The Whistler Family of Pennsylvania in Census Returns

Pennsylvania – Hands Across the Sea

Census returns were accessed at the Ancestry family history website.

Name	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
1850 United States Federal Census – Cool Spring Township, Mercer County,         Pennsylvania   (webpage: 1850 census Mercer )
Charles Whistler	56		England
Matilda Whistler	21		Ohio
Charles Whistler	16	Apprentice	Pennsylvania
1860 United States Federal Census – Jefferson, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Charles Whistler	66	Farmer	England
Matilda Whistler	30		Pennsylvania
Sarah Whistler	3		Pennsylvania
Isaac Whistler	8 months		Pennsylvania
1860 United States Federal Census – Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania     Hotel
Chas W Whistler	25	Hotel Keeper	Pennsylvania
Mary Whistler	24		Pennsylvania
Edmund Whistler	one month		Pennsylvania
John A McCandless	27	Co. Supr. C. S. [a county superior court officer?]	Pennsylvania
Sarah J McCandless	26		Pennsylvania
Harry W McCandless	3		Pennsylvania
David Boyd	21	Merchant	Pennsylvania
James S Porter	21	Merchant	Pennsylvania
Charles Foulk	22	Book Keeper	Pennsylvania
Samuel Hawley	33	Hostler [stableman]	Canada
Nead Stow	26	Bar Keeper	Pennsylvania
Margaret Adams	35	Domestic	Ohio
Nancy Sizer	24	Domestic	Pennsylvania
Sophia Myers	35	Domestic	Virginia
Note: The census form stated that Sophia Myers was black.
1870 United States Federal Census – Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
C W Whistler	35	Hotel Keeper	Pennsylvania
Mary E Whistler	33	Landlady	Pennsylvania
Edmund Q Whistler	10	Attending School	Pennsylvania
Julia F Whistler	8	Attending School	Pennsylvania
Charles E Whistler	6		Pennsylvania
Paul G Whistler	9 months		Pennsylvania
Maria C Christy	59		Pennsylvania
Amanda Donnelly	24	Chambermaid	Pennsylvania
Ella Taylor	17	Waiter	Pennsylvania
Lydia Ray	30	Cook	Pennsylvania
William McNickle	24	Ostler [stableman]	Ireland
J N Pew	21	Insurance & Real Estate Agent	Pennsylvania
J P Gordon	25	Recorder	Pennsylvania
Henry Roberts	22	Clerk in Dry Good Store	Pennsylvania

Name and relation to Head of household		Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
1880 United States Federal Census – Mercer (North), Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Charles W Whistler		Married	45		Pennsylvania
Mary E Whistler	Wife	Married	42	Keeping home	Pennsylvania
Edmund Q Whistler	Son	Single	19	Student	Pennsylvania
Julia F Whistler	Daughter	Single	16	At School	Pennsylvania
Charles E Whistler	Son	Single	13	At School	Pennsylvania
Paul G Whistler	Son	Single	10		Pennsylvania
Notes: The same census page shows 16-year-old Tillie [Matilda?] Whistler living with a neighbouring family in the role ‘Helps at housekeeping’. The form noted that Tillie was the sister of Charles William Whistler. It appears that Tillie was the half-sister of Charles and the younger sister of Sarah and Isaac Whistler, who were shown in the 1860 census form.
1900 United States Federal Census – Mercer Town, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Charles W Whistler	Head	Married	65		Pennsylvania
Mary E Whistler	Wife	Married	63		Pennsylvania
Julia Whistler	Daughter	Single	36		Pennsylvania
Notes: The census form recorded that Charles William Whistler and his wife Mary had been married for 42 years.
1900 United States Federal Census – Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
Paul G Whistler	Head	Married	30	Merchant Dry Goods	Pennsylvania
Mabel Whistler	Wife	Married	30		Pennsylvania
Mary Elizabeth Whistler	Daughter		3		Pennsylvania
Anna Newton	Servant	Widow	22	Housework	New Jersey
Notes: In the 1900 census Paul’s brother Charles Elliott Whistler, aged 33, was also living in Ellwood City as a lodger. He was single and, like his brother, his occupation was a dry goods merchant.
1910 United States Federal Census – Mercer North Ward, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Charles W Whistler	Head	Widower	75		Pennsylvania
Richard J Zahniser	Son-in-law	Widower	57	Agent, wool buyer	Pennsylvania
Jesse Reeker	Servant	Single	22	Housekeeper	Pennsylvania
Notes: Richard Johnson Zahniser’s bride Julia was the daughter of Charles William Whistler. The next household was recorded on the same census page.
Mabel M Whistler	Head	Widow	40		Pennsylvania
Mary E Whistler	Daughter	Single	18		Pennsylvania
Charles W Whistler Jr	Son	Single	9		Pennsylvania
Notes: Mabel was the widow of Paul Graham Whistler who died of typhoid in 1904. From the 1900 census her daughter Mary would now be aged 13 so it appears that an error may have been made in entering her age on the census form. Charles Elliott Whistler, the uncle of Mary, is shown in the next census return transcribed below. On 24 September 1920 the New Castle News, Pennsylvania, reported: ‘During the past week there has been an exodus of Mercer young people leaving town to take up their college duties for the year. Charles Whistler [has] left for State college’ (NewspaperARCHIVE.com ).
1910 United States Federal Census – Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
Charles E Whistler	Head	Married	43	Dry Goods Merchant	Pennsylvania
Ethel M Whistler	Wife	Married	31		England
Julia M Whistler	Daughter		7		California
Grace B Whistler	Daughter		4		Pennsylvania
Olive Daniels	Servant	Single	21	Family Housework	Pennsylvania
1900 United States Federal Census – West Mead, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Isaac Whistler	Head	Married	40	Farmer	Pennsylvania
Helen Whistler	Wife	Married	41		Pennsylvania
Homer Whistler	Son		16	Farm laborer	Pennsylvania
Pearl Whistler	Daughter		14	at school	Pennsylvania
Roy Whistler	Son		13	at school	Pennsylvania
Hazel Whistler	Daughter		8		Pennsylvania
Notes: The appearance is that in the 1860 census Isaac Whistler, a baby, was living with his parents Charles and Matilda Whistler and his sister Sarah. Isaac was not located in the 1870 and 1880 census returns. The 1900 census form recorded that Isaac Whistler’s father was born in England and his mother was born in Pennsylvania. On census day 1900, Isaac Whistler, born Oct 1859, and his wife Helen, born Aug 1858, had been married for 17 years.
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