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m. Bet Apr 1893 and Jun 1893
Facts and Events
Biographical SketchS5
George Herbert White was born in Laceby, Lincolnshire, England on 6 August 1867, the son of local emigration agent John Hobson White and Emma Jane Wales. By 1891 he was working as a photographer and gilder (as well as being a music teacher and Wesleyan local preacher) in Grimsby. His brother Sydney, a landscape and portrait painter, may have worked with him, and his sister Mary, almost certainly did. He came to New Zealand in 1893, and took over an established studio in New Plymouth, where he advertised himself as "Late senior partner of the firm of White Bros, Grimsby, England, successor to Mr C B Shaw". By 1906 he had given up professional photography to concentrate on teaching music. A series of White photographs of the Taranaki area appearing in AWN 28 April 1899 is probably attributable to him.
Laceby History.com S10
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AdvertizementS6
Following is an advertizement from the Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 3320, 12 August 1896, Page 3
HIGH-CLASS PHOTOGRAPHY Portraits - Groups - Enlargements - Views. GEORGE HERBERT WHITE (Late C. B. Shaw) The Studio, Brogham-street, New Plyumouth (sic)
He may have taken the photo below of the 1897 Jubilee Parade as it passed his Uncle Stephen Boothby White's store.
Google searches show a number of photographs in New Zealand collections by or attributed to George Herbert White, including portraits and scenes in his local area.
References
- ↑ Romola Jane McKay. Malcolm Wells' Family Tree Chart.
Geo Herbert White b. 6 Aug 1867
- ↑ General Register Offfice. 1881 Census Returns of England and Wales
1861.
George Herbert White, dwelling: 9 New Chapel Lane, Laceby, Lincoln, England. Age: 13, Birthplace: Laceby, Lincoln, England, Occ: Scholar
- ↑ White, George Herbert. Autobiographical sketches, and other papers
Page 1, 1952.
I was born on the 6th of August, 1867...9:15 p.m. Tuesday
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 John H White household, in General Register Office. 1871 Census Returns of England and Wales
1871.
Name: George H White
Age: 3
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Relation: Son
Father's name: John H
Mother's name: Emma J
Gender: Male
Where born: Laceby, Lincolnshire, England
Civil parish: Laceby
Ecclesiastical parish: St Margaret
Town: Laceby
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Registration district: Caistor
Sub-registration district: Great Grimsby
ED, institution, or vessel: 36
Household schedule number: 134
Household Members: Name Age
Annie M Hoyland 29
Emma J White 31
George H White 3
John H White 27
Sydney W White 9 months
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Searchable database of Photographers - Auckland Public Libraries.
- Hawera & Normanby Star, in PapersPast - digitized New Zealand Newspapers
Volume XXXII, Issue 3320, Page 3, 12 Aug 1896.
HIGH-CLASS PHOTOGRAPHY Portraits - Groups - Enlargements - Views. GEORGE HERBERT WHITE (Late C. B. Shaw) The Studio, Brogham-street, New Plyumouth (sic)
- ↑ John White household, in General Register Office. 1891 Census Returns of England and Wales
1891.
Name: George H White
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Relation: Son
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Emma J
Gender: Male
Where born: Laceby, Lincolnshire, England
Civil Parish: Great Grimsby
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
Town: Grimsby
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Registration district: Caistor
Sub registration district: Great Grimsby
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Household Members: Name Age
Sarah A Gibbons 29
Emma J White 57
George H White 23
Harold L White 9
John White 47
Mary L White 16
Sydney W White 20
- ↑ White, George Herbert, in The Cyclopedia of New Zealand: industrial, descriptive, historical, biographical, facts, figures, illustrations. (Wellington, New Zealand: Cyclopedia Company, 1897-).
- ↑ Museum of New Zealand.
- Autobiographical Sketches by George Herbert White, in LacebyHistory.com.
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