Brief Life History of Charles Elbert
When Charles Elbert Whitney was born on 27 June 1878, in Tolono, Tolono Township, Champaign, Illinois, United States, his father, John Whitney, was 38 and his mother, Sarah E. Yazel, was 25. He married Florence A Swearingen on 25 April 1906, in Saybrook, McLean, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Sandpoint, Bonner, Idaho, United States in 1920 and El Centro, Imperial, California, United States in 1930. He died on 7 December 1955, in Tulare, Tulare, California, United States, at the age of 77.
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- Charles A Whitney in household of John Whitney, "United States Census, 1900"
- Charles E Whitney, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Charles E Whitney, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1884
Historical Boundaries 1884: Fremont, Wyoming Territory, United States 1890: Fremont, Wyoming, United States
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Whitney in Herefordshire, the etymology of which is uncertain. The second element is Old English ēg ‘island, piece of higher ground in a low-lying area’; the first appears to be hwītan, which is either the genitive singular of an Old English byname Hwīta (meaning ‘white’), or the weak dative case (originally used after a preposition and article) of the adjective hwīt ‘white’. The name may also derive from Whitney (now Whitney Wood) in Stevenage (Hertfordshire), probably named from Old English hwītan ‘white’ + (ge)hæge ‘enclosure’.
History: John Whitney came from London, England, to Watertown, MA, in 1635, and had numerous prominent descendents.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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