Name: Nancy White Custer
Email: Nancy at Contexo.info
Location: The Sea Ranch, CA, USA
Descent: Nancy/Kenneth/George/Thomas William/John/Thomas/John
Type: Greeting
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2004
Time: 11:56 AM

Message

I look forward to hearing from "all inquiring friends and relatives". Nancy

Name: Cathryn White Chiesa
Email: cathychiesa at yahoo.com
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Descent: Cathy/Kenneth/George/Thomas William/John/Thomas
Type: Greeting
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2004
Time: 02:24 PM

Message

I am Nancy's sister. Last evening my 10 year old son and I spent a long time going through the site. It was great to see the facts interspersed with anecdotes and I had much fun sharing the history with him. Nancy has shared with me over the years all the hard word and research she has done. I am looking forward to reading others' comments and additional anecdotes as that is what makes these people come alive and allows us to glimpse into our past.

Name: Chris Chiesa
Email: chrischiesa at nc.rr.com
Location: Chapel Hill
Descent: same as Cathern Chiesa
Type: Greeting
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2004
Time: 09:46 PM

Message

I spend forever hear every night reading everything

Name: Christopher Chiesa
Email: chrischiesa at nc.rr.com
Location: Chapel Hill
Descent: Cathy/Kenneth/George/Thomas/John/Thomas
Type: Greeting
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2004
Time: 10:33 PM

Message

I am 10 years old. I read this site every night for a very long time. I think it is cool reading about my relatives.

Name: Sue Davis
Email: johnsued at hal-pc.org
Location: Houston. Harris County, Texas, USA
Descent: Caroline White
Type: Greeting
Date: Friday, June 25, 2004
Time: 01:06 PM

Message

Caroline White of Tennessee married Joe Evin Haney. They had two daughters, Mary and Martha, in TN before coming to TX about 1860. Daughter, Harriett Frances was born in TX in 1860 and daughter, Johanna Evin Haney was born 12-25-1863. Caroline died in childbirth or soon after. On the way home for the birth, Joe Evin Haney died while in CSA army from measles. Sisters are all buried in Hays Spring Cemetery in Houston County, Texas. In later life, Caroline's mother married Joe's father in Tennessee. I have no names of parents on either side of family.

Name: David Allen Gorshek
Email: joda9 at webtv.net
Location: Middleburg Fl.
Descent: David/Cathryn/George/Thomas William/John/Thomas
Type: Greeting
Date: Friday, June 25, 2004
Time: 07:26 PM

Message

Name: Barbara White Schumacher
Email: barbwhite1 at yahoo.com
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL USA
Descent: /Thomas/Edward/Edward Ocean/Thomas
Type: Greeting
Date: Friday, June 25, 2004
Time: 10:41 PM

Message

Are my descendants backwards (dad is a Thomas) Oh, such a wonderful site ! I'm from a small branch of the White family tree - we were fearful our tree was small and withering away ! Guess Not ! So thankful to Nancy for sharing her documentation on family treasures! I'm a Great Granddaughter of Edward Ocean White. Granddaughter of Edward I. White (deceased) m. Alvina Watzek White (d.2/04 at 100yrs old !). They lived in Milwaukee,WI. I will keep White as my middle name, and pass it on as a middle name to my child (when I have one). Anxious to visit Signal Hill Farm, and one day travel to England.

Name: Dorothea Marie Gerhold
Email: lodoab at mindspring.com
Location: Galesburg, Illinois, USA
Descent: John White
Type: Family Tradition
Date: Sunday, June 27, 2004
Time: 02:34 PM

Message

Hi Nancy: We are overwhelmed at all the work you have put into this. IT IS GREAT and we haven't even gotten very far past the first page. We will keep in touch. Much love Lois and Dorothea

Name: Lois E. McCutcheon
Email: lodoab at mindspring.com
Location: Galesburg, Illinois, USA
Descent: John White
Type: Greeting
Date: Sunday, June 27, 2004
Time: 02:36 PM

Message

Name: Kimberly Koehn
Email: kjkoehn at sbcglobal.net
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Descent: Great graddaughter of Edward Ocean White, Granddaughter of Edward Irving White, Daughter of Dorothy White, Cousin of Barbara White
Type: Greeting
Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Time: 08:41 PM

Message

Thank you for sharing. I am enjoying learning more about my ancestors.

