John J White (1894–1969)

  • Born 04 July 1894 in the Village of Port Chester, Town of Rye, Westchester County, New York to Thomas J White and Mary J Gallagher
John White; 1900 U.S. census

1900 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, population schedule, Rye Township, enumeration district 114, p. 287-B [stamped], sheet 3 [penned], dwelling 49, family 58, Thomas White [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 February 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1177.

  • Married Selma (Abrahamson) Sheehan on 12 June 1926 in the City of Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut
John J White; marriage index

Connecticut Department of Public Health, Marriage Index, 1926; consulted as “Connecticut Marriage Records Index, 1897-2001,” database, Connecticut State Library (www.ctstatelibrary.org : accessed 29 May 2023); citing State Vital Records Office, Hartford.

  • Father of the following children:

1. Ethel (Sheehan) Iffland [stepdaughter]
2. Charles Edgar White

  • Military Service & Draft Registration Records:
John J White; WWI draft registration card

“U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 May 2023), card for John J White, Draft Board 6, Rye Township, Westchester County, New York; citing NARA microfilm M1509, roll NY432. [1st draft registration – 05 June 1917; stamped 31-4-24-A]

John J White; military service abstract (front)

“New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 May 2023), card for John J White; citing series B0808, subseries 3, Abstracts of World War I Military Service of Enlisted Men; Records of the New York (State) Adjutant General’s Office; New York State Archives, Albany.

John J White; military service abstract (back)

“New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com, card for John J White.

John J White; Company E, 312th Infantry, 78th Division

G. R. Morgan, Company “E” 312th Infantry, 78th Division in France, May 19th 1918 to May 31st 1919 (Greenville, South Carolina: Presses A. K. Magill, 1919), 49; digital images, Internet Archive (www.archive.org : accessed 13 January 2014).

John J White; WWII draft registration card (front)

“U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 May 2023), card for John J White, serial no. 1219, Draft Board 30, Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut; citing Records of the Selective Service System, record group no. 147; National Archives, St. Louis, Missouri. [Fourth registration conducted 27 April 1942.]

John J White; WWII draft registration card (back)

“U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com, card for John J White, serial no. 1219, Draft Board 30, Torrington, Conn.

  • Lived in the Village of Port Chester, Town of Rye, Westchester County, New York from 1894– ca. 1925
John White; 1900 U.S. census

1900 U.S. census, Westchester Co., N.Y., pop. sch., Rye, ED 114, p. 287-B, sht. 3, dwell. 49, fam. 58, Thomas White.

John J White; 1905 N.Y. state census

1905 New York state census, Westchester County, population schedule, Rye Township, election district 5, p. 50 [penned], 471 Ellendale Avenue, lines 28–35, Thomas White [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 01 March 2015); citing multiple county clerk offices, New York.

John J White; 1910 U.S. census

1910 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, population schedule, Port Chester Village, ward 4, enumeration district 117, p. [147]-B [stamped], sheet 17 [penned], 471 Ellendale Avenue, dwelling 296, family 398, Thomas White [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 February 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1092.

John White; 1915 N.Y. state census

1915 New York state census, Westchester County, population schedule, Rye Township, election district 9, p. 17 [penned], 471 Ellendale Avenue, lines 17–24, Thomas White [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 01 March 2015); citing state population census schedule, series A0275; New York State Archives, Albany.

John A White; 1916 Port Chester directory

Richmond’s Directory of Port Chester and Rye, N.Y., and East Port Chester, Greenwich and Cos Cob, Conn. (Yonkers, New York: W. L. Richmond, 1916), 190, John A White [sic], 471 Ellendale Avenue; consulted as “U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestory.com : accessed 28 May 2023); see subsequent years with varying titles: (1918) 204.

  • Lived in the City of Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut ca. 1925–1969
John J White; 1927 Torrington directory

Torrington Directory (New Haven, Connecticut: The Price & Lee Co., 1927), 270, John J (Selma A) White, 116 Wilson Avenue; consulted as “U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995,” database and digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestory.com : accessed 29 May 2023); see subsequent years with varying titles: (1928) 290, (1929) 294, (1930) 315.

John J White; 1930 U.S. census

1930 U.S. census, Litchfield County, Connecticut, population schedule, Torrington City, enumeration district 3-39, p. [205]-B, sheet 8 [penned], 116 Wilson Avenue, dwelling 96, family 181, John J White [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestory.com : accessed 29 May 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 270.

John J White; 1931 Torrington directory

Torrington, Winsted, Litchfield, Norfolk, Goshen Directory, (1931) 318, John J (Selma A) White, 105 Wilson Avenue; see subsequent years: (1932) 247.

John J White; 1933 Torrington directory

Torrington, Winsted, Litchfield, Norfolk, Goshen Directory, (1933) 245, John J (Selma A) White, 52 Elton Street; see subsequent years: (1934) 244, (1935) 265, (1936) 266, (1937) 339, (1938) 333, (1939) 339, (1940) 356, (1941) 358, (1942) 349, (1944) 364, (1945) 355, (1946) 394, (1947) 439, (1948) 441.

John White; 1940 U.S. census

1940 U.S. census, Litchfield County, Connecticut, population schedule, Torrington City, enumeration district 3-65, p. [467]-B, sheet 1 [penned], 52 Elton Street, family 17, John White [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestory.com : accessed 29 May 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 510.

John J White; 1949 Torrington directory

Torrington, Winsted, Litchfield, Norfolk, Goshen Directory, (1949) 459, John J (Selma A) White, 156 Blake Street; see subsequent years: (1950) 422, (1951) 424, (1952) 434, (1953) 449, (1954) 456, (1955) 487, (1956) 459, (1957) 455.

John White; 1950 U.S. census

1950 U.S. census, Litchfield County, Connecticut, population schedule, Torrington City, enumeration district 3-87, sheet 15 [penned], 156 Blake Street, dwelling 153, John White [Head]; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestory.com : accessed 29 May 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication T628, roll 2154.

John J White; 1958 Torrington directory

Torrington, Winsted, Litchfield, Norfolk, Goshen Directory, (1958) 439, John J (Selma A) White, 168 Blake Street; see subsequent years: (1959) 456, (1960) 454, (1961) 420, (1962) 388, (1963) 442, (1965) 482, (1967) 482.

  • Died 26 August 1969 in the City of Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut
John J White; death index

Connecticut Department of Health, Death Index, entry for John J White, 26 August 1969, no. 16954; consulted as “Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 May 2023); citing Vital Records Office, Hartford.

John J White; obituary

“John White Dies; Former Owner Of Heating Firm,” The Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, 27 August 1969, [2nd edition], p. 50, col. 2; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 17 May 2023), Hartford Courant, 1764-current.

  • Buried in Hillside Cemetery, City of Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut
John J White; military gravestone

Find A Grave, database and digital images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 May 2023), memorial no. 202716323, John J White (1894-1969); citing Hillside Cemetery, Torrington City, Litchfield County, Connecticut; gravestone photographed and memorial maintained by P Welch [contributor no. 48054934].