| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1882, June 10 | Born, Jerusalem, Palestine (Ottoman Empire) |
| 1903-1904 | Salesman and bookkeeper, Wingrave and MacNaughton Co., Chicago, Ill. |
| 1904-1948 | Partner and business manager, Fr. Vester and Co., American Colony Store, Jerusalem |
| 1908-circa 1915 | Deputy consul of the United States for Jerusalem |
| 1909 | Married Grace Spafford (died 1964) |
| 1918 | Undercover intelligence officer, General Headquarters Advance Field Intelligence, British Army |
| 1951, Oct. 3 | Died, Jerusalem |
| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1881, Jan. 18 | Born, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1881 | Moved to Palestine with parents Horatio Gates Spafford and Anna Lawson Spafford and sister Bertha Spafford |
| 1909 | Married John D. Whiting (died 1951) |
| 1910 | Birth of son, Spafford Whiting (died 1982) |
| 1912 | Birth of son, David Whiting (died 1972) |
| 1914 | Birth of daughter, Grace Bertha Whiting (died 1915) |
| 1918 | Birth of son, Edmund Wilson Whiting (died 1975) |
| 1951 | Traveled to United States to visit children |
| 1964 | Died, Jerusalem |
