Born in Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edward Dillingham Whitten Sr.
and Mary Olive (Lorman) Whitten
Sister of
Celia Ann (Whitten) Yates, Edward Dillingham Whitten Jr., Emily Olive (Whitten) Warren, Maurice James Whitten and Evelyn Mary Whitten
Wife of
William Ray Brown
— married
6 Sep 1912 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States
Mother of
Dorothy Olive Brown and Merrill William Brown
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Aug 2008
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Biography
Lena was born in Hingham (?) Massachusetts and lived in Fitchburg until she married William on September 6, 1912. They took their wedding trip to the White Mountains.
They lived for a time Pepperell, Mass.?
Their daughter Dorothy Olive was born October 2, 1914, in S. Jaffrey, NH. She died on February 2, 1915, Tuesday at 10:40pm. She was just four months old. She was buried that Thursday at 2pm in East? Jeffrey, New Hampshire.
Tragically, their son Merrill William was born February 6, 1916, and died February 26?, 1916. Again, the burial was in Jaffrey, NH.
The obituary for her mother lists Lena as Lena Calnan, not Brown. Perhaps she remarried late in life?
Research Notes
She is sometimes (mistakenly?) called "Elena".
The 1927 city directory for Fitchburg has Lena employed at Star Worsted Co, living with her parents at 193 Charles Street. Is this consistent with the notes above? Maybe she was between marriages?
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lena:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lena:
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~12.50%
Ted (Whitten) Whittenkraus
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M811699 [compare]
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~6.25%
Chris Whitten :
23andMe, yourDNAportal CHR61965ed9, Genomelink CBBIDwBmvAGS
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A820770 [compare], Ancestry member ciwhitten
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #330041
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Living DNA
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Robin (Joslin) Gariepy :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member aphrod1016
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~3.12%
Margot Whitten :
AncestryDNA
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