Sarah Whitcher Vickery ([email protected]) sent this posting to RootsWeb's Clallam Co., WA message board. It was extremely long, so I'm sending you the beginning section and the section that mentions a Boles. You can see the URL below which tells you where you can go to see the entire posting. Sarah isn't a member of our list, so if you want to discuss this tree with her, you'll have to write to her directly. Yours, Linne ===================================================================== Match: Boles Source: [email protected] From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WACLALLA] Merrill Whittier This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: svickery45 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties .clallam/319.2.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have been updating where I can, and will post what I have, hoping to hear from any of you who have been posting on this thread recently. Lois, I would love to see your line, and hope that at least some of what I have is correct! I would be so interested to know the father of Henry, Reuben, and Merrill, the original trio. My direct email, should you not find it elsewhere here, is [email protected] I can send the file directly, should it be too hard to read or work with here. Sarah Whitcher Vickery And now, this is what I have at the moment! Obviously, much of this is speculative, so feel free to point out errors. Descendants of Unknown Whittier Generation No. 1 1. UNKNOWN1 WHITTIER Children of UNKNOWN WHITTIER are: 2. i. MERRILL2 WHITTIER, b. Abt. October 1803, This was calculated from notice of his death on January 2, 1895; said he was 91 years 3 months old; d. January 1895, New Brunswick. 3. ii. HENRY L. WHITTIER, b. Bet. 1813 - 1814; d. Bef. 1880. iii. REUBEN WHITTIER. More About REUBEN WHITTIER: Information: I have been looking for a family with these three names for sons, but have not yet found it. Generation No. 2 2. MERRILL2 WHITTIER (UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. October 1803 in This was calculated from notice of his death on January 2, 1895; said he was 91 years 3 months old, and died January 1895 in New Brunswick (Source: New Brunswick Provincial Records. Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics. Saint Croix Currier (Saint Stephen, Charlotte, New Brunswick January 10, 1895: v.97, no. 1397) "Rolling Dam - Merrill Whittier, one of the oldest residents of Clarence Ridge, was buried last Saturday."). He married NANCY. More About MERRILL WHITTIER: Date born 2: Abt. 1810, Maine Census 1: 1851, Living in St. Patrick, Charlotte, New Brunswick; indexed as Whitter Census 2: 1881, Living in St. Patrick, Charlotte, New Brunswick; now listed as age 68. Occupation: Farmer (1851 and 1881 censuses) More About NANCY: Census 1: 1851, Living in St. Patrick, Charlotte, New Brunswick; indexed as Whitter Census 2: 1881, Living in St. Patrick, Charlotte, New Brunswick Children of MERRILL WHITTIER and NANCY are: i. MARTHA A.3 WHITTIER, b. Bet. 1831 - 1832, New Brunswick. More About MARTHA A. WHITTIER: Census: 1851, Living in St. Patrick, Charlotte, New Brunswick; indexed as Whitter ii. CATHARINE WHITTIER, b. Bet. 1836 - 1837, New Brunswick. More About CATHARINE WHITTIER: Census 1: 1851, Living in St. Patrick, Charlotte, New Brunswick; indexed as Whitter Census 2: 1881, Living in St. Patrick, Charlotte, New Brunswick 4. iii. MERRILL DANIEL WHITTIER, b. November 12, 1838, New Brunswick; d. February 05, 1924, Stanwood, Snohomish, Washington. iv. MARY WHITTIER, b. Bet. 1841 - 1842, New Brunswick. More About MARY WHITTIER: Census: 1851, Living in St. Patrick, Charlotte, New Brunswick; indexed as Whitter 5. v. ROBERT WHITTIER, b. September 1846, New Brunswick. vi. ELIZABETH WHITTIER, b. Bet. 1848 - 1849, New Brunswick; d. April 26, 1876, St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick (Source: New Brunswick Provincial Records. Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics. Saint Croix Courier (Saint Stephen, Charlotte, New Brunswick . May 11, 1876 v.40, no. 1449) "d. St. George (Charlotte Co.) 26th April, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Roberts, age 28, d/o Merrill Whittier, Clarence Ridge, left husband, one child."); m. JOHN ROBERTS. More About ELIZABETH WHITTIER: Census: 1851, Living in St. Patrick, Charlotte, New Brunswick; indexed as Whitter vii. SARAH M. WHITTIER, b. Abt. March 1851, New Brunswick; d. January 14, 1874 (Source: New Brunswick Provincial Records. Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics. Saint Croix Courier (Saint Stephen, Charlotte, new Brunswick. January 29, 1874, v. 35, no. 1891) "d. Clarence Ridge (Charlotte Co.) 14th Jan., Sarah M. Whittier, age 22 years 10 mos second d/o Muriel Whittier and nancy Whittier."). viii. JOHN HENRY WHITTIER, b. Bet. 1858 - 1859, New Brunswick; d. May 24, 1873, New Brunswick (Source: New Brunswick Provincial Records. Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics. Saint Croix Courier listed his death "son of 'Muriel" Whittier and Nancy Whittier"). 6. ix. LOUISA WHITTIER, b. October 25, 1856, New Brunswick, Canada; d. February 05, 1946, Humboldt county, California. x. ELEANOR WHITTIER, b. Bet. 1863 - 1864, New Brunswick. More About ELEANOR WHITTIER: Census: 1881, Living in St. Patrick, Charlotte, New Brunswick 3. HENRY L.2 WHITTIER (UNKNOWN1) was born Bet. 1813 - 1814, and died Bef. 1880. He married CATHARINE. She was born Bet. 1817 - 1818, and died July 07, 1887 in Somerville, Massachusetts (Source: NEHGS (New England Historical Genealogical Society), (http://www.newenglandancestors.org/rs1/Default.asp). Names her parents as Richard & Martha but does not give her maiden name. Record for daughter's death does include mother's maiden name, but I can't decipher it - Mcxxx). More About HENRY L. WHITTIER: Name 2: Henry S. Whittier Date born 2: Bet. 1812 - 1813, New Brunswick Census 1: 1851, Living in St. Patrick, Charlotte, New Brunswick; indexed as Whitter Census 2: 1860, Living in Calais, Washington, Maine Information: Wife Catherine is listed as a widow on the 1880 census Occupation 1: Farmer (1851 census) Occupation 2: Day laborer (1860 census) More About CATHARINE: Name 2: Catherine Date born 2: September 23, 1817, New Brunswick (Source: NEHGS (New England Historical Genealogical Society), (http://www.newenglandancestors.org/rs1/Default.asp). Death record says she was 69 years, 9 months and 14 days old at time of her death; previously I had her birth at 1817-1818. This names her parents as Richard and Martha, but does not give her maiden name) Cause of Death: "Epithelious throat" (Source: NEHGS (New England Historical Genealogical Society), (http://www.newenglandancestors.org/rs1/Default.asp).) Census 1: 1851, Living in St. Patrick, Charlotte, New Brunswick; indexed as Whitter Census 2: 1860, Living in Calais, Washington, Maine Census 3: 1880, Living in Calais, Washington, Maine (snip) v. HAZEN WHITTIER, b. September 1902, New Brunswick. More About HAZEN WHITTIER: Census: 1911, Living in Sub-District 21, Charlotte, New Brunswick; indexed as Whitter vi. PRISCILLA WHITTIER, b. July 20, 1908, New Brunswick (Source: New Brunswick Provincial Records. Vital Statistics from Government Records (RS141) , http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/VISSE/Default.aspx?culture=en-CA.); m. GRANVILLE NODDIN, April 09, 1924, St. Stephen parish, Charlotte county, New Brunswick (Source: New Brunswick Provincial Records. Vital Statistics from Government Records (RS141).); b. November 30, 1898, Pleasant Ridge, Charlotte, New Brunswick (Source: New Brunswick Provincial Records. Vital Statistics from Government Records (RS141). Identifies parents as Walter and Molinda (Boles) Noddin). More About PRISCILLA WHITTIER: Census: 1911, Living in Sub-District 21, Charlotte, New Brunswick; indexed as Whitter More About GRANVILLE NODDIN and PRISCILLA WHITTIER: Marriage: April 09, 1924, St. Stephen parish, Charlotte county, New Brunswick (Source: New Brunswick Provincial Records. Vital Statistics from Government Records (RS141).) (snip)