This refers to message copied below: There is a Theodore Wellington Whitney with a wife named Amanda (Condon) in Somerville, Mass., in the 1900 Census. He was born April 1843 and must have died between 1920 and 1930. A cursory look through the Whitneygen.org site does not seem to identify his line; his father was John A. Whitney (born about 1811), mother Eliza Wellington (born abt. 1806). I'm interested in tracing this Whitney line, but am not getting very far back. John's father might have been Benjamin Whitney but I cannot be sure. Some people at ancestry.com think John was born in Hudson County, New York, but this is inconsistent with the census data which always says he was born in Mass. However, in the 1880(?) census, John's sister (born abt. 1808) lives with him, and she is said to have been born in New York. Thus the idea that Benjamin Whitney moved from Massachusetts to New York and back to Mass. again--so that at least some of his children were born in NY--might have a grain of truth. But these sources don't seem too reliable. They name the mother as [something] Nye Spooner. I can find corroboration that Miss Spooner existed but none that she married a Benjamin Whitney. If Benjamin was the father, then who was the mother, and can they both be connected to John A.? If so, who were Benjamin's ancestors? I can't think of anything but to look some more in case I missed something; or I suppose it might be necessary to pay for the marriage record of John and Eliza since that probably shows his parents' names. Any other ideas out there? Message from last week: Looking for the husband of Amanda C (Congdon/Condon) Whitney who died in Reading, Massachusetts on July 7, 1939. She left a daughter Edith F. Tucker and nieces Miss Ruth Tucker, Mrs. Edward Toomy, Mrs. Frank Brightman. Amanda was born in Berwick, Nova Scotia and lived in Somerville; Charletown and Reading, Massachusetts. She was 94 years old at the time of her death. Bill Whitney ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.nexet.net