Thursday, September 30, 2010

The Children of Alexander and Rachel (Morley) Whittle - Joseph Whittle

Alexander and Rachel (Morley) Whittle brought three children to California from Australia.

The only surviving son, Joseph Whittle, was born 30 May 1843 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981, accessed on http://beta.familysearch.org/, extracted from FHL microfilm993955-6.), the son of Alexander and Rachel (Morley) Whittle.

Joseph married Mary Ann Quig on 29 October 1868 in Angel's Camp, Calaveras County, California (I don't have a source for this - it's probably an online family tree).  Joseph and Mary Ann (Quig) Whittle had at least nine children together.

I don't have a death date for either Joseph or Mary Ann (Quig) Whittle.  Joseph died before 1900, since Mary Ann is a widow in the 1900 U.S. Census.

I have found no record for Joseph Whittle as a young man in the 1860 U.S. Census.

In the 1870 United States Census, this family was enumerated in Township #8 (Copperopolis post office), Calaveras County, California. The household included (1870 U.S. Census, Calaveras County, California, Population Schedule, Township #8, Page 230B (stamped), dwelling #243, family #204, accessed on http://www.ancestry.com/, citing National Archives Microfilm Series M593, Roll 70):

* Joseph Whittle - age 27, male, white, a farmer, $600 in real property, $740 in personal property, born in Austria, both parents foreign born
* Mary Whittle - age 21, female, white, keeping house, born New York, both parents foreign born
* E. Whittle - age 11/12, female, white, at home, born California, father foreign born, born in July
* D. Miller - age 22, male, white, works on farm, born Austria, both parents foreign born
* C. Essex - age 62, male, white, works on farm, born Missouri
* Michael Quig - age 22, male, white, works on farm, born New York, both parents foreign born

In the 1880 United States Census, this family was enumerated in Angel's Camp, Calaveras County, California. The household included (1880 U.S. Census, Calaveras County, California, Population Schedule, District 43, Page 408A (stamped), dwelling #333, family #565, accessed on  http://www.ancestry.com/, citing National Archives Microfilm Series T9, Roll 64):

* Joseph Whittle - white, male, age 37, married, a farmer, born Australia, parents born England/England
* Mary Whittle - white, female, age 30, wife, married, housekeeping, born NY, parents born Ireland/Ireland
* Lizzie Whittle - white, female, age 11, daughter, single, born California, parents born Australia/New York
* Henry Whittle - white, male, age 9, son, single, born California, parents born Australia/New York
* Joseph Whittle - white, male, age 6, son, single, born California, parents born Australia/New York
* Katie Whittle - white, female, age 2, daughter, single, born California, parents born Australia/New York

In the 1900 United States Census, the remnant of this family resided on Albany Flat in Township #5 (part of Angel Town), Calaveras County, California. The household included (1900 U.S. Census, Calaveras County, California, Population Schedule, Enumeration District 142, Page 25B (stamped), dwelling #520, family #536, accessed on http://www.ancestry.com/, citing National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 84):

* Mary A. Whittle - head, white, female, born Jun 1849, age 50, widow, for 9 years, 10 children born, 9 living, born New York, parents born Ireland/Ireland, owns farm free of mortgage
* Henry Whittle - son, white, male, born Feb 1871, age 29, married, born California, parents born Australia/New York, a quartz miner
* Joseph Whittle - son, white, male, born Sept 1875, age 24, married, born California, parents born Australia/New York, a laborer
* Mary H. Whittle - daughter, white, female, born Jan 1881, age 19, single, born California, parents born Australia/New York
* Adelia Whittle - daughter, white, female, born Feb 1883, age 17, single, born California, parents born Australia/New York

Their daughter, Elizabeth Whittle (born July 1869), married Frank Reister and they have six children in the 1900 census in Calaveras County.  Daughter Catherine Whittle (born April 1879) married William Carpenter, and they have two small children in the 1900 census in Calaveras County.
 
According to family papers, Joseph and Mary Ann (Quig) Whittle also had triplets in 1885, but one or all may have died soon after. 
 
An article in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union newspaper (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, dated November 11, 1885, page 5, notes (from the Tuolumne Independent newspaper), accessed on the Library of Congress Chronicling America site:
 
"It is reported that Joseph Whittle, the author of the famed triplets, has just struck another pocket in his claim, near Albany Flat, from which he has taken the large sum of $35,000."
 
Unfortunately, I can't find an article about the triplets themselves - there is probably an article in a smaller local newspaper that is not digitized and indexed yet.

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