Hey TK, I think you will find that Blackstone is in Massachusetts right on the Rhode Island line. There is a section of Blackstone refered to as Waterford. Part of Waterford is in North Smithfield, Rhode Island. I delivered the "Woonsocket Call" to the Kavanagh's when I was a kid, however, for the life of me I don't remember which house they lived in, however, I think it was in blackstone, Ma., not North Smithfield, R.I. For some reason, the name Kevin Kavanagh is going off in the back of my mind. A Blackstone native in Burlington, Vermont. Jon Normandin On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 21:35:30 -0500 (EST) thomas w kavanagh <tkavanag@indiana.edu> writes: > Ahoy, Ahoy: Whits: > > My name is Thomas WHITNEY Kavanagh. > > Some years ago, when I was a graduate student at the University of > New > Mexico, I happened to be in to the office of my advisor, Karl > Schwerin, > and I noticed on his filing cabinet, a book entitled _The Whitneys_. > So I > says to him, "What are you doing with a book about my family?". And > he > says to me, "Your family?!" And we compare notes, and find that any > connection is so far back that there is no conflict of interest. > > But now, 14 years later, he points me to the WHITNEY-L address. So > what's > a guy to do. > > This is what we know about our Whitneys: > > Henry L.[S?] (b1816?) {where?} m. Mahala [Malinda?] McCoy (b 1817?) > 12/17/41 at Rockport, IN > William B. 12/5/42 -6/1/65 (42nd Ind, died of disease). > Bradford 2/13/45 - 12/3/63 (unspec Ind Reg.; dies of > disease) > Thomas James (b?) m. Mary Jane Strauss (b 1853) Gentryville, > IN Feb > 9, 1873 [1874?] > -Ernest Jan. 28 1874-Feb 16, 1874 > -Travis H. June 22, 1875-Jan 8, 1934 > {both Whitney parents, and Travis and Mary Jane move to Girard, > Kansas, 1876} > Travis m. Rosalie Lowe {1st woman judge on family court > in NYC} > -Travis H (Jan. 29 1905) > -John Law (Nov. 15, 1906) > -William Thomas Sept 14, 1908 > > -Charles A. [Born in Girard, K] Aug. 24 1879 > -married Geneva Bamford Aug. 29, 1911 > -Mary Catherine b Sept 15,1914 > -m George M. Kavanagh (b 1920) 1944 > -George 1947 > -THOMAS WHITNEY (1949) {me} > -Charles Bamford Nov 6, 1915 > [my cousins] > > etc. etc > > > That is, if you go back up the line, since William B., and Bradford > both > died in the War., for us there is the two line, from Henry to > Travis, and > via Charles A., to me. > > But up beyond Henry S/L ca. 1816-187x? {Girard, KS.} we have > nothing. > > > Mary Jane Straus Whitney wrote a memoir of her life thru about 1905. > I > have transcribed it and put it on my web page, > > http://php.indiana.edu/~tkavanag/maryjane.html > > If you read it, be aware, my mother called her a "collector of > greivances." > > I also have a set of memoirs from my maternal grandparental side: > Charles > Whitney married Geneva Bamforth, whose father, Methodist minister > Morris > Bamforth wrote a manuscript, which I have, "The Bamforths and > Luddintons > and others." > > I also have some remiscensces about werkin in th' mills, don't cha > know, > from my paternal grandmother, Catherine Downs Kavanagh from > Blackstone, > R.I. > > tk > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.