The White Family

Alice Mildred (White) Henwood

Harry White, Alice (Risley) White and children
Harry White, unknown, Alice (Risley) White and children, from left to right, Noel, Harry, Alice and Kenneth
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 27 April 1885, at Allanvale, Chase Valley, Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal

Baptism: 22 November 1885, in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal
The baptism was sponsored by Julia Annie Arnold and parents. Harry is recorded as a clerk, resident at Chase Valley, P.M.B.

Father: Harry White

Mother: Alice (Risley, Barker) White

Married: Sidney Evelyn Henwood on 6 April 1910 in St Peter's Parish Church, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Sidney Evelyn Henwood is recorded as a bachelor, aged 26. He is a solicitor, resident in Vryheid. Alice Mildred White is recorded as a spinster, aged 24, resident in Maritzburg. The marriage was performed by R. Chastet de Brinville, and witnessed by G. R. Hathorn and R. D. Barker.

Children:
Notes: Known as Milly.
Alice was mentioned in the will of Matilda Risley, her grandfather's second wife, and given a specific bequest:
Pietermaritzburg Estate Files #37/61 film 007866875 image 442
I give my diamond locket and gold necklet to ALICE MILDRED WHITE a granddaughter of my late husband

Death: 18 April 1979

Alice Mildred White and Sidney Evelyn Henwood headstone
Headstone of Sidney Evelyn Henwood and Alice Mildred White in Main Cemetery, Vryheid, Natal
photograph by Chris and Petra Lombard at eGGSA
Buried: Main cemetery, Vryheid, Natal, South Africa, with her husband, Sidney. Their headstone reads:-

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
SIDNEY EVELYN
HENWOOD
★ 14 . 11 . 1883
†  17 . 1 . 1937

QUIETLY HE
HELPED SO MANY
ERECTED BY A LOVED
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
MILLY HENWOOD
(NEE ALICE MILDRED WHITE)
★ 27 . 4 . 1885
M   6 . 4 . 1910
  †  18 . 4 . 1979
GENTLY SHE LIVED
& GENTLY SHE DIED
  AND LOVING FAMILY 

Census & Addresses:
1901: Selwyn Road, Eastbourne, Sussex
1910: Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (marriage certificate)
1942: Entabeni, Vryheid, Natal, South Africa   (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)

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Harry White

Harry White, Alice (Risley) White and children
Harry White, unknown, Alice (Risley) White and children, from left to right, Noel, Harry, Alice and Kenneth
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: February 1861, in Dalston, Hackney, Middlesex, England

Father: Cornelius Francis Hundley White

Mother: Harriet Ramsey (Jameson) White

Married: Alice (Risley) Barker on 30 April 1883 at St Peter's Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Harry White is recorded as a bachelor, of full age. He is a merchant, resident in Pietermaritzburg. Alice Donthorn Barker is recorded as a widow, of full age, resident in Pietermaritzburg. The wedding was performed by Thomas Colley and witnessed by Jos. Risley, W. A. Hadock and Clara Risley.
The Natal Witness 2 May 1883
MARRIAGE:- White - Barker, - On the 30th April, at St. Peter's Cathedral, PMBurg, by the Venerable Archdeacon Colley, - Harry White, eldest son of C. F. H. White Esq. of College House, Edmonton, Middlesex, to Alice Douthora, widow of the late R.D.Barker Esq. of PMBurg, and daughter of W. Risley Esq. of PMBurg.

Entry in the front of family prayer book entitled Fletchers Family Devotion
MARRIAGES.
On the 30th April 1883
at St Peters Cathedral, Maritzburg, Natal, S. A.  Harry White and Alice Donthorn Barker were united in Holy Matrimony by the Revd. Archdeacon Colley.
"Harry White Son (eldest) of Cornelius Francis Hundley White, College House, Upper Edmonton, nr London."
"Alice Donthorn Barker, second Daughter of William Risley of Pietermaritzburg, Natal and widow of the late Richard Donthorn Barker, who died in Pietermaritzburg on the 14 August 1880.
Issue from first marriage. One Son. Reginald Donthorn Barker born on the 2nd December 1879.

Children: Occupation: Merchant (1883, 1884); Clerk (1885); Accountant (1887); Broker (1890); Book-keeper (1907)

Death: 25 August 1907, at Botanical Hotel, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, aged 46.
The cause of death is listed as apoplexy.

