RWhit18007@aol.com wrote: > dear cousin. > > I really like what you send. Pettit is one of the lines that in found in the Whitaker's and one problem is > your records have James whitaker b. 1756 to 1804 > but my James was in the 1820 census. then you said he had a son James I was excited again. still have to read carefully. but I was so delighted to hear from you. a 35 years search. I think we may be over that brick wall. maybe. janet whitaker. > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > WHITAKER List Administrator > <commander@inetone.net> > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB Doesn't seem to be of our Whicares. Our Whticare was born in Ky or Va. His mother's name was Mourning Ann (Pendelton) Lane. Whitacare.Reed or Read. Was in Fairfield.Ill. in 1860 census.

Hi everyone, I am very interested in this line of discussion for several reasons. My Whittaker line (William and Aaron's line out of Giles CO., VA and Mercer CO, WV) intermarried with the Osborne line in the 1890's. Every generation since then, has had at least 1 case of depression, bi-polar, and other undiagnosed major mental illness. I don't know which Whittaker line you are from, but it sure would be an interesting study. My 3 children (who are now 32, 30 & 29) were genetically evaluated in the mid-1980's at Bowman-Grey in Winston-Salem, NC. My sons were thought to have an inherited connective disorder from their father's family. At that time, I was told that based on family history, the chance of at least 1 of them having a major mental illness was very likely. Sure enough, 4 years later my oldest son became ill and has struggled with bi-polar/schizoaffective disorder ever since. My younger son had been diagnosed with ADHD as a pre-schooler. Also, alcoholism runs in the Whittaker/Osborne descendents. It is interesting to me, but I have little opportunity to connect with other Whittaker descendents in my line to see if the trend was a Whittaker phenomenon or a Whittaker/Osborne collision of genes. Kyleen Gavin ECR wrote: > RE: Whitakers and depression > > In our Whitaker clan we have depression occuring in each generation. My > father's generation of five out of six suffering from depression. > > Some have asked me if this runs in the Whitaker 'legacy'. Any info? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathryn Whitaker" <katrinkaw@worldnet.att.net> > To: <WHITAKER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 7:56 PM > Subject: Re: [WHITAKER] my james whitaker came from Space. > > > Not to change th purpose of this list, but I want to support. > > Depression runs in the family. (not my Whitaker family) My son, sister, > > father, aunt, uncle and I all are successfully treated. My son since > > the age of seven. There are many new medications that have fewer side > > effects than the old ones. Nothing to be ashamed of. Society is > > learning slowly that this is physiological. > > > > Kathryn > > On Monday, October 8, 2001, at 04:55 AM, RWhit18007@aol.com wrote: > > > > > dear Bev. > > > > > > this letter was from one of girls doing the whitaker line. > > > you know > > > we have to questin everything. so what do you think????? I'm sure we > > > are > > > cousins. but > > > are we on right path???? > > > > > > you can e mail to all 3 of us. and we can all figure it out. > > > > > > sherry is;... HarrisSEM@aol.com > > > > > > > > > vicki is ... hortonvicki@hotmail.com > > > > > > Janet is.......rwhit18007@aol.com > > > that is how we have been doing it. sending same letters to all of > > > us. as > > > it;s not personal. just the research. > > > > > > Oh. on Personal note.. glad your husband is doing well, > > > if he gets depressed much. you can tell the Doctor and they can > > > give him > > > Zoloft or something like it for depression. I tell you it made a > > > world of > > > differance in my sweet husband. oc course he didn;t think there was > > > anything wrong. he wasn;t happy. but of course it was " my fault" > > > always > > > is you know. but once he saw a Dr. and got those Zoloft. within a > > > week, I > > > could see improvement. and by 6 weeks he was his same cheerful self > > > again. > > > so there IS something out there that can help. but men are very > > > stubbon > > > and will not admit anything is wrong. that;s why they have wives > > > to > > > help them understand these things. > > > > > > with love. Janet > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > > > > > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

my Whitaker family there is Dyslexia. 3 generations for sure. before that they may have had it and no one had a name for it. I feel it is passed gen to gen. Janet whitaker

