What This Story Means To Me: My Family Connections

 In the beginning, I didn’t know much about my father David’s ancestors. It wasn’t until someone gave me a copy of this article “Slavery Descendants to Have First Reunion” in the mid 1970’s. And I held on to that article. (The information in the article led me on a journey. I began a 12 part Blog Series to uncover what I could. )

Decades later, I discovered that the article was published on page 5 in The Sioux City Journal Sioux City, Iowa on Saturday, August 28, 1971. This was the day of the Blakey White Family reunion. The crop photo is from that article.

It’s horrible that my ancestors were enslaved and sold as property. Their names were place in a Glasgow, Missouri a 1858 advertisement . (Isaac Blakey went south and joined the Mississippi Union Army in 1863.)

I’m not for when the enslaved family had their first reunion after being separated. Isaac searched for his family. He located in New Orleans. The family moved to Forest Green, Missouri.

Still to this day, I wonder about the mother and her 5 children who came to New Orleans on a ship.  I did find a record of a  Julia White listed on a record in 1843. She came on a ship called Orleans from Petersburg to New Orleans. She was 23 years old, born about 1823.

Why did the article led me on a journey?
There were some things in the article that did match up with documents and records. I wasn’t out to disprove what was in the article. My aim was to verify what oral history stated. My first blog was posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 and ended on Friday, February 1, 2013.

I discovered more information by searching each of the names, places and dates..Example: Julia White and her six children, seven grandchildren and one daughter in law were listed in the same house on the 1880 Missouri census in Chariton County. (And Julia had other children.)

Since 2013, I have discovered more on my Blakey WHITE Family Connections, as well on my other family connections. Searching want to connect with their long lost relatives. I have had many searchers contacted me or I them via internet. (DNA is a good tool to use. )

Thank you for reading,
What This Story Means To Me: My Family Connections

My 2nd Great Julia (Finney) White was the wife of Andrew White. Both were from Virginia.
I’m one of their descendants. from the branch of Isaac Blakey and Martha (Scott) Blakey

God bless you,
S.A. .Blakley

Mrs. Mary White Harris: Any Family Connections?

I was going through my Great Grandfather Isaac Blakey’s Civil War pension records. I came across the names of George Harris and Joseph Harries. I started searching for them. I found out that they were brothers.

The photo is a copy of general affidavit from Isaac Blakey’s pension claim records. It was dated on May 30, 1892. Isaac was 46 and he needed two witnesses to verify that his name was Isaac Blakey. .

I discovered that George’s and Joseph’s father was Abram / Abraham Harris. Then I began a search for Abram Harris. I discovered that Abram Harriss married a Mary White on November 20, 1870 in Chariton County, Missouri.

I search the 1880 Missouri census records for Mary Harris and located her with her husband Abram.. She was born in Missouri around 1850. I couldn’t find anything else about her..

.I discovered that Joseph Harris was listed on the 1920 and 1930 Missouri censuses living in the household of a Mrs. Mattie White. Wondering, if there was a connection between Joseph and Mattie? Mattie’s daughter Miss Oressia Herefore was the informant on Joseph / Joe Harris’ 1949 death certificate. And Mattie White was the sister of Isaac Blakey. Isaac’s name was Isaac White. However, he choose the surname BLAKEY.

Oh, the wonder of how they could have been related. Joseph married a Irene Hayes. She had a daughter name Laura Belle Boone. Laura’s father was William Spencer White. And William’s father was Andrew Jackson White. Andrew was said to have been the brother of Isaac and Mattie. Hmm!

Thanks for reading.
Mrs. Mary White Harris: Any Family Connections?

God bless
S.A. Blakley

  Posted on March 19, 2025 by Susan Ann Blakley on  another website. 

Mrs. Mattie White and Daughter, Miss Oressia Connections With Mrs. Grace Hayes

 I continue to explore old newspapers online. I have come across this article that was published on page 9 in The Call ~ Kansas City, Missouri on  Friday, September 15, 1933. It was located in the Forest Green, Missouri section, written by Lady White. I haven’t discovered who Lady White was.

