Whelock Willie Whitney (1875 - 1945)

Born 24 Oct 1875 in Whitney, Northesk, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

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Died 26 Feb 1945 at age 69 in Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States

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WHELOCK DAVID "Willie" WHITNEY

Wheelock David Whitney, was born on October 24. 1875, and died in February 1945 of a heart attack while trying to dig his car out of a snowdrift in Escanaba, Michigan. He married HELEN D. FINCH on April, 25, 1906, and had two children:

a. Robert Finch Whitney, born Oct. 29, 1907; married about 1937 to Oreta Carr, and had one daughter:

i. Sally (?) Whitney

b. Margaret Elizabeth Whitney, born May 14, 1911; married a Mr. St. Peter

Wheelock David Whitney was baptized David, but he hated the name David. When very young he became very fond of Wheelock Willie, a clerk in the store run by his father's cousin Robert Parker Whitney. This attachment led to his adopting the name Wheelock Willie for himself, and according to his nephew Alton he changed his name legally when he went to live in the States.

Alton described him as a lovable character. "No one could get mad at him, no matter how much he took advantage of their good nature."

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FORT ATKINSON - Funeral services for Mrs. W. W. Whitney, 79, Dallas Tex., a frequent visitor to Fort Atkinson, who died at 1:30 a.m. Friday in a Milwaukee hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Valhalla Cemetery Chapel, Milwaukee. The former Helen Finch was born March 1, 1885, in Marquette, Mich. She was married to Wheelock W. Whitney, a Milwaukee contractor, who predeceased her in 1945. She was a member of the Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Dallas. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Al St. Peter, Dallas, with whom Mrs. Whitney moved to Dallas from Milwaukee five years ago; a son, Robert F., of St. Louis, Mo.; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Russell Key, Oconomowoc.

From the Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gazette, Saturday September 5, 1964

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(NOTE: While documentary evidence was not found to support the comment per to legal name change, however, as early as 1880 while in his father's household, he was using the name "Whelock". That standard remains consistent throughout source-records supporting this file.

Sources

• "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6F-3JQ : 2 March 2021), Welock Whitney in household of Edward Whitney, Northesk, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Edward Whitney, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M91B-4F3 : accessed 29 July 2021), William W Whitney in the household of Joseph Hudson, Sault Ste. Marie city Ward 1, Chippewa, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19, sheet 29B, family 464, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,707.
• "Wisconsin State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMSY-26X : 8 March 2021), Wheelock W Whitney in the household of Everett A Whitney, Superior city, ward 05, Douglas, Wisconsin; citing p. 524, line 69, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,020,446.
• "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCCR-49L : 18 February 2021), Whelock W. Whitney, 1906.
• "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3J6-YMG : 18 February 2021), Whelock W. Whitney and Helen D. Finch, 25 Apr 1906; citing Marriage, Marquette, Marquette, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4209085.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPKN-X9J : accessed 29 July 2021), W W Whitney, Superior Ward 7, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 101, sheet 6B, family 129, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1707; FHL microfilm 1,375,720.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K879-325 : 23 February 2021), Whelock Willy Whitney, 1917-1918.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJY-9DF : 4 February 2021), Whelock W Whitney, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7JT-WQS : 10 January 2021), Wheelock Whitney, Shorewood, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-40, sheet 11B, line 67, family 244, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4501.
• "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFHD-RP4 : 13 March 2018), Whelock W Whitney, 26 Feb 1945; citing Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,227.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5S6-L7D4 : 18 July 2020), Whelock W Whitney for Helen Finch Whitney, 1964.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK2G-8FH1 : accessed 29 July 2021), Whelock W Whitney in entry for Margaret Elizabeth Or Peg Whitney St Peter, Texas, United States, 25 Jan 2013; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Dallas Morning News, The, born-digital text.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK2Q-7X2T : accessed 29 July 2021), Whelock W Whitney for Margaret Louise Clevenger Smith, Texas, United States, 26 Jan 2013; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Austin American-Statesman, born-digital text.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W3FR-C4MM : 3 August 2020), Whelock Willie Whitney, ; Burial, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Valhalla Memorial Park; citing record ID 180312362, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.