249 256 Whitney, Alva 64 M W Carpenter $5000 -- Mass. Male citizen over 21 Mary 24 F W Teacher Ohio

1880, Oberlin, Lorain Co., OH:

Alva WHITNEY 71 Self F W W MASS. Carpenter MASS. MASS. Abby WHITNEY 35 Dau F S W OHIO Keeping House MASS. VERMONT

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHKP-Q96 : 8 November 2017), Alva Whitney, 06 Mar 1806; citing Birth, Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 2,230,843.
2. ↑ "Alva [Whitney], d. Nathan and Sina, [born] March 6, 1806," according to Athol Vital Records, pp. 96-97.
3. ↑ Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.

• The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America https://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00genegoog#page/n11/mode/1up .
• http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php?title=Family:Whitney,_Nathan_(1784-1843) .
• http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php?title=Family:Whitney,_Alva_(1806-1886) .