Ruth White

Edward Ocean White

Edward Ocean White

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E. O. White Death Certificate	E. O., White Will, p1	E. O. White Will, p2	E. O. White Will, p3

E. O. White Estate Papers p1	E. O. White Estate Papers p2	E. O. White Estate Papers p3	E. O. White Estate Papers p4

Descendants of Edward Ocean White

1 Edward Ocean White b: May 14, 1845 Atlantic Ocean¹ d: April 27, 1925 White Oak Springs, Wisconsin².

….+Emma Helena Odgers m. April 11, 1876³

.. 2 Margaret Ethelda White b: April 07, 1877 White Oak Springs, Wisconsin⁴ d: April 29, 1897 Shullsburg, Wisconsin⁵

.. 2 Thomas Roscoe White b: January 17, 1879 White Oak Springs, Wisconsin⁶ d: April 15, 1943 St. Paul, Minnesota⁷

. ...... +Annette Yolanda Blackstone m. January 6, 1909⁸

...... 3 Beverly Blackstone White July 10, 1910 Shullsburg, Wisconsin⁹ d: December 07, 1981 Tallahassee, Florida¹⁰

...... 3 Beryl Stephen Roscoe White b: April 04, 1912 Shullsburg, Wisconsin¹¹ d: April 1, 2003 Annandale, MN¹²

...... 3 Rosslyn Annette White¹³

...... 3 Harriet Joyce White¹⁴

...... 3 Dean Rolfe White¹⁵

.. 2 Edward Vernon White b: February 06, 1880 White Oak Springs, Wisconsin¹⁶ d: January 12, 1883 White Oak Springs, Wisconsin¹⁷

.. 2 Shirley Bel White b: December 27, 1882 White Oak Springs, Wisconsin¹⁸ d: March 02, 1924 White Oak Springs, Wisconsin¹⁹

.. 2 Searle S. White b: July 1883 Shullsburg, Wisconsin²⁰ d: 1966 Darlington, Wisconsin²¹

.. 2 Archibald G. White b: October 1886 White Oak Springs, Wisconsin²² d: May 23, 1948 White Oak Springs, Wisconsin²³

...... 3 Edward A. White²⁴

.. 2 Edward Irving White b: May 30, 1889 White Oak Springs, Wisconsin²⁵ d: March 1982 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53114²⁶

...... 3 Thomas White²⁷

...... 3 Dorothy White²⁸

.. 2 Emma Ida White b: May 1889 White Oak Springs, Wisconsin²⁹d. Dec 07, 1996³⁰

...... 3 Robert Lehr³¹

...... 3 William Lehr³²

.. 2 Lauren Brooks White b: October 1897 Signal Hill Farm, White Oak Springs, Wisconsin³³ d: June 11, 1968 RR #2, Grafton, Wisconsin³⁴

...... +Agnes Richards

...... 3 Barbara White³⁵
...... 3 Shirley White³⁶

Photos of Edward Ocean White family members
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The first six pictures were provided and identified by Beryl White around 1980. The last two (bottom row, right) are from the photo album of my grandfather George L. White. I recall my father, Kenneth White telling me that the photo on the far right was of Brooks White. I would appreciate if anyone could confirm that.


Edward Ocean White	Edward Ocean White Family	Thomas Roscoe White	Thomas Roscoe White Grocery Store

Gyrlie White with Beverley and Beryl	Ted White in uniform	Gyrlie White (left) Vida Elsner (right)	L. Brooks White (maybe)

Tidbits

Below are some tidbits about various sons and daughters of Edward Ocean White. Most of them with the exception of a couple of my own comments and scans of some documentes are from a letter written to me in 1978 by Beryl White the son of Thomas Roscoe White. I have indicated the source in parentheses after each tibit.

Margaret Ethelda White Ethel White died of tuberculosis at age 20. Click on thumbnails to enlarge.

Ethel White Obituary⁴⁰	Ethel White Funeral⁴¹

Thomas Roscoe White left Signal Hill Farm because of the large number of smaller ones. There was no room for all. he attended the Academy of Warren, Ill. He homesteaded near Phillips, South Dakota but was unable to hold out long enough to get a clear title. T. R. White operated a grocery store and cream station in Shullsburg until retirement in 1939 when he and mother moved to St. Paul. Dad was very active in Masonic Lodge, the local Methodist Church where he was Sunday School Superintendent for 33 years, He was also School Board President and active in many other community affairs. He had a fine tenor voice. He was too generous to his customers and often supplied the needy when he could ill afford. (Beryl White, 1978)

Eddie Vernon White died of small pox. as a small child I recall Dad telling that Eddie died in the winter and they were unable to bury him until spring because of the heavy snow and frost. So Eddie's body remained in the granary for some time. (Beryl White, 1978)

Shirley White had a beautiful voice and appeared on the stage in New York. She was a nurse and died at home in 1924 of throat cancer. (Beryl White, 1978)

My grandfather told me Shirley died of breast cancer. This is also the information on her death certificate. (Nancy White Custer)

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Shirley White⁴² Death Certificate	Shirley White⁴³ Obituary

Searle White (Sid) was a bachelor and lived all his life on the farm. He died in a nursing home in Darlington, WI in 1966 (Beryl White, 1978)

Archy G. White died on the farm in 1948. He had married and divorced and roamed for many years but returned to the farm to live with Sid perhaps ten years before he died. (Beryl White, 1978)

Emma Ida White was called Gyrlie by her father because she and Ted were twins and that was the way he differentiated between the two. Gyrlie was graduated from Northwestern University in Chicago but lived at home. She married Bill Lehr in the 1930's. "Gyrlie was a small vivacious person who taught me to dance. I always liked her". (Beryl White, 1978)

