Family History - Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ Whiteley
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| 2. | “born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown. |
This family history features Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ Whiteley and her immediate family.
First Generation
1.
Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ Whiteley,
1 born 4 July 1867 in Wisconsin, the daughter of
Simeon Whiteley and
Jane G. Knight.
1, 2, 3, 4
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Wisconsin, Racine County, City of Racine, Page No. 25, family of Simon Whiteley (39, England, insurance agent); Jane Whiteley (34, N.Y.); Elizabeth Whiteley (2, Wis.); Albert Whiteley (8/12, Wis., Oct.); Delia Knight (12, Wis.); Barbery Servery (12, Wis., Dom. Servt.); Minney Lawson (20, Denmark, Dom. Servt.).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 160, Page No. 9, family of Simon Whiteley (49, England, agent for fire ins. co.); wife Jane Whiteley (43, N.Y.); daughter Bessie Whiteley (12, Wis.); Littia Whiteley (2, Wis.); servant Minnie Thompson (19, Denmark).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 32, Sheet No. 3A, family of Jane Whiteley (64, New York, March 1836, widow, 7 children, 2 living); daughter Elizabeth A. Whiteley (32, Wisconsin, July 1867, P. O. Clerk); border John W. Knight (48, Wisconsin, April 1858 [sic, probably an error, believed to be May 1851 from other sources], real estate agent); wife of 1 year Cora B. Knight (29, Wisconsin, Oct. 1870, 1 child, 1 living); daughter Helen C. Knight (6, Wisconsin, March 1894); servant Maggio Nelson (21, Denmark, Dec. 1878).
- The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin, Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879, pages 615-17, biographical sketch of Simeon Whiteley. Digitized by Google and available at Google Books.