WHITLOCK FAMILY NEWSLETTER

ISSN:0835:6734

WHITLOCK FAMILY NEWSLETTER

47644 Forester Road RR#2, Sardis, B.C. CANADA V2R 4M6

Subscription $10 ($15/?6.75 International) Tel:604/824-7450

per annum renewable January 1st

Fax:604/824-4303

Published Mar.Jun.Sep.& Dec. Email:whitlock@

Website:

Vol.23 No.4 Dec 2004 Page 1

The middle of December is here already and I am just finishing the Newsletter!! Life continues to be over full. We spent a couple of weeks in October driving to Southern California with our friend Malcolm and my brother Phil and his three kids, ages 8,6 &4. Disneyland was the high point on the trip for the kids and they had a great time. We were a group of 20 at Disneyland as several of Patrick's school friends flew in from Hawaii and New Jersey with their families as well as the ones who joined us from Berkeley and Santa Cruz. It was a great way to celebrate a bunch of 50th birthdays. On the way down spent a couple of days in Redding visiting Patrick's cousin and then some time in Berkeley with our friend Mary so the driving was broken up. Considering there was a total of about 27 hours of driving the kids took it pretty well.

While we were Berkeley I got to visit with my distant Whitlock cousin Gary Spencer, wife Mary Alice and their new baby, Kathleen in Alameda. Gary is a descendant of my grandfather's sister Charlotte Agnes who married Stanhope Frederick Hamilton Cour Barron. Gary had copy of the book John Hamilton of Donegal 1800-1884 This Recklessly Generous Landlord who was Fred Cour Barron's grandfather. The book is by Dermot James and details how John Hamilton was one of very few Irish Landlords who nearly bankrupted themselves trying to assist their tenants during the famines of the 1830's and 1840's. Included is a portion of a journal kept by his daughter Mary (Moll) Hamilton (who later married Frederick Augustus Cour Barron) during a four year tour of continental Europe. It also includes a photograph of Moll Hamilton age 13 taken in Dresden in 1840, one of first photographs developed on paper, a technique only discovered in 1839. The book is a little dry but interesting. John's uncle was Charles Wellesley who became the Duke of Wellington and there are some interesting anecdotes about his famous Pakenham relations. One of John's favourite uncles and guardian was Edward Pakenham who was killed at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. John Hamilton also recounts how he was able to obtain his Master of Arts degree at Cambridge without sitting the exam because he could prove he was a descendant of King Edward I. Now that would be a useful document to find!! Patrick was able to find a copy of this book on eBay and we picked it up on the way home. An interesting addition to our collection of Whitlock related books.

There have been other additions to our book collection as well. Bunyip and the Tiger Cats by Judith Whitlock is a children's story published in 1965. Based on the definite Australian character of the book, I would guess that Judith Whitlock is Judith Lorraine Whitlock the daughter of William Alfred Norman & Marjorie Mary (Glass) Whitlock who where married at Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia in 1933. Judith lives in England, is married to John L. Swinon and they have four children. The location, the time and the married with children all fits an article received from Joanne Kader about Judith. This family is part of the WHITLOCK05 chart, The Whitlocks of Pitton, Wiltshire #8.

Another addition is Nelson & Victory by Peter Charles Whitlock, a souvenir booklet available at Portsmouth while touring Victory. Somewhere in the future I figure it might be useful to start a list of books to let people know what is in our collection. Maybe after I finish cataloguing the photograph collection.

Other items of interest in this issue are the Goochland, Va wills and certificates from Elwood Morris R2415R2417 & CERT779-788. The continued collection of Ontario certificates from Lawrence Otis CERT789806. I was very interested to see the marriage certificate for my great-grandfather's only sister Sarah to Charles Chrichton CERT798. Lawrence Otis also took the item to heart about securing your records, that I mentioned in the September issue, by sending me a CD of all his records for safekeeping.

