See also
Husband:
Wife:
Status:
Never Married
Name:
William Henry (2) WHITE
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
10 Nov 1835
Wor...St., St Leonards1
Baptism:
17 Jan 1836 (age 0)
Shoreditch - St.Leonards
Census:
2 Apr 1871 (age 35)
Islington, London2
Address: 16 Travers Road
Occupation:
2 Apr 1871 (age 35)
Clerk to City of London Court; Islington, London2
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 45)
Hornsey1
Address: 11 Lancaster Road
Occupation:
3 Apr 1881 (age 45)
Coachman to City of London Guildhall; Hornsey1
Death:
3 Mar 1890 (age 54)
Stroud Green, Middlesex
Address: 11 Lancaster Road
Probate:
6 May 1890
London
formerly of 16 Travers Road Holloway but late of 11 Lancaster Road, Stroud Green to Henrietta White, widow, sole executrix
Name:
Harriet CROZIER
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
18 Mar 1845
Writtle, Essex3
Baptism:
13 Apr 1845 (age 0)
Writtle, Essex
Residence:
21 Apr 1845 (age 0)
Writtle, Essex3
Census:
30 Mar 1851 (age 6)
Writtle, Essex4
Witness at wedding:
11 Oct 1873 (age 28)
West Hackney - St Peter5
wedding of her sister Emma
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 30)
Shoreditch, London6
Address: 65 Hackney Rd, Shoreditch
Residence:
31 May 1881 (age 36)
Shoreditch, London7
Address: 65 Hackney Road
Residence:
4 Jun 1883 (age 38)
Shoreditch, London8
Address: 65 Hackney Road
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 41)
Kensington, London9
Address: 40 High St, Kensington :
Occupation:
5 Apr 1891 (age 46)
Bakery Manageress; Kensington, London10
Death:
Q1 1915 (age 69-70)
RD - Southwark
The 3 April 1881 census at 65 Hackney Road, Shoreditch shows
William H.WHITE head mar 43 Tobacconist Finsbury
Harriet WHITE wife mar 30 Chelmsford
Sarah A.KEETCH visitor unm 30 Farmers daughter Staplegrove
However, it doesn't seem that William and Harriet were actually married. Harriet was single when she was a witness at her sister's wedding on 10/1/1870. There are no entries for their marriage in the Civil Registration Index between 1870 and 1881. There are no entries for this marriage in London C of E Marriage Records (according to Ancestry.com).
Also
Both women were 36 years old rather than 30 and were both pregnant for the first time.
Sarah was a daughter of a carpenter/ wheelwright who at this time was working as an steam engine driver but who was never a farmer.
It is unclear just who Sarah was “visiting” and why.
Later in 1881 Harriet gave birth to a son William Henry WHITE (19th April)
Sarah gave birth to a son James Webster KEETCH (16th September).
In 1883 Harriet gave birth to a daughter Gertrude WHITE (23 April).
Both of Harriet's children were registered by Harriet with Willam Henry WHITE, Tobacconist, as father
In a Trade Directory around that time the tobacconist at 65 Hackney Road is shown as Mrs Harriet WHITE.
William Henry WHITE is quite a common name but there are not too many of them born in Finsbury in the late 1830's. In earlier censuses the most likely one is the William married to Henrietta. He at various times gave his occupation as Clerk to the London County Court, Sherriff Clerk and Accountant.
When William Henry WHITE (jnr) got married in 1906 he said his father was William Henry WHITE (Dec'd) an Accountant.
When Gertrude got married in 1904 she said her father was William Henry WHITE (Dec'd) a Solicitor
In the 3rd April 1891 census Harriet has moved away and become a Bakery Manageress and is describing herself as Widow. However, when her daughter starts school on 28th April 1891 she says her father/ guardian is William Henry WHITE.
Subsequently James Webster KEETCH married Gertrude WHITE and they are my paternal grandparents.
