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WR 19: Whaley Family records

1 folder (.01 cubic feet)

 (1912– 1915)

Worcester County Library: Genealogy and Local History Collection, Snow Hill Branch, Snow Hill, MD

Identifier:

WR 19

Creator(s):

Whaley family

Acquisition:

Unknown.

Language(s): English
Use: Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Worcester County Library which extends beyond “fair use”.
Preferred Citation:

“Item, collection name, [Box #, Folder #,] Worcester County Library, Snow Hill Branch, Snow Hill, Maryland.”

Attribution:

Finding aid written by Alec Staley, August 2019.

Related Materials: None.
Separated Materials: None.

Abstract

The Whaley Family records contain checks of Emma Catherine Purnell Whaley (E. Kate P. Whaley) (1861-1935). These checks range from 1912-1915 and are made out to the Exchange & Savings Bank of Berlin, Maryland. Also included are three letters to Thomas James Whaley (1862-1915) concerning settlements of the Gault property.


Administrative History / Biographical Note

Emma Catherine Purnell Whaley (E. Kate P. Whaley) (1861-1935) and Thomas James Whaley (1862-1915) lived in Berlin, Maryland. In 1890, the two married in Somerset County, Maryland. They then had four children, John Purnell Whaley (1896-1978), Katherine Purnell Whaley (1899-1981), Dr. Thomas Brevard Whaley (1901-1954), and Ellen Robins Purnell Whaley (1903- ). Both are buried in the Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery of Berlin, Maryland. 


Arrangement Statement

Folders are listed by their location in each box; any given subject may be dispersed throughout the entirety of the collection. 


Subject Terms

Topical Terms

Berlin (Md.)--Social life and customs--20th century

Personal Names

Whaley, Emma Catherine Purnell (1861-1935)

Whaley, Thomas James (1862-1915)

Location Terms

Berlin (Md.)


Inventory List

Box 1

8. Whaley Family records, 1912-1915


Attached Documents

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