White, William Henry
(1883-)




Birth: November 10, 1883, Hammond, Lake County, IN
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Parents: John A. and Mariette (Bachelder) White
Spouse: Asenath E. Obitts, married November 25, 1905
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Individual Number: 4253


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December 1906*- Foord Penny Photo Gallery Valparaiso, Porter County, IN





1910 Unknown Wheeler, Porter County, IN























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Parents: John A. and Mariette (Bachelder) White
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:48:03 PM
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OriginalNotes: Early Photographers of Porter County, on blog "Porter County's Past: An Amateur Historian's Perspective, by Steve Shook, dated April 30, 2017, updated April 4, 2019 (viewed April 30, 2019 by Joan Hostetler http://www.porterhistory.org/2017/04/early-photographers-of-porter-county.html?fbclid=IwAR35AFnb2sr3nusPUOrnOLkz1wm6IAbLSTp12_fi_XJSYFKfqQach_2oTQQ)
William Henry White was born November 10, 1883, at Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, the son of John A. White and Mariette (Bachelder) White. He married Asenath E. Obitts on November 25, 1905, at Hammond, Lake County, Indiana.
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:48:03 PM
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CATNUM: 4253
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City: Valparaiso
State: IN
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StudioName: Foord Penny Photo Gallery
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Name: Foord Penny Photo Gallery
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KnownDates: 1906
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OriginalSource: The Times (Munster, Indiana), 15 Dec. 1906, Sat., p. 3
Valparaiso News - William White has returned from Chicago and will open a post card gallery in connection with the Foord penny photo gallery.

Shook, "Photographers of Porter County"
Newspaper evidence suggests that White may have been employed around 1906 by the Reading Studio in Valparaiso.
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PersonID: 4049 CATNUM: 4253 NameFirst: NameLast: White LocationID: 1206 Address1: Address2: City: Wheeler State: IN StudioID: 1206 ---------------------------------- ID: 1206 StudioName: [5ea2079c-154e-4fb6-b346-6d3adb15f10b] SeeAlso: SeeAlsoPeople: SeeAlsoStudio: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:51:34 PM CreatedBy: sa LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM ModifiedBy: sa ---------------------------------- Name: [5ea2079c-154e-4fb6-b346-6d3adb15f10b] Alternate Studio Names: StartMonth: StartDay: StartYear: StartCA: EndMonth: EndYear: EndDay: EndCA: KnownMonth: KnownDay: KnownYear: KnownCA: StudioLocationID: 1206 SeeAlso: SeeAlsoStudio: SeeAlsoPerson: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False County: Porter Country: USA Longitude: Latitude: NameNewFirst: William KnownDates: 1910 OriginalLocationNotes: OutputStartMonth: OutputStartYear: 1910 OutputEndMonth: OutputEndYear: OutputStartStar: OutputEndStar: OutputStartS: OutputEndS: NameMiddle: Henry NameMaiden: PersonHonorificTypeID: OriginalSource: Shook, "Photographers of Porter County" William H. White was a photographer located in the community of Wheeler, residing on North Second Street. The 1910 federal census for Union Township lists William as being a 26 year old married male with his occupation listed as photographer. White would imprint his photographs with PHOTO BY WHITE. Newspaper evidence suggests that White may have been employed around 1906 by the Reading Studio in Valparaiso. OriginalWorkerType: PersonSexTypeID: PersonColorTypeID: PersonStudioLocationID: 1206




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