Looking for any information about Thomas Joseph WHITNEY from LA. He died about 1918 from the flu, was a railroad engineer, and was married to Laurentine BERGERON on 10 Aug 1911 at St. Francis-De-Sales Church, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA. Together, they had 7 kids that I am aware of. Alvin Joseph Joseph Randolph (b. 2 Apr 1912, killed as an innocent bystander to a fight) Lawrence (b. 17 July 1913, d. Dec 1976) Vivian Marie (my ggrandmother, b. 2 Apr 1916 , m. Theodore Carlin BERTRAM, d. 20 Feb 2000) Wilbert (died on street in CA) Thomas (disappeared around age 30) Helen (died in 1918?) They were possibly native of Lafourche Parish, Lockport, LA. If anyone has any information at all about these people, I would be ever so grateful. I have been stuck on Thomas Joseph for a long time. Thanks! Cristina Cavicchia __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

Cristina: I did a little sleuthing on the online census records at ancestry.com and here's what I was able to find: I found your family on the 1910 census: 1910 U.S. Census, ED 104, 2nd Precinct, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, p. 218 515 515 Whitney Thos Head M W 26 M 6 Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana RR Brakeman -- Laurentine Wife F W 24 M 6 4 4 Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana -- Alvin Son M W 4 S Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana -- Thelma Dau F W 3 S Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana -- not named Son M W XX - Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Bergeron Florence SinLaw F W 20 S Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Whitney Josephine Mother F W 50 W 8 6 Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Because the father's name and occupation matches, the mother's name matches, Alvin's name matches, and the sister in law with the last name of Bergeron matches, I feel confident that this is your family. This record gave us a crucial tidbit of information - that Thomas's mother was named Josephine. We also know that there was another daughter named Thelma that you had not known about before. I then used this information to search ten years earlier, in the 1900 census, and was able to locate them as follows: 1900 U.S. Census, ED 70, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, p. 101 517 537 Whitney Josephine Head W F May 1860 40 M 21 7 5 Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Wash Woman -- Tommie Son W M Dec 1889 18 S Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Boiler Maker -- Eddie Son W M Feb 1887 13 S Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Day Laborer As you can see, your Thomas was named Tommie in the census, and would have been difficult to find had we not known his mother was Josephine. We also now know that Thomas had a brother named Eddie. There seems to be some confusion about Thomas' birthyear as things don't seem to add up. It should probably read 1882 instead of 1889. Because the 1890 census was almost completely destroyed by fire, we now have to go to the 1880 census. Tommie and Eddie wouldn't have been born yet, but we know that Josephine had been married 21 years in 1900, and thus was married about 1879. She had a total of 7 children so we should expect to find a Whitney family with the wife named Josephine, and perhaps one child in the house. Sure enough, here's what I found: 1880 U.S. Census, ED 186, 2nd Ward, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, p. 241 283 356 Whitny Rendolph W M 21 Laborer Louisiana La La -- Josephine W F 22 Wife Keeping [House] Louisiana La La -- Agnesse W F 1 StepDau Louisiana La La So now we know that Josephine was married to 'Rendolph' Whitney, who was born about 1859 in Louisiana. I tried searching the 1870 census without much luck, but if I were you I would try again. I skipped back to the 1860 census to search for 'Rendolphe' and found the following: 1860 U.S. Census, Ward 10, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, p. 413 620 620 Mrs. Azdie Whitney 37 F La Washington " 13 M La Marguerite " 9 F La Louisiana " 7 F La Henry " 6 M La Rodolphe " 5 M La Edward " 3 M La Elizabeth " 1 F La So it appears that 'Rendolph' was also known as 'Rodolphe' and was the sone of 'Azdie' Whitney and the entire family was born in Louisiana. Going back another ten years I found the following: 1850 U.S. Census, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, p. 331 315 315 William Whitney 26 M Labourer Louisiana (can't read/write) Azelie Whitney 17 F " Washington Whitney 3 M " So with all of this information, it appears that your Thomas Whitney was born in December, 1889 in Louisiana, most likely in Houma, was the son of Rudolph Whitney and Josephine (-----). Rudolph Whitney was born about 1855 in Louisiana, perhaps in Houma, the son of William Whitney and Azelie (-----). William Whitney was born about 1824 in Louisiana, parents currently not known. I hope this helps! Tim Doyle -----Original Message----- From: Cristina [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitneys in Louisiana Looking for any information about Thomas Joseph WHITNEY from LA. He died about 1918 from the flu, was a railroad engineer, and was married to Laurentine BERGERON on 10 Aug 1911 at St. Francis-De-Sales Church, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA. Together, they had 7 kids that I am aware of. Alvin Joseph Joseph Randolph (b. 2 Apr 1912, killed as an innocent bystander to a fight) Lawrence (b. 17 July 1913, d. Dec 1976) Vivian Marie (my ggrandmother, b. 2 Apr 1916 , m. Theodore Carlin BERTRAM, d. 20 Feb 2000) Wilbert (died on street in CA) Thomas (disappeared around age 30) Helen (died in 1918?) They were possibly native of Lafourche Parish, Lockport, LA. If anyone has any information at all about these people, I would be ever so grateful. I have been stuck on Thomas Joseph for a long time. Thanks! Cristina Cavicchia