Cheryl Dahl's file on the family of Elizabeth Whitlock the famous "fat lady" of the Barnum and Bailey Circus (X5293) pulls together a huge amount of research on this part of the family and confirms their place on the WHITLOCK09 chart. I am hoping to explore with Louie Smith of Louisville, Ky his connection of the WHITLOCK23 chart to James and Agness (Christmas) Whitlock shown on the WHITLOCK25 line (X5296). This is a connection I have long believed is likely a true one but we have been unable to prove it. Not only does Louie show the connection but also states he thinks James' mother was Frances Jones. Both these items need following up.

I was very interested to receive an email from Chuck Rockett (X5309) regarding Polly Edwards daughter of Thomas Whitlock of Wilson Co., Tn. I have done a short article this item for this issue of the Newsletter. The item on Whitlock Craig by Carolyn Craig (X5319) is interesting if just for the fact it dates from the

Whitlock Family Newsletter

Vol.23 No.4 Dec 2004 Page 2

1780's in North Carolina and I have never seen any reference to this person. Hopefully further North Carolina research will explain who this person was. Larry Perkins' details on the Birmingham photographer, Henry Joseph Whitlock (X5325) provided great new detail on this family and I hope to do an article on this family for a future issue of the Newsletter. This article finally explained to me the connection between the several Whitlock photographers in the Birmingham area at this time. I actually have a Whitlock Bros. photograph of some of my mother's Croydon/Trehearne family of Salwarpe Mill, Worcestershire taken in the 1890's. Arthur Whitlock Cole's additions to the WHITLOCK09 chart (X5328) tie many of these late 1700's and early 1800's Connecticut families together and fill in many blanks. Arthur also provides us with useful detail on the Whitlock family that founded the Whitlock Jewelry store in Eufaula, Alabama. This is the subject of another article in this issue. Christine Unsworth's details on the Census records of Pitton & Farley 18511901 (X5355) will be very useful. Alida Spry's research (X5356) into the Maryland family of James & Susan (Price) Whitelock (M1836) (X5356) pulls together several of these families. This family likely connects to the WHITLOCK57 chart and has been added to the end of that chart as "Also from Maryland". Interesting to note that the descendants of this part of the Maryland family used the name Whitlock not Whitelock. Our base of knowledge grows steadily and each year brings more understanding and connections. My continued thanks to all those whose shared their research in the past year. Our website continues to get complements and hopefully as we add more and more data it will be even more useful as a research tool. Subscriptions were down a bit but remain in the 130 range and funds are covering our costs, even with the fairly steep increase in postage costs. Several persons purchased complete sets of Newsletters (1981-2004) this year which resulted in the health balance. I cannot see any reason at this time to raise our rates. Renewal forms are included and copy of our Balance Sheet. I have marked on the renewal forms if you have already paid for 2005. I do appreciate get the renewal forms back with your subscriptions as the form tells me if I have already done a Main Line for you. I appreciate most of you converting to personal cheques rather than stamps but I can still accept some subscriptions in stamps if a cheque is not feasible. I have managed to get some time to work on the Birth Register and have up to 1852 entered and up to 1824 is fully catalogued with mother's names. The entering is portable and I can work on it on planes and sitting in airports but the cross-referencing with the mother's maiden names requires pulling each of the family cards so is a slow process that I can only do at home. I have also been compiling Family Source files for some of the families with multiple source references listed on their family cards. This allows me to forward to those interested a listing of every reference we have in the files to that family. I have done 15 of them so far and will include them on the Website once I figure a way to name the files so researchers will know which files are the ones they would be interested in. Maybe one day I will retire and have time to do all these things!! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and best wishes for the New Year.

