Jeremiah "Jerry" Nelson Whitford

Jeremiah "Jerry" Nelson Whitford

Male 1884 - 1960  (75 years)


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  • Name Jeremiah "Jerry" Nelson Whitford 
    Birth 2 Oct 1884  RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 Jul 1960  [1] 
    Burial Maple Root Cemetery, Harkney Hill Rd., Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I00142  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Charles Carmi WHITFORD,   b. 14 Dec 1834, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1910, Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Harty Potter JOHNSON,   b. 12 Apr 1850, Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1917, Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 25 Nov 1866  Richmond, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Notes 
    • The original marriage entry is at the Richmond Town Hall in the "Book of Marriages and Deaths, 1850-1910, p. 14. It says, "In Richmond, Nov. 25th (1866), Charles C. Whitford born in West Greenwich, age 31 -- a farmer, and Hatty P. Johnson born in Coventry, age 17; parents of each: Jeremiah and Sally W. Whitford, Phillip and Tryphena H. Johnson; married by Gilbert Tillinghast, Minister of the Gospel." It was the first marriage for both of them.
    Family ID F00103  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Velna Estelle Andrews,   b. 30 Sep 1886, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1966 (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 1 Sep 1907 
    Children 
     1. Harold Wayland Whitford,   b. 15 Jun 1912   d. 21 Dec 1999, Haines City, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F00145  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Photos


    Uncle Jerry

    Uncle Jerry and Aunt Velna

    Aunt Julia, Uncle Jerry & Aunt Velna, with nephew Elliott Hopkins

    Four uncles: Ben Moone, Jerry Whitford, Will Whitford, Al Hopkins, 1957

    Aunt Velna, Great-grandma Angie, Uncle Jerry, Aunt Ollie, Uncle Will, 1957

    Aunt Velna, Uncle Jerry, son Harold and his wife Ruth, on the occasion of Jerry and Velna's 50th anniversary, 1 September 1957

  • Notes 
    • I am not sure whether Charles was born in West Greenwich or Coventry.

      We knew him as "Uncle Jerry."

      The gravestone of J. Nelson & Velna E. Whitford at Maple Root Cemetery has been photographed. It includes an "infant," Jan 8, 1924.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012424] Gravestone inscription.

    2. [S012485] Hannah C. (Bailey) Hopkins, Records of the Bailey Family, 60.

    3. [S012429] Richmond Town Records, Births, Marriages, & Deaths 1850 - 1910, p. 14.