Rhoda Jane Gaines Whitney Christmas
birth: 1833
Death: Sep. 9, 1879
Warrenton
Warren County
North Carolina, USA
Son William Wallace Whitney Christmas
Son James Miller Christmas
granddaughter Rhoda Whitney Christmas Bowling daughter of James Miller Christmas and Mary Martha Duvall
granddaughter Gwendolyn W Kennedy King daughter of Rhoda Christmas and Charles Ulrich Kennedy
1850 New Orleans Municipality 1 Ward 1, Orleans, Louisiana hh 669
Pat Gardette 40 surgeon dentist Pa?
Zulime Gardette 68 La
Rhoda Gaines 17 Pa
Groom's Name: Robert S. Strother
Bride's Name: Rhoda Whitney Gaines
Marriage Date: 04 May 1856
Marriage Place: Trinity Church Parish,New York,New York,New York
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51059-1
System Origin: New_York-ODM
Source Film Number: 974.7 B2N V. 69-72
North Carolina Marriages
name: James Y. Christmas
spouse's name: Rhoda G. Whitney
event date: 09 Oct 1863
event place: Warren, North Carolina
indexing project (batch) number: M51600-8
system origin: North_Carolina-ODM
gs film number: 6330292
When Dr. Wilson moved to Salem, Virginia, in 1869, he sold this home to James Y. Christmas, and his family. Mr. Christmas was born in Warrenton, and lived there until a grown man, then going to Mississippi to live, where one of his brothers had gone. He enlisted from that State in the Confederate Army, and was wounded in the service. Mr. Christmas was a very handsome man, of a blonde type, with kindly blue eyes and fair reddish hair, quite distinguished in appearance, with a charming manner. He was very temperate in 'everything, very gentle and amiable, except when aroused. In 1864 he married Mrs. Rhoda Strother, nee Whitney, daughter of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines in her first marriage. Mrs. Christmas was a very pretty and accomplished woman. She was a very delightful musician, singing, and playing well on the piano. She had very expressive brown eyes, with lovely red brown hair, and exquisite complexion. She was a devoted wife and mother. The tie between her own mother and herself was more than the ordinary one. Mrs. Christmas had a very warm heart and a generous nature; her friendship once formed lasted through life.
The history of her mother, Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, is very interesting, romantic and tragic. 1 am not certain, but think that she wrote the pamphlet, herself, entitled "Myra, or the Child of Adoption," her own true story. The large estate that was thought to be justly hers, through her father, was a large part of the City of New Orleans. Her life was spent in trying to recover what she honestly considered her own property. From time to time she would win suits of minor importance, and in the last years of her life she recovered quite a handsome sum, which she bequeathed to her grandchildren, the Christmas children, and the children of her son William Whitney.
After Mrs. Christmas's death in Warrenton, in 1878, the family moved to Washington City to live, where Mr. Christmas died.
There were three children of Mr. and Mrs. Christmas, Whitney, Rhoda and James G. Whitney has been quite a successful artist and inventor, and has secured several patents from his inventions. Rhoda married Dr. Kennedy of Washington. James has been engaged in the lumber business, and lives North.
1870 hh 77 Warren Co. North Carolina
James Christman M 41y North Carolina retail merchant
Roda Christman F 30y Louisiana
Whitny Christman M 4y North Carolina
Roda B Christman F 3y North Carolina
Jennie Geantie F 60y France
1880 Washington, Washington, District of Columbia
James Y. Christmas M 50 North Carolina, United States
William W. Christmas M 14 North Carolina, United States
Rhoda B. Christmas F 13 North Carolina, United States
James M. Christmas M 8 District of Columbia, United States
Myra C. Gaines F 73 Louisiana, United States
Personal
Date: Monday, December 29, 1879
Paper: Boston Journal (Boston, MA)
Volume: XLVI
Issue: 15429
Page: 2
Mrs Myra Clark Gaines has just lost by death her only child a daughter
Date: Saturday, September 20, 1879
Paper: Boston Herald (Boston, MA)
Page: 4
Mrs Jane G Christmas, only daughter of the celebrated Mrs Myra Clark Gaines of New Orleans, died yesterday morning at Warrenton, NC of yellow fever. She came from New Orleans about two weeks ago.
Date: Saturday, September 20, 1879
Paper: New Orleans Item (New Orleans, LA)
The Daily City Item Vol 3, New Orleans, Saturday Evening, Sept 20, 1879 no 102
Column 4
Page: 1
Wayside Notes:
We sincerely regret the new bereavement which has fallen upon Mrs Myra Clark Gaines in the loss of her estimable daughter, Mrs Christmas
Family links:
Parents:
William Wallace Whitney (1810 - 1837)
Myra Clark Gaines (1806 - 1885)
Spouses:
James Yancy Christmas (1828 - 1888)
Robert Slaughter Strother (1820 - 1905)*
Children:
William Wallace Whitney Christmas (1865 - 1960)*
Rhoda B Christmas Kennedy (1867 - 1944)*
Sibling:
Rhoda Jane Gaines Whitney Christmas (1833 - 1879)
William Wallace Gaines Whitney (1835 - 1881)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Non-Cemetery Burial
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Record added: Feb 26, 2013
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