Martha White

Martha Simpson White 

Born: 5 February 1850, Louth 

Father: Bartholomew White (b. 1822) 

Mother: Ruth White (b. 1821)

Stepmother: Mary F White (b. 1831)

Sisters: Francis Susanna White (b. 1841), Betsy White (b. 1844) 

Brothers: Samuel White (b. 1845), Bartholomew White (b. 1848), Wilson White (b. 1853), George White (b. 1855)

Half-Sisters: Betsy A White (b. 1868), Lily White (b. 1869), Mary White (b. 1871)

Marriage:        4 February 1879, Louth

Husband:         James Attaway Elvin  

                        b. 1851

                        Foreman Rodmill on 1900 USA Census

Issue:

#1 Lily Eliza Elvin (b. 1879)

#2 James Bartholomew Hathway Elvin (b. 1881) 

#3 Fanny Louisa Elvin (b. 1882)

#4 Ruth Mary Elvin (b. 1883) 

#5 Ernest Wilson Hathway Elvin (b. 1885)

#6 Lottie M Elvin (b. 31 May 1889)

In 1851 – 

She is at Withers Fileds, Main Street, Withern. Her father is listed as ‘Journeyman Blacksmith’. Martha, her mother and siblings (Francis, Betsy, Samuel and Bartholomew) are unlisted. 

In 1861 – 

She is at Main Street, Withern with Stain, Louth. Her father is listed as ‘widower’ and ‘Journeyman Blacksmith’. Her brothers, Samuel and Bartholomew, are ‘Farmers Boys’. Martha and her siblings, Frances, Wilson and George are unlisted. 

In 1871 – 

She is a Coleby, Lincoln. She is listed as ‘Certificated School Mistress’. Her half-sister, Betsy, is present but unlisted. 

In 1881 – 

She is at Sheppey Union Workhouse, Sheppey. Martha is listed as ‘Workhouse School Mistress’. Her daughter, Lily, is unlisted.

In 04/97 – 

Listed as ‘died in America’.

d.         7 July 1894, Pendleton, Indiana