Yarmouth Nova Scotia - White family

[chipchippotato]

Hi,

I am trying to find out information about the White family from Nova Scotia. I know Edgar Douglas White was born in Yarmouth, NS around 1840 before he emigrated to New Zealand and his father Job R White was from Nova Scotia but moved to Lynn, Massachusetts in the 1870s. I cannot find a birth certificate for Job so the only dates I have for him are based on census data (he was supposedly born 1816). One family tree states that his parents were Isaac K White (1755-1840) and Sarah White (1786-1872) but census information says his father was born in England and his mum was born in Canada which does not line up with these individuals. Please help me identify who Job's parents are and how I can trace back this family line.

[amondg]

1871 Census Massachusetts

Job R White 34
Elizabeth 33
Milton K 21
Theodore W 10

Job cannot be Edgar's father as he was born circa 1837 so likely a brother.

[aghadowey]

1871 Census Massachusetts

Job R White 34
Elizabeth 33
Milton K 21
Theodore W 10

Job cannot be Edgar's father as he was born circa 1837 so likely a brother.

Almost everything in the above post is incorrect. The census was 1870 not 1871.
Jacob R. B. White was 56 not 36 (looking at image first name is unclear but this is how it's been transcribed)
Elizabeth White was 53 not 33

See original by clicking on image-
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDS1-2MV?lang=en

There is a tree here which would need verified as all such trees do-
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/2MJQ-DVX

Added-
One family tree states that his parents were Isaac K White (1755-1840) and Sarah White (1786-1872) but census information says his father was born in England and his mum was born in Canada which does not line up with these individuals.
Which census?

[maddys52]

May I just suggest that looking at the image, "Jacob" R B WHITE is 54, not 56.

Jacob R. B. White was 56 not 36

[maddys52]

Added-
One family tree states that his parents were Isaac K White (1755-1840) and Sarah White (1786-1872) but census information says his father was born in England and his mum was born in Canada which does not line up with these individuals.
Which census?

The 1880 census at Lynn, Massachusetts has his father born England and mother at "N.S", presumably Nova Scotia.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH66-CS7?lang=en

[aghadowey]

May I just suggest that looking at the image, "Jacob" R B WHITE is 54, not 56.

You could be correct as the numbers are difficult to decipher as the same number wasn't always formed the same way 

The 1880 census at Lynn, Massachusetts has his father born England and mother at "N.S", presumably Nova Scotia.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH66-CS7?lang=en

Thanks for the link, maddys52.
That particular detail doesn't worry me as there are often differences from one census to the next and even siblings don't always list the same ethnicity for their parents.
Some of my ancestors settled in Queens County (not that far from Yarmouth and Shelburne counties) but moved back and forth between N.S. and Massachusetts- sometimes for employment or education and other times to be near family. There was a ferry from Boston to Yarmouth which made visits between relatives and friends easier. My grandmother's grandmother actually used to do her clothes shopping in Boston rather than taking the train in the opposite direction to Halifax, N.S.
Going back to birthplaces on census records the Canadian census records ask for ethnicity as well as place of birth- this could be why 'England' is put down (I've seen similar many times). Even ethnicity can vary on the Canadian census records. One branch of my family originated in Scotland but stayed two generations in Ulster before finally settling in Nova Scotia. Therefore, some of that family say Irish and some say Scottish which family members using two different spellings of their surname.