Hi im also researching the WHITE surname in the Birmingham, Warwick areas from 1800-1920s and maybe even beyond those dates.
My great grandfathers x3 were all Edward White two of which were doctors.
Any chance were looking for the same relatives?
Rachel
Hi
I'm Nigels cousin, I still carry the White family name. The honest answer to your question is I don't know.
My Great Grandfather was a George(b1877), non of the children he had were Edward's.
Georges father was a Joseph(b1850) who married a Mary Leah Peers, the only children I can trace at the moment are George and an Emily.
Georges Grandfather was another Joseph (b1811), he married a lady by the name of Sarah, from London. I have them in the 1851 census, with 7 children (the eldest 15), non are Edwards, whether any of Joseph and Sarah's children had children, called Edward, I don't yet know.
The family in 1851 were in Handsworth, then moved to what we now know as the Jewellery Quarter, the family finished up in Aston. Two trades that stick out in the family are a File Cutter and a Shoemaker.
IF there are any links, they are most likely to be through the children of Joseph (b1811). If you have any other names linked with one of your Edwards, let me know and I'll check them against Joseph's (b1811) children as at 1851.
Stephen
