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Staley, Delbert Moyer

Male 1869 -


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  • Name Staley, Delbert Moyer 
    Born May 1869  New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I897  USA
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2016 

    Family Whiting, Anna Laura,   b. Aug 1870, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Dec 1895 
    Children 
     1. Staley, Samuel Whiting,   b. 2 Oct 1896, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1907  (Age 10 years)
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F446  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 1900; Census Place: Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll T623_655; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 667.
      11/12 D Moyer Staley head May 1869 31 married 4 years NY NY NY Reader and Interpreter
      Anna L wife Aug 1870 29 married 4 years mother of 1:1 living Mass Mass Mass
      Samuel Whiting Staley son Oct 1896 3 years single Mass NY Mass
      Ann L Whiting mother in law white fem Dec 1834 66 white mother of 4:1 living
      Mass Mass Mass
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      1910; Census Place: Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll T624_594; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 738; Image: 1028.
      256/274 Whiting Ann head fem white 75 widow mother of 4:1 living Mass Mass Mass own income
      Staley Anna dau fem white 34 Married 1st time 12 years mother of 1:0 living
      Mass Mass Mass
      De Moyer son in law male white 40 married 1st time 12 years NY NY NY
      Teacher of Elocution
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      1920;Census Place: Boston Ward 25, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll T625_741; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 590; Image: 354.
      193/ Line 15 Delbert Staley head rents male white 47 married NY NY NY Professor Dramatic Arts
      Gladys wife fem white 26 married Mass Mass Mass
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      Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs ..., Volume 3
      edited by William Richard Cutter
      Page 1123
      (IX) William Whiting, Son of Dr. Augustus Whiting (8), was born in Haverhill. Massachusetts, September 13, 1826. He attended the public schools of Charlestown, Benjamin Greenleaf school and Bradford Academy. He resided for a time after his marriage at Merrimac, Massachusetts; he bought' a residence on Main street, Andover, where his children were born. Afterward he bought a fine estate of one hundred acres at Billerica, Massachusetts, which he still retained at the time of his decease. While he and Mrs. Whiting were travelling and spending the winter in Florida, he was accidentally killed on the railroad at Sorrento, January, 1888. His body was brought home to Billerica for burial, and rests in the family lot. He had placed in Billerica Unitarian Church a marble tablet in honor of his ancestor, the Rev. Samuel Whiting, the first minister of Billerica, 1658. Mr. Whiting was a staunch Republican in politics, and was greatly interested and generous in public affairs, but owing to a difficulty in hearing declined to accept public office. He was a close observer, read widely and thought deeply. He was a faithful member of the Unitarian church and active in church work.
      William Whiting married. December 30. 1852, Anne Stickney Brown, of Bradford, Massachusetts, a member of the old families of Kimball-Harton. Children, born at Billerica: 1. Augustus Harton, died 1889: he was interested in medicine, studied at Harvard Medical School and with Dr. Bachelder, of Boston. 2. Millard Weston, died May 4. 1878; he was a student at Phillips Academy. Andover. 3. Wilfred Elton, died 1867. 4. Anna Laura, married, December, 1895, Delbert Mover Staley, president of the College of the Spoken Word, Boston, Massachusetts; their only child. Samuel Whiting Staley, born October 2, 1896, died January 23, 1907; he was a rarely beautiful child, of a lofty and rare spiritual personality. He was a member of the Asa Pollard Society, Children American Revolution. Mrs. Whiting resides at "The Apple Boughs," Old Concord road, Billerica. her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Staley. sharing the home with her. She has in her possession land which has been in the family for over two hundred and fifty years.
      Tn the "Whiting Memorial" it is stated that the St. John family (see above) is of royal blood, through eleven Kings and Queens of