Whittenberg Ancestors: Felix Earnest Whittenberg, 1810-1863


Robberson Ancestors: Nancy Robberson, 1820-1845


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			     Family Group Sheet
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Husband: Felix Earnest Whittenberg
born: 7 August 1810 in Greene County, Tennessee
marr: 15 October 1836 in  Greene County, Missouri
died: about May 1863, location unknown
buried:  unknown, possibly at sea
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note: Felix, after his wife's death, became a gold prospector.  After trying 
California, he went on to Ballarat in Australia.  Throughout this time it was
his habit to write home on a monthly basis.  The last letter from him is
dated April 1863, written in Melbourne, Australia.  It states his plan of
taking a ship to New Zealand to check out the mines there, and then
return to Melbourne to catch a ship for London, England, and thence
back to Springfield, Missouri.  It is likely that the family received a
letter telling them of the time and circumstances of Felix' death, but
neither the letter nor the information has survived.


Andrew Billinghurst has checked the Melbourne records and doesn't 
find Felix there at all.
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Wife: Nancy Robberson
born: 15 August 1820 in Verona, Marshall County, Tennessee
died: 1 October 1845 in  Greene County, Missouri
buried:  unknown; probably one of the no longer marked graves in the
Whittenberg/Coble Cemetery in Greene County, Missouri
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CHILDREN
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#1 Elbert Sylvester Whittenberg
born: 30 January 1838 in Greene County, Missouri
marr: 24 December 1856 in Polk County, Missouri
died: 2 February 1904 in Blackwell, Kay County, Oklahoma
buried:  IOOF Cemetery, Blackwell, Kay County, Oklahoma
spouse: Eleanor Lucinda Matilda Coalson, 1834-1915
known children: 4 sons, 4 daughters
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#2 Eliza Matilda Whittenberg
born: 15 January 1840 in  Greene County, Missouri
marr: 10 April 1857 in  Greene County, Missouri
died: 15 December 1928 in  Greene County, Missouri
buried:  Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Murray Township, Greene County, Missouri
spouse: Charles Lafayette Robertson, 1837-1922
known children: 1 son, 2 daughters, 7 sex-unknown infants
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#3 Martha Jane Whittenberg
born: 7 November 1842 in  Greene County, Missouri
marr: 29 November 1889 in Furnas County, Nebraska
died: 19 March 1926
buried: unknown
spouse: Joseph R. Hughes, 1842-?
children: none known
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