{"id":1511,"date":"2024-11-12T17:05:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T17:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2024-12-07T17:21:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T17:21:47","slug":"selena-r-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2024\/11\/12\/selena-r-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Selena R White"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Selena R. White and Marjorie R. White were listed at No. 3 Malta Terrace in electoral registers between 1933 and 1936.<span id='easy-footnote-1-1511' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2024\/11\/12\/selena-r-white\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-1511' title='&lt;small&gt;Electoral registers 1933-34, 1934-35, 1935-36 and 1936-37.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Selena Reid White was born in Belfast in 1868, the daughter of Samuel White and Margaret Cooper Shaw. By 1881 the family had moved to Scotland and were living in Govan. Ten years later, Selena and her parents were at 19 Melville Street, Pollockshields<span id='easy-footnote-2-1511' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2024\/11\/12\/selena-r-white\/#easy-footnote-bottom-2-1511' title='&lt;small&gt;Census records. Scotland. Govan, Glasgow. 05 April 1891. WHITE, Samuel. 644\/13 44\/ 06. Ancestry collection \u20181891 Scotland Census.\u2019 &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 05 December 2024.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> where Samuel White, a commercial traveller, died on 28 April 1892.<span id='easy-footnote-3-1511' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2024\/11\/12\/selena-r-white\/#easy-footnote-bottom-3-1511' title='&lt;small&gt;Death announcements. Scotland. &lt;em&gt;Glasgow Evening Post&lt;\/em&gt;. 30 April 1892. p. 4, col. 1. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 27 September 2024.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> In 1901 Selena was described as a collector for a mission, living with her widowed mother at 81 Somerville Drive, Cathcart.<span id='easy-footnote-4-1511' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2024\/11\/12\/selena-r-white\/#easy-footnote-bottom-4-1511' title='&lt;small&gt;Census records. Scotland. Cathcart, Glasgow. 31 March 1901. WHITE, Selena. 560B\/ 12\/ 20. Ancestry collection \u20181901 Scotland Census.\u2019 &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 27 September 2024.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> In 1921 she was described as a clerkess.<span id='easy-footnote-5-1511' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2024\/11\/12\/selena-r-white\/#easy-footnote-bottom-5-1511' title='&lt;small&gt;Census records. Scotland. St Stephen, Edinburgh. 19 June 1921. WHITE, Helena R. 685\/2 38\/ 07. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 27 September 2024.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> When she died at 89 Comely Bank Avenue, on 04 March 1937, she was unmarried and described as a collector for a charitable institution.<span id='easy-footnote-6-1511' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2024\/11\/12\/selena-r-white\/#easy-footnote-bottom-6-1511' title='&lt;small&gt;Deaths (SR) Scotland. Newington, Edinburgh. 05 March 1937. WHITE, Selena Reid. 685\/6 184. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 08 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Marjorie Rose White was Selena\u2019s niece. She was born in Edinburgh 28 January 1895, daughter of James Alfred Canning White, a commercial traveller, and his wife Eliza Andrews.<span id='easy-footnote-7-1511' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2024\/11\/12\/selena-r-white\/#easy-footnote-bottom-7-1511' title='&lt;small&gt;Births (SR) Scotland. St George, Edinburgh. 11 February 1895. WHITE, Marjorie Rose. 685\/1 296. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 27 September 2024.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> She was recorded in 1921 living in a single room with her aunt at 8a Howe Street.<span id='easy-footnote-8-1511' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2024\/11\/12\/selena-r-white\/#easy-footnote-bottom-8-1511' title='&lt;small&gt;Census records. Scotland. St Stephen, Edinburgh. 19 June 1921. WHITE, Marjorie R. 685\/2 38\/ 07. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 27 September 2024.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> She died in 1968.<span id='easy-footnote-9-1511' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2024\/11\/12\/selena-r-white\/#easy-footnote-bottom-9-1511' title='&lt;small&gt;Deaths index (SR) Scotland. Newington, Edinburgh. 1968. WHITE, Marjorie. 685\/6 518. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 27 September 2024.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selena R. White and Marjorie R. White were listed at No. 3 Malta Terrace in electoral registers between 1933 and 1936. Selena Reid White was born in Belfast in 1868, the daughter of Samuel White and Margaret Cooper Shaw. By 1881 the family had moved to Scotland and were living in Govan. 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