Saturday, November 8, 2008

The White brothers from Pine Rivers



This photo was displayed in the old White home at Mt Carmel Orchard, School of Arts Rd, Redland Bay.
There is disagreement in lists as to who's who in this photo. I have listed them as my father (FWF White, son of Frank White) remembered his uncles in his later years. Another listing, shown here in square brackets[] is the one shown at the Heritage Museum.(L-R):
Back row: Ben, Bill, Sam, Walter [George, Walter, Sam, Ben]
Second row: James, Jack, Harry, Frank, Joe [Jim, Jack, Harry, Frank, Norman]
Front row: George, Fred, Norman, Albert, Charles [Bill, Fred, Joe, Albert, Charles]

The brothers' occupations (more information is available in the display prepared for the 'Pioneering the Pine' display:
Sam - policeman, Brisbane
Joe - general store in Degilbo near Biggenden
Harry - draper, East Brisbane
William - farmer and labourer
Charles - estate agent, farmer, coroner in Biggenden
Frank - fruit seller in Brisbane, fruit grower/farmer at Redland Bay
Jack - fruit seller, commission agent at Fortitude Valley, then farm work at Biggenden
Fred - policeman, soldier WW1
Walter - farmer, served in Police force, and soldier WW1
Ben - fruit seller, commission agent, teacher
George - farmer at Pine Rivers
Jim - school teacher at Cooroy and Toowoomba
Albert - soldier WW1
Norman - farmer at Pine Rivers

4 comments:

Matthew238 said...

The back row second from left, is Walter.
He was a farmer, having previously served in the police force and WWI.

Joy Johnston said...

Thankyou 'Matthew238'.
I note from the display at the Heritage Museum that there are several discrepancies between my list, which was from my Dad's (FWF White - see http://whitefamilyarchive2.blogspot.com/) memory, and the 'official' version. I will revise the listing.
I am assuming Walter did not have any children.
btw who are you?

Matthew238 said...

I'm a grandson of Walter.
Walter had/has 7 children

Joy Johnston said...

Sorry Matthew - my mistake!
It's good to hear from you. I think we met briefly at the Reunion in January,