Olive Whitney Clark papers 1913-1980.

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Olive Whitney Clark papers 1913-1980.

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The genealogical research of the ancestry of Olive (Whitney) Clark who was a direct descendant of John Whitney of Watertown and Daniel Cushing of Hingham, Mass. The collection contains seven folders of research material primarily on Olive's paternal line. Folder one -- Handwritten genealogy of the Whitney family listing line of descent from John of Watertown. The focus of the research is on Mrs. Clark's third great-grandparents, Silas Whitney of Ashburnham, Mass. and his wife, Hannah (Cushing) Whitney. Folder two --The DAR applications of Mrs. Clark's aunt, Frances (Whitney) McCombe of Springfield, Mass. Folder three -- Genealogical research notes on various family lines including Cushing, Knight, Lincoln, and Pierce. Folder four -- Whitney family vital records, 1883-1974. Also, includes receipt of burial plot purchase at Saint John's Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. by Matthew McQuade, Mrs. Clark's maternal ancestor. Folder five -- birth and death records of Mrs. Clark's parents, Ralph Whitney and Margaret Fiztpatrick. Folder six -- Miscellaneous research notes. Folder seven -- Newspaper clippings concerning the Whitney family, family photographs.

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New England Historic Genealogical Society

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Pierce family.

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Cushing family.

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Whitney, Silas, 1779-1846.

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Whitney, Silas, 1752-1798.

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Whitney, Hannah Cushing, 1783-1854.

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Lincoln family.

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Fitzpatrick family.

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Whitney, Ralph H., 1883-1854.

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Whitney, Margaret Fitzpatrick, 1881-1854.

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Whitney family.

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Whitney, John, 1592-1673

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McQuade family.

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Clark, Olive Whitney, 1907-1997.

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Olive Whitney Clark was born 18 February 1907 at Worcester, Mass., daughter of Ralph H. Whitney and Margaret Fitzpatrick. Her family later removed to Hartford, Conn. where she married Herbert George Clark (1903-1956) of Bridgeport. Mr. and Mrs. Clark eventually moved to Williamsburg, VA where Herbert worked for the National Park Service at Yorktown and Olive worked as a secretary at Colonial Williamsburg. Mrs. Clark passed away at Williamsburg, VA on 8 December 1997 at the age of 90. She is buri...