Riley WHITNEY

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October 1855 , Ohio, USA

Died

25 September 1925 , Placerville, California, USA

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Parents:
Henry Mason Whitney (1807 - 1878)

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Wealthy Alderman Whitney (1860 - 1938)

Children:
Wayne Whitney (1885 - 1960)*

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Birth — 1855
October 1855
Ohio, USA

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Rockton, Winnebago, Illinois

Name: R W E Whitney
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 146 Rockton Township Rockton vill., Winnebago, Illinois, United States
Birth Date: Oct 1850
BirthPlace: Ohio
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's BirthPlace: Vermont
Mother's BirthPlace: New York
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 20
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1880
Mother of how many children:
Number of Living Children:
Immigration Year:
PAge: 11
Sheet Letter: A
Family Number: 244
Reference ID: 6
GS Film Number: 1240356
Digital Folder Number: 004113815
Image Number: 00363
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head R W E Whitney M 50 Ohio
Wife Weathy J Whitney F 45 Ohio
Son Walace W Whitney M 19 Ohio
Son Wayne H Whitney M 15 Iowa
Son Wirt A Whitney M 13 Iowa

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1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Placerville, El Dorado, California

Name: Riley Whitney
Event Type:
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Placerville City, El Dorado, California
Gender: Male
Age: 65
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
BirthPlace: Ohio
Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Father's BirthPlace:
Mother's BirthPlace:
Household ID: 497
Sheet Number: 21
GS Film Number: 1820093
Digital Folder Number: 4293693
Image Number: 00942
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Riley Whitney M 65y Ohio
WIFE Willa Whitney F 58y Ohio

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1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

Death

Name: Riley P Whitney
Birth Year: abt 1855
Death Date: 25 Sep 1925
Age at Death: 70
Death Place: El Dorado, California, USA

Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1905-1939 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: California Department of Health and Welfare. California Vital Records-Vitalsearch (www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com). The Vitalsearch Company Worldwide, Inc., Pleasanton, California.

Name: Riley Whitney
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1926
Event Place: Placerville, El Dorado, California, United States
Cemetery: Old Uppertown cemetery
Birth Date: 1855
Marriage Date:
Death Date: 1926
Maiden Name:
Latitude: 38.732082
Longitude: -120.789173
Affiliate Image Identifier: 684222
Affiliate Create Date: 2012-02-06 00:29:07

'BillionGraves Index,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VTWW-8C6 : accessed 12 Apr 2013), Riley Whitney, 1926.