Ida A. Whittington
1855 - Bef 1918 (< 62 years)-
Name Ida A. Whittington Born 1855 Louisiana, USA 
Gender Female Census Aug 13, 1870 Big Cane, St. Landry parish, Louisiana, USA [1] Census Jun 14, 1880 New Orleans, Orleans parish, Louisiana, USA [2] Died Bef 1918 Notes - -
She is a music teacher in New Orleans, LA on the 1880 census.
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1880 census, LA, Orleans, New Orleans, p 63, sd 1, ed 10, June 14, HH 434
DIEDERICH, M Cris(?), W, F, 82, widow, keeping house, Wurtenburg
DIEDERICH, Catharin, W, F, 35, dau, LA
HEIDEMANN, A, W, M, 27, clerk in store, LA
HEIDEMANN, Ermada, W, F, 23, wife, LA
HEIDEMANN, August, 3, son, LA
HEIDEMANN, Ermeda, 7/12, dau, LA
GENTILUCCI, Allis, W, F, granddau, LA
WHITTINGTON, Ida, W, F, 22, music teacher, LA
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Galveston Daily News; September 28, 1882
A concert for the benefit of the First Ward Methodist Church was given tonight at Bell's Hall, in the Fifth ward. It was under the management of Misses Ida Whittington and Nellie Sedgwick, and was very meritorious and successful.?.
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Galveston Daily News; April 4, 1886
COMPLIMENTARY CONCERT
Miss Ida Whittington, a Houston lady of musical talent, has been tendered a complimentary concert by her friends. The event will take at Lyceum hall on Friday evening, April 9, 1886. Miss Whittington will be assisted by the best local talent of the city. The tickets of admission are 50 cents and the doors will be open at 7:00 o'clock. The programme will be expertly selected and will be varied and interesting.
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Galveston Daily News; April 9, 1886
Miss Ida Whittington
The News has before mentioned that Miss Ida Whittington would be tendered a benefit next Friday evening. Some of the leading musical artists of the city will grace the night with their presence. Those mentioned are as follows:
Miss Lida Buckinham, Mrs. R. A. Giraud, Miss Mamie Powell, Miss Annie Kerlicks Mrs. J. O. Carr, Miss Ida Whittington, contralto; Mrs. Grunewald, Miss Jessie George Mrs. E. Bujac, Professor Gerstenberger, Frank Herb, pianists; R. Adair, C. Grunewald, Frank Herb, J. H. Purdy and W. N. Shaw.
The ladies who are registered on the programme of the evening are classed among the finest musical talent of the city. Two of the gentlemen have reached a high plane in the amateur art -- Messrs. W. Nelson Shaw and J.H. Purdy. Both are remarkable in their elocutionary efforts. Socially, they are among the best of the city.
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The Oct. 14, 1891 Galveston Daily News, pg. 1, reports that "Miss Ida Whittington has returned from her trip to Austin."
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There are family stories of an Ida Whittington, relative of Dalton Earnest (son of John Dalton Whittington) that was an exceptionally gifted singer. Dalton senior was himself a very accomplished musician, so it may well be that these stories are about his sister. The remembrances of the family are that she studied music in either New Orleans or New York while staying with a family who promised to see that she got better educated in her talent, with her appearing in concert work about the 1870's or 1880's.
Her grandnephew, Richard Whittington wrote: "The "family lore" I recall from my Mother (Jessie Wiess Whittington) was that Ida was informally adopted by a family in New Orleans who sent her to a convent or Catholic school there, and where she began her musical training and career."
If she did go to New York, her aunt, Clara (Whittington) Crozier (her dad's half sister) may have helped her for she ran a store in Devers and a copy of the 1887 Liberty Vindicator newspaper notes that Clara traveled to New York to buy merchandise to stock her store.
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Carolyn Whittington mused: "Clara Crozier was probably the most likely person in the Whittington family who could afford to take trips to New York since she inherited a large estate from the "supposed" death of her first husband Joseph White. Also, having lived in Galveston, she was probably the most cosmopolitan in nature having more exposure and opportunity to attend concerts, theatre and appreciate the finer arts. Another possibility to consider in this scenario is that Clara's second husband, John Crozier, had a sister and a brother-in-law who lived in Brooklyn, New York during the 1870's. Her brother-in-law's name was E.M. Stackpole and he made his living as a merchant, as did most of the Croziers and allied kin. Mr. Stackpole and family had lived in Galveston and Dallas before moving to New York in the early 1870's and then back to Texas around 1880. Sadly, Crozier's sister and several members of the Stackpole family drowned during the Galveston storm of 1900. With all these New York affiliations, Clara Crozier may very well have been the one who packed her niece off to New York with her in-laws to see to it young Ida got the musical training she needed."
Carolyn Whittington wrote in October 2000 "In the month and year of Melina's death (OCT 1874), there was an Ida Whittington who had been receiving letters at the Galveston post office. When letters weren't picked up the addressee's name was advertised in the local paper.... while scrolling through old Galveston newspapers on microfilm, an Ida Whittington appears on the list of unclaimed letters... Ida must have been in town to be with her grandmother in her final days."
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Person ID I1900 mykindred Last Modified Mar 11, 2015
Father John Dalton Whittington, b. 1824/25, Rapides parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 1872, Louisiana, USA (Age 47 years) Mother Delaware Princess Dangerfield, b. circa 1834, Mississippi, USA , d. Aft 1880 (Age ~ 47 years) Married Jun 29, 1854 New Orleans, Orleans parish, Louisiana, USA - New Orleans Daily Picayune; July 1, 1854 edition :
"On Thursday, 29th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Goodrich, J.D. Whittington, of Rapides, to Miss Delaware P. Dangerfield, of this city.
"Long life and pleasure to the happy pair."
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1850 census, LA, Avoyelles, Oct. 9, HH 574 [p 282, (432-229, p.141)]
John O'QUIN, 42, M, TN
Anna O'QUIN, 30, F, GA
John O'QUIN, 15, M, LA
Elisa C O'QUIN, 13, F, LA
Sarah E O'QUIN, 9, F, LA
John D. WILLINGTON (WHITTINGTON), 23, M, LA
Docas WILLINGTON (WHITTINGTON), 21, F, LA
Esther WILLINGTON (WHITTINGTON), 2/12, F, LA
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1870 census, LA, 3rd ward, St. Landry, Big Cane, p. 111, (M593-530, p. 139)
Aug 13, 1870, HH 1041
WHITTINGTON, John D, 45, M, W, farmer, $3500, LA
WHITTINGTON, D.P., 36, F, W, keeping house, MS
WHITTINGTON, Ida, 15, LA
WHITTINGTON, Minnie, 11, LA
WHITTINGTON, Rosella, 10, LA
WHITTINGTON, Willliam, 8, LA
WHITTINGTON, Ernest, 6, LA
WHITTINGTON, Agnes, 1, LA
COURTNEY, Mary, 16, at home, LA
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1880 census, TX, Orange, Orange, p 9, sd 1, ed 58, June 5
HH 37/38, all b. LA
WHITTINGTON, D, W, F, 40, keeping house
WHITTINGTON, Wm, W, M, 16, son, lumberman (unemployed 5 months)
WHITTINGTON, Ernest, W, M, 14, son, works in saw mill (unemployed 7 mos)
WHITTINGTON, A, W, F, 11, dau, at school
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Family ID F622 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Cesar Hebert, Jr., b. Aft Jun 01, 1880, Newton county, Texas, USA , d. Bef 1913 (Age < 32 years) Family ID F746 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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