we have bipolar in this line

Bob, you're right. It's one of the things about tracing the family lines no matter where they go. How often have we gone to the doctor and had him ask if there is any history of ????? in the family? I'm married into a Whitaker line but two of my half sisters and I have all had lupus. We joked with the doctors about what the chances could be that dad had married three different women with a predisposition to it and were assured it was a million to one. Dorothy and Carol are both gone now and I'm in the middle of a flare right now that is convincing me I need to start taking care of me and stop teaching (even parttime). For right now, I'll just keep on keepin' on. Wanda VanderVeen [Tennessee] > There is always something handed down from generation to generation. On my > side of the Whitakers it's "Irregular Heart Beats", Arrythmia. My father > died of coronary thrombosis caused by "Atrial Fibulation, (another form of > arrythmia). Because the blood stops flowing, it will clot. Medicine and > Doctors today have a good handle on this condition making it a minor ailment > as long as we have it monitored on a regular basis. > > Our ancestor Edward Kinball Whitaker appeared to have some form of this > problem but by controlling stress, in the country for a year, he was able to > over come the problem. > > Bob Whitaker (California)

Since most common illness is mostly being recognized to be genetic in one form or another, it would make sense that like Alcoholism, Depression is a form of genetic illness that can pass from one generation to another. The good thing about this, is now we can see it, try and understand it and treat it. As the Historian for the Bartlett Ancestral Society, I always wanted to do a Medical research for a surname, just to see how much one surname would have in common as illness is concerned. Who knows what could be learned and knowledge of family could be passed on or help this generation as to know what to look for now. Tammy Gaskins Darn, and you thought you got rid of me. lol

Heres a WHITAKER married my uncle CLIFFORD MOORE in 1930,LAURA J. WHITAKER,still living,has a sister living with her EALON.these 2 live near LAFAYETTE,IN. a brother ROBERT LUTHER,who lives in KLAMATH FALLS.OR.he had a family in LAFAYETTE,IN.i don't know their where abouts. ARTHUR,TN is located about 4 miles south of CUMBERLAND GAP,TN.thank you,Ray Moore

I'd be interested in knowing the answer to this one also. Everybody in this line has at least 2 family members that suffer from depression. Louann

There is always something handed down from generation to generation. On my side of the Whitakers it's "Irregular Heart Beats", Arrythmia. My father died of coronary thrombosis caused by "Atrial Fibulation, (another form of arrythmia). Because the blood stops flowing, it will clot. Medicine and Doctors today have a good handle on this condition making it a minor ailment as long as we have it monitored on a regular basis. Our ancestor Edward Kinball Whitaker appeared to have some form of this problem but by controlling stress, in the country for a year, he was able to over come the problem. Bob Whitaker (California)

RE: Whitakers and depression In our Whitaker clan we have depression occuring in each generation. My father's generation of five out of six suffering from depression. Some have asked me if this runs in the Whitaker 'legacy'. Any info? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathryn Whitaker" <katrinkaw@worldnet.att.net> To: <WHITAKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [WHITAKER] my james whitaker came from Space. > Not to change th purpose of this list, but I want to support. > Depression runs in the family. (not my Whitaker family) My son, sister, > father, aunt, uncle and I all are successfully treated. My son since > the age of seven. There are many new medications that have fewer side > effects than the old ones. Nothing to be ashamed of. Society is > learning slowly that this is physiological. > > Kathryn > On Monday, October 8, 2001, at 04:55 AM, RWhit18007@aol.com wrote: > > > dear Bev. > > > > this letter was from one of girls doing the whitaker line. > > you know > > we have to questin everything. so what do you think????? I'm sure we > > are > > cousins. but > > are we on right path???? > > > > you can e mail to all 3 of us. and we can all figure it out. > > > > sherry is;... HarrisSEM@aol.com > > > > > > vicki is ... hortonvicki@hotmail.com > > > > Janet is.......rwhit18007@aol.com > > that is how we have been doing it. sending same letters to all of > > us. as > > it;s not personal. just the research. > > > > Oh. on Personal note.. glad your husband is doing well, > > if he gets depressed much. you can tell the Doctor and they can > > give him > > Zoloft or something like it for depression. I tell you it made a > > world of > > differance in my sweet husband. oc course he didn;t think there was > > anything wrong. he wasn;t happy. but of course it was " my fault" > > always > > is you know. but once he saw a Dr. and got those Zoloft. within a > > week, I > > could see improvement. and by 6 weeks he was his same cheerful self > > again. > > so there IS something out there that can help. but men are very > > stubbon > > and will not admit anything is wrong. that;s why they have wives > > to > > help them understand these things. > > > > with love. Janet > > > > > > > > > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

