William Roscoe Whipple (1878-1961)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Hattie Eliza Carson Emma Whipple Esther Whipple Ivanna E. Whipple Ethel Vesta Whipple William George Whipple+ Frederick Laurence "Fred" Whipple Sr.+ Joseph Mory Whipple Madeline Florence Whipple+ Mildred Hattie Whipple+ Myrtle Erdine Whipple+ William Roscoe Whipple 1 2 Born: 13 Oct 1878, East Machias, ME 1 3 Marriage (1): Hattie Eliza Carson on 4 Aug 1900 in Washburn, ME 1 Died: 2 Apr 1961, Oxbow, ME at age 82 2 Buried: 5 Apr 1961, Willard Cemetery, Oxbow, ME    FamilySearch ID: 2C19-QK4. Find a Grave ID: 94437357.   Events • Census, 7 Jun 1880, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 4 • Census, 26 Jun 1900, Wade, ME. 3 William was boarding on Andrew Ingraham's farm, where his future wife, Hattie Eliza Carson, was working as a servant. • Census, 21 Apr 1910, Masardis, ME. 5 • Census, 15 Jan 1920, Oxbow, ME. 6 • Census, 2 Apr 1930, Oxbow, ME. 7 • Census, 15 Apr 1940, Belmont, ME. Ida's uncle, Joseph D. Volier, was living with them. • Census, 4 Apr 1950, Belmont, ME. 8 • Obituary: Bangor Daily News, 3 Apr 1961, Bangor, ME. OXBOW -- William Rosco Whipple, 82, died at his home here Sunday morning after a long illness. He was born October 13, 1878, at East Machias, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Whipple. He had lived here for the past 50 years. Before retiring he was a pulpwood worker. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ida Mae (Reames) Whipple; three sons, Fred, Joseph and William Jr., all of Oxbow; three daughters, Mrs. Mildred Gardner, and Mrs. Myrtle Sperry of Connecticut and Mrs. Madeline Earle, Oxbow; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the residence Monday evening and any time Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at the Congregational Church Wednesday at 2 p.m., the Rev. Manuel Snow, officiating. Burial will be in the family lot in the Oxbow Cemetery. William married Hattie Eliza Carson, daughter of George Albert Carson and Selena Irene Raven, on 4 Aug 1900 in Washburn, ME.1 The marriage ended in divorce on 7 Oct 1932. (Hattie Eliza Carson was born on 13 Jul 1886 in Mapleton, ME,9 died on 16 Oct 1978 in Presque Isle, ME 10 and was buried on 18 Oct 1978 in Willard Cemetery, Oxbow, ME.)

1 Maine Maine State Archives William Whipple-Hattie E. Carson; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Oct 2011).

2 State of Maine Department of Human Services, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1997," database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 19 Oct 2011), entry for William R. Whipple's 1961 death.

3 1900 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Wade, enumeration district (ED) 37, sheet 19, p. 19B, dwelling 342, family 354, Andrew Ingraham; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 25 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 589.

4 1880 U.S. census, Providence, Rhode Island, population schedule, Lincoln, enumeration district (ED) 117, p. 365a, dwelling 145, family 210, Joseph Whipple; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 29 Mar 2024); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1214.

5 1910 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Masardis, enumeration district (ED) 0004, sheet 3, p. 3B, dwelling 47, family 48, William Whipple; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 30 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll T624_537.

6 1920 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Oxbow, enumeration district (ED) 26, sheet 8, p. 8B, dwelling 140, family 144, William Whipple; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 1 May 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_638.

7 1930 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Oxbow Plantation, enumeration district (ED) 61, sheet 1, p. 1A, dwelling 4, family 4, William Whipple; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 7 May 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 829.

8 1950 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, Belmont, enumeration district (ED) 14-9, sheet 4, p. 5, household 39, William R. Whipple; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 9 May 2022); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628, roll 986.

9 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, Hattie Eliza Carson; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 22 Sep 2011).

10 State of Maine Department of Human Services, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1997," database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 19 Oct 2011), entry for Hattie Whipple's 1978 death.