MISCELLANEOUS

X5291/5 eBay item #3697529861 Dd Aug.31-Sep.7,2004 re Whitlock Herb Medicine Co., Winchester, Va Cold Tablets box from Patrick Lynch

X5292/2 Emails from D. Marshall Dd Aug.30,31,2004 re Henry B. Whitlock & Whitlock Cemetery of Macoupin Co., Il

X5293/11 Email from Cheryl Wells Dahl Dd re Solomon & Matilda (McClain) Whitlock (M1853) of Salisbury, Meigs Co., Oh

X5294/1 Email from Reni Wiggins Dd Sep.6,2004 re James Levi & Louise Cossey (Whitlock) Dennis (M1900's) of Waverly, Waverly Co., Il

X5295/2 Emails from James White Dd Sep.14,15,2004 re William & Mary (White) Whitlock (M1813) St.Martinsville, La

Whitlock Family Newsletter

Vol.23 No.4 Dec 2004 Page 3

X5296/3 Email & letter from Louis M. Smith Dd Sep.12,2004 re descent from Thomas & Rebecca (Radford) Whitlock (M1790) of Va & Green Co., Ky

X5297/1 Email from Mark Whitlock Dd Sep.17,2004 re Jacob Charles & Chelsea Nichole (Lassiter) Simonton married Sep.4,2004 Witt, Montgomery Co., Il

X5298/1 Email from Shelley Clarke Dd Sep.13,2004 re Albert Enverdale & Ellen Eunice (Whitlock) Spence (M1910) SAus

X5299/1 Rootsweb from Chuck Rockett Dd Sep.17,2004 Bonham News, Fannin Co., Tx Aug.18,1908 obit of Earl Whitlock age 14 died Saturday [Aug.15]

X5300/2 Rootsweb & email from Diane Wirt Darmiento Dd Sep.16,25,2004 re Jacob W. & Virginia A. (Whitlock) Wirt of Montgomery Co., Va

X5301/1 Email from Chuck Rockett Dd Sep.17,2004 re Madras Infantry Aug 8,1849 re William Henry Whitlock b.Mar.21,1833 French Rocks, Madras Presidency, India

X5302/2 Rootsweb from J. Mardes Dd Sep.17,2004 Press Herald, Portland, Me obit of David C. Stewart, 91 died Sep.15,2004 re wife Gwendolyn (Anderson) (Whitlock) Stewart

X5303/6 Rootsweb & emails from James Phillips-Evans Dd Sep.18-Oct.3,2004 re Mary d. Whitlock Williams bp.1789 Llanfihangel, WLS

X5304/1 Email from Chuck Rockett Dd Sep.18,2004 re Chesley & Katherine (Whitlock) Hay (M1822) of Cragford, Clay Co., Al

X5305/1 Rootsweb from Carolyn Craig Dd Sep.19,2004 re Whitlock Craig b.1785 NC X5306/1 Rootsweb from John Hale Dd Sep.19,2004 re Doss Anderson & Ann Maude (Whitlock) Burch

(M1918) of Va & NC X5307/3 Email from Janet Towle Dd Sep.19,2004 re updates to the WHITLOCK25 chart X5308/1 Email from Jim Good Dd Aug.29,2004 re Mathew Whitlock (1918-1933) X5309/1 Email from Chuck Rockett Dd Sep.20,2004 re Warren & Polly (Whitlock) Edwards (M1821) of

Wilson Co., Tn Polly d Thomas & Susannah (Webb) Whitlock (M1788) Va X5310/1 Email from Chuck Rockett Dd Sep.20,2004 Gaffney Ledger,1902, Cherokee Co., SC re Dora

Whitlock d John & Sarah (Chastain) Whitlock (M1844) X5311/3 eBay item #6326041522 Dd Sep.22-Oct.2,2004 VHS "Weakender" re Lee Whitlock from

Patrick Lynch X5312/3 eBay item #3749699516 Dd Sep.19,26,2004 J.W. Whitlock & His Automatic Harp Book Manual

