According to his grandson, Kenneth Hemingway, he was a Mohawk of the Onondaga in New York. He had 5 sons and a daughter from his first wife, a Mohawk Indian. Then he married Jeanette. He played violin.
1910 US Census, Vernon, Tolland, Connecticut, William J White (47 b. NY, married 12 years, parents b. NY) farmer on his own farm, Lina (31 b. CT, parents b. CT) housewife, Kenneth (7 b. CT), John C (5 b. CT), Winnifred (1 b. CT)[1]
1920 US Census, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, William J White (57 b. NY, parents b. NY) farmer, Lina J (41 b. CT, parents b. MA, RI), Kenneth M (17 b. CT), John S (15 b. CT), Winnifred (10 b. CT), Charles W (4 b. CT) [2]
1930 US Federal Census, Harwinton, CT, Willis White (64 b. CT), Jennie (38 b. CT), Ashel (23 b. CT), Helen (15 b. CT), Alice (8 b. CT), Keneth White (3 b. CT) grandson[3]
1940 US Federal Census, Litchfield, CT, Willis White (73, b. MA) mason, Jennie (49 b. CT), Asahel (30 b. CT) mason helper, Thankful (18 b. CT)[4]
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