This week’s prompt of the 52 Ancestors Challenge is, “Same Name.”
Both my maternal and paternal lines have the surname “White.” My direct maternal line descends from Elizabeth White, daughter of John White and Ann Garner. Elizabeth and her parents sailed on the Earl of Donegal to South Carolina in 1767. The ship sailed from Belfast, Ireland to Charleston, South Carolina. It has been alleged that the family may have been from Brougshane, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
My third great grandfather on my father’s maternal line was John “Chauncey” White. With no confirmed documentation, he may have come from Mollington, Oxfordshire, England. Chauncy and his family are listed on the 1851 Canada West Census in Metcalfe Township, Middlesex County, Ontario. By 1860, the family resides in Sanilac County, Michigan. Two of his sons served in the Civil War. One son, Edward White, loses his life at Jonesboro, Georgia, on July 4, 1864.
Are they two White families connected? Before genome mapping, it would have been the tedious research of records to check if the families branches where intertwined. Today, GedMatch.com can quickly determine if your parents are related to each other. In a few seconds after entering my gedmatch kit number, I quickly learn my parents are not related.
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