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Edmonston White
Edmonston White

Born: 14th December 1894 @ Outram, New Zealand to Thomas Arthur White and Janet McDiarmid

Married 1: 15th July 1924 @ Cardiff Register Office to Sophie May Wride

Married 2: 25th August 1932 @ Ashburton, NZ to Mildred Clara Lee

Children: Joan Mary White, Janet Ida Marianne White, Mildred Nadine Valancy White and Betty Margaret Ann White

Died: 26th May 1959 @ Dunedin Public Hospital, New Zealand of a heart attack (?)

Buried: Palmerston Cemetary, New Zealand


Edmonston (also known as Edwin) was a New Zealander electrical engineer. His brother (not sure if that's Arthur or Reginald) had been planning to marry Sophie but he was killed in WW1 and Edwin ended up marrying her instead. After Sophie died he returned to New Zealand, remarried and had three more daughters, never returning to Britain. Photo (1919)

We have his birth and marriage certificate to Sophie May Wride.