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Family History & Genealogy

The White Family

3,170 documented White ancestors — traced through census, vital, cemetery, and newspaper records. Every name below is a real person in the public record.

3,170Documented ancestors
1800Earliest record
9Generations
The name

Origin & meaning of White

A documented family surname appearing throughout the public record, traced here through census, vital, and cemetery records.

Documented across the American record; part of a growing network of family histories.

Documented families

White families we’ve reconstructed

Real White family groups pieced together from the public record — parents, spouse, and children, each with the source that proves it. Recognize your line? Tap a family and we’ll start your documented tree from it.

John White1800 – 1871
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania → Ashland County, Ohio
John White ⚭ Mary Martin
childrenSarah Jane White · Eliza Ann White · Margaret White · Mary White · John White · Thomas White · Nancy Emeline White · Martha Ellen White · Olive White
Born September 1800 in Westmoreland County, PA
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John Whiteb. 1809
Londonderry, Ireland → Pike County, Illinois
parentsJohn White & Margaret Glass
John White ⚭ Margaret Smith, Mary K. Cunningham
childrenJoseph White · Robert White · Emmett White · Frank White · Margaret White · Anna Belle White · Mary Jane White · Emily Alice White
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John Whiteb. 1819
Mahoning County, Ohio
John White ⚭ Eliza Dickson
childrenHugh J. White · George D. White · William B. White · John B. White · Robert F. White
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John Whitedate unknown
John White ⚭ Eliza Dickson
childrenHugh J. White · George D. White · William B. White · John B. White · Robert F. White
Peter Whited. 1880
Denmark → Walnut township, Marshall County, Kansas
Peter White ⚭ Mrs. White (b. May 6
childrenDorathy White · Margaret White · Catherine White · Mary White
History of Marshall County, Kansas (1917)
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Esther Louisa Whited. 1907
McHenry County, Illinois
parentsRobert G. White & Esther Ormond
Esther Louisa White ⚭ William P. Walkup
childrenLowell A. Walkup · Adda Walkup · Dora Walkup
History of McHenry County, Illinois (1922)
Abia White1816 – 1893
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania → Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio
parentsJacob White & Rachel Brittain
Abia White ⚭ Martha Hagenbaugh
childrenMilo White · Mary Elizabeth White
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George D. Whitedate unknown
Mahoning County, Ohio
parentsJohn White & Eliza Dickson
George D. White ⚭ Rebecca Sturm
childrenEdith M. White · Alice M. White
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William B. Whitedate unknown
Mahoning County, Ohio
parentsJohn White & Eliza Dickson
William B. White ⚭ Mary Neely
childrenJohn White · Lois White
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Philip H. Whitedate unknown
Columbiana County, Ohio
parentsWhite
Philip H. White ⚭ Margaret B. Smith
childrenGeorge F. White · Mary S. White
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Allie Whiteb. 1853
Valparaiso, Indiana
Allie White ⚭ John V. Adkins
childrenHarry C. Adkins · Leigh W. Adkins
Samuel Whiteb. 1807
Columbia County, Pennsylvania
parentsPeter White & Miss Britton
Samuel White ⚭ Jane Valk
childrenHenry N. White
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+29 more documented White families in the record. Find yours →

The documented line

White ancestors in the record

Deceased White ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.

