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- 1900; Census Place: Neenah Ward 3, Winnebago, Wisconsin; Roll: T623_1824; Page: 20B; Enumeration District: 127. Forest Avenue
417/426 Whiting George head white male June 1848 51 married 30 years NY NY NY
paper manufacture owns free house
Edna wife white fem Dec 1848 51 married 30 years mother of 1:0 living
Vermont Vermont Vermont
Frank B son white male Jun 1885 14 single Wisc NY Vermont at school
Maass Matilda servant white fem Feb 1881 18 single Wisc Germany Germany
House servant
Maass Emma servant white fem Mar 1870 30 single Wisc Germany Germany
House servant
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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Frank B Whiting
Name: Frank B Whiting
County: Winnebago
State: Wisconsin
Birth Date: 21 Jun 1885
Race: White
FHL Roll Number: 1675082
DraftBoard: 0
Employment Paper Manufacture
George A Whiting
Nearest Relative wife Bessie Whiting
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1920;Census Place: Neenah Ward 5, Winnebago, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_2022; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 156; Image: 910.
524/57/60 Whiting Frank B head owns free male white 33 married Wisconsin NY NY
Paper Mfgr
Bessie G wife fem white 29 married Vermont Vermont New York
George H son male white 09 single Wisconsin Wisconsin New York
Isabelle F dau fem white 4 10/12 single Wisconsin Wisconsin New York
Fredrika G dau fem white 3 8/10 single Wisconsin Wisconsin New York
Francis E dau fem white 3 8/10 single Wisconsin Wisconsin New York
Hansen Ella C nurse fem white 40 single Emigrated 1891Nat 1904
Wisconsin Denmark Denmark House Nurse Private
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1930; Census Place: Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin; Roll: 2619; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 1034.0. Enumerated 21 Apr 1930 609 East Forest Avenue
425/446 Whiting George A head owns $40,000 radio male white 80 married 1st time at age 21
NY NY NY President Paper Mfg
Mary A or R wife fem white 54 married 1st time at age 48 NY NY NY
Danke, Ada maid fem white 25 single Wisc Wisc Wisc maid private home
Theisey Kate cook fem white 33 single Iowa Denmark Germany cook private home
648 East Forest Aveue
428/ 449 Whiting Frank B head $30,000 radio male white 44 widower married 1st time at 20 yr
Wisconsin United States United States
Vice President Paper mill
George I son male white 19 single Wisconsin Wisconsin Vermont
Mabel E dau fem white 15 single Wisconsin Wisconsin Vermont
Frances E dau fem white 13 single Wisconsin Wisconsin Vermont
Fredrika dau fem white 13 single Wisconsin Wisconsin Vermont
Trousdale Ada A lodger fem white 54 single England England England
Gosz Rose E maid fem white 24 single Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin
Bailess Bernice M maid fem white 23 single Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin
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Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 about Frank Brockway Whiting
Name: Frank Brockway Whiting
Arrival Date: 20 Mar 1933
Port of Arrival: St Albans, Vermont, United States
Ship Name: Empress of Japan
Port of Departure: Hong Kong, China
Age: 47
Birth Date: 21 Jun 1885
Birth Place: Wisconsin
Birth Country: United States
Gender: Male
Record Type: Manifests
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Whiting Boathouse
NEENAH — In an era of bankruptcies and bread lines, paper baron Frank B. Whiting built a luxurious boathouse overlooking the headwaters of the lower Fox River.
"This, in Wisconsin, epitomizes the Hollywood glamour of the 1930s," Neenah historian Peter Adams said. "There just isn't anything else like it anywhere."There, the millionaire playboy threw extravagant parties that attracted celebrities such as tennis greats Pancho Gonzales, Bobby Riggs and Dorothy Cheney.
The Wisconsin Historical Society recently recognized the importance of the Whiting Boathouse by adding it to the State Register of Historic Places. It also will be submitted to the National Park Service for consideration on the National Register of Historic Places.
Daina Penkiunas, National Register coordinator for the Wisconsin Historical Society, said the Whiting Boathouse served both as boat storage and as a party place on the water, complete with a rooftop-dancing pavilion. She said it reflects how the wealthy lived during the 1930s and 1940s, when many others were struggling to meet basic needs.
"You still had people who had money who could throw these elaborately themed parties for their friends and their social set," she said.
The landmark was added to the Neenah Register of Historic Places in 2008 based on its architectural, recreational and social significance and its association with Whiting, who was president of the George A. Whiting Paper Co. in Menasha.
Whiting built the Mediterranean Revival Style boathouse at 98 Fifth St. in 1932. He added a party room in 1939 and enlarged the boathouse to two stories in 1946 to accommodate his 57-foot yacht "Nauti-Gal." Upon completion, the boathouse was estimated to cost $100,000.
Adams described the decorative, nautical-themed boathouse and its party rooms as "one of the most dramatic examples of the taste and lavish lifestyles that Neenah's industrial wealth produced during the early 20th century."
The property was deeded to Neenah in 1952 after Whiting's death and is available for rent through the Parks and Recreation Department. It is the city's most popular facility for parties and weddings and the only park property that allows the consumption of alcohol.
"They can have a little taste of that glamour themselves," Adams said.
Frank Brock Whiting of Menasha, the builder's grandson, said he remembers the boathouse "as a wonderful place to visit" as a child. He was 12 when his grandfather died.
"I am just really happy that it is being used for public purposes now," he said. "A lot of people get enjoyment from it."
The boathouse contains two slips that store police and rescue boats for Lake Winnebago
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Name: Frank Brockway Whiting
Birth - Death: 1885-
Source Citation: Encyclopedia of American Biography. New Series. Volume 15. New York: American Historical Society, 1942. Use the Index to locate biographies. (EncAB-A 15) Biography contains portrait.
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1885 - 1952 (66 years)