Edmund WHITNEY ²

  General Notes:

Spelling of surname changed from WITNEY to WHITNEY sometime after arrival in United States.


Census Record information extracted by Howard Gibbs of UK Roots January 21, 2000.

Date 7 June 1841 Class HO 107
Head William Hope Piece 115/6
Address ??? Cottages Folio 41
Pownall Fee Source GRO Microfilm
Wilmslow, Cheshire


Name AgeSex Occupation Born in County (Yes/No)
William Hope 60 M Ag Lab Y
Ann Hope 60 F Y
Edmond Witney 20 M Cotton Weaver N
Frances Witney 20 F Cotton Weaver Y
Isaac Witney 1mth M Y

Notes Ages up to 15 years old were reported as is, ages beyond 15 years old were rounded down to nearest five years
Ag Lab Agricultural Labourer
Adjacent to James Hope entry. ??? Cottages designation the same
Very poor Microfilm Quality
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Edmund and Frances came from England when Isaac was a baby. Other children were born in New York and New Jersey.

Edmund started for the west (leaving his family in New Jersey) to look for a new home. Got as far as Louisiana, contracted Yellow Fever and died. His wife Frances brought the family to live in Iowa at a later date. Above information taken from a letter written to Ronald and Roxie Whitney by Frances Whitney (Radtke) on January 23, 1964.

The name shown for Edmund in the above letter was corrected to coincide with the 1850 census of New Jersey.

Type of Record: census records
Source: National Archives
Locality: Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey
Date: 1850
Format: Microfilm of census enumeration
FHL Call Number: 443,648
Extract: A1
Edmund and Frances living in Bloomfield with five children. Edmund's occupation shown as Engineer.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptism, 30 August 1818, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England. ³

Edmund married Frances HOPE, daughter of William HOPE and Ann BAYLES, on 26 October 1840 in Bowdon, Cheshire, England.¹ (Frances HOPE was born on 27 March 1822 in Stockport, England,⁵ died on 15 July 1877 in , Harrison Co., Iowa ^{4 6} and was buried in 1877 in Soldier Valley Cemetery, Jackson Twsp., Harrison Co., Iowa ⁷.)

  Marriage Notes:

Edmund and Frances were married in the parish church in the Parish of Bowdon in the County of Chester on October 26, 1840. His surname on the marriage certificate is shown as Witney, their age as "full age", his occupation as Labourer, their residence at time of marriage as Altrincham. His father is shown as Edmund Witney, occupation Labourer. Her father is shown as William Hope, occupation Labourer. They signed their names by making their mark, x.