Henry N. White was born in 1847 — of fighting age when the Civil War draft came. Did he go? The record can tell you. Trace this line →
John White
1800 – 1871
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
m. Mary Martin
Samuel White
b. 1807
Columbia County, Pennsylvania
m. Jane Valk
John White
b. 1809
Londonderry, Ireland
m. Margaret Smith, Mary K. Cunningham
Abia White
1816 – 1893
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
m. Martha Hagenbaugh
John White
b. 1816
Nashville, Tennessee
John White
b. 1819
Mahoning County, Ohio
m. Eliza Dickson
Martha M. White
1832 – 1910
near Grafton, Vermont
m. Cornelius Bernard (his second wife)
Frederick Edward White
1844 – 1920
Martha Ellen White
b. 1845
Green township, Ashland County, Ohio
m. George S. Murphy
Henry N. White
b. 1847
Richland County, Ohio
Murray S. White
b. 1848
Washtenaw County, Michigan
m. Sarah A. White
Milo White
b. 1850
Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio
Jacob White
d. 1853
New England
m. Rachel Brittain
Allie White
b. 1853
Valparaiso, Indiana
m. John V. Adkins
Hays B. White
1855 – 1930
Fairfield
Harry White
1859 – 1940
Union Township
George Clinton White
1865 – 1927
Hervey White
1866 – 1944
Iowa
Katherine White
1870 – 1967
Iowa
John Phillip White
1870 – 1934
Iowa
Edward White
1871 – 1965
Iowa
W T White
1871 – 1966
Iowa
Mary White
1871 – 1968
Iowa
Alia White
1871 – 1963
Iowa
J K White
1871 – 1969
Iowa
Lena White
1872 – 1964
Iowa
John J. White
1872 – 1938
Iowa
Lee White
1874 – 1968
Iowa
Howard White
1874 – 1955
Iowa
Arthur White
1875 – 1964
Iowa
Mary White
1875 – 1967
Iowa
Henry White
1875 – 1969
Iowa
James White
1876 – 1963
Iowa
Amy White
1876 – 1973
Iowa
Michael White
1876 – 1967
Iowa
Emma White
1876 – 1973
Iowa
Tom White
1876 – 1971
Iowa
Walter C White
1876 – 1969
Iowa
Anna White
1876 – 1966
Iowa
Lena S White
1877 – 1970
Iowa
Tom White
1877 – 1965
Iowa
Florence White
1877 – 1963
Iowa
John White
1877 – 1965
Iowa
Ida C White
1877 – 1967
Iowa
Bert S White
1877 – 1967
Iowa
Pearl A. White
b. 1878
Washington township, Appanoose County, Iowa
William White
1878 – 1963
Iowa
Anna M White
1878 – 1966
Iowa
Carrie White
1878 – 1972
Iowa
Lydia E White
1878 – 1967
Iowa
Mary F White
1878 – 1969
Iowa
Cary White
1878 – 1963
Iowa
Louise White
1878 – 1971
Iowa
Annie White
1878 – 1968
Iowa
Carl White
1878 – 1965
Iowa
Lottie White
1878 – 1972
Iowa
Margret White
1878 – 1976
Iowa
Fred White
1879 – 1963
Iowa
Mabel White
1879 – 1973
Iowa
John White
1879 – 1962
Iowa
E White
1879 – 1966
Iowa
Thomas White
1879 – 1971
Iowa
Tana White
1879 – 1981
Iowa
Malissa White
1879 – 1969
Iowa
Peter White
d. 1880
Denmark
m. Mrs. White (b. May 6
Iva M White
1880 – 1971
Iowa
Stella White
1880 – 1978
Iowa
M White
1880 – 1975
Iowa
Eva White
1880 – 1969
Iowa
Rosa J White
1880 – 1969
Iowa
Anna White
1880 – 1975
Iowa
Florence White
1880 – 1974
Iowa
William White
1880 – 1968
Iowa
Arthur White
1880 – 1969
Iowa
May White
1880 – 1968
Iowa
Florence White
1880 – 1973
Iowa
Edgar White
1880 – 1980
Iowa
