Robert Elmer "Bob" Whitney

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: Robert graduated in 1933 from Orange High School. In 1942, with his brother, Richard, he founded Whit's Diner. During World War II, he was a T/4 in the Army serving at Fort Lewis, Washington. Robert retired in 1973 from running Whit's Diner. According to his obituary, "In his years of retirement Robert enjoyed buying, restoring and selling antiques, listening to music, walking and traveling. He also was a member of the Orange American Legion Post 172, the former VFW and an active member of the Peter Delvee Family Association.?

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[Tribe of Calvin]

Robert married Alice Margaret Warner on 02 Oct 1942 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Alice (daughter of Edward Aiken Warner and Margaret C. McNamara) was born on 28 Apr 1918 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 01 Aug 2000 in Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert Craig "Craig" Whitney
2. John Keith Whitney
3. Linda Eleanor Whitney
4. Glenn Edward Whitney
5. Sue Ellen Whitney
6. Mary Jane Whitney
7. Jay Stephen Whitney
8. Joyce Ann Whitney

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: He was a Selectman for 8 years, and the Assessor for 33 years in Orange, Massachusetts.
• Census: 1900, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 4; Address:
  335 North Main Street
• Census: 1910, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 14; Address:
  335 North Main Street

Notes:

[Tribe of Calvin]

Census:
He was recorded while living with his parents.

Census:
He was recorded while living with his parents.

Glenn married Eleanor F. Roberts on 05 Dec 1914 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Eleanor (daughter of Robert Alfred Roberts and Maria Leola Ferguson) was born on 19 Dec 1895; died on 11 Jun 1982. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1865, Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 6
• Census: 1870, Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 12
• Census: 1880, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 21
• Census: 1900, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 41; Address:
  335 North Main Street
• Census: 1910, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 51; Address:
  335 North Main Street
• Census: 1920, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 62; Address:
  335 North Main Street
• Census: 1930, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 71; Address:
  335 North Main Street
• Census: 1940, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 81; Address:
  335 North Main Street
• Obituary: say 9 Jul 1945

Notes:

Birth:
Pierce (s206) gives Athol as his birth place.

Census:
He was recorded while living with his parents.

Census:
He was recorded while living with his parents.

Census:
He was single and working as a mechanic.

Census:
He was a lumber contractor.

Census:
He worked for a lumber company.

Census:
He was a lumberman.

Census:
He was a decker in a lumber yard.

Census:
He was a widower and had a housekeeper.

Obituary:
According to his obituary, "Practically all his life, Mr. Whitney devoted his attention to lumbering in the immediate vicinity but for the most part in Richmond. He owned large tracts of land for many years in the vicinity of Sandy Lake, where he had a cottage and where each summer the family spent its vacations. Mr. Whitney typified the New England application to hard work, business integrity and good will. He was as honest as the day was long, devoted to his family and a man of excellent habits. He served the town as selectman for one term. His hobby was baseball and even to the last days of his life evinced great interest in the national game."

Died:
He died at his son's home.

Elmer married Anna Emery Delva on 25 Dec 1884 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Anna (daughter of Calvin Wilder Delva and Lucy Maria Fuller) was born on 7 Nov 1863 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 23 Oct 1934 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Central Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 6
• Census: 1880, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 16
• Census: 1900, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 36; Address:
  335 North Main Street
• Census: 1910, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 46; Address:
  335 North Main Street
• Census: 1920, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 56; Address:
  335 North Main Street
• Census: 1930, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 66; Address:
  335 North Main Street

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Birth:
Her name was recorded as Flora A. E. Delva on her birth record. The Flora seems to have been dropped.

[Tribe of Calvin]

Census:
She was recorded while living with her parents.

Census:
Anna was recorded while living with her parents.

She is listed as a School Teacher.

Died:
She died after a long illness aggravated by an automobile accident along the Mohawk Trail two years earlier.

Robert married Maria Leola Ferguson on Yes, date unknown. Maria was born in 1869 in Ireland; died in 1953 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1865, Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 37
• Census: 1870, Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 47

Notes:

Census:
He was a farmer.

