Ernest White: Son Of John And Katherine (Estill) White

 John White (1859 – 1918) and Katherine “Kate” (Estill) White ( 1863 – 1923) were the parents of eleven children. Six of them are unknown. As for the ones who were known, it was a challenge to locate information about them.

The crop photo is of the 1900 Unite States Federal census for Chariton County Missouri. The census taker was Mr. Henry Locke. He recorded who was in the household of John White on June 15, 1900.

This list of John’s and Katie’s five children were found on the 1900 Census for Chariton County Township in Missouri. Here’s some of what I’ve discovered about their known son, Ernest White. I will share more on the known four daughters in another blog.

Ernest White (1881 / 1888 – 1950)
There is a question about Ernest’s birth year. He was older than his sister ” Leburter” on the 1900 census. However, the 1900 census states that he was born in Aug of 188. One the World War II and World War I registration cards: one date of Dec 16, 1888 and the other of Dec 18, 1881.

There was another Earnest White. He was born on April 18, 1878 and he passed on May 19, 1967 in Clay County Missouri. Which Ernest White was John’s and Katie’s son? He’s not the one born in 1878. His parents were Harry and Susan White.

About the other Ernest White who was in a car accident in 1950., he later passed on March 11, 1950.. There was little information on this Ernest White’s death certificate. The informant, Mrs. Anna Brooks of Kansas City didn’t know much about him. This Ernest was about 60 and born in Forest Green, Missouri. He lived in Excelsior Springs for two days.

At first, I thought that this Ernest White who passed n 1950 could have been the son of John and Kate. But, now, I believe that this Ernest White was their son. Where’s the evidence?

When Ernest’s mother Kate passed on March 15, 1923, Ernest was living in Excelsior Spring, Clay County Missouri. On the 1920 Missouri census, he was listed at 310 Kansas. This address was a clue to more discoveries of who Ernest White was and along with other relatives.

I came across more clues that lead me back the Ernest White who passed in 1950. I later discovered that this Ernest had a son named Robert White who lived in Omaha, Nebraska. I was wondering, who was the son’s mother.. I did locate Ernest and his wife Grace on the census together on the 1920 Missouri census but, without their son. Where was their son? I believe that I have located him on that census. 

Ernest White lived at 316 E. Kansas. And I noticed that at 319 E. Kansas was the address where Robert E. White was living . He was with Norman Page and Nora (Lewis) Page. They were the uncle and aunt of Robert E. White. I’m still searching for information on Robert E. White.

I discovered a notice in a 1941 Omaha news paper, that a Grace White filed for divorce against Ernest White. This could be Grace and Ernest. I lost track of Ernest. I’m not for sure when or if he moved to Omaha, Nebraska. He was listed as living in Excelsior Springs, Missouri in 1950. I l was wondering if there were other relatives living there. I believe so.

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Ernest White: Son Of John And Katherine (Estill) White

Part 2 of this blog: Known Daughters of John and Katherine (Estill) White

April In Remembrance: Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections

God bless you
S.A. Blakley

I posted this blog on March 7, 2024 by Susan Ann Blakley on my other website. I added the in Remembrance. 

I changed the theme and wrote about what I wanted.

Week 10 ~ Amy Johnson Crow’s #52Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge in 2024
The theme for Week 10 is “Language.” This is a theme where you can let your creativity shine! While you might want to write about an ancestor who spoke a different language than you, you could also explore someone who worked with like (perhaps as a writer or teacher). Any relatives who liked word puzzles?

How Some Blakeys Celebrated Their Birthdays

How about celebrating birthdays!!! We should always celebrate our birthdays and join in celebrating others on their special days. I was searching the news papers looking for relatives birthday announcements. How did they celebrate their birthdays?

Photo of Mrs. Margaret (Cason) Blakey ~ Also known as “Aunt Mike” (1895 – 1972)
This photo appeared in The Sacramento Bee ~ Sacramento, California • Tue, Jul 19, 1966 ~ Page 36

Miss Margaret Cason was the soon to be daughter in law of Isaac Blakey Sr. and Rachel (Lephridge) Blakey. She married Deacon Ollie Blakey in July of 1916. Margaret’s birthday is on March 17th..

Margarte’s 21st birthday announcement appeared in The Kansas City Sun ~ Kansas City, Missouri  on Saturday, March 25, 1916 on Page 8 ~ Ironically, this section appeared right after Mrs. Rachel Blakey’s obituary. Rachel passed on March 17, 1916.

