Martha / Mattie White was the daughter of Andrew White and Julia White.
The year of Mattie's birth is not certain.
Oral history stated that she never married.
She had one daughter named Bob Ella (Bentley) Carr
During my early search: I came across some questions...
Were Martha WHITE and Mattie WHITE the same person?
Did Mattie or Martha marry a man with the WHITE surname?
Did their children carry the WHITE surname?
Were the WHITE's that lived in the same area related?
I traced Martha / Mattie White through the Missouri censuses. There were different birth years for Martha; 1856, 1862, 1864, 1866, 1867, 1877. I assume that she was born in the 1860's. However, oral history states that she was born in 1856.
I have searched and I couldn't located Martha on the 1870 census.
She was listed with her mother, Julia White on the 1880 MO census; listed as a widow.
On the 1900 - 1930 censuses,
I found a Mattie White living near Andrew J. White and Laura White in Chariton County MO. The head of house: Mattie White; she was always listed as a widow
Children on 1900 Missouri Census
Patrick White born about 1882
Alice White born about 1884
Ella White born about 1886
Jane White born about 1889
Mattie was listed born in 1867
On the 1910 Missouri Census:
One of Mattie's children had died.
Patrick passed in 1906.
I've not located Alice White or Jane White.
Alice and Jane could have married.
On another 1910 MO census
Mattie may have been listed twice on the 1910 census.
She was listed born in 1864.
This Mattie had 5 children 4 living at time of census.
This Mattie was widowed. Parents from VA.
Believed to have been related to John Blake, who was head of household.
On the 1910 and 1920 census,
Oressia was listed as Mattie's daughter.
Oressia's death record states she was born in 1902; died in 1976.
On the 1920 Missouri Census
This is the only Mattie born about 1856.
Was the parents born in MO? and error on the census.
Ella White born about 1882
Oressia White born about 1902
On the 1930 census,
I came across a Mattie White born 1877. She was a widow.
She had a daughter named, Oressisa Hereford; born about 1904
There was a grandson, named William Carr. born about 1923
On the 1940 Missouri Census
Only census with Matte's surname as Hereford, born abt 1866.
Mattie and her household...
This as it was written on the index.
| Nettie Hereford | 74 |
| Oressa Hereford 29 | |
| Willard James Carr | 16 |
| Jessph Larris |
Info on Martha / Mattie's children and grandson
Alice White born about 1884
Jane White born about 1889
Willard Jerome Carr (1923 – 1991)
Possible other family Connections: How was Todd Woods connected?
Did she have a son named Todd WOODS?
Could this be the link to the family tree?
There was a Todd Woods was listed a cousin to this union on the WHITE family.
How was Andrew J. WHITE related to the BLAKEYs and the WHITEs?
I believe that there was some connection with Andrew J. White's father Isaac White who was from Virginia. And Julia White's husband, Andrew White who was from Virginia. Perhaps, Isaac who lived next door was Andrew's brother. I do see some similarities.
There are many other questions with answers left unknown. Still there are mysteries. And there always will be mysteries in the family tree. It doesn't cost to wonder. What happened?
I hope that some of Martha / Mattie White's descendants can add more to the family history. I believe that there is more. A cousin told me; Mattie lived across the street from the First Baptist Church in Forest Green, Missouri.
Thanks for reading.
Susan Ann Blakley
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