Reprint, Rising Sun, In from Patrick Lynch X5313/3 eBay item #3749661699 Dd Sep.19-24,2004 Watercolour "Theatre Royal Bath" by Art Whitlock

from Patrick Lynch X5314/3 Australian Service Records index - 47 Whitlocks, 9 Whitelocks from Lawrence Otis X5315/5 1880 US census records Oh re March, Foster, Stoneman & Lewis families from Lawrence Otis X5316/2 Francois-Xavier Desjardins & William Whitlock 1838, Ont re Rebellion of 1837 from Lawrence

Otis X5317/2 Cal Men's Crew profile Scott Frandsen b.Jul.21,1980 Kelowna, BC Olympic rower & Dot Com

Media Inc profile Dale & Linda Frandsen from Lawrence Otis X5318/1 Email from Reni Wiggins Dd Sep.25,2004 Family Tree Maker Colonial Virginia Source

Records, 1600-1700's re Josiah Whitlock of Prince Edward Co. 1770 & William Whitlock of Caroline Co., 1778 X5319/15 Emails from Carolyn Craig Dd Sep.26,2004 re descent from Roderick & Rebecca F. Craig through their son Whitlock Craig b.1785 NC X5320/1 Email from Mark Whitlock Dd Sep.27,2004 re Virginia Gates Simmons b.1912 died Sep.24,2004 Hillsboro, Il (W16 chart) X5321/2 Rootsweb from Chuck Rockett Dd Sep.27,2004 Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester, Monroe Co., NY Aug.19,1894 Harry Whitlock, Hamburg, Mi poisoned X5322/1 Email from Sonny Harrison Dd Sep.27,2004 re Whitlock Jewelry Store, Eufaula, Al X5323/3 eBay item #3752001153 Dd Sep.30-Oct.10,2004 Frances Jeannette Whitlock painting, 1910 from Patrick Lynch X5324/5 eBay item #2274034750 Dd Oct.1-8,2004 Early Airplane Whitlock Davenport Center, NY 1910 from Patrick Lynch X5325/7 GenForum from Larry Perkins Dd Sep.30,2004 re Henry Joseph Whitlock, Birmingham, WAR photographer 1860's-1890's X5326/1 Email from Chuck Rockett Dd Oct.5,2004 H.W. Whitlock & George Robinson, Red Bluff, Tehama Co., Ca Jan.3,1912 fined $50 for deer hunting out of season

Whitlock Family Newsletter

Vol.23 No.4 Dec 2004 Page 4

X5327/1 Email from Rita Somers Dd Oct.2,2004 re George & Ruth (Coombs) Whitlock (M1853) of Salisbury, WIL

X5328/12 Updates to the WHITLOCK09 chart from Arthur W. Cole X5329/3 John Henry Whitlock of Eufaula, Al, family group sheet for John Gilbert Whitlock (1811-1869)

