finding the right WHYTE in CLOVA

[MonicaL]

  Antonia...don't worry, most of us here are all or nothing boys and girls too 

Monica

[Forfarian]

I have managed to take a look at the pre-1855 gravestone inscriptions booklet. There are three White/Whyte stones in Clova and two in Cortachy, but none of them contains any of the folk mentioned in this thread.

Have a look at the baptisms and see if they tell you where the parents' residence was - two of the stones mention Braedownie, and one mentions Mains (which will be Mains of Clova as it's in Clova kirkyard).

[Annette7]

Been reading this but like to just see the family in census etc. and I cannot seem to find them on 1841/51 census.  You say his daughter was with his sister Helen Whyte in 1851 - who was said daughter and was Helen married by then?

Can you tell me a) who Charles married, b) where they were 1841 and their children and c) how you know his father was named Alexander?

Sorry to be a pain but nice to see everything in context and I can't seem to as yet.

Annette

[rossendalerose]

Annette - Charles Whyte married Jane Luscombe but she died in 1840. In 1841 the family are in Clifton in Gloucestershire. Alexander was named as father on Charles' birth records. His daughter was back in Scotland at school there - Helen Whyte is the headmistress (I had thought Helen was Charles' sister but she isn't - she has a different mother named - she's obviously some sort of relative but not worked out the relationship). Rose H

[Annette7]

Many thanks, Rose H.   No wonder I was having problems when Charles was in England.

Just to confirm MonicaL's post - Charles, Helen and Janet were indeed siblings.   Helen Whyte died 9/12/1879 Old Machar - described as 'Formerly Boarding School Mistress' and she was indeed shown as daughter of Alexander Whyte, Farmer (deceased) and Margaret, nee Symon (deceased).
Informant was a Margaret Whyte, half-sister.

Appears that Alexander remarried sometime between 1802 and 1808 to a Jean Wilson.   They had at least 6 children:

William 28/8/1808
Jean 18/6/1810
Charlot 25/1/1813
Margaret ca.1816
Archibald 12/8/1820
Francis 1822-126
Betty ca.1828.

All born Clova

I think the Eliza Whyte - sister - with Helen in 1851 is the Betty shown above.

You may well already have got this information but if not, hope it helps.

Annette

[rossendalerose]

Thanks -this helps a lot as I was getting confused with the different names of wives for Alexander Whyte - if I'd put the children in dob order I would have realised. Will pass the info onto Antonia if she hasn't looked at this post already.