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     She was born on 19 June 1878.¹ Dora married George Michael White on 8 October 1905.¹
     Dora Mary Gillett died in 1949.¹

     He was born on 4 April 1889.¹ Cyril married Leila Wild on 23 March 1921.¹
     Cyril Joseph White died on 31 October 1938 at age 49.¹
     He was a survivor of his wife Leila who died in 1936.¹

     He was born on 24 December 1881 at Laceby, Lincolnshire, England.^1,5,6 Harold married Marguerte Amy Tichbon on 31 March 1904 at Stratford, New Zealand.⁵ Harold married Edna Lucy Crabb on 11 September 1916 at Palmerston North, New Zealand.⁵
     Harold Temple White died on 8 September 1972 at Wellington, New Zealand, at age 90.⁵
     An internet document of an interview with Len Brown (http://ead.natlib.govt.nz/kilbirnie/abstract/OHC-KLB-1.pdf) mentions his singing with Temple White's Wellington Boy's Choir (page 3 16'20") Temple White well known as city organist and organist at Taranaki Street Methodist Church (page 4, 19'20".)

     He was commonly known as Temple.¹
     Harold T. White appeared on the 1891 British Census of Great Grimsby, at Lincolnshire, England, at 3 Market Place, in the household of his parents, John and Emma J. White.⁶ Harold Temple White emigrated with John Hobson White and Emma Jane Wales in 1893 from England; to New Zealand.

July 25, 2001 Barbara Wells wrote:
John Hobson White was an Immigration Agent in England and responsible for the immigration of thousands of English farm workers to NZ & Queensland, Australia in the late 1800s. He is well documented in NZ. We have a book that devotes a whole chapter to him & he also features in our big new Museum of NZ in Wellington. He himself didn't come here until 1893. Several of his brothers & sisters also came to NZ before him. He lived here where we live now with Peter's grandparents in the later years of his life & is buried in the cemetery near by. It is a wonder he lived to come to NZ as he was not at all popular with the Lincolnshire farmers in encouraging the English farm workers to immigrate & better themselves. It is a miracle he wasn't lynched from what we've read.^7,8,9
     In the obituary of Joseph Temple White who died 1 August 1918, his nephew, H. Temple White of Wellington, was listed as a survivor.¹⁰
     In the obituary of John H. White who died 13 July 1928, his son, H. Temple White of Wellington, was listed as a survivor.¹¹

See the footnotes below for a link to copyrighted biographical information that appeared at the on-line book the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography published in Wellington, 1996:
; White, Harold Temple 1881 - 1972
Music teacher, conductor, organist, composer

Harold Temple White was born in Laceby, Lincolnshire, England, on 24 December 1881, the son of Emma Jane Wales and her husband, John Hobson White, a grocer. The family were ardent Methodists (John White was to become a minister at Kimbolton) and Harold's religious upbringing strongly influenced his later activities and personal life.

The family arrived in New Zealand on the Rimutaka in 1893 as part of an emigration scheme organised by John White. They settled in New Plymouth and Harold won a scholarship to New Plymouth High School. He then trained as a schoolteacher and taught at Rahotu, Omata and Eltham Road schools before establishing himself as a professional music teacher. He had received his first piano lessons from his mother but was otherwise self-taught.

He married Marguerite Amy Tichbon on 31 March 1904 at Stratford. There were three sons of the marriage, two of whom survived to adulthood. In August 1904 the couple moved to Feilding where Temple White, as he was always known, conducted the Feilding Choral Society and was organist and choirmaster at the Methodist church. His choir had considerable success in provincial competitions, and as conductor he 'set a new standard in this form of singing - in delicacy, precision, phrasing, and modulation'.

His reputation grew and in 1913 he secured an appointment as organist and choirmaster to the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Taranaki Street, Wellington. He was to hold this position for 46 years. His wife was in continuous poor health and soon after the shift to Wellington took her own life. On 11 September 1916 at Palmerston North Harold Temple White married Edna Lucie Crabb. Three sons and two daughters were born to them, one daughter dying in infancy.