Name: David W. Holmes
Email: davidholmes at dragonbbs.com
Location: Wilmington, OH 45177
Descent: John March (c.1737), George March (1788), George March (1791), Barbara March (1834), George T. Wylam (1867), Florence E. Wylam (1892)
Type: Documented Information
Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Time: 02:01 PM

Message

I obtained much info on the White & March families the Court House at Darlington, WI, the Darlington Library, tombstones, etc. Also have exchanged data with Carol March McLernon.

Name: Robert Sherman
Email: roberts497 at aol.com
Location: Stillwater, Minnesota, USA
Descent: Barbara March/Jasper Wylam, Edward Wylam, Grace Wylam Wilson, Jeanette Wilson Sherman
Type: Greeting
Date: Saturday, July 03, 2004
Time: 11:03 PM

Message

Thanks for putting all of this information together. I love having the letters available. I have been to School Master Pasture near Reeth two times and enjoy the Swaledale area very much.

Name: Glennda Mrry
Email: jmerryinaz at aol.com
Location: Tucson, AZ, USA
Descent: White
Type: Wild Speculation
Date: Sunday, July 04, 2004
Time: 03:31 PM

Message

I wonder if Thomas had a brother John Henry born July 23,1815 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England. He married Mary Daykin born 1815, Yorkshire. John died January 1876 in Shullsburg, Wisconsin. They had 7 children: Robert born 1835, Anna 1842, Thomas Henry Oct. 25, 1843, Mary Jane 1848, John R. 1850, James 1852, Adelaide May 10, 1856. Adelaide married John H. Dunn January 1876 in Shullsburg. Please let me know if anyone finds these names - it's a brick wall. Nancy, thanks for all your information!

Name: James Arthur Nethery
Email: jneth3 at charter.net
Location: Madison, WI
Descent: Timothy Nethery/LaVern Nethery/Ella Glendenning Nethery/Sarah White Glendenning/Thomas White
Type: Documented Information
Date: Sunday, July 11, 2004
Time: 08:52 PM

Message

Just a great web page. Enjoy reading it all. Want to contact other family members so I can fill in some of my missing pieces. Thanks for all the information Nancy.

Name: Donald B. Boldt
Email: dboldt at earthlink.net
Location: Kinston, NC
Descent: Barbara March Wylam/Edward Wylam/Bess Wylam Boldt/Donald Boldt
Type: Greeting
Date: Friday, July 16, 2004
Time: 03:20 PM

Message

My cousin, Robert Sherman, told me of your website. Congratulations and thanks for your research and effort. It is great. We lived in Cheshire from 1969-1972, but did not know this history. We are visitng England in August 2004 and plan to visit Schoolmasters Pasture.

Name: Mia Buthurtz
Email: hcotss at minister.com
Location:
Descent:
Type: Greeting
Date: Thursday, July 22, 2004
Time: 04:31 AM

Message

'tis a wonderful informative site 'tis, keep up the good work

Name: Christine
Email: camsden at mts.net
Location: Dales' expat in Canada
Descent:
Type: Greeting
Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Time: 08:37 PM

Message

Always interesting to find more Dales' families. Thomas & family can be found on the ship Ohio which arrived New York May 24 1845. They can be seen at Marrick in the 1841 census on my website http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/4320/census/framepage1.html

Name: isidore
Email: ipdahly at hotmail.com
Location:
Descent:
Type: Greeting
Date: Thursday, July 29, 2004
Time: 05:08 AM

Message

Thanks for the site..

Name: Cleve V. Stairs
Email: cvjms at adelphia.net
Location: Alfred, Maine USA
Descent: My g-mother was Carrie Anne White, d of Benjamin White, g-daughter of Thomas White of New Brunswick, Canada
Type: Greeting
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Time: 10:00 PM

Message

Nice site!! I have some of my White CLAN who left Hodgdon, Maine and settled in Wisconsin back in the mid 1900's. Best wishes with your site. Cleve

Name: Mick Flynn
Email: micknetuk at yahoo.co.uk
Location: Bradford Yorkshire
Descent: None (possibly)
Type: Greeting
Date: Saturday, December 11, 2004
Time: 10:37 AM

Message

My family are Hillary's, but from a different Yorkshire valley, although they were employed in the same sort of landscapes as your family...lead mining. I have just finished reading the letters from abroad, and they were very interesting; true family treasures. Good luck with your family geaneology. Mick.

