Born in 1833 in Stapleton, the son of Joseph White II and brother of Joseph Augustus White (PPR, 51C).
| 1851 | Potter (thrower and turner), 2 Lower Ashley Road, St Philip’s parish (18), living with his parents Joseph II and Elizabeth White and siblings (51C). |
| 1858 | He left Bristol for the Pacific and the gold fields in the far west of America (Collard, E. 1967. Nineteenth-century pottery and porcelain in Canada. Montreal, McGill University Press, 254). |
| 1861 | Pipemaker master, employing 5 men, 7 women, 2 girls and 2 boys and a carrier employing 10 men and 3 boys, 1 Brookland House, St Philip’s parish (28), living with his wife Mary Ann and daughter Marion (aged 8 mths), born in St Philip’s parish, his brother Frederick James White and Christiana Veale (21), general servant (61C). |
| 1861 | 15 Aug. Noted in a mortgage as a railway carrier, etc. (BRO 01789(7)). |
| 1879-80 | Pipemaker, living at 26 Wade Street, St Philip’s parish (WD). |