I did do more search on Mrs. Grace Hayes and located her 1933 obituary. However, Mrs. Mattie White nor her daughter Oressia were not mentioned in the obituary. Grace was the wife of Ezra Hayes Sr. And he was the brother of Dudley Hayes and Lettie (Hayes) Hall.

I searched for the Hayes’ children. Their son Ezra Hayes Jr. had another name which was Edward Butner Hayes. Their daughter’s name was Willa Pearl Hayes. Willa had an aunt named Mrs. W D Taylor, a.k.a. Mrs. Minnie (Blake) Gaines Taylor. I’ve been searching for Minnie Blake. She had a son named Remus Gaines.

As I searched for Edward Butttner Hayes, his mother was listed as Grace (White ) Hayes. While Willa had her mother has Grace (Casen) Hayes. So was Grace a WHITE or a CASEN? Perhaps both.

I was wondering if Grace’s middle name was Allice or vice versa. Mattie had a daughter named Allice listed on the 1900 census in Chariton County Missouri.. Mattie’s daughter Jane had other names; Jane A. Jane Louise, Janie or Anna Herfard. I’m wondering if this is the case with Grace.

On the 1900 Missouri census for Chariton County, Mrs. Mattie White was listed with her daughters. The next head of house listed after Mattie’s was a Gracie Cason. How ironic!! This Gracie was the mother of Margaret (Cason) Blakey. This Gracie Cason’s maiden name was Cason.

I don’t think that Lady White, the writer of this article made a misprint. It’s clear that Mattie and Oressia were related to Mrs. Grace Hayes. I have been finding more on Mrs. Mattie White as I’m searching for others. Also I’m wondering if Mattie did marry. She was always listed as Mrs. Mattie White. So who was Mr. White?

Thanks for reading.
Mrs. Mattie White and Daughter, Miss Oressia Connections With Mrs. Grace Hayes
I posted this blog on another website on May 4, 2024 

R.I.P Great Aunt Mattie and cousin Oressia

God bless you.
S.A. Blakley

Homestead: On My Blakey WHITE Family Connections

 Where Was The Homestead?

As I grew in years, I became curious about where my ancestors originated from. I asked some relatives. And they said, Africa, But still, I wondered even more.

Where did my ancestors come from?
It’s not known were my early ancestors they came from or traveled in their days in America.. Some ancestors on my 2nd great grandparents; on his father’s father’s side came from Virginia. They were the enslaved in the United States of America. They were later brought to Missouri. There were some ancestors were taken to Mississippi during the late 1858 to 1860’s .

Eventually, the family moved back to Chariton and Howard Counties in Missouri circa 1880’s where some family members were living. Some of the ancestors choose to remain in the Forest Green, Missouri area. While some of their descendants began to move northward and westward near and after the 1900’s. And some descendants moved throughout the United States as years and decades past.

I posted a blog series about the article: Slavery Descendants to Have First Reunion. This one I wrote January 23, 2013. It was part 6 in a series of 12 blogs. I have updated some of what I have discovered through the years.

They found worked on farms. And lived in Forest Green, Missouri area.
They kept their own surnames. White and Blakey.
They were employed and made their homes in Forest Green, MO.

Where did they work? As farmer or as farm hands?
Some owned their land. Some worked on a tobacco farm.

What names did each family member take?
The mother in this article was unknown but was found in 1989.
Her name was Julia.

What names did each family member take?

Andrew WHITE, the father wasn’t mentioned the the article. He was born around 1818 in VA.
His name was mentioned on three of son’s death certificates. And a enslaved Ad in 1858.

Julia (Finney) WHITE, the mother .She was born around 1820 in Virginia.
She was the mother of 11 or 12. She was said to have passed in Forest Green, Missouri.

Isaac BLAKEY, (1845 – 1917)
He passed in Shannondale, Missouri. He was married twice. He was the father of 20.

