Henry Lincoln Whittier

Brief Life History of Henry Lincoln

When Henry Lincoln Whittier was born on 12 April 1853, in Rockport, Knox, Maine, United States, his father, John Colby Whittier, was 39 and his mother, Rebecca Burgess, was 38. He married Lizzie Haines on 22 December 1881, in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Pacific Township, Humboldt, California, United States in 1910 and McKittrick, Kern, California, United States in 1920. He died on 16 August 1930, in Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Lincoln Whittier
1853–1930
Anna Maria Ott
1872–1967
Marriage: 1891
Grace Helen Whittier
1893–1922
Eunice Emma Whittier Gassaway
1896–1946
Olive Viola Whittier
1899–1985
Henrietta Whittier
1902–1902
Harold Lincoln Whittier
1903–1980
Wesley Henry Whittier
1907–1968

Sources (19)

  • Henry L Whittier, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Henry L. Whittier, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Henry L Whittier, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

World Events (8)

1860

Historical Boundaries: 1854: Waldo, Maine, United States 1860: Knox, Maine, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a dresser of white leather, someone who tawed skins into whitleather, from Middle English whīt ‘white’ + tawyere, towyere, tewere, an agent noun from West Saxon Old English tāwian, Anglian tēwian ‘to taw’.

History: John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–92), poet and active opponent of slavery, was descended from Thomas Whittier, who came to MA from England in 1638.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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