Name: Linda Jean Nevins Swanson
Email: lswanson19 at cox.net
Location: Papillion, Nebraska USA
Descent: White Patterson Hibbard
Type: Greeting
Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Time: 12:24 AM

Message

My grandmother Eva M Patterson Mother Genevieve A, Hibbard Eva was raised by her spinster Aunt and uncle Her father was gored by a bull and mother died when she was very young.....James Nethery sent me a wealth of newspaper articles about the family. I have Eva and George Hibbard wedding photos and some fragments of letters of one or maybe both of the brothers who fought in the civil war. I am in awe of all the research that Nancy and James have done! A heartfelt thank you to both.

Name: Carol Ann Lory - Guille
Email: carolharoldg at sbcglobal.net
Location: Escalon
Descent: Lloyd Lory Grandfather
Type: Greeting
Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Time: 10:22 AM

Message

My Grandfather is Lloyd Lory in the picture of Margaret White with her grandchildren 1895. I have a daughter that looks exactly like Pearly Lory. I was shocked to see that picture last night for the first time. My Grandfather Lloyd Lory had twins Lloyd Bucklley Lory, my Father and Martin Henry Lory. I have three children John Guille, Tamara Johnson, and Lory Guille who looks like Pearly Lory. I enjoyed this sight very much. Thank You Carol Ann Lory - Guille

Name: Carol Ann Lory - Guille
Email: carolharoldg at sbcglobal.net
Location: Escalon
Descent: Lloyd Lory Grandfather
Type: Greeting
Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Time: 10:24 AM

Message

My Grandfather is Lloyd Lory in the picture of Margaret White with her grandchildren 1895. I have a daughter that looks exactly like Pearly Lory. I was shocked to see that picture last night for the first time. My Grandfather Lloyd Lory had twins Lloyd Bucklley Lory, my Father and Martin Henry Lory. I have three children John Guille, Tamara Johnson, and Lory Guille who looks like Pearly Lory. I enjoyed this sight very much. Thank You Carol Ann Lory - Guille

Name: Deb Guille
Email: bermak at mts.net
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Descent: Nicolas Peter Guille and wife Judith Nicolle
Type: Greeting
Date: Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Time: 01:49 AM

Message

They lived in Strathroy in the 1870's had 3 boys Nick, Billy and Albert worked in a flax / linen mill moved to Manitoba to homestead any info would be great thanks

Name: Patricia de Bruijn-McDonald
Email: l.pdebruijn at tiscali.nl
Location: The Netherlands
Descent: Thomas White, Ruth White-Howsley, Mary B. Howsley-Baker, Estelle M. Baker -Marshall, Annis E. Marshall-McDonald
Type: Greeting
Date: Friday, February 18, 2005
Time: 02:17 AM

Message

Thank you for putting together such a great site on the White family. I would like to be in contact with other family members. Have a great day further.

Name: Michael Dunn
Email: michael at enchantedcreek.com
Location: Boulder Creek,CA
Descent: John H Dunn married Adelaide White, the daughter of John Henry White and Mary Daykin. John was the brother of Thomas White
Type: Greeting
Date: Friday, February 25, 2005
Time: 11:01 AM

Message

Adelaide White was the daughter of John Henry White, born 1815 in Skulcoats, England. She was born May 10, in 1856 in White Oak Springs, Lafayette county, WI Adelaide White married John H. Dunn in Shullsburg, WI between 1872 and 1876 and she died in Marcus, Iowa shortly after giving birth to her 18th child. Her husband, John H. Dunn, born in early 1856 in Shullsburg, was the son of James Dunn, born in 1824, from Waterford, Ireland, and the brother of Edward Dunn, born in late 1856 in Shullsburg. Edward Dunn was the father of my grandfather. I have some more information on all of this at: http://ww.enchantedcreek.com/family/adelaidewhite.html I'm pretty sure this al fits your side of the White family too closely to not compare notes. Get in touch with me, Michael Dunn, at: michael at enchantedcreek.com Thanks, Michael