& 1870 census NY re Edward H. & Ellen Sanford(Whitlock) Hughes (M1866) from Arthur W. Cole X5330/4 Email from Rita Somers Dd Oct.5,2004 re UK & US Directories, 1680-1830 file re 20 of 144 matches for Whitelock X5331/17 Rootsweb & email from Tammy Maddox Dd Oct.5, & Nov.7,2005 re 1920 census Marion Co., Ky John & Emaline Whitlock (M1880's) Ky X5332/1 Email from Kevin Dowd Dd Oct.8,2004 re Thomas & Sarah (Fortnam) Whitlock (M1859) of OXF X5333/1 Email from Kevin Dowd Dd Oct.8,2004 re Thomas & Rose WHITLOCK (M1860s) of Phildelphia, Pa X5334/9 eBay item #2276720577 Dd Oct.12-22,2004 re 1904 Whitlock Automobile Radiator Brochure from The Whitlock Coil Pipe Co., Hartford, Ct from Patrick Lynch X5335/5 eBay item #4045320672 Dd Oct.17-24,2004 re 45 Honky Tonk record Image of a Fool by Jim "Cherokee" Whitlock from Patrick Lynch X5336/4 eBay item #5528730898 Dd Oct.18-25,2004 re envelope from Whitlock's Bookstore, New Haven, Ct 1932 from Patrick Lynch X5337/1 Rootsweb from DimBones@ Dd Oct.12,2004 re Mamie Whitlock of Corning, Ia 1919 X5338/1 Rootsweb from Cheryl Byrne Dd Oct.12,2004 re Cowboy Life on the Llano Estacado by Vivian Higley Whitlock s Hiram Higley & Nelly Grant (Causey) Whitlock (M1880's) X5339/1 Rootsweb from Jenkins Dd Oct.13,2004 re 1920 census Quincy, Adams Co., Ia X5340/2 Rootsweb from Karen Jorgensen Dd Lafayette Journal & Courier, Green Co., Ky Dd Sep.14,2004 re obit Beatrice Young Whitlock died Sep.11,2004 Mulberry, Ky X5341/1 Rootsweb from Michelle Dd Oct.15,2004 re Washington Co., Ky marriages 1878-1893 X5342/1 Rootsweb from Danny Clemmer Dd Oct.16,2004 Gaffney, SC Ledger Dd Sep.15,2004 obit of Hazel (Horne) (Whitlock) Sutton, 78 died Sep.14,2004 re children Aaron Whitlock & James Richard Whitlock X5343/1 Rootsweb from Chuck Owens Dd Oct.25,2004 re Lancelot Minor & Catherine (Parrish) Whitlock (M1840) Frederick Co., Va X5344/2 Emails from Christine Unsworth Dd Oct.26,27,2003 re WWI records for Whitlocks X5345/2 Rootsweb & email from Arline Hill Dd Oct.31,2004 re Ned W. & Sally Day (Gibson) Whitlock (1890's) of Tx X5346/1 Email from Chuck Rockett Dd Nov.1,2004 re Roy Tilton & Jessie Lola (Whitlock) Ellis (M1920's) of SC X5347/3 Rootsweb & email from Vicki Loman Dd Nov.2,2004 re Whitlocks of Hanover Co., Va X5348/1 Rootsweb from Shirl Tarbox Dd Nov.2,2004 re Whitelocks of Md X5349/8 eBay item #6129080504 Dd Nov.3-13,2004 re Aug.14,1934 (filed Nov.25,1931) J.W. Whitlock of Rising Sun, In patent 20791 Game Apparatus from Patrick Lynch X5350/7 eBay item #3850700170 Dd Nov.4-14,2004 re Apr.18,1950 Edwin L. Whitlock & Irving Shelton of New York, NY patent 24757 Nursery Timer Design from Patrick Lynch X5351/12 eBay item #6129312197 Dd Nov.4-14,2004 re Jul.3,1906 J.W. Whitlock of Rising Sun, In patent 20609 Coin Actuated Mechanism from Patrick Lynch X5352/12 eBay item #6129312145 Dd Nov.4-14,2004 re Sep.16,1899 J.W. Whitlock of Rising Sun, In patent 20565 Self Playing Musical Instrument from Patrick Lynch X5353/1 Email from Anne Picketts Dd Oct.16,2004 re William & Hannah (Moss) Whitlock (M1816) of Silverstone, NTH X5354/1 Email from Keith Whitlock Dd Aug.29,2004 re Lt.Cdr. Peter Charles Whitlock (1925-1989) & HMS Victory, Portsmouth, HAM X5355/7 1851 census Pitton & Farley, WIL; 1881& 1901 census' HAM & WIL from Christine Unsworth X5356/8 Email from Alida Spry Dd Nov.9,2004 re James H. & Susan (Rice) Whitlock (M1830's) De X5357/1 Email from Chuck Rockett Dd Nov.13,2004 Ardmore, Carter Co., OK Dec.15,1904 re Frank Whitlock "left yesterday for Clarksville, Georgia to visit home folks"