Spencer WHITE ( 1852 – 1929)
He moved to Moberly, Randolph Missouri and passed there. He was the father of 3.

John WHITE (1858 – 1918)
The article stated that John carried the Blakey surname. He passed in Salisbury, Missouri.
His surname was WHITE. He was the father of 11.

Josh WHITE He was born in 1860. It’s not known when he passed.
He had daughters and a son John BLAKE.

Martha “Matt” or “Mattie” WHITE (1862 – 1947)
She was said to have passed in Forest Green, Missouri. There is no death certificate of her in Missouri with the name Mattie / Martha White. She was the mother of 5.

Richard “Dick” WHITE (1866 – 1946)
He passed in Glasgow, Missouri,. He was the father of 13.

It appears that Isaac was the only one in this family that choose the BLAKEY surname. Why? Not for sure. Perhaps that was the name he used when he enlisted into the Civil War in 1863. Isaac kept the surname. However, Isaac did use the WHITE surname at some time.

Perhaps Isaac was with the BLAKEYs for a time; they may have helped him to his freedom. Two of the former slave owners gave affidavit of who Isaac was. Isaac applied for his pension records in 1890’s.

Also for the mother Julia, Did she have other children? Yes. She had about 11 or 12 children. Some of the children may have passed away before the turn of the century. Some of the family members may not have know about them.

The article states that “Matt” Martha WHITE never married. As I searched for Mattie White, I came up with her as a widow at 18 year old. She was the mother of 5 children. (It’s sad that this information was lost through the years.)

The big mystery to this part of the article:
Who was the great grandmother? Was the writer in this article speaking of Ted Blakey’s great grandmother? The mother of the enslaved  or the mother’s husband, Andrew’s mother?

The mother, Julia was believe to have passed and was buried in Forest Green, MO. Most those who passed this family were buried in Forest Green, MO and area. There are some descendants who still live in the Forest Green and Glasgow areas in Missouri.

It’s good if we have the opportunity to visit some of the places where our ancestors once lived. Perhaps, we should do some research to find where our family history began. We as their descendants are the story teller of our ancestors.

We are living out the family history. My family connections journey began during the mid 1970’s . And I continue to search as long as I can.

May we continue on the journey to know who our ancestors were. May we leave a legacy for the next generations to come May we see that what we do will impact our future.

Thanks for reading.
Homestead: On My Blakey WHITE Family Connections

I posted a blog like this on  April 24, 2020. I edited this one and made updates during August and September of 2024. I did take the DNA test. It was interesting: Nigeria!.

This blog was posted on one of my other sites. 
 I added the In Memory of some members in  Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections
to this blog. 

Peace be with you
God bless you.
S.A. Blakley

Week 39 ~ Amy Johnson Crow’s #52Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge in 2024

The theme for Week 39 is “Homestead.” Is there a home you think of when you think of your ancestors? For me, it’s my Grandma’s tiny post-WWII era house that somehow fit all of the extended family on Christmas. What does “homestead” make you think of?

Update On Article : Slavery Descendants To Have First Reunion on August 28, 1971

The Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Reunion was held on Saturday, August 28, 1971 at Riverside Park in Sioux City, Iowa. And  The article : "Slavery Descendants To Have First Reunion:" appeared in the Sioux City Journal on  the day of the reunion. On the following day, August 29, 1971, another article entitled Slavery Descendents Gather." appeared in the paper. It included a photo.

Article: Slavery Descendants To Have First Reunion 

I re read this article:
I have made more discoveries since I posted the blog series in 2013.
I have more questions.
When did Julia (Finney) White arrive in Missouri? Was the year 1843?
Did Julia have other children born in the 1830's before she came to Missouri?
When did she leave and return to Forest Green, Missouri?
How long did she (and her children) live in Natchez, Mississippi?
Did she have children born in Mississippi!

Julia had children born in Missouri in during the 1840's and to about 1866.