1881 Census England. RG11/ 1375 f119 p17.
William H (2) White,Head,Mar,M,45,Coachman to City of London Guildhall,Wor...St., St Leonards,
Henrietta White,Wife,Mar,F,43,,Middlesex, Church Road, St. Luke,
Eliza Sarah White,Daughter,Unm,F,16,,St.Mary Islington,
Evan Arthur White,Son,Unm,M,11,Scholar,St.Mary Islington,
Edwin John White,Son,Unm,M,9,Scholar,St.Mary Islington,
Henry Percy White,Son,Unm,M,5,Scholar,St.Mary Islington,
Mabel Annie White,Daughter,Unm,F,1,,St.Mary Islington,
Betty King, Servant, Unm,F,21, General Domestic Servant, Bedford, Goldington
1871 Census England. RG10/ 304 f74 p36.
William (2) White,Head,Mar,M,35,Clerk to City of London Court,Shoreditch, London,
Henrietta White,Wife,Mar,F,33,,Shoreditch, London,
William White,Son,Unm,M,13,Scholar,Islington, London,
Alfred White,Son,Unm,M,10,Scholar,Islington, London,
Eliza White,Daughter,Unm,F,6,Scholar,Islington, London,
Evan White,Son,Unm,M,1,,Islington, London,
Elizabeth Frost,Serv,Unm,22, General Serv,Somerset, Walcot
Birth Certificate Harriet Crozier, (No.45 1845 births Chelmsford-Writtle).
18th March 1845 at Writtle
Harriet
f.Thomas Crozier
m.Mary Ann Crozier nee Farmer
f.occ.labourer
inf: Mary Ann Crozier mother
reg 21/4/1845
1851 Census England. HO 107/1776 f28 p.24-5. Cit. Date: 30 March 1851.
Census 1851 Writtle, Essex
HO 107/1776 f28 p.24-5
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Thomas Crozier Head Mar 34 Ag Lab Writtle
Mary Ann Crozier Wife Mar 30 Writtle
Henry Crozier Son 9 Scholar Writtle
William Crozier Son 8 Scholar Writtle
Harriet Crozier Dau 6 Scholar Writtle
Emma Crozier Dau 4 Scholar Writtle
Eliza Crozier Dau 3 Writtle
Agnes Crozier Dau 1 Writtle
James Deal Wifes G/father Wid 80 Writtle
Marriage Certificate Sydney Pemberton/Emma Crozier, (No.155 Parish of West Hackney - Middlesex).
St.Peter's 11th October 1873 after banns
Sydney Charles Pemberton,22,Bachelor,Cellarman, Derby Road
f.Edwin Joseph Pemberton, News Agent
Emma Crozier, 24, Spinster, Derby Road
f.Thomas Crozier, Farmer
Wits: Edwin Pemberton & Harriet Crozier
1881 Census England. RG11/385 f9. Cit. Date: 3 April 1881.
William H.White head mar 43 tobacconist Finsbury
Harriet White wife mar 30 Chelmsford
Sarah A.Keetch visitor unm 30 Farmers daughter Staplegrove
Birth Certificate William White 1881, (N0.98 1881 Birth Shoreditch - St.Leonard).
19th April 1881 at 65 Hackney Road
William Henry
f.William Henry White
m.Harriet White nee Crozier
f.occ. Tobacconist
inf.H.White mother 65 Hackney Road
reg.31/5/1881
Birth Certificate Gertrude White, (No.174 1883 births Shoreditch - St.Leonard).
23 April 1883 at 65 Hackney Road
Gertrude
f.William Henry White
m.Harriet White nee Crozier
f.occ.Tobacoconist
inf:H White mother 65 Hackney Road
reg 4th June 1883
1891 Census England. RG12/20 f54. Cit. Date: 5 April 1891.
Harriett White head wid 41 Bakery Manageress Chelmsford
William H White son 9 Shoreditch
Gertrude White dau 7 Shoreditch
Sarah A Keetch serv unm 40 domestic servant Staplegrove
Ibid.