Will: dated 1 February 1884
Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1909 vol 30 #144 film 007866824 images 138-9
Be it hereby made known that on this the first day of February in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty four at Pietermaritzburg in the Colony of Natal in the presence of the witnesses who have hereunto subscribed their names personally came and appeared Harry White of Pietermaritzburg, merchant and Alice Donthorn White (born Risley) his wife, who were united in the bonds of Holy Matrimony at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Pietermaritzburg aforesaid upon the thirtieth day of April in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty three, who declared that they, being of healthy body and of sound and disposing mind, are desirous of making and executing their last Will and Testament, wherefore hereby revoking and annulling all wills codicils and testamentary acts of all and every description heretofore made and passed by them, or by either of them they the said Testators declared this to be their last mutual and joint Will and Testament and that they the said Testators hereby express their joint and mutual will desire and intention as to the disposal of the property belonging to each or either of them the said Testators or held at present by them in common, whether movable or immovable or of any kind or description whatsoever and wheresoever situated.
  And the Testators hereby institute appoint and declare the survivor of them to be the sole and universal heir and successor of the first of them, the said Testators, who shall die, of all property as aforesaid, real or personal movable or immovable and wheresoever situated for his or her sole personal use and benefit, and to be disposed of as the said survivor may or shall see fit, at the same time recommending to the said survivor the child or children to be born of the marriage of the Testators to be rewarded as the said surviving Testator shall consider the said child or children or any of them shall deserve.
  And for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this their last mutual and joint will and testament the Testators declared to have nominated constituted and appointed as by these presents they do nominate constitute and appoint the survivor of them the said Testators together with John Edward Risley of Pietermaritzburg to be the Executors or Executor and Executrix of this ... joint and ... will and ...giving and ... unto the ... Executor ... all the  powers required by Law and especially those of assumption, substitution and surrogation.
  And the Testators further declared to have nominated constituted and appointed as by these presents they do nominate constitute and appoint the survivor of them the said Testators to be the sole guardian of the minor children of the said marriage.
  Witness our hands at Pietermaritzburg aforesaid, the day month and year first hereinbefore written in the presence of the subscribing witnesses who declare to have subscribed these presents in presence of the said Testators and of each other and that the said testators declare that they have read these presents and that they contain their joint and mutual Will desire and intention as regards the property belonging to each or either of them the said Testators or held by them in common. 
    (Signed) Harry White
    (Signed) A.D. White
As Witnesses
(sgd) C. A. Fawcett.  Pietermaritzburg  Chemist
(sgd) Chas. Buxton Andrews. Public Accountant.

Census & Addresses:
1861: 10 Cambridge Terrace, Middleton Road, Hackney, Middlesex
1871: College House, Upper Fore Street, Edmonton, Middlesex
1907: 390 Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1909 vol 30 #144 film 007866824 image 137)

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Harry Norman Hundley White

Harry White, Alice (Risley) White and children
Harry White, unknown, Alice (Risley) White and children, from left to right, Noel, Harry, Alice and Kenneth
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Wedding photo of Joseph Clifford Ford and May Foaden
Harry was a groomsman at the wedding of hi cousin Joseph Clifford Ford and May Foaden on 18 February 1911 in Durban, Natal
L to R. Lillian Tonkin, H Norman H White, Joseph Clifford Ford, May Ford née Foaden, Edgar Foaden, Emily Winnifred Elizabeth Ford. Front: Joyce Tyzack
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 8 February 1884, at Donthorn Villa, Pietermaritz Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
The Natal Witness 9 February 1884
BIRTH:- White: On February 8th, at Donthorn Villa, PMBurg, the wife of Harry White of a son.

Father: Harry White

Mother: Alice (Risley, Barker) White

Married (1st): Annie Violet Hair on 3 November 1915 in the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Harry Norman Hundley White is recorded as a bachelor, of full age. He is a civil servant, resident in PieterMaritzburg. Annie Violet Hair is recorded as a spinster, of full age, resident in PieterMaritzburg. The marriage was performed by Arthur J. Clark and witnessed by D. S. Barker and C. A. Hair.

Annie was born in 1885/6 in Natal, and died on 8 March 1917 in the Sanatorium, Pietermaritzburg, aged 31. The cause of death is listed as fibroid complicating miscarriage.

Married (2nd): Gertrude Henrietta Walden on 29 August 1922 in St Peters Church, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Harry Norman Hundley White is recorded as a widower, aged 38. He is a civil servant, resident at the Attorney General's Office, Maritzburg. Gertrude Henrietta Walden is recorded as a spinster, aged 23, resident in Maritzburg. The marriage was performed by R. H. Davies and witnessed by A. E. Shirley and A. W. Edmondson.

Gertrude was born in 1898/9.