Name: Michael Dunn
Email: michael at enchantedcreek.com
Location: Boulder Creek, CA
Descent: Adelaide White, daughter of John White
Type: Greeting
Date: Friday, February 25, 2005
Time: 11:04 AM

Message

Sorry, but I spotted a typo in the link to Adelaides page. it should have three "w"s in the beginning of the URL, not just two, like I typoed. Thanks, Michael

Name: Nancy Custer
Email: White at Contexo.Info
Location: California
Descent: Nancy/Kenneth/George/Thomas William/John/Thomas/John
Type: Documented Information
Date: Friday, February 25, 2005
Time: 12:08 PM

Message

Hi Michael, As much as I would like for your John Henry to be our Thomas's brother John, he doesn't quite seem to fit:( A page from an old prayer book that was found in the home of Thomas White reads, "“John White the son of John & Ruth White was Born 20th of October 1815 Between Three & Four o’clock at morning and was Christened Nov 18th Anno Domino 1815.” I see that the parents of your John were James and Harriet and that your John was born in June and not October. There is also a christening record for "our" John in the parish records of Kirkby Ravensworth in the North Riding of Yorkshire. I think Skulcoates is in the East Riding. To muddy the water more, Ruth White, in a letter to her family in December 1890 does ask "How is aunt mary white and where does she live. . ." It surely is difficult to sort things out when working with such a common name as White! There is a John White who died in 1856 in the cemetery in Shullsburg. I always guessed that that was the brother of Thomas but perhaps he was your John White instead. You have inspired me do to some more searching for Thomas's brother. Thanks for your post. Nancy

Name: Cindy (VanderMey) Baldridge
Email: obray61 at sbcglobal.net
Location: Rockford, Michigan USA
Descent: James White
Type: Greeting
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Time: 01:31 PM

Message

I don't even know if this is the family White's my Great Grandfather James is from. I know only little of him, all I know is from U.S. Census, that he was born around 1885, married my Great Grandmother, first name Daisy, don't know surname, my Grandmother, Maxine White married Walter Proctor, both born in Michigan. If I have found the wrong line, I'm sorry for the bother, if not thankyou in advance for your research and hard work. Cindy

Name: LAURA METCALFE HANSON
Email: tumblesbabe at yahoo.com
Location: Sacramento, California( United States)
Descent: Vestal, James, Trevethan, Howsley, Algeo, Cox, Metcalfe, Williams, Davis, Dunn, Grother, Nichols, Carman,Thompson,Harding, Hutchins, La Force, Bishop, Lial, Booth, Johnson,
Type: Greeting
Date: Sunday, April 24, 2005
Time: 08:03 PM

Message

Hello, I am the great granddaughter of Sarah James Metcalfe!! My father was Gordon Lewis Metcalfe, and his father was Solon Lewis Metcalfe, My grandfather, Solon Lewis Metcalfe, one of ten children that Charles and Sarah had, 5 girls, 5 boys. And, Sarah was the daughter of Calvin and Mary Vestal James, and the sister of Lewis Franklin James!! I have a lot more information.

Name: Becky
Email:
Email0:
Location: aiken sc usa
Descent: umm..... idk
Type: Greeting
Date: Sunday, May 22, 2005
Time: 01:40 PM

Message

hi, i came to this site to look at some pics of England cause my mom (she is a 4th grade teacher) is studying England in her class.

Name: Michael S. March D.D.S
Email: mmarch@rea-alp.com
Email0:
Location:
Descent:
Type: Greeting
Date: Monday, July 11, 2005
Time: 12:16 PM

Message

Name: Michael S. March D.D.S
Email: mmarch
Email0: rea-alp.com
Location: Long Prairie, MN 56347
Descent: John March and Mary Ann Harkin White Oak Springs-Van Buren March and Mary Elizabeth Bell
Type: Documented Information
Date: Monday, July 11, 2005
Time: 12:37 PM

