Caroline
Elizabeth
Whittlesey
Mattie
Whittlesey
Clarance
Henry
Whittlesey
Martha
Whittlesey
Elias
Larson
Whittlesey
Caroline
Rose
Whittlesey
Henry
Eliphalet
Whittlesey
Charles
Lyman
Whittlesey
Frederick C. Whittlesey
Frederick Churchill Whittlesey
Born: February 04, 1827 at Curtisville, Massachusetts
Married: October 16, 1849 to Lydia Glazier Larson at Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Died: March 29, 1899 at Rochester, Monroe County, New York
From "The Sloopers, Their Ancestry & Their Posterity," by J. Hart Rosdail, 1961, pp 393-4.
"Frederick C. Whittlesey has a nice growing business back in Rochester, but when gold rush fever reached New York State, he sold it and went west. He found gold, but not in quantity enough to pay, and came back a poor man like many another. He returned by way of Panama and told of being paddled along the waterways by natives wearing only loin cloths.
Back in Rochester, apparently he and Lydia lived in the old Whittlesey home located on the very large lot at Frost and Jefferson Streets near Genesee Park. Fred was a painter and a penman, who wrote such a beautiful hand that the result was marketable as a service to others. In later years he worked in the New York Central ticket office in Syracuse, staying with his daughter during the week.
Although not a Quaker like Lydia, Fred was very religious. He was tall and wore a goatee. Lydia was short and sweet. After her husband's death she lived with her daughter Fredericka in Syracuse. She died there but was buried at Mt. Hope, Rochester.
Rochester, New York City Directories, 1847-1899
- Frederic C. Whittlesey appears in the Rochester City Directories in the 1847-48 edition as a clerk at 42 State St., boarding at 1 Hill St. His mother, Caroline, owned the home at 1 Hill.
- In 1849-50, Frederick is on page 246 as a grocer at 76 Buffalo, boarding at 13 Erie St.
- In 1851-52, Frederic was a grocer at 86 Buffalo St., boarding at 19 Atkinson with the Larson family. His mother, Caroline was now listed as a milliner at 76 State St.
- In 1853-54 he is not in the directory, but his wife Lydia G. Whittlesey is boarding with her mother, Martha Larson, at 19 Atkinson.
- The 1855-56 directory, page 308, and 1857-58, page 382, lists Frederic as a clerk at 20 State, living in a home at 22 Atkinson.
- In 1859, page 290 gives Whittlesey as a clerk at 20 State, but living in Ward 8 at the corner of Frances & Chapin [Frances ran from Clifton to Plymouth Avs]
- In 1861 F. C. Whittlesey was a clerk at 88 State, with a home at Frances, corner of Chapin.
- By 1863-64, page 276, he changed occupations to a shoemaker, still living in the same place.
- In 1864-65, 1868 (page 233), 1869, 1870, and 1871 (page 262 1/2) he was a shoe finisher at 88 State, all the while living at 92 Frances St.
- By 1872 (pg. 289) he was working as a shoe finisher at 73 N. Water and living at 92 So. Frances.
- In 1873 (page 308) his shoe finishing business had moved to 77 Water.
- In 1874 (page 325) Frederic C. Whittlesey listed his occupation as painter at 77 N. Water, still living at 92 So. Frances.
- By 1875 (page 337) he had dropped the business address and was working as a painter out of his home at 92 So. Frances.
- In 1876 Frederic C. Whittlesey had formed a painting business called Whittlesey & Weston (see page 348) located at 34 Plymouth Ave. The listing is similar for 1877 (page 345). His home was still on Frances.
- The 1878 City Directory lists Frederic on page 353 as a painter at 92 So. Frances. The same listings appears in 1879 (p387).
- In 1880 he drops his designation as a painter, and just lists his home at 92 Frances, and appears that way until 1884 when he has moved to 261 Jefferson Av (p538).
- In 1885 (p510), 1886 (p523), 1887 (p528) and 1888 (p 569) there is no occupation given for Frederic C. Whittlesey, only his home at 261 Jefferson. However, in 1898 he reappears as a painter, working out of his home at 261 Jefferson.
- The 1899 Rochester City Directory, p811, says "Frederic C. Whittlesey, died March 28, 1899, age 72."
