Genealogy - Kathy's Family Tree
The Family of Henry & Elizabeth White
Great Grandparents
| The parents of Oswald Henry White were |
| Henry Joseph White
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Elizabeth Blanche Grigg
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Born: 25 Sep 1866
Brading, Isle of White
Christened:
Parents:
Hannah Beere and Frank White*
Siblings:
Ernest John White (born 1872)
Edith L. White
(born c1876)
Oliver C. White
(born c1877)
Flora S. White
(born c1879)
Hilda White
(born c1881)
Occupation: Royal Navy, Coastguard Service, Caretaker
Died: 26 Mar 1946 Beech Terrace,
Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland
Buried: St. Bartholomew's Church, Newbiggin
Note * Hannah was unmarried at the time of Henry's birth,
but on the 1881 census Henry is listed as son of Frank White
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Born: 28 Sep 1870
Bridport, Dorset
Christened: 27 Nov 1870
Bridport, Dorset
Parents:
Fanny, nee Kenway, and William Symons
(Symonds) Grigg
Siblings:
Kate Maria Grigg
born 1869 Bridport, Dorset, died 1967 Whipps Cross, Essex
Alice Mary Grigg
born c1872, Bridport, Dorset, died young
Gertrude Grigg
born 1877, Carisbrooke, IOW
Occupation:
Died: 9 Aug 1934
Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland
Buried: 11 Aug 1934
St. Bartholomew's Church, Newbiggin
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Marriage details:
Date: 2 Oct 1893
Place: Christ Church, Sandown Isle of Wight
Children:
Harold William White (born
1897)
Gertrude White
(born c1900, died 1963 Vancouver, Canada)
Leonard Arthur White (born c1901, died Canada)
Muriel Nancy White
(born 1903)
Oswald Henry White (1906 -
1986)
Jack Kenway White
(1907 - 1971)
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Henry White and
Elizabeth Grigg
Henry and Elizabeth White |
| Henry Joseph White and Elizabeth Blanche Grigg were married at Sandown
Parish Church on the Isle of Wight in September 1893. At the time Henry was a Leading
Seaman in the Royal Navy. They had six children: Leonard, Harold, Gertrude, Muriel,
Oswald and Jack. |
Henry Joseph White
Henry Joseph White was born in 1866 on the Isle of Wight. He was the son of
Hannah (nee Beere) and, I think, Frank White.
According to census information he had five younger siblings: Ernest, Edith, Oliver, Flora
and Hilda.
In 1881 he joined the Royal Navy and on his Naval Record was described as having brown
hair, hazel eyes and a fair complexion. He remained in the Navy for several years, serving
on various ships, at some point on the same ship as King George V. In about 1900 he was
transferred to the Coast Guard Service and his postings took him to
Rosmoney (Ireland), Brancaster (Norfolk) and to Northumberland,
where he served at Bamburgh, Seahouses and Newbiggin. The
family eventually settled in Newbiggin.
He died in March 1946 and is buried at St. Bartholomew's in Newbiggin by the Sea.
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Henry Joseph White
(1866 - 1946)
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Elizabeth Blanche White (nee Grigg)
(1870 - 1934)
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Elizabeth Blanche Grigg
Elizabeth Blanche Grigg was born in September 1870, the second of
the three daughters of Fanny (nee Kenway) and William Symons Grigg.
Both Elizabeth and her elder sister Kate, were born in Bridport, Dorset. Their younger
sister, Gertrude was born in 1877 by which time the family had moved to Carisbrooke on the
Isle of Wight.
Elizabeth died in 1934 and was buried at St. Bartholomew's Church,
Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland.
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The White Family
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The picture shows (left to right): Jack, Muriel, Elizabeth, Henry, Oswald and Leonard
White. Missing from this family group are the two other children; Gertrude and
Harold. I know that the three younger children were all born in Northumberland
and the eldest, Harold, was born in Norfolk, but
I'm not sure about Gertrude and Len. The family eventually settled in Northumberland, having lived
originally on the Isle of Wight.
Oswald and Muriel stayed in Newbiggin, Jack
returned to the IOW where he married and raised his family.
Gertrude and Len both
emigrated to Canada: Gertrude married Frederick Cox and had three sons.
Len (after whom my father was named) married Olive (nee McGurk) and they had two children;
Elizabeth and (John) Leslie.
Harold, a Master Mariner, settled in Gwent,
Wales. He married Ethel and raised two sons, James and Peter |
Harold William White
(1897 - c1959)
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Leonard and Olive
(nee McGurk) White
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Muriel Woodman
(nee White)
(b.1903) |
Jack Kenway White
(1907 - 1971)
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Oswald Henry White
(1906 - 1986)
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Gertrude Cox
(nee White)
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