Brief Life History of Samuel Alonzo
When Samuel Alonzo Whitney Sr was born on 10 November 1840, in Palmyra, Deerfield Township, Warren, Ohio, United States, his father, Alonzo Wells Newcomb Whitney, was 21 and his mother, Henrietta Keyes, was 18. He married Fanny Maria Wall on 18 October 1863, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1908. His occupation is listed as farmer in Millville, Cache, Utah, United States. He died on 16 March 1923, in Millville, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Millville City Cemetery, Millville, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Samuel Whitney, "United States Census, 1900"
- daughter Mary Stringham names father Samuel A Whitney, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
- Son William Wells Whitney names father Samuel Alonzo Whitney, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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