Whitlock Family Newsletter

Vol.23 No.4 Dec 2004 Page 5

X5358/2

X5359/5

X5360/1

X5361/1

X5362/2 X5363/1 X5364/4

X5365/2 X5366/3

Rootsweb from Karen Jorgenson Dd Nov.17,2004 Central Kentucky News Journal Dd Nov.8,2004 re obit Phyllis L. (Whitlock) Balser, 55 died Oct.23,2004 Lafayette, In Emails from Ann Jones Washington Dd Nov.17,2004 re William & Mary (Whitlock) Jones (M1760) SC Rootsweb from Billie Jones Dd Nov.17,2004 re Ernest Whitlock d.Nov.13,1951 Aiken, SC s Martin & Matt (Carpenter) Whitlock Rootsweb from Linda Schmehl Dd Nov.18,2004 re William Whitlock of Pittsylvania Co., Va 1815 Email from Chuck Rockett Dd Nov.18,2004 re Henry Whitlock of South Africa 1884 Rootsweb from Marilyn M. Fair Dd Nov.18,2004 re Whitlocks of NC & Ks eBay item #7114405387 Dd Nov.14-21,2004 The Army of The United States 1779-1783 published 1890 by B.M. Whitlock, 99, Fourth Avenue, New York, from Patrick Lynch Rootsweb from Rich Lowe Dd Nov.21,2004 re Whitlocks of Van Buren Co., Ia eBay item #2288502927 Dd Nov.23-30,2004 postcard of Mathison, Whitlock residence, Hudson, PQ c1920 from Patrick Lynch

WHITLOCK JEWELRY STORE, EUFAULA, ALABAMA 1860's

The following email was received from Sonny Harrison: Hello.... I am responding to your September 18 letter to Whitlock Jewelry Store. My wife and I have owned the business since 1976. It is the oldest Jewelry Store in Alabama, being established by Whitlock brothers in 1865. The last Whitlock's in the business was circa 1929 or 1930, I suspect having failed in the Great Depression. I know the business was sold to an investor, E P Clark, who planned to liquidate it, but he was convinced by W.V. Neville, who was also his brother in law to allow him to continue to operate it as a partnership, later, approx 1940, Neville bought out Clark and we purchased from Neville. While I have never completely researched the Whitlock's, and they have no survivors in Eufaula since the 40's to pass along information, the following is what I do know. There were two Whitlock Brothers from Vermont {this has been confirmed with Whitlock's in Vermont who continue in the Jewelry Business, I think Burlington} who migrated South in the early 1860's. It is believed they were sympathetic to the South, they operated a Jewelry Store in Perry, Georgia until 1863 when they joined the Confederate Army. Perry is about 110 miles or so East of Eufaula, only a few miles South of Macon, Georgia. One of the primary rail lines in the deep South at that time ran from Macon to Montgomery, Alabama thru Eufaula. Eufaula also was a riverboat landing for Cotton shipments. There was very little else in Eufaula at that time, and the town as we know it today was not even laid out or surveyed until after the War by a Yankee Carpetbagger named Seth Lore around 1870. At any rate when the War ended, the Whitlock Brothers settled in Eufaula, not returning to Perry. It is my understanding one brother was Johnny B Whitlock and was an Optomertist and the business was run as a Jewelry, Watch Repair, and Optometry. Quite successful and the Whitlocks were outstanding community leaders, helping found one of the Banks and Country Club, and active in Literary and other community affairs..........You cannot miss their names in anything in the Community from 1900 to 1930. I do not know if this is of much help to you, good luck with your research...... R A (Sonny) Harrison

------This letter follows an item in the September issue of the Whitlock Family Newsletter where I reported that I had recently discovered which John Henry Whitlock it was who founded the Jewelry business in Eufaula. Sonny Harrison's letter confirms I was on the right track.

Whitlock Family Newsletter

 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download