High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Charles Whiting

29 Mar 1808 – 16 Nov 1887 · about 79 years

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Charles Whiting lived from 29 Mar 1808 to 16 Nov 1887, a span of about 79 years.

Theirs is one of 27 markers bearing the name Whiting in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 3relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Charles Whitingm.Anna C. Fearing Whiting1812–1888 (m. 1830)also here
Charles Davis Whiting1831–1848also hereCatherine Bowker Whiting Grose1834–1918

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact death date, found in the Whiton family genealogy (read as a lead), corroborated by a relative's name and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
Fearing. She was b. in Hing. Jan. 2, 1812, and d. at Ab'n 17 Jan. 1888, aet. 76 yrs. Charles d. 16 Nov. 1887, aet. 79 yrs. " Manuf'r of edge-tools." Resided at the cor- ner of Main and Whiting Sts. Ch., b. in Hing., — i. Charles Davis, March 19, 1831, d. 30 June, 1848, aet. 17 yrs. ii. Catherine Bowker, June 5, 1834. m. May 21, 1857, Dexter Groce. iii. George Francis, Oct. 5,

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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