Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NamePte George Arthur Wellesley Hallifax White 
[9, From Jane Nantais re her ancestors, 4 Feb 2006], [37, His memorial (army no 252483)], [179, Geo’s Baptism at Lucknow]
[9, From Jane Nantais re her ancestors, 4 Feb 2006], [37, His memorial (army no 252483)], [179, Geo’s Baptism at Lucknow]Birth30 Jul 1874, Lucknow, India
Baptism29 Aug 1874, Lucknow, Cantonments, India
Death28 Apr 1917, Slain at Vimy ridge in WW1
BurialVimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
GeneralAt death was a private in the 10th battalion of the Canadian Infantry.
FatherCol George Augustus White (1841-1934)
MotherEmily Harford Hallifax (1847-1874)
Spouses
Marriage6 Aug 1902, St Andrew’s church, Wells St, Marylebone. [9, From Jane Nantais re her ancestors, 4 Feb 2006], [3, Their marriage, Q3 of 1902, Marylebone dist, vol 1a, p. 1358]
ChildrenGeorge Hallifax (1903-1970)
Bertie John (1905-1967)
Marjorie Elizabeth (1908-1983)
Edward William (1910-1930)
Arthur Ronald (1912-1976)
Joan Pauline (1914-2001)
Notes for Pte George Arthur Wellesley Hallifax White
Jane Nantais wrote of him:
“GAWH was an officer for the P & O steamship line and he also served in the British Army in South Africa as the commander in chief's bodyguard. At some point he took up the Canadian Governments offer of free homesteads in western Canada and he became a farmer before his unfortunate decision to enlist in the Canadian Army. He left his wife and 6 kids on the farm. She sold the farm at some point and moved in to the city of Swift Current. That is where my dad was born, his father was Arthur Ronald. And that is how the Emily Harford Hallifax descendants ended up in Canada.”
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His baptism record (from Jane Nantais) says he was given the names of ‘George Arthur Wellesley Hallifax White’, son of George Augustus and Emily Harford White.
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“GAWH was an officer for the P & O steamship line and he also served in the British Army in South Africa as the commander in chief's bodyguard. At some point he took up the Canadian Governments offer of free homesteads in western Canada and he became a farmer before his unfortunate decision to enlist in the Canadian Army. He left his wife and 6 kids on the farm. She sold the farm at some point and moved in to the city of Swift Current. That is where my dad was born, his father was Arthur Ronald. And that is how the Emily Harford Hallifax descendants ended up in Canada.”
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His baptism record (from Jane Nantais) says he was given the names of ‘George Arthur Wellesley Hallifax White’, son of George Augustus and Emily Harford White.
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