WHITSIDE

Family History & Genealogy

DNA

At the end of 2003, with the encouragement of the Whiteside Family Association, under the Whiteside Project, I had my DNA analyzed by Family Tree DNA, a company in Houston, Texas. This company pioneered the use of DNA in the field of genealogy, providing a new way to break through the barriers in Family History.The results of my test showed that with 25 markers we matched a core group of Whiteside/Whitsitt genealogist who have already had their DNA analyzed. This pretty well assures us that our small family of Whitside's in North America are directly related to the much larger family group of Whitesides. So far there are 18 Whiteside/Whitsitt males to whom we have limked.

This family of Whitesides most likely had occurred in Ireland after migration from England. One of the 5 Whiteside to which we are closely related is from west Sligo and was believed to be a English migrant.As a matter of interest there are 6 small villages and or areas named Whiteside in the south west Scotland. Of course there are many Whiteside/Whitside/Whitsitt families in the northern England area of Lancashire.

WE WERE ORIGINALLY WHITESIDES! OR, MAYBE THEY WERE WHITSIDES AND THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME!

If you would like to learn more about Family Tree DNA, check out their website at <http://www.familytreedna.com>. It's quite an education in the advancement of genealogy. The challenge now is to link our oldest proven ancestor, William H. Whitside, (1809-1856) to the Whiteside family or Whitsides in the United Kingdom.

I am the Webmaster for the Whiteside Family Association. We are now online at <whitesideancestry.org>. Have a look.

We are represented as Family #701. At the present time it appears that the Whitside/Whitesides came from the old area of Strathclyde which stretched from Southern Scotland down into England to the Lancashire district. For further information on this, look at Ernie Whiteside's website at <http://home.comcast.net/~ewhiteside/clan/index.html>. Click here and be prepared for a grand voyage of discovery of the Whiteside/Whitside clan.

I have included the Cameron and Heath families as connected family relatives to the Canadian side of our family.

For a contact, you may write to Robert Whitside at #23, 175 Victoria St., Simcoe, Ont., N3Y 5L8 or email me I am always happy to exchange data. For email just type .I am now writing a book on the Whitside Family History and Genealogy which will include the biography of Fl/Lt William James Whitside, General Samuel Marmaduke Whitside and the history of the families Canadian company business. 

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WHITSIDE
Descendant
Chart

This is a descendants list showing birth and death dates of all the known members of the Whitside family in a Outline Descendant Tree List form. If in doubt, check here first to find your family and connection.

The First Three Generations
Generation #1 - John Born before 1796
Generation #2 - James Sr.Died in Ireland 1810
Generation #3 - William H. 1809-1856 The Immigrant

Descendants of James Whitside

James Whitside 1831-1910 Generation No. 4 was the long time Postmaster and owned the general store in Delhi Ontario. Most of his descendants have stayed in the Southern Ontario region and include married spouses by the names of Cameron, Duncombe, Heath, Freeman, and Hodgson.

Descendants of Wilbur Whitside
Wilbur Whitside 1860-1916 Generation No. 5
James eldest son lived his whole life in Delhi and married Mary Elizabeth Heath. His descendants include spouse's names of Cameron, Macdonald, McKinnon, Jennings, Carter, Gilbertson, Wakarchuk, Vanevera, Kindy and Hunter. And in later generations: Lefler, Bruhein, Loeb, O'Neil, Bochem, Mark, Young, LeFlagais-Curtis, Farrar, Morris, McCluskey, Woolley, Reiser, Olver, Wellhauser, Boody, Blachut, Brown and Marsh.Most living in Southern Ontario.

Alice Minnie Whitside
Alice Minnie Whitside 1863-1928 Generation 5
James eldest daughter married Abram Nelles Duncombe.In her descendants are the families of Read, Spence, Thomson and Smith.

Nellie Josephine Whitside
Nellie Josephine Whitside 1866-1939 Generation 5. Nellie Josephine married Eugene Delos Heath. Their son and daughter, Harold and Nellie Beatrice married Emma Caroline Andrews and Kenneth Edmund Chute. Their families had spouses, Hansen, Ward and Wilton.

Carrie May Whitside
1869-1936 Generation 5, Carrie May married James Alexander Freeman. Her 2 daughters married William Moss Campbell and Robert W. Patterson respectively.

Maude Beatrice Whitside
Maude Beatrice Whitside 1874-1956 Generation 5. Maude Beatrice married Joseph Emerson Hodgson. Other names in this family are: Lilias, MacIntosh, LaLonde and Harvey.

William Joshua Whitside
William Joshua Whitside 1833- ? Generation 4. The only other family name that we have is Matthew.

David Whitside
David Whitside 1835-1891 Generation No. 4. David was a farmer all of his life, farming in the Gore of Woodhouse about 5 miles south of Simcoe and 1 mile west of the old Woodhouse United Church. His family includes the following families: Cook, Murphy, Harris, Hyatt, Van Goethem and Taskell.

Samuel Marmaduke Whitside
General Samuel Whitside, Generation 4,left a fine history. He immigrated to the United States and spent his life serving his country in the United States Army. His descendants are to the best of my knowledge all in the United States. These include the following families: McGavock, Rigney, Miller, Samouce, Miller, Kern, Jark and Burns, Miser, Russell, Simkin, Dupont, Mineo,Anthony, Wauford, Paynkewicz and McDaniel.
We are fortunate to have a genealogist working on this branch of the family Major Samuel Russell. He may be reached at slrvmi88@aol.com.

John Whitside
John Whitside (1849- ) Generation 4. We have very little knowledge of John. I have a suspicion that he immigrated to the Michigan area along the old Grand Trunk Railway line.

George Burton Whitside
George Burton Whitside 1853 - 1929 Generation 4 George Whitside immigrated to Clare Michigan and his family became Whitesides and are settled in the United States. His descendants include the following families: Malcolm, Gamble, Lewis, Falk, and Kreiger.
All are in the United States and George Burton changed his name to Whiteside.

Francis (Fanny)
Whitside
Francis Whitside according to the family bible born after her father's death, listed in the family bible married Hudson Uptegrove. It also touches on the Matthews family.
The Camerons The Camerons - 1765-2005. This is my mother's family and because of the commonality of the surname is a difficult one to follow into Scotland. The booklet, "The Cameron Family Tree" by Grace Walker Cummings has been a great help. These Camerons settled in the Blenheim area of Ontario.

The Heaths
The Heaths Before 1764-2000. This is my father's mother's family. They settled in the Delhi area and are related to the well known Waterford Heaths.

SOVEREEN/SOVEREIGN: For many years I have been compiling all data and genealogy for these families. My Gr Grandfather was a SOVEREEN and this was the original name of our family business. Most of the data is in the archives of The Eva Brook Donly Museum in Simcoe, Ontario and may be obtained through them or by contacting me. For the fine website of the Norfolk Heritage Centre see <http://www.norfolklore.com> and click on "Research Assistance".

Bruce M. Whitside provides the facilities for Whitside.com. Thank you Bruce.



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