Charles White
1880 – 1969
Iowa
Edward White
1880 – 1963
Iowa
John White
1881 – 1972
Iowa
Florence White
1881 – 1969
Iowa
Clyde White
1881 – 1963
Iowa
Oscar White
1881 – 1967
Iowa
Isabelle White
1881 – 1969
Iowa
Nellie White
1881 – 1978
Iowa
Deverlle White
1881 – 1967
Iowa
Johana White
1881 – 1972
Iowa
Jessie White
1881 – 1970
Iowa
Edna White
1881 – 1977
Iowa
Ida White
1881 – 1974
Iowa
Ruddie White
1881 – 1963
Iowa
Bertha White
1881 – 1978
Iowa
Lillian White
1881 – 1973
Iowa
William White
1881 – 1971
Iowa
Frank White
1881 – 1971
Iowa
Caroline White
1881 – 1974
Iowa
Myrtle White
1881 – 1967
Iowa
Margaret O White
1881 – 1972
Iowa
Alson White
1881 – 1963
Iowa
Edson White
1881 – 1964
Iowa
Lillie White
1881 – 1966
Iowa
Nettie M White
1881 – 1967
Iowa
Sarah White
1881 – 1977
Iowa
Susie White
1881 – 1975
Iowa
Chauncey White
1882 – 1977
Iowa
Eva R White
1882 – 1968
Iowa
Myrtle White
1882 – 1973
Iowa
Claude White
1882 – 1964
Iowa
Jesse White
1882 – 1972
Iowa
Milan White
1882 – 1963
Iowa
Maude D White
1882 – 1972
Iowa
Julia White
1882 – 1964
Iowa
Charles White
1882 – 1965
Iowa
Arthur White
1882 – 1974
Iowa
Jessie White
1882 – 1963
Iowa
Nellie White
1882 – 1969
Iowa
Nellie White
1882 – 1972
Iowa
Josie White
1882 – 1972
Iowa
Ethel White
1882 – 1968
Iowa
Thomas White
1882 – 1966
Iowa
Laura Amanda White
1882 – 1948
Lottie White
1883 – 1976
Iowa
Julia White
1883 – 1969
Iowa
Lena White
1883 – 1974
Iowa
Maude White
1883 – 1978
Iowa
Rose White
1883 – 1969
Iowa
Awilda White
1883 – 1975
Iowa
Henrietta White
1883 – 1977
Iowa
Lillian White
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Wyllys White
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Ross White
1883 – 1969
Iowa
Charles White
1883 – 1969
Iowa
Thomas White
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Lulu White
1883 – 1978
Iowa
Dell White
1883 – 1970
Iowa
Charley White
1883 – 1973
Iowa
Maude White
1883 – 1964
Iowa
Rebecca White
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Dorrance White
1883 – 1961
Iowa City
L. M. White
d. 1884
Maryland
m. E. G. Codson (m. 1854)
Rinda White
1884 – 1978
Iowa
John White
1884 – 1964
Iowa
Frank White
1884 – 1969
Iowa
Pearl White
1884 – 1966
Iowa
Harry White
1884 – 1973
Iowa
Marion White
1884 – 1966
Iowa
Nora L White
1884 – 1970
Iowa
William White
1884 – 1967
Iowa
Fred White
1884 – 1976
Iowa
Thomas White
1884 – 1975
Iowa
Carrie White
1884 – 1981
Iowa
Maggie White
1884 – 1973
Iowa
Mabel White
1884 – 1975
Iowa
John White
1884 – 1966
Iowa
Walter White
1884 – 1964
Iowa
Anna White
1884 – 1973
Iowa
John White
1884 – 1963
Iowa
Samuel White
1884 – 1962
Iowa
Nettie White
1884 – 1979
Iowa
Nina White
1884 – 1969
Iowa
Caroline White
1884 – 1966
Iowa
William White
1884 – 1971
Iowa
George White
1884 – 1970
Iowa
Eugene White
1884 – 1964
Iowa
Mcclellan White
1884 – 1969
Iowa
Bessie White
1884 – 1965
Iowa
James White
1884 – 1963
Iowa
Mary White
1884 – 1980
Iowa
Charles White
1885 – 1967
Iowa
Elsie White
1885 – 1968
Iowa
Elmer C White
1885 – 1971
Iowa
Mary E White
1885 – 1970
Iowa