Not to change th purpose of this list, but I want to support. Depression runs in the family. (not my Whitaker family) My son, sister, father, aunt, uncle and I all are successfully treated. My son since the age of seven. There are many new medications that have fewer side effects than the old ones. Nothing to be ashamed of. Society is learning slowly that this is physiological. Kathryn On Monday, October 8, 2001, at 04:55 AM, RWhit18007@aol.com wrote: > dear Bev. > > this letter was from one of girls doing the whitaker line. > you know > we have to questin everything. so what do you think????? I'm sure we > are > cousins. but > are we on right path???? > > you can e mail to all 3 of us. and we can all figure it out. > > sherry is;... HarrisSEM@aol.com > > > vicki is ... hortonvicki@hotmail.com > > Janet is.......rwhit18007@aol.com > that is how we have been doing it. sending same letters to all of > us. as > it;s not personal. just the research. > > Oh. on Personal note.. glad your husband is doing well, > if he gets depressed much. you can tell the Doctor and they can > give him > Zoloft or something like it for depression. I tell you it made a > world of > differance in my sweet husband. oc course he didn;t think there was > anything wrong. he wasn;t happy. but of course it was " my fault" > always > is you know. but once he saw a Dr. and got those Zoloft. within a > week, I > could see improvement. and by 6 weeks he was his same cheerful self > again. > so there IS something out there that can help. but men are very > stubbon > and will not admit anything is wrong. that;s why they have wives > to > help them understand these things. > > with love. Janet > > > > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

Saw your note about depression. I am age 63. At age 59 I was diagnosed with clinical depression. Starting the meds made a mammoth difference in my relationships, my reactions, my feelings of self-worth, etc. Just wish I would have known at age 20. I am from the James Martin Whitaker line. I am away from my home computer but that's my granddad's dad. My grandad was John Harrison Whitaker. Paul Harrison Whitaker 1938 -

dear Bev. this letter was from one of girls doing the whitaker line. you know we have to questin everything. so what do you think????? I'm sure we are cousins. but are we on right path???? you can e mail to all 3 of us. and we can all figure it out. sherry is;... HarrisSEM@aol.com vicki is ... hortonvicki@hotmail.com Janet is.......rwhit18007@aol.com that is how we have been doing it. sending same letters to all of us. as it;s not personal. just the research. Oh. on Personal note.. glad your husband is doing well, if he gets depressed much. you can tell the Doctor and they can give him Zoloft or something like it for depression. I tell you it made a world of differance in my sweet husband. oc course he didn;t think there was anything wrong. he wasn;t happy. but of course it was " my fault" always is you know. but once he saw a Dr. and got those Zoloft. within a week, I could see improvement. and by 6 weeks he was his same cheerful self again. so there IS something out there that can help. but men are very stubbon and will not admit anything is wrong. that;s why they have wives to help them understand these things. with love. Janet

