Travis Harvard Whitney (1875 - 1934)

Born 22 Jun 1875 in Spencer Co, IN

Ancestors

Husband of Rosalie (Loew) Whitney — married 2 Jul 1903 in Manhatten, New York Co, NY

Died 8 Jan 1934 at age 58 in Manhatten, New York Co, NY

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Biography

Travis is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY

Excerpts taken from Rosalie's obit: Travis Harvard Whitney, an Indiana-born (June 22, 1875) Methodist who graduated from Harvard Law School in 1903, was assistant secretary of the young New York City Citizens Union. He went to Legal Aid as one of Rosalie's volunteer assistants. They were married in 1903. Travis and Rosalie Whitney's professional lives were marked by appointment to state and local public office. Travis, a transportation specialist, practiced privately between positions. In 1933 Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia appointed him civil works administrator. Intense and dedicated, Travis labored until he collapsed and, on January 8, 1934, died at fifty-nine after complications from emergency surgery for a bleeding ulcer.

Sources

• Whitney-L Archives Apr 2005 from Thomas W Kavanagh

• 1900 Middlesex Co MA (Cambridge) lists Travis H Whitney 24 as a boarder in hshld of Anthony and Wealthy Strouss.

• Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010--Crawford Co KS

• Ancestry.com. Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.---1895 Crawford Co, KS

• "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPX1-2JM : 20 July 2018), Travis H Whitney in household of Travis H Whitney, Manhattan, A.D. 18, E.D. 02, New York, New York; citing p. 24, line 13, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,433,093.

• 1910 Kings Co NY (Brooklyn) lists Travis H 34, Rosalie Loew 36, Travis H 5, Joh Loew 3, William T 1 and 2 servants.

• Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., State Census, 1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.---NY, Kings Co, NY

• 1920 Kings Co NY (Brooklyn) lists Travers, 46, Rose 46, Travers Jr 14, John L 13, William T 11 and 2 maids.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJPV-SYY : accessed 21 January 2019), Travers Whitney Jr. in household of Travers Whitney, Brooklyn Assembly District 1, Kings, New York, United States; citing ED 5, sheet 5B, line 84, family 157, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1143; FHL microfilm 1,821,143.

• "New York State Census, 1925," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSSJ-LG3 : 8 November 2014), Travis Whitney, Brooklyn, A.D. 01, E.D. 33, Kings, New York, United States; records extracted by Ancestry and images digitized by FamilySearch; citing p. 1, line 25, New York State Archives, Albany.

• Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.---from Southhampton England in 1925

• 1930 Kings Co NY lists Travis H Whitney 55, Rosalie L 57, John L 23, William T 21, Travis H Jr 25, Doris 25 (DIL) and 2 servants. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X76R-C4B : accessed 16 April 2018), Travis H Whitney Jr. in household of Travis H Whitney, Brooklyn (Districts 0751-1000), Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 906, sheet 4A, line 47, family 64, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1491; FHL microfilm 2,341,226.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXY4-3QD : 13 March 2018), Travis Harvard Whitney, 1917-1918; citing New York City no 23, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,754,135.

• Travis Harvard Whitney of the New York Public Service Commission in 1916. Image from the Library of Congress. https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/3607286?p=1453081&returnLabel=Travis%20Harvard%20Whitney%20Sr%20(LY84-KWS)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FLY84-KWS

• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2WKN-236 : 10 February 2018), Mary Strous in entry for Travis H. Whitney, 08 Jan 1934; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,070,890.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57230826/travis-h.-whitney