James Joshua Whiter          Silk Manufacturer

data from "The Herseys"

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E-mail received 14th April 2005   from The Herseys
                       

 The Whiters are only of peripheral interest to us really
 - I just can't resist the name James Joshua Whiter.

Anyway there is a question mark by one part of your data, viz:

    1871     RG10-312 folio 150 page 300 of 301
Milford House,Stamford Hill,Hackney

James J Whiter  Head Mar  40  Silk Manufacturer  Bethnal Green
Jane                       wife  mar 39                                                ditto
Jane (Spiers?)  Mother in Law   67                                       ditto
           Yes the surname is SPIERS - pronounced we believe Spyers.

James Joshua Whiter married his cousin Jane Salter in 1849.

Her mother was born Jane Whiter. 
She first married a John Salter and then,
after his death in 1846, she married Charles Spiers.

Charles Spiers makes "my friend Mr James Joshua Whiter" 
an executor of his will.

The Spiers are a large and sometimes confusing tribe, many 
of whom were silk manufacturers in Spitalfields.

Incidentally, your site doesn't mention trade directories.

If you go to http://www.historicaldirectories.org/ and search for whiter or
salter and whiter (type salter w/3 whiter) you will have some success.

So many thanks for an interesting read - and well done for making
everything freely available.

If you would like further details on any of the above, feel free to contact
us.

Regards

Nick and Anne Hersey

More information  dated 20th September 2005

Hello again

We visited Abney Park Cemetery pursuing our Spiers and stumbled across some  Whiters.

Jane Whiter (our ref ME73) is the first child (we think) of James Joshua
Whiter and Jane nee Salter.  She was buried very close to our Spiers.

William Henry Whiter and family we know nothing about but he was
close by also so we transcribed the monument.

There are other Whiters buried in the cemetery as well.  The website can be
found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~abneypark/abneyy.html ).

Since we have a .txt file of all the Abney Park Whiters from last year
we're attaching it (open it in Excel), also of course transcripts of the
above mentioned Jane and William Henry.
 Let us know if you want copies ofthe photos
(if we can find them in the restored data, we haven't looked yet.)
 Since we currently subscribe to Ancestry it was easy to follow this
family back to Bethnal Green in 1861 and forward for
 some of their lives in Kent.
 We can let you have various .jpg images of the censuses and trade
dir entries if you want.

Regards

Nick and Anne Hersey

ps .forgot to say William Henry was a licensed victualler, wife Clara
 - I think you have him on your site!

Jane Whiter (ME73)

Tomb – Abney Park Cemetery

Transcribed and photographed June 5th 2005

Front

Sacred to the memory of Jane the dearly loved daughter of James Joshua and Jane Whiter who died on the 7th day of May 1862 aged 12 years

The family vault of James Joshua and Jane Whiter of Sidcup Kent

Nb There are no other burials described on this monument.

BURIAL DATA                  "Whiter,"
Name                                         Date             Age      Burial Section Index
"Whiter, Ada Lydia"             23jun1865    27y      35547 C05 1S13
"Whiter, Albert"                     02nov1869   06y      44565 B06 2S02
"Whiter, Ann"                        24oct1881    47y      70227 H09 2S17
"Whiter, Bessie Gordon"   25mar1890   36y      84635 K08 3S11
"Whiter, Clarissa Anne"     19jan1905     80y     108797 K08 5S04
"Whiter, Edith J., child of Thomas"  31jul1866  03w   37783 G04 1S13
"Whiter, Henry"                    08nov1869    01y      44599 B06 2S02
"Whiter, Herbert Claude"    22oct1954     66y    181426 K07 8S11
"Whiter, Herbert William"    07aug1875    01y    57330 K05 2S10
"Whiter, James"                    18oct1869     08y     44481 B06 2S02
"Whiter, James"                    30sep1886    84y      79086 --- 3S07
"Whiter, Jane"                       14may1862  12y       29149 K07 1S11
"Whiter, John Edward"       26oct1954    83y     181435 K05 8S11
"Whiter, John William"        27aug1863   01w     31594 H03 1S11
"Whiter, John William"        07aug1913   80y     121821 K05 6S04
"Whiter, Louisa"                   25nov1915   73y     125491 L05 6S07
"Whiter, Lydia Sarah"         01aug1878   45y      63900 G04 2S14
"Whiter, Martha"                   24dec1914   80y      123913 K05 6S06
"Whiter, Samuel"                  22apr1881   32y        69285 K08 2S17
"Whiter, Sarah"                     13nov1869   09y       44627 B06 2S02
"Whiter, Thomas"                 19jul1866     32y        37707 G04 1S13
"Whiter, Thomas Charles Gornon"   09jul1919   75y   132552 K08 7S01
"Whiter, Thomas Lea"         19mar1864   02y        32875 F08 1S12
"Whiter, William"                    28feb1876   41y        58542 G08 2S11
"Whiter, William Henry"       07may1884  66y       75045 K08 3S04
"Whiter, William Henry"      12sep1898   48y        98498 K08 4S09

William Henry Whiter and family

Tomb – Abney Park Cemetery

Transcribed and photographed June 5th 2005

In loving memory of William Henry the beloved husband of Clara Frances Whiter who departed this life April 28th 1884 in his 66th year

Also in ever loving memory of Clara Frances Whiter wife of the above William Henry Whiter who departed this life January 14th 1905 age 80 years

Also in affectionate memory of Thomas Charles Whiter son of the above & beloved husband of Helen Whiter who passed away July 3rd 1919 aged 75 years

The family vault of William Henry & Clara Frances Whiter of Ramsgate

 

In loving memory of Samuel the beloved husband of Emily Whiter and fondly beloved son of William & Clara Frances Whiter who departed this life April 15th 1881 aged 32 years

In fond and loving memory of Bessie Cordon Whiter the loving wife of Thomas C Cordon Whiter died March 17th 1890 aged 36 years deeply mourned by her devoted husband

Also of William Henry youngest son of Clara Frances & the late WH Whiter of Ramsgate who died suddenly at Twickenham September 7th 1898 in his 48th year

Collected information--so far!

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