Samuel married Harriet Sophia Prentice on 25 Nov 1847. Harriet was born on 13 Oct 1828 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 15 Feb 1892 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1865, Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 37
• Census: 1870, Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 35

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1840, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Occupation: 1845, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Census: 1850, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 37
• Census: 1855, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 42
• Census: 1860, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 47
• History: Aug 1867, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Some time in August, 1867, Mrs. M. A. McKim (a former resident of Warwick), Mrs. E. C. Sibley, and Miss Sarah Ball, circulated a subscription-paper for the purpose of purchasing the blacksmith-shop lot, north of Mrs. McKim's new house in Warwick Village, and Mr. Jones's lot, north of his boot-shop, to be improved and ornamented for a public park. On said subscription-paper are to be found the names of our citizens to the amount of $325, for the purpose of purchasing said pieces of land. After said facts had become known, Mr. Jones generously presented his lot, and gave a deed thereof to the town ; and the blacksmith lot was purchased of A. S. Atherton, Mrs. McKim being the original owner. They each gave $25 for the above object. The proprietors, or rather the contributors, met at the hotel, and voted to choose a committee of three persons from their number to take charge of the funds contributed, and finish off and beautify said grounds in a suitable manner for a public park. Voted and chose Hervey Barber, Calvin W. Delva, and Edward F. Mayo, said committee, who circulated another paper for subscriptions for the above purpose ; and they obtained the promise on the same of the sum of $127.50, to be paid in money, labor, and materials, as specified on said paper, to be expended under the supervision of the committee, for the purpose of levelling, fencing, the setting of trees, and otherwise ornamenting said park. The committee soon commenced their work ; and after some delays, from one cause and another, the more prominent one being the want of funds, and the county commissioners having laid a road in such a way as to necessitate the selectmen to take a part of the proprietors' lands for the continuance and extension of said road, the lot, being fenced and nearly finished, was presented to the town, and accepted, as above stated, and a deed of warranty given by Messrs. Jones and Atherton, on condition that the town ever after keep the same in good order, and continue it as a public park.
• Census: 1870, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 59
• Office Held: Abt 1870, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Land/House : 1871, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Will: 3 Jun 1879, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Census: 1880, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 67
• Office Held: 1881, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Probate: 3 Feb 1885
• Last Full Review: 23 May 2020

Notes:

Census:
1 - Free White Persons - Males - Under 5
1 - Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14
1 - Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29
1 - Free White Persons - Females - Under 5
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29
1 - Persons Employed in Agriculture
3 - Free White Persons - Under 20
2 - Free White Persons - 20 thru 49
5 - Total Free White Persons
5 - Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves

Occupation:
Calvin was operating a tannery in 1845 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

He was the owner of a shingle mill on Grace Brook off Wendell Road which was destroyed by fire in 1848 in Warwick, Massachusetts.

Census:
He was a farmer.

Census:
He was a lumberman.

Office Held:
He was one of the people who helped landscape the park north of town.

Will:
He made his will.

Census:
He was a farmer.

Office Held:
Calvin served as a member of the executive committee of the Annual Fair and Cattle Show.

Calvin married Lucy Maria Fuller on 23 Apr 1837 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Lucy (daughter of James Fuller and Nancy Lesure) was born on 10 Jan 1819 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 29 Mar 1900 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried est 31 Mar 1900 in Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 31
• Census: 1855, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 36
• Census: 1860, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 41
• Census: 1870, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 51
• Census: 1880, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 61
• Last Full Review: 6 Jun 2020

Notes:

Name:
In 1885, Lucy was visiting her niece, Louise, and the conversation got around to the Delvee property, which would soon have to be sold to settle the estate of Calvin Delvee. They thought that the families of Calvin and Peter should get together one more time. Soon they decided to hold a reunion of all of the available descendants of the first Peter. The first reunion was held on a Wednesday, 2 June 1886, and was attended by 126 people. It was such a success that it was decided to meet each year. By the time of the second reunion, the farm had been sold to William Shepardson. The Delvey Grove was purchased from Mr. Shepardson for $60.00.

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Married:
Lucy and Calvin were joined in marriage at Warwick by the Rev. Preserved Smith.