Temple White soon became a central figure in Wellington's musical life. Under his direction the Wesleyan Methodist Church choir achieved high standards and he was soon involved in other choral activities. In 1914 he established the Wellington Harmonic Society and was its conductor until 1957. In 1918 he became conductor of the Wellington Commercial Travellers' Male Voice Choir, a position he held until 1930, and in 1919 was appointed conductor of the Royal Wellington Choral Union.

In spite of his innate gentleness, there was underneath a firm fibre of determination, and when roused he could support his strongly held beliefs in fearless exchange. His eight-year association with the choral union, which was then Wellington's major choir, came to an abrupt end in 1927 when he resigned on a matter of principle. One source of disagreement was his salary, but he was also unhappy about lack of consultation over the selection of soloists and repertoire. On this occasion his views did not prevail with the choir committee, but such was his popularity with ordinary choir members that they presented him with a grandfather clock.

When the radio station 2YA began broadcasting in Wellington in 1927, Temple White was appointed music adviser and the scope of his musical activities broadened. He played the organ for regular community singing in the town hall during the 1930s, gave organ recitals and conducted carol services at Christmas. In 1939 his old friend Aunt Daisy (Maud Basham) enlisted his help in establishing Easter dawn services.

In the 1930s Temple White formed new choirs: the Wellington Apollo Singers, the Wellington Boys' Choir, and the Wellington Girls' junior and senior choirs, all of which he led until 1947. He also conducted the Tudor Singers from 1936 until 1941. The highlight of these years was his association with the composer Percy Grainger, who visited New Zealand in 1935. Temple White had the challenging task of welding together two separate choirs, the Harmonic Society and the Apollo Singers, to perform Grainger's programme in the Wellington Town Hall. Grainger later wrote, 'I don't know that I can recall any choral programme of my works, in any city of the world, in which every item was rendered with the unvarying perfection attained on November 23'.

Besides giving private music lessons in piano, organ and singing, Temple White taught singing at Rongotai College from 1940 until 1945. During school holidays he was in demand throughout New Zealand as a judge for regional music competitions, and he adjudicated at the City of Sydney Eisteddfod in 1936. He also composed works, mainly choral, that reflected his intense religious and patriotic feelings. During the 1953--54 royal visit he conducted a choir of 13,000 children in a performance of his own work, 'Aotearoa'. The singing was accompanied by six strategically placed brass bands. That year he was made an OBE for services to music.

Temple White served on the Music Teachers' Registration Board of New Zealand, the Music Teachers' Association of New Zealand, the Department of Internal Affairs Music Bursary Selection Committee, the New Zealand Church Music Society and the Wellington Organists' Association. He was appointed honorary city organist in 1961. When he resigned in 1966 the council conferred on him the title honorary city organist emeritus. A bust of Temple White was placed outside the Ilott Concert Chamber in the Wellington Town Hall.

Instantly recognisable by his neatly clipped beard and erect elegant figure, Harold Temple White walked from his Brooklyn home to the city every day, even when he was past 80. He was an avid reader and loved reading aloud; chess was another interest. He was unfailingly courteous and won many friends. After his wife's death in 1950 he and his daughter stayed on in the family home until frailty necessitated his care in Woburn Presbyterian Home and Hospital, Lower Hutt. He died there on 8 September 1972 in his 91st year.⁵

     Edna married Harold Temple White on 11 September 1916 at Palmerston North, New Zealand.²
     Edna Lucy Crabb died in 1950.²
     Mary Lizzie White Wells mentions that Janet Crabbe will be visiting Canada. A letter from Phyllis Sine says that she was a sister of H. Temple's first wife.³ Edna Lucy Crabb was listed as predeceased in the obituary of Harold Temple White who died 8 September 1972, her 2nd wife.²

