Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyWillard Forman Whitney

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Willard Forman Whitney6 (Caroline Forman,5 Benoni Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherGeorge Carpenter Whitney (15 September 1829 - )
MotherCaroline A. Forman (ca. 1842 - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 27 March 2016; Last Edited: 30 March 2016 
Person ID8266
NameWillard Forman Whitney
GenderMale
Born 12 December 1861 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Married ca. 1886 to Ida A. Phelps5

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyIda A. Phelps
Born January 1866 in New York
Married ca. 1886 to Willard Forman Whitney
  
Children of Willard Forman Whitney and Ida A. Phelps:
  
+1.FamilyErnest DeWillmott Whitney
Born 11 March 1887 in Queens County, New York
Married ca. 1906 to Sarah _____
Died 18 October 1918 in Queens County, New York
  
2.FamilyEdward Whitney
Born November 1889
  
+3.FamilyWillard Forman Whitney, Jr.
Born 16 March 1893 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Married ca. 1920 to Augusta Hirt
Died September 1971
  
+4.FamilyHerbert Phelps Whitney
Born 19 August 1895 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Married ca. 1920 to Bertha Blydenburgh
Died June 1983
  
5.FamilyHoward Nelson Whitney
Born ca. 1899 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Died 2 June 1900 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
  
6.FamilyMarion Whitney
Born ca. 1902 in New York
  
+7.FamilyRaymond Leslie Whitney
Born 20 April 1905 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Married to Doris Agnes Matthews
Died 13 March 2002
  

Sources

  1. New York State Census, 1865, Kings County, Brooklyn, Ward 14, Page 37, family of Benj. [sic] B. Forman (81, Albany); wife Margaret Forman (48, Albany, 5 children); child Emely O. Forman (28, Albany, 1 child, plain sewing); child Caroline Whitney (24, Albany, 1 child); child Ann H. Forman (16, Troy); child [sic, probably grandchild] Willard F. Forman (3 6/12, Kings).
  2. The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and its affiliations, Being and Attempt to Trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as in the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878, Volumes I and II. By Stephen Whitney Phoenix. New York: Privately Printed, 1878. Pages 427, 1072, entries for George Carpenter Whitney married to Carolyn Forman, and their son Willard.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, King County, Brooklyn, Page 110, family of Wenoni [sic] Forman (87, New York, silversmith); wife Margaret Forman (57, New York); Mary Forman (33, New York, tailoress); Caroline [sic, probably is actually Cornelia] Forman (22, New York, tailoress). Living next door is their married daughter Caroline and her family: George Whitney (32, New York, silversmith); Caroline Whitney (28, New York, tailoress); Willard Whitney (7, New York); Ida O Mearah (12, New York).
  4. New York State Census, 1892, Kings County, Brooklyn, 7th Election District, 26th Ward, Page 13, Willard Whitney (29, pipefitter); Ida Whitney (26); Agnes Whitney (5); Edward Whitney (2); Caroline Furman (48, seamstress). [Note: the first child seem to be misidentified in this census; other more reliable records show the elder child as son Ernest. Caroline is believed to be Willard’s mother, shown in this census record with her maiden name Forman misspelled as Furman.]
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Enumeration District 457, Sheet No. 15, family of Willard Whitney (36, New York, RR Engineer, Dec 1863, married 14 years); wife Ida Whitney (34, New York, Jan 1866, married 14 years, 5 children, 4 living); son Ernest Whitney (13, New York, Mar 1887); daughter Edith Whitney (10, New York, Nov 1889) [sic, this is believed to be an enumerator’s error, as this child is almost certainly son Edward Whitney; age and birth month-year are probably correct]; son Willard Whitney (7, New York, Mar 1893); son Herbert Whitney (4, New York, Aug 1895).
  6. New York State Census, 1905, Kings County, Brooklyn, 18th Election District, Block D, Page 14, family of Willard Whitney Sr. (42, machinist); wife Ida Whitney (40); son Ernest Whitney (18, metal worker); son Edward Whitney (15); son William [sic, Willard] Whitney (12); son Herbert Whitney (10); daughter Marion Whitney (2 1/2); daughter Rose Whitney (2 mos.) [sic, the birth record shows this as male Ramond (ie., Raymond) Whitney; the 1910 census also shows this child as male Raymond]; Martha Phelps (80) [she is likely Ida’s mother]; border Lillian Van Lot (66).
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, Queens County, Enumeration District 1202, Sheet No. 4B, family of Willard Whitney (46, New York, engineer, portable); wife of 24 years Ida Whitney (44, New York, 6 children, 6 living); son Willard Whitney (17, New York, apprentice, jewelry house); son Herbert Whitney (14, New York); daughter Marion Whitney (7, New York); son Raymond Whitney (4, New York); son Ernest Whitney (23, New York, conductor, railroad); wife of 4 years Sarah Whitney (21, New York, 2 children, 2 living); son Harry Whitney (3, New York); son Eugene Whitney (6/12, New York).
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New Jersey, Somerset County, Franklin Township, Enumeration District 127, Sheet No. 5A, family of Willard F. Whitney (56, New York, machinist, factory); wife Ida Whitney (53, New York); son Willard Whitney, Jr. (26, New York, painter, signs); son Herbert Whitney (23, New York, painter, signs); daughter Marion Whitney (17, New York); son Raymond Whitney (14, New York).