THE WHITE FAMILY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE

 

St George's Church, Cam, Gloucestershire

For those of you who are tracing the surname of White in Gloucestershire ~ be warned!
There are a lot of families with the same name in the area and they are not all connected. My ancestors originate (as far as I know at present) from the Dursley area of Gloucestershire. I have managed to trace as far back as JOSEPH WHITE and EDITH to c. 1734 in Upper Cam (see above picture of church)

 

Joseph's grave is located in
St George's Churchyard, Cam.
The grave reads "In Honour of
Joseph White of this parish,
who died 12 Jun 1837 aged
103 years.  This stone is erected by the Right Honourable Lord Seagrave to perpetuate so remarkable longevity"

Joseph was supposed to have died aged 103, however searching the Glos. Record Office it is stated that he died aged 96!  It is quite possible that no one knew how old he was! 


JOSEPH was a thatcher by trade and he and EDITH had 7 children:

BETTY (baptised 1770)
ESTHER (baptised 1772)
JOSEPH (baptised 1774)
ELIZABETH (baptised 1786)
JOHN (baptised 1788)
ANN (baptised 1789)
HENRY (baptised 1790)

Note: the marriage of Joseph & Edith has still not been found, if they marrid at all!  The search continues............



DESCENDANT'S



Above  is HARRIET WHITE (nee BLOODWORTH) who married CHARLES WHITE, grandson of JOSEPH & EDITH ~ This picture was taken in 1888


CHARLES and HARRIET married 20 Nov 1843 in Cam, Gloucestershire and had 4 children:

ARABELLA (born 14 Apr 1842, Uley, Glos.)
JOHN HENRY (born 7 Dec 1845, Cam, Glos.)
CHARLES (born 6 Nov 1848, Cam, Glos.) 
PIERCE WILLIAM (born 13 Jun 1862, Cam, Glos.)

MARRIAGES OF THE ABOVE:

ARABELLA married ALBERT SMETHAM 30 Aug 1863 in St John the Baptist, Gloucester, Glos. & had 4 children: Ada, Albert, Charles & Maud E.M.

JOHN married EMILY RACHAEL HOLTON 23 May 1867 in All Saint's, St John's Wood, Marylebone & had 3 children: Emily Harriet, John William & Louise

CHARLES married SUSANNAH PULLIN Jul 1875 in St Mark's Church, New Swindon, Wilts. & had 5 children: Charles Frederick, Ellen (my gt grandmother), Henry James, Lucy Lillian & Edward Louis.

PIERCE WILLIAM married ELLEN HILL 19 Mar 1887 in Lower Cam, Glos. & only had 2 children: Emma Elura & Doris May.



THE AMERICAN BRANCH

A branch of the White's emigrated to the USA in 1904. 
Below is CHARLES FREDERICK WHITE and LAVINIA PULLEN (first cousins).
They married 24 May 1902 in The Parish Church, Camden Town, Pancras & had 3 children:

CHARLES FREDERICK (born 22 May 1904)
RICHARD (born 28 Aug 1907, Wayland, Steuben Co. New York)
WILLIAM EDWARD (born 4 Mar 1915, Springwater, Livingstone, NY)

 

 


The descendants of this branch still live in the USA



MY DIRECT ANCESTORS



This is ELLEN CREANEY (nee White) whose mother was SUSANNAH PULLIN & father CHARLES WHITE

ELLEN was born 31 May 1878 in Rodbourne Cheney, Wiltshire.  This picture was taken in 1962, the year she died.

See Creaney page for further details on this part of the family.