ID: William Fairfield Whiting 1920 census (Gen. 9: John-Walter-Walter-Nathaniel-Thomas-Levi-Luther-Anna-William)

Source: original image, Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA

Transcription:

Whiting, William F., head, age 55, bp MA, parents bp MA, paper mfr.

Whiting, Ann C., wife, age 49, bp MA, parents bp MA

Whiting, William, son, age 26, single, bp MA, parents bp MA

Whiting, Edward C., son, age 24, single, bp MA, parents bp MA

Whiting, Fairfield, son, age 22, single, bp MA, parents bp MA

Whiting, Ruth, daughter, age 15, bp MA, parents bp MA

Notes: William was the son of William and Anna (Fairfield) Whiting. His father was a prominent businessman and politician in Massachusetts. William Fairfield Whiting followed in his father's footsteps, participating in the family's successful paper mill in Holyoke, as well as serving as Secretary of Commerce under Hoover in 1928.