Additional follow up: Two years ago there was a post on the Whitney Family Genealogy Forum at genealogy.com by Patricia Dakin as follows: Seeking information on WILLIAM WHITNEY who married AZELIE GAUTREAUX, 9 July 1847, Terrebonne Parish, LA. Their dau. Eliska Louisiana Whitney married Antoine Pierre Felix Falgout, July 22, 1869, Lockport, Lafource Parish, LA. Have no information on WILLIAM WHITNEY, his parents, etc. Thank you. [email protected] Christina responded, asking if her Thomas Whitney may have been related. Patricia replied as follows: I do not have a lot of information on the Whitney family. Your Whitneys are probably related to my husband's group. William Whiney, b. 1823, mar. Azelie Eulalie Gautreaux, in Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA. Their children were: Washington Wm. Whitney, b. May 19, 1848 Jean Williams Whitney, b. Mary 1849 Marie Cristine (Mary Kit) Whitney, b. Feb. 23, 1851 Eliska Louisiana Whitney, b Feb. 3, 1852 (my husband's gr-grandmother) Henri Whitney - b. Jan. 3, 1854 John Randolph Whitney - b. July 23, 1854 Edouard Leveinston Whitney - b. July 24, 1857 Elizabeth Ann Whitney - b. June 27, 1858 There could be some errors in the above. I will keep your query and if I find some connection, I will get back in touch with you. So it now appears that Christina and Patricia were on the right track, but were just missing a link or two. I would suggest that they contact each other again to share information. Patricia's information adds additional details, but who knows - she may have found William Whitney's parents in the last two years. Good luck! Tim Doyle -----Original Message----- From: Tim Doyle [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 7:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [WHITNEY-L] Whitneys in Louisiana Cristina: I did a little sleuthing on the online census records at ancestry.com and here's what I was able to find: I found your family on the 1910 census: 1910 U.S. Census, ED 104, 2nd Precinct, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, p. 218 515 515 Whitney Thos Head M W 26 M 6 Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana RR Brakeman -- Laurentine Wife F W 24 M 6 4 4 Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana -- Alvin Son M W 4 S Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana -- Thelma Dau F W 3 S Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana -- not named Son M W XX - Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Bergeron Florence SinLaw F W 20 S Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Whitney Josephine Mother F W 50 W 8 6 Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Because the father's name and occupation matches, the mother's name matches, Alvin's name matches, and the sister in law with the last name of Bergeron matches, I feel confident that this is your family. This record gave us a crucial tidbit of information - that Thomas's mother was named Josephine. We also know that there was another daughter named Thelma that you had not known about before. I then used this information to search ten years earlier, in the 1900 census, and was able to locate them as follows: 1900 U.S. Census, ED 70, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, p. 101 517 537 Whitney Josephine Head W F May 1860 40 M 21 7 5 Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Wash Woman -- Tommie Son W M Dec 1889 18 S Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Boiler Maker -- Eddie Son W M Feb 1887 13 S Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Day Laborer As you can see, your Thomas was named Tommie in the census, and would have been difficult to find had we not known his mother was Josephine. We also now know that Thomas had a brother named Eddie. There seems to be some confusion about Thomas' birthyear as things don't seem to add up. It should probably read 1882 instead of 1889. Because the 1890 census was almost completely destroyed by fire, we now have to go to the 1880 census. Tommie and Eddie wouldn't have been born yet, but we know that Josephine had been married 21 years in 1900, and thus was married about 1879. She had a total of 7 children so we should expect to find a Whitney family with the wife named Josephine, and perhaps one child in the house. Sure enough, here's what I found: 1880 U.S. Census, ED 186, 2nd Ward, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, p. 241 283 356 Whitny Rendolph W M 21 Laborer Louisiana La La -- Josephine W F 22 Wife Keeping [House] Louisiana La La -- Agnesse W F 1 StepDau Louisiana La La So now we know that Josephine was married to 'Rendolph' Whitney, who was born about 1859 in Louisiana. I tried searching the 1870 census without much luck, but if I were you I would try again. I skipped back to the 1860 census to search for 'Rendolphe' and found the following: 1860 U.S. Census, Ward 10, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, p. 413 620 620 Mrs. Azdie Whitney 37 F La Washington " 13 M La Marguerite " 9 F La Louisiana " 7 F La Henry " 6 M La Rodolphe " 5 M La Edward " 3 M La Elizabeth " 1 F La So it appears that 'Rendolph' was also known as 'Rodolphe' and was the sone of 'Azdie' Whitney and the entire family was born in Louisiana. Going back another ten years I found the following: 1850 U.S. Census, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, p. 331 315 315 William Whitney 26 M Labourer Louisiana (can't read/write) Azelie Whitney 17 F " Washington Whitney 3 M " So with all of this information, it appears that your Thomas Whitney was born in December, 1889 in Louisiana, most likely in Houma, was the son of Rudolph Whitney and Josephine (-----). Rudolph Whitney was born about 1855 in Louisiana, perhaps in Houma, the son of William Whitney and Azelie (-----). William Whitney was born about 1824 in Louisiana, parents currently not known. I hope this helps! Tim Doyle -----Original Message----- From: Cristina [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Whitneys in Louisiana Looking for any information about Thomas Joseph WHITNEY from LA. He died about 1918 from the flu, was a railroad engineer, and was married to Laurentine BERGERON on 10 Aug 1911 at St. Francis-De-Sales Church, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, LA. Together, they had 7 kids that I am aware of. Alvin Joseph Joseph Randolph (b. 2 Apr 1912, killed as an innocent bystander to a fight) Lawrence (b. 17 July 1913, d. Dec 1976) Vivian Marie (my ggrandmother, b. 2 Apr 1916 , m. Theodore Carlin BERTRAM, d. 20 Feb 2000) Wilbert (died on street in CA) Thomas (disappeared around age 30) Helen (died in 1918?) They were possibly native of Lafourche Parish, Lockport, LA. If anyone has any information at all about these people, I would be ever so grateful. I have been stuck on Thomas Joseph for a long time. Thanks! Cristina Cavicchia