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. .
Thanks for reading.
Piecing A Puzzle Together: Broken Branch ~ Week 25 In 2022
God bless
S.A.Blakley
Repost from my blog on word press June 24, 2022
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?