Eva White
1885 – 1967
Iowa
Frances White
1885 – 1974
Iowa
Kingsley White
1885 – 1967
Iowa
Frank White
1885 – 1971
Iowa
Lillian White
1885 – 1978
Iowa
Jules White
1885 – 1971
Iowa
Henry White
1885 – 1965
Iowa
Herbert White
1885 – 1983
Iowa
Ida White
1885 – 1974
Iowa
Delilah White
1885 – 1973
Iowa
Orin White
1885 – 1963
Iowa
James White
1885 – 1969
Iowa
Carl White
1885 – 1963
Iowa
Vinnie White
1885 – 1967
Iowa
George White
1885 – 1978
Iowa
Alma White
1885 – 1984
Iowa
John White
1885 – 1970
Iowa
James White
1885 – 1967
Iowa
Joseph White
1885 – 1971
Iowa
John White
1886 – 1967
Iowa
Bertram White
1886 – 1964
Iowa
Henry White
1886 – 1966
Iowa
Lena White
1886 – 1983
Iowa
Cora White
1886 – 1976
Iowa
Grace White
1886 – 1981
Iowa
Aure White
1886 – 1971
Iowa
Kathryn White
1886 – 1978
Iowa
Augusta White
1886 – 1975
Iowa
Inga White
1886 – 1978
Iowa
Cora White
1886 – 1980
Iowa
Leon White
1886 – 1962
Iowa
Melva White
1886 – 1975
Iowa
Blanche White
1886 – 1981
Iowa
Dora White
1886 – 1964
Iowa
James White
1886 – 1967
Iowa
Ida White
1886 – 1967
Iowa
Rose White
1886 – 1963
Iowa
Eunice F White
1886 – 1969
Iowa
Harry White
1886 – 1967
Iowa
Loretta White
1886 – 1974
Iowa
Nora White
1886 – 1967
Iowa
Evert White
1886 – 1969
Iowa
Ida White
1886 – 1976
Iowa
Ernest White
1886 – 1978
Iowa
W White
1886 – 1963
Iowa
Raymond White
1886 – 1963
Iowa
David White
1887 – 1977
Iowa
George White
1887 – 1977
Iowa
William White
1887 – 1979
Iowa
Luey F White
1887 – 1966
Iowa
James White
1887 – 1963
Iowa
John White
1887 – 1973
Iowa
Doris White
1887 – 1963
Iowa
Nathan White
1887 – 1971
Iowa
Frank White
1887 – 1963
Iowa
Cora White
1887 – 1970
Iowa
Florence White
1887 – 1972
Iowa
Caddie White
1887 – 1968
Iowa
Robert White
1887 – 1975
Iowa
Doc White
1887 – 1966
Iowa
Ray White
1887 – 1971
Iowa
Louis White
1887 – 1972
Iowa
Alvin White
1887 – 1966
Iowa
Lena White
1887 – 1979
Iowa
Ella White
1887 – 1976
Iowa
Altha White
1887 – 1977
Iowa
Pearl White
1887 – 1974
Iowa
Louise White
1888 – 1965
Iowa
Viola White
1888 – 1977
Iowa
Daphne White
1888 – 1984
Iowa
Joseph White
1888 – 1977
Iowa
Earle White
1888 – 1973
Iowa
Vern White
1888 – 1970
Iowa
Charles White
1888 – 1965
Iowa
Warren White
1888 – 1970
Iowa
Lydia A White
1888 – 1990
Iowa
Benjamin White
1888 – 1971
Iowa
Wilma White
1888 – 1968
Iowa
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Common questions

White genealogy — FAQ

Where does the White surname come from?

A documented family surname appearing throughout the public record, traced here through census, vital, and cemetery records.

How far back does the White family tree go?

The documented line here reaches back to 1800. Most White lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.

Are living White family members listed here?

No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.

Is this my White family?

If a name here matches your family, it may well be. A full documented build confirms exactly how your line connects.

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