     She was born on 25 January 1875 at Laceby, Lincolnshire, England.^1,6 Mary married Arnold Wells on 3 June 1904 at New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.^7,8
     Mary Lizzie White died in 1958.¹
     Mary Lizzie White appeared on the 1881 British Census of Laceby, at Lincolnshire, England, at 9 New Chapel Lane, in the household of her parents, John Hobson and Emma Jane White.⁴
     Mary L. White appeared on the 1891 British Census of Great Grimsby, at Lincolnshire, England, at 3 Market Place, in the household of her parents, John and Emma J. White, listed as a photographer's assistant.⁵ Mary Lizzie White emigrated with John Hobson White and Emma Jane Wales in 1893 from England; to New Zealand.

July 25, 2001 Barbara Wells wrote:
John Hobson White was an Immigration Agent in England and responsible for the immigration of thousands of English farm workers to NZ & Queensland, Australia in the late 1800s. He is well documented in NZ. We have a book that devotes a whole chapter to him & he also features in our big new Museum of NZ in Wellington. He himself didn't come here until 1893. Several of his brothers & sisters also came to NZ before him. He lived here where we live now with Peter's grandparents in the later years of his life & is buried in the cemetery near by. It is a wonder he lived to come to NZ as he was not at all popular with the Lincolnshire farmers in encouraging the English farm workers to immigrate & better themselves. It is a miracle he wasn't lynched from what we've read.^9,10,11
     In the obituary of John H. White who died 13 July 1928, his daughter, Lizzie, Mrs. Arnold Wells of Mapua, Nelson, was listed as a survivor.¹²

     He was born at New Zealand.² Arnold married Mary Lizzie White on 3 June 1904 at New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.^4,5

     He was born circa August 1870 at Laceby, Lincolnshire, England, age 9 months at the time of the 1871 census.^{1,2,4,7,5,6,8} Sydney married Alice Mary Tarttelin on 19 April 1906 at St. Andrew's Church, Fulletby, Lincolnshire, England.^{9,10,11,12,13}
     Sydney Wales White died on 25 June 1945 at London, England.¹⁴      His estate was probated on 29 October 1945; leaving his effects of £166 10s. 7d to his son, Charles Reginald White, farmer.¹⁴
     Sydney W. White appeared on the 1871 British Census of Laceby, at Lincolnshire, England, at 20 Old Chapel Lane, in the household of his parents, John H. and Emma J. White.⁵
     Sydney Wales White appeared on the 1881 British Census of Laceby, at Lincolnshire, England, at 9 New Chapel Lane, in the household of his parents, John Hobson and Emma Jane White.⁴
     Sydney W. White appeared on the 1891 British Census of Great Grimsby, at Lincolnshire, England, at 3 Market Place, in the household of his parents, John and Emma J. White, listed as a landscape and portrait painter.⁶ Sydney Wales White was listed as a witness to the marriage of George Herbert White and Sarah Jane Russell between April 1893 and June 1893 at South Parade Wesleyan Chapel, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England.^15,16
     Sydney Wales White appeared on the 1901 British Census of England, at London, enumerated effective 31 Mar 1901, described as a portrait painter.¹⁷
     The following article appeared in the Horncastle Horncastle News, 28 April 1906 :

     The following article appeared in the London The Gentlewoman: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Gentlewomen, 19 May 1906 :

     The following article appeared in the Auckland Auckland Star, 5 June 1906 :

     The following article appeared in the Oamaru Oamaru Mail, 28 June 1906 :

     The following article appeared in the New Plymouth Evening Post, 9 August 1910 :

