Brief Life History of Joshua Kimball
When Joshua Kimball Whitney was born on 13 February 1835, in Kirtland Township, Lake, Ohio, United States, his father, Newel Kimball Whitney, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Smith, was 34. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1902. He died on 26 January 1902, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Joshua A Whitney, "United States Census, 1860"
- Joshua K Whitney, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Joshua Whitney in household of Elizabeth A Whitney, "United States Census, 1850"
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1800–1882 Female
Siblings (14)
1823–1884 Male
1825–1873 Female
1827–1827 Male
1827– Female
1828–1828 Female
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World Events (8)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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1854 · The Crimean War
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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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