Occupation: Civil Servant
In a newspaper report of his mother's death in 1909, Harry is described as being "of the Attorney-General's Department"

Death: 25 July 1951 at Grey's Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, aged 67
The cause of death is listed as hypertension, of duration 15 years, and myocardial degeneration due to coronary disease.

Burial: 27 July 1951, in Mountain Rise cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal., South Africa

Addresses:
1915: Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Natal Civil Records Marriages 1915 Pietermaritzburg #144)
1922: Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Natal Civil Records Marriages 1922 Pietermaritzburg #25)
1950: 3 St John's Circle, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Braby's Natal Directory 1950 p1482)
1951: 3 St John's Circle, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Natal civil registration Deaths 1951 Pietermaritzburg #1188)

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Kenneth Vernon White

Harry White, Alice (Risley) White and children
Harry White, unknown, Alice (Risley) White and children, from left to right, Noel, Harry, Alice and Kenneth
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 1 October 1887, at Donthorn Villa, Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Father: Harry White

Mother: Alice (Risley, Barker) White

Married: Blanche Elizabeth Ellen Tamar Kenyon

Blanche was born in King Williams Town. She died in 1967.

Occupation:
In a newspaper report of his mother's death in 1909, Kenneth is described as being "of the Natal Bank"

Death: 1957

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Noel Montague White

Harry White, Alice (Risley) White and children
Harry White, unknown, Alice (Risley) White and children, from left to right, Noel, Harry, Alice and Kenneth
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 31 December 1889, at "The Ferns", Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Baptism: 13 February 1890, in St Saviour, Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Father: Harry White

Mother: Alice (Risley, Barker) White

Married: Kathleen Doris Berry on 18 October 1915, at the house of Rev. Berry, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Noel Montague White is recorded as a bachelor, aged 24. He is a clerk, resident in P. M. Burg. Kathleen Doris Berry is recorded as a spinster, aged 19, resident in P. M. Burg. The marriage was performed by W. Berry, and witnessed by H. N. H. White, W. A. Berry and H. S. Berry.

Noel and Kathleen were divorced in 1929.

Kathleen was born in 1895/6, in South Africa, the daughter of William Berry and Harriet Sarah Horning. She married, secondly, Walter Fred Marlow on 1 August 1931. At that time her address is given as 19 Francis Street, Pietermaritzburg. Kathleen and Fred were divorced in 1959.

Occupation: Clerk

Notes: In 1919, Noel was charged with "administering poison with intent to murder" his wife. He was acquitted after a trial lasting eight days. The description of the charges held at the National Archives reads:
Supreme Court Criminal Case. The King versus Noel Montague White.
Charged with administering poison with intent to murder and attempting to administer poison with intent to murder or otherwise administering poison thereby causing bodily harm and attempting to administer poison with intent to do bodily harm or one or other of the said offences.

Auckland Star 3 January 1920 p15
   FLY-PAPER POISON.
HUSBAND ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGE.
  After a trial lasting eight days, Noel Montague White, aged 27, was acquitted at the Criminal Sessions at Maritzburg, Cape Town, on a charge of the attempted murder of his wife by administering arsenic in cocoa.
  The circumstances were practically similar to those of the celebrated Maybrick case. It appeared from the voluminous evidence that White was on active service for a few months, and on his return his behaviour towards his wife changed. There were some quarrels and estrangements, and the prisoner was ordered to leave the home of his wife's mother.
  White accordingly went to live with a friend near by, and it was alleged that he attempted the murder of his wife, of whom he was exceedingly jealous, by administering arsenic. The details as published were briefly this:—White purchased in May last when flies were not numerous, some arsenical fly-papers. These he was alleged to have soaked in water and then squeezed out into some cocoa at his lodgings.
  A native boy at the house said he saw White mix a brown powder and put some of it in an envelope, which he then put in his pocket.
  Subsequently White was alleged to have gone to the house where his wife was staying, and to have crept round to the window and placed the powder into a cocoa tin which was always kept near the window and used only by his wife.
  The wife, unknown to her husband, left the same day for a trip up-country, and the same night Mrs. Johnston (the sister-in-law of White) and her two children went to the house on a visit. Singularly enough, they, with a Mrs. Ikin, of Durban, had cocoa, although they usually only drank coffee. Shortly afterwards the four people named were taken violently ill.
  Subsequently detectives searched the room where White was staying, and there they found some half-dozen arsenical papers which appeared to have been wetted and squeezed out as one wrings out a towel.
  The jury return a unanimous verdict of “Not guilty.”

Death: 1964

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