Great Aunt Margaret went all out on her 21st birthday. Several hours greeting and there was a five-course luncheon served. What a gathering this much have been!!

Another Blakey Birthday Celebration:
Jordan Blakeyy who was one of Margaret (Cason) Blakey’s brother in law.
Jordan, the twin of Julia were born on March 1, 1878 to Isaac and Rachel (Lephridge) Blakey.
Julia passed as an infant. Jordan passed in 1964.

This was what was published in The Afro American on March 9, 1935 via Ann Harbor Michigan News “Jordan Blakey celebrated his fifty-seventh birthday quietly at home with a dinner and his usual birthday cake.”

We celebrate our birthdays differently. Weather if it’s with a group of family and friends with all the works or a simple quiet gathering with close friends with a cake. Indeed we can celebrate our special days the ways that we want.

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How Some Blakeys Celebrated Their Birthdays

I added In Remembrance Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections. 

S.A.Blakley

This was a repost from my word press site
Week 29 ~ Amy Johnson Crow’s #52Ancestors in 52 Week Challenge in 2023

The theme for Week 29 is “Birthdays.” Is there an ancestor with whom you share a birthday? (My dad and his sister shared a birthday — and, no, they weren’t twins!) You could write about an ancestor that had a lot of birthdays or a memorable birthday party. Don’t forget newspapers. Small-town newspapers especially would have stories about birthday parties or “milestone”

Piecing A Puzzle Together: Broken Branch

 In Remembrance: February Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections

For years, I’ve been on a mission to discover more about my family connections. I’m making some progress. My journey continues.

On the 1920 United States Federal Chariton County Missouri census, I came across a Kate White age 50, the widow of my Great Uncle John White listed with two of her daughters, Irene White, age 25, and Emma White, age 22 and grandchildren, Leo WHITE , age 16 and Louise WHITE, age 9. 

The crop photo is of the list of Kate White’s household on the 1920 U.S Federal census for Chariton County Missouri. This is the second page. Note that I discovered who Leo White’s parents were. This blog is about Louise White and her family connections.

As I look back over my journey searching, I’ve been thinking. I feel like I’ve been “piecing a puzzle together” stories. It’s very hard to figure out who’s who with a common surname such as White; without having specific clues to follow up on.

I figured that one of John’s and Kate’s five children on the 1900 Missouri census was the parent(s) of their granddaughter, Louise White. I started searching for Earnest / Ernest White. I had a time figuring out who he was. There were two Earnest Whites in the same city. I couldn’t determine if I had the correct Ernest.

For years, I had wondered who were Leo’s and Louise’s parents. On Friday, May 6, 2022 made the discovery and found Leo / Leon Moline CASON’s obituary. He was the son of Lebertha (White) Cason and Sidney “Sid” Cason. I was excited about that discovery.

In the beginning, I started to search everything that I could on John and Katie’s five known children of eleven. Once I narrowed down their children, I could somewhat figure out who’s child was who’s. I went back to search more information on Ernest / Earnest White.

I found a clue on Ernest’s mother, Kate White’s 1923 death record. Ernest was the informant on the certificate. He was living in Excelsior Spring, Missouri. I searched city directories and military records. I did have some luck.

I’m not for sure when Earnest was born It was either Dec of 1881 or 1888. Another Earnest matches this one. Birthdays: Dec 16 and Dec 18 and lived in Excelsior Spring, Clay County MO. According to Katie White’s death record informant, Lon / Son White lived in Excelsior Springs in 1920.

On the 1920 census.
There was an Earnest listed as related to Head of household as a Roomer; Residence Marital Status: Married. He was listed as living at 310 Kansas in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Head of household was Catherin Doxey, Roomers, Earnest White and Grace White.

This address, 310 Kansas was the same address of LOUISE WHITE who passed on August 19, 1928 in Excelsior Spring Clay County Missouri. Earnest White who lived at 310 Kansas was listed as father of Louise White. Louise’s mother was Katie (Nichols) White who passed in Dec of 1911. I knew about this death certificate for some time. And I couldn’t make the connections.

Still a mystery: When Did Ernest / Earnest White Passed?

I’ve seen a 1950 death record of Ernest White , single, born about 1890, born in Forest Green, MO. He was in an car accident. No record of family, only SSC# 490 34 5866. Mrs. Anne Brooks from KC MO was the informant, Also there is an article of Ernest’s accident.

