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CATHERINE WHITE
Port Colborne
[Welland Tribune, 11 February 1898]
Catharine White, relict of the late Thomas White, and step-mother of Chas. White, died on Friday morning last at 9.20 o’clock. She had been ill for about a month, but there was no thought that death was so close at hand. Mrs. White (Faubell) was born in Hershfeldt, Hesse, Germany, in 1816. Her first husband died in Germany, and in 1845, with her young daughter (now Mrs. David Kramer) she emigrated to Buffalo, where she married (in 1847) her late husband, Thomas White, who died in 1893. Deceased leaves a daughter (referred to above) and one step-son, Charles White, by Mr. White’s first wife. The remains were interred at Overholt’s cemetery on Monday, Rev. Mr. Dorn officiating. The pallbearers were William Bonaberg, Wm. Zeiter, Michael Reeb, Adolphus Middlestedt, Jno. Landgraf and John Wichmann, sr. The attendance at the funeral was very large, testifying to the great esteem in which this aged pioneer of this section was held in the community in which she had lived since 1847-over half a century. When Mr. and Mrs. White first came here he started a small brewery, and later went into the hotel business. There were no licenses required in those days, but later a license of $5 per year was charged. About 1854 Mr. White and Mr. North built the brewery in Port Colborne, which was soon sold out wholley to Mr. North, and Mr. White came back to Stonebridge, where he carried on the hotel business up to the time of his death. Mrs. White survived her husband just five years…..The relatives desire to express sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for the many kindnesses and great sympathy shewn during their affliction.
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