Gene Cortland "Corky" Whitney, Jr.

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: Gene graduated from Mahar Regional High School, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. According to his obituary, "Gene served his country with the United States Air Force from 1959 to 1963 as a flight-line mechanic and crew chief primarily on the F-100 aircraft at Wheeler Air Force Base in Tripoli, North Africa and Kincheloe Air Force Base in Sault Marie, Mich. He was an avid car enthusiast and close associate of the local Stroker Car Club. Gene supported and participated in local Cruise Night events and was a member of the ERLI days of racing and The "A" Team which set a land speed record. He often attended the weekly car shows at the Ludlow Lodge of Moose and in Chicopee."
• Residence: May 1964, Thompsonville, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Residence: Jul 2011, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Name:


[Tribe of Calvin]

Gene married Oralie Francine Guetti [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alan Gene Whitney
2. Holly Ann Whitney

Gene married Andrea Grainger [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gene married Joanne Palermo [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[Tribe of Calvin]

Gene married Enise McKenna on 12 Apr 1941 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Enise (daughter of Leslie James McKenna and Kathryn Marguerite MacKnight) was born on 05 Feb 1922 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 05 Jul 2011 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; was buried on 09 Jul 2011 in South Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: According to her obituary, "She graduated from Orange High School, attended the Congregational Church in Enfield, and worked for several years for the Albert C. Steiger Company in their Longmeadow and Enfield stores. Enise will be remembered as a gentle and loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother."

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]

Leslie married Kathryn Marguerite MacKnight on Yes, date unknown. [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

Notes:

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]