Part 1: Thoughts: Slavery Descendants to Have First Reunion

Some more thoughts:
With DNA matches, this lineage is connecting with relatives. There are some we don't know wher they connect on the family tree. There is a Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections group on facebook. We hope to connected with  more long lost relatives.

Part 2: Blakey - White Families: The Year 1843

Haven' located info on who the mother and her children who were on the ship from Africa. The ship may have came from Africa. It could have shipped slaves to parts of the South in America from the Northern parts of America. 

We can assume that Julia and her children came the route of a slave ship from VA to New Orleans. The year 1843 was the year on the article. The slave owner John BLAKEY. He passed in November of 1844. His wife was Frances (WHITE) BLAKEY.

There was an Isaac White, with a son, Andrew White listed on the 1880 census. They lived next door to Julia White and her children etc. I believe that Isaac White was related. There were others who carried the White surname living near Julia in 1880.

The Arrival And Names Taken ~ Article Part 3

The article states that there was a slave auction was in New Orleans, Louisiana. There was one in  Howard County Missouri.According to a 1858, slave ad, the slaves of John Blakey, deceased were to be sold in Roanoke, Missouri in March of 1858. 

According to Isaac Blakey's pension records,
Isaac and his mother were sold near the breaking out of the Civil War 1861. They went south. Haven't found records on who purchased  the enslaved family members.

The ages of Isaac, 12 and John, 10, don't match with Julia's sons in the article. Isaac Blakey would have been born in 1831 and John Blakey in 1833. Julia's sons, Isaac was born in Missouri about 1845 and John was born in Missouri about 1859.

Question: Could there have been an Isaac White born in 1831 and John Blakey born in 1833?

John  and Isaac Blakey: Civil War ~ Part 4

This John blakey was confused to be the John Blakley who moved to St. Joseph, Missouri.
 John Blakey's nephew was John Blakey Blakley, son of Isaac and Martha (Scott) Blakey who was born in 1871.

The article states that John Blakey was living in Forest Green, Missouri. Did John take the surname Blakey while he was enslaved? John went by John  White on the 1880 census and when he married Kate Estill in 1887. They had about 11 children and lived in Chariton County Missouri.

Can't locate the Blakey WHITE families on the 1870 census in Missouri or in Mississippi.Could they have lived in New Orleans area?

Isaac Blakey Reunites With Family ~ Part 5

 According to oral history, the mother, sons, Spencer, Dick, and a daughter, Matt were shipped to  Natchez, MS from New Orleans. Was Richard "Dick" born in  MS? Or was there another Dick? According to records Richard "Dick" White was born in Missouri? Or was Dick born before the Civil War ended? The other siblings were born in Missouri.

Isaac Blakey was in Mississippi. during the Civil War. as a soldier 1863 - 1866 and early 1870's. Don't know the year when Isaac arrived in MS. He started searching for his family... and had to return to MS, where he found them easily.

Isaac had to have connections to know where his family was. It could be that the family were sold to the slave owners relatives in Missouri and in Mississippi area.

Empolyment , Homeland And Surnames ~ Part 6

The early Blakey WHITE Families decided to live in Forest Green, Missouri area.
They were farmers, farmhands some owned homes and business.
According to Isaac Blakey's pension records.
He moved his family to Chariton County Missouri in March of 1880.
He was listed on the 1880 census dated, June 6, 1880.

On the 1880 MO census, there are Spencer White, John White and Dick White on a tobacco farm.
They were also listed on the 1880 census with their mother, Julia WHITE with son, Isaac White, Isaac's wife Rachel White and their children. Julia's children, John White, Spencer, White, Josh White, David White and Martha White and two of Julia's 2 other grandchildren with the surname WHITE.

There was a Dick / Richard White was listed with Daniel Boone White.
Note: Daniel was the brother of Frances White Blakey.
Daniel White lived near to Julia White.
Was Dick a servant to Daniel White while his family were in Mississippi?