dear Bev. sorry about the Barbera. Not Bev. I knew it was B. and didn;t look at it again. Yes. I knew it was you. Your information is wonderful. I am so delighted. This is the first break I've ever had in this line for years. I'm so excited. also to find a new cousin!!! you!! well, maybe we should find out a bit about each other. I'm Janet Spitz Whitaker ( youknew that.) b. 1933 in Nebr. married into Whitaker line. Ron was my husband, he d. 1998 nov 8th soon to be 3 years now he's been gone. I have 3 children. all now living in Ohio. they were all born in Nebr and I lived there over 40 years I'm, 68 years old. and live in canton Ohio. which has a wonderful Gen. libeary that has great ohio subjects and other things close by. I also enjoy painting. I do oils. watercolors and love to paint anything . shirts. faces. whatever. birdwatcher. and love to travel. hope I can keep going. I enjoy outdoors, camping, campfires. sleeping in a tent. waking in the morning to birds singing nearby. I just wrote a book about angels called. " Angels for everyday People" ($10.00_) +PP and it;s stories I've collected from people I've met. and I tell you I had to talk to a lot of people to get these stories., some stories are really wonderful really shows the love of God and some of the "saves" God does for us. others are heartwarming. you'd enjoy the book. it is no religon. rather I spoke to all colors and religons to get these stories. I had 1,000 printed last christmas and I only have 400 left. and selling them myself. well, that;s about who I am. so let's hear about you. where you live and family. Now about your information. I'm delighted we are shareing a grandfather. your Daniel and my James are no doubt brothers. that is just unbelievable. I am danceing on the celling. so in the 1820 census of Ind. we found about 4 Whitaker's. I do not have my census records in front of me. but do we have all of those whitaker figured out??? the father is JOHN> then my James and your Daniel. there was another I thought. Yes. I'd like to know who Daniels children were. as I have found records for some whitakers I thought should be in family and didn;t know where they fit. seems there was a Rowsey or such. who was he? think he married a whitaker girl. Now that I'm home again. I'm back to work again. but problem about my printer isn;t working. darn!!!! grrrr. I foreward the information you send me to the other whitaker cousins. they are MUCH closer family. ( they come from James) while your coming from John. LOL odd, how well we know each other yet never meet. thanks. and hope to learn more about your Dan. Janet

Janet, I think I am the one to whom you are writing about our James and John ancestors, but as you addressed it to "Barbara" instead of Beverly, I am not sure. Anyway, you may have forgotten, but we "wrote" to each other several time in the winter. I am the one to whom you gave advice about my husband and his heart surgery. He is doing well, but still a bit depressed. Now, to the info. 1st generation: John b. possibly PA 2nd gen. James b. 1756 PA, m. Jemima Moore, d April 4, 1818 3rd gen John b. Feb. 6, 1786 m. Nancy Smales Daniel b. 1790 Sarah Rachel 4th gen Children of John and Nancy: John b. May 4, 1820 Dearborn Co., IN Douglas b. Abt. 1815 James b. (This is where the MyFamily.Com info is incorrect. James could not possibly be born in 1790, four only four years after his father!!!!) Catherine b. 1825 Unfortunately, the web site I suggested to you does not go further with John's family including, of course, your James. You are correct in assuming we are of the same Whitaker family, but I am afraid James life is still unknown except that you do seem to have to have the names of several of his descendants. I have a lot of info on Daniel's family. He was my ggggrandfather. If you have info about Jemima Moore, I would love to have it...and I will continue to see if I can find more about your James. Good hunting, Beverly

Dear Barbera; I'm not sure I answered your letter or not as I was so excited over hearing from you. and I was visiting my daughter & family. but home again. and back to work. Yes. I really think we are cousins!!! I'm delighted. please keep in touch. after seeing your letter. I checked MY FAMILY>COM and Ancestry.com I looked for NANCY SMALES and JEMIMA MOORE. both who married John Whitaker and James whitaker. since I first checked the whitaker list. I found 1000 whitaker's yuk!!! then I realized I had those two female names above. & that was easier. so this is how it looks. James whitaker b. 1756 in "penn" m. to Jemima Moore b. 1761 in NJ she d. 1850-1860 Allen co. Ind. they had a son. John Whitaker 16 feb. 1786 b. Penn who married Nancy Smales in DEARBORN CO. IND. in 1806-1807 Nancy b. 1786 at Ellicott's mills Howard co. Md. they had a son James whitaker. & ___________________??????? ( this is my space ship James) I believe that James had a brother Daniel I think you agree to the above. but now James Whitaker with no wife.. had a son Elijah Whitaker & Mary Sharp they had a son William Whitaker & Nancy Mabe he had ason Frank M. Whitaker & Emma Krug they had a son. Leonard "Bert" Whitaker & Margaret Mary Seely they had a son Ronald Martin Whitaker & Janet Louise Spitz. ( THIS IS ME....) and we have 3 children Mark Jeff & wendy ( Spangler) now if you agree with this line. let me know. Now there are three of us cousins who have been working on this Whitaker line for over a year now. well, I mean every day. over a year. any how. we had to go though the female lines. but we have some great lines. and find royalty and it goes as far back as 400 A D Now if you fit into this family. we can all share this information. the other two gals have documented everything they can find. and done a wonderful job. I'd like to see it on a C D so we can each just buy the CD and have everything in it we want. and print it out as we want for ourselves. keep in touch. let's see how you think this family is. Nice to meet you Cousin. Janet whitaker of Canton ohio.