Info.
There was an Earnest born in Forest Green, MO. The other Earnest White born in 1878, his father was, Harry White and Susie Patrick. This Ernest was the husband of Susie Brooks. ? if related to Mrs. Anne Brooks from Kansas City, Missouri.

There is no other Ernest White matches with the one who was in Excelsior Spring Missouri then the one born Dec 16, 1888 in Salisbury, Missouri, USA. There was one black Ernest who married to Susie White. Saline Clay, County Missouri. .

It took me a while to see the family connections. I reviewed everything that I had discovered about Earnest and his parents and siblings. Which in all, it wasn’t every much to go on. However, every little clue built up and lead me to the discoveries about Louise White and her family connections. .

It appears that my journey to discover more on John’s and Katie’s lineage as come to an end. I haven’t discovered any more of their descendants. I thought maybe there were some. I don’t think Leo / Leon Cason had children.

May we learn to review every little detail on whatever we stumble across about our relatives. May we keep pressing in and search every thing we can think of. Amen. Who knows, that little clue has been there all along. And we didn’t see it then. .

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Piecing A Puzzle Together: Broken Branch ~ Week 25 In 2022

God bless
S.A.Blakley

Repost from my blog on word press  Posted on June 24, 2022 by Susan Ann Blakley

Week 25 ~ Any Johnson Crow ~ Generations Café #52Ancestors 52 Weeks ~ facebook

After the storms that blew through my area last week, it seems appropriate that this week’s theme is “Broken Branch.” Have you had to trim a branch from your family tree after you figured out it wasn’t the right line? Are you researching a branch that it feels like there is nobody else in the world who is researching them? What about a collateral line that seems to have gotten lost?

Finding Joy And Strength In The Pursuit Of Searching

  Welcome to a New Year! Happy 2024!!!

I thank God for the joy and strength He brings, especially when I’m on my journey for new finds. I’m amazed! I’m thankful for those who were before me. They took the time to record what information they were told or knew.

As I’ve been searching through old newspapers, I noticed that some newspapers published church news, mentioning who attended funerals, those who called upon others and those who visited their relatives and friends. What a clever way for searchers to find clues. It takes time to sort through things. But it’s worth it.

It’s so exciting to come across new leads. And I’ve found much joy when I see confirmation. It makes me want to search more. This brings hope.

In the beginning of my search, I didn’t know much about my family connections. I only knew what my parents shared with me. And I wrote down what they shared.

Recently, I started to re read some of what my parents told me. There are things that I have forgotten about. Now, as I look back, my older adult self sees more into what I was recording.

The photo is of one of the first book I purchased on family history. I started filling out my information about my ancestors. The book was printed in 1977. I wrote to the future generation on August 2, 1990.

“Dear future generation,
May you all be proud of who your ancestors were and who you really are in life for you and your children’s children which follows.”





I have found strength through seeing the progress I have made. It wasn’t until the Summer of 2004, when I got hooked up with the internet. This was when my desire for “digging for my roots grew deeper. It was like I had “an exploration of information” coming at me.

I’m thankful that I took the DNA test. I have so many DNA matches. I don’t know how this works. But there were some DNA matches to where I connected the dots and a miracle happened. And through time, I saw the connections. Yes, I thanked God.

I can draw strength and joy from what I know about my family connections. I have come a long way since my beginning during the mid 1970’s. I’m looking forward to the joy and strength that are waiting for me to discover.

I’ve said this before: “We need the want and the desire to want to know about our ancestors, perhaps there will come those clues that will spark the flames that keeps us going. ~ I believe that there is more out there. My joy and strength comes from the LORD.

Thanks for reading.
Finding Joy And Strength: In The Pursuit Of Searching

Blessings,
S.A.Blakley

Here are the January In Remembrance:
 The Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections

   Posted on August 18, 2023 by Susan Ann Blakley except the In Remembrance 

Week 33 ~ Amy Johnson Crow’s #52Ancestors In 52 Weeks Challenge 2023

The theme for Week 33 is “Strength.” Strength comes in many forms: physical, emotional, spiritual, just to name a few. What ancestor do you think of when you think of strength?

Great Grandfather Private Isaac Blakey, (1845 – 1917)
Civil War Vet who was wounded during the War. (1863 – 1866)