Dick and Jane WHITE ~ Part 7

Where was the cafe that Richard "Dick" and Jane White operated in Forest Green, Missouri?
 Willie (White) Winfrey was the person who made the plans for the 1971 Reunion.
She had the desire to have the family to unite the family in reunions.

Blakey / Blakley Descendants ~ Article Part 8

This John Blakey Blakley was son of Isaac Blakey Sr. and Martha (Scott) Blakey.
John and his wife , Jennie changed their surname to Blakley sometime after they married in 1902.  They had 12 or 13 children. Some of the children surname were Blakey or Blakley on birth / death records to 1910.

Isaac and Rachel Blakey ~ Part 9

Rachel Jackson was Isaac's second wife. They married in Mississippi.
Oral history states that Rachel was the mother of 18 children.
Here' is Rachel Blakey's obituary with the list of her children.

Hope that Isaac Blakey had an obituary.

Isaac Blakey Jr. And Yankton, SD. Blakeys ~ Part 10

 About 13 of Isaac Blakey Sr's children came to Yankton, South Dakota.
They farmed the land and some made their homes there, while others moved onward.

Isaac Blakey Jr, worked as a farmer, dog catcher and a hunter.
He went hunting with Clark Gable.

Oldest Blakey Who Lived? ~ Part 11

The article was in the Sioux City Journal on Saturday, August 28, 1971.
Isaac Blakey was the 3rd oldest of Isaac Sr. and Rachel Blakey.
He passed in April of 1971 at the age of 98.
He would have been born about 1874.
Other records of his birth year was 1877.

On Find A Grave there are some memorials of the Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections.
Here is Lawhorn Blakey's grave site. His family connections are included.

Article Reflections: Slavery Descendants To Have First Reunion: Part 12

I believe that there is more information out there. Yes, I believe that it's there. The enslaved family members were separated between 1858 - to the breaking out of the Civil War. It's still a mystery where they were.... They could have been sold to relatives of the owners.

Thanks for those who are searching. One thing for sure, the Blakey / WHITE Families kept in touch through the years. I hope that more clues will come...And that the pieces to the puzzle will fall into place. May there be more family connections come forth in this lineage.

Thanks for reading.
God bless you.
S. A. Blakley

The Julia White Family Connections: Joshua White

Who was Joshua / Josh White?

Josh was the son of Andrew White and Julia (Finney) White. He was listed on the 1880 census with his mother, 4 brothers, 1 sister, 1 sister in law, 3 nieces and 4 nephews in Chariton County Missouri. He was listed as age 20, born in 1860 in Missouri.  He was a laborer.

Below are photos from parts of some letters my cousins sent me. They were sharing with me what the heard in our family connections.  I didn't know that there was a John BLAKE until 1985.  My grandfather was John BLAKEY / BLAKLEY. This would be confusing to figure out, who's who.

 

 

Letters from Mrs. Willie M. Winfrey And Rev. and Mrs. T.A. White 



 Letter from Willie (White) Terrill Winfrey in 1985

 Letter from Rev T.A. White and Mrs. Cleavie White in 1988.
Unfortunately, I didn't get the response who the names of Joshua's daughter.

I was re reading some of the old letters, I received from cousins, Willie Winfrey and Cleavie White. They spoke of a John BLAKE.  He was a son of Josh / Joshua White.

Joshua had two or three daughters and a son named John. John was raised by a large family with the BLAKE surname. The cousins didn't mention who Josh's three daughters by name.

I've searched the Missouri census looking for John Blake.

I believe that I've found him. It may seem to be a coincidences. But, at first, I  noticed on the 1910 census that there was a John Blake with wife, Arrette (Hayes). Also they were listed with a Mattie White. Mattie was born about 1877 in MO. Mattie was a widow. She had 5 children. Only 4 were living. However, the children's names were not listed with Mattie.

I searched to back track on who this Mattie White was. I see that Mattie may have been counted twice on the 1910 census. I came across a Mattie White who was a widow. She had 5 children with one deceased. She was listed with her 4 children;  Patrick, Alice, Ella and Jane White.