     Sydney W. and Alice Mary White appeared on the 1911 British Census of England, at 22 Yeoman's Row, Brompton Road S.W., at London, enumerated 2 April 1911, described as a painter"Artist"|As were two servants, a mother's help and a general servant. Their son, Charles Reginald, was listed as living with them.⁸
     In the obituary of John H. White who died 13 July 1928, his son, Sydney Wales White of Kensington, London, England, was listed as a survivor.²¹ He was referenced in the obituary of his wife Alice Mary Tarttelin on 11 June 1938 at the newspaper the, Weekly Irish Times, Dublin, Ireland; White
     June 3, 1938 (suddenly) at 179 Cromwell road, S.W.5., Alice Mary, wife of Sydney Wales White/.²²
     You can Google his fulll name to see a number of his paintings, including one of Lady Randolph Churchill, Winston's mother.²³

     Fred married Minnie Parkman before 1889.^1,2

     He was born on 21 April 1890 at Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada.^6,2,4,5
     Percy White died on 6 August 1908 at Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada, at age 18 according to Ontario Death Registration 011762. He was listed as a farmer, living at lot 18, conc 10.^8,7,9,5 The informant on his death registration was his father, Samuel White.⁹ The cause of his death was given as typhoid fever after an illness of two weeks.⁹
     Percy White was buried at Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery, Thornbury, Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada.^3,10,5
     Percy White appeared on the 1901 Canadian Census of Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario in the household of his parents, Samuel and Martha White.²
     In the obituary of Samuel White who died 10 August 1949, his son, Percy White was listed as predeceased.¹¹

     He was born between 1 July 1874 and 30 September 1874 at the Caistor district, Lincolnshire, England.^8,4,5 Percy married Edith Griffiths on 19 March 1896 at St. John's Wesleyan Church, Ponsonby, New Zealand.^9,7,10 Percy married Evelyn Maude (?) after October 1938.^11,10,12
     Percy James Hoyland White died on 16 December 1942 at New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.^4,13,5
     
     Percy James Hoyland White was buried on 19 December 1942 at Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.^4,5,12
     The following article appeared in the Auckland Auckland Star, 23 May 1896 :

     In the obituary of Frederick Spencer White who died 21 October 1906, his father, Percy White was listed as a survivor.¹⁴
     In the obituary of Ronald Wentworth White who died 14 September 1916, his father, Percy J. H. White was listed as a survivor.¹⁵ He was a survivor of his wife Edith who died in 1938.¹⁰
     The following obituary appeared in the newspaper the Evening Post published in New Plymouth 17 December 1942:


     The following obituary appeared in the newspaper the New Zealand Herald published in Auckland 18 December 1942:

     She was born circa 1877 at Euphemia Twp., Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.² Melissa married Robert Stinson Lockwood on 19 January 1898 at Euphemia Twp., Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, according to Ontario Marriage Registration 008020.^3,2
     Melissa Catherine Johnston died on 17 December 1960.¹
     Melissa Catherine Lockwood was buried at Rosedale Cemetery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.¹
     In the obituary of Robert Stinson Lockwood who died 17 April 1947, his wife, the former Melissa Johnston, was listed as a survivor.³

     He was born between 1 January 1877 and 31 March 1877 at the Caistor district, Lincolnshire, England.³ Alternatively, he may have been born on 5 November 1876 at Waltham, Lincolnshire, England,⁶; or, on 5 November 1877 at Waltham, Lincolnshire, England.⁴ George married Evelyn May Wilson White on 23 March 1899 at New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, courtesy of Rupert Lloyd Thomas, Toronto in a ged file from his web pages on the Willmett family:
Friday 24th March 1899 Taranaki Herald page 2
Marriage
WHITE - WHITE On the 23rd March,1899 , at the residence of the bride's mother,by the Rev. S S Osborne, assisted by the Rev. C.H Garland,George Stephen, younger son of Stephen B White, New Plymouth, to Evelyn, only daughter of the late Clement White, formerly of Dunedin.^7,4,8
     George Stephen White died on 3 February 1917 at New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.^5,4
     
     George Stephen White was buried on 4 February 1917 at Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.^4,10
     The following article appeared in the New Plymouth, Taranaki Taranaki Herald, 24 March 1899 :