Message

My Great-Great Grandfather, John, I believe is the brother of your George and Thomas March. Van Buren was born in 1848 Lafayette County Wisconsin. He was raised by an uncle in White Oak Springs township. I don't know what happened to his parents. He moved about, married Mary Elizabeth Bell in 1872, The ended up settling in Slayton, Minnesota (SW corner) I'm convinced this is a connection as he lived in the same township and was of English decent. Does anyone have 1860 census records from White Oak Springs. He is listed in that census and being a boy of 12 he would likely be listed with his adoptive family. You have a very nice site with good documentation. Thanks Mike

Name: James Dunn
Email: RICKE006
Email0: UMN.EDU
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Descent: John White => Adalaide White => a whole lot of Dunns
Type: Documented Information
Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Time: 08:33 PM

Message

You lay out a good case that John White is related to your ancesters, but I can see one troubling discrepancy. In a letter written 1844-1846 says "my Brother John has lost his partner in life and cannot come". That sounds to me as if John's wife had died. The John White you cite married Mary Daykin before 1844. The John White that I am descended from arrived in New York aboard the MARGRET (probably Margaret) on May 25, 1856. The ship departed from Liverpool. The family consisted of John(30), Mary(30), Robt(11), Ruth(10), Anne(4) and Thos(3). There are no other Sullivans aboard, and I couldn't find any significant last names from your letter in the manifest either, so it appears they were traveling alone. The 1836 wedding date you list for John White/Mary Daykin may delegitimize Robt, but is in the ballpark. The comment about losing his life's partner does bother me, though.

Name:
Email: White
Email0: Contexo.info
Location: Northern California Coast (but Seattle today)
Descent: John/Thomas/John/William/George/Kenneth/Nancy
Type: Documented Information
Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Time: 09:35 PM

Message

The letter that you quote is not from Thomas White but rather a letter from someone named Thomas March to his parents in England which was enclosed in a letter from George and Sarah March (in Wisconsin) to Thomas and Margaret White (in Yorkshire).  In that letter, Thomas March states that his brother John (March) has lost his partner in life and will not come to America.  He also mentions Thomas White by name suggesting that he believes Thomas White will pay his brother George March’s fare to America.  The person who has lost his partner in life would then be John March, not John White. 

In 1841, John and Mary White are living at Schoolmasters Pasture near Marrick.  John is age 25, Mary age 25, Robert age 6, and Ruth age 5. (This is from a transcript of the 1841 British census at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/4320/census/marrick_41.html#marrick41 ) 

I find John, Mary, Robert, Ruth, Anne and Thomas arriving on the ship Margret on May 25, 1846 (I assume your 1856 was a typo) which is almost exactly one year after the day that Thomas White and his family arrived in New York on the ship Ohio.  I found both records in the Ancestry.com. New York, 1820-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: New York. Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports, 1789-1919. Micropublication M237, rolls # 1-95. National Archives, Washington, D.C. 

In 1850, John and Mary are living with Ruth, Ann, Thomas, and Mary J. White. (1850 US census) in Lafayette County one page away from Thomas and Margaret White and family. 

By 1860, John is missing from the family but your Adelaide has been added.  If John is the person whose grave I found in Shullsburg, he died in 1856—the year that Adelaide was born. (1860 US census)  My great-great grandparents John and Margaret White are living next door to the family. 

Nancy

Name: Charles Frederick Howsley
Email: Howsleytowers
Email0: Hotmail.com
Location: Arnside, Cumbria, England, UK.
Descent: Howsley
Type: Wild Speculation
Date: Thursday, August 18, 2005
Time: 05:58 PM

Message

I am currently looking into family tree (Howsley) and came across your site, not sure if any direct link, many originate in Derbyshire (Samuel & Martha), later on to Silverdale in Lancashire UK. Walter Frederick Howsley/ Albert Frederick Howsley, feel free to email me if any of this rings any bells. With thanks, Charlie Howsley.

Name: George Elsdon March
Email: burning_in_he11
Email0: hotmail.com
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England
Descent: My father was a William March, his brother was Elsdon March
Type: Greeting
Date: Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Time: 11:06 AM

Message

Hi, I was simply searching for my own name on the net and found this site! It seems really strange when you find someone who has your name. I have relatives on my father's side in Northumberland, Wales, Canada and the USA. It seems that somewhere down the line I must be related to the George March from your web site? Here's good luck to you and your site!