I searched to find out more about  John Blake. Who was John Blake? I came across one John who fits the description on what my cousins spoke about. This John was listed on the 1900 census with Louis and Mary Blake. John was Louis' stepson. 

As I continue to search for John Blake, I found some similarities.

It appears that John was the same John Blakey listed with Mattie on the 1910 census. John later was divorce in 1930's. Louis Blake was listed as John's father on the 1920 and 1930 census. Also on the WW II draft, Louis was listed as John's father.

According to John H. Blake's death record, he was born on May 29, 1880 in Howard County MO. He passed on Oct 5, 1930 in  Hannibal, Missouri. John's mother, was Mary Anna Johnson or Potte. 

Mary Blake was born on Dec 4, 1865 and passed away on April 15, 1918 in Howard County MO. Her parents were Merritt Potte and Becky Bentley.

Louis Blake was the son of Ceaser and Trusty Blake. Mary and Louis were married in 1885. Mary had about 12 children ; Merritt, William, Nellie, Rector, Oscar, George , Frank, Eleanor, Maggie, Corrine, (1907 - 1967) Swetzie and John Blake.

Accord to a census, this John Blake had a son named Cortez Jaco, He was born about 1926 in Missouri. and Harold Valentine who was born about 1927 in Missouri.

This is all I have come across on Joshua White and his off srpings. I hope that the descendants of Joshua White and John Blake will discover this blog. And that they could add to the family history.

Thanks for reading.
 Susan Ann Blakley

The Martha / Mattie White Family Connections Patrick / Pat White

 After searching the some of the names in this article,
this Pat White could have been Mattie "Matt" White's son, Patrick White.
There was only one Pat White listed about this time in Chariton, county, MO.

A. J. White mostly was Andrew J. White.
The Whites lived next door to Mattie and Mattie's mother Julia White.
Sid Cason could have been related to Margaret (Cason) Blakey, the wife of Ollie Blakey.Nannie Houston could have been related to the Blakeys and Whites.  

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The Julia White Family Connection: Martha / Mattie White

Who was Martha / Mattie White?

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

Patrick "Pat" White (abt 1882 – 1906)
Alice White born about 1884

Bob Ella (Bentley) Carr (1886 - 1923)   
Jane White born about 1889

Oressia "Oressie" P. Hereford (1904 – 1976)

Willard Jerome Carr (1923 – 1991)

Possible other family Connections: How was Todd Woods connected?

Andrew J. White had a daughter names, Cornelia WHITE WOODS.
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

Which Children of Andrew and Julia WHITE Family Had Children?

 I would like to thank all of you on the Blakey / WHITE Family Connections. There are a lot of us.  Thanks for your interest in our family history.

I've been updating some of the family history. There are times I have to make corrections. Please let me know if I need to make corrections on any family branch.

 I have been looking over the Blakey / White descendants.  I've come across members from the following branches on The Andrew White and Julia (Finney) White Family Connections.

An Unknown White sibling who was born in Virginia.
This sibling had a daughter named Rebecca White.
Rebecca was listed on the 1880 census as Julia White's granddaughter.

 Isaac BLAKEY was the father of ? children.
Oral history states that he had 18 children.
 I have come up with 21 or 23 children.
However, some of the names could have been nicknames.

Spencer White was the father of 3 daughters.
John White was the father of about 9 children.

 Josh / Joshua White was the father of about 3 daughters and a son.
The son's name was John BLAKE.

Martha / Mattie White was the mother of 4 daughters and a son.
Her son was killed in 1906.

Richard / Dick White was the father of 13 children.

There is no information of any off spring on the following family members.
Linda White
Mary White
Ben White
Andrew White
Lydia White
David White

I believe that the other siblings could have had children.
The White surname is hard to trace.
I hope that descendants on our family tree will somehow find one another.
I pray that some of the unknown relatives will make that discovery.

I believe that they are out there. I have come across two searches who believe that they are connected with our family. They don't know where the connection is.

Thanks for reading.
Susan Ann Blakley