     The following obituary appeared in the newspaper the Opunake Times published in Opunake, Taranaki 6 February 1917:

     She was born circa 1879.^5,6 She was born between January 1880 and March 1880 at Lincolnshire, England.^2,1,4
     Mary Elizabeth White died on 16 November 1881 at New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.^5,6
     Mary Elizabeth White was buried at Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.^5,6

     She was born on 15 August 1891 at Kolapore, Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada.^4,7,5
     Leona Olive White died on 14 January 1892 at Ontario, Canada.^6,4,5
     Leona Olive White was buried at Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery, Thornbury, Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada.^4,5

     She was born on 20 January 1894 at Kolapore, Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada.^6,8,4,5,7
     Muriel Jean White died on 18 July 1967 at Capreol, Ontario, Canada, at age 73.^9,6,7
     Muriel Jean White died on 20 July 1967 at age 73.¹⁰
     Muriel Jean White was buried at Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery, Thornbury, Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada.^6,7
     Muriel Jean White appeared on the 1901 Canadian Census of Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario in the household of her parents, T. and Harriet M. White.⁴
     Muriel White appeared in the 1911 Canadian Census of Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario in the household of her parents, Thomas and Harriet M. White.⁵

     She was born on 16 February 1899 at Kolapore, Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada.^5,9,4,6
     Christina Viola White died on 28 August 1899 at Ontario, Canada, according to Ontario Death Registration 009798.^7,5,8,6 The cause of her death was given as consumption of the lungs after 6 days illness.⁸ The informant on her death registration was her aunt's husband, John Johnston.⁸
     Christina Viola White was buried at Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery, Thornbury, Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada.^5,6

     He was born on 15 October 1900 at Kolapore, Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada.^{8,9,3,13,10,5,11,7}
     Ross Lambert White died on 15 July 1908 at Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada, at age 7 according to Ontario Death Registration 011760. The family lived at Lot 5, Conc 8.^12,3,14,7 The informant on his death registration was his father, Thomas B. White.¹⁴ The cause of his death was given as "congestion of the brain" after 2 days illness.¹⁴
     Ross Lambert White was buried at Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery, Thornbury, Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada.^3,15,7
     Ross L. White appeared on the 1901 Canadian Census of Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario in the household of his parents, T. and Harriet M. White.¹¹

     He was born on 20 June 1903 at Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada, according to Ontario Birth Registration 216069.^8,3 Alternatively, he may have been born on 20 June 1902 at Kolapore, Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada.^1,2,5,4,7 Thomas married Vera Iverna Jones on 26 December 1936 at Parry Sound, District of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada.^1,9,4
     Thomas Boothby Leslie White died on 22 April 1950 at Parry Sound, District of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, at age 47.⁴
     Thomas Boothby Leslie White was buried at Parry Sound - Hillcrest Cemetery, McDougal Twp., District of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~murrayp/parrysnd/mcdougal/hillcres/lower/blocko/white2.jpg.⁴
     He was commonly known as Leslie White.¹⁰
     Leslie T. B. White appeared in the 1911 Canadian Census of Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario in the household of his parents, Thomas and Harriet M. White.⁷
     In the obituary of Robert Leslie White who died 31 October 2007, his parents, Leslie White and Vera White were listed or implied as predeceased.¹⁰

     She was born on 17 January 1903 at Croft Twp., District of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada.^4,3 Vera married Thomas Boothby Leslie White on 26 December 1936 at Parry Sound, District of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada.^1,2,4
     Vera Iverna Jones died on 11 December 1984 at age 81.⁴
     Vera Iverna Jones was buried at Parry Sound - Hillcrest Cemetery, McDougal Twp., District of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~murrayp/parrysnd/mcdougal/hillcres/lower/blocko/white2.jpg.⁴
     In the obituary of Robert Leslie White who died 31 October 2007, his parents, Leslie White and Vera White were listed or implied as predeceased.⁵