Gyrlie White was a good friend of my grandmother Vida Elsner White. I am not sure how they met but my grandmother was married to Gyrlie's cousin, George White, in 1915. According to my grandmother, Gyrlie attended Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin which still today has an excellent conservatory of music. My grandmother told of visiting Gyrlie there and staying in Ormsby Hall. She told how they stayed out past curfew (8:00 PM) and had to crawl into the window to avoid the consequences of being late. (This was a strange thing to hear from my very proper grandmother.) When she told me this story, she added, "I had so much fun there. I wanted to go there to college but my father only believed in cooking school for girls. I wish you would go to Lawrence." So I did. This little story became one of the defining experiences of my life as Lawrence shaped and directed my intellectual life in ways I could never have imagined. (Nancy White Custer)

It was also Gyrlie's son Bob Lehr who rescued many old papers and documents from the Signal Hill Farmhouse. He graciously allowed me to rummage through them and borrow many. He made a gift of several things including an old key to the farmhouse, an old dress, and a 1860's attendance book from White Thorn School. (Nancy White Custer)

I visited Gyrlie White in 1981. We had a lively discussion about the past in which her memory proved to be accurate and full of detail. (Nancy White Custer)

Loren Brooks White had a good education in mineralogy and worked in Arizona mines and later in a metal working plant in Milwaukee. (Beryl White)

A year or so ago, I saw an inquiry on the White Family GenForum about Brooks White. I answered it and found that the gentleman who posted it had found Brooks White's hunting license in the stock of a gun he had purchased in Alaska many years ago. He wanted to return it to a family member. It only took a little searching to find Brook's daughter Barbara and she now has the hunting license back in the family fold. (Nancy White Custer)

Endnotes

1) Edward Ocean White, death certificate (no number given), Lafayette County Wisconsin, page 323, (1925), Wisconsin Department of Health—Bureau of Vital Statistics, Madison.

2) Edward Ocean White Wisconsin state death certificate

3) Edward Ocean White obituary, undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, in family papers retrieved from Signal Hill Farmhouse by Bob Lehr and photocopied by Nancy Custer in 1981. The source is hereinafter cited as: Edward Ocean White obituary.

4) Ethel White obituary, undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, in family papers retrieved from Signal Hill Farmhouse by Bob Lehr and photocopied by Nancy Custer in 1981. The source is hereinafter cited as: Ethel White obituary.

5) Ethel White obituary

6) Beryl White, “Annette Blackstone-Thomas Roscoe White family group sheet”, supplied July 25, 1978 by Beryl White (son of Thomas Roscoe White). Information is from family records, personal knowledge and research of Mr. White. There is no formal documentation.

7) White, “Annette Blackstone-Thomas Roscoe White family group sheet”

8) White, “Annette Blackstone-Thomas Roscoe White family group sheet”

9) Beverley Blackstone White, “Lorena Mary Hauser-Beverley Blackstone White family group sheet”, supplied February 26, 1978. Information is from personal knowledge of Mr. White. There is no formal documentation.

10) Beryl White, personal communication, December 1981. Beryl White was brother to Beverley White.

11) Beryl White, “Merlyn Wirth-Beryl White family group sheet”, supplied July 25, 1978. Information is from personal knowledge of Mr. White. There is no formal documentation.

12) Beryl White, no. 330-01-6097, Social Security Death Index, Rootsweb search engine, http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi , Information in the Rootsweb search engine is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration.

13) Rosslyn Brown, “Rosslyn White-Charles Brown” family group sheet”, supplied by Rosslyn Brown, November 1977.

14) Joyce Lanners, “Joyce White-James Lanners” family group sheet”, supplied by Joyce Lanners, 1978.

15) Dean White, “Helen Belker-Dean White” family group sheet”, supplied by Dean White, July 25, 1978.

16) Beryl White, “Annette Blackstone-Thomas Roscoe White family group sheet”,

17) Beryl White, “Annette Blackstone-Thomas Roscoe White family group sheet”,

18) Shirley Bel White obituary, undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, in family papers retrieved from Signal Hill Farmhouse by Bob Lehr and photocopied by Nancy Custer in 1981. The source is hereinafter cited as: Shirley White obituary.

19) Shirley White obituary

20) Genealogy.com, “1900 U. S. Census (Population Schedule), White Oak Springs, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, page 137, Dwelling 69, Family 69, Household of Edward O. White, GIF image, (Online: MyFamily.com, 2003) www.genealogy.com online subscription, (Digital scans of original U. S. Federal Government Document, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.) Accessed June 13, 2004

21) Searle White, no. 387-36-3513, Social Security Death Index, Rootsweb.

22) Genealogy.com, “1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lafayette County, Wisconsin Household of Edward O. White.

23) Edward A. White, personal communication. Edward White was the son of Archibald White.

24) Edward A. White, personal communication

25) Edward I. White, no. 389-03-8243, Social Security Death Index, Rootsweb.

26) Edward I. White, no. 389-03-8243, Social Security Death Index, Rootsweb.

27) Nancy Custer, Personal knowledge

28) Nancy Custer, Personal knowledge

29) Edward I. White, no 389-03-8243, Social Security Death Index, Rootsweb., Emma Ida White (Gyrlie) was twin to Edward Irving White.

30) Emmi Ida Lehr, no. 387-42-3969, Social Security Death Index, Rootsweb.

31) Nancy Custer, personal knowledge

32) Nancy Custer, personal knowledge

33) Genealogy.com, “1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lafayette County, Wisconsin Household of Edward O. White.

34) Loren Brooks White obituar, undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, in family papers retrieved from Signal Hill Farmhouse by Bob Lehr and photocopied by Nancy Custer in 1981. The source is hereinafter cited as: Loren Brooks White obituary.

35) Loren Brooks White obituary

36) Loren Brooks White obituary

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