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Peter Farnum, Jr.

Peter Farnum, Jr.

Male 1798 - 1880  (72 years)

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  • Name Peter Farnum 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 21 May 1798  Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Between 13 Jun 1870 and 5 Jun 1880  prob, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I26984  Whipple Descendants
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2009 

    Father Peter Farnum,   b. 22 May 1765, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1832, poss, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Susannah Wadsworth,   b. 13 Sep 1765, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F13867  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Louisa Nichols,   b. Abt 1810, , , Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 14 Aug 1850, of, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Marriage 15 Oct 1820  Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John N. Farnum,   b. 1823   d. 1835, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 12 years)
    +2. Charles Augustus Farnum,   b. 19 Jan 1825, , , Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1910, Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     3. Francis D. Farnum,   b. 1842, prob, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 28 Jun 1860, of, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 18 years)
    Family ID F13865  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Caroline S.,   b. Abt 1811, , , Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 5 Jun 1880, of, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Children 
     1. Caroline L. "Carrie" Farnum,   b. Abt 1853, prob, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 5 Jun 1880, of, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 27 years)
    Family ID F13866  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 May 1798 - Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Oct 1820 - Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Between 13 Jun 1870 and 5 Jun 1880 - prob, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • !SOURCE: Charles H. Whipple, Genealogy of the Whipple-Wright Wager Ward-Pell McLean-Burnet Families (1917), p. 21.

      !SOURCE: Sherman Leland, The Leland Magazine or a Genealogical Record of Henry Leland and His Descendants (Boston: Wier & White, 1850), p. 54.

      !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 26 Feb 2003. Cites Vital Records of Uxbridge, Massachusetts (birth).

      !RESIDENCES: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. --S. Leland

      !OCCUPATION: Commission merchant. --S. Leland

      !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 29 Jun 2009. "Peter Farnum, Jr. {26984} and Louisa Nichols {26985} were mar. 15 Oct 1820 in Grafton, Worcester, MA (src: Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850)"

      !SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 29 Jun 2009. Cites the following:
      • Aug. 14, 1850 Census Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA p.41
        • Farnum, Peter {26984} 52, merchant b. MA
        • Farnum, Louisa {26985} 40 b. MA {abt 1810}
        • Farnum, Charles {26983} 25 b. Philadelphia, PA
        • Farnum, Francis {36085} 7 b. PA
      • June 28, 1860 Census 23-wd Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA p.965
        • Farnum, Peter 62 {26984} comm. merchant, b. MA
        • Farnum, Caroline S. 49 b. CT {abt 1811; 2nd wife of Peter}
        • Farnum, Charles A. {26983}35 comm. merchant, b. MA
        • Farnum, Francis D. {36085} 17 clerk b. MA
        • Farnum, Julia E. {29686} 27 b. CT {abt 1833}
        • Farnum, Caroline S. 7 b. PA {abt 1853; dau. of Peter & Caroline}
        • Farnum, John {26987} 4 b. PA {abt 1856}
        • Farnum, Julia L. {26989} 6/12 b. PA {abt 12/1859}
        • Farnum, Charles {{26988} 2 b. PA {abt 1858}
      • June 13, 1870 Census, 7-dist. Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA p.350
        • Farnum, Peter {26984} 72 b. MA
        • Farnum, Caroline 59 b. CT
        • Farnum, Carry L. 17 b. PA
      • June 5, 1880 Census 7-wd Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, p.180
        • head - Farnum, Caroline S. 69 widow {of Peter 26984} b. CT parents b. CT
        • dau. - Farnum, Carrie L. 27 at home b. PA father b. MA, mother b. CT


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