HI - Sudden thought - do you suppose your elusive Clark's father was also a Clark? Born in VT, as was mine?? Marie

Hello to the list. I wonder if there is anyone researching the Whitaker's from WAR or WOR in the UK. Looking for a connection to WIlliam, Thomas, Richard,John,Ann,Jane and Sarah. Their parents were, Thomas and Ann Whitaker who lived in Birmingham circa 1821 but born circa 1790 in Worcester.(looking for their parents also). regards Judy Whitaker Australia

To Tami Hasting--- I have been told my grandmother was from Rockcastle County, Ky. I have nothing to verify this. Her name was Lina Whitaker, b.1886---d.1954; buried in Wilton Cemetery, Wilton, Knox County, Ky. Her father was Thomas L Whitaker and her mother was Ann Trosper. If you have anything at all on these names, I would appreciate any info you could give me. Thanks, Darrell Terrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tami Hasting" <thasting@home.com> To: <WHITAKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 1:17 AM Subject: [WHITAKER] HELP!! Whitaker overload > Hi list- sorry if I'm doing this wrong.It's my first query after subscribing for over a year. My maternal and paternal grandmothers were BOTH Whitakers from Rockcastle Co., Ky. and not related as far as anyone in either family is able to recall. In a town of 800 that,s hard to believe, But til now all info. seems to confirm this. Does anyone out there in Whitakerland have ties to this area? My paternal grandmother was Mattie Alice Whitaker b.2 Mar.1893. Parents were Martha Jane Rash and Elijah Napoleon Whitaker. She married S. R. Cromer b. 18 Nov.,1892 and they had 7 children.After Martha died, Elijah married Lula Caroline Sweeney and they had a large family of their own. Elijah's mother was Sarah Barnes, still in Rockcastle Co. Sarah b. 16 Aug.,1850-d.27 Oct. 1943,m.1.William R. Whitaker,and 2.William Harrison Bustle Bussell.Now on the maternal side, my grandmother Sarah Clella Whitaker was born in Illinois 1 Oct. 1905 although her siblings were born in Ky. 1900 census show! > s both parents as being born in Ky. Did her parents,Richard Whitaker and Alice Doan make a trip to visit family and Clella was born during this period? Richard b.22 Dec. 1875. Alice b. Nov. 8,1886-d.03 Dec. 1930,parents Joe Doan and Ellen? .Richard d. Nov. 30,1899,m.10 Aug.1899.If this does not complicate things enough,Clella married Oscar Bussell.Remember this surname from the patermal side? Anyway, Oscar had a falling out with his family as a youth and moved to Rockcastle Co. He spelled it Bussell although the descendants from the Ind. line all spell it Bustle. Both say they're right and we all get together at the family reunion and joke about the other side not being able to spell. Th e problem is-is it all one line somehow connected to the second marriage of Sarah Barnes or another parrallel and until unrelated line in this small town? My other query is from this same area and concerns Joseph Cromer. This side is pretty well documented but would love any related info. si! > nce it seems that all the Cromers, Bussell/Bustle and Whitaker lines indicate that the knew each other. Again SORRY this is so long-I appreciate any pointers in unraveling these lines. Sincerely,Tami > > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Is it possible that your Edgar D. Whitaker is Edward K. (Kimball) Whitaker b.1806 in Sharon, Norfolk Co. d. 1883 in Boston?