Jane White1,2

b. 25 March 1862, d. 22 September 1940
Jane White, daughter of Thomas White and Mary "Polly" Brown, was born on 25 March 1862 at Westmeath Township, Renfrew County, Ontario.3,4

Jane was the fourth of 10 children growing up on her parents' farm. She went to school and learned to read and write and was likely kept very busy helping out on the farm.

Jane married Magnus Alfred Wulff, son of Hans Henrik Wulff and Rasmine Marie Pedersdatter, on 19 November 1887 at Pembroke, Ontario.5

Shortly after Alfred and Jane's son, Thomas Alfred, was born the family moved back towards Ottawa, settling in Janeville. Janeville is now part of the Vanier suburb of Ottawa. Alfred worked as a butcher for Alphonse Courcelle who had shops at 85 Queen St. West and 8 Wellington Ward Market.6

Alfred died some time between 1895 and 1897. It appears that Jane moved back to Westmeath with her children and then moved to Markstay, near Sudbury. Sudbury was a booming mining town at the time, so it is likely that Jane made that move to find employment.

Jane married James Jackson on 9 August 1897 at the White House, Sudbury, Ontario.7,8

Jane died on 22 September 1940 at Westmeath Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, at age 78.9
Charts
Pedigree of Eva Mae Wulff

Children of Jane White and Magnus Alfred Wulff

Children of Jane White and James Jackson

Exhibits

Marriage announcement for James Jackson and Jane (White) Wulff.

Citations

  1. Thomas Alfred Wulff, death certificate, reg. no. 1952-05-018974, Office of the Registrar General, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
  2. John White household, 1901 census of Canada, Ontario, Renfrew North (district 110), Westmeath (subdistrict K), division 2, p. 3, line 4, dwelling 18, family 19; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ : accessed 5 October 2010); citing LAC microfilm T-6493,.
  3. James Jackson household, 1901 census of Canada, Ontario, Nipissing (district 92), McKim (subdistrict K(1)), p. 4, line 5, family 28; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ : accessed 26 March 2008); citing LAC microfilm T-6483,.
  4. Thomas White household, 1871 census of Canada, Ontario, Renfrew North (district 82), Westmeath (subdistrict C), division 2, p. 30, line 10, dwelling 93, family 98; microfilm C-654, Mills Memorial Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
  5. Alfred Wulff-Jenny White marriage registration no. 10817 (1887); Ontario Registration of Marriages, 1869-; microfilm MS 932, roll 58, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  6. 1891/92 Directory of Ottawa pp. 207, 463.
  7. James Jackson-Jennie Wulff marriage, The Sudbury Journal, (Sudbury, Ontario), 19 August 1897, p. 4; microfilm N160, roll 3, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  8. James Jackson-Jenny Wulff marriage registration no. 10870 (1897); Ontario Registration of Marriages, 1869-; microfilm MS 932, roll 93, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
  9. Letter from Cindy Bethune to John Kostash. 2002, privately held by John Kostash, Hamilton, Ontario, (2008).