Edward Whitney

Sources

1. 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.]
2. 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).
3. 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).