Person Page - 2568

     He was born in 1886, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.¹
     I found this child in the NSW government birth index search, and since the parents names are consistent, assume that George and Annie (nee Cameron) were his parents.)¹

     She was born circa November 1859, Waltham, Lincolnshire, England since she was 61 years, 5 months old in the 1921 census.^4,3 Alternatively, she may have been born circa 1862 since she was reported to have died at the age of 66.⁵ Ruth married William Stephenson White on 20 May 1880 at Wesleyan Chapel, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England.^1,4,3
     Ruth Cheeseman died on 23 January 1928, at her home, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.^5,2
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Ruth White.
     Ruth White was buried on 26 January 1928, Lincoln, Lincolnshire England, possibly in St. Swithin's Cemetery where he husband would later be reported to be interred.²
     She was also known as Ruth Cheesman.¹
     William S. and Ruth White appeared on the 1901 British Census of England, at Lincoln St. Botolph, Lincoln, at Lincolnshire, enumerated effective 31 Mar 1901, described as a grain merchant. Their children William C. and Winifred M. were listed as living with them.⁴
     William Stephenson and Ruth Cheeseman appeared on the 1911 British Census of England, at Lincoln, Lincolnshire, enumerated 24 Apr 1921, described as a corn merchant.³
     The following obituary appeared in the newspaper the Lincolnshire Echo published in Lincoln 23 January 1928:


     Research notes (May 2025):

     He was born circa 1881, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England.²
     William C. White appeared on the 1901 British Census of Lincoln, at Lincolnshire, England, at Lincoln St. Botolph, in the household of his parents, William S. and Ruth White, and he was listed as a CC? Clerk ditto (Merchant.)²
     In the obituary of William Stephenson White who died 23 June 1940, his son, William White, was listed as a survivor.³

     In the obituary of Ruth White who died 23 January 1928, Joseph Cheeseman was listed as her father.¹

     She was born circa June 1897, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England since she was 23 years, 10 months old in the 1921 census.^3,1 Winifred married William Henry Tilley.²
     Winifred Mary White was also known as Winifred M. White.³

Winifred M. White appeared on the 1901 British Census of Lincoln, at Lincolnshire, England, at Lincoln St. Botolph, in the household of her parents, William S. and Ruth White.³ Winifred Mary appeared on the 1921 British Census of England, Lincoln, at Lincolnshire, in the household of William Stephenson White and Ruth Cheeseman.¹
     In the obituary of William Stephenson White who died 23 June 1940, his daughter, Mrs. W. J. Tilley, was listed as a survivor.²