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Robert Austin Whittaker 1891–1968 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1891

Birth Location: Newark, Essex, New Jersey

Death Date: 9 Apr 1968

Death Location: Lafayette, Contra Costa, California, United States of America

Father: Joseph Whittaker

Mother: Susan Beardsley

Spouse(s): Helen Crane

Children(s): Jerome Whittaker

Robert Austin Whittaker was born in 1891 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, the child of Joseph Andrew Whittaker And Susan Fitzgerald Beardsley. Robert Austin Whittaker married Helen Matilda Crane, and had children including Jerome Andrew Jerry Whittaker. Robert Austin Whittaker passed away in 1968 in Lafayette, Contra Costa, California, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Robert Austin Whittaker was born in 1891 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, the child of Joseph Andrew Whittaker And Susan Fitzgerald Beardsley.
  • Robert Austin Whittaker married Helen Matilda Crane, and had children including Jerome Andrew Jerry Whittaker.
  • Robert Austin Whittaker passed away in 1968 in Lafayette, Contra Costa, California, United States of America.

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Robert Whittaker's Ancestors

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Robert Whittaker
1891–1968
Birth Place: Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Parents
Joseph Andrew Whittaker
1867–1936
New Jersey
Susan (Fitzgerald) Beardsley
1866–1942
New Jersey, USA
Grandparents
Joseph (A.) Whittaker
1836–1915
England
Jane Morris
1837–1911
New Jersey
George (Austin Beardslee) I
1836–1898
Walpack, Sussex, New Jersey, USA
Henrietta (Cornelia) Burnett
1838–1917
Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA
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Robert Whittaker's Descendants

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Robert (Austin) Whittaker (1 Jan 1891–9 Apr 1968) m. Helen (Matilda) Crane (7 Nov 1891–8 Nov 1968)
  1. 1. Jerome (Andrew "Jerry") Whittaker 1922–2001 m. Margarette (Helen) Estep 1926–2008
    1. 1. Gayle Whittaker 1948–

Robert Whittaker's Timeline

2 Records

1891
1 Jan 1891
Birth of Robert Austin Whittaker in Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Newark, Essex, New Jersey
1968
9 Apr 1968
Age 77
Death of Robert Austin Whittaker in Lafayette, Contra Costa, California, United States of America
Lafayette, Contra Costa, California, United States of America

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1891
    Event Place: Newark, Essex, New Jersey

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Apr 1968
    Event Place: Lafayette, Contra Costa, California, United States of America

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