Genealogy and Family History of the MacWhirter and Whateley Families
Collection — Reel: 1
Identifier: Mss-0239
The collection consists of a microfilm publication containing a foreword, an autobiographical sketch of William Bion MacWhirter, an index, a list of references, a preface, three "chapters" with information about the MacWhirter family in Ireland and Scotland and then family histories, family group charts (A to I, A-1, B-1, C-1), articles, book excerpts, correspondence, clippings, notes and photographs all relating to the genealogy of the MacWhirter and Whatley families. There is also genealogical information about related families such as the Bellord, Bolt, Clemencon, Clark, Crombie, Findley, Geer, Gillespie, Gwinn, Hames, Heller, Shell, and Stevenson families.
William Bion MacWhirter was born June 3, 1916 in Jacksonville, FL, son of James Candler and Laura Edna Stevenson MacWhirter. He graduated from Duke University in 1936 with a degree in mathematics. He married Letitia Clemencon Bellord Whateley on February 22, 1941; they had seven daughters. He was employed as a rodman-transitman for the Southern Railway Company from 1936-1939, as an aircraft engineer from 1939-1946 and as a building contractor and engineer in Grand Rapids, MI, from 1946-1972. He retired in 1972.
1 item(s) (1 reel 35mm microfilm)
English
Given to Mrs. W.C. Nettles of Clemson, South Carolina by William Bion MacWhirter of Grand Rapids Michigan for donation to the Libraries in 1972, accession 72-1.
Original held by William Bion MacWhirter, 2821 